Sat.Oct 12, 2013 - Fri.Oct 18, 2013

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Volvo Car Group testing lightweight structural energy storage material applied in trunk lid and plenum cover

Green Car Congress

'A composite blend of carbon fibers and polymer resin is being developed that can store and charge more energy faster than conventional batteries can. Volvo Cars is the only car manufacturer participating in the EU-funded project, which started in early 2010. Click to enlarge. Volvo Car Group—the only automaker participating in a 3.5-year EU-funded project developing a prototype material which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be u

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

'Why would your Creative Greenius walk away from his high-paying, highly rewarding executive role at CBS EcoMedia where I was working to fund environmental, education, and wellness projects all across the USA, just as the company hit more growth milestones and was likely to pay generous bonuses? The answer is simple and direct – because I have done The Math. .

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BMW Ponders Production Boost For i3 Electric Car After High European Demand

Green Car Reports

'High demand isn''t something experienced by many automakers selling electric cars, but then BMW is a little different from many automakers. It''s fair to say you could put its badge on pretty much anything and it would sell on reputation alone--but with the i3, its first full production electric vehicle and a radical departure from previous models.

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BMW could increase i3 electric car production as demand soars

Green Cars News

'BMW is considering increasing production of its first electric car after early demand exceeded expectations. According to Bloomberg, BMW has received more than 8,000 orders for its i3 electric supermini even before the car hits showrooms next month. With initial plans to produce just 10,000 of the[.].

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Eindhoven wins world championship for solar-powered family cars in World Solar Challenge

Green Car Congress

'The Solar Team Eindhoven’s Stella, the first solar?powered family car ( earlier post ), is the winner of the Cruiser class of the World Solar Challenge 2013. On the road in Australia. Eindhoven University of Technology / Bart van Overbeeke. Click to enlarge. Stella completed the race at 13:00 hours on 11 October, after a 3,000 km (1864 mile) journey with an average of three people on board.

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Greenius Declaration of Human Rights

Creative Greenius

'When I was a child, Wednesday was Incinerator Day, the day they burned the garbage we all threw down the garbage chute in the six story brick apartment building my family lived in (which was one of a dozen six story brick apartment buildings that were all part of the same Brooklyn complex we called home.). It doesn’t look any different in this recent Google satellite shot than it did in 1965 when the white and grey ash used to fall from the skies and cover our clothes, hair cars, trees, s

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Nissan reveals ZEOD electric race car

Green Cars News

'After eight months of development and construction, Nissan has unveiled its revolutionary ZEOD electric race car at its headquarters in Yokohama. The carmaker plans for the car to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours next year, in the Garage 56 category-an entry for vehicles showcasing new technology. [.].

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Ford, University of Michigan open $8M battery lab focused on test production of advanced technologies

Green Car Congress

'Ford and the University of Michigan opened a new $8-million battery lab, housed at the U-M Energy Institute, which will serve as a battery manufacturing facility designed to support pilot projects. Advanced manufacturing methods will be used to make test batteries that replicate the performance of full-scale production batteries, allowing for faster implementation in future production vehicles.

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ABB adds 20 kW Combined Charging System (CCS) fast charger to EVSE portfolio

Green Car Congress

'ABB has broadened its support of the new Combined Charging System (CCS) standard with the expansion of its 4 th generation fast charging product portfolio with the introduction of the Terra multi-standard DC fast charging station 23. The Terra 23 can charge EVs in 30-60 minutes and complements the CCS fast charging station dedicated for highway and urban ring locations, the Terra 53.

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Electric Moto and AAC partner for DARPA all-wheel drive electric motorcycle

Green Car Congress

'Electric Moto Corporation, Inc. (EMOT) and Advanced Automation Corporation (AAC) have partnered to submit a proposal to create a prototype all-wheel drive hybrid electric motorcycle for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Electric Moto is the producer of the a 72V Dual Sport Gen 1 Electric Motorcycle, and a Gen 2 successor, as well as other electric vehicles.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

Brief

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Internet of Things gets major distance boost from IBM and Semtech

Green Car Congress

'IBM and Semtech Corp., a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced a significant advancement in wireless technology, combining IBM software and Semtech hardware to create a system capable of transmitting data up to a distance of 15 km (9 miles), depending on the environment, with significantly improved ease-of-use. The joint solution, comprising IBM’s Mote Runner software and Semtech’s SX127x with LoRa, will be demonstrated at European Utility Week in Amsterdam 15-17

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Ford expands use of near-dry machining to six plants worldwide

Green Car Congress

'Left: Wet flood machining. Right: MQL machining. Graphics: Unist Inc. Click to enlarge. Ford Motor Company has added its near-dry machining process—Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL)—to six plants globally, a number that will nearly double in the next few years. Machining metal pieces generates friction and heat. Conventional wet machining floods the work piece with metal-working fluids, requiring large amounts of fluid to cool and lubricate the cutting tools.

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Frost & Sullivan video report summarizes key factors for and direction of future mobility systems

Green Car Congress

'Consultancy Frost & Sullivan has published a video report titled The Future of Mobility which highlights megatrends impacting mobility; presents future mobility solutions such as car sharing and mobility apps for door-to-door one-stop-shop journeys; and discusses and compares what organisations within the mobility eco-system are doing to embrace this change.

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Terra Motors crowdsourcing funding for new electric three-wheeler

Green Car Congress

'Japan-based Terra Motors Corporation, founded in 2010 and an established seller of electric scooters in Japan, is seeking crowd-sourced funding on inidiegogo to support its new electric three-wheeler. The 50-day campaign has a goal of $50,000. Terra is targeting the three-wheeler at markets such as in the Philippines and India. Terra Motors sees the introduction of low-cost electromobility in such markets addressing combined problems of low income as well as pollution and health.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Boeing, South African Airways launch sustainable aviation biofuel effort in Southern Africa

Green Car Congress

'Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) will work together to develop and to implement a sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain in Southern Africa, a first for the continent. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for sustainable aviation biofuel supply chain development at The Corporate Council on Africa’s 9 th Biennial US-Africa Business, attended by executives from leading US and African firms and government representatives from several countries.

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Iowa launches pilot program for E-30 blends

Green Car Congress

'Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, agriculture Sec. Bill Northey and DOT Director Paul Trombino announced a new biofuels pilot program called “Fueling Our Future,” a public-private partnership that aims to assist in expanding the market for mid-level biofuels blends. Through the use of current funding, this initiative will redirect federal funds to further leverage state dollars in the existing renewable fuel infrastructure program, establishing more blender pumps containin

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IARC: Outdoor air pollution carcinogenic to humans

Green Car Congress

'The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). The work underlying the classification is published in IARC Scientific Publication No. 161, Air Pollution and Cancer. A summary evaluation will be published by The Lancet Oncology online on 24 October 2013.

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Ford study suggests GDI engines can meet coming California and US PM emissions standards over 150k miles; more work to be done

Green Car Congress

'PM mass emissions rates for the FTP and US06 drive cycles as function of vehicle mileage. Credit: ACS, Maricq et al. Click to enlarge. A team from Ford’s Research and Advanced Engineering group in Dearborn examined how emissions of particulate matter (PM) from two gasoline direct injection engines—a very small set and not representative of the wide variety of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines currently in production or under future development, they noted—changed over time.

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Chevrolet expands Siri Eyes Free integration to more vehicles, including Volt

Green Car Congress

'Chevrolet announced that Apple’s Siri Eyes Free Integration will now be available on the 2014 Camaro, Cruze, Equinox, Malibu, SS and Volt in addition to the Sonic and Spark. Through the cars'' available Chevrolet MyLink infotainment system, customers with a compatible iPhone running iOS 6 or iOS 7 can direct Siri to perform a number of tasks while they keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel.

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BRUSA picks up awards at eCarTec Munich 2013 for wireless charging and electric truck; synchronous motor shortlisted

Green Car Congress

'The two components of BRUSA’s Inductive Charging System. Click to enlarge. BRUSA won two of the eCarTec Awards presented at eCarTec Munich 2013 trade fair. BRUSA’s new ICS inductive charging system and the E-FORCE electric truck won in their particular categories, while BRUSA’s synchronous motor was shortlisted in the category of “Drive Technology, System Electrics, Testing Systems”.

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Tesla leads with transfer of ZEV credits for year ending 30 Sep 2013

Green Car Congress

'Tesla by far dominated the transfer of ZEV credits in California in 2012. Data: ARB. Click to enlarge. Between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2013, electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors transferred out 1,311.520 ZEV (zero emission vehicle) credits, according to the latest report by the California Air Resources Board (ARB)—by far, the largest of any automaker in the state.

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Transdev and Toshiba launch electric car sharing system utilizing solar power in Lyon, France

Green Car Congress

'Mobility company Transdev , through its subsidiary Proxiway, which specializes in car sharing, has launched, in partnership with the Toshiba group, an innovative car sharing service using solar energy and quick-charge points in the eco-district of La Confluence, Lyon, France. The project will run for two years until December 2015. SUNMOOV’, part of the “Lyon Smart Community” demonstration project led jointly by Grand Lyon and Japan’s NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organi

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California PUC sets energy storage target for utilities of 1,325 MW by end of 2024

Green Car Congress

'The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) established a combined energy storage target of 1,325 megawatts (MW) for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric by 2020, with installations required no later than the end of 2024. (MW represents the peak power capacity of the storage resource in terms of the maximum discharge rate.).

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Lowe’s launches dedicated LNG-powered truck fleet at Texas RDC; goaling all natural gas trucks by 2017

Green Car Congress

'Home improvement products company Lowe’s has launched a dedicated fleet of natural gas-powered trucks at its regional distribution center (RDC) in Mount Vernon, Texas. Lowe’s dedicated fleet at Mount Vernon is among the first serving a major retail distribution center in North America to run solely on natural gas. With the transition from a diesel-fueled fleet to trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), Lowe’s expects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions nearly 20% and control fuel costs as

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Saft wins major primary lithium battery orders for smart gas and water meter projects in China

Green Car Congress

'Saft won two major contracts to supply primary (non-rechargeable) lithium batteries for domestic smart meter projects. In its first smart gas meter contract in China, Saft will supply around 500,000 Li-SOCl 2 cells over the next four years to one of the country’s top five smart gas meter OEMs and around 500,000 Li-SOCl 2 cells to the leading water meter OEM in China over the next six months.

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Panasonic develops high precision, wide field of view millimeter-wave radar technology for automotive applications

Green Car Congress

'The new high-precision radar keeps close objects separated. Click to enlarge. Millimeter-wave radar is capable of detecting pedestrians and other vehicles in night time and under poor weather conditions. Panasonic Corporation has developed high precision, wide field of view millimeter-wave technologies that are able to detect cars, pedestrians and bicycles separately in less than 0.1 seconds, on the condition that they are separated by 20 cm.

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California Energy Commission awarding $4.8M to 3 projects to convert medium-duty vehicles to electric drive

Green Car Congress

'The California Energy Commission has selected three projects for a total of $4,782,082 in awards, with $5,918,404 in matching funds from the awardees, for demonstration projects that convert used medium-duty gasoline and diesel vehicles to all-electric drive. The awards resulted from an earlier solicitation (PON-13-602) under the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP).

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GM to introduce CNG-gasoline bi-fuel Chevrolet Impala in US next summer

Green Car Congress

'2015 Chevrolet CNG-Capable, Bi-Fuel Impala. Click to enlarge. General Motors will build a Chevrolet Impala sedan for retail and fleet customers that operates on either gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson announced today. This will be the only manufacturer-produced full-size bi-fuel sedan in the US, and is expected to go on sale next summer as a 2015 model.

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U Alberta spin-off Forge Hydrocarbons commercializing pyrolytic lipids-to-hydrocarbons process

Green Car Congress

'Simplified process flow of LTH. Click to enlarge. A University of Alberta spinoff company, Forge Hydrocarbons, is commercializing a patented lipids-to-hydrocarbons (LTH) process developed by David Bressler, a researcher in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences. The process takes agricultural feedstocks such as animal fat, crop seed oil and restaurant grease, and converts them into drop-in liquid hydrocarbon fuels.

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Petrobras formation test in ultra-deep Sergipe-Alagoas Basin confirms excellent productivity of good quality oil

Green Car Congress

'Brazil’s Petrobras has completed a formation test on well 3-BRSA-1178D-SES (3-SES-176D), informally known as Farfan 1—the first well to evaluate the production capacity of the accumulation located in the BM-SEAL-11 concession area, block SEAL-M-426, in the ultra-deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. ( Earlier post.). The test evaluated 30 meters of turbidite sandstones formation and confirmed good reservoir characteristics featuring excellent productivity of good quality oil (38°

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Navigant Research forecasts rapid growth in V2G for ancillary services to 2022; $190.7M in frequency regulation revenue by then

Green Car Congress

'In a new report, Navigant Research forecasts that global vehicle-to-grid (V2G)-enabled plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) servicing the ancillary services market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 64.3% from 2013 to 2022. In North America—which Navigant sees as the strongest initial market opportunity—Navigant sees frequency regulation revenue for PEVs growing from just more than $500,000 in 2013 to just less than $50 million in 2022.

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Renault and Itaipu to collaborate on EVs in Brazil

Green Car Congress

'Renault and Itaipu signed a collaboration deal which will lead to the local assembling of 32 Renault Twizy at Itaipu’s EV Research, Development and Assembly Center (CPDM-VE/IB) in Foz do Iguaçu, State of Paraná, Brazil. The cars, supplied by Renault, will be imported as incompletely disassembled kits for restricted use by Itaipu and partner institutions of the EV Program.

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UOP Renewable Jet Fuel blend powers first renewable jet commercial flight in Columbia

Green Car Congress

'UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that a blend with its Green Jet Fuel powered the first commercial flight in Colombia operating with renewable jet fuel. A LAN Airbus A320 aircraft traveled with 174 passengers from Bogotá El Dorado International Airport to Santiago de Cali, Colombia. One of the aircraft’s two engines was powered by a 30/70 blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel and petroleum-derived jet fuel.

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Drayson Racing sets four electric land speed records for sub-999 kg vehicles

Green Car Congress

'Drayson Racing has increased the World Electric Land Speed Record for sub-999kg cars during official FIA-sanctioned runs at Elvington Airfield in Yorkshire, England (subject to FIA homologation). The all-electric prototype racing car driven by Lord (Paul) Drayson and developed by Drayson Racing Technologies achieved a two-way average speed of 205.139 mph over the measured mile and 333.271 km/h over the measured kilometer (subject to FIA homologation) on the 3km Elvington runway.

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