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Ford unveils new 2015 Focus four-door sedan; 1.0L EcoBoost with start/stop comes to US model

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2015 Focus four-door sedan. The debut of the new Focus four-door sedan and the Focus Electric in New York follows the Geneva Motor Show debut in March of the Focus three- and five-door hatchback and wagon. liter EcoBoost engine is a transverse-mounted, inline three-cylinder turbo gasoline direct fuel injection with Ti-VCT.

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ARPA-E issues $100M OPEN funding opportunity announcement to support early-stage energy R&D

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DE-FOA-0001858 ) ARPA-E issued previous OPEN solicitations in 2009, 2012, and 2015. Technologies that create fuels that are substitutes for gasoline/diesel, but are not bio-based. Electric motors - transportation. Technologies for improved electric motors specifically for transportation applications.

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Sales of Ford Fusion Hybrid, Fusion Energi jump in LA in June; up 35% and 40% y-o-y respectively

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Based on Ford June sales figures, Fusion Energi (the plug-in hybrid variant) sales jumped nearly 40% in LA compared to June 2015. Nationally, the Fusion Energi sold 1,700 units in June, more than doubling the June 2015 sales of 727 units. The Fusion Hybrid sold 2,542 units in June 2016, up 50% from 1,691 units in June 2015.

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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

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The car, intended to be a simple, practical global city car leveraging light-weight engineering, streamlining, and driveline efficiency, is scheduled to be unveiled in November 2015. To address this we are looking at ways to make personal transport as accessible and affordable as possible. Together with the all-electric T.27

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

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As the luxury division of the Hyundai Group (Genesis, Hyundai and Kia) it has gone from two models in 2015 to eight in 2023. The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030. note: “Electrified” is Genesis current nomenclature for its EV.

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Berkeley Lab study forecasts China energy use will peak within 20 years; 356 million private cars by 2050

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Other aggregate results include: Future energy demand reduction potential (CIS minus AIS) is greatest in the industry sector in the earlier years and in the buildings sector in the long run. Under CIS, the commercial sector will be responsible for nearly one-third of all electricity demand. By 2050, personal car ownership reaches 0.68

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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

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Put another way, even when driving the conventional T6 model and accelerating briskly up a winding road, the driver has no idea that only a 2.0L (1,969 cm 3 ), 4-cylinder gasoline engine is doing the work. All electric (mi). liter gasoline engine, the 2.0 Earlier post.) Supercharged turbocharged Inline 4. Twin turbo V6.

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