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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

A new fuel cell technology which could cut the cost of hydrogen-fuelled cars has been selected for a £1million investment by the Carbon Trust as part of its Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Low carbon technology firm, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) has announced it is to build an super efficient hybrid version of the Volkswagen Passat.

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Green Cars News

JULY 28, 2009

Prime Minister Gordon Brown welcomed the news as the Government embarks on the Building Britain’s Future scheme – a plan for recovery based on low carbon, high technology industries, products and services. So is Britain really in a position to be a green car leader? Tags: MINI Nissan The Green Piece Toyota Vauxhall.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

XL Hybrids’ hybrid electric powertrain is a low-cost, low-risk, bolt-on, post-transmission parallel hybrid technology designed for Class 1–3 commercial vehicles that integrates seamlessly with the conventional internal combustion engine and transmission. engine and 6-speed transmission. —Justin Ashton. kWh, Ashton said.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The unthrottled nature of the compression ignition process provides high engine efficiency while achieving compliant exhaust emissions with conventional, low-cost aftertreatment. This—in addition to the opposed engine architecture—could increase fuel efficiency by 40-50% over the comparable spark-ignited gasoline engine, Achates said.

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MARCH 6, 2012

high capacity, increased safety and low cost. Sujeet Kumar, Envia Systems Co-Founder, President & CTO, in an interview with Green Car Congress at the recent ARPA-E Energy Inovation Summit (EIS). The approach is mundane and cost-efficient, he said, not exotic. high amount of manganese in the structure translates to.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

roads by 2015 and low-cost Department of Energy loans for manufacturers. Venture funds back green cars. The carmaker is developing a second, lower-cost model, an electric sedan known as the Model S, which will have a base price of $49,900. Tesla said it will build the new car in California.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

Car manufacturers have to move with the times - and while Japanese car maker Honda has been at the forefront of the green car revolution, even it may have to rethink its strategy. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Honda Latest news plug-in electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Quallion LLC, a developer of customized lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs for medical, military, aerospace, and vehicle applications, remains on track to develop an advanced lithium-ion anti-idling HVAC system for heavy-duty trucks, Dr. Hisashi Tsukamoto, the company’s co-founder, CEO and CTO, recently told Green Car Congress.

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JULY 19, 2009

Though it has made no secret of the fact that it believes the future of green cars lies with pure electric vehicles, Nissan plans to sell hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan from 2011. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Nissan Nissan hybrid cars.

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JUNE 23, 2009

No, this isn’t April Fool’s Day - scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage in the form of carbonised chicken feathers. Tags: Green cars Hydrogen fuel Latest news chicken feathers hydrogen cars hydrogen storage University of Delaware.

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JUNE 27, 2012

Talk about a winning combination: driver assistance systems can not only dramatically reduce the risk of accidents, but they can also improve fuel economy and they are low cost. The [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Bright Automotive Inc has launched eSolutions in an effort to accelerate worldwide electrification and overall platform efficiency and at the heart of the new programme is a newly announced contract from the US Army TACOM to conduct a demonstration project on a low-cost plug-in hybrid electric solution for non-tactical military vehicles.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

A new system that allow the drive to hand over the controls of the car to a computer has been successfully trialled by Oxford University. Tested on a Nissan LEAF electric car, the new Auto Drive system uses low cost sat nav technology, coupled with cameras and lasers to recognise the road its travelling along. [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 25, 2012

Together, the companies will develop a low-cost, entry-level battery electric [.]. It was once considered an upstart company in the electric vehicle sector – but now CODA Holdings is so well-established that it is able to make striking new partnerships.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2009

The ecoFLEX version of the Vivaro represents Opel/Vauxhall’s low fuel consumption and reduced CO2 line that includes special injection nozzles and modified engine management to show how fuel consumption can be reduced with relatively low-cost intelligent technology. Meanwhile, the Combo ecoFLEX commercial van with its 1.3

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JUNE 16, 2009

DME is considered an ultra clean burning diesel fuel replacement as it does not produce any particulate emissions and can be manufactured at a low cost from a number of resources, including stranded natural gas, coal and biomass.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2013

Developed in association with the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC), the new Passat LC Super Hybrid uses a low cost 48 volt hybrid system, a development from the [.]. Electric cars hybrid Volkswagen'

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APRIL 17, 2011

As it examines low cost ways of improving fuel economy, General Motors (GM) is exploring the use of an ultracapacitor based Active Energy Recovery Buffer. At the SAE World Congress 2011, it presented the results of a simulation study showing a 1.3 per cent improvement on the composite drive cycle for a small crossover utility [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2009

The talented engineers at General Motors’ research and development centre are hard at work developing a new low-cost concept for nitrogen oxide control. Tags: Green cars Latest news general motors emission controls GM nitrogen oxides SCR catalyst.

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Green Cars News

JULY 16, 2009

It believes its study confirms the viability of electricity as a clean and low cost transportation fuel while highlighting the increased efficiencies of plug-in hybrid technologies. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news plug-in hybrid cars plug-in hybrid electric cars San Diego SDG&E.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Boston-Power is bringing to the transportation industry a game-changing lithium-ion battery that delivers unmatched levels of high energy density, safety, low cost, fast charge and environmental sustainability.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

High energy batteries at a low cost – that’s the aim of a new project sponsored by the European Commission and headed by TU Delft.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Largely through increasing volume, A123 anticipates a 70% reduction in cathode cost by 4Q2012. Likewise, the company is targeting a 40% reduction in anode cost from increased supplier volume and improved supplier plant utilization, the introduction of a low-cost additive, and improved foil costs through supplier dual sourcing.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The carmaker believes it has ‘production potential’ and could appeal to younger drivers looking for a low-cost car. This curiosity is an electric concept by Vauxhall/Opel set to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Low cost hydrogen fuel could be a step closer thanks to a discovery by scientists at Edinburgh University. Researchers at the university have uncovered key details about the atomic structure of chemical catalysts that use light to split water molecules into their component parts-hydrogen and water.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The new EV neo is designed to offer businesses a clean, low cost and flexible transport solution, ideal for operation in urban areas. Initially the car maker [.]. Honda has announced that it is to start lease sales of a new electric scooter from Christmas Eve (December 24, 2010) in its home country of Japan.

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JUNE 17, 2009

We will continue to have low cost coverage until we have balanced our stocks and costs with demand in the market, and this will impact profitability.&#. Tags: Green cars Latest news Volvo Leif Johansson medium heavy engine.

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MAY 20, 2010

A leading developer of low cost fuel cells has secured £3.5 million of funding to boost the development of its innovative technology. Cheshire-based ACAL Energy secured the funding from Carbon Trust Investments, Solvay SA, Porton Capital and a unnamed leading Japanese automotive corporation.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

BYD are famed for their development of lithium batteries and for their range of low-cost hybrid and electric cars. They began retailing plug-in electric cars at the start of the year, well ahead of European and American competitors.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Since then work has been focused not only on the stack, but also on its mass production at a low cost. GM first brought fuel cell development out of research and development and moved it over to GM Powertrain in 2007, with 500 scientists and engineers committed to the programme.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Prabhakar Patil, the CEO of Compact Power, Inc. Manganese is also abundant and low-cost and with the use of proprietary additives, CPI believes a calendar life of more than 15 years is achievable within a vehicle with proper design and operation.

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MAY 17, 2012

Our customers would like to drive our E-Class as a fuel-cell car. Possible new pathways for membranes include low-cost PFSA membranes; hydrocarbon membranes; or additive technologies—i.e., We are not intending to build a particular fuel cell sub-brand that looks and feels different.

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JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). It is not how can we get low cost capital to take more risk. by Bill Cooke.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

In addition to low-cost recharging at home through the use of a smart meter, Ford researchers say recharging away from home – whether at work, in a shopping mall parking lot or at a curbside station – needs to be as simple as plugging in and swiping a credit card.

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JUNE 25, 2012

That last feature—the ability to self-regulate in large-string configurations—is especially valuable in the NS-999 application, Granville told Green Car Congress. NS originally built NS-999 in early 2009 with lead–acid batteries; however, the lead–acid system consistently failed field testing. start-stop) vehicles.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Designed to operate as a ‘Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle’ (PHEV), the development team retained the existing conventional front-wheel-drive system of the Combo but added an electric drive, powered via Exide’s low cost advanced lead acid batteries, to the rear wheels.

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