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Report finds US automakers remain profitable under future CAFE standards even with fuel price fluctuation

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The brief is a summary for investors and policy analysts of a larger study that will be available from Ceres in August 2016. When gas is very cheap, people tend to buy bigger, more profitable trucks. But even if gas prices tank, falling 25% below US Energy Information Administration projections to an unlikely $1.80 With gas at $1.80

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

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Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. But those days are over now as the company moves toward an all-electric future. He added, “So instead of investing in a shrinking business, we choose to invest in the future – electric.”

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Nissan and Enel to launch major V2G trial in the UK; LEAF and e-NV200

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A trial comprising 40 V2G units began in Denmark in January 2016. Smart energy management is one of the biggest challenges any nation faces for the future which is why this trial is so critical in assessing the feasibility of using variable, more flexible energy sources. Earlier post.) —Paul Willcox, Chairman of Nissan Europe.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run.

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KAUST team alters atomic composition of MoS2 to boost performance as water-splitting catalyst for H2 production

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Researchers at KAUST have developed and used a novel way of increasing the chemical reactivity of a two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide material to produce a cheap and effective catalyst for water splitting to produce hydrogen. This technique may also have potential benefits for other manufacturing industries. —Cheng et al.

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Baker Institute expert: crude-oil production increase a risky strategy for Saudi Arabia

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This glut could be exacerbated by future carbon taxes and other policy restrictions on fossil fuels, he said. Public statements from officials at Saudi Aramco—operating since May 2016 under a new oil minister—indicate that the company expects to increase oil production above recent historic highs. m b/d thresh- old.

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Blue Origin scraps New Glenn recovery ship, finishes first ‘test tank’

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Small teams of workers would occasionally work on retrofitting the roll-on/roll-off cargo ship for a future life as a rocket recovery asset but made very little visible progress despite working on Jacklyn for several years. Further, SpaceX has only lost one booster to waves, and it solved that problem by developing a relatively cheap robot.

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