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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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Fuel cells, like stem cells in medical science, are a new technology in the automobile industry. The hydrogen and oxygen in water are separated using an electrical current in this process. Furthermore, unlike coal and oil, it is a clean energy source that produces only water vapor and leaves no residue in the air.

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DOE awards $25M to improve natural gas operations

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The automobile industry deploys low-cost MPE sensors today to measure tailpipe emissions. The process also includes a novel reversible fuel cell design concept capable of delivering either potable water or electricity as co-products. DOE Funding: $1,000,000; Non-DOE Funding: $250,000; Total Value: $1,250,000.

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Acura provides more technical detail on NSX sports hybrid AWD powertrain, body

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Addition of two oil “rooms” within the transmission housing for more efficient and higher-capacity cooling. Instead, engineers have applied an innovative new technology called “ablation” casting, an all-new material application and a world-first in the automobile industry.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies" GM "killed" that experiment because it wasnt even CLOSE to being cost effective. It is 12 years later. GM would only lease them.

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