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AUGUST 14, 2021

Levelized cost of driving (LCOD) across powertrains for light-duty SUV, MY 2025. The report covers light-duty passenger vehicles as well as medium-/heavy-duty commercial vehicles: semi-tractors; medium-duty vans and pickups; transit buses; box, utility aerial and dump trucks; and garbage trucks.

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APRIL 12, 2021

The M 2 FCT team outlined the current and future prospects and challenges of hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles, including trucks, buses, trains, and marine applications, in a recent Nature Energy study. 2021) “New roads and challenges for fuel cells in heavy-duty transportation.” Cullen, D.A., Neyerlin, K.C., Ahluwalia, R.K.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)—an independent nonprofit organization founded to provide unbiased research and technical and scientific analysis to environmental regulators—has pitched a paper into the pre-regulations mix. The main recommendations are: The report expands on the topics in the summary table.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The GM announcement is a notable signpost on the road to decarbonization of road transportation. When it comes to oil demand from light vehicles, it’s the latest sign that the 2019 peak is permanent. —Jim Burkhard, vice president, oil markets and mobility and energy future, IHS Markit. In 2020, there were about 9.2

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Volvo Cars is partnering with Waycare Technologies to enable data from Volvo’s Hazard Light Alert and Slippery Road Alert to be shared anonymously with transportation municipalities and the popular Waze navigation app. Waycare has plans to expand to other areas in the future.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The government is launching a major electrification project, mainly in the transport sector, but also in those of building heating and industrial activities. billion from the 2030 PEV implementation plan will be invested in the transportation sector, which alone accounts for more than 43% of Québec’s GHG emissions. A target of 1.5

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

In a joint project, the city of Wolfsburg, Volkswagen and Siemens are currently setting up a test section on a main road in Wolfsburg in which ten traffic signal systems will transmit the traffic light phases in the vicinity via the V2X technology WLANp (ITS-G5). Earlier post.). —Manfred Fuhg.

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JULY 21, 2021

A study recently published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Center assesses how best to identify at the European level an additional fifth category of batteries—those used for Light Means of Transport (LMT) such as e-bikes and similar new products—which would ensure their appropriate collection and recycling.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

A team of researchers in China suggest that, in the context of promoting the use of clean fuel vehicles and increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, CO 2 emissions of China’s urban passenger transport sector could reach a peak of 225 MtCO 2 in 2030. A paper on their study appears in the journal Energy Policy.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Siemens Intelligent Traffic Solutions is developing intelligent transportation technology for the fast and orderly evacuation of citizens. In this project, traffic light timing systems estimate the number of vehicles by registering Bluetooth signals emitted by the drivers’ cell phones and adjust the phases of red and green light accordingly.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

A new CALSTART brief indicates that California’s climate and energy policies are not only helping to protect the environment and improve air quality, but are also helping to accelerate growth of the clean transportation technology industry (CTTI) in the state.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. Understanding the future of personal mobility requires an integrated analysis of technology, infrastructure, consumer choice, and government policy. —MITEI Director Robert C.

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JULY 19, 2023

VWGoA) is boosting its automotive research in the United States to further accelerate electric mobility and sustainable transportation innovation. These paper-based composites are not only recyclable, they can also be transformed into various interior shapes and sizes, including backlit and ambient light options.

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APRIL 18, 2023

Chevron believes the future of transportation is lower carbon and is growing its offering of biofuels solutions for customers. Chevron and Toyota are also exploring new technologies for fueling light- and heavy-duty vehicles and are pursuing a strategic alliance to explore new hydrogen-fuel solutions in the transportation sector.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The US Tire Manufacturers Association ( USTMA ) is urging congressional leadership to continue working on tire policy and related transportation sustainability initiatives. We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to truly transform the country’s infrastructure by focusing on our shared priorities.

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MARCH 14, 2019

By 2030, annual PEV sales are estimated to be between 15% and 32% of the global light duty vehicle market, producing a global PEV population between 107 million and 190 million.

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JUNE 8, 2021

It is an 11-month study that is being led by Coventry City Council with WPD and other partners including, Cenex; Coventry University; Hubject; Midlands Connect; National Express; Transport for West Midlands; and Electreon. ORNL and dynamic WPT.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The niobium industry is aware of these issues and already looking for a future beyond steel, Roskill notes. The maximum power output and minimum charging time of a lithium-ion battery depend on both ionic and electronic transport. Moreover, Roskill forecasts that China’s steel production is close to its peak. Griffith et al.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The Outlook projects that global transportation-related energy demand will increase by close to 30% by 2040. At the same time, total miles traveled per year by cars, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and light trucks will increase about 60%, reaching about 14 trillion in 2040. l/100 km) now to close to 50 miles per gallon (4.7 —T.J.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

a provider of real-time, predictive traffic signal information, as part of the University of Florida Transportation Institute’s I-STREET testbed. I-STREET was created in partnership with Florida Depart of Transportation’s (FDOT) Connected Vehicle Initiative to test connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.

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JULY 30, 2022

In its final future iteration, the fully electric and automated eVTOL could eventually carry four passengers plus luggage over a distance of up to 200 km. The company specializes in aviation product development, sales and services and is a market leader in the light sport aircraft industry.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Ford has taken its technology even further, allowing customers to use their F150 Lightings as home backup generators, and more legacy brands are following with their offerings in the near future. The post Ford and Kia EVs keep the lights on after California earthquake appeared first on TESLARATI.

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Audi is the first manufacturer to launch Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) technology in the US, with the deployment of Traffic Light Information in select 2017 Audi A4, Q7 and allroad models in Las Vegas. This “time-to-green” feature will be the first feature to leverage the Audi Traffic Light Information service. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 2, 2020

At the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show in October, MFTBC unveiled the Vision F-CELL, a light-duty fuel-cell concept truck. The vehicle has been further elaborated into the concept eCanter F-CELL, a light-duty truck that was presented recently in Kawasaki. The modular high-voltage battery provides from 13.8 —MFTBC CEO Hartmut Schick.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Following the debut of the production-intent design of its Helix light eVTOL, electric aviation startup Pivotal has begun selling the personal aircraft in the US. Pivotal is a light eVTOL specialist based in Palo Alto, California, that gained notoriety in the industry on the wings of its BlackFly aircraft. Base price – $260,000.

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MARCH 21, 2013

The newly formed Platform for the Electrification of Surface Transport held its inaugural meeting in Brussels. In a vision statement published in January, the organization said that: Our organisations are convinced that the transformation of Europe’s transport system should be based on natural complementarities between transport modes.

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MARCH 15, 2013

TEF project points to deep cuts in petroleum and emissions in the transportation sector by focusing on modes, fuels, and demand. TEF is organized into four research areas: light-duty vehicles; non-light-duty vehicles; fuels; and transportation demand. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 14, 2023

These second-life battery packs will be developed for light vehicles with lower range and power requirements, as well as the lower overall weight to determine how much power the batteries can still provide for this use case. CSEM will be responsible for assessment, evaluation and safe transportation of batteries.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

The Alliance to Save Energy has chartered a national commission of business, government and civil society leaders that will work together to develop a pathway and recommendations to reduce energy use in the US transportation sector by 50% by 2050 while meeting future mobility needs. Non-road (e.g., automation and the sharing economy).

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

Join MITEI’s Center for Energy Storage, which seeks to develop new energy storage technologies for use in renewables-heavy electric power systems, electricity-powered transportation, and other applications. Join MITEI’s Mobility Systems Center, its newest Low-Carbon Energy Center.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Although the reports both focus strongly on the increased use of natural gas in power generation, they also explore the likely impact of increased natural gas use on transportation. The MIT report, which is focused on the US, albeit within a global context, concludes that natural gas use in the transportation sector is likely to increase.

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MARCH 9, 2013

Transportation fuel mix in millions of oil-equivalent barrels through 2020. Diesel will surpass gasoline as the number one transportation fuel worldwide by 2020 and continue to increase its share through 2040, according to ExxonMobil’s recently published Outlook For Energy: A View To 2040. Source: ExxonMobil Outlook. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 12, 2023

Ricardo is working in collaboration with Achates Power to develop the next generation of opposed-piston (OP) gasoline compression ignition (GCI) engines for light duty vehicles in a multi-phased project (BERYL), funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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JULY 29, 2018

Considering electrification, autonomy and sharing (the “Three Revolutions”), a team from Boston University and the University of California, Berkeley projects that electricity use from light duty vehicle (LDV) transport will likely be in the 570–1140?TWh The realm of potential transportation futures is still highly uncertain.

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MARCH 20, 2021

This 2020 children’s book presents a charming and informative history of motorized public transportation, from its origins in the U.S. almost 200 years ago to a look into the future. Public transportation interests me, too. Horses are the mode of transport itself on the next page, pulling multi-rider carriages.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

ZF states that it “is shaping the future of transportation with a focus on cutting-edge technologies and new age mobility solutions, for the future of sustainable mobility.” The eVD3, an electric drive unit designed for light vehicles, demonstrates ZF’s contribution to the evolution of electric mobility, worldwide.

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MAY 28, 2022

—Blake Zuidema, director of technical development for Novelis and Aluminum Transportation Group (ATG) technical committee chair. The ATG will build off this study to inform future research on aluminum’s ever-evolving role in vehicles on the market today and under development.

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