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CMU, Ford, Drexel study suggests Chinese more receptive to adopting BEVs than Americans, regardless of subsidies

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Results from a study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Ford and Drexel University suggest that Chinese consumers are more receptive to adopting battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) than their American counterparts, regardless of subsidies. Low-range PHEVs compete most strongly against their gasoline counterparts in both countries.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized. BEVs vs. PHEVS.

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PHEV Energy Bill

Plug In Partners

Here is the outline of what the bill intends to do: SECTION 131 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION SEC 131 Transportation Electrification DOE to establish competitive grants for electric vehicles and PHEVs to encourage early widespread use and advance production of electric (And PHEV) vehicles in USA. $90

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Automakers like Ford are already looking to manage customers’ home energy by extending the data platforms that they are using to track vehicle power consumption. Toyota, Honda and Hyundai are all bringing fuel cell vehicles to market in the US in the 2014-2015 timeframe—Toyota perhaps the most enthusiastically ( earlier post ).

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

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The objective of the taskforce is initially to create a guideline for demonstration projects and design verification and later standardize in 2015 with field confirmation. Auto OEMs participating include Audi; BMW; Chrysler; Coda; Daimler; Fisker; Ford; GM; Honda; Mitsubishi; Nissan; Phoenix; and Toyota.

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Study Finds Coordinated Off-peak Charging Can Support Large Scale Plug-in Use Without Additional Generation Capacity; TCO and GHG Abatement Costs for BEVs Projected to Remain High

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Derive GHG emissions and costs of charging of EVs in the 2015 Dutch context and. Compare GHG emissions and costs of PHEV and BPEV with those of regular cars. Volkswagen Golf, Ford. that gasoline engine-generators in SHEVs and PHEVs have the same efficiency relative to diesel. TCO of future wheel motor PHEV may.

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Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

OTC: GSPI) announced today that within the next four weeks it plans to publicly test its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). President Barack Obamas New Energy For America program calls for deployment of 1 million plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2015, and on March 19, 2009, he announced programs directing $2.4 energy independence.

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