Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

'Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) has awarded the joint venture formed by Technip (50%) and DOF (50%) has eight contract covering the construction of four new pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) and operation in Brazilian waters to install flexible pipes. The combined value for Technip is approximately €1.35 billion (US$1.8 billion). The combined value for the DOF Group is approximately NOK 10 billion (US$1.7 billion).

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AUGUST 11, 2013

'When you ignore reality and the facts and you choose to embrace ignorance and irrational prejudice then you’re not just a jerk, you are a dangerous jerk. . And the way the Greenius sees it, it’s a nano-thin intellectual line between choosing to believe black people or brown people are inferior and not equal to you and yours and believing that 100+ years of burning fossil fuels is not the cause of global warming and that climate scientists are lying and part of a cabal perpetrating

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2013

'The 2013 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive is the latest electric vehicle to have undergone the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration''s crash test procedures. Following frontal crash, side impact, and side pole impact tests, the Electric Drive was awarded four from a possible five stars overall. Individually, the electric smart was rated best.

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National Green Transportation

AUGUST 12, 2013

'Want to travel between San Francisco and Los Angeles for $20 each way, and a 30 minute travel time? Elon Musk finally unveiled, on Monday, his plan for a vacuum tube train system called Hyperloop which not only offers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

'Drawing from a 2012 BMW patent application showing one embodiment of a proposed method to increase the efficiency of an electric motor. In addition to magnetic layers, the rotor has two magnetic flux influencing groups comprising a number of air-filled recesses. Source: BMW patent application Nº 2012/0267977. Click to enlarge. With its introduction of the eDrive motor—a proprietary hybrid synchronous motor designed to exploit both permanent magnets and the reluctance effect—in both

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 15, 2013

'Electric car maker, Tesla has made its first delivery of its new Model S to Europe, with the first customer in Oslo, Norway receiving their car. According to CleanTechnica.com, electric car enthusiast Frederic Hauge is the lucky recipient of the first European Model S, taking delivery of a new Si[.].

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National Green Transportation

AUGUST 12, 2013

'Austin Texas based startup, Innov8 Transport, welcomed today's unveiling of the Hyperloop system by Elon Musk, using the occasion to show off their own system, the Electric Dual-Mode Skyway. While their system has similar concepts, the.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

'IBM has developed an advanced power and weather modeling technology that will help utilities increase the reliability of renewable energy resources. The solution combines weather prediction and big data analytics to forecast accurately the availability of wind power and solar energy. This will enable utilities to integrate more renewable energy into the power grid, the company says.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2013

'Weekly column. By Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield. For what seems like an eternity, plug-in cars have been portrayed by the mass media as effeminate city commuter toys, only fit for life within the safe confines of a pedestrian, urban life of overly-paid townies with delusions of saving the planet. It’s a [.].

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 14, 2013

'Due to the very specific processes by which the universe works, it isn''t really possible to power a modern electric car via on-board solar panels. Current photovoltaic cells simply don''t produce enough power over a specific area to supply the needs of a power-hungry electric road car. It''s why World Solar Challenge vehicles are like giant solar.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

'New Civic Tourer. Click to enlarge. Honda unveiled the new UK-built Civic Tourer wagon ahead of its official debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. The Civic Tourer will be available with the choice of two engines: the new 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engine from the Earth Dreams Technology series ( earlier post ) and the 1.8 i-VTEC gasoline engine with manual or automatic transmission.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

'Redox Power’s 25 kW “Cube” sitting outside a conference room. Click to enlarge. University of Maryland researchers have partnered with Redox Power Systems LLC to commercialize low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (LT-SOFC) technology for distributed generation—and ultimately transportation—applications at about one-tenth the cost and one-tenth the size of current commercial fuel cell systems.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

'This electronically controlled eClutch closes the gap between automatic and manual transmissions. In addition, the eClutch makes the coasting function possible, which saves fuel. Click to enlarge. Bosch’s electronically controlled eClutch allows drivers of cars with a manual transmission to use first gear in stop-and-go traffic without engaging the clutch.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

'Schematic of reactant flow within the HBLFB. During discharge, liquid bromine is reduced to hydrobromic acid along the lower solid graphite electrode, and hydrogen is oxidized at the upper porous electrode. Credit: Braff et al. Click to enlarge. MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable, membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery with high power density.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

'Peak power densities of cells with LnBa 0.5 Sr 0.5 Co 1.5 Fe 0.5 O 5+? -GDC (Ln = Pr and Nd) cathode. Credit: Choi et al. Click to enlarge. Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) (S. Korea), Georgia Institute of Technology, and Dong-Eui University (S. Korea) report the development of new efficient and robust cathode materials for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) in the open access Scientific Reports.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

'2015 GLA-Class. Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz previewed the new 2015 GLA-Class compact SUV prior to its global debut at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next month. The GLA, which will go on sale in 2014, is Mercedes-Benz’ first entry into the fast-growing compact SUV segment. It is also the first Mercedes-Benz SUV to be optionally available with the new-generation permanent all-wheel drive system 4MATIC, with fully variable torque distribution. ( Earlier post.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

'Linear accelerator concept for capsule acceleration and deceleration between 300 and 760 mph (480 and 1,220 km/h). Click to enlarge. Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk released the preliminary design study for what he call “The Hyperloop”—a new high-speed electric transportation system targeted for the the specific case of high-traffic city pairs (e.g., San Francisco and Los Angeles) that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

'Ford Focus 1.0-liter EcoBoost 100 PS version delivers 4.3 l/100 km and CO 2 emissions of 99 g/km. The 125 PS model returns 5.0l/100 km with CO 2 emissions of 114 g/km. Click to enlarge. Ford Motor Company has announced a new version of the Focus 1.0-liter EcoBoost ( earlier post ) that will be the first gasoline-powered family car in Europe to offer 99 g/km CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2013

'Honda Performance Development (HPD), the racing arm of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., is introducing a new turbocharged V6 engine to LMP1 endurance sports-car racing in 2014, to be followed in 2015 by a range of bespoke energy recovery systems (ERS), for FIA World Endurance Championship competition. HPD’s new HR22T turbocharged V6 engine is designed for LMP1 competition.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

'Ford will expand its collaboration with Australian universities as part of a commitment to developing a world-class system of external alliances, programs and practices in Australia and Asia. The company has appointed senior Ford Technical Engineer, Richard Taube, as Ford Australia’s Manager for University Programs. Ford’s vision is to expand its research presence in Australia and to grow alliances with the most relevant and technically capable universities.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

'The new 2.0-liter turbo diesel engine with 88 kW/120 hp or 103 kW/140 hp enables CO 2 emissions as low as 99 g/km. Click to enlarge. The new Opel Insignia, which makes its public debut at the 65 th Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) next month, will offer two new turbo gasoline direct injection units and a new turbo diesel enabling 99 g/km CO 2 in its powertrain lineup.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

'NASA Administrator Charles Bolden unveiled a new strategic vision better to align the work of the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) to address looming challenges in global air transportation. Bolden shared the strategic vision in a keynote speech at the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics’ Aviation 2013 conference in Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2013

'Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), with colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fudan University, have discovered that key surface properties of complex oxide films are unaffected by reduced levels of oxygen during fabrication—an unanticipated finding with possible implications for the design of functional complex oxides.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

'Alcoa will close or curtail 164,000 tonnes (mt) of smelting capacity in the United States and Brazil as part of its smelting capacity review announced in May. One potline representing 40,000 mt at the Massena East plant in New York will be permanently closed. In addition, the company has started to temporarily curtail 124,000 mt at its smelters in Brazil.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2013

'Honda will invest approximately $215 million in its Ohio operations to add new powertrain technologies and a technical training center at its engine plant in Anna, Ohio, while also establishing a technical training center, heritage center that highlights Honda’s history in Ohio and North America, and office space for the new Honda North America Services, LLC in Marysville, Ohio.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2013

'Chrysler Group is recalling approximately 270 model-year 2013 Fiat 500e battery-electric vehicles to replace bolts that secure the vehicles’ half shafts. The 500e went on sale in California in July. The issue is unrelated to the 500e’s electric powertrain. Half shafts transfer torque from a vehicle’s gearbox to its wheels. An investigation was launched after Chrysler Group learned a customer’s vehicle exhibited power loss.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2013

'The Mexican Secretariat of Agriculture (SAGARPA) has approved the planting of genetically modified (GM) corn fields on a large commercial scale. The permit allows the planting of 250,000 hectares of three varieties of GM corn (MON-89034-3, MON-00603-6 and MON-88017-3) in the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila and Durango. This is the first time GM corn will have been planted on a large commercial scale in Mexico.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2013

'Ford is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Focus BEV vehicles equipped with High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights, manufactured 15 September 2011, through 6 May 2013; and also model year 2013 Focus ST vehicles equipped with High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlights, manufactured 16 February 2012 through 7 May 2013. Due to a wiring incompatibility, the front side marker lamps may not function.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

'In a partnership between Nanyang Technological University (NTU), JTC Corporation and Induct Technologies, and supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), an autonomous electric shuttle manufactured by Induct will run a 2 km (1.2-mile) between NTU and JTC CleanTech Park. The two-year collaboration will see the Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N) test and optimise Induct’s electric shuttle NAVIA and enable it to intermingle safely with traffic in Singapore.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

'Transition of flow to turbulence on a wind-turbine airfoil; isosurfaces of vorticity from a Large Eddy Simulation (LES). Credit: GE Global Research. Click to enlarge. GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, recently completed a research project in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories that could significantly affect the design—and thus the noise and power output—of future wind turbine blades.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

'Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology developed for tactical generators under an Office of Naval Research (ONR) program recently demonstrated the ability to cut fuel use by up to 44% compared to a similar-sized 10 kW diesel generator now being used by the Army and Marine Corps in forward-operating bases. The Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Tactical Electrical Power Unit is aimed at reducing the need to transport fuel around the battlefield, especially in theaters such as Afghanistan, where enemies rout

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

'A new study examines the combustion and emissions performance of a tire pyrolysis liquid (TPL) fuel produced in a continuous auger reactor on pilot scale blended at 5 vol.% (5TPL) with commercial diesel fuel (100D) in a 4-cylinder, 4-stroke, turbocharged, intercooled, 2.0-liter Nissan diesel automotive engine with common-rail injection system. In a paper in the journal Fuel , the researchers report that both brake specific fuel consumption and brake thermal efficiency seemed to deteriorate with

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

'Researchers from Ghent University (Belgium) and the University of Dundee (UK) led a team that has uncovered the role of a new enzyme—caffeoylshikimate esterase (CSE)—in a previously unknown biosynthetic pathway for the formation of lignin in plants. Lignin is a major component of plant secondary cell walls, and a barrier to extracting sugars from plants for biofuel production.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2013

'Torq Transloading Inc. is planning to develop a large scale unit-train, crude-by-rail terminal in the Kerrobert, Saskatchewan area. TORQ is negotiating multiple pipeline connections to accommodate delivery of both light and heavy crudes to the Kerrobert Rail Terminal. The Kerrobert Rail Terminal would be served by Canadian Pacific Railway. The Kerrobert Rail Terminal is being engineered to handle two, 120-car unit trains per day—up to 168,000 barrels of oil per day—and is expected t

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