Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method to convert CO 2 directly into aviation fuel using a novel, inexpensive iron-based catalyst. The catalyst shows a carbon dioxide conversion through hydrogenation to hydrocarbons in the aviation jet fuel range of 38.2%, with a yield of 17.2%, and a selectivity of 47.8%, and with an attendant low carbon monoxide (5.6%) and methane selectivity (10.4%).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Tesla released a software update over the holiday weekend that added Boombox mode, which allows drivers to play custom sounds outside the car. Instead or a normal car horn, Boombox mode includes options like a goat bleating, ice cream truck music, applause, and fart sounds. While Tesla owners have been able to replicate the sound of flatulence.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Earlier this month, Achates Power announced that its innovative 3-cylinder, 10.6L opposed-piston (OP) heavy-duty diesel engine achieved Ultralow NO x (ULNO x ) performance results. ( Earlier post.) A key element of the achievement is the low engine-out NO x from the opposed-piston engine, which reduced the requirements for the aftertreatment system (ATS).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A few hours with the 2021 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid earlier this month left me with some wildly conflicting first impressions. At first look, the Elantra appeared and felt refreshingly different in many ways—especially when you compare it to other members of the 50-mpg club, like the Toyota Corolla Hybrid, Honda Insight, or even Hyundai’s.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The American Bus Association (ABA) has released motorcoach industry closure data gathered from the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The data collected by FMCSA shows a surge in losses of authority for motorcoach operators in 2020, which means these companies are no longer providing transportation—in some cases forever.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Electric range and efficiency ratings for the upcoming Karma GS-6 plug-in hybrid were recently posted on the EPA's fueleconomy.gov website—and they match figures for the 2020 Karma Revero GT. Karma hasn't revealed the GS-6 yet, but it will have a maximum 61-mile electric range with an efficiency rating of 70 MPGe combined, and a gas-mileage.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The Toyota RAV4 Prime is a finalist for Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021. The Volvo XC40 Recharge is also a nominee for Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2021. VW's developing an automated charging setup. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Toyota's dragging its feet as the world moves toward electric cars, but its hybrid game is.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Norway-based energy company Equinor Energy and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a low-carbon technology collaboration. The non-exclusive cooperation agreement will see both companies develop and use technology to reduce the carbon footprint of oil & gas operations. In particular, the companies will look at further developing the hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCS/CCUS) value chains.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Volvo’s vehicles have for years been unified around a mantra of safety and longevity, and Scandinavian design themes that are stylish and confident but not too over-the-top. The brand’s first electric vehicle, the Volvo XC40 Recharge, is a finalist for Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021. It shows all the signs of carrying.

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Plug In India

DECEMBER 28, 2020

By Atul Gopal In this 5 part series, we speak to Dr Nishanth, the founder of from PURE EV , who manufacturers Electric scooters and Lithium-Ion batteries in Hyderabad, India. We talk about Electric scooter servicing, NMC vs LFP batteries and more. In this blog, Atul shares his thoughts on the discussion. The biggest economic segment of EV buyers is people with monthly income of 15 to 30 K who travel 50 km+ everyday.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Not everyone who owns an electric vehicle has a charging station in their home. Apartment dwellers, especially, may run into challenges finding overnight charging solutions if their home doesn’t have EV charging stations. In an era when more than 37% of the labor force works from home full-time , workplaces may not be the most convenient solution to charge EVs, either.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have used neutron diffraction to provide noninvasive measurement of lattice strains inside components of a firing engine, thereby enabling the operando study of complex load states and thermal gradients throughout the solid materials. Their results are published in an open-access paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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