article thumbnail

ADB: Projected cost of Uzbek Oltin Yo’l GTL plant increases by 37% to $5.6B

Green Car Congress

The projected cost of the Olin Yo’l GTL project in Uzbekistan ( earlier post ) will hit $5.6 As originally outlined by founding project partners Sasol, Petronas and Uzbekneftegaz, the project was estimated to cost some $4.1 In the final stage, syncrude is cracked down to produce final products. Click to enlarge.

article thumbnail

FCA US reaches settlements on diesel emissions at estimated cost of $800M

Green Car Congress

The estimated total cost of settlements is $0.8 billion, in line with financial charge taken for this purpose in third-quarter, 2018. federal and state authorities FCA maintains its position that the Company did not engage in any deliberate scheme to install defeat devices to cheat emissions tests.

Cost Of 312
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Adamas: 93% of all xEVs sold in 2018 used permanent magnet traction motors

Green Car Congress

In 2018, 93% of all passenger BEVs, PHEVs and HEVs sold globally used permanent magnet (PM) traction motors, an increase of 1% over 2017 penetration rates, according to a model-by-model build-up using Adamas Intelligence’s “ EV Motor Power and Motor Metals Tracker ”.

2018 255
article thumbnail

DOE estimates EV battery pack costs in 2022 nearly 90% lower than in 2008

Green Car Congress

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022 (using 2022 constant dollars). The decline in cost is due to improvements in battery technologies and chemistries, and an increase in manufacturing volume.

2008 475
article thumbnail

2018 VW Tiguan and new 2.0 TSI B-cycle engine gives VW a strong offering in compact SUV segment

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen of America is in the process of rolling out its all-new long wheelbase 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan ( earlier post ). As with the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas full-size SUV ( earlier post ), the new Tiguan is based on Volkswagen’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) architecture. Significance of the 2018 Tiguan.

2018 314
article thumbnail

Shell Starship 3.0 to use Cummins X15N natural gas engine running on RNG

Green Car Congress

The Starship initiative, launched in 2018, is intended to demonstrate how a Class 8 truck’s energy usage can be reduced by harnessing currently available energy-efficient technologies and lubricants. mpg in the 2018 run with Starship 1.0. At ACT Expo in Anaheim, Shell announced that Shell Starship 3.0 In its 2021 run, Starship 2.0

Gas 447
article thumbnail

T&E: Electric bus orders in Europe more than doubled to 1,031 units in 2017; ~9% share of new registrations

Green Car Congress

T&E estimates this to be equivalent to around 9% market share of new registrations in 2018. The are currently about 1,600 electric buses are on European roads, with another 1,600 on order (as of mid-2018). The lag between orders and deliveries is usually 9-12 months; T&E expects all these electric buses to be on the road by mid-2019.

Europe 391