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ORNL study finds connected and automated vehicles can reduce fuel use by more than 40%

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To study the potential benefits of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a simulation framework that analyzes the impact of partial market penetration of CAVs on fuel consumption, travel time and traffic flow in a merging on-ramp scenario under low, medium and heavy traffic volumes. In a study published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles , they reported that an increased number of CAVs communicating and coordinating driving acti

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Austria to let drivers of electric cars go faster

Green Car Reports

Austria is offering would-be electric-car owners (and current ones) a tempting incentive to go tailpipe-emissions-free: permission to drive faster than those with gasoline, diesel, or hybrid vehicles. Under a recently approved amendment to the country’s speed limits, aimed at rewarding those who choose electric vehicles, they will be given a.

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Euglena completes demo-scale algae biorefinery for renewable jet and diesel

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Japan-based biotechnology company euglena ( earlier post ) has completed the construction of its demonstration-scale biorefinery in Yokohama for the production of renewable jet and diesel fuels from algae and waste oil. The plant , which will use the Biofuels ISOCONVERSION process ( earlier post ) licensed by Chevron Lummus Global / ARA, will have a production capacity of 5 barrels per day, with planned initial planned production volume of 125 kiloliters per year (786 barrels). euglena is partne

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BMW readies battery factory for wave of coming electric vehicles

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BMW announced last month it will significantly expand and overhaul a facility to produce batteries for electric cars at its factory in Dingolfing, Germany. The factory currently builds several BMW sedans and coupes, including plug-in versions of the 5- and 7-Series. The new battery assembly line in the factory will cover 65,000 square feet in the.

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

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@DrPatSoonShiong – When Are YOU and @LATimes Going To Wake Up & Smell The Climate Emergency Burning? #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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Recall alert: Hyundai Ioniq in the hot seat

Green Car Reports

Hyundai is recalling 10,575 Ioniq Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models from 2017 and 2018 to replace a wiring relay in the drive system. The recall mirrors a similar problem announced last month with the Ioniq's platform-mate, the Kia Niro, which was also recalled. Bad connections in a drive-system relay can cause the relay to overheat and lead to a.

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Faster electric cars, California strikes back, BMW batteries, Hyundai recall: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

California begins fighting back against the EPA's fuel economy freeze. Austria proposes letting electric cars drive faster. Hyundai recalls Ioniqs. And BMW builds a new battery assembly line for its upcoming electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports. California issued a pointed 400-page rebuttal to the EPA's plan to freeze fuel economy.

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@LATimes Reveals Dems Now The Choice Of Exxon, Monsanto, Wells Fargo & Blackwater. Will Continue Business As Usual #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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Tesla receives SEC subpoena about Model 3 production numbers

Green Car Reports

Tesla acknowledged in a quarterly regulatory filing on Thursday that it has received a subpoena from the SEC asking about the company's forecasts the company made in 2017 for Model 3 production. Some investors have said they were misled by statements that the company would begin full production of the Model 3 by the second quarter of 2018, when.

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Western Australia’s South West | Day 918 – 925

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In the South West I was hosted by some nice people who took me for prospecting, gave the Blue Bandit […]. The post Western Australia’s South West | Day 918 – 925 appeared first on Plug Me In.

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

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2019 BMW 8 Series Convertible revealed

Green Cars News

The BMW 8 Series Convertible has been revealed ahead of a full reveal at the Los Angeles Motor Show later this month.

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California girds for battle with EPA over fuel economy

Green Car Reports

Last Friday, California released a 400-page repudiation of the Trump administration's plan to freeze fuel economy standards and revoke California's statutory right to set its own limits on vehicle emissions. The report comes in response to the EPA and NHTSA's proposed Safer Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles Rule, which would undo fuel-economy.

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Weekly Wheelspin: 8 Series goes topless, motorway misdemeanour, Budget busted and solar sunroofs

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This week saw two perennial events pass: Halloween and of course that other annual trick or treat… the Budget

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Is Scotland the ideal proving ground for autonomous vehicles?

Green Cars News

Autonomous vehicles are much talked about, but how big a reality are they?

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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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