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FCA presents Fiat 500 M15 (methanol); to be sold in Israel

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The product will be marketed in Israel by MCA—the official Israeli importer of FCA Group. Earlier this year, Israel’s Ministry of Transport issued an M15 standard , making Israel the first country in the world to issue a national standard for methanol flex fuel vehicles that also comply with the EU’s Euro 6 regulation.

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Market Forecast Projects Cumulative 1.7M PHEVs Globally by 2015, 36% in the US

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A new report from cleantech market intelligence firm Pike Research forecasts that by 2015 a total of 1.7 Pike Research forecasts that the United States will be the leading market for PHEVs, with more than 610,000 vehicles sold over the next five years. Other hotbeds for EV charging infrastructure will include Israel and Denmark.

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ON Semiconductor acquires mmWave technology for automotive radar from IBM

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The acquisition positions ON Semiconductor to extend its position in automotive image sensors into the broader automotive sensing market. The acquisition creates a new Israel design center for ON Semiconductor that reports directly into the automotive solutions division within the Image Sensor Group. Background.

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Why Are Modern Vehicles So Much Bigger?

The Truth About Cars

Safety standards have required the implementation of systems that often won’t fit into older/smaller designs and loopholes in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards have resulted in manufacturers sizing up models to exploit regulatory blind spots. This basically spelled the end of traditional economy cars on the market.

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Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

Baua Electric

Gogoro first rolled out its battery-swapping system for electric scooters in 2015, quickly establishing it as a leading standard with over a million batteries produced and nearly half a million battery swaps performed every day. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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New Legislation Would Require Half of US New LDVs in 2012 to be Alcohol Flex-Fuel, 80% by 2015

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A bipartisan group of US legislators, led by Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17), have introduced legislation that would require half of all light-duty vehicles (LDVs) made or sold in America by 2012, and 80% by 2015, to be “fuel choice-enabling” vehicles. The Open Fuel Standards Act ( H.R. No mid-level blend support.

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Fuji Pigment unveils rechargeable Aluminum-air battery; targeting initial commercialization this spring

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The company said it is constantly improving the battery performance and plans to commercialize the technology in the market by spring 2015. The company said it is constantly improving the battery performance and plans to commercialize the technology in the market by spring 2015. —Mori (2015). Fuji Pigment Co.

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