January, 2020

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Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans deploys 6 plug-in hybrid pickups from XL Fleet

Green Car Congress

In order to advance its fleet electrification and emissions reduction goals, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) has deployed six new XL plug-in hybrid electric Ford F-150 pickup trucks to its fleet. The trucks were unveiled during a ceremony at the SWBNO Central Yard on 28 January 28, which featured New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, as well as representatives from SWBNO and project partners including New Orleans Regional Planning Commission (RPC), Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel

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GM names Hamtramck as first US plant to build only electric cars

Green Car Reports

Quick! List all the car factories in the U.S. that produce only electric vehicles. It’s a trick question, really, because today, there’s only one. That’s the Tesla assembly plant in Fremont, California, where the company’s three EV models are all built. On Monday, GM announced the U.S. will get another all-EV plant. The.

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Price, not range, is the biggest barrier to EV adoption

Discover EV

Worldwide researcher, Ipsos, has released the results of its latest 'Global Mobility Navigator' study, which surveyed 20,000 people from around the globe on their attitudes to future powertrains and mobility. When it came to barriers to adoption of EVs, it was the usual three rearing their heads: cost, range and charging infrastructure. But cost was the biggest factor.

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Plug’n Drive launches $1,000 incentive to scrap a gas car PLUS $1,000 towards a Used EV

Plug N Drive

Effective February 1, 2020, Ontario residents qualify for a new incentive of $1,000 if they scrap their old gas car and replace it with a used electric car. This program is being offered to encourage drivers to make the switch to low carbon transportation and reduce air pollution. The Scrappage Incentive is in addition to the Used EV Incentive program that launched in April 2019, which provides $1,000 off the purchase of a used fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric car.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

emissions global warming Norway climate change carbon dioxide youtube lighting

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China’s EV sector needs concrete revisions in the dual credit policy, not vague comments

China EV

Some pretty important statements regarding the future of China’s New Energy Vehicle market emerged from the just-concluded ChinaEV 100 Forum in Beijing. (Full disclosure: I was not there.) But as usual, the central government made only vague statements regarding NEV policy. What it needs to do is revise its dual-credit policy, because the one it has now isn’t working.

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23 strange things about life in America

Gavin Shoebridge

After moving from New Zealand to the USA in 2019, I noticed some striking cultural differences and curiosities about Americans and life[.]. The post 23 strange things about life in America appeared first on GavinShoebridge.com.

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2021 Toyota Mirai aims for 400-mile range: More details on sporty hydrogen fuel-cell sedan

Green Car Reports

The best move Toyota could possibly have made in conceiving a second-generation version of its Mirai fuel-cell vehicle was giving its design and engineering teams a clean slate. According to Yoshikazu Tanaka, the chief engineer of the Mirai, that’s exactly what happened. With a lukewarm reception in the U.S. to the previous car’s.

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Road tax for EV owners on Isle of Man

Discover EV

In order to make up for lost revenue from fuel sales, the Isle of Man is introducing an annual charge – or road tax – for EVs. Currently, low and zero emissions vehicles pay zero tax, but is the new charge on the Isle of Man a sign of things to come for the UK?

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Team E-ZIBA Racers from Shri Vishnu college of Engineering clinched the first place in SAEINDIA e-BAJA 2020

Bikli Waligaadi

The ‘BijliWaliGaadi- Car No- E43’ won the e-BAJA SAE Event in an astounding way A guest post by VINOD DUBEY. The post Team E-ZIBA Racers from Shri Vishnu college of Engineering clinched the first place in SAEINDIA e-BAJA 2020 appeared first on Electric Vehicles_(India).

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Zero Electric Plane

Spark Powered

“It’s a conceptual billboard that [is designed to] arrest people for a moment,” says Doucet. “At its lowest point of impact, it would make people question, ‘Why aren’t there electric commuter planes?’ At the highest impact, producers of short-haul flights, everyone from Airbus and Boeing to your Bombardiers and Gulfstreams, [ are realizing that] beginning an R&D program might be of medium- and long-term interest to their businesses.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

Brief

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Climate change calls for energy self-sufficiency. Is going Solar enough?

Schneider Electric EVs

As fossil fuel emissions accelerate climate change, and natural disasters underscore the value of energy self-sufficiency, the case for solar power has never been stronger. Adoption is being driven as. Read more ». The post Climate change calls for energy self-sufficiency. Is going Solar enough? appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

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Chinese researchers develop new alloy for on-board hydrogen production for fuel cells

Green Car Congress

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University have used a gallium, indium, tin and bismuth alloy to generate hydrogen, when placed in contact with an aluminum plate immersed in water. The hydrogen is then used in a PEM fuel cell. An open-access paper on their work appears in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy , from AIP Publishing.

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Hyundai and Kia invest in UK electric commercial-vehicle maker Arrival

Green Car Reports

The UK-based electric-vehicle startup Arrival has already earned plenty of attention over the past couple of years for its refreshingly different, futuristic and eye-catching electric commercial-vehicle designs. As much as the designs are a standout—the company’s Royal Mail vans, for instance—the nature of the $110 billion.

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The Top 20 EVs of 2020

Discover EV

We might only be a couple of weeks into 2020, but already there is much to look forward to in terms of high-profile EV launches this year. In fact, over the next 11-and-a-bit months the choice of EVs in the UK is going to experience an unprecedented uplift.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

Oil

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BorgWarner acquires Delphi Technologies to hold grip into the Electrified Powertrain for EVs

Bikli Waligaadi

BorgWarner acquires Delphi Technologies in $3.3 billions BorgWarner acquires Delphi: The automobile sector is going through a major transformation and. The post BorgWarner acquires Delphi Technologies to hold grip into the Electrified Powertrain for EVs appeared first on Electric Vehicles_(India).

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Arrival EV Delivery Vans

Spark Powered

Arrival has been a “stealth” startup. taking $100M from quiet donors. They have pulled back the veil. sort of. they’ve created a beautiful delivery van but are sparse on the details. [link]. The post Arrival EV Delivery Vans appeared first on Spark Powered.

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Seeing Around the Corner With Lasers—and Speckle

Cars That Think

A new way to reconstruct images from interference patterns may one day help soldiers, rescue workers, and even self-driving cars.

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Ballard-powered fuel-cell electric vehicles rack up 30M km; enough to circle the globe 750 times

Green Car Congress

Ballard Power Systems announced that its proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel-cell technology and products have now successfully powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in commercial Heavy- and Medium-Duty Motive applications for an industry-leading cumulative total of more than 30 million kilometers (18.5 million miles) on roads around the globe. Ballard’s FCmove 8 th -generation fuel-cell module.

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GMC Hummer EV electric truck: First details emerge before Super Bowl ad

Green Car Reports

Three days before a Super Bowl ad that will introduce its first all-electric truck to the world, General Motors on Thursday released a few early details of the upcoming GMC Hummer EV. The truck will have a maximum power of 735 kilowatts (1,000 horsepower) and 11,500 foot-pounds of torque. And GMC says it will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.

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EVs sales in 2020 poised to set records

Discover EV

As 2020 ramps up, there are signs that against the backdrop of overall falling car sales, EVs are poised to have a bumper year. In Europe especially, the trend is very much upward with the region likely to see the biggest gains. What's more, the UK has been rated as one of the best prepared markets for prospective EV buyers.

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Team E-ZIBA Racers from Shri Vishnu college of Engineering clinched the first place in SAEINDIA e-BAJA 2020

Bikli Waligaadi

The ‘BijliWaliGaadi- Car No- E43’ won the e-BAJA SAE Event in an astounding way A guest post by VINOD DUBEY. The post Team E-ZIBA Racers from Shri Vishnu college of Engineering clinched the first place in SAEINDIA e-BAJA 2020 appeared first on Electric Vehicles_(India).

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Model 3 drivers age

Supercharged EV

From a bloomberg survey : the M3 drivers main age category is 30 to 40 years old. A car for millenials and Generation Xers !!

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Apex.OS: An Operating System for Autonomous Cars

Cars That Think

The launch of Apex.OS 1.0 makes autonomous car development simpler, safer, and more secure.

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DOE sets technical targets for hydrogen fuel-cell long-haul Class 8 trucks

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office, in collaboration with the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office, has established technical targets for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in long-haul tractor-trailer Class 8 truck applications. These targets will help guide early stage R&D and serve as benchmarks for tracking technology. Technical targets for advanced truck technologies are developed with input from the 21 st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP) and will be included in ne

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Volvo opens orders for XC40 Recharge electric car

Green Car Reports

Ahead of the arrival of the Volvo XC40 Recharge later this year, the Swedish automaker has opened its order books “in select markets” that include the U.S. and Europe. Volvo reports that response to the Recharge has been strong, with tens of thousands of hand-raisers showing interest and “several thousands of firm orders.

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UK energy grid in desperate need of modernisation

Discover EV

A recent article in the Financial Times highlighted the fact that some motorway service stations lack the appropriate infrastructure to cater for the growing demand from EVs. With a steep increase in the number of EVs hitting the road predicted over the next 10 years, the cost of upgrades could run into the billions – and service providers have to stump up the cash not only at service stations, but across the board.

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BorgWarner acquires Delphi Technologies to hold grip into the Electrified Powertrain for EVs

Bikli Waligaadi

BorgWarner acquires Delphi Technologies in $3.3 billions BorgWarner acquires Delphi: The automobile sector is going through a major transformation and. The post BorgWarner acquires Delphi Technologies to hold grip into the Electrified Powertrain for EVs appeared first on Electric Vehicles_(India).

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Pigeon Bot

Spark Powered

This drone uses feathers to control its flight. [link]. The post Pigeon Bot appeared first on Spark Powered.

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Bosch’s Smart Visor Tracks the Sun While You Drive

Cars That Think

The liquid crystal display blocks the sun in just the right spots.

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ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

Green Car Congress

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. LNG is becoming popular for several reasons. First, it contains very little sulfur.

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Survey: Owning an electric car will cure range anxiety, other concerns about EVs

Green Car Reports

Just do it. The old marketing slogan, it turns out, might be good advice for those considering leaping to an electric car. It’s essentially the conclusion AAA arrived at after examining the experiences of electric vehicle owners and the current state of ownership costs. In a survey of EV owners, the organization found that prior to EV.

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2019: The year in review

Discover EV

Last year saw a lot of progress and change in the world of electric vehicles. Record registrations, more visibility on a global level, infrastructure improvements and the launch of some extremely important cars have defined the year. Here are the biggest moments from 2019.

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Model 3 Autonomy record by French Journalists

Supercharged EV

French journalists ( Caradisiac ) drove around Paris every EV on the market till the battery dies. The result : TESLA Model 3 achieved an amazing 772 km with a single charge.

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The California Carpool Sticker: How An Electric Car Buys You Life In The Fast Lane

EV Life

California Carpool Sticker. If you’re a commuter in California, there are now more reasons to drive an electric car than just saving on tax incentives & rebates , your carbon footprint, fuel, and maintenance costs. If you buy or lease an electric car (or plugin hybrid) in 2020, you can apply for a shiny orange California carpool sticker that will let you drive solo in the HOV lane through the end of 2023.