Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2013

Route of the Pegasus pipeline. Source: ExxonMobil. Click to enlarge. A breach in ExxonMobil’s Pegasus crude oil pipeline occurred late Friday afternoon near Mayflower, AR (about 20 miles north northwest of Little Rock and at the southeastern end of the Lake Conway reservoir). The pipeline has been shut in and crews are working to contain the spill. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) categorizes the incident as a “major spill”—i.e., greater than 250 barrels (10,500 gallons).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2013

The big news in plug-in car sales for March was Tesla's statement that it delivered "more than 4,750" Model S electric cars from January through March. That news early yesterday not only sent stock in Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] soaring, it also cued up an interesting three-way horse race. Those sales put the Model S on a par with the Volt, ahead of.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 31, 2013

All eyes are on Tesla Motors and whether the companies sales live up to expectation. Tesla has made a big bet they can sell 20,000 electric luxury cars a year when the likes of Nissan and General Motors.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 2, 2013

Tuesday 2 April, 2013. The Green Piece Column. Attending the recent press launch of the Renault ZOE recently, there was one thing that disappointed me-no not the car, as you can read from my first drive report (see story), I was impressed by this new, more affordable electric supermini, but its marketing presentation was lame. [.].

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APRIL 1, 2013

Tesla Motors reported Q1 vehicle deliveries of more than 4,750 Model S units—exceeding the 4,500-unit Q1 target provided in the mid-February shareholder letter. ( Earlier post.) As a result, Tesla is amending its Q1 guidance to full profitability, both GAAP and non-GAAP. Tesla also announced that the small battery option for the Model S (earlier post) will not enter production, due to lack of demand.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 1, 2013

While the National Rifle Association often comes down on the conservative side of social issues, it issued a statement today supporting the rollout of plug-in electric cars across the U.S. According to a new position paper released this morning, the NRA intends to pursue a mandate requiring electric cars to offer a mobile source for recharging.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 3, 2013

Back in the 1980s, after she‘d massacred the last remaining stronghold of British manufacturing in the UK, good old Mrs Thatcher toddled up to the North East to open the Nissan plant. I cannot remember the ins and outs of this venture, how much Government money was ploughed into it and how long it took [.].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

Flow of the new process; enzymes are in red. Credit: Martín del Campo et al. Click to enlarge. A team of Virginia Tech researchers, led by Dr. Y.H. Percival Zhang, has developed a process to convert xylose—the second-most abundant sugar in plants—into hydrogen with approaching 100% of the theoretical yield. The findings of their study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition , suggest that cell-free biosystems could produce hydrogen from biomass xylose at lo

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2013

And now we know: Tesla's Big Mystery Story, teased via more than one tweet from CEO Elon Musk, is this: You will soon be able to "lease" a brand-new 2013 Tesla Model S. That's a good thing (though not nearly as much fun as some of the ideas proposed under the Twitter hashtag #TeslaPredictions). But we digress. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 30, 2013

The perfect April Fools prank would have been for A123 Systems to put out a fake press release saying the company had changed its name to B456 Systems. On Thursday, March 28, not April 1, an SEC filing from.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 1, 2013

After being unveiled as a concept at last year’s Paris Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz has now unveiled the production-ready version of its B-Class Electric Drive (pictured). Making its debut at the New York International Auto Show, this electric car comes with a 100kW electric motor capable of producing 310Nm of torque and offering a range of [.].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2013

'The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released new survey results that show that Americans continue to use electronic devices while driving, despite warnings that it causes their own driving to deteriorate and can lead to crashes, injuries and even death. The new data are being released at the start of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 3, 2013

We didn't expect the fluorescent green, that's for sure. But it probably helped us on our half-hour drive around crowded midtown Manhattan in the new 2013 Smart ForTwo Electric Drive, the latest all-electric version of the little two-seat Smart car. With the lithium-ion battery pack in the sandwich floor and the electric traction motor replacing.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 31, 2013

All eyes are on Tesla Motors and whether the companies sales live up to expectation. Tesla has made a big bet they can sell 20,000 electric luxury cars a year when the likes of Nissan and General Motors.

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APRIL 4, 2013

'Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the production of clean hydrogen fuel, developing a new method that allows them to extract the gas from any plant. Using a simple and abundant plant sugar called Xylose, researchers at Virginia Tech university mixed the sugar in a cocktail of thirteen enzymes to kick-start a chemical reaction [.].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

'Detroit Electric SP:01. Click to enlarge. Detroit Electric unveiled the SP:01, a limited-edition, two-seat battery-electric sports car. With a top speed of 155 mph (249 km/h) and a 0-62 mph (0-100 km/h) time of 3.7 seconds (the same acceleration time as the Tesla Roadster), the SP:01 claims the mantle of the fastest pure-electric production car. The new SP:01 was launched under the brand’s mantra of ‘Pure Electric Excitement’ and was revealed at Detroit Electric’s new headquarters in the Fisher

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2013

The picture kind of says it all, don't you think? This is a 2011 Nissan Leaf owned by the Stith family, as dressed up for last year's Easter Parade in Campbell, California. Being a zero-emission vehicle, the Leaf makes an extra-friendly Easter Bunny, since it's quiet and emits no exhaust. As Paul Stith noted in a recent Facebook post, the entire.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 30, 2013

Source of an Epic FAIL. I’ve been seeing the b t full page ads for Icelandic Glacial water in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times for months now and every time I do they p**s me off. . If you know the Creative Greenius you know that I am easily pissed off by the charlatans, greenwashers and pompous posers who prey upon the ill-informed and gullible and that’s exactly what Icelandic Glacial water is and does.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 5, 2013

'Forecourts in the UK are dispensing 3.5 billion fewer litres of fuel than five years ago, according to new research by the AA. Figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, seen by the AA, show that in 2007, fuel stations sold 22.9 billion litres of petrol. By 2012, that figure fell to 17.4 [.].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

'Ford unveiled the new, fifth-generation global Mondeo in China, the first Ford to be equipped with the new 1.5-liter EcoBoost engine. The new 3-cylinder, 1.5L EcoBoost is the fifth and latest member to join Ford’s global family of EcoBoost engines, which includes a 1.0-liter three-cylinder, 1.6- and 2.0-liter four-cylinders, and two 3.5-liter V6 variants.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 4, 2013

'Range Anxiety. Two very familiar words, but their coming together is more recent. It''s the fear of running out of electricity in an electric car, compounded by typically short ranges and long recharging times. And it''s contagious: A potential customer could drive under 30 miles per day and use a regular longer trips, but scare stories convince.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2013

'In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that the global market for e-bicycles will grow at a modest rate of 3.1% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) from 31 million in 2013 to nearly 38 million in 2020. North America, Western Europe, and Latin America will show signs of faster growth (9.7%, 9.1%, and 14.4% CAGR, respectively), the market research firm anticipates.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2013

BMW introduced the 328d Sedan at the New York International Auto, ushering in the next wave of BMW Advanced Diesel models in the US. The 328d will feature BMW’s 2.0-liter TwinPower diesel 4-cylinder engine, which produces 180 hp (134 kW) and 280 lb-ft (380 N·m) of torque, available from 1,750 rpm. It will be mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

'Europe is set to emerge as a strong regional market for medium- to heavy-duty natural gas (NG) commercial vehicles, populated by several competitors on both OEM and supplier sides, according to a new analysis by Frost & Sullivan. Driven by energy price volatility, tightening emission norms, and the shale gas revolution in the US, the market for NG vehicles is gaining considerable momentum.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2013

'US energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2012 were the lowest since 1994, at 5.3 billion metric tons of CO 2 , according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). With the exception of 2010, emissions have declined every year since 2007. The largest drop in emissions in 2012 came from coal, which is used almost exclusively for electricity generation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

'The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation System Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) will host a free Connected Vehicle Reference Implementation Architecture (CVRIA) public workshop meeting to discuss and solicit feedback on preliminary architecture viewpoint drafts and to gain important feedback from the stakeholders who will be involved in manufacturing, developing, deploying, operating, or maintaining the connected vehicle technologies and applications.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2013

2014 5.3L V-8 EcoTec3 AFM VVT DI (L83) for Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra. Click to enlarge. The 2014 GMC Sierra 1500 full-size pickup truck features a new 5.3L EcoTec3 V-8 engine ( earlier post ) equipped with direct injection, cylinder deactivation (AFM) and variable valve timing to achieve EPA estimates of 16 mpg city (14.7 l/100 km) and 23 highway (10.2 l/100 km) with two-wheel drive or 16/22 mpg (14.7/10.7 l/100 km) with four-wheel drive.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

As part of the proposed Tier 3 rulemaking on vehicle emissions and gasoline sulfur content released last week ( earlier post ), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to allow vehicle manufacturers to request approval for an alternative certification fuel—such as a high-octane 30% ethanol by volume (E30) blend—for vehicles they might design or optimize for use on such a fuel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2013

Lithium-sulfur batteries are of great interest for electromobility applications, among others, due to their high specific energy and relatively low cost, but are challenged by significant capacity decay over cycling. ( Earlier post.) Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden, Germany say they have developed new cathode and anode designs for lithium-sulfur batteries that can increase the cycle life by a factor of seven.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

With the US sales numbers for the first quarter of 2013 in, Tesla appears to be the leading seller of plug-in vehicles for that period, with more than 4,750 units of the model S sold in North America. ( Earlier post.) (Tesla doesn’t break out sales by country at this time, so there are no US-specific figures from the company.). GM posted sales of 4,244 Volt extended range electric vehicles in the US in the second quarter, representing an 8.4% increase year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2013

Shell is ready to invest several hundred million dollars in emerging technology companies, with the aim to accelerate the deployment of innovations that add value to the company’s operations. From smarter exploration processes to enhanced extraction techniques, Shell’s corporate venturing arm Shell Technology Ventures will make investments over the next six to eight years.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2013

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. announced that as a result of the continued success of Amyris’s existing technology collaboration with Total, the two parties intend to form a joint venture company by mid-2013 to market renewable diesel, jet fuel, and other specialty products derived from Biofene Amyris’s renewable brand of farnesene.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

'NXP Semiconductors N.V. and Cohda Wireless have signed the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). ( Earlier post.) The memorandum aims at implementing and deploying harmonized technology for the wireless communication between cars, or between cars and traffic infrastructure, in Europe. NXP and Cohda, a leading specialist in wireless communication for automotive safety applications, are the first automotive electronics suppliers to sign the MoU, following twelve ma

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2013

'A new report published by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) recommends the international harmonization of fuel efficiency and/or greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses. Foundational steps toward such alignment would include a common set of test cycles and test payload weights, which would serve to define universal measures of vehicle performance.

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