Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2015

'Results from a new study by researchers at the University of California Irvine support a growing body of scientific literature indicating that sensitive populations, including children, certain ethnic groups and people of lower socioeconomic status, are more vulnerable to the effects of high exposures to traffic-related air pollution. The UC Irvine study, which examined the effect of chronic exposure in asthmatic children living in homes near traffic pollution, was led by Ralph J.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 10, 2015

'Forgive us a Friday fantasy, if you will. We''re looking forward a few years to a Request For Proposals issued by the Secret Service for a future presidential limousine. There''s already a proposal out to replace the current limo, known as "The Beast," that''s been used by President Barack Obama since 2009. DON''T MISS: $75,000 Tesla Model S 70D: AWD.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2015

'BMW is using the upcoming Auto Shanghai event as the platform for the world premiere of the BMW X5 xDrive40e Sports Activity Vehicle, the first plug-in hybrid production model from the BMW core brand. ( Earlier post.). The new BMW X5 xDrive40e. Click to enlarge. With a total system output of 230 kW/313 hp generated by a four-cylinder gasoline engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology, a synchronous electric motor integrated in the 8-speed Steptronic transmission, and a 9.0 kWh, 96-cell high-vo

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

'Fujitsu Limited and Global Mobility Service, Inc. (GMS), a venture company providing mobility services, will partner on field testing to expand the use of electric tricycles (a three-wheel taxi) in the Republic of the Philippines. GMS has already conducted a trial in Metro Manila that ran from September 2014 through January 2015 using electric tricycles with proprietary sensing technologies and technologies such as remote vehicle-control systems, fare-authentication systems, and anti-theft syst

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

'A team at Stanford University, led by professor Hongjie Dai, has developed a high-performance, safe, fast-charging aluminum-ion battery that can last for thousands of cycles. The Al-ion battery—comprising an aluminum anode, graphite cathode and ionic liquid electrolyte—produces about half the voltage of a Li-ion battery. In addition to powering small electronic devices, Al-ion batteries could be used to store renewable energy on the electrical grid, Dai said.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2015

'A team of Virginia Tech researchers and colleagues has demonstrated the complete conversion of glucose and xylose from pretreated plant biomass to H 2 and CO 2 based on an in vitro synthetic enzymatic pathway crafted from more than 10 purified enzymes. Glucose and xylose were simultaneously converted to H 2 with a yield of two H 2 per carbon, the maximum possible yield.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

'Shell, in collaboration with Professor Gordon Murray and engine specialist Osamu Goto will co-engineer an ultra-compact, efficient car for city use based around the internal combustion engine (ICE). Initiated by Shell, the collaboration, which is called Project M, brings together Shell’s Lubricant’s Technology Team, The Gordon Murray Design Group and Goto’s engine specialist company Geo Technology.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

'As part of its approval of more than $83.7 million in grants and loans for 46 projects covering transportation, energy storage, biogas and efficiency programs, the California Energy Commission awarded nearly $9 million to three companies to encourage the manufacturing of heavy-duty electric vehicles and components in California. The Energy Commission also approved the 2015-2016 Investment Plan Update for its Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'Under the joint Collaboration of Oak Ridge, Argonne, and Lawrence Livermore (CORAL) initiative, the US Department of Energy (DOE) will invest $200 million to deliver a next-generation supercomputer—Aurora—to the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF). When commissioned in 2018, this supercomputer will be open to all scientific users.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'Daimler AG and the ACADEMY Holding AG are launching a pilot project with five selected ACADEMY driving schools in the wider Stuttgart area, with the aim of making electric vehicles an integral part of driver training. The specially developed training concept tackles every aspect of electric mobility, focusing on gaining familiarity and experience, as well as on the correct way to handle and work with alternative drive systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

'The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded a $3-million grant to leading battery-electric bus manufacturer Proterra as one of 46 transportation, energy storage, biogas and efficiency projects receiving a total of $83.7 million in grants and loans. The grant to Proterra will fund the design, development and construction of Proterra’s new battery-electric transit bus manufacturing line in California.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an artificial photosynthetic scheme for the direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO 2 and water using a two-step process involving a biocompatible light-capturing nanowire array with a direct interface with microbial systems. As a proof of principle, they demonstrated that, using only solar energy input, such a hybrid semiconductor nanowire–bacteria system can reduce CO 2 at neutral pH to a wide array of chemical targets, such a

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2015

'Researchers in the Fraunhofer project group for new drive systems (NAS), in collaboration with SBHPP, the high-performance plastics business unit of Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd., Japan, have developed a cylinder casing for a one-cylinder research engine using a fiber-reinforced composite material. The cylinder casing weighs around 20% less than the equivalent aluminum component, and costs the same, reports Dr.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

'Tesla Motors has introduced the new entry-level Model S 70D, an all-wheel drive electric car with a 70 kWh pack, a 0-60 time of 5.2 seconds and a 240-mile (386 km) range at 65 mph (105 km/h). Starting price is $75,000. Model S 70D dual motor drive. Click to enlarge. All-wheel drive is standard on Model S 70D and available as an option on Model S 85. ( Earlier post.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2015

'The National Transportation Safety Board issued four urgent recommendations calling for more robust and fire-resistant rail cars to be produced to safely carry flammable liquids such as crude oil and ethanol. In its recommendations, the Board calls for an aggressive schedule of replacing or retrofitting the current rail car fleet with better thermal protection against heat from fires, such as through a ceramic thermal blanket, and increasing the capacity of pressure relief devices.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

'The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $4.6 million for four projects to develop advanced hydrogen storage materials that have potential to enable longer driving ranges and help make fuel cell systems competitive for different platforms and sizes of vehicles. On-board hydrogen storage continues to be a challenging barriers to the widespread commercialization of hydrogen-fueled vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

'In a new report, Navigant Research forecasts that total annual global light-duty start-stop vehicle (SSVs) sales will reach 59 million, accounting for 55% of all light duty vehicle sales. The same year, Navigant expects 82% of vehicles in Western Europe to have a stop-start feature, along with nearly 69% of vehicles sold in Asia Pacific. In North America, nearly 37% of new light duty vehicles sold in North America are expected to have the feature by 2020, with the rate expected to hit 46% by 20

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

'UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC (UKOG) announced that analysis by US-based NUTECH Ltd of the results from its Horse Hill-1 (HH-1) well in the Weald Basin onshore in the South of England suggests that the area has a total oil in place (OIP) of 158 million barrels (MMBO) per square mile, excluding a previously reported Upper Portland Sandstone oil discovery.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

'Citroën will introduce a new plug-in hybrid SUV concept, the Aircross, at the upcoming Shanghai Motor Show. The company said that Aircross illustrates its international ambitions, rolling out its positioning initiated with the C4 Cactus with a body style intended for sale around the world. Citroën Aircross is powered by a gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid system.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'NXP Semiconductors has signed an agreement with Singapore’s Nanyang Technology University (NTU) to establish a real-world smart mobility test bed on the NTU campus. Supported by Singapore Economic Development Board, the joint initiative paves the way for Singapore’s “Smart Mobility 2030” vision, making the city-state a global innovation hub for intelligent transport systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

'Teijin Limited has integrated its development and marketing of automotive-use carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP), aiming to strengthen the group’s business in this value-added form of CFRP. The Automotive Business Development Group launched on 1 April 2015 as a new entity directly under the Carbon Fibers & Composites Business Unit. It is responsible for marketing thermoplastic CFRP formerly handled by the Teijin Composites Innovation Center and thermoset CFRP formerly handled by Toho

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'by Gaurav Agnihotri for Oilprice.com. OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) has been the most talked about international organization among investors, analysts and international political lobbies in the last few months. When OPEC speaks, the world listens in rapt attention as it accounts for nearly 40% of the world’s total crude output.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'Honda is enhancing its new third-generation MY2016 Pilot mid-size SUV with a new, more powerful direct-injected 3.5-liter engine with Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) cylinder deactivation technology producing 280 horsepower (210 kW) @6000 rpm and 262 lb-ft (355 N·m) of torque @4700 rpm, and new 6-speed and 9-speed (a Honda first) automatic transmissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'Last April, General Motors announced it would be continuing its partnership with the US Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory for the EcoCAR 3 collegiate advanced vehicle technology competition, and would donate a Chevrolet Camaro to each one of the 16 universities that were recently selected for the exclusive competition. ( Earlier post.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

'Results of a study by a team from Georgia Tech and their colleagues at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management show that national CO 2 emissions reductions strategies will play an important role in impacting air quality over the US. The results also show that CO 2 emission reduction policies can have mixed positive and negative impacts on air quality.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2015

'12V Li-Start battery. Click to enlarge. Li-ion battery developer and manufacturer A123 Systems has introduced the third generation of its 12 Volt Starter Battery in its Li-Start product line. Every component of this third-generation battery system has been optimized for low voltage automotive applications. Together these advances, known as A123’s new UltraPhosphate technology, have achieved more than 25% greater cold cranking power and result in a product that significantly outperforms the best

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2015

'CSR Qingdao Sifang Company (CSR Sifang), a Chinese rolling stock manufacturer based in Qingdao, Shandong province, has successfully demonstrated the first hydrogen fuel cell powered fixed rail electric tram. Ballard Power Systems’ FCvelocity fuel cell module is integrated into the low floor tram design. Clean urban transportation is a high priority in China and this zero-emission prototype fuel cell tram is an important step in demonstrating one solution.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2015

'The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG are expanding their five-year strategic cooperation ( earlier post ) into the pickup truck segment. Together, Nissan and Daimler will develop a 1-ton pickup truck for Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz recently announced its entry into this segment. ( Earlier post.). The Mercedes-Benz pickup will share some of the architecture with the all-new Nissan NP300 but it will be engineered and designed by Daimler to meet the specific needs of its customers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

'The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named General Motors as one of its 2015 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management. GM also received the ENERGY STAR Climate Communication s award. The award for sustained excellence in energy management is given to organizations for adopting a continuous energy management strategy across the organization’s entire portfolio of buildings and plants.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

'Researchers at Lund University (Sweden) have developed an optimized two-phase enzymatic (lipase) system for the conversion of plant oils to biodiesel. Applied to the solvent-free ethanolysis of rapeseed oil, the system delivered a yield of 96% under mild conditions. Under the mild conditions used, chemical catalysts were inefficient. An open access paper on their work is published in the journal Biotechnology for Biofuels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2015

'SiriusXM and Nissan announced that Nissan will launch NissanConnect Services powered by SiriusXM in select 2016 model year Nissan vehicles, starting with Maxima, its all-new flagship sedan. The new telematics program is Nissan’s first in-vehicle launch of SiriusXM’s connected vehicle services and will feature vehicle security, vehicle health monitoring, remote access services, and more.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'A proposed consent decree in litigation brought against EPA by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) would establish the following schedule for issuing Renewable Fuel Standards for 2014 and 2015: By 1 June, the agency will propose volume requirements for 2015; By 30 November, EPA will finalize volume requirements for 2014 and 2015 and resolve a pending waiver petition for 2014.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'At the Auto Shanghai show, MINI will unveil MINI Augmented Vision eyewear. Using see-through technology, the prototype augmented reality (AR) eyewear shows relevant information in the driver’s direct field of vision but without concealing other road users, thereby serving to increase safety and comfort while driving. The following functions will be projected into the field of view with MINI Augmented Vision: Destination entry for navigation and transfer to vehicle: Selecting destination points

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

'The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) Office of Environment has issued a request for proposals (RFP) ( DTMA91R1500009 ) for projects that focus on converting a vessel to natural gas in an effort to measure in situ change in criteria pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions before and after the conversion. MARAD is seeking to provide cost share funding through cooperative agreements for US-flagged vessels that operate on inland, coastal waterways, or the Great Lakes.

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