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Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

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Data came from Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada; China; Croatia; the Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Greece; Germany; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Japan; the Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Foresight signs a pilot agreement with one of China’s top three largest car manufacturers

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Israel-based Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd., The pilot project will be financed by the manufacturer, except for production, shipping and system installation costs of Foresight’s Eyes-On system. This is the third pilot agreement the company has entered into with leading Chinese car manufacturers in recent months.

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Lexus RC F makes its European debut at Geneva; V8 with Otto-Atkinson cycle

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The notion of combining the Atkinson cycle at part loads with the Otto cycle at full loads stretches back more than 30 years to a 1982 paper by a team of researchers from Tel-Aviv University and the Israel Institute of Technology. and Stotter, A. Saunders, R., and Chopra, A. Hilbert, H., and Schechter, M.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Electromotive to Collaborate on Charging Infrastructure

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The Renault-Nissan Alliance and UK company Elektromotive, a provider of electric vehicle recharging stations, are collaborating in the Partnership for Zero-Emission-Mobility, with the aim of accelerating the installation of charging networks for plug-in vehicles in cities. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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Deployment of infrastructure, including charging stations and incentives for zero-emissions vehicle purchases, are being studied. in the United States; and Israel, Portugal, Monaco, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Ireland, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Study of route navigation systems to alleviate traffic congestion.

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ENFICA-FC Fuel Cell Inter-City Aircraft Ready for Flight Testing

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At the same time, more theoretical type studies have been carried out (in collaboration with the Israel Aircraft Industry, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Evektor (CZ) partners). The ENFICA-FC project was chosen by the aeronautical and space planning committee from among hundreds of other programs presented. million (US$6.6

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MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

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Based on the interim results of a new study, MIT researchers are warning smaller nations to proceed with caution in pursuing the development of their natural gas resources. The researchers expect to finish the larger report in August 2014; the study is sponsored by The Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation. Paltsev et al.

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