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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Ballard Power Systems announced that 8 ExquiCity tram-buses built by Van Hool NV and powered by 8 Ballard FCveloCity-HD 100-kilowatt fuel cell modules have been inaugurated at a ceremony in Pau, France and are now in revenue service in Pau’s Bus Rapid Transit System. The ExquiCity 18 trams are driven by a Siemens PEM2022 / 210 kW permanent magnet drive motor; a double-motor option with two Siemens PEM2016 / 160 kW motors is an option.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 18, 2019

In November the United Auto Workers ratified a four-year contract with Ford—one that included an agreement to invest more than $6 billion in U.S. plants and, as was reported then, included plans to keep high-visibility electrification plans for the F-150 in Michigan. Tuesday, Ford made good on that plan for its Michigan plants, confirming.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

IBM Research announced a chemistry for a new battery based on three new and different proprietary materials, which does not use heavy metals or other substances with sourcing concerns. The materials for this battery are able to be extracted from seawater, laying the groundwork for less invasive sourcing techniques than current material mining methods.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 18, 2019

A new Electrify America partnership means you might not have to wade through a big-box parking lot to find a very fast road-trip charger. Ford confirms its electric F-150 and its battery will be made in Michigan. We look at what didn’t quite make our Best Car To Buy contenders list. And how speedy will electric Minis get? This and more.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The global maritime transport industry has submitted a proposal to the UN IMO to form the world’s first collaborative shipping R&D program to help eliminate CO 2 emissions from international shipping. The proposal includes core funding from shipping companies across the world of about US$5 billion over a 10-year period. International maritime transport carries around 90% of global trade and is currently responsible for approximately 2% of the world’s anthropogenic CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Up until now, most of the high-power DC fast chargers that Electrify America has installed for electric-car drivers have been at Walmart stores and big shopping centers. But soon the charging network will look to a new venue: the bank. By the end of 2020, Electrify America will make available about 40 DC fast-charging stations (locations), with a.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Change comes, but not always in the ways you expect it. That’s a lesson that burbles up from the depths of the mainstream vehicle market when we look at the types of green cars we expected by the end of the decade, and what we actually got. With each model year, despite the faster-than-expected gains in the affordability of lithium-ion.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. and Peugeot S.A. signed a binding Combination Agreement providing for a 50/50 merger of their businesses to create the 4 th -largest global automotive OEM by volume and 3 rd -largest by revenue. The companies said the their gains in efficiency derived from larger volumes, as well as the benefits of uniting the two companies’ strengths and core competencies, will ensure the combined business can offer all its customers best-in-class products, technologies and servic

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

The new Renault Captur B-segment SUV is now available to order. Alongside new styling, more toys and better safety, like other cars in the PSA group's lineup there's now a PHEV option.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

ams, a global supplier of high performance sensor solutions, introduced the AS5715 : the first inductive position sensor for high-speed, automotive and industrial electric motors to be available as a standard product on the open market. New rotor position sensing solutions based on the AS5715 can match the accuracy and latency of resolvers widely used in high-speed motor applications, while providing substantial savings in bill-of-materials cost, size and weight.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Seat is set to reveal the all-new Leon next month, with a teaser video hinting at what’s to come.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Proterra has been selected by the California Department of General Services as a vendor to supply Proterra battery-electric buses and Proterra charging systems for the statewide contract. Proterra, along with other manufacturers, underwent a review process by the state of California and was chosen among a pool of providers to help streamline local transit agencies’ access to the vendor and vehicle that best meet their specific transit system needs.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Groupe PSA, the owners of Peugeot, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have today confirmed a 50/50 merger of their businesses

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Audi and Umicore have successfully completed the test phase of their strategic research cooperation. ( Earlier post.) The result is that more than 90 of the cobalt and nickel in the high-voltage batteries of the Audi e-tron can be recovered. The car manufacturer and the materials technology and recycling expert are therefore now entering the next phase.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

The US DOE’s ARPA-E issued a funding opportunity announcement ( ) for up to $50 million in funding for a new program, Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential ( SCALEUP ). The SCALEUP program aims to support the scaling of high-risk and potentially disruptive ARPA-E funded technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $55 million in funding for two programs to support the development of low-cost electric aviation engine technology and powertrain systems. Research on Aviation-class Synergistically Cooled Electric-motors with iNtegrated Drives ( ASCEND ) and Range Extenders for Electric Aviation with Low Carbon and High Efficiency ( REEACH ) programs seek to develop commercial-class electric aviation energy t

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