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Ford Bronco Sport first to feature parts made of 100% recycled ocean plastic

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Wiring harness clips in Ford Bronco Sport models are made of ocean-harvested plastic—commonly referred to as “ghost gear.”. The strength and durability of the nylon material equals that of previously used petroleum-based parts but with a 10% cost savings and requiring less energy to produce.

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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

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In all scenarios, they used an enhanced version of the MIT Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model to explore changes in LDV fleet composition, fuel consumption, electricity production, CO 2 emissions, and macroeconomic impacts (including the cost of avoided CO 2 emissions).

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BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

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The falling cost of making hydrogen from wind and solar power offers a promising route to cutting emissions in some of the most fossil-fuel-dependent sectors of the economy, such as steel, heavy-duty vehicles, shipping and cement, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Abatement cost with hydrogen at $1/kg (7.4/MMBtu).

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Civil Maps debuts augmented reality maps for self-driving cars

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Civil Maps’ localization and mapping platform is now commercially available for car makers and other companies interested in low-cost, high-precision 3D map creation and updates.

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Cornell team develops new inexpensive stereo-camera method to detect objects for self-driving cars; pseudo-LiDAR

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Cornell researchers have shown that using two inexpensive cameras on either side of a vehicle’s windshield can detect objects with nearly LiDAR’s accuracy and at a fraction of the cost. They can add around $10,000 to a car’s cost. Proposed two-step pipeline for image-based 3D object detection.

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Altex & Unitel partner to demonstrate a new technology for making synthetic gasoline from biomass

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This reactor converts a portion of the volatile gases into a mixture of light olefins, predominantly ethylene and propylene. This use of light olefins as building blocks results in good control of the product composition as with a traditional gasification/F-T process. lower cost) and gasification/F-T processes (e.g.,

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Mid-project data from Oak Ridge study suggests hydrogen vehicles could have up to 70% market share by 2050

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The wide swing depends on achieving further technical success with the development of hydrogen vehicle technology resulting in lower costs, Greene said. Among the other initial findings of the study are: Low-cost batteries (Bat+) help all vehicles: H2Vs and PEVs as well as BEVs. Greene noted H 2 prices ranging from $2.0/gallon

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