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ZPM launches crowd-sourced funding campaign to build compressed-air cars in US

Green Car Congress

Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM), the US licensee for Luxembourg-based MDI, the developer of the AirPod compressed-air car ( earlier post , earlier post ), has launched an indiegogo campaign to crowd-source $300,000 to fund US-based production of the AirPod. The AirPod, equipped with a 4.5

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UC Santa Cruz prof suggests self-driving cars will torpedo parking pricing as effective congestion management policy; “incentive to create havoc”

Green Car Congress

. … This paper suggests that the parking behavior of autonomous vehicles would land cities with a twofold blow—a dramatic drop in the cost of parking that encourages more trips by car, and greater vehicle travel and congestion from each trip due to cruising, returning home, and traveling to free on-street spaces.

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Euro Parliament Environment Committee approves 147 g CO2/km target for light commercial vehicles by 2020; caps van speed

Green Car Congress

Members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee approved a draft law setting out rules for achieving a 147 g CO 2 /km (235 g/mile) target for new light commercial vehicles by 2020, down from 203 g/km (325 g/mile) today—i.e., The vote was 53 to 4 with 1 abstention. Earlier post.).

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Audi will phase out gas engines by 2033, reversing past stance of CEO

Teslarati

The world of automobiles is simply moving onto a new powertrain, and not forgetting about the roots of the combustion engine and all that it has done to make Audi one of the world’s leading luxury car brands. “I Audi debuts e-tron GT: 293 mile range, 155 MPH top speed, 590 HP, $99,900 starting price.

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Reva EVs to Be Built in New York State

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Bannon will use technology based on that developed by REVA Electric Car Company Private, Ltd., kWh lead acid battery pack with a 13 kW, 52 N·m AC induction motor, offering a range of 80 km (50 miles) and a top speed of 80 km/h (50 mph). Bannon Automotive, LLC, will invest $26.6 Both models feature a 2.2

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Advantage EV

Electric Auto Association

EVs also have a low center of gravity - since most of their weight is in the battery pack beneath the car rather than in a gas-powered engine in front of the car. This weight distribution gives EVs better performance in slippery, cold conditions compared to gas cars. In Norway, EVs account for more than 90 percent of car sales.

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Startup Developing Electric Jet Skis

Green Car Congress

In 1998 it was reported that a seven hour ride on a 2-stroke jet ski kicked out more pollution than an old model car driving 100,000 miles, according to Eco Watercraft. The second unit, to be available a year later, is a smaller two-person sit-down vessel that will be limited to speeds of 40 mph (35 knots, 64 km/h).