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Audi’s diesel hybrid racer takes grid position one at Le Mans

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The new Audi R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrid ( earlier post ) will start the 80 th running of Le Mans from grid position one. Le Mans rookie Marco Bonanomi in the number “4” Audi R18 ultra took grid position six (3m 26.420 s. After 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2011, this marked the seventh pole position for Audi at Le Mans.

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Pike forecasts $1.4B market for EV telematics by 2017

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Cumulative light-duty PEV deployments by segment, world markets: 2011-2017. Telematics provides the connection to utilities, grid operators, data providers, and owners’ smartphones. PEV telematics are also expected to play a significant role in the smart grid, as well. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.

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Pike ranks Volkswagen Group as the global leader in clean diesel vehicles

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Pike Pulse Grid for clean diesels. million diesel passenger cars sold in 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. In 2011, the US diesel market began to show signs of revival, with 27% growth over 2010. Click to enlarge. The company has long.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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RPS policies as of March 2011. In contrast, China’s 12 th five-year plan, March 5, 2011, requires 11.4 As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. Perspective by The Townsend Company.

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Editorial: Why Are People Worried About Automotive 'Kill Switch' Mandates?

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Usually referenced as a “kill switch,” the device is supposed to be required on every new automobile manufactured after 2025. The DOT just recently stated that creating a national network that permanently linked modern vehicles to government surveillance grids might reduce “potential crash scenarios” by 12 percent.

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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

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In 2009, China overtook the United States as the world’s largest automobile market with sales increasing 46 percent from 2008 to 13.6 million vehicles in 2009, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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The e-gas project, announced in May 2011, was Audi’s first foray into e-fuels. In June 2013, Audi commissioned a power-to-gas facility in the north German town of Werlte, thus becoming the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy sources. Earlier post.) The process is up to 70% efficient.

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