Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2013
'In a post on GM’s FastLane blog, Pam Fletcher, Global Chief Engineer for Volt and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Powertrains, runs through GM’s current vehicle electrification options for consumers: the eAssist light electrification system; the extended range electric vehicle system for the Volt and the Cadillac ELR; and the battery-electric system of the Chevy Spark EV.
Green Car Reports
JULY 23, 2013
'Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Above is a graph comparing the relative sales volumes of hybrids (starting in 2000) to those of plug-in electric cars (starting in 2011). It comes from the U.S. Department of Energy, which tweeted the image last Friday. (We''re not sure why the units on the vertical axis say "USD," which stands for.
National Green Transportation
JULY 20, 2013
'Shane Turpin and Eric Bostrom, both riding for Team Icon Brammo, has taken the top spots in the qualifying round of the eRoadRacing World Cup electric motorcycle race at Laguna Seca on Saturday. That means they, and 3rd place.
Green Cars News
JULY 22, 2013
'Volvo’s amazing mean green hybrid truck is once again setting records, this time beating a Porsche sports car in an acceleration test on the famous Nürburgring race track in Germany. As part of the ADAC Grand Prix 2013 (which ran July 12-14, 2013), the Volvo Mean Green Truck, with its whop[.].
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Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2013
'World energy consumption by fuel type, 2010-2040. Source: IEO2013. Click to enlarge. The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) International Energy Outlook 2013 (IEO2013) projects that world energy consumption will grow by 56% between 2010 and 2040, from 524 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) to 820 quadrillion Btu. Most of this growth will come from non-OECD (non-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, where demand is driven by strong populat
Green Car Reports
JULY 25, 2013
'A new report issued today on the current status of plug-in electric cars suggests that buyers are very happy with their cars, and plug-in sales are rising faster than hybrids sales did after they were launched. "Customer experiences have typically been extremely positive," says the report, citing data from J.D. Power and Associates surveys. Owners.
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Green Cars News
JULY 24, 2013
'The Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost has been crowned the 2013 Women’s World Car of the Year by a global panel of female motoring writers. The frugal little supermini also won the Economy Car category in the prestigious awards, designed to recognise the growing buying power and influence female motorists ha[.].
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2013
'ITM Power has provided an update on the cost structure of hydrogen generated by its HFuel electrolysis platform. The new estimated cost —US$4.13/kg after capital amortization—incorporates efficiency improvements, cost reduction of its HGas platform and data provided by Hyundai for the ix35 fuel cell electric vehicle ( earlier post ). ITM Power projects hydrogen cost at £4.19/kg (US$6.44/kg), a 32.7% reduction from last year’s £6.23/kg (US$9.57/kg), within a 10-year capital amortizat
Green Car Reports
JULY 23, 2013
'Sometimes the most significant divorces are handled in the most minimalist way. So it was with a brief press statement from Toyota today, noting that after completing a "feasibility study" that took almost two years, the two companies have chosen not to pursue a collaboration on hybrid powertrains for large pickup trucks. The two companies, each.
National Green Transportation
JULY 22, 2013
'The price for the BMW i3, announced on Monday, is low enough to put some downward pressure on the electric car market, while not being as low as some expected. Rumors that the i3 price would be $35,000.
Green Cars News
JULY 23, 2013
'Greater Manchester’s electric vehicle charging scheme will officially open on Sunday (July 28, 2013) and will initially enable electric car owners to ‘refuel’ their cars for free. More than 250 charging bays will be available across the region’s ten districts and will be managed by the Charge Yo[.].
Green Car Congress
JULY 20, 2013
'The government of the UK is committing an additional £500 million (US$763 million) of additional capital investment by the end of the decade to support industry and consumers in the switch to electric vehicles. The government is already investing £400 million (US$611 million) to help the uptake of the new vehicles. The intended investment is outlined in a new transport plan from the Department of Transport, “ Action for Roads: A network for the 21 st century ”.
Green Car Reports
JULY 23, 2013
'As any parent will tell you, watching children grow up and mature is a powerful, life-changing experience. We’re not sure the same can be said watching a car or a motorcycle grow and evolve from one generation to the next--but if the 2013 Zero S were to have parents, we think they’d be proud. Zero Motorcycles--based in Scotts Valley.
National Green Transportation
JULY 20, 2013
'Shane Turpin and Eric Bostrom, both riding for Team Icon Brammo, has taken the top spots in the qualifying round of the eRoadRacing World Cup electric motorcycle race at Laguna Seca on Saturday. That means they, and 3rd place.
Green Cars News
JULY 25, 2013
'BMW is to team with charging infrastructure provide, Chargemaster to help provide e-mobility services to customers of its new i3 electric car. Announcing a new strategic five year partnership, both parties will work to establish the ChargeNow, public charging network for BMW i owners across the [.].
Green Car Congress
JULY 23, 2013
'Wärtsilä’s axial waterjets power the Francisco , the world’s fastest high speed ferry—and the first fast ferry to utilize liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel. The vessel has successfully passed its sea trials and is now ready to commence commercial operations. The Francisco. Click to enlarge. In addition to two of its LJX1720SR axial waterjets, Wärtsilä has also supplied an advanced propulsion control system for the Francisco.
Green Car Reports
JULY 25, 2013
'Want to move around the city with minimal stress? If you live in Portland, you''ll now be able to do so in the back of a Tesla Model S, thanks to Tesla Trips. The company, which normally organizes road trips around Oregon in the cars, applied back in April for a license to serve Portland as an executive limo service. The City of Portland has now.
National Green Transportation
JULY 22, 2013
'The price for the BMW i3, announced on Monday, is low enough to put some downward pressure on the electric car market, while not being as low as some expected. Rumors that the i3 price would be $35,000.
Green Cars News
JULY 22, 2013
'If hydrogen is ever to emerge as a serious alternative to petrol and diesel as a fuel for our cars, then it''s vital that its costs are kept to a minimum: and now ITM Power believes it has made a breakthrough in smashing its cost structure. Using its HFuel electrolysis platform, it has been able to [.].
Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2013
'New generation XL3 injector for GDI engines goes into production. Click to enlarge. Continental’s new XL3 high-performance solenoid injector for gasoline direct injection systems is currently in volume production for a four-cylinder, 1.5-liter GDI engine. The XL3 solenoid injector provides enhanced linearity due to very fast opening and closing times and multi-stream spray geometry (max. of 8 holes) enables optimal adaptation to all engine-specific requirements.
Green Car Reports
JULY 25, 2013
'BMW''s long-awaited i3 electric car and range-extended electric car aren''t officially unveiled until next Monday--but leaked images finally reveal the production car''s form. Unsurprisingly, the pictures of the production i3, spotted by Autocar, show a car that doesn''t differ too greatly from the concept version first revealed at the 2011 Frankfurt.
National Green Transportation
JULY 22, 2013
'Eric Bostrom won Sunday's electric motorcycle race in the eRoadRacing World Cup during the MotoGP weekend at Laguna Seca. The win came in a race that saw half the field crash out, leaving the rest of the.
Green Cars News
JULY 25, 2013
'An innovative new device, developed by start-up company, Ecoviate aims to slash tailpipe emissions of existing vehicles in simple and affordable way. According to the firm’s Kickstarter funding page, the new CO2ube device, which fits onto the exhaust pipe of a vehicle, uses algae photosynthesis to[.].
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2013
'Following the conclusion of a collaboration with Toyota ( earlier post ), Ford is moving forward with the development of a rear-wheel-drive hybrid system on its own; the company says that it will have the hybrid system ready “later this decade” on rear-wheel-drive Ford pickups and SUVs. The new hybrid system will be based on an all-new architecture.
Green Car Reports
JULY 23, 2013
'As more electric cars hit the roads it''s only natural a few milestones will fall here and there--and the latest is for the Franco-Japanese duo Renault-Nissan. The companies have now sold over 100,000 electric vehicles between them--the milestone car a Nissan Leaf, sold to American grad student Allison Howard. Of the total, the vast majority are.
Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2013
'Researchers at the University of Nottingham (UK) say they have developed a new technology—which entails putting nitrogen-fixing bacteria into the cells of plant roots— that would enable crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than from expensive and environmentally damaging fertilizers. Nitrogen fixation, the process by which nitrogen is converted to ammonia, is vital for plants to survive and grow.
Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2013
'In August, the California Energy Commission (CEC) will hold two public workshops related to the use of hydrogen as a transportation fuel: one on infrastructure, the other on measurement and dispensing. On 12 August, CEC staff will host a public workshop on California’s hydrogen fuel infrastructure. This workshop has two major objectives: 1) to present the aggregated results of a “Hydrogen Fuel Infrastructure Survey” performed earlier and 2) to present the survey topics for stakeholder dis
Green Car Congress
JULY 23, 2013
'Researchers in South Korea have developed a simple, low-cost and eco-friendly method of creating nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs) with excellent catalytic performance in both dye-sensitized solar cells and fuel cells to replace conventional platinum (Pt)-based catalysts for energy conversion. A paper on the work, carried out at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), is published in Scientific Reports.
Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2013
'A team of researchers at MIT is developing and testing a new silicon carbide (SiC) cladding material for nuclear fuel rods that could reduce the risk of hydrogen production by roughly a thousandfold compared to the common zircaloy cladding. Tests of the new cladding material are described in a series of papers appearing in the journal Nuclear Technology.
Green Car Congress
JULY 23, 2013
'The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 100,000th electric car globally. Renault-Nissan has sold more zero-emission cars than all other major automakers combined, the automakers noted. More than 71,000 people worldwide have bought Nissan LEAF, which made its debut in 2010; LEAF makes up more than half of all global sales of pure electric cars. More than 80% of LEAF buyers globally exchange cars from other automakers, making the LEAF one of the industry’s most innovative “conquest vehicles.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2013
'LiquidPiston, Inc., the developer of rotary engines based on its High Efficiency Hybrid Cycle (HEHC)( earlier post) , announced the first closing of a $6.5-million series C funding round led by Northwater Capital Management, Inc. and Adams Capital Management, Inc. Our X engine represents major breakthroughs for internal combustion engines. We have demonstrated a lightweight, compact, fuel-efficient, quiet, multi-fuel capable rotary prototype engine that is scalable from less than 1 to over 1000
Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2013
'A team of researchers with the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has engineered the bacterium Ralstonia eutropha —a microbe now used to produce biodegradable plastic—for the production of fatty acid-derived, diesel-range methyl ketones. A paper on their work is published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2013
'The price disparity between crude oil and other resources, coupled with the emergence of cheap and abundant shale gas, especially in the United States, is opening up opportunities to produce cheaper gasoline, according to a new report from Lux Research. With crude oil price projected to top $140 per barrel by 2035, alternative fuel technologies, which can produce gasoline at the equivalent of $75 per barrel, will rise, the market research firm concludes in the report “Bringing the Heat: Gas- an
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2013
'Coast Guard crewmembers train aboard a 38-foot Special Purpose Craft – Training Boat. Source: USCG. Click to enlarge. Biobutanol producer Gevo, Inc. has begun supplying the U.S. Coast Guard R&D Center with initial quantities of finished 16.1% renewable isobutanol-blended gasoline for engine testing. The US Coast Guard R&D Center is using the Gevo-blended fuel as part of a 12-month, long-term operational study on marine engines that began during June.
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