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JANUARY 31, 2019

As part of a strategy to continue providing low-emissions solutions for harsh offshore operating environments, Siemens has opened a fully robotized and digitalized plant in Norway that will develop and manufacture energy storage technologies for both marine and offshore oil and gas applications. —Bjørn Einar Brath.

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Nidec Corporation announced that the Ni200Ex, the company’s 200kW e-axle traction motor system, has made its way into ZEEKR 001, an electric vehicle newly released by Geely Automobile Group under its premium Zeekr brand. GAC Aion New Energy Automobile: Aion LX (Ni150Ex). GAC NIO New Energy Automobile Technology: HYCAN 007 (Ni150Ex).

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JUNE 13, 2012

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS)—an international consortium formed by Chinese, Japanese and Swedish stakeholders—and the Receivers of the Saab Automobile bankruptcy estate ( earlier post) signed a purchase agreement covering the main assets of Saab Automobile AB, Saab Automobile Powertrain AB and Saab Automobile Tools AB.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Around the six Gulf states, together with oil majors Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, electrical vehicles account for simply 0.4% billion deal with premium Chinese automaker Human Horizons Technology that reflects the region’s interest in higher-end vehicles. of the passenger-vehicle marketplace.

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MAY 13, 2014

Increasing oil demand is requiring increasing imports; since 2009, China has been importing more than half of its petroleum needs. China Electric (Battery) Fuel Efficiency Oil Policy' Consumption of gasoline in China grew from 0.9 This continues a trend of significant growth in China’s transportation sector since the 1990s.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), IVECO (a brand of CNH Industrial) and ENGIE (Global Energy Player) are broadly collaborating to promote natural gas vehicles and infrastructure in Europe. Transportation is responsible for 22% of CO 2 emissions in the world (and even 30% in Europe); 95% of the energy consumed by this sector comes from oil.

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JULY 3, 2017

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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

He also called the propensity to “ sit around debating ” which drive technology or energy source is better than all the rest as “premature and presumptuous ”. Stressing the power of “ and ” rather than “ or ”, he asserted that: The automobile is unsustainable without transformational change. —Larry Burns. —Larry Burns.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

GenShock technology is a fully active system for passenger cars which combines dynamics, safety and comfort characteristics with minimum energy consumption. The company holds several patents focused primarily on vehicle dynamics, and is the originator of GenShock and Activalve technology. paves the way for advancing damper technology.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

—Ned Curic, Stellantis Chief Engineering and Technology Officer We are delighted to work with Stellantis, one of the world’s leading automakers, to assess the performance of our fuel formulations that are designed to represent expected eFuel characteristics in its existing vehicle engines.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Rice University scientists have created a nano-infused mineral oil that could greatly enhance the ability of devices as large as electrical transformers and as small as microelectronic components to shed excess heat. of h-BN in mineral oil enhanced thermal conductivity by nearly 80%; at 0.01 The team found that 0.1

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APRIL 14, 2021

Since 2020, Yamaha Motor has been accepting commissions for developing prototype electric motors (35–200 kW) for automobiles and other mobility applications. It was also developed in anticipation of installation and use of multiple units on a single vehicle. Unit installation image (350kW-class unit x 4).

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JULY 18, 2015

Honeywell UOP’s MTO technology provides a cost-effective way to convert methanol derived from coal or natural gas, rather than crude oil, into the components to make plastics, synthetics and other materials. —Mike Millard, vice president and general manager of Honeywell UOP’s Process Technology and Equipment business.

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JULY 15, 2015

The ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship Selection Committee has selected three recipients who will receive $50,000 each for the inaugural fellowships for projects in green energy technology. Currently, oil remains the main source of automotive fuel; however, further research and development of alternative energies may bring change.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The agencies should review the cost and technology assumptions in the Technical Assessment Report that were used to set the targets in the NOI. Additional analysis and discussion should take place on the potential effects of significant mass reductions on vehicle safety performance.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), through the Israel Fuel Choices Initiative (IFCI), signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), Iveco (a Brand of CNH Industrial) and Magneti Marelli (FCA Group) for co-operation in the development of natural-gas-based automotive technologies.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

(TEMA), is requesting proposals from young professors and scholars pursuing innovative electrochemical research in green energy technology. Global development of industry and technology in the 20 th century, increased production of vehicles and the growing population have resulted in massive consumption of fossil fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

the Aptera 2e) as a automobile and hence qualified for funds under the DOE program, but also on the strategic question of how much the Federal programs should support more novel technology our of the automotive mainstream. spokesman Greg Martin. However, the rules were changed midway through the process to allow these late entrants.

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MARCH 17, 2012

An analysis of the US refining sector, based on linear programming (LP) modeling, finds that refining plausibly high volumes of Canadian oil sands crudes in US refineries in 2025 would lead to a modest increase in refinery CO 2 emissions (ranging between 5.4% The study published in ES&T was funded by Chevron Energy Technology Company.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

dincluding automotive, gas, oil and micro-electro-mechanical devices. Potential applications for this Purdue technology include the semiconductor and automotive industries, which require metallic materials with advanced electric and mechanical properties for manufacturing. 2 , and high polarization resistance of 516 k?.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

a leading manufacturer of standby and portable power generation equipment and Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) have formed a strategic partnership. The engines require 37% less oil and feature best-in-class 600-hour oil and filter change intervals, which is 20% better than competitors’ average, according to Generac.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

ARPA-E’s first funding opportunity, “OPEN 2009,” was issued three years ago and was similarly an open call for transformational energy technology solutions. technology with advanced catalysts. remote oil wells burn natural gas as a by-product because it is not. If successful, this technology would widen. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 17, 2011

A computer model that tests automobile components for crashworthiness could also be of use to the oil and gas industry, according to researchers at MIT’s Impact and Crashworthiness Laboratory, who are now using their simulations of material deformation in car crashes to predict how pipes may fracture in offshore drilling accidents.

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APRIL 7, 2020

As part of its Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030 long-term technology development program, the company is committed to reducing its average Well-to-Wheel CO 2 emissions to 50% of 2010 levels by 2030, and to 90% by 2050. Earlier post.). liter 180ps Skyactiv-X Spark Controlled Compression Ignition (SPCCI) gasoline engine. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 8, 2021

Desktop Metal, a provider of mass-production additive-manufacturing (AM) solutions, has qualified the use of 4140 low-alloy steel for the Production System platform, which leverages patent-pending Single Pass Jetting (SPJ) technology designed to achieve the fastest build speeds in the metal additive manufacturing industry.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) collaborated with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to organise a ‘Circularity Workshop’ on ‘Extended Producer Responsibility Regime: An Innovative Policy Tool for Fostering a Sustainable Circular Economy in the Automotive Industry.’

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

Are electric vehicles (EVs) the answer to the automobile industry’s role? While it may seem a long time away, the world needs these three decades to improve its renewable energy technology to serve 8 billion plus people. How Do Automobiles Contribute to GHG Emissions? Electric Vehicles Are a Key Climate Change Tool The U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. REACT: Rare Earth Alternatives in Critical Technologies ($31.6 This technology could then be.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption. Technology Roadmap.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Concepts like ultra-low emission zones (ULEZ) and levering connected vehicle technologies to police driving from an environmental and social standpoint are rooted in the key principles of Vision Zero. Many of the promoted solutions exist to inconvenience motorists in a bid to discourage them from driving entirely.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS), an international consortium formed by Swedish and Chinese stakeholders, finalized its acquisition of the main assets of Saab Automobile AB, Saab Automobile Powertrain AB and Saab Automobile Tools AB, effective 31 August 2012. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

UBQ Industrial Grade is the preeminent environmental material which can substitute oil- and plant-based polymers as well as wood. Motherson selected UBQ Materials as an innovation partner in Plug and Play’s Startup Autobahn, a platform that connects emerging technologies to pilot opportunities with multinational corporations.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

EPA released the latest edition of its annual report on trends in CO 2 emissions, fuel economy and powertrain technology for new personal vehicles in the US. The majority of the carbon and oil savings from current vehicles is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies, the report observed. Technologies. l/100 km)—a 0.5

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APRIL 21, 2016

The first vehicles to use vacuum sensing hoses made from biohydrin rubber will be produced in May, with usage expected to be rolled out to all Toyota automobiles manufactured in Japan by the end of this year. Engine and drive system hoses require a particularly high level of oil and heat resistance.

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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. To enhance fuel economy, the new CVT is compatible with an idle-stop system and features a high-efficiency electric oil pump and high-strength belt, among other features.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has successfully demonstrated that its HEDGE (High-Efficiency, Dilute Gasoline Engine) technology, using cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and advanced ignition systems, suppresses low-speed pre-ignition in turbocharged gasoline direct-injection engines. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Following SAE International’s update on its fourth and latest Cooperative Research Project (CRP) on the refrigerant R-1234yf ( earlier post ), Honeywell, the developer, said it is confident that SAE will reconfirm that the new low-global-warming-potential automotive air conditioning refrigerant, is safe for use in automobiles.

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