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Infineon and XAIN to collaborate on bringing blockchain into the car

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A first demonstrator shows how access rights, e.g. for car sharing, can be granted decentrally with a smartphone app. Essentially, it is all about the granting of access rights—to the car itself or to specific data in the vehicle. Cybersecurity is crucial for the data-driven mobility of the future.

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Auto Industry and Utilities Urge President Obama to Create to National Electric Fuel Task Force to Accelerate Plug-in Adoption

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Organizations representing auto manufacturers, electric utilities and the electric drive industry are calling on President Obama to establish a new National Electric Fuel Task Force to help accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and the necessary infrastructure. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $2.4

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Engine products group files legal challenge to EPAs partial waiver for E15

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The newly formed Engine Products Group (EPG)—comprising the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance), The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. Our concern is that EPA prematurely granted the partial waiver before critical studies on the effects of E-15 use were completed.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. Earlier GCC post.]

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Ford Investing $550M to Retool SUV Plant to Produce Focus Small Car and EV

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The zero-emission Focus battery-electric vehicle, which is being developed in partnership with Magna International, features a high-voltage electric motor powered by a high-capacity lithium-ion battery pack and charged by plugging in to a 110-volt or 220-volt outlet. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Manufacturers.

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House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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The draft amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to include nonprofit hospitals and public health facilities among public institutions eligible for grants and loans for energy efficiency. The total quantity of offsets allowed in any year cannot exceed 2 billion tons, split evenly between domestic and international offsets.

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European automakers define recommendations to standardize charging of plug-in vehicles; 2017 for harmonized application

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The European automobile manufacturers, though ACEA, the automobile manufacturers’ trade association, have defined a comprehensive set of recommendations to standardize the charging of electrically-chargeable vehicles. Global technical specification on “envelope”—vehicle inlet—for global solution.

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