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Magna forms e-powertrain joint venture in China with SAIC Motor subsidiary

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Both partners will give the JV full support to develop localized core competencies in terms of market development, R&D, advanced manufacturing and key parts supply such as gearboxes, inverter components and motors. Magna received the Volvo Cars Quality Excellence (VQE) Award earlier this year for its performance in supplying these systems.

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Aleris to invest $350M to upgrade Kentucky aluminum rolling mill for anticipated growth in automotive demand

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We have partnered with customers in the premium automotive segment from our Duffel, Belgium facility for years to develop and produce some of the most technically advanced lightweight aluminum solutions available today. The material can be supplied in coil, sheet or shaped blanks (such as trapezoidal and radials).

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 66 research projects to receive a total of $130 million in funding through its “OPEN 2012” program. Select projects in OPEN 2012 include: ARPA-E OPEN 2012 selections: Advanced Fuels. ARPA-E OPEN 2012 selections: Carbon Capture.

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Study suggests current levels of methane leakage would result in numerous decades of more rapid climate change from a shift to natural gas vehicles

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emissions through the natural gas supply network, hereafter referred to as CH 4. Using EPA’s estimate of CH 4 emissions from the natural gas supply, the authors—Ramón A. Ensuring a high degree of confidence in the climate benefits of natural gas fuel-switching pathways will require better data than are available today.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The potential is enormous because the current grid has sufficient energy capacity to supply every vehicle in the United States if every one of them was a PHEV. These can be supplied by our current energy distribution and dispensing network without changing the infrastructure. To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish.

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NHTSA Modeling and Technology Projections Underlying the Proposed CAFE Target of 34.1 mpg by MY 2016

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In developing technology inputs for MY 2012-2016 standards, NHTSA and EPA reviewed, as requested by President Obama in his January 26 memorandum, the technology assumptions that NHTSA used in setting the MY 2011 standards and the comments that NHTSA received in response to its May 2008 NPRM. Technologies.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short. Both companies will offer a range of electricvehicles for public sale from 2012.