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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Audi and Umicore have successfully completed phase one of their strategic research cooperation for battery recycling. The two partners are developing a closed loop for components of high-voltage batteries that can be used again and again. Particularly valuable materials are set to become available in a raw materials bank. Even before the start of the cooperation with Umicore in June 2018, Audi had analyzed the batteries in the A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid car and defined ways of recycling.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory last week announced they've managed to transfer 120 kw of power at an efficiency of 97 percent—more efficiently than any currently available physical charging connection. A version of the 20-kw wireless charging system that the same laboratory previously designed.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

In an effort to address growing traffic congestion and air quality concerns, UPS and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced the deployment of an innovative downtown delivery pilot project using pedal-assist cargo eBikes and customized, modular trailers. The cargo eBikes will operate in the historic Pike Place Market and downtown Seattle area on sidewalks and in designated bike lanes.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The Tesla Model S has slipped back off Consumer Reports recommended list, due to a dip in reliability, as the consumer organization assesses it. Suspension problems are to blame, reported CR. In 2017 Tesla made its air suspension standard on the Model S, and all versions were dual-motor (all-wheel drive). DON’T MISS: Tesla tops Consumer.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Air pollution and transportation noise are both associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. However, studies on air pollution which do not take into account traffic noise tend to overestimate the long-term effect of air pollution on heart attacks, according to a study conducted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. The work is published in the European Heart Journal.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Wireless charging shows its efficiency potential. The Tesla Model S loses its spot on a respected consumer publication’s top list. And who should succeed Musk? All this and more on Green Car Reports. A U.S. Department of Energy lab may have reached a new power-and-efficiency threshold for wireless charging; at 120 kwh and a 97 percent.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Federal investigators may be looking into whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk knowingly lied to investors when he said that the automaker could build tens of thousands of Model 3 sedans by the end of 2017, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The newspaper reported that the FBI is looking closer at Musk's statements last year, including one in July.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The Rice University lab of chemist James Tour has shown that thin nanotube films effectively stop dendrites that grow naturally from unprotected lithium metal anodes in batteries. A paper on their work is published in the journal Advanced Materials. Here, it is shown that lithiated multiwall carbon nanotubes (Li?MWCNTs) act as a controlled Li diffusion interface that suppresses the growth of Li dendrites by regulating the Li + ion flux during charge/discharge cycling at current densities between

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2018

As part of an SEC settlement, Tesla needs to find a new chairman to replace Elon Musk, as he steps aside from that post but stays on as chief executive officer. That new chairman is to be an independent board member and not someone tied to Musk. When Musk was asked, in yesterday's financial call, about what attributes he thinks would be best for.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The California Air Resources Board approved a $483 million plan to fund clean car rebates, zero-emission transit and school buses, clean trucks, and other innovative, clean transportation and mobility pilot projects. The Fiscal Year 2018-19 Funding Plan for Clean Transportation Incentives , largely funded with cap-and-trade proceeds, is part of California’s comprehensive strategy for improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, the state’s largest sou

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

BMW has announced an expanded recall effort over the possibility of fire in recent-model-year vehicles equipped with a diesel engine. The issue, which now potentially affects 1.6 million vehicles worldwide, concerns an issue in which coolant (glycol) leakage from the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system cooler could combine with “typical.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Dashcams are useful bits of kit that are slowly creeping (pun intended) into everyday motoring

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2018

As the nights draw in, and a chill enters the air, the car becomes almost like a cocoon of warmth and protection from these outside elements.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

In comments being filed today on the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, the Trump Administration’s proposal to freeze fuel economy regulations, General Motors proposes the establishment of a National Zero Emissions Vehicle (NZEV) program to support a 50-state solution, promote the success of the US automotive industry and preserve US industrial leadership.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Halloween is a big deal these days

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The term “hail Mary” might be appropriate for what General Motors, led by chief executive officer Mary Barra, is attempting at this stage of the federal government’s dialog on fuel efficiency and electric vehicles. GM is launching an effort to propose a 50-state solution for electric vehicles, including a national version of.

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