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The team modified a commercial tribology testing device to give it the capability to evaluate the impact of electric currents in fluids, measuring the wear and friction on the automobile parts in the presence of an applied voltage. This small-scale bench test was built around a traditional universal testing machine.

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After an open request for proposals to US universities, and the accompanying selection process, Audi signed an agreement with the four research universities to pursue the following topics: Audi Urban Crash Analysis. With this initiative, the universities, ERL and Audi want to cover the complete process of navigating in a megacity.

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The car will also take part in the 20 th ITS World Congress Tokyo 2013 in October and demonstrate a safety system that will see streetcars and automobiles communicating with each on the streets of Hiroshima. The new safety system enables communication between streetcars and automobiles equipped with an autonomous sensor.

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Vilsack highlighted the announcement with a visit to Michigan State University, a grant awardee. Fiscal year 2012 awards include: University of Arizona, $36,000. Arizona State University, $350,000. University of Georgia, $345,689. University of Florida, $496,996. University of Florida, $497,851.

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The paper is published in the journal Environment International. However, it is still widely used in automobile seat foam. Volz (2020) “Longer commutes are associated with increased human exposure to tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate,” Environment International, doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105499. —Reddam et al.

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Ambient air pollution consists of fine particulate matter as well as gaseous products of combustion (oxides of nitrogen), produced through burning fossil fuels from automobiles emissions to power plants. Martha Billings, lead study author and associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington. —Billings et al.

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Accordingly, reducing obesity may have considerable benefits for both public health and the environment. To assess the impact of obesity on the environment, researchers used the standard definitions of obesity (body mass index of greater than or equal to 30 kg/m 2 ) and normal weight (body mass index of less than 25).

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Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles.

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A team from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, with colleagues from Tsinghua University and China Electric Power Research Institute, have developed a method to estimate EV battery life based on cloud data. Besides, the method generally requires certain working environment to estimate the battery life.

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Teijin will additionally apply expertise it has developed in supporting the Kogakuin University Solar Team’s participation in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. AEV plans to use a common robotic base for its vehicles, which will then be fitted with functional pods to move people, deliver goods and perform tasks in urban environments.

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CATL has developed partnerships with a number of European companies in the automobile industry including BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler, Volvo, and Bosch. CATL will also intensify its cooperation with local R&D institutes and universities, such as MEET, to extend its strong position in the industry. —Matthias Zentgraf.

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The companies are already working to fulfil a substantial order from two customers (Shanghai International Automobile City and Tongji University). V2X, compared to these sensors, offers the benefit of working in a non-line-of-sight environment with a 0.6 V2X company Savari Inc. 1 km range.

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Now—almost five years later—a study by the University of York and Empa shows that the retrofitting was successful from an environmental point of view. Stuart Grange works in Empa’s Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Laboratory and also at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at the University of York.

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The new ICT concept was developed by Siemens’ global Corporate Technology (CT) department and its partners in the German government-funded RACE (Robust and Reliant Automotive Computing Environment for Future eCars) project. Earlier post.). Added to this are thousands of sub-functions that run on these control systems and exchange data.

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The University of Michigan is proceeding to the construction phase of a new $6.5-million We are on the cusp of a revolution in transportation unlike any we’ve seen since the introduction of the automobile. —Peter Sweatman, director of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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Algae fuels can be farmed on land unsuitable for agriculture, can be grown with minimal impact on freshwater resources, can be produced using saline and wastewater, have a high flash point, and are biodegradable and relatively harmless to the environment if spilled.

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Eight university teams will take part in the competition at the Audi museum mobile in Ingolstadt. Our engineers at Audi likewise use the ADTF development environment. Audi presented each of the university teams, comprising a maximum of five students, with the basic software and two identical model cars on 6 October 2015.

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As well as having applications in the automobile industry, HITECA capacitors could improve high temperature electronics in the aerospace, power, oil and gas sectors, and in high energy applications such as pulsed power—in which energy is stored over a period of time before being released as a high power pulse.

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In New Zealand, the Ministry for the Environment and the New Zealand Automobile Associatio n are working together to ensure that old EV batteries are handled in an environmentally responsible way. If you want to learn more about whether EV’s are good for the environment, check out our previous resource here.

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ENSTA PARISTECH : university training engineers with a comprehensive scientific knowledge. FAM AUTOMOBILES : a company specialized in electric vehicle (2- and 4-wheel) conception and production. MOV’EO CLUSTER : French competitiveness cluster focused on private cars and public transportation safe for man and for the environment.

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An new study from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University suggests that best way to reduce transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the short term is a “drastic downscaling of both size and weight” of conventional gasoline and diesel cars.

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Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment.

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Vision Zero likewise strives to see lower speed limits implemented everywhere and roads designed to cater to pedestrians and bicycles, rather than automobiles.& The report is even entitled “ Car harm: A Global Review of Automobility's Harm to People and the Environment.” & Those were the more sensational aspects.

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Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new polymer-curing process that could reduce the cost, time and energy needed, compared with the current manufacturing process. The team has demonstrated that this reaction can produce safe, high-quality polymers in a well-controlled laboratory environment. —Nancy Sottos.

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Unbeknownst to many, manufacturing new automobiles exacts a toll on our ecosystem—increased energy consumption and escalating greenhouse gas emissions further exacerbate the situation. The practice serves as a guardian of the environment, combating the harmful effects of both abandoned vehicles and the production of new ones.

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The research will take place at ten UK universities and the Transport Research Laboratory. Led by Dr. Dongpu Cao at Cranfield University, with UCL as a partner, this project aims to achieve a safe engagement and smooth and swift control-authority shift between the driver and the vehicle controller during adaptive automated driving.

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Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. Illustration: Chris McLinden, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota, in partnership with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), is working to transform the streets of Ann Arbor, Mich. into the world’s largest operational, real-world deployment of connected vehicles and infrastructure.

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A team led by researchers at Oregon State University has discovered novel nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (NPAH) compounds produced by combustion sources or formed in the atmosphere that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their parent PAHs, which are known carcinogens.

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The Southern California Native Oyster Restoration Project is being conducted in partnership with the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. Honda also set out to address human impacts on marine environments, including water pollution and overfishing.

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Following on the launch of its first software developer program ( earlier post ), Ford is now turning its attention to the growing trend in hardware hacking by transforming vehicles into an experimental development environment. —Venkatesh Prasad, senior technical leader of Open Innovation for Ford Research and Innovation.

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Automotive Skill Development Council (ASDC) partnered with ISIE India (Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers) and MG Motor India to address the issues regarding electric vehicles and developing skilled manpower for the automobile industry. The automobile industry is growing rapidly and moving towards electric vehicles.

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It would seem that the stage is being set for another mandatory safety inclusion, with the NHTSA targeting universal implementation by the end of the decade. If you’re unfamiliar, the concept basically attempts to accommodate all roadway users by creating clear demarcations for pedestrians, cyclists, and automobiles.

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The model deployment will include a mix of cars, trucks, and transit vehicles; it will be the first test of this magnitude of connected vehicle technology in a real-world, multimodal operating environment, according to DOT. of connected vehicle technology to prevent crashes in an everyday environment. partners on behalf of the US DOT.

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Fraunhofer Institute for Labor Economy and Organization (IAO); GEVAS Software GmbH; Heusch/Boesefeldt GmbH; University of Applied Sciences Technology and Business of the State of Saarland; ifak Magdeburg e.V.; University of Braunschweig; Tech. University of Chemnitz; Tech. Volkswagen Group Research.

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The study, “A Fuel Efficiency Horizon for US Automobiles”, was prepared for The Energy Foundation. —A Fuel Efficiency Horizon for US Automobiles. Proponents of these options marshal technological optimism in scenarios that show how their alternatives will revolutionize the automobile. L/100km) by 2035.

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These university-industry partnerships will receive more than C$16 million (US$16.4 Partners: Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc. This project builds on an existing collaboration between Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc. million) in total project support. This includes C$6.5

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