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APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck. The project is the first of its kind to achieve power transfer at this rate across an 11-inch air gap, advancing the technology to a new class of larger vehicles with higher ground clearance.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2020

Lordstown Motors confirmed that it will delay the launch of its Endurance electric pickup truck due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The company had originally targeted December 2020 for the start of deliveries, but that has now been pushed back into 2021. "Like most companies, the pandemic has caused us to tweak our plans," Lordstown Motors.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a new electrode material for a protonic ceramic electrochemical cell (PCEC) that can efficiently convert excess electricity and water into hydrogen. The triple conducting oxide of PrNi 0.5 Co 0.5 O 3-? perovskite was developed as an oxygen electrode, and presents superior electrochemical performance at 400~600?

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2020

Some Mustang fans are still a little in shock over the announcement last fall that the Ford Mach-E electric SUV would be part of the Mustang family. What better way to usher in this new electric future than with a blast from the past? The Ford Mustang Cobra Jet 1400 borrows the Cobra Jet name that dominated drag racing in the 1960s. And, based on.

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APRIL 22, 2020

NIO has officially started deliveries of its 2020 ES8, the flagship model from its smart electric vehicle range. As of 31 March 2020, with cumulative deliveries of 20,675, the ES8 was the only Chinese model in the top ten sales chart for the luxury SUV class. The new ES8, available in six- and seven-seat configurations, now uses a combination of 160kW PM and 240kW IM motors and a 100 kWh liquid-cooled battery pack.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2020

You know things are getting serious when oil companies move to reduce carbon emissions. Shell has joined BP in aiming to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Don't expect the company to get out of the oil business entirely, though. "Society's expectations have shifted quickly in the debate around climate change," a Shell press release said.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2020

Maven isn't coming back after the pandemic. Lordstown Motors announces a (slight) delay in its electric pickups. And Shell and BP are going net-zero—with a very big asterisk. This and more at Green Car Reports, on this 50th Anniversary Earth Day! General Motors is shutting down its Maven car-sharing unit, which aimed to harness all the.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

The German Bioethanol Industry Association (BDBe) has published the 2019 market data for the production and consumption of certified sustainable bioethanol. German bioethanol production, standardized for use as fuel, fell last year to 542,699 tonnes—12.8% less than in the previous year. Sales of bioethanol were roughly on par with the previous year, with the market share of Super E10 rising by almost one percentage point to 13.7%.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 22, 2020

General Motors' Maven unit that launched in 2016 targeted a combination of car-sharing, ride-sharing, and all the wonder of the gig economy with new models of personal mobility—and the potential behind-the-scenes integration that might have put them soundly ahead of other such efforts like Zipcar, Daimler's Car2Go, or BMW's ReachNow. Amid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will issue a spring 2020 solicitation for high performance computing projects that improve manufacturing processes, address products’ lifecycle energy consumption, and increase the efficiency of energy conversion and storage technologies. This manufacturing program is one component of the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) initiative, which is led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Consumer confidence in future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers’ plans to bring self-driving and battery-electric vehicles to the marketplace, according to the J.D. Power 2020 Q1 Mobility Confidence Index Study fueled by SurveyMonkey Audience. The Mobility Confidence Index for self-driving vehicles decreases for the first time—to 35 from 36 on a 100-point scale—for American consumers and to 36 from 39 for Canadian consumers.

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Discover EV

APRIL 22, 2020

The first generation of the Vauxhall Mokka X has been extremely successful for the brand. Making the most of the competitive small SUV market, it sold in droves until it was pulled in 2019. Now, Vauxhall has teased the new-generation car and, aside from dropping the 'X' from the name, the big news is that it has confirmed a fully-electric version.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2020

Vauxhall has revealed the first pictures of a camouflaged second-generation Mokka, which will have a fully-electric version as well as traditional combustion-engined versions.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Portsmouth and Salford City are set to battle it out in the Leasing.com Trophy Virtual Final.

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