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JANUARY 17, 2013

Colorado State University will retrofit two internal delivery trucks with fuel-efficient hydraulic hybrid systems, paid for by a grant from the Colorado Energy Office. The vehicles, 2012 GMC trucks, will be put into delivery service on campus.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

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. University. University.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The FPLG comprises an internal combustion component, a linear generator and a gas spring; the researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of the technology on a test bench specifically developed for this purpose. Friedrich (2012) Development of a Free-Piston Linear Generator for use in an Extended-Range Electric Vehicle (EVS 26).

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JULY 16, 2012

Evatran has successfully completed the first three installations of its Plugless Power wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging technology with Apollo Launch partners The Hertz Corporation, Duke Energy, and the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

An international collaboration of two dozen institutions led by the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has fully sequenced the genes of Agaricus bisporus —the button mushroom. Sonnenberg, Dan Cullen, Ronald P. de Vries, Taina Lundell, David S.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology (Japan) have demonstrated the transfer of electric power from wheels to power an electric car using dielectric coupling between a steel belt in a tire and a metal plate in a roadway. Resources. Sugiura, N. Sakai, M.Hanazawa, and T. 35-38 doi: 10.1109/IMWS.2012.6215814. 2012.6215814.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

Daimler Greater China and Beijing’s Tsinghua University have signed a contract to continue and further to expand their research cooperation begun in 2012 for another 3 years. The expanded research collaboration with Tsinghua University again shows Daimler’s clear commitment to R&D activities in China.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Ford Motor Company is teaming with the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to retrain its traditional automotive engineers, providing them with the skills and expertise to develop the next generation of advanced electric and hybrid vehicles. Next-generation hybrid vehicle in 2012. Plug-in hybrid in 2012.

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A study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University suggests that BEVs could constitute the majority or near-majority of cars and SUVs by 2030, given widespread BEV availability and technology trends. They then compared these results to those of a similar consumer survey conducted from 2012-2013.

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Their paper was presented at the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2012 Fall Technical Conference by Marcello Canova, assistant professor at OSU; lead author was Philipp Skarke, from the University of Stuttgart Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering. —Skarke et al.

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MARCH 7, 2010

The company expects to commercialize solid-state lithium-ion cells using the new electrolyte around 2012. At the 1 st International Rechargeable Battery Expo in Tokyo last week, Idemitsu exhibited an A6-size (105 mm × 148 mm) laminated solid-state lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery using its lithium sulfide electrolyte. Earlier post.)

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Dr. Lamp received his MSc in physics from the Technical University of Munich in 1989. After a short period as project leader for fuel cell systems at Webasto Thermo Systems International GmbH, he joined BMW AG in 2001 as a development engineer for fuel cell systems. In 1993, he obtained his PhD in general physics.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

The World Environment Center ( WEC ) will award its 30 th Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development to the Volkswagen Group. Recent recipients of the WEC Gold Medal Award are: Unilever (2013), IBM (2012), Nestlé (2011), Wal-Mart Stores (2010), The Coca-Cola Company (2009), and Marks & Spencer (2008).

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JULY 23, 2012

20 July 2012 and a premium of 66% relative to the volume-weighted average price of the Common Shares over the 20 trading days ending 20 July 2012. Nexen had average production of 207 mboe/d (after royalties) in Q2 2012. Nexen’s other international activities will be maintained as planned. billion will remain outstanding.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Many trials with OEM vehicles have started up in 2012, and at least one vendor—Evatran, which markets its products under the marque “Plugless Power”—intends to bring a system to market in the first half of 2013. Penetration in 2012 was only a fraction of 1% of vehicles sold.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

Engineers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) have designed a “2-in-1” electric motor unit which can increase the range of electric vehicles in hot climates. The development of the machine took place in the course of an exchange program between the DLR and the NTU, with Singaporean PhD student N.

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APRIL 17, 2014

The international “Science Award for Electrochemistry” from BASF and Volkswagen is set to be awarded for the third time. The awards ceremony will take place on 6 November 2014 at Stanford University in California. Scientists may now submit applications online at www.science-award.com. The closing date for entries is 4 July 2014.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

The proposal comes shortly after the DC Circuit Court vacated the EPA’s 2012 cellulosic biofuels standard for the RFS. The cellulosic biofuel standard for 2012—vacated by the court for being too high given the reality in the market—was 8.65 billion gallons of renewable fuels over the amount mandated for 2012.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

autumn and 9% in the winter between 2003 and 2012, an. international team of scientists has found. The researchers used new data from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat-2 satellite spanning 2010 to 2012, and data from NASA’s ICESat satellite from 2003 to 2008 to estimate the volume of sea ice in the Arctic. a decline of.

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JUNE 5, 2012

L/100km), likely reflecting the slight reduction the price of gasoline, according to the monthly report from researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). The sales-weighted CAFE (unadjusted mpg) for May 2012 was 29.1 UMTRI also reported that its Eco-Driving index for March 2012 was 0.83—a

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APRIL 14, 2012

These consortia—led in theUS by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the University of Florida, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)—will bring together experts from national laboratories, universities, and industry in both the US and India. MEMC Corporation; and Solarmer Energy Inc. Thermax Ltd.;

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JANUARY 12, 2013

However, the fuel-cycle PM 10 , PM 2.5 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs could be up to five times higher than those of ICEVs (internal combustion engine vehicles) and CNGVs. In February 2012, the China State Council approved its first national ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5 , which will come into effect by the end of 2015.

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MARCH 20, 2014

ENGEL Austria is a leading supplier of lightweight solutions for the international automotive industry. At its technology center for lightweight composites, which opened in 2012 in St.

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MAY 5, 2012

Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University report on the combustion and emission characteristics of dual-fuel compound homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion in a paper published in the International Journal of Engine Research. International Journal of Engine Research doi: 10.1177/1468087412440908.

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AUGUST 19, 2012

A study by a team led by Dr. Dennis Assanis at the University of Michigan suggests that accessing the “thermodynamic sweet spot” in high-efficiency, dilute, boosted gasoline engines has the potential for vehicle fuel economy gains between 23% and 58%. Their paper is published in the International Journal of Engine Research.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Researchers at Daimler AG and a colleague at Albstadt-Sigmaringen University have developed a new cost forecast model for hydrogen fuel cell stacks and Li-ion batteries using a two-factor experience curve approach. —Mayer et al. 2012.07.022.

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This universal platform is to be shared by the two Groups and will be used for development of all future C & D segment passenger cars and SUVs. More than half of production will be for international markets, particularly North America. More than half of production will be for international markets, particularly North America.

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MARCH 12, 2012

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) have developed a method for analyzing combustion events in an internal combustion engine based on crankshaft torque measurements. Ingemar Andersson, Mikael Thor, Tomas McKelvey (2012) The torque ratio concept for combustion monitoring of internal combustion engines.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The Volkswagen and BASF international “Science Award Electrochemistry 2016” goes to Dr. William Chueh from Stanford University. Dr. Martin Ebner received his PhD in Material Science at the ETH University Zurich. Dr. William C.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Biofuel produced by the China-US Aviation Biofuel Pilot Project will meet international specifications approved in 2011 for jet fuel made from plant oils and animal fats. Boeing and COMAC have been collaborating since 2012 to support the growth of China’s commercial aviation industry.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

According to report from a team at Tsinghua University, recently published by the the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), real-world emission factors of CO, HC, and PM from diesel trucks and buses in China have been reduced significantly as emission standards have become more stringent from Euro 0 to Euro III.

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JULY 9, 2012

Researchers at RWTH Aachen University describe the homogenously catalyzed hydrogenation of CO 2. to methanol using a homogeneous transition metal catalyst system based on a single ruthenium phosphine complex under relatively mild conditions in a paper published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Wesselbaum, S.,

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AUGUST 21, 2012

IH 2 technology involves use of internally generated hydrogen and a series of proprietary catalysts. 2012), Integrated hydropyrolysis and hydroconversion (IH 2 ) for the direct production of gasoline and diesel fuels or blending components from biomass, part 1: Proof of principle testing. Marker, T. and Roberts, M.

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JUNE 29, 2012

An international team led by University of Minnesota chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis reports in the journal Science on a prototype of a new catalyst made of orthogonally connected microporous zeolite nanosheets ( earlier post ). Credit: U of Minn. Click to enlarge. Korea and Sweden. 1221111.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

The Antarctic Ice Sheet could be an overlooked but important source of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, according to a report in Nature by an international team of scientists. Butler (2012) Potential methane reservoirs beneath Antarctica. —Wadham et al. Resources. Tulaczyk, M. Tranter, J. Telling, G. Ridgwell, A. Dubnick, M.

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MAY 12, 2012

The goal of the partnership is to leverage the complementary missions of deployment and commercialization (DOE) and fundamental research and education (NSF) to address the efficiency of the internal combustion engine (ICE). Liquid fuels have dominated transportation systems for over a century and will continue to do so for decades to come.

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MAY 13, 2013

Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada , hosted by Montreal’s McGill University, have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable alternative jet fuels with the long term goal to supply Air Canada. The first assessment is expected by the end of 2013.

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