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News: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Confused

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Honda Drops Clarity FCEV; BMW & Land Rover Test Prototypes. Depending on the story you read, one might assume the market for light-duty FCEVs is either dying or booming. Both Toyota and Hyundai appear not only committed to their light-duty models, but are exploring the use of fuel cell technology for heavy-duty trucks.

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EPA fuel economy report finds weight and power leveling off, footprint stable

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EPA recently released the latest edition of its annual report Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Fuel Economy Trends. Beginning in MY 2005, technology has generally been used to increase both fuel economy and power, while keeping vehicle weight relatively constant.

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EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

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Average CO 2 emissions of new light commercial vehicles (vans) dropped by 7.5 The proportion of electric vehicles (plug-in hybrid and battery electric cars) increased from 1.0% BMW AG, Renault, Daimler AG, Volkswagen together sell more than 50% of the new electric vehicles in the market. g CO 2 /km from 2016. g CO 2 /km.

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Roland Berger study outlines integrated vehicle and fuels roadmap for further abating transport GHG emissions 2030+ at lowest societal cost

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The coalition comprises BMW, Daimler, Honda, NEOT/St1, Neste, OMV, Shell, Toyota and Volkswagen. Bringing optimized ICEs as well as alternative fuels and powertrain technologies to market will account for €380-390 billion (US$435-446) of cumulated incremental powertrain costs from 2010 until 2030.

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An iconic sedan gets electrified: the BMW 330e PHEV offers 22 e-miles

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BMW’s announcement in 2017 that it had decided to make EV and plug-in variants of every single BMW and MINI model was met with some skepticism. As of 2021, BMW has all its segments covered with more than 10 plug-in hybrid models to choose from. From 2005 through the middle of 2020, more than 1.5 But guess what?

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BMW Study on Rankine Cycle for Waste Heat Recovery Shows Potential Additional 10% Power Output at Highway Speeds

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In this study, BMW focused on Rankine A (exhaust gas only) and Rankine B (exhaust gas and coolant). BMW is exploring two pathways for waste heat recovery in vehicles: one thermoelectric, the other thermodynamic. In the study presented, the BMW team restricted its evaluation to two basic single loop systems. Earlier post.).

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