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BYD: U.S. surrounding regulations may just worth American citizens out of EVs

Baua Electric

It’s larger than automobiles. s feet in large part is attributed to the affordability of its automobiles. S&P World Mobility tasks the proportion of natural EVs hitting the street in North The us will climb, with the automobiles representing about 18 % of new-vehicle manufacturing through 2025, from 3.1 % in 2020.

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UMTRI study finds US and China could turnover more than 90% of LDV fleet to alternative powertrains by 2050 under very aggressive penetration scenarios

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Their definition for alternative powertrains/fuels eliminates pure gasoline and diesel powertrains/fuels, but does include hybridization of those fuels. Davis, personal communication, February 20, 2010). hybrid engines that use gasoline or diesel fuel). The governments, the energy companies, and the. evolutionary thinking.

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Oak Ridge researcher developing autonomous intelligent engines capable of real-time calibration based on driver behavior

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Dr. Andreas Malikopoulos at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is leading an effort to enable an automobile engine to function as an autonomous intelligent system capable of learning and realizing its optimal calibration in real-time under different conditions while the driver is driving. Source: Malikopoulos 2010. Click to enlarge.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. The technology has gotten better and many of the elements of self-driving cars are already embedded into our current automobiles. Most of these advanced vehicles will be electric or plug-in hybrids.

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X Prize, Electrathon teams to compete in Green Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International

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Automotive X Prize teams from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana will compete at the 7 th Annual Green Grand Prix Friday, April 15, at Watkins Glen International. Colleges and high schools with automobile technology programs are encouraged to bring their project cars. mile) short course.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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GENI: Green Electricity Network Integration ($36.4 Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 contains no rare earths, in a prototype electric motor. usually made of copper) that conduct electricity. electric current as a similarly-sized copper wire, and can be. and electric vehicles.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. The E6 will hit the Chinese market later this year.

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