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The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units of those types by 2020. Experts urged greater efforts on China’s part to boost development of the new energy vehicle industry. kW/kg, at a cost of 200 yuan/kW.

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As we will show, the resulting mmen-M 2 (dobpdc) (M = Mg, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn) compounds, here designated ‘phase-change’ adsorbents, can have highly desirable characteristics that make them superior to other solid or liquid sorbents for the efficient capture of CO 2. The current atmospheric concentration of CO 2 is now 400 parts per million (ppm).

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JULY 21, 2016

Master Plan Part 1—public now for ten years—outlined (1) the creation of an expensive low-volume electric car (Roadster) to fund (2) a medium-volume electric car (Model S, X) at a lower price to create (3) an affordable high volume car (Model 3) and (4) provide solar power. Design accommodates wheelchairs, strollers and bikes.

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Work that has been going on since then has been less focused on just the stack itself, and more on the mass production at low cost of fuel cell system, said Freese. Parts have been moved around from where they are on the Equinox, Freese said, allowing GM to get rid of some of the cables in that system. Earlier post.) Charles Freese.

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The NPMC-based FCgen-1040 fuel cell stack will be a variant of Ballard’s FCgen-micro fuel cell stack, derived from the company’s air-cooled fuel cell technology designed for integration into ultra-lightweight applications. In November 2015, Nisshinbo also became a strategic equity investor in Ballard. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million The goal is to develop a production prototype for refueling stations that will retail for about one-tenth of the cost of currently available systems. Current natural gas refueling systems cost between $5,000 and $10,000. Earlier post.).

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This work creates a general industrialization method toward carbon dioxide capture via DCC atomic-level design strategies. UC Berkeley chemists created the first such carbon-capture MOF in 2015, and subsequent versions have proved even more efficient at removing carbon dioxide from flue gases, such as those from a coal-fired power plant.

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Earlier this month, Ballard announced the development of two new configurations of its FCvelocity-HD7 power module—30 kilowatts (kW) and 60 kW of net power—in addition to the 90 kW net power configuration which it launched in June 2015.

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APRIL 21, 2016

Designed to provide automakers with a new standard in material performance, the sheet steel is poised to accelerate vehicle lightweighting initiatives focused on affordably meeting rising global fuel-economy regulations. In 2015, AK Steel announced a $29-million project to enable production of the next-generation AHSS. Earlier post.).

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As part of its Easy Mobility strategy, SEAT’s objective is to build its product and service portfolio by presenting new solutions to the market in the framework of urban mobility. Following its acquisition by transportation robotics start-up Ninebot in 2015, Segway has launched several micro-mobility solutions for the consumer market.

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The goal of this paper is to assess the resulting CO 2 emissions, energy, and economic impacts of the EU CO 2 mandates, and compare them to an alternative scenario where vehicle emissions are part of an emission trading system designed to meet Europe’s announced economy-wide targets. —Paltsev et al. —Sergey Paltsev.

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The battery leasing credit facility, the first of its kind in the North American public transit industry, is expected to lower the upfront costs of zero-emission buses and put Proterra electric buses at roughly the same price as a diesel bus.

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The FCvelocity-HD7 module is designed specifically for integration into bus applications. Ballard’s FCvelocity-HD7 will feature a number of enhancements over the current production FCvelocity-HD6, including: reduced parts count; fewer moving parts; integrated air compressor and coolant pump; and lower parasitic load.

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The 2015 e-Golf will go on sale later this year at participating dealerships in select states. Separately, Audi of America, also part of the larger Volkswagen Group, also announced its own carbon offset program for the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid (PHEV) ( earlier post ) with 3Degrees, as well as SunPower and Bosch partnerships.

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. in emissions from on-road vehicles. —Adam Fowler.

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Focus Metals President and CEO Gary Economo said the licensing agreement is in two parts. The first part is related to Focus Metals’ development of a graphite purification process that brings Lac Knife’s processed graphite to 99.95% carbon for use in lithium battery applications.

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Source: Skeleton , May 2015. Skeleton Technologies, which on Tuesday was announced as a Global Cleantech 100 company, will use the KIC InnoEnergy investment to further optimize electrode and cell design to allow for higher working voltages. The investment was pledged as part of the €9.8-million Energy density. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 22, 2017

The second-generation concept machine is part of an electric site research project that aims to transform the quarry and aggregates industry, reducing carbon emissions by up to 95% and total cost of ownership by up to 25%. Since then, Volvo CE’s engineers have been further developing the machine. The HX1 was proof of concept.

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million in development funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing “smart” charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. Held at the Duke Energy Envision Center in Erlanger, Ky.,

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MEPPI will perform the design engineering work effort for the SMR-160 digital instrumentation and control system (DCS) and Human System Interface (HSI), needed for SMR-160 operation. Developed by Holte, the SMR-160 is a small modular reactor designed to produce 160 megawatts of electricity using low-enriched uranium fuel.

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The additional 14,000 tonnes of NO x would make it twice the size of the Volkswagen “Dieselgate” scandal of 2015, noted environmental NGO T&E. This saves truck operators the cost of AdBlue refills at the environmental expense of higher NO x emissions. If there is no AdBlue injection, there will be no NO x reduction in the SCR.

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The lower operating costs of hybrid propulsion systems are also of distinct benefit to operators. The new MTU hybrid propulsion systems for ships are part of the Green and High-Tech initiative, which Rolls-Royce Power Systems launched in 2015. Heesen Yachts Nova Hybrid.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Nano One produces low-cost high-performance energy storage materials for batteries as well as a wide range of advanced nanostructured composite materials. The pilot uses equipment common to industry and is designed with flexibility to demonstrate a variety of processing concepts and chemistries. —Nano One CEO Dan Blondal.

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JUNE 11, 2014

Hydroprocessed Esters and Fatty Acid (HEFA) or Fischer Tropsch (FT)—for April 2015-March 2016 fuel deliveries. As part of the regular bulk procurement for Inland East Gulf, this solicitation is designed to assist the DON in meeting its goals to increase the use of biofuels.

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Too, the cost of the technology has been slashed due largely to a 90% reduction in the amount of platinum used in the stack. Fuel cell technology remains an integral part of Daimler’s powertrain strategy. The fuel cell experts have used about 200 tonnes of hydrogen in their developments tests since 2015.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

The WLTP test cycle closes many of the loopholes in the NEDC test procedure, making it more difficult for car manufacturers to optimize test results at the cost of real fuel efficiency and pollutant emissions such as particles and NO x. Each part contains a variety of driving phases, stops, acceleration and braking phases.

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This Phase 4 testing program was designed to show viability of Zenyatta’s Albany graphite compared to synthetic graphite under realistic fuel cell operating conditions. However, the cost to produce synthetic graphite is high and its production also has significant environmental impacts. Zenyatta Ventures Ltd.

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Union Pacific Railroad is investing $20 million to test new technology designed to reduce diesel emissions from freight locomotives in California. A series of 25 experimental locomotives will be based in two Union Pacific rail yards in California as part of a test of emissions-reducing technologies. Earlier post.)

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Gaining that understanding is part of my job at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute , and trackers placed directly onto ice floes are some of our best tools for getting data. Unfortunately, the cost of buying instruments commercially severely limited how many trackers we could deploy.

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The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. Twenty-one years later, in 2015, the IEEE member founded Psyonic , which designs and builds advanced, affordable artificial limbs. Everything that we do has the patient in mind.".

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Additionally, major automakers are investing heavily in R&D to develop affordable and high-performing electric vehicle models specifically designed for the Indian market. One of the key measures is the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme, launched in 2015.

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To reduce CO2 emissions, many countries signed the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, pledging to cut their emissions by certain targets. In 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new standards to reduce GHG emissions from heavy-duty vehicles for model years 2027-2032, as part of its Clean Trucks Plan.

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The number of sold electric vehicles of all types rose from 760 in 2010 to more than 70,000 in 2014, with the trend continuing in the first half of 2015, according to the report. Higher purchase costs for electric vehicles, mainly because of the significant cost of the traction battery, seem to remain an important barrier for a larger uptake.

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In his January 2015 inaugural address, California Governor Jerry Brown identified five key climate change strategy “pillars,” which recognize that several major areas of the California economy will need to reduce their emissions to meet California’s ambitious climate change goals. Source: 2030 Target Scoping Plan Discussion Draft.

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one of the current and future technologies as a core part of our product portfolio, our capital allocation process, our vehicle platform design and manufacturing processes. It is embedded into the fabric of our company, along with other technologies.Long term we see electrification as part of the fuel diversity plan going forward.

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The Governor also signed an executive order (EO) designed to accelerate the commercialization of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). Californians will have easy access to zero-emission vehicle infrastructure; The zero-emission vehicle industry will be a strong and sustainable part of California’s economy; and. of new vehicles by 2025 (i.e.,

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as possible, but not later than 2015. The package includes the Green Climate Fund; an Adaptation Committee designed to improve. will be led by the climate science in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report and the global Review from 2013-2015. The governments also agreed to the full implementation of the package to support.

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