Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

'Annual average concentrations of fine particulates from US sources of combustion emissions from (a) electric power generation; (b) industry; (c) commercial and residential sources; (d) road transportation; (e) marine transportation; (f) rail transportation; (g) sum of all combustion sources; (h) all sources. Source: MIT. Click to enlarge. Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 emissions from combustion sources such as industria

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 27, 2013

'Electric cars achieved another milestone recently: Plug-in vehicles on American roads now outnumber the gas stations they whiz past on the roadside. We estimate the watershed (oil-shed?) event took place in early July--though there are some asterisks, as we''ll discuss below. As early as next year, electric-car sales in the United States each year.

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AUGUST 27, 2013

'Attempted to fit new wheel bearings into the hubs, but learned the hard way to not pound in the bearings with the wrong sized tool. Other side went in A-OK!

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AUGUST 24, 2013

'Nissan Leaf sales are up 335 percent over 2012, thanks to the introduction of the lower priced 2013 Nissan Leaf that's manufactured in the U.S. Nissan said on Friday they're seeing demand for electric.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

'Strategic Vision’s New Vehicle Experience Study (NVES), using a rapidly growing sample of Tesla buyers, finds what it calls “significant” differences between Tesla owners and the rest of the electric vehicle market. Creating complete buyer experience profiles, NVES gathers more than 400 variables to provide comprehensive views of the new vehicle driver, including the electric vehicle owner/shopper.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2013

'Toyota today released a few more nuggets of information about the next, all-new generation of its Prius hybrid car. The all-new Prius, to be released in 2015, is likely to continue each generation''s 10-percent improvement on the fuel economy of its predecessor. With the current Prius Liftback rated at 50 mpg combined, that would take the 2015.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

'While other automakers are developing plug-in electric vehicles, Toyota made it clear on Wednesday they are doubling down on hybrid vehicles and planning to show a fuel cell concept car in November. That Toyota's press release.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

'Top 15 LEAF market year-to-date in 2013. Source: Nissan Click to enlarge. Nissan provided a list of the top 15 markets in the US for the Nissan LEAF battery-electric vehicle. Nissan LEAF sales in the United States are up by 335% year-over-year since the launch of the enhanced 2013 model in March. ( Earlier post.) Nissan has sold 11,703 LEAFs in the US during the first 7 months of 2013—an increase of 230% from the 3,543 units for the same period in 2012.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 30, 2013

'Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has every right to be proud of his creation, the Tesla Model S. It''s snatched so many awards he probably needs a second office to keep them all in, and it''s just been rated as the safest car the NHTSA has ever tested. When it comes to whatever the rest of the industry is doing though, he''s rather less.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 28, 2013

'Turn the clock back to 2007… series 12, episode seven of British cult motoring TV show Top Gear. It was during that episode that James May got behind the wheel of the Honda FCX Clarity, one of the world’s first hydrogen cars, and responded by labelling it “the future of the car” and “the most import[.].

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National Green Transportation

AUGUST 28, 2013

'While other automakers are developing plug-in electric vehicles, Toyota made it clear on Wednesday they are doubling down on hybrid vehicles and planning to show a fuel cell concept car in November. That Toyota's press release.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

'The first fully active and regenerative suspension is based on a pioneering electrohydraulic functional unit fitted to the exterior of the damper. Photo: ZF. Click to enlarge. ZF Friedrichshafen AG has entered into a partnership with Levant Power Corp. to build the first fully active suspension system with energy recovery function. GenShock technology is a fully active system for passenger cars which combines dynamics, safety and comfort characteristics with minimum energy consumption.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 27, 2013

'Diesel has been an option for heavy-duty pickup users for quite some time now, and the sights and sounds of a big Power Stroke-equipped Ford or Cummins-engined RAM will be quite familiar to most. It''s taken longer for the fuel to find acceptance in the light-duty, full-size pickup market, but that''s now changing--and over the next few years.

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AUGUST 30, 2013

'Two intrepid explorers are setting out to prove that electric cars are a practical driving solution today, travelling 1,500 miles over the course of four days in a fully electric Nissan LEAF. Embarking on a mission to travel from Aberdeen to London, then onto Cardiff and then back to Aberdeen, Ros[.].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2013

'HYbrid FE concept. Click to enlarge. At the Frankfurt Motor Show, PEUGEOT and Total will unveil the hybrid 208 HYbrid FE concept. Based on a production 208 hatchback, the HYbrid FE accelerates from 0 to 62 mph in 8 seconds, with CO 2 emissions of 49 g/km (NEDC combined cycle). The objective of the 208 HYbrid FE is to halve the CO 2 emissions of the Peugeot 208 equipped with the 3-cylinder 1.0-liter VTi 68 hp and to provide it with acceleration comparable to a performance hatchback.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

'Toyota’s next-generation Prius will deliver significantly improved fuel economy in a more compact package that is lighter in weight and lower in cost, according to Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Managing Officer Satoshi Ogiso. Ogiso—who earlier in his career had been the chief engineer for the Prius, chief engineer for the Prius family, and chief engineer, product planning—made the remarks at the “2013 Toyota Hybrid World Tour” event the company staged in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

'Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that the company will be ready with multiple, commercially-viable autonomous drive (AD) vehicles by 2020. Nissan said that its engineers have been carrying out intensive research on the technology for years, alongside teams from universities including MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Tokyo.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

'Volvo unveiled the new Volvo Concept Coupé, the first of a series of three concept cars that reveal the design possibilities created by the company’s new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). ( Earlier post.). The concept car features a two-liter high-performance Drive-E gasoline engine ( earlier post ) with a supercharger and turbo. The petrol engine is teamed with an electric motor on the rear axle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

'The Yaris Hybrid-R features three 45 kW electric motors, one on each rear wheel and a third between the engine and transmission that operates as a generator. This third motor can act as an advanced traction control system. Click to enlarge. At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Toyota will showcase the Yaris Hybrid-R concept, created as a showcase of possible ideas for the development of hybrid technology for maximum performance and increased driving pleasure. ( Earlier post.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2013

'The California Energy Commission (CEC) is seeking proposals ( PON-13-605 ) to develop new centers or expand existing centers for alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technology. With a total $4.7 million available, the CEC expects to make at least three awards of up to $1,566,667 each to be distributed among Northern California, Central California, and Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2013

'The world’s consumption of gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, heating oil, and other petroleum products reached a record high of 88.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2012, as declining consumption in North America and Europe was more than outpaced by growth in Asia and other regions, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Year-on-year changes in petroleum consumption by region.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2013

'Log?log relationship between NO 2 mixing ratios and the total population of urban areas for the four regions. The approximate linear relationship for each region is notable, suggesting that the dependence of urban NO 2 pollution upon population follows a power law scaling with population. Credit: ACS, Lamsal et al. Click to enlarge. A study by NASA scientists and their colleagues at Dalhousie University (Canada) and NOAA based on satellite data has found a significant correlation of surface nit

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

'The 2014 Chevrolet Malibu arriving in dealerships this fall will offer fuel-saving stop/start technology as standard on its 2.5L base model—the first midsize sedan sold in the US to do so. ( Earlier post.) The Malibu delivers an EPA-estimated 25 city and 36 highway mpg (9.4 l/100 km and 6.5 l/100 km, respectively)—a 14% improvement in city fuel economy—at a starting price of $22,965, including an $825 destination charge but excluding tax, title, and license and dealer fees.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

'The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $16 million for 17 projects to help sustainably and efficiently capture energy from waves, tides, and currents. The Department’s latest nationwide wave and tidal energy resource assessments identify up to 1,400 terawatt hours of potential generation per year. One terawatt-hour of electricity is enough to power 85,000 homes.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2013

'BP recently commissioned a new 250,000 barrel-per-day crude distillation unit at its Whiting Refinery, marking a major milestone in the multi-billion dollar Whiting Refinery Modernization Project (WRMP). ( Earlier post.) The unit will help the refinery significantly increase its heavy, sour crude processing capability to around 80% of its overall crude run.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

'The compact Bosch SMG (“separate motor generator”) 180/120 (180 millimeters in diameter, 120 millimeters long) electric motor is used as the traction motor in the Fiat 500e and smart fortwo electric drive EVs. The 32 kg (70.5 lb) permanent magnet synchronous motor can be used in hybrids as well—one example being its application on the rear axle of the Peugeot 3008 diesel hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

'Nissan Motor Company is targeting becoming world’s leading manufacturer of light commercial vehicles (LCV) by fiscal year (FY) 2016. Light Commercial Vehicles include several classes of vehicles that are designed and developed primarily for work use. Nissan offers one of the widest ranges of LCVs, from mini-LCVs up to 7.5-ton trucks. Nissan expects strong sales in 2013, led by the NV200, a new-generation compact van which will hit 200,000 cumulative sales by the end of fiscal year 2013 (April 2

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

'Researchers at Wakayama University in Japan have produced a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas by irradiating a mixture of carbon powder and distilled water with intense nanosecond laser pulses at room temperature. Electrodes or any other photocatalysts were not used to produce the hydrogen. Photographs of a bottled mixture of Bincho-tan powder and water (a) before, (b) during, and (c) after irradiation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

'The Detroit News reports that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is extending the major connected vehicle pilot project in Ann Arbor ( earlier post ) by another six months, but won’t change its timetable for deciding whether to move forward with the new technology. Conducted by University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), the Safety Pilot Model Deployment is a first-of-its-kind test of connected vehicle technology in the real world.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2013

'Toyota in introducing a new LE Eco grade with the updated MY 2014 Corolla compact sedan. The all new Corolla LE Eco trim level offers enhanced fuel economy due to a 140 hp (104 kW) Valvematic-equipped engine, improved aerodynamics, and unique CVTi-S (continuously variable transmission) tuning. The Corolla LE Eco will offer an EPA rating of 42 mpg US (5.6 l/100 km) on the highway (3 mpg better than the LE), 30 mpg US (7.8 l/100 km) in the city and 35 mpg US combined (6.7 l/100 km).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

'A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. The cost of generation includes any needed transmission and integration costs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2013

'The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) signed a Memorandum of Collaboration last week that will coordinate the ongoing efforts of the two agencies on offshore research and technological improvement projects to support the safe, sustainable offshore production of oil and natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

'Ford has begun a three-year. three-year research partnership with the telematics department of St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in Russia in its association with that country’s space industry. The goal of Ford’s relationship with the university is to analyze space-based robotic communications systems, with potential for developing vehicle mesh networks to aid in connected vehicle communications applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

'The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has patented a catalyst that reforms tar into syngas, a development that can accelerate the process of getting biomass ready for fuel synthesis and use as a drop-in fuel. The process also can help reduce greenhouse gases because the biomass that is used in fuel gets combusted into carbon dioxide, which is food for future biomass.

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