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billion, in comparison with BMW, which having used all the resources considered necessary to create value doubled its sustainable value to €2.8 Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing (2009).

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Toshiba Corporation has developed technology that can predict automobile and drone movement with high accuracy. Tested against a public data set, they both achieve the world’s highest accuracy (Motion Estimation AI: Comparison between monocular cameras and inertial sensors without loop closure using public dataset of KITTI, EuRoC.

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JUNE 13, 2017

In comparison, intersections with stop signs were only 1.48 Hu used two colocation measures—global and local—to analyze the spatial relationship between pedestrian- and bicyclist-automobile crashes and intersections. times as likely to have a fatal crash incident; noncontrolled intersections were 0.5 Global colocation.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Stressing the power of “ and ” rather than “ or ”, he asserted that: The automobile is unsustainable without transformational change. As a point of comparison, the California ARB ZEV regulation is mandating 15% compliant new production by 2025.

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APRIL 5, 2012

The new CVT is the latest addition to the Earth Dreams Technology ( earlier post ) series of next-generation technologies for automobiles. Honda Motor Co., has developed a new continuously variable transmission (CVT) for mid-size vehicles that significantly enhances both driving performance and fuel economy. compact-size), 2.0

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DECEMBER 27, 2013

Drivers can use a manual “pulse-and-glide” (PnG) driving technique—accelerating and decelerating an automobile in cycles of approximately 10-30 seconds—as a way to improve fuel economy. The approach in essence allows small variations in vehicle speed around the threshold speed in order to operate at or close to the optimal BSFC.

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Honeywell and key suppliers will invest approximately $300 million to increase production capacity for HFO-1234yf, its low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems in automobiles. Comparison of Greenhouse Impact: HFO-1234yf vs. HFC-134a vs. CO 2. Earlier post.) HFO-1234yf’s GWP is 99.9%

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JULY 4, 2014

to 268,666 automobiles. In comparison, Audi reported June 2014 sales in the US of 16,867 vehicles, a 23.1% Audi achieved new record figures in the Chinese market in the first half of the year, increasing unit sales in China including Hong Kong and Macau by 17.8% compared with the 44,479 deliveries in the prior-year month).

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

In their study, they assess the benefits and drawbacks of the joint production in a sugar cane-based biorefinery—using technology that is currently available and cost-competitive—of ethanol and electricity for fueling privately-owned automobiles. times the value usually reported in the literature for biofuels.

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The researchers cite studies that show during the lifetime of an automobile tire. Exposure to nano tire particles enhanced toxicity in comparison to leachate alone. The particles themselves and chemicals they leach, known as leachate, may have detrimental effects on aquatic organisms they come in contact with, the researchers note.

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However, these studies feature small sample sizes, lack cross-country comparisons or focus on early EV adopters. We also analyse the effect of location-specific factors on EV purchases, such as the comparison between urban and rural settings, and the different tax, regulatory, commercial and social conditions of each country.

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This newly developed ENSs could improve low-temperature automobile exhaust treatment. Meanwhile, hydrocarbons, such as propylene (C 3 H 6 ) and propane (C 3 H 8 ) are typical automobile exhaust gas pollutants and must be converted to carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and water (H 2 O) before they are released as exhaust. Source: KAIST.

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There is great potential for considerable fuel savings if the electrical energy required by all of the systems in an automobile can be produced using waste heat rather than relying solely on the vehicle’s generator, the company notes. Click to enlarge. Turbosteamer. —Jürgen Ringler.

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MAY 17, 2010

in April compared to the same month last year, according to figures from the ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.Over the first four months of 2010 the market expanded by 4.8% in comparison to January-April 2008. New passenger car registrations in Europe fell by 7.4% Source: ACEA.

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Comparison of capacity falloff of 20Ah and 20Ah-HP products. Toshiba expects to see the new cell deployed in automobiles, industrial equipment, and storage battery systems. Toshiba testing). Compatibility.

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Top: Comparison of standard connection technology (solder/bonding) and SKiN technology. Bottom: Comparison of the partial thermal transfer resistances in a standard module and a SKiN power module with sintered heatsink. SkiN is a bonding technology that connects the surface of the semiconductor chip without requiring bonding wire.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Primary energy consumption over the vehicle’s entire life cycle is cut by 14% in comparison to its predecessor. l/100 km (38 to 40 mpg US) in comparison to 7.3 This results in a 13% increase in the weight of approved recycled components in comparison to the previous model.

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JULY 23, 2015

As described in a paper in the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering they use similarity weights to compare every instance of an unknown driving cycle to the reference driving cycles. 9 1169-1188 doi: 10.1177/0954407014556116.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

In a comparison study with Honda Fit, the standard equipment achieved 36 mpg and with Pinnacle’s technology the same automobile achieved 57 mpg. Recent testing by FEV has verified that the innovative, patented ultra-efficient Pinnacle Engine design provides 30-50% fuel economy.

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MAY 29, 2014

However, the use of CFT resulted in a remarkable reduction in carbonyl emissions in comparison with using DF. There was no significant difference in the profiles of total carbonyl emissions between CFT and DF. reduction in total carbonyls and a 6.0–100% In addition, there was an 18.0–35.8% reduction in total carbonyls and a 3.4–100%

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MARCH 24, 2010

By comparison, today’s typical automobile weighs more than 1,500 kilograms and is three times as long. In addition, today’s automobiles require more than 10 square meters of parking space and are parked more than 90% of the time. EN-V has been designed for the speed and range of today’s urban drivers. meters in length.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Through this demonstration testing, Honda will aim to reduce CO 2 by 50% (in comparison to year 2000). Envisioning the reuse of electric motorcycle/automobile batteries, Honda will facilitate the development of a home battery unit and verify the functionality of the unit.

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MAY 8, 2014

Motiv suggests that the MkII engine will be up to twice as efficient as a conventional automobile engine and up to 20% more efficient than modern diesel engines. This is a major step toward our goal of building the most efficient engine in the world for trucks, automobiles and power generation. and O’Malley, E.

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The officials of the FIA, the world automobile federation, intervene at a threshold of 2 kilojoules of excess energy and impose sporting penalties. By way of comparison, more than one hundred times the amount of energy flows to the motors per second within the permissible limits.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

By comparison, a typical mass production hybrid or electric vehicle motor produces between 1.0 Kawamura, Hirofumi Atarashi, and Takehiro Miyoshi, Automobile R & D. kW per kilogram. Stator Core. A three-phase, four-pole, twelve-tooth design with a double lap-wound. stator and permanent magnet rotor was selected.

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JANUARY 7, 2013

According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), in the first eleven months of 2012 Chinese self-developed brands exported 470,000 passenger vehicles in total—with automotive manufacturers on average showing a 30% sales increase over 2011 figures.

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This increase was largely driven by an increase in emissions from fossil fuel combustion, which was a result of multiple factors, including more electricity use greater due to greater heating and cooling needs due to a colder winter and hotter summer in 2018 in comparison to 2017. Source: EPA. >.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Sales of domestically-produced vehicles in China rose 64% in July year-on-year, surpassing the one-million unit mark for the fifth month in a row, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). By comparison, light duty vehicle sales in the US in July were 997,824 units, according to Autodata, down 12% year-on-year.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

For comparison, New York City in 2013 had a population of 8.4 The vehicle parc has contributed to the city’s deteriorating air quality, as exhaust from automobiles was responsible for 41% of smog, according to official statistics, causing the city’s PM 2.5 By the end of 2013, it had 10.63 million permanent residents.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Environmental costs are often not shown on financial statements because the bearers of such costs can be either particular individuals or society at large, are often both non-monetary and problematic to quantify for comparison with monetary values. Sector analysis: Automobiles. The three nexuses are linked by climate change.

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These new laws will cumulatively increase demand for aluminum in significant ways: The IRA incentivizes more production of solar, batteries, and electric vehicles, the latter requiring hundreds of pounds more aluminum (per automobile) compared to traditional internal combustion engine vehicles.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

John DeCicco at the University of Michigan argues that to reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions, the proper policy focus should be upstream in sectors that provide the fuel, rather than downstream on the choice of fuels in the automobile. —“Factor Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Automobiles”.

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MARCH 5, 2019

By comparison, total car sales decreased almost 18% to 2.02 million units in January, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers as reported by Bloomberg.

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MAY 6, 2014

Norway has the highest share of electric automobile sales (BEV and PHEV combined) at about 6% of all passenger cars sold in 2013. For example, despite a relatively high level of fiscal incentives, the current market share of EV in the United Kingdom (UK) was found to be low in comparison with other markets.

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Urban grime, according to Dr. James Donaldson, is a mixture of thousands of chemical compounds spewed into the air by automobiles, factories and a host of other sources. Among these compounds are nitrogen oxides. When in the air, these compounds may combine with volatile organic compounds to produce ozone, the main component of smog.

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JUNE 6, 2009

Hybrids represented 12% of new light-duty vehicle sales—excluding minicars—in Japan in May, according to figures from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association. By comparison, in the US hybrids represented 2.8% With a total of 21,601 units sold, this was the first time that the monthly new vehicle share of hybrids topped 10%.

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China continues to be a place of rising automobile production and shipments. The replacement of midrange and high-end cars this year will drive the China chip market for automobiles. OEM navigation shipments, in comparison, trailed at 2.4 By 2017, revenue will reach $6.2 million units. million units, up 15%.

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