Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2016
Bosch is launching its new Coup eScooter sharing service in Berlin. Coup, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bosch, now provides Berlin residents with a new mobility option featuring a simple pricing model. Customers can now find, reserve, and use their nearest eScooter at any time. After reaching their destination, they simply drop off the scooter anywhere in the city center.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 3, 2016
Personal automobiles have given hundreds of millions of people the great luxury of a convenient and comfortable mode of transportation. But there's no escaping that manufacturing these vehicles, driving them for 10 years or more, and then disposing of them creates pollution that has a wide range of negative impacts. As advocates and some.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2016
American consumers are strongly influenced by fuel efficiency and the price of gas when purchasing a vehicle, according to a new survey conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of Johnson Controls. Of the 1,006 people surveyed, fuel efficiency (57%) is top of mind for consumers when they go to buy any size automobile, followed closely by cost (55%) and safety (54%).
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 3, 2016
In his recently-released "Master Plan Part Deux" for Tesla Motors, CEO Elon Musk specifically mentioned a handful of new products. They included a semi truck and an autonomous bus that would mark Tesla's entry into the commercial-vehicle market, as well as a pickup truck and a small crossover to expand its passenger-vehicle lineup. Musk.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2016
A team from MIT and Saab AB has found a way to bond composite layers in such a way that the resulting material is substantially stronger and more resistant to damage than other advanced composites. Their results are published this week in the journal Composites Science and Technology. The team reinforced aerospace-grade unidirectional carbon fiber laminate interfaces with high densities (>10 billion fibers per cm 2 ) of aligned carbon nanotubes (A-CNTs) that act as nano-scale “stitches”.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 3, 2016
Today, we look at the amount of pollution attributable to electric cars, Elon Musk says Tesla will develop a van-like "SpaceBus," and the EPA approves 2017 BMW diesel luxury cars for sale in the U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We updated our July plug-in electric car sales report with additional figures. In addition to new vehicles.
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Green Car Reports
AUGUST 3, 2016
Following the revelation that it used illegal "defeat device" software to cheat on emissions tests, Volkswagen has essentially walked away from the U.S. diesel market. The company has indicated that it will not return to selling its TDI models here in large numbers anytime soon. That means current Volkswagen diesel owners not put off by the.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2016
North American quantum dot manufacturer Quantum Materials Corporation has partnered with a Texas-based E&P technology business and is currently developing specialized nanomaterials for use in oil and gas well production optimization. The project, which is nearing the completion of the initial phase, is targeting new materials which are expected to provide for safer and more efficient recovery of hydrocarbon resources.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 3, 2016
The Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal has caused regulators to take a closer look at all new diesel models submitted for certification. Backups caused by more extensive testing led us to wonder whether any diesels would be approved for sale in U.S. for the 2017 model year. Now, at least one automaker will in fact get to offer its diesels to.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2016
Ryder System announced that Postal Fleet Services has signed a full-service agreement for 20 compressed natural gas (CNG) heavy-duty vehicles supporting mail delivery operations in Orlando, Fla., Lafayette, La., Jackson, Miss., and La Vergne, Tenn. Postal Fleet Services has relied on Ryder for fleet leasing and maintenance solutions for more than 10 years.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 3, 2016
Porsche has announced it will put an all-electric super saloon into production by 2020. The ‘Mission E’ concept was first unveiled at the 2015 Frankfu.
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AUGUST 3, 2016
European ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies has received €13 million (US$14.5 million) in new investment led by FirstFloor Capital, a Malaysian venture capital investment firm specializing in funding high-growth technology companies. The Round C investment, which also includes existing Skeleton Technologies’ investors UP Invest and Harju Elekter, brings total financing to €26.7 million (US$30 million) and will support Skeleton Technologies in its next phase of revenue ramp-up to b
Green Cars News
AUGUST 3, 2016
Latest figures show British motorists are choosing electric propulsion like never before, with year-to-date electric vehicle registrations up 31.8% co.
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AUGUST 3, 2016
The City of London Corporation—the municipal governing body of the City of London—has banned the purchase of diesel vehicles for its business, in a drive to reduce public exposure to air pollution. The policy is the latest in a series of anti-pollution measures brought in by the local authority, which has a fleet of more than 300 vehicles.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 3, 2016
Hyundai has revealed the specs for its new i20 Turbo Edition, which will be available later this month. Based on the i20 SE, the new edition has be.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2016
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $11.3 million to three projects under MEGA-BIO: Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels ( earlier post ) that support the development of biomass-to-hydrocarbon biofuels conversion pathways that can produce variable amounts of fuels and/or products based on external factors, such as market demand. Producing high-value bioproducts alongside cost-competitive biofuels has the potential to support a positive return on investment for a biorefinery.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2016
ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts and the risk of climate change. The joint research initiative will study transformational energy innovations including integrating renewable energy sources into the current supply mix and advancing traditional energy sources in ways that improve efficiency and reduce impacts on water, air and
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2016
Federal-Mogul Powertrain has developed an upgrade to its GOETZE Diamond Coating (GDC) for piston rings, a technology that has been meeting heavy-duty diesel engine requirements for more than a decade. The new coating, GDC60, features higher diamond content than the established GDC50 to further reduce wear and has demonstrated lower friction and greater scuff resistance during testing.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2016
There will be more public locations to charge electric cars in the UK than there are gasoline stations by the summer of 2020, according to new analysis by Nissan. At the end of 2015, there were just 8,472 fuel stations in the UK, down from 37,539 in 1970—a 77% drop. Assuming a steady rate of decline, Nissan predicts that by August 2020 this will fall to below 7,870.
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