Sat.Oct 12, 2019 - Fri.Oct 18, 2019

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Airbus and LM Industries create mobility startup Neorizon; digital manufacturing

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Airbus and LM Industries, the the parent company of Local Motors and Launch Forth, have formed Neorizon to provide disruptive and innovative products with an initial focus on local mobility and autonomy. The Neorizon microfactory is intended to build products at unprecedented speeds through the combination of co-creation and cutting-edge technology.

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2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV: How GM’s only electric car stacks up after 3 years

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Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the captions write themselves. I was riding shotgun in the 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car when a sign loomed up on the left side of the road: “Dismal Nitch.” It was a small pull-off and rest area alongside the mighty Columbia River, which divides Washington and Oregon states. We had to get a.

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Small companies making headway in EV innovation

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Innovation in electric vehicle technology isn't just being driven by the big names that grab the headlines. Scratch the surface and there are hundreds of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK alone doing their bit in creating components or systems that will be adopted by big brand names.

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Morris J-Type to be revived as all-electric van

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Only readers of a certain age should remember Morris Commercial, but that’s due to change in the coming years with the reintroduction of the J-Type van.

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

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New Airbus lab in Shenzhen to push battery technology for electric aerial vehicles; collaboration with BYD

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In China, the recently opened Airbus China Innovation Center (ACIC) battery lab is looking to power a new generation of electric-powered aerial vehicles. Asia is the global epicenter of battery development and production, with Japan and Korea as the worldwide leaders. However, China is rapidly catching up to the traditional heavyweights. China’s ascension to battery development superpower has been vertiginous—the country is expected to produce 70% of the world’s EV batteries by 2021.

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GM offers to make electric pickup in Detroit, as UAW pushes for more US-made gas vehicles

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GM has committed to building an electric pickup truck in Detroit in its ongoing attempt to negotiate a new contract with the UAW. Last Friday, Detroit's WDIV-TV detailed the latest in negotiations between General Motors and the UAW Friday as the two seek to resolve a contract stand-off that currently has more than 45,000 U.S. auto workers on.

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Top five things we learned this week

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It has been an EV-centric week at Leasing.com, with our review of the Tesla Model 3 going from strength to strength, the vast majority of models announced for the Tokyo Motor Show being one form of alternately fuelled vehicle or another, and some new models announced which you can read about below.

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Researchers design a solution for traffic management that helps reduce jams and pollution in cities

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A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse III (France) have developed a system that is capable of managing the entire traffic of a city, which will help to prevent traffic jams, while reducing the driving times of vehicles and pollution levels. The system has been designed for autonomous vehicles and includes a route provider service that is capable of forecasting the present and future density of traffic in the city and ta

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Tesla Pickup still on track for November reveal

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the Tesla pickup truck is still on track for a November reveal, as promised. As usual, the news came via a Twitter conversation between Musk and a follower, who asked Musk Wednesday whether the November target was final. Musk responded simply with "no change." No change — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 9, 2019 Musk.

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Uniti One to hit UK roads from £15,100

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Designed in Sweden and engineered in the UK, the Uniti One is a curious but potentially useful take on a versatile urban-focussed EV.

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

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2020 Skoda Octavia teaser sketches revealed

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The new Skoda Octavia is set to make its public debut in November, but ahead of the car’s reveal the company has released two sketches that give us an idea of how the new family hatch will look.

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Relationship between distance driven and economic activity: 1946-2017

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by Michael Sivak. This is the latest in my series of analyses on the relationship between road transportation and economic activity in the United States. Of interest in this study were the changes in distance driven per inflation-adjusted GDP (gross domestic product) since the end of the Second World War. For each year from 1946 through 2017, distance driven by all vehicles was obtained from the U.S.

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Crowdfunded Aptera super-efficiency EV will use in-wheel motors

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Aptera, self-proclaimed builder of the world's most efficient passenger vehicle, is partnering with Elaphe Propulsion to bring in-wheel motor technology to its 1,000-mile electric two-seater. If Aptera rings a bell but you can't quite place it, it was a company that was seeking funding to build a hyper-efficient, three-wheel electric car way back.

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Porsche releases details of entry-level Taycan 4S

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When Porsche released the Taycan back in September it decided to go straight in with the fastest, most expensive and highest spec versions – the Turbo and Turbo S. We were well aware back then that pretty soon Porsche would follow up with a model to bring the car in at a lower price point, however.

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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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Tokyo Motor Show 2019: When is it and what’s on show?

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The biennial Tokyo Motor Show runs from 24 October to 4 November, and is regarded in the motor industry as one of the most diverse shows on the calendar thanks to the wide variety of manufacturers and styles on show.

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Argonne team develops new electrolyte mixtures that stabilize silicon anodes during cycling; MESA

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Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new electrolyte mixture and a simple additive that stabilizes silicon anodes during cycling. An open-access paper on their work is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Based on these test results, we have every reason to believe that, if silicon anodes ever replace graphite or constitute the anode in more than a few percent concentration, this invention will be part of it and could have fa

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Official: Kia Soul EV delayed until 2021

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Kia confirmed Thursday that its next-generation all-electric Soul EV won't arrive for the 2020 model year, but instead will be delayed until 2021. Kia spokesman Neil Dunlop confirmed the news to Green Car Reports. Dunlop said the delay was due to limited battery supply and electric motor shortages. Dunlop said the Soul EV is slated to arrive.

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SMMT Test Day South 2019

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We always find the annual SMMT Test Days, held to provide motoring scribes with the opportunity to test drive a variety of new models, very useful. He’s our pick of the EVs, hybrids and PHEVs that we drove at the Hampshire-based autumn event.

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Crackdown on car finance commission could save consumers £165 million

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Car finance is set to undergo a crackdown after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that some retailers and brokers are using sales-based commission that leaves consumers out of pocket.

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Audi A6 allroad returns to the US in 2020 with 48V mild hybrid system

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The Audi A6 allroad is making its US return in 2020 with a specially tuned adaptive air suspension and quattro with ultra technology. The 2020 A6 allroad is standard equipped with a turbocharged 3.0-liter TFSI engine and Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) technology that work in tandem to efficiently produce 335 horsepower and 369 lb-ft of torque. The belt alternator starter as the central MHEV component recovers up to 8 kW of power during braking and feeds the electricity into a separate lithi

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Swedish startup Uniti debuts city-sized electric car in the UK for less than $19,000

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Uniti will sell its debut One city car in the UK for 15,100 pounds (approximately $19,000) after government subsidies starting next year, the Swedish startup announced Monday. The Uniti One is meant to be a budget alternative to the new crop of premium EVs coming from Tesla and the European luxury brands. In that sense, it's a very traditional.

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Q&A with NIO

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NIO, the electric vehicle start-up boasts swappable batteries, a dash-mounted digital assistant and online-only sales yet few people in the Western world have heard of the company. We meet up with Thomas Rice-Jones, Marketing and Communications Director at their London office to learn more.

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2020 Honda Jazz goes hybrid

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The next-gen Honda Jazz has been previewed in the form of a teaser pic ahead of its reveal at the Toyko Motor Show next week.

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New porous coordination polymer captures CO2, converts it to useful organic materials

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A new material that can selectively capture CO 2 molecules and efficiently convert them into useful organic materials has been developed by researchers at Kyoto University, along with colleagues at the University of Tokyo and Jiangsu Normal University in China. They describe the material in an open access paper in the journal Nature Communications. One possible way to counteract rising global CO 2 emissions is to capture and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, but current methods are highly en

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2020 Porsche Taycan 4S: Lower-priced version might offer longest range

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Porsche’s Turbo models have always been among the more exclusive, expensive models from the German sports-car maker, and now this ring true for its Taycan electric car, too: Not all Taycans will be Turbos. Porsche Monday announced that soon after the introduction of the 2020 Porsche Taycan, a Taycan 4S model will slot below the Taycan Turbo.

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Morris Commercial resurrected as an electric van

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Of all the brands that have been restarted in the ongoing EV revolution, Morris isn't an obvious one to have chosen.

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Top five (+2) reasons to lease a Seat Tarraco

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The Seat Tarraco has arrived at a time when members of the Volkswagen Group seem to want to offer something to everyone

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New Flyer supports San Francisco launch of emission-reducing Green Zones; geofencing for EV mode

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New Flyer of America Inc. has successfully met and supported the launch of the San Francisco Green Zone requirement, using New Flyer Connect to execute GPS-triggered (geofencing) functionality with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and BAE Systems PLC (BAE). Green Zones support San Francisco’s approach to greenhouse gas reduction, taking advantage of the latest battery-electric technologies to convert the SFMTA’s (Muni’s) fleet of hybrid buses into part-time electric buse

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All-electric 2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge crossover debuts: More than 200 miles of range, one year of charging free

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The first all-electric Volvo is also the first Volvo that will continue to improve, the automaker said Wednesday. Volvo rolled out the all-electric XC40 Recharge compact crossover in Los Angeles and said the electric vehicle will have two 150-kw electric motors, one on each axle, that combine to make 402 net horsepower and will be powered by a.

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2019 Kia Niro GDi HEV ‘4’ 6-speed DCT review

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A fully loaded crossover, the Kia Niro GDi HEV is a good choice if you’re looking for a non-plugin hybrid

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Video review: Volkswagen Passat Estate

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The Passat is the longest continuing name plate in the Volkswagen range, having been originally launched in 1973

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PNNL team pinpoints cause of dendrites and whiskers in lithium batteries; ethylene carbonate a culprit

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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have uncovered a root cause of the growth of dendrites and whiskers that plague lithium batteries, sometimes causing a short circuit, failure, or even a fire. The team, led by Chongmin Wang, has shown that the presence of certain compounds in the electrolyte prompts the growth of dendrites and whiskers.

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California plug-in hybrid maker Karma Automotive now accepts Bitcoin

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Karma Automotive announced Tuesday that it will now accept Bitcoin at its flagship Newport Beach location. In addition to dabbling in cryptocurrency for simple transactions, Karma will also explore theoretical blockchain applications outside of the that space, the electric-car manufacturer said in its announcement. This move signals Karma's intent.

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2019 Nissan LEAF e+ 3.ZERO review

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Europe’s best-selling electric vehicle of all time gets more performance and a longer range

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