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HK Motors, American Public Gas Association and NGVAmerica to Collaborate to Promote Natural Gas Hybrids

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Hybrid Kinetic Motors Corporation (HK Motors), the American Public Gas Association (APGA) and NGVAmerica have formed a strategic collaboration to promote the mass production and sales of natural gas-powered hybrid passenger vehicles. Key actions of the collaboration include: Promoting consumer interest in natural gas hybrids.

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Audi survey finds more than half of US drivers would support government initiative to spur diesel vehicle sales

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The study was conducted in September 2013 among 2,041 US adults, among whom 1,629 identified themselves as regular drivers, driving their own personal vehicle at least once a once week or more often. Audi believes there are a variety of viable alternative fuel solutions, including electric, but diesel is readily available today.

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New Linde hydrogen station officially begins operating in Emeryville, CA

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The second, located at the Oakland operating division, is expected to begin operating in 2013. Performance-wise, it meets the Daimler requirement of a three-to-four minute complete fill with a delivered gas temperature of -40 °C, the best available today.

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Rechargeable membrane-less hydrogen bromine flow battery shows high power density

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At the same time, the researchers flowed hydrogen gas across the anode. The HBLFB rivals the performance of the best membrane-based systems available today without the need for costly ion-exchange membranes, high-pressure reactants or high-temperature operation. —Braff et al. Braff, Martin Z. Bazant, and Cullen R.

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Ford and Microsoft Partnering on EV Smart Charging

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It’s our desire that this [Ford-Microsoft] partnership minimize the transition for consumers from gas to electric vehicles. Introducing Hohm to Ford’s electric vehicles supports Ford’s global electrification plan, which will put five new electrified vehicles on the road in North America and Europe by 2013. —Ed Pleet.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

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Volume 2, with availability planned for December 2013, will include a detailed soot kinetics model with detailed surface kinetics; a global soot (PM) model; updated large n-alkane for improved negative temperature coefficient predictions; and a biofuels sub-mechanism for tetrahydrofuran (THF). Soot pre-cursor PAH mechanisms.

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Researchers develop four-step catalytic process to produce petroleum refinery feedstocks from biomass sugars

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These waste hemicellulose sugars are among the most inexpensive biomass feedstocks that are available today, they noted. A simple biorefinery model shows that about 55% of a furfural–acetone mixture (10:3 wt ratio) can be converted into cycle oils while also producing other refinery products such as gasoline and natural gas.

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