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Auto industry survey finds need for materials innovation to meet 2025 CAFE; greatest change seen in powertrain systems

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Results of the survey, commissioned by DuPont and performed by Paramount Research, Coralville, Iowa, were released during the Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminar this week in Traverse City, Michigan. L/100 km) was negotiated to 54.5

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Michigan representative: roll fuel economy rules back to 'reasonable' level

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mpg (or about 38 mpg on window stickers) by 2025 for vehicles sold in the U.S. But many within the auto industry—and those sympathetic to it—would like to see those standards rolled. Right now, the debate over the future of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards is in full swing.

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University of Michigan Report Finds Focus on Fuel Economy Would Be Very Profitable for Detroit 3; Says Rapid, Wide-Reaching Change in Business Models Required for Turnaround

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A new report released by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute ( UMTRI ) analyzes critical choices faced by automakers and finds that broad, deep, fast change is necessary for success in the context of the worst financial crisis in the history of the domestic automobile industry. mpg) and 50% (40.4

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ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications

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A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. V8: from 14 mpg to up to 43 mpg, depending on vehicle use. Source: ALTe. Click to enlarge.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. It’s a 21st-century equivalent of what we did in 1942. And no one asked what it would cost. We just had to do it.

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ORNL, industry partners using high-performance computing to develop new high-temperature aluminum alloys for engines

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The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and Nemak , a specialist in the production of high complex aluminum components for the automotive industry such as cylinder heads and engine blocks, are partnering to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry meet the mandated target of 54.5

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Electric Cars and The Volt by Seth Leitman

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Electric Cars and The Volt Can Transform America and the Auto Industry TODAY!!! EvolveElectric cars, plug-in hybrids and hybrids are the solutions for revolutionizing the auto industry. In addition, I am finalizing the manuscript for Build Your Own Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle. So, what is there to do?

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