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California “gasoline superuser” bill advances; focusing ZEV incentives on reducing gasoline use

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By shifting the biggest gasoline users into ZEVs first, AB 2816 also reduces the total number of ZEVs that would be needed to reach the state’s near-term target of cutting light-duty vehicle emissions in half by 2030. California’s biggest gasoline users currently are on track to be the last people to switch to ZEVs.

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Aramco, KAUST team finds hybrid gasoline compression-ignition architecture can reduce GHG 26-55% vs. conventional SI

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They contrasted 4 hybrids against conventional fuels/engines and a comparable battery electric vehicle using regionally-explicit power mixes in the 3 biggest automotive markets worldwide (China, US and Europe). WTW GHG reduction ranges afforded by the different GCI hybrid architectures. fully electrified battery electric vehicle (BEV).

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Honda CEO: Solid-state batteries may enable affordable small EV by 2030

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Honda built its original reputation around affordable small cars like its Civic. Yet decades on, segueing into an era of EVs, it has no battery-electric equivalent to the Civic. It might take a technology breakthrough, like solid-state battery tech, before Honda sees a small, affordable car as making sense—late in the decade.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 deal, affordable Honda and Toyota EVs, Civic and Elantra hybrids: The Week in Reverse

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Two automakers this past week, both known for affordable gasoline cars, dashed hopes of seeing more affordable EVs anytime soon. Toyota also dismisses the viability of an affordable EV —in this case, specific to the European market.

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Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

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Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ million of them—roughly 30% more units than conventional electric vehicle makers did.

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

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according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. Speaking of fires in cars fueled by gasoline or diesel, he says, “It’s an everyday event.

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Toyota starts production of 5th-generation hybrid powertrain in Europe for new Corolla

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The MG1 is an auxiliary motor/generator which acts as a starter for the gasoline engine, generates electricity to power the MG2 motor and charges battery. The MG2 is the main electric motor that drives the wheels using current generated by the MG1 and the battery. These products will be combined with the new 1.8

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