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All revenue from excise duties and the RUC goes into the National Land Transport Fund along with revenue from motor vehicle registration and licensing fees. The exemption applies to any motor vehicle the power of which is wholly (i.e., per cent is estimated to increase the total cost of truck operation by around 0.4%.

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Main application areas for SiC Schottky diodes are active Power Factor Correction (CCM PFC) in Switched-Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) and other AC/DC and DC/DC power conversion applications such as solar inverters and motor drives. Sampling started in January 2009, with series production scheduled in early spring 2009.

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29) has adopted three new regulations to improve the safety and environmental performance of motor vehicles. The new regulations are: A new global technical regulation (UN GTR – 1998 Agreement) to improve the safety of motor vehicles’ occupants in the event of an impact against pole size objects (i.e.

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Aymeric Rousseau, program manager at Argonne, presented a small slice of this wide study at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 (AABC) this week in Long Beach. The engine turns on only if the road load exceeds the power capability of either the battery or the motor. Cost benefit analysis. Load engine power strategy.

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MAY 17, 2012

The Sustaining Members of CRC are the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a group of automobile manufacturer members (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen). The CRC Engine Durability study took duplicates of eight different vehicle model engines spanning 2001-2009 model years. Background.

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As a result of new CEO Mary Barra’s request for a comprehensive internal safety review following the ignition switch recall, General Motors announced three separate recalls involving US production and sales of approximately: 303,000 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana from the 2009-2014 model years with gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds.

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MARCH 16, 2013

The fiscal year 2009 continuing resolution provided the ATVM loan program with $7.5 billion in appropriations to cover credit subsidy costs. billion in appropriations to cover credit subsidy costs. DOE has made five loans worth $8.4 billion and used $3.3

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But General Motors wasn’t far behind and managed to settle things with the union early Monday morning. It was apparently too much for the company to endure and news broke early on Monday that General Motors (now standing alone against the UAW) had likewise reached a tentative contract agreement with the union.

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Despite doom and gloom stories about electric motoring dominating the national press for the first few weeks of the year, it is clear to anyone who looks at the data that 2023 will be a great year for electric vehicles in the UK. By the end of 2022, more than 1.1

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The listing additionally requires the automakers to trim paintings weeks, repair cost-of-living changes and considerably increase retiree advantages. The union officially offered its financial proposals extreme year to GM, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler successor Stellantis because the negotiations barrel towards a Sept.

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that as of the end of June, worldwide cumulative sales of the Prius gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle (generations I, II and III) passed the 3-million mark. The second generation followed in 2003, and the third generation in 2009. TMC launched the Prius in 1997. mpg US to 89.4

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JANUARY 20, 2010

With the AC Propulsion and AutoPort solution, the current USPS LLV design will be stripped of the gasoline engine, transmission and other components and refitted with the AC Propulsion AC-150 drive system, an integrated power system that includes an AC induction motor, inverter, charger and 12V power supply.

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The study also illustrates how a holistic, total vehicle approach to system mass and cost reduction can help offset the additional cost of a 37% mass reduced body structure. Lotus Engineering’s Phase 2 body structure design was based on the dimensions of a 2009 Toyota Venza CUV. Background. The mass reduction target was 40%.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

The company was restructured in 2009; until then it acted as a private research center providing contract research to companies such as Toyota Motor Company, Samsung SDI and others. Skeleton is currently preparing a launch of Round A financing at the end of February.

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MAY 14, 2010

Suzuki Motor Corporation’s newly developed Swift Plug-in Hybrid, unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2009 as a concept ( earlier post ), gained type approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on 12 May. The plug-in is powered by a 55 kW, 180 N·m AC synchronous motor and a 2.66

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Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., and Honda Motor Co., have agreed on key details of their joint support project for the development of hydrogen station infrastructure in Japan. Earlier post.)

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JULY 22, 2009

From October 2007 to April 2009, the average fuel economy of purchased new light-duty vehicles improved from 20.2 mpg (11 L/100km) in April 2009. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle (2009) Economic Indicators as Predictors of the Number and Fuel Economy of Purchased New Vehicles (UMTRI-2009-27). mpg US (11.6

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Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) has developed a new hybrid electric drive train comprising a small axial-type, multi-fuel AVEC engine ( earlier post ), an AVEC generator/motor and an all new electric clutch. The design of the power train allows both the engine and generator/motor to operate at peak efficiency, regardless of speed.

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2009 through 31 Dec. Reynolds, Group Vice President and General Counsel, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A, Brake-override systems cut power to the throttle under certain circumstances when the car receives simultaneous signals to accelerate and to stop. In a statement , Christopher P. Toyota will take a one-time, $1.1

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

This total amount includes additions to capitalized development costs of €10.3 The Group will continue driving forward the development of hybrid and electric motors in particular. In 2009, the Group increased the number of vehicles delivered to customers to 6.336 million (2008: 6.257 million), corresponding to a 11.3%

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Yet current transport patterns, based primarily on private motorised vehicles, generates many social, environmental and economic costs, accounting for more than half of global liquid fossil fuel consumption and nearly a quarter of the world's energy related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (IEA, 2009).

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GSA previously purchased 1,600 hybrid vehicles using revenue from the sale of older vehicles that agencies exchanged last year when they received funds for new vehicles through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009. DOE paid for the additional cost of leasing hybrid vehicles.

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Further improvements are expected in 2009, with an ultimate peak power density target of over 1W/cm 2 , according to the company. FlowCath replaces the expensive precious metal catalyst found in conventional fuel cells with a proprietary low cost liquid catalyst. ACAL leverages advances in detergent chemistry over the past 50 years.

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and Altech-Eco have signed an exclusive agreement to bring EPA-certified dedicated and bi-fuel (gasoline/compressed natural gas) retrofitted Ford Focus vehicles (MY 2008 and 2009) to Florida consumers. Ford Motor Credit has approved the financing for the incremental cost of CNG conversion. Wise Gas , Inc. Wise Gas, Inc.

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The key to obtaining significant reductions in transportation-related GHG emissions is to increase the cost of driving. The economy-wide CO 2 prices applied increase the cost of driving only marginally with respect to the business-as-usual case. Adoption of all of the preceding policies. —Morrow et al.

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2009) Click to enlarge. This is largely due to fact that the small SUV BEV has an electric motor that is 3.1 Specifically, the competitiveness of biomass ethanol depends on the cost of petroleum, whereas the competitiveness of biomass electricity depends on the cost of coal, wind, hydro, solar, and nuclear. Resources.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

In a 1995 paper, Cooper noted that the cost of the recovery unit is small compared with the cost of the battery because it operates continuously and hence at a lower power level than the battery. In addition, it lacks the expensive air electrode of the zinc/air battery, adding to the lower cost of the ZAFC solution.

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NHTSA, provided estimated incremental retail cost and performance estimates for more than 40 technologies expected to be commercially available over the next fifteen years. least-cost) technology mix for each scenario. The estimated cost of achieving the target is $3,744. average cost of a vehicle by $6,714. Source: CAR.

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MAY 7, 2009

FY 2010 Budget requests are in green, the FY 2009 additional appropriation (Recovery Act funding) is in red. decrease against the FY 2009 Appropriation of $33.7 above the FY 2009 appropriation. The budget picture for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Click to enlarge. The budget request represents a 21.8%

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JULY 29, 2010

In 2009, Ford sold 4.817 million units worldwide, down from 5.532 million in 2008. If you hold a BEV at a constant range of 100 miles, over time the cost of the battery pack comes down, she noted, and begins to converge to equal the replacement cost of the powerpack of a plug-in. Access to the fuel. Affordability.

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The duo created a lithium-ion battery with lower voltage but also lower cost and greater safety. Twenty-five years later, the battery is gaining momentum in the auto industry as a means of reducing the cost of electric cars. Goodenough [left] shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Akira Yoshino [middle] and M.

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JULY 12, 2013

In 2009, the UK developed and published an industry consensus passenger vehicle technology roadmap as part of the New Automotive Innovation and Growth Team report in 2009. Focus areas include improvements in: Advanced lower cost control electronics. Technology roadmaps. Fuel injection and variable valve & actuation systems.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

Among the next-generation vehicles, only 2,500 are electric vehicles, JAMA said during the biennial Environmentally Friendly Vehicle (EFV) held the last week of November 2009 in New Delhi, India. For motor vehicles, this means the increase of fuel efficiency and greater use of non-petroleum energies. of Japan’s total fleet.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

ARPA-E’s first FOA, issued in 2009, was a similarly open call for the most transformative energy technology solutions to the most pressing security, economic, and environmental challenges. Open Funding Opportunity. Applicants for this FOA may propose any idea that addresses ARPA-E’s Mission Areas and the types of projects that ARPA-E funds.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Ground-level ozone forms when emissions from industrial facilities, power plants, landfills and motor vehicles react in the sun. In September 2009 Administrator Jackson announced that EPA would reconsider the existing ozone standards, set at 0.075 ppm in March 2008. The agency will hold three public hearings on the proposal: 2 Feb.

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According to the motoring organisation, which today publishes it annual ‘Cost of Motoring Index’, the cost of motoring for Britain’s 30 million drivers has actually reduced over the year yet most believe it has risen, leading many to revise their car use.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Automakers are accelerating their shift to aluminum away from other materials for new car and light truck construction, as they seek to safely and cost-effectively lower the weight of vehicles, according to a recent survey of North American automakers conducted by Ducker Worldwide and commissioned by the Aluminum Association , Inc.

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