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Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

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Provisional 2030 economic impact of achieving the 2020 targets in the two Phase I scenarios—Current Policy Initiatives and Tech 1— compared to baseline. In the second scenario, Tech 1, cars and vans achieve slightly higher efficiency levels in 2020 and continue along a similar trajectory of around 3% annual improvement.

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China publishes plan to boost fuel-efficient and new energy vehicles and domestic auto industry; targeting 500K PHEVs and EVs in 2015, rising to 2M by 2020

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The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units of those types by 2020. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. By 2020, average passenger car fuel consumption is to drop to 5.0

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Japan updates hydrogen fuel cell targets; 320 stations by 2025, 800,000 vehicles by 2030

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For vehicles, these targets are: About 40,000 fuel cell vehicles by 2020; 200,000 by 2025; and about 800,000 by 2030, in total. The number of hydrogen stations is to increase to about 160 stations by 2020 and about 320 stations by 2025. Currently there are some 500 fuel cell vehicles on the roads. There are about 80 currently.

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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Crane also mentioned that one-quarter to one-third of the cost of a battery system is the packaging, integration and electronics. As the industry grapples with reducing weight without reducing attributes like size, safety or performance they are going to need to increase the use of lightweight materials. Storage Temperature.

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US DOE Issues Request for Information on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Market Development; Reports to Congress on Program

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At the end of January, DOE also issued the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Activities, Progress, and Plans Report to Congress as required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT). Report to Congress. The 2015 cost target was $2-$3/gge. System cost remains an issue. This tank achieved a system gravimetric capacity of 5.4

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. by Bill Cooke. 8.6 / 10.6.

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ICCT and CATARC to collaborate on research on LDV fuel efficiency technologies for China

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The immediate focus of the memorandum is project that will evaluate fuel-efficiency technologies and China-specific costs of these technologies for new light-duty vehicles (LDVs) in the upcoming decade. The ICCT will contribute a methodology and analytical framework for technology and cost assessment tailored to the Chinese market.

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