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DECEMBER 14, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $100 million in funding for new projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA‑E) latest OPEN funding opportunity. ( DE-FOA-0001858 ) ARPA-E issued previous OPEN solicitations in 2009, 2012, and 2015. Electric motors - transportation.

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JULY 9, 2012

China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. China has made big progress in electric car technologies but still lags behind other countries in certain areas, said the report.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Toyota introduced a new C-HR Concept (its proportions place it between the B-SUV and C-SUV segments) at the 2015 Frankfurt motor show. The 2015 version follows on the first C-HR Concept, a 3-door concept introduced in 2014 at the Paris motor show. The hybrid system in the 2015 C-HR is more compact and with lighter componentry.

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DECEMBER 19, 2014

and Methanol Holdings Trinidad Limited (MHTL) announced that MHTL intends to partner with G2X Energy to construct the world-scale methanol-to-gasoline (MTG)-ready, methanol production facility being developed by G2X Energy in Lake Charles, Louisiana. G2X Energy, Inc. Earlier post.). The Big Lake Fuels LLC facility will produce 1.4

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AUGUST 22, 2017

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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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The system looks about like a small inline gasoline engine, you could even put it into a sedan. 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. The electrode design is different, Freese said, enabling a significant change in platinum loading.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

A key part of ARB’s AB 32 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), the cap-and-trade program provides an overall limit on the emissions from sources responsible for 85% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions. ARB Staff has designed the program to be sufficiently stringent to spur GHG emissions reductions to achieve AB 32 goals.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Production of hybrid components for the electrification of both companies' models is scheduled to begin in 2015. BMW Peugeot Citroën Electrification aims to become one of the leading players in the field of electric powertrains within a few years, as well as a pacesetter on the road to the mobility of the future. More than 1.8

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JULY 29, 2023

A minor freshen will have to begin in past due 2025 and an all-electric model will come within the decade’s 2nd part. Up entrance might be a untouched grid-like grille design, life the rear will get wider and sportier with a sloping again window. Murano: The midsize crossover — powered by means of a three.5-liter

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

At the heart of its low-emissions strategy, the new four-cylinder Ingenium gasoline engine is now in production at Jaguar Land Rover’s £1-billion (US$1.33-billion) Designed, engineered and manufactured in the UK, these engines will deliver up to 25% more power than the engines they replace and offer fuel consumption reductions of up to 15%.

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JUNE 29, 2012

The XJ_e demonstrates how an advanced parallel plug-in hybrid design can deliver reductions in CO 2 emissions of more than 70%, without compromising vehicle performance. The XJ_e combines the lightweight aluminium vehicle structure from the Jaguar XJ with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) system, featuring the 2.0-liter

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JUNE 12, 2015

results of a gasoline-fueled 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray. The fastest lap on the Sachsenring was set this year by a 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z06 with a time of 1:30.47.). The highlight is an electrically driven compressor. seconds; the old record was set in February 2015. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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JULY 29, 2015

million) Ricardo Vehicle Emissions Research Center (VERC) as part of the company’s centenary celebrations at its world headquarters in Shoreham-by-Sea, UK. The new Ricardo VERC is designed to accommodate the development requirements of the next generation of more environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient road-going vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The 90 series vehicles are built on the company’s specially-designed and fully modular Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). The Twin Engine technology supports three modes of operation: Pure, in which the car runs on electric power alone. The system adds an electric compressor and pressurized 2L air tank to the powertrain.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With the global push towards sustainability, the rise of electric autos in India comes as no surprise. As the second-most populous country in the world and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, India is making significant strides in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to combat climate change and reduce air pollution.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

kg) core has only two primary moving parts—a rotor (the primary work-producing component) and an eccentric shaft—and fits in a 6.6" The X Mini 70cc rotary gasoline engine. LPI selected a rotary architecture because it offers more flexibility in optimizing each part of the cycle. Conference today in Pisa, Italy.

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JUNE 7, 2010

In terms of powertrain technologies, Renault focused on the introduction of new technologies for internal combustion engines and conventional transmissions, as well as outlining its commitment to electric powertrains. New TCe gasoline engine family. Select Engines. The current 1.5 The TCe 100 delivers the power output of a 1.4-liter

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MARCH 4, 2015

With the launch of the Auris Hybrid in 2010, Toyota became the first manufacturer to offer a choice of three powertrains (gasoline, gasoline-electric hybrid, and diesel) in the C-segment. As part of the change, an all-new, 1.2 2015 Toyota 1.2T 1.2T: an all-new direct injection turbo gasoline engine.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

million) of funding to help establish an initial network of up to 15 hydrogen refueling stations by the end of 2015. This will include mobile stations as well as those on stand-alone sites and integrated into conventional gasoline stations (forecourts). £2 UK Business Minister Matthew Hancock announced up to £11 million (US$17.7

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OCTOBER 30, 2016

There will be world premieres for new advanced technologies, such as the Integrated Starter-Alternator (ISG); the 48 V electrical system; and the electric auxiliary compressor (eZV). The new engines] also need to be designed with a view to all current and future requirements. billion) in its strategic engine initiative.

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JULY 2, 2013

The goal of that collaboration is to develop jointly a common fuel cell electric vehicle system while reducing investment costs associated with the engineering of the technology. Honda has delivered these vehicles to the hands of customers in the US and collected valuable data concerning real-world use of fuel cell electric vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

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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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.

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APRIL 22, 2016

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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OCTOBER 23, 2015

The European Union appears to be undergoing a transition from the testing of and experimentation with electric vehicles to full-scale EV commercialization, according to a new report from the EU’s Joint Research Center (JRC). According to the team’s analysis, a total of 153,633 electric cars were registered in the EU from 2010 to 2014.

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APRIL 9, 2015

Initiated by Shell, the collaboration, which is called Project M, brings together Shell’s Lubricant’s Technology Team, The Gordon Murray Design Group and Goto’s engine specialist company Geo Technology. The Shell car will be a ground-up, total re-think of the Gordon Murray Design T.25 Earlier post.) Project M concept drawing.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Neste Oil and St1 have begun working together on a fuel project as part of the TransEco development program coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. As part of this, we have built a demonstration facility in Varkaus with Stora Enso to process and refine forest-derived biomass into traffic fuel.

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APRIL 3, 2014

The first two mainstream plug-in hybrid electric vehicles from the Volkswagen Group—e.g., The new Mark 7 Golf, which is MQB-based, offers gasoline; diesel; natural gas; plug-in hybrid (the GTE); and battery-electric (the e-Golf) versions, all of which can be manufactured bumper-to-bumper on the same assembly line.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019. Many companies have made commitments to transition portions of their delivery fleets to electric over the next five to 10 years.

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APRIL 1, 2015

This distinction can have important policy implications for regions that rely on non-petroleum sources of electricity, which is increasingly natural gas in much of the US. Credit: ACS, Luk et al. Click to enlarge. CNG HEV energy use and CO 2 emissions are both 30% lower than those of the CNG CV, because of fuel economy differences.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Over the entire lifecycle of the C 180, the lifecycle analysis yields a primary energy consumption of 521 gigajoules (corresponding to the energy content of around 16,000 liters of gasoline); an environmental input of approx. Electric water pump, which makes on-demand operation possible (C 180 and C 200). Click to enlarge.

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JULY 1, 2009

In the long run, the large variety of drivetrain concepts will give way to electric drive. This is due in part to important technological challenges to powertrain electrification that must first be overcome and in part to ongoing efficiency improvements in combustion engine technology. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

l/100 km (94 mpg US) in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) for plug-in hybrid models, with up to 50 km (31 miles) all-electric range. Porsche views “hybrid” as being as synonymous with performance as with sustainability, pointing to the victory of the 919 Hybrid in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in 2015 and 2016. All-electric range.

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MAY 14, 2015

TFSI turbocharged gasoline direct injection engine introduced at the Vienna Motor Symposium last week is the first of the company’s EA888 Gen.3B TFSI is the first representative of direct-injection gasoline engines based on “right-sizing” rather than “down-sizing”. 3B designation. Audi’s new “rightsized” 2.0L Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 24, 2011

REEs)—dysprosium, terbium, europium, neodymium and yttrium—were found to be critical in the short term (present–2015). These five REEs are used in magnets for wind turbines and electric vehicles or phosphors in energy-efficient lighting. Materials in clean energy technologies and components. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 17, 2015

Volvo also brought in members of its engineering and design teams, including Michael Fleiss, VP of Powertrain Engineering, to provide more technical details on the car. Bottom line, subjectively, Volvo has set a high bar for the coming crop of full-size luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs, from design to performance. All electric (mi).

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JULY 17, 2021

This possibly confusing jumble of letters simply means their car has a plug, such as an electric vehicle (EV) or a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), or produces its own electricity using a hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV). I have absolutely no complaints with anything inside the cabin, and the design is great.

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