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APRIL 27, 2020

Last year, 85.0% of all new medium- and heavy-buses (over 3.5 tonnes) registered in the European Union were fueled by diesel; the market share of gasoline in this segment was close to zero. All alternatively-powered vehicles (APV) combined accounted for 15.0% of the EU bus market in 2019, with electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) making up 4.0% of total new bus registrations, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2020

Those who live in sunny climates—especially warm ones—see the shady spots in a parking lot as the hot commodity. But if more cars gain what the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has—a Solar Roof System that can actually boost all-electric miles and gas mileage—frugal drivers might instead start hunting down sun-drenched spots for.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2020

LG Chem will invest about 65 billion KRW (US$ 53 million) by Q1 of next year to expand the production of carbon nanotubes (CNT) by 1,200 tons at its Yeosu plant in Korea. Once the expansion is made, LG Chem will have a total production capacity of 1,700 tons. With properties (electric, thermal conductivity, strength) that are superior to existing materials, CNT’s use is wide-ranging including batteries, semiconductors, automobile parts, aircraft fuselages, etc.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2020

Wireless charging for passenger cars has been slow to take off, but a recent demonstration shows the potential of the technology for commercial trucks. The United States Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) announced in a press release Tuesday that, in February, it had demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Researchers from Saudi Aramco and KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), with a colleague from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, assessed the effects of adopting 4 hybrid architectures on the life-cycle GHG emissions of a novel high-reactivity fuel in an advanced compression-ignition engine (GCI). Their paper appears in the journal Applied Energy.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2020

Just as widely expected, the Tesla Model Y battery pack is virtually identical to that of the Model 3. That's a top-level conclusion of Sandy Munro, of Munro & Associates, who has been conducting a teardown of the Model Y, with running commentary comparing the electric crossover to its sedan sibling. In a video comparing the Model Y and Model.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Tesla is already making some smart refinements to the battery pack in the Model Y. Wireless charging gets a step closer to something viable for commercial trucks. And how well does the solar roof in the Hyundai Sonata work in boosting miles? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Solar Roof System in the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid will keep.

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APRIL 27, 2020

A comprehensive three-year scientific study into the air, water and soil impacts of hydraulic fracturing (HF) in coal seam gas (CSG) in Queensland, Australia has found little to no impacts on air quality, soils, groundwater and waterways. The study also found current water treatment technology used for treating water produced from coal seam gas wells is effective in removing hydraulic fracturing chemicals and naturally occurring (geogenic) chemicals to within relevant water quality guidelines.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Top fuel drag racing is popular across the globe and it's not hard to see why. Outrageous 8000bhp, nitro-powered dragsters can hit close to 400mph in a quarter of a mile, and watching them is something of a full body, physical experience. But it's also a sport that lends itself to EVs, and bit-by-bit, electric drag racing is catching on, with Ford even launching a purpose-built EV Mustang dragster.

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APRIL 27, 2020

India’s National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) is inviting global expressions of interest for the supply of fuel cell buses and cars in India. Specifically, NTPC subsidiary NVVN intends to launch pilot projects with 5 fuel cell buses and 5 fuel cell cars each in Leh and New Delhi in Phase 1. Subsequently, other cities/locations for rollout of FCEVs at other locations may also be included.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Researchers from Duke University have devised a computer vision algorithm for estimating ground-level PM 2.5 at a high spatiotemporal resolution by directly processing global-coverage, daily, near real-time updated, micro-satellite imagery of spatial coverages significantly smaller than 1 x 1?km (e.g., 200 x 200?m) available from Planet Lab. The results appear in the journal Atmospheric Environment.

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