Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

'Renault’s comparison of the carbon footprint of EV and ICE vehicles over production, operation and end of life. The EV footprint (Fluence Z.E.) is shown with both UK and French grid mixes. Click to enlarge. Renault recently made public the findings of an internal study, published first in October 2011, detailing and comparing the lifecycle assessments (LCAs) of the battery-electric and two internal combustion engined versions (gasoline and diesel) of the Renault Fluence.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 11, 2013

'All is still well at Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA], it seems, with CEO Elon Musk announcing the company is beating its self-imposed production targets. As Bloomberg reports, Tesla is ahead of its 400-per-week production goal, by a margin Musk describes as "not trivial". Meeting such a target is all the more important as Tesla''s sole new product, the.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 9, 2013

'How are you all doing? My name is Orlando M. My team and I are bringing into production a unique and futuristic, electric, three-wheel car. We would like to invite you to our Facebook page, and like us. There you can become part of our project by voting and helping us choose the top three designs. We?re going to start giving away prizes to our fans, such as shirts, hats, and electronic albums of the designs.

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National Green Transportation

JULY 10, 2013

'Industrial giant ABB announced on Monday they had been selected to support build-out of the Fastned electric car charging network in the Netherlands. Fastned plans to build the largest nation-scale electric car charging system to date, bringing.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2013

'Life-cycle energy use and GHG emissions normalized with NYCC diesel case (8.06 MJ/t·km and 0.63 kgCO 2 e/t·km) at 100%. Numbers in red are net total including recycling effect. Credit: ACS, Lee et al. Click to enlarge. Comparing life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO) of medium-duty electric and diesel urban delivery trucks for a range of drive cycles and electricity generation scenarios, a team from Georgia Tech found that all in all, th

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Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2013

'Poring over monthly sales figures for plug-in electric cars--and our six-month summary--the data points out an unexpected fact. Did you know that pure battery-electric cars actually outsold plug-in cars that also have engines? From January through June of this year, the combination of 9,839 Nissan Leafs, 882 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs, and approximately.

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2013

'The Netherlands is to become the most populous country yet to roll out a nationwide network of fast-charging stations, thanks to a deal between ABB and Fastned- the country’s leading charging infrastructure developer. ABB will supply more than 200 electric vehicle fast charging stations, bringin[.].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2013

'Twenty founding partner members of the “Mobility Hydrogen France” (Mobilité Hydrogène France, MHF) consortium are combining their forces and expertise to produce an economically competitive and supported deployment plan for a private and public hydrogen refueling infrastructure in France between 2015 and 2030, including an analysis of cost-effectiveness.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2013

'It shouldn''t come as a surprise to discover that there are more bicycles around than there are cars. They''re vastly cheaper for a start, and require no pesky tax, parking fees or indeed, fuel. As far as methods of transport go, they''re second only to walking for inexpense. More newsworthy is that the electrically-assisted bicycle, or e-bike, is.

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National Green Transportation

JULY 12, 2013

'The Formula E electric race car series, this week, took a significant step towards their 2014 launch. The organizers made two announcements, on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, in which they finalized the 2014 schedule, and formalized a.

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2013

'The most ambitious project in the world to kick-start sales of electric cars has reached its first significant milestone, as the Renault-Nissan reveals that it will have sold a total of 100,000 electric vehicles so far, by the end of June. According to Reuters news agency, Carlos Ghosn, CEO of b[.].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2013

'The Nikkei reports that the hybrid version of Honda’s next-generation Fit, powered by a newly developed engine and electric motor, is capable of delivering fuel economy of about 36 km/l of gasoline (84.7 mpg US, or 2.8 l/100 km) in tests based on the JC08. The current version of the Fit offers 26.4 km/l (62.1 mpg US, 3.8 l/100 km). This would edge past Toyota Motor’s Aqua subcompact, the Nikkei noted.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 8, 2013

'Owners of supercars often seem to feel a sense of entitlement. So we had to chuckle at the outrage expressed by the videographer who posted a clip of a Lamborghini Aventador momentarily forced to slow down on a narrow London street as a cyclist pulls out. You''ll note that the driver of the flat-black Aventador actually has to apply his brakes.

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National Green Transportation

JULY 10, 2013

'Industrial giant ABB announced on Monday they had been selected to support build-out of the Fastned electric car charging network in the Netherlands. Fastned plans to build the largest nation-scale electric car charging system to date, bringing.

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2013

'If you''re conscious about the environment when you drive, then you''re sure to be interested in a new scheme that aims to pump new air into your tyres after they''ve completed their lifespan. Tyre retailers that meet a strict set of guidelines and conform to certain practices will be allowed to di[.].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2013

'The European Commission is launching a second phase of the first Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) set up in 2008. The new Fuel Cells & Hydrogen 2 Initiative—with a proposed combined 50:50 EU-industry budget of €1.4 billion (US$1.8 billion)—will continue to develop a portfolio of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies to the point of market introduction.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2013

'What do you call 388 electric cars and bikes driving from Vienna in Austria to Geneva in Switzerland? Answer: A world record. No, it''s not funny, but then it wasn''t a joke. Called WAVE 2013 (World Advanced Vehicle Expedition), a parade of hundreds of electric cars traveled between the two European cities in another awareness-raising exercise for.

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National Green Transportation

JULY 12, 2013

'The Formula E electric race car series, this week, took a significant step towards their 2014 launch. The organizers made two announcements, on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, in which they finalized the 2014 schedule, and formalized a.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2013

'More than 4,500 electric vehicle sales have been supported by the Government’s Plug-in Car Grants (PiCG), since the scheme was first introduced in 2011. As of June 30, 2013, 4,553 claims have been made through the PiCG scheme, showing a steady increase in take-up. With grants worth 25 per cent[.].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2013

'The Nikkei reports that Hokkaido Electric Power Co. will invest in a 60,000 kWh vanadium redox flow battery from Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. to bolster its grid capacity amid rapid growth in power generation using renewable energy. A redox battery is an electrochemical system that generates oxidation and reduction between two active materials, forming a redox system, on the surface of inactive electrodes (the electrodes themselves do not change).

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Green Car Reports

JULY 11, 2013

'Remember all that stuff we said recently about The Netherlands being a haven for electric vehicles? Maybe knock a few degrees of conviction off that statement, as it seems not everyone in the European country is as keen on electric vehicles as some. Companies operating regular gasoline and diesel filling stations certainly aren''t keen. So much so.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

'Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. GM has made three product commitments for 2017 related to its sustainability strategy: to have 500,000 vehicles on the road in the US with some form of electrification ( earlier post ); to double the number of US models that

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

'The working concept of I3 – /I – redox reaction in the aqueous Li-I 2 battery. Zhao et al. Click to enlarge. A team from Japan’s RIKEN, led by Hye Ryung Byon, has developed a lithium-iodine (Li-I 2 ) battery system with a significantly higher energy density than conventional lithium-ion batteries. RIKEN is Japan’s largest research organization, with institutes and centers in locations throughout Japan.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

'Nissan will support installation of more than 100 DC quick chargers at LEAF-certified dealers in 21 key markets nationwide. The units, which use the CHAdeMO standard, can charge the vehicle from depleted to about 80% in about 30 minutes. Nissan’s charging partner AeroVironment will supply the quick chargers and will provide installation services for nearly all of the new quick charging units.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

'Different views of Modelica: Libraries of model components, models in textual or schematic view, model animation, and plots of model signals. Source: Modelica Association. Click to enlarge. Ricardo Software has joined the Open Source Modelica Consortium ( OSMC ), demonstrating the company’s commitment to Modelica -based CAE and paving the way for launch of the forthcoming IGNITE software product.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2013

'Results from a new study by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge in the UK has suggest that the social cost of carbon dioxide is higher in a low economic growth world. In other words, the findings suggest that policymakers should be paying more, rather than less, attention to tackling climate change in economically tough times.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

'Ryder System, Inc., a provider of commercial transportation and supply chain management solutions, has opened the first natural gas fueling stations in its North American network to serve both the general public and Ryder lease and rental customers. The Liquefied to Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) stations are located at two of Ryder’s maintenance and fueling facilities in Orange, California and Fontana, California—two key facilities serving the Southern California region.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

'A team from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) reports on their evaluation of the in-use emissions performance of four different heavy-duty diesel engines certified to the MY 2010 or interim MY 2010 NO x standards over a wide range of driving conditions in California in a paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. One of the trucks was equipped with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR); three were equipped with EGR and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2013

'3M and China-based Hunan Reshine New Material Company, Ltd have entered into a patent license agreement for 3M’s nickel, manganese and cobalt (NMC) cathode technology for lithium-ion batteries. These batteries provide energy to a host of diverse applications ranging from the consumer electronics market to the automotive market. Under the agreement, 3M granted Reshine a license to US Patents 6,660,432, 6,964,828, 7,028,128, and 8,241,791 and all global equivalents including in Taiwan, Japan, Chi

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

'ABB has been selected by Fastned to supply chargers to more than 200 electric vehicle fast-charging stations in the Netherlands, bringing an EV fast charger within 50 kilometers (31 miles) of all of the country’s 16.7 million inhabitants. Each of the more than 200 Fastned stations along Dutch highways will be equipped with several multi-standard fast chargers, such as the 50 kilowatt (kW) Terra 52 and Terra 53 models, capable of charging electric vehicles in 15-30 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

'Carbo Analytics, developers of sugar analysis systems, has been awarded a Department of Energy (DoE) grant for the development of a biofuels sugar analysis system. Carbo Analytics was awarded a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for FY 2013. Their application “Simple and Rapid Determination of Total Accessible C5 and C6 Content of Biomass Samples” was one of 79 that were selected to receive this grant.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

'The 2014 Corvette Stingray will deliver up to an EPA-estimated 17 mpg US (13.8 l/100 km) in the city, and 29 mpg (8.1 l/100 km) on the highway when equipped with the all-new, seven-speed manual transmission. ( Earlier post.). The new LT1 engine combines advanced technologies, including direct injection, Active Fuel Management (cylinder deactivation), continuously variable valve timing and an advanced combustion system that delivers more power while using less fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2013

'Siemens and its partners are launching a large smart city project in Vienna, Austria. A living laboratory will be created in the next five years in the waterside district of Aspern, one of the largest urban development projects in Europe. Power supply, building systems, intelligent power grids, and information and communication technologies will interact optimally.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

'NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne recently finished testing a rocket engine injector made through additive manufacturing (also called 3-D printing). NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland conducted the successful tests for Aerojet Rocketdyne through a non-reimbursable Space Act Agreement. A series of firings of a liquid oxygen and gaseous hydrogen rocket injector assembly demonstrated the ability to design, to manufacture and to test a highly critical rocket engine component using selective laser

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