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NREL releases comprehensive vision for deep decarbonization of transportation

Green Car Congress

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a comprehensive vision for deeply decarbonizing transportation. It is a strategy rooted in cross-cutting research and engineering to enable industry stakeholders, communities, government agencies, and early adopters to meet their climate goals. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 50%–85% by 2050 to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius (four degrees Fahrenheit).

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2022 Ioniq 5 revealed: Retro-styled electric car leads a New Wave of EVs

Green Car Reports

The electric car revealed by Hyundai early Tuesday morning is shaping up to one of the most important new models in the South Korean company’s 45 years of making cars. The 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the first of many models to be built on Hyundai’s E-GMP dedicated EV platform. It’s also the first model to be released as part of.

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ATLIS Motor Vehicles and Clemson University partner to advance development of EV batteries

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ATLIS Motor Vehicles, Inc. and Clemson University have partnered to advance development of electric-vehicle batteries that charge faster, last longer and can be scaled to fit a variety of vehicle classes. ATLIS, a startup company based in Arizona, is developing battery cells and packs to power the Atlis XP Platform and XT pickup truck. The associated battery research is being jointly executed at the Clemson Nanomaterials Institute (CNI).

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2021 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo due for US deliveries this summer

Green Car Reports

Porsche Taycans weren’t born to be garage queens. Although they can definitely do track time and a pulse-quickening weekend drive, they can handle all the daily driving in between. Add the Cross Turismo—that’s the Taycan wagon, as some will see it—and the realm of possibility extends far beyond smoothly surfaced tarmac, to.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Hydra Energy partners with Chemtrade to provide commercial truck fleets with green hydrogen below the cost of diesel

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Continuing to speed up the adoption of hydrogen in long-haul transportation, Hydra Energy —the first Hydrogen-as-a-Service provider for commercial fleets—announced a strategic partnership with Chemtrade. The long-term contract is a pillar of Hydra’s Hydrogen-as-a-Service (HaaS) business model and includes Hydra capturing, cleaning, and compressing hydrogen sourced from Chemtrade.

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Synthetically fueled cars can be as clean as EVs, Porsche claims

Green Car Reports

Porsche is launching electric cars, but the automaker is still looking for ways to keep internal-combustion engines from extinction. It now claims synthetic fuels could make internal-combustion cars as clean as EVs. Synthetic fuels will deliver an 85% reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions, Dr. Frank Walliser, Porsche vice president of motorsport.

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Lucid isn't delivering electric cars yet, but it's going public to accelerate growth

Green Car Reports

Lucid Motors is the latest EV firm to go public through a special-purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) shell company before delivering any vehicles. The automaker on Monday announced plans for a "reverse merger" with Churchill Capital Corp IV, whose shares are already listed on the New York Stock Exchange. A reverse merger is when a private.

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Kobe Steel demonstrates technology that can reduce blast furnace CO2 emissions by ~20%

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Kobe Steel, Ltd. (KOBELCO) has successfully demonstrated technology that can reduce CO 2 emissions from blast furnace operations by approximately 20% by combining the Midrex’ HBI technologies and the blast furnace operations of Kobe Steel. The demonstration test was conducted for a month at a large blast furnace (4,844 m 3 ) of the Kakogawa Works in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, in October 2020.

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 debut, Lucid going public, synthetic fuel as clean as EVs: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Lucid is going public, partly to ensure the rollout of its Gravity electric SUV. The 2022 Ioniq 5 bows as the first of a set of new EVs from Hyundai. And can synthetic fuel be as clean as all-electric? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai has revealed the 2022 Ioniq 5 electric car, and with very speedy fast-charging, an.

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FutureBridge expects cost-parity between solid-state and Li-ion batteries by 2025

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Market analysis firm FutureBridge expects that cost-parity between Li-ion and solid-state batteries could be achieved in another five years. Solid-state batteries (SSBs) promise a leap forward, compared to incremental gains from Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs), with improved safety, higher energy density, faster charging times, and longer life. However, today their commercialization is limited to micro-scale applications outside mobility, such as medical devices.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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China January 2021

EV Sales

The Rise and Rise of the Wuling Mini EV After the December sales peak, one would expect a sales hangover in January, only.it didn't happened, as the market had some 173,000 passenger NEV units, an impressive 223% jump YoY, and the highest growth rate this market have seen in 3 years! Of course, January 2020 was impacted by the Chinese New Year holidays and the Covid pandemic, but still, even comparing with the remaining months of 2020, it outsold every other month of last year, with the exceptio

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CMU study finds taxes on emissions would result in more rapid electrification by ridesharing companies

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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering have found that with an emissions-based incentive towards electrification, ridesourcing companies such as Uber and Lyft would electrify more and cut their emissions by amounts ranging from 10% in New York to 22% in Los Angeles. In LA alone, this represents a reduction of about $29 million per year in health and environmental costs, the researchers said.

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Proposed Federal EV Tax Credit Reform: Will It Move the Sales Needle?

EV Adoption

On February 5, Mike Thompson , Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures announced the introduction of the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act (PDF). For electric vehicle observers, the legislation contains two key provisions: The first would extend the tax credit to automakers who already reached the current phaseout level of 200,000 EVs sold with another 400,000 vehicles, but with a reduction to $7,000 from the current maximum $7,500 credi

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Snam and Hera to collaborate on green hydrogen development; power-to-gas

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Italy-based energy infrastructure operator Snam and national multi-utility company Hera Group signed a Letter of Intent for a technological collaboration aimed at developing hydrogen, for their own areas of activity respectively. The aim is to test and subsequently implement a number of solutions able to respond to the decarbonization needs of the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy in a cross-cutting manner, from production to mobility to individual citizens.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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myenergi Partners with EV Comply

My Energi

myenergi champions independent installers with all-new online platform. myenergi, the award-winning manufacturer of renewable energy products for eco-smart home management, has launched an online platform to seamlessly connect customers of its zappi EV charge point with certified installers across the UK. Developed in partnership with EV Comply , the step-by-step solution takes the customer through the OZEV grants application process* and connects them to their closest myenergi-approved independ

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EPA switches stance to support Tenth Circuit’s Renewable Fuels Association Decision

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that, after careful consideration of the 2020 decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Renewable Fuels Association et al. v. EPA , 948 F.3d 1206 , EPA now supports that court’s interpretation of the renewable fuel standard (RFS) small-refinery provisions. This conclusion, prompted by a detailed review following the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari in the case, represents a change from EPA’s position before the Tenth Ci

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

Charged EVs

Q&A with ZeroAvia CEO. Passenger cars are well on their way to going electric, and the path to a big market share for heavy-duty EVs such as buses and delivery trucks is becoming clearer. However, aviation remains a new frontier for zero emissions. There are several new powertrain options, and none has yet proven itself in regular commercial service.

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New fully electric Hyundai IONIQ 5 revealed

Discover EV

IONIQ 5 brings retro design, 300 mile range and ultra-fast charging, heralding a new era of EVs from Hyundai

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

You might not know it to look at them, but these two cars—one Swedish, one Chinese—share underpinnings and a parent company. Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in. Starting in 2016, the Swedish brand has included plug-in hybrid versions of pretty much every new vehicle it sells in the US. . In 2019, Volvo launched the XC40 compact crossover, a boxy but stylish compact SUV with a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine and optional all-wheel drive.

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On the horizon with EV News 

Electric Auto Association

From Zero to Sony and more. MG E-Motion. Chinese EVs Exploding out of Asia China, which manufactures 2.5 times as many automobiles as the US, has big plans to enter the American market. Look for some new models to arrive by the end of the year. Zero Trident. Zero Not just motorcycles anymore The Trident, Zero Electric Vehicles’ first automobile, became closer to reality with the introduction of the company’s rolling electric chassis.

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What is Electric Vehicle Fleet Management?

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Electric vehicle fleet management is overseeing the charging needs of fleet drivers and electric vehicles as well as ensuring the charging infrastructure is optimized to fulfill those needs. EV fleet management considers the big issues of electric vehicle charging requirements. The volume of vehicles and distances traveled must be analyzed to determine the number of depot and/or “on the road” charge points required and the distance between them – whether owned and operated by the fleet owner, pu

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The Texas power problem – our perspective

Green Energy Consumers

Our hearts go out to T exans. The cold, snow, ice, power outages , and water shutoffs have gone way past inconvenient for people there. It’s caused death and misery. Although we’re not experts on the Texas grid system as much as we are in New England , we’ve noti ced a lot of confusion and deliberate misinformation surrounding the blackouts. The confusion about the power system is understa ndable; it's complicated and largely operates behind- the-scenes.

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Daimler and PGE develop the electric truck stop of the future

Charged EVs

The Electric Island project, a collaboration between Daimler Trucks North America and Portland General Electric, will be a test bed for all kinds of heavy-duty EV charging solutions. Electric trucks are finally starting to roll. After years of vehicle development, research projects and pilot deployments, major fleet operators around the world are beginning to place volume orders for medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric vehicles.

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