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Mercedes-Benz unveils plug-in hybrid Concept IAA: Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile; Industry 4.0

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Mercedes-Benz unveiled the “Concept IAA” (Intelligent Aerodynamic Automobile) at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The study switches automatically from a four-door coupé with a fascinating design to an aerodynamic world record breaker with a Cd figure of 0.19 The individually adapted software enables dynamic design in three-dimensional space.

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Toyota details design of fuel cell system in Mirai; work on electrode catalysts

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To enable this technology sharing in the Mirai, Toyota had to make a design advance from Toyota’s earlier Toyota FCHV-adv fuel cell vehicle, launched on a limited lease basis in 2008 ( earlier post ) with the introduction of an FC Boost Converter. low voltage and high current). —Hasegawa et al. Work on the Electrode Catalyst.

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Honda joins Toyota’s hydrogen engine push

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Japan’s greatest automaker has been growing hydrogen-burning engines and deploying them in race automobiles, and the Toyoda is anticipated to pull his flip in the back of the wheel of 1 in an perpetuity race at Fuji Speedway this moment. He mentioned Honda had studied the era however didn’t see it as possible for automobiles.

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

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In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand.

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California’s newly ZEV rule introduces the BEVx; ARB staff expects these vehicles to play a longer-term role than plug-in hybrids

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On Friday 27 January, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted the new Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) package that sets out the regulatory emissions and technology requirements for light-duty automobiles through model year 2025. Earlier post.) The basic rationale, according to ARB staff, is that such a. charging location. —ZEV ISOR.

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Freescale Offers New Electronic Control Solution for Small Combustion Engines

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The platform is also ideal for small engine designs in a wide range of outdoor power equipment, such as lawnmowers, garden tractors, trimmers, edgers, chainsaws, snow and leaf blowers, tillers, electrical generators and outboard motors. Emerging markets for motorbikes are adopting emissions standards similar to Euro 3.

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DOE releases SBIR/STTR FY16 Phase 1 Release 2 topics; hydrogen, electric vehicles, more efficient combustion engines; biogas-to-fuels

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Researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed an electrocatalyst design that significantly decreases the platinum content of the cathode by an order of magnitude while maintaining cathode performance. Electric drive vehicle batteries. SiC MOSFETs for electric drive vehicle power electronics.

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