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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) selected a team of Honeywell developers for its 2012 Control Systems Technology Award in recognition of the team’s work in developing the OnRAMP Design Suite for Powertrain Control.

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Disneyland will replace gasoline vehicles at its Autopia ride with EVs in 2026, the Los Angeles Times confirmed this week. The groups drawing attention to the disparities in recent weeks and encouraging the shift to electric are planning a Sunday morning (10 a.m.) rally celebrating the decision at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

has received California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Order (EO) #D-731-1 allowing aftermarket conversions of gasoline-powered 2012-2014 model year General Motors 2500 and 3500 vans, Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans into hybrid electric vehicles. XL Hybrids, Inc. metric tons of carbon dioxide reduced.

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JULY 9, 2015

While alternative powertrains still represent a small percentage of market share compared to gasoline engines, the report noted, clean diesels saw a 10% increase in 2014 sales over 2013 sales, while hybrids saw a 10% decrease, pure electrics saw a 20% increase and compressed natural gas saw a 33% decrease. Belzowski 2015. Model year.

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APRIL 28, 2015

l/100 km) in 2012. This represents a 26% increase in fuel economy from 2012 values, and a 23% increase from the 2015 standard of 14.5 Individual companies will have to demonstrate compliance via a corporate average fuel economy approach with harmonic averaging. km/L (42 mpg US, 5.6 l/100 km) in 2022, compared to 14.2

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

established with China FAW Group Corporation in China’s Sichuan Province, has begun production of the third-generation Prius”gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle at its Changchun Plant. Sales of the vehicle will begin in early 2012. Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Co., a joint vehicle-production company.

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APRIL 13, 2013

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has completed its three-year plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV) demonstration project jointly carried out with Électricité de France (EDF) and the City and the Urban Community of Strasbourg in France. Up to 61% of CO 2 emissions can be reduced compared to conventional gasoline cars of similar size. times a day.

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JANUARY 1, 2011

DB has lowered its advanced lithium-ion battery cost projection by about 30% for 2012. The DB team attributed the reduction to less concern about gasoline prices, and therefore fuel efficiency, as well as fewer government subsidies for hybrids. CAGR from 2012 through 2020 to about $250/kWh. gallon gasoline.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

Kyodo News reports that Fuji Heavy Industries may suspend production of its electric minivehicle, the Stella EV ( earlier post ). Fuji Heavy plans to withdraw completely from minivehicle production sometime around 2012.

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JULY 25, 2012

Michalek, an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and his colleagues Mikhail Chester, an assistant professor at Arizona State University; and Constantine Samaras, an engineer at the RAND Corporation. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Michalek et al.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Cumulative sales in Japan of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) hybrid vehicles—including plug-in hybrids— reached 2.04 As of the end of October 2012, there are 19 TMC-produced hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid vehicle model available in approximately 80 countries and regions around the world. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation will rely on a powertrain strategy based on its new downsized 4-cylinder VEA (Volvo Environmental Architecture) engine platform ( earlier post ) and hybrids for the US market, said John Maloney, recently appointed President of Volvo Cars, US, in an interview at the Detroit Auto Show. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 4, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has developed a vehicle-to_home (V2H) system for the mutual sharing of power between plug-in vehicles—plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs)—and homes. Energy management with the V2H system. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 15, 2016

A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that regulatory incentives for OEMs for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) intended to encourage a technology transition in the transportation fleet result in increased fleet-wide gasoline consumption and emissions. —Jenn et al. Click to enlarge. —Jenn et al.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Michelin and Siemens, in cooperation with research partners at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, are launching a project to demonstrate that the total cost of electric vehicles can be less than that of a conventional combustion-engined car.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

In 2003, the state fleet consumed 38,559,715 gallons of petroleum-based fuel (gasoline and diesel), according to the report. 281,619 gallons gasoline equivalent (gge) of CNG and propane (7%). 42,014 gge of electricity (1%). 281,619 gallons gasoline equivalent (gge) of CNG and propane (7%). 42,014 gge of electricity (1%).

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APRIL 12, 2010

ITOCHU Corporation and JGC Corporation have agreed to participate in large-scale bio-ethanol production and power supply businesses in the Philippines together with other local partners. million gallons US)), and also sell electricity generated by a power plant (maximum of 19 MW) fueled by sugarcane residuals (bagasse).

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. Oh’s hydrogen engine matched the rated power of the original gasoline engine, with an achieved best-point gross indicated thermal efficiency is 42.4%. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. —Oh and Plante.

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JUNE 1, 2009

Swedish energy company Vattenfall and the Volvo Car Corporation are launching an industrial joint venture partnership to introduce plug-in hybrids on the market by 2012. The Volvo Car Corporation will manufacture the cars and Vattenfall will develop charging systems and supply the cars with electricity. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Institute of Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart have developed a demonstrator multi-fuel free-piston linear generator (FPLG, or Freikolbenlineargenerator, FKLG in German) as a range extender for electric vehicles. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 19, 2013

As of the end of July 2013, Toyota Motor Corporation has sold more 5.5 liter Global Race Engine (GRE) developed by Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) for rallying with two electric motors to provide an intelligent electric four-wheel drive capability. In August 2012, TMG unveiled the entry-level TMG Yaris R1A car.

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APRIL 2, 2010

Yesterday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National High Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly established increasingly stringent greenhouse gas emission standards under the Clean Air Act for 2012 through 2016 model-year vehicles and fuel economy standards under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program, respectively.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

US Commercial-scale production of cellulosic biofuels reached about 20,000 gallons in late 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). EISA set a target level of 500 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels for 2012 and 1 billion gallons for 2013, growing to 16 billion gallons by 2022. Source: EIA.

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APRIL 15, 2014

In September 2012, DGD had applied for 12 prospective RD LCFS pathways, each differing by feedstock (soy oil, corn oil, used cooking oil, and animal fat), rendering energy, and transport modes and distances. ARB certified DGD’s pathways on 3 December 2012. In the approved 2012 pathways, the CI for UCO RD via rail was 18.4,

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AUGUST 5, 2011

Faced with flagging demand for gasoline and other petroleum products in their respective home markets, the two giants will invest a total of around 120 billion yen [US$1.5 The venture will begin production in 2012 and have an output capacity of about 1.3 billion] in a pair of new production ventures in South Korea.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

the step-by-step introduction of electrification to SKYACTIV internal combustion engines: stop-start, followed by regenerative braking, followed by electric motor drive technologies. Ultimately, the compression ratio ended up playing a central role among these factors in both gasoline and diesel engines, although in different directions.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has begun taking orders through Toyota dealers around Japan for the Prius PHV (plug-in hybrid). TMC will launch the vehicle in Japan on 30 January 2012. The vehicle’s electric power consumption rate is 8.74 Prius PHV S. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) miles), and PHV fuel efficiency is 61.0

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JULY 8, 2015

Methanol-powered vehicles are one pillar of Geely Auto’s diversified new-energy strategy, which also encompasses ethanol, CNG, gasoline-electric hybrid, plug-in hybrid, pure-electric, and extended-range solutions. Click to enlarge. Currently the company has a 4,000 metric ton/year production capacity.

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JULY 12, 2011

Chesapeake Energy Corporation plans to create a $1.0-billion billion venture capital fund over the next 10 years, Chesapeake NG Ventures Corporation (CNGV), dedicated to identifying and investing in companies and technologies that will replace the use of gasoline and diesel with natural gas and natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels.

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JULY 11, 2011

Volvo is taking the next step in its electrification strategy by producing test electric vehicles with range extenders. Tests of the concepts will get under way in the first quarter of 2012. The concepts all use three-cylinder flex fuel (gasoline and E85) engines to complement the front-wheel electric drive. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 9, 2012

In particular, they estimated resource requirements for electric vehicles and windturbines (revolutionary demand areas for REEs) from performance specifications and vehicle sales or turbine deployment projections. Kirchain (2012) Evaluating Rare Earth Element Availability: A Case with Revolutionary Demand from Clean Technologies.

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Mazda Motor Corporation unveiled the all-new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV. gasoline, and SKYACTIV-D 2.2 Launched in 2012, the CX-5 was the first new-generation model featuring SKYACTIV technology and KODO design. It has won around 90 awards worldwide, including 2012-2013 Japan Car of the Year. diesel engines. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 11, 2014

From the perspective of mobility zones based on travel distance, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles can match the everyday usability of a current gasoline car, and become mainstream environmentally friendly vehicles. Since January 2012, he has been in charge of planning and development for fuel cell vehicles. —Yoshikazu Tanaka.

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EPA standards meant to incentivize EV production are phasing out By Peter DouglaS: Member, Electric Auto Association. Electric vehicles (EVs) play an important role helping automakers keep in compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emissions standards. Tesla Model 3 assembly line. Toyota holds roughly 30 million.

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JULY 13, 2011

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has signed two pieces of legislation that promote the use of natural gas, electric or other alternative-fueled vehicles in the Commonwealth. He also signed a new executive order setting out the state alternative fuel plan required by House Bill 2282. HB2105 (Bulova). Executive Order #36.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

A123 Systems has entered a battery supply agreement with Fisker Automotive to supply battery systems for the Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The Karma—an extended-range electric vehicle—is scheduled to be launched in late 2010. Project Nina is expected to launch in 2012.

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The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R.

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