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KAIST rolling out dynamic wireless charging in buses in South Korea

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Following the development and operation of commercialized OLEV trams (at an amusement park in Seoul) and shuttle buses (at KAIST campus), respectively, the city of Gumi in South Korea, beginning on 6 August, is providing its citizens with OLEV public transportation services.

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Denmark, Norway, and US to lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

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The Mission aims to accelerate international public-private collaboration to scale and deploy new green maritime solutions, setting international shipping on an ambitious zero-emission course. The Mission will also be supported by the governments of India, Morocco, the UK, Singapore, France, Ghana, and South Korea.

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IDTechEx: NiMH batteries still dominant in full hybrids, largely due to Toyota

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Additionally, fossil fuel bans are incoming, with countries such as the UK banning purely internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2030 and only allowing hybrids “that can drive a significant distance with zero emissions”. This will eliminate the HEV in many markets and hence the demand for NiMH, IDTechEx notes.

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New international study finds lab testing of diesel NOx emissions underestimates real-world levels by up to 50%

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A new international study has found that laboratory tests of nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles significantly underestimate the real-world emissions by as much as 50%. The research, led by the International Council on Clean Transportation and Environmental Health Analytics, LLC., —Chris Malley.

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Study using satellite data finds rate of urban growth much greater than previously thought

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An international team of researchers has used satellite images to map urban growth between 1985 and 2015. Urban area dynamics during 1985–2015 at the global and continent scales. They then extracted cells from the two fusion maps that changed from non-urban in 1985 to urban in 2015.

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CCM forecasts 5-fold growth in China Li-ion market by 2017 to meet EV demand

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A total of 78,499 EVs were manufactured in China in 2014, an increase of almost 250% on 2013, and CCM forecasts that this figure will more than triple again in 2015 to reach 250,000. CCM expects China’s power lithium-ion battery market to grow from 4 billion Ah a year to 20 billion Ah a year over that period.

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Sumitomo Chemical to more than double PERVIO Li-ion separator production capacity; supplier to Panasonic, Tesla

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times by the spring of 2015. In addition, Sumitomo will build a new plant for PERVIO at its subsidiary in South Korea, scheduled to start commercial-scale production in 2017. In 2013, Polypore International, Celgard unit filed a suit against Sumitomo Chemical over separator patent infringement.

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