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Hyundai introduces new autonomous IONIQ concept at AutoMobility LA

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Hyundai Motor Company introduced the Autonomous IONIQ concept during its press conference at AutoMobility LA (Los Angeles Auto Show). Hyundai Motor is also developing its own autonomous vehicle operating system, with the goal of using much less computing power. Road construction and roadblocks. Speed bumps.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Low Cost Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing of Reusable Sorbents for Energy and Water Industries, $150,000 Qualification of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Authorization and Licensing, $674,484 Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC, Chevy Chase, Md. Los Alamos National Laboratory. Touchstone Research Laboratory, Triadelphia, W.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

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Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview. While GM, Toyota and Hyundai Motor Co. where such vehicles can be used.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. Doubts PHEVs have environmental benefits. No known plug-ins being planned or on the road. Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013.

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