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Nissan Serena’s e-POWER system named RJC Technology of the Year

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Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrain ( earlier post ), available in the Serena minivan ( earlier post ), has been named Technology of the Year for 2019 by the Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan (RJC). The Nissan Serena became the second model equipped with e-POWER in February 2018, following the Nissan Note e-POWER, which was introduced in Japan in November 2016.

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VW is planning to build 50 million electric vehicles

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Volkswagen already had ambitious goals to ramp up electric-vehicle production to a rate of up to three million EVs annually by 2025, and potentially hit 10 million vehicles around 2027 if all goes right. But its plans look even more bullish on electric cars, considering the number of vehicles it's now supposedly signed up to build over a longer.

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World’s Most Cowardly Draft Dodger Runs From Rain #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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From the Goldfields to the Nullarbor | Day 934 – 940

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Kalgoorlie was the place where the big goldrush started and it is still a very interesting place. I started crossing […]. The post From the Goldfields to the Nullarbor | Day 934 – 940 appeared first on Plug Me In.

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

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EIA: Renewable diesel increasingly used to meet California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard; 10.1% of total diesel supplied in 2Q18

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Renewable diesel net supply to California’s fuel market has increased since the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program went into effect in 2011, reaching 100 million gallons during the second quarter of 2018, or 10.1% of the total diesel supplied to California that quarter, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Source: US Energy Information Administration, based on California Air Resources Board.

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Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2019: Tesla Model 3

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The Tesla Model 3 is Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy 2019. It’s the second time a Tesla product has won our annual award, which was captured by the Tesla Model S in 2013. Many have called the Model 3 Tesla’s “iPhone moment.” But that was the Model S—the shock to an auto industry that had dismissed its very premise.

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Quattro vs xDrive vs 4Matic: Is all-wheel drive worth the cost?

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Quattro vs xDrive vs 4Matic: Is all-wheel drive worth the cost?

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Toyota to offer 2020 Corolla Hybrid in US; new sedan joins Corolla family worldwide, including hybrid model

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For the first time in the United States, Toyota will offer the Corolla in hybrid form. Details on the 2020 Corolla Hybrid for the US will be announced during Toyota’s press conference at the LA Auto Show in less than two weeks. Toyota unveiled new sedan models in the Corolla series (known in China as “Corolla” and “Levin”) in a world premiere at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition.

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Wind and solar cost less than coal for power

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Producing renewable electricity is cheaper than running old coal plants, a new report from investment firm Lazard shows. Lazard reports that new wind farms in the U.S. can produce power for $29 to $56 per megawatt-hour, compared to $27 to $45 for existing coal-fired powerplants, according to a report last week in the British Financial Times.

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@LATimes Things Are Getting Small In Florida #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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

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Weekly Wheelspin: Harris has a mishap, hydrogen hits mainstream and an Aston SUV

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So that was the week that was, with the team having attended a Mazda driving day (look for reviews of the CX-5 petrol automatic and new Mazda2 soon) as well as top secret meetings about all the exciting things coming in 2019 (ssshhhhhh!).

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Market launch of Mercedes-Benz GLC F-Cell fuel cell plug-in hybrid

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Mercedes-Benz has handed over the first GLC F-CELL ( earlier post ) vehicles to selected customers in the German market. The Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL (combined hydrogen consumption: 0.34 kg/100 km, combined CO 2 emissions: 0 g/km, combined electrical consumption: 13.7 kWh/100 km) features both fuel cells and a battery drive which can be charged externally using plug-in technology.

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California to pass half-million electric-car mark

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By the end of November, California will have more than 500,000 electric cars registered in the state, according to the latest report from Veloz, a consortium of state regulators, utilities, and other advocates for electric cars. California already has 491,000 electric cars on its roads, out of the 1.02 million sold in the United States since 2011.

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Mindless Mouthing The Voice Of His Master McCarthy Makes Like A Bakersfield Dummy #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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

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Review: Honda Civic Saloon

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Saloons are usually the preserve of the premium end of the market, so Honda has taken a bold step by introducing its Civic four-door

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New Flyer’s 60' electric Bus Rapid Transit models become the first and only to complete FTA Altoona Testing

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New Flyer of America Inc., a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, announced that New Flyer’s 60-foot articulated heavy-duty transit bus has become the first and only sixty-foot battery-electric bus to complete the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Model Bus Testing Program at Altoona, Pennsylvania ( Altoona Testing).

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Panasonic says solid-state batteries are still 10 years off

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While scientists and automakers around the world are racing to develop solid-state batteries for electric cars, Panasonic says don't hold your breath. In an interview, Panasonic North American chief executive officer Tom Gebhardt told Business Insider that the hotly-anticipated battery breakthrough won't make it to production electric cars for.

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@LATimes Only Thing “Crazy” In @JonahNRO Column Is That You Give Another Unaccomplished,Untalented, Uninteresting White Male Commentator More Space In My Newspaper #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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Volkswagen I.D. Neo: Everything we know so far about the Golf-sized EV

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Not an automotive event goes by without Volkswagen adding another model to its all-electric I.

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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance invests in Enevate to advance Si-dominant Li-ion battery technology for EVs

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Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, has invested in the latest round of funding in Enevate Corporation, an advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology company based in Irvine, California. ( Earlier post.). The investment reflects the capability of Enevate in advanced Li-ion batteries capable of extreme fast charging with high energy density and safety.

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Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid plug-in all-electric range revealed

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New documents reveal that the upcoming 2019 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid will have about 25 miles of all-electric range, according to its EPA estimate. That puts it in the hunt with other plug-in hybrid small hatchbacks and crossover vehicles. The California documents, first obtained by Autoblog, show specific all-electric range ratings of 25.65 miles.

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@LATimes Give Us A Break From Fawning Puff Pieces About The Privileged White Daughters Of MultiMillionaires #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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Millennials shun SUVs, seeking small cars with design flair and connectivity

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Believe it or not, millennials now makes up 12% of all current car buyers in Europe, and they’re after very specific things: style, connectivity and compact size.

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SJTU team develops fumed alumina gel-like electrolyte to boost performance of Li-S batteries

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Researchers at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed a gel-like electrolyte induced by fumed alumina for dendrite-free Li deposition, lower over-potential and better cycle stability in lithium-sulfur batteries. An open-access paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Chemical Communications. The Li-S@pPAN cells with the proposed electrolyte exhibit outstanding cycle stability and rate performance with capacity retentions of 95.1% after 300 cycles and 76.5% at 10C against 1C resp

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Tesla, GM, Nissan band together to extend electric-car tax credits

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As tax credits for buyers of America's two most popular electric-car brands begin to sunset, automakers and advocates are banding together to restructure the tax-credit program and extend them. Tesla, General Motors, and Nissan—the top three sellers of electric cars in the U.S.—have banded together with the Center for Climate and.

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@LATimes Fails To Report Cadet Bonespur’s Attack On Military Veterans. Here’s What He Really Said #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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BMW M8: 600bhp twin-turbo coupe set for 2019 launch

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With orders set to commence for the all-new BMW 8 Series this month, the company has now confirmed a performance M8 variant is set to launch in 2019.

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Experts view on future transportation fuels

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In a paper in the journal Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Gautam Kalghatgi, newly retired from Saudi Aramco and a visiting professor at Imperial College London and Oxford; Howard Levinsky, Senior Principal Specialist in Combustion Processes at DNV GL Oil and Gas and Professor of Combustion Technology at the University of Groningen; and Med Colke, retired as a Senior Fellow of United Technologies Research Center and currently technical coordinator for the National Jet Fuels Combustion

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Mercedes-Benz delivers first F-Cell plug-in hybrid fuel-cell SUV in Germany

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Mercedes delivered its first plug-in hybrid F-Cell fuel cell SUV in Berlin earlier this week. Like earlier projects from Toyota, Honda, and GM in the U.S., Mercedes is only leasing or renting the vehicles (it says "renting short-term or long-term") to select customers in German cities where hydrogen refueling infrastructure is available. Those.

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@LATimes #NEWSFAIL in DC as Takeover Of Pelosi Office & Demands For Climate Action Ignored By Paper With No Climate Editor or Reporters #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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Aston Martin DBX: brand’s first SUV to launch in 2020

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Yes, you read that right: Aston Martin is making an SUV

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NYC DCAS to expand use of renewable diesel in city vehicles

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The NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) will expand use of renewable diesel fuel, a 99% petroleum-free alternative to traditional diesel fuel. The fuel reduces CO 2 emissions by 65% compared to the petroleum-based version. This move is part of the City’s efforts to phase out its use of regular diesel. The City plans to bid a long-term contract to purchase renewable diesel following a successful six-month demonstration period in which the City tested nearly one million gallo

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Tesla fatal crash rate with Autopilot still no better than with human drivers

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Since Tesla’s Autopilot was introduced back in October 2014, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made extravagant claims about its superior safety. Last month, reacting to what Musk considers sensationalized media coverage of Tesla accidents, the company released the first of its promised quarterly safety updates. The report claimed that, compared to.

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@sheilakuehl @SupJaniceHahn @mridleythomas Let’s Be Smart & Proactive And Not Wait Till The Current Climate Crisis Explodes Out Of Control To Then Declare It An Emergency #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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