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MARCH 25, 2013

Total injected hot fluid and total produced liquid for the nanocatalyst experiments at temperatures of 320 and 340 °C. Credit: ACS, Hashemi et al. Click to enlarge. Researchers at the University of Calgary are developing ultra-dispersed (UD) nanocatalysts for the in situ upgrading of heavy oil and bitumen from deep reservoirs. Such an “underground refinery” approach is one of the alternatives to surface upgrading that may become the next-generation of oil sands industry improvement, they suggest

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2013

It's the sweetest dream of every electric-car fan: a battery that could store enough energy to offer up to 1,000 miles of real-world range. While it's not going to arrive in showrooms any time soon, Israeli startup Phinergy thinks its aluminum-air energy storage device might just be that battery. Moreover, say CEO Aviv Tzidon, the company has.

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MARCH 26, 2013

Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn says the key to Nissan's electric car leadership will be localizing Leaf manufacturing near where the cars are sold, and cost reduction. Another target in Ghosns' mind is China's.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 27, 2013

Short break firm, Center Parcs is proving its green credentials with a delivery of 22 new electric Renault Kangoo Maxi Z.E vans. The new fully electric vans were handed over at Sherwood Forest and will be used across Center Parcs’ other UK villages including, Elveden Forest, Longleat Forest and Whinfell Forest and its forthcoming fifth [.].

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MARCH 25, 2013

Sketch describing the ZIP-Cap architecture and how it. differs from that of the EDLC. Source: Ionova. Click to enlarge. Ionova Technologies, Inc. reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a 25-fold reduction in build cost and a 5-fold increase in energy density (up to 35Wh/L) without the ultra-pure materials or expensive “dry-room” facilities that are necessary to build today’s ultracapacitors.

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MARCH 24, 2013

With a backlog of more than 10,000 depositors for the Tesla Model S, its maker is making and delivering electric luxury sedans as fast as it can. Among other benefits, that may allow Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] to achieve CEO Elon Musk's suggestion that the company could be profitable for the first quarter of this year. George Blankenship, Tesla's.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 27, 2013

No sooner has it launched than the Renault ZOE electric car is being blamed with threatening France’s power grid. In an article in the Daily Mail today, there is a stark warning from the head of R&D at French power infrastructure firm RTE, that the rising prominence of electric cars on the road could put [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Mitsubishi Motors reported two separate incidents with Li-ion battery packs: one, a fire in a i-MiEV battery pack at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant; the other, heating and melting in a pack installed in an Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. In the Mizushima event, the pack was connected to charge-discharge test equipment. There was no injury to personnel, or damage to the main plant building and equipment.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2013

Consider this: The average semi truck is actually quite economical. No, really. A typical long-haul truck averages between 5.5 and 6.5 mpg. But it's also really, really heavy--up to 80,000 pounds, for a fully-loaded trailer. That's around 36 tons, which puts some perspective on how hard each of those gallons are working. When some pickup trucks.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 28, 2013

'The 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has several electric car and electric motorcycle entries, and this year marks the first time for a production electric motorcycle class in the PPIHC. On Thursday, Zero Motorcycles and Hollywood.

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MARCH 28, 2013

Electric car owners should be given a ‘green badge’ which enables them to park in restricted areas or park for free in public car parks, according to a leading thinktank. A green car badge scheme could mirror the way ‘blue badge’ scheme works for disabled drivers, run by local authorities and allowing drivers to park [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2013

Fuji Electric Corp. of America has begun US production of their UL-Certified DC Quick Chargers for Electric Vehicles, with the first production units shipping out of Milpitas, CA by late March. The manufacturer’s 4 th -Generation 25kW DC Quick Charger features a slimmer design than previous versions, making it suited for a wide variety of commercial applications.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 29, 2013

Austrian motorcycle and automobile maker KTM is known worldwide for its slightly crazy but hugely fun vehicles. With arms competing in top-level motorcycle racing, off-road enduro style events and the dramatic X-BOW sports car on its books, we'd have to wonder what they'd achieve with an electric drivetrain. Wonder no longer: the E-Speed scooter.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 28, 2013

Buried inside an exciting new electric car unveiled on Wednesday, the Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, is an electric drive train designed and built by Tesla Motors. The B-Class sedan is one of several Daimler vehicles where.

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MARCH 26, 2013

China is expected to resume its subsidies for electric cars from next month, according to the chairman of country’s own EV maker BYD. According to Reuters, BYD Chairman, Wang Chuanfu told reporters yesterday that subsidies which expired at the end of December last year, would soon return as part of the country’s measures to encourage [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed long-anticipated Tier 3 standards for gasoline sulfur content; evaporative emissions; and tailpipe emissions from all light-duty vehicles (LDVs, or passenger cars), light-duty trucks (LDT1s, LDT2s, LDT3s, and LDT4s) and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles (or MDPVs). With a proposed start in 2017, the Tier 3 program is also harmonized with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Low Emission Vehicle (LEV III) program—enabling automakers to

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2013

How do you get better gas mileage from engines that create the same power as what you've built your brand on? If you're BMW, the answer is that you launch an entirely new family of small engines derived from the world-famous inline six-cylinders you're famous for. But if you're fitting them with variable valve timing, direct injection, and.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 28, 2013

The 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb has several electric car and electric motorcycle entries, and this year marks the first time for a production electric motorcycle class in the PPIHC. On Thursday, Zero Motorcycles and Hollywood.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 27, 2013

Fuel cell cars may be yet to break the mainstream, but there are still significant steps being taken to improve the technology. The latest example comes from the UK’s Intelligent Energy which has announced that its fuel cell technology can offer higher levels of power than ever before: leading to better performance for its automotive [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

A chart from EnerG2’s 2012 DOE Merit Review presentation shows different pore profiles for different energy storage applications. Click to enlarge. EnerG2, a manufacturer of advanced carbons for next-generation energy storage ( earlier post ), has begun production of nano-structured hard carbon for Li-ion battery anodes that it says can boost anode capacity by more than 50% over standard graphite.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2013

The Volkswagen Audi Group is a master at filling niches, and another one is heading our way from early 2014. For the customer who wants the VW Jetta's sedan bodystyle and 2.0-liter diesel engine--but prefers the Audi A3's more upmarket image--Audi presents the 2015 A3 TDI Sedan. Unveiled at the 2013 New York Auto Show, the new Audi A3 Sedan is set.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 28, 2013

Electric motorcycle racing takes a step into a whole new chapter with release on Thursday of the name of a new series, eRoadRacing World Cup, and the provisional calendar for the 2013 racing season. This series replaces both the.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 28, 2013

It is not just the start of production of the new Nissan LEAF in Sunderland which is big news for the North East of England today (see story) and its reputation for green innovation. This week also welcomes the start of a new research project that aims to give electric vehicle batteries a second life [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2013

While much of the motivation for next-generation batteries comes from transportation, Lux Research’s analysis concludes that the automotive market will be the last to adopt next-generation batteries due to the extreme cost sensitivity of automakers, stringent safety and lifetime requirements, and long, cautious adoption cycles. Hence, makers of next-generation batteries will have to look to other markets first.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 29, 2013

"Cleaner cars need cleaner fuels"--that's the message from a group of automakers in support of new EPA rules to clean up gasoline. The Environmental Protection Agency will today move ahead with rules requiring cleaner gasoline nationwide, with huge potential environmental benefits. According to a senior Obama administration official (via The.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 26, 2013

'Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn says the key to Nissan's electric car leadership will be localizing Leaf manufacturing near where the cars are sold, and cost reduction. Another target in Ghosns' mind is China's.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 28, 2013

Today (March 28, 2013) marks the start of a new era for car manufacturing in the UK: as production begins of the new and improved Nissan LEAF electric car in Sunderland (pictured). After four years preparation at the plant and an investment of £420million by Nissan, the new LEAF will begin production with more than [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive. Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz staged the world premiere of the production battery-electric 2014 B-Class Electric Drive at the New York International Auto Show; a concept version had appeared last year at the Paris Motor Show. ( Earlier post.). The B-Class Electric Drive is equipped with a 100 kW electric motor with 310 N·m (221 lb-ft) of torque, with a range of 115 miles (185 km).

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 25, 2013

If at first you don't succeed, try again. It's a positive, optimistic attitude that can go a long way when presented with challenges--such as your first electric car company disappearing after several years of optimism and hype. That's what happened to Aptera, builders of a tadpole-like, two-seat, three-wheeled electric vehicle. But Aptera.

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National Green Transportation

MARCH 28, 2013

'Buried inside an exciting new electric car unveiled on Wednesday, the Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive, is an electric drive train designed and built by Tesla Motors. The B-Class sedan is one of several Daimler vehicles where.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 25, 2013

Toyota has pledged its support to the London Hydrogen Partnership and will work with the group to put together a roadmap for fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen refuelling station rollout. Many experts believe that Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) are the next big step in sustainable motoring and Toyota has already revealed its intention [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2013

Sketch describing the ZIP-Cap architecture and how it. differs from that of the EDLC. Source: Ionova. Click to enlarge. Ionova Technologies, Inc. reports that its zinc-ion-based ZIP-Cap asymmetric ultracapacitor is expected to provide a 25-fold reduction in build cost and a 5-fold increase in energy density (up to 35Wh/L) without the ultra-pure materials or expensive “dry-room” facilities that are necessary to build today’s ultracapacitors.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2013

It's confirmed: Audi will offer its A3 Sportback e-Tron plug-in hybrid in the U.S. The German automaker has confirmed the news (via Motor Authority) at the New York Auto Show, just a month after the production model was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. Externally similar to the regular A3 Sportback, it's under the skin where the e-Tron differs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Electric vehicle drive motor revenue by region, world markets: 2013-2020. Source: Navigant. Click to enlarge. Unit sales of electric drive motors for light-duty vehicles (LDVs) will reach 3.7 million by 2020, growing from 1.5 million in 2013, according to a new report from Navigant Research (formerly Pike Research). Total global market revenue will grow from just less than $1 billion in 2013 to more than $2.8 billion in 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.6%.

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