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MIT study finds materials risk exposure increases significantly with vehicle electrification

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Among the findings were that exposure increases from $874 per vehicle for ICEV passenger vehicles to $2,344 per vehicle for SUV PHEVs. The researchers devised a metric of vulnerability, referred to as exposure, which captures economic importance and susceptibility to price changes.

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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

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The Environmental Protection Agency notes that in recent years, trends in the vehicle market shifted from smaller sedans and wagons to SUVs and pickup trucks, with SUVs making up 45% and pickups making up 15% of the model year 2021 light-duty vehicle market in the United States.

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UC Davis Researchers Suggest the Battery Problem Seen to Be Slowing Electric Drive Commercialization Is Perceptual as Well as Technological

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Distribution of battery requirements for consumer-selected PHEV designs (shaded circles) compared to USABC, MIT and EPRI performance requirements. MIT proposes a B-30 mid-size car, with a more aggressive driving cycle simulation. Units USABC MIT EPRI. Cross-over SUV. Source: Axsen et al. Click to enlarge. CD operation.

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Researchers find consumers compensate for fuel-efficient car by buying bigger second vehicle; losing 60% of fuel economy savings

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An analysis by a team from the University of California, Davis, MIT and Yale suggests that households that buy a fuel-efficient vehicle tend to compensate for that purchase by buying a bigger, more powerful second vehicle. For example, households may prefer to have one SUV and one sedan, or one powerful vehicle and one fuel-efficient vehicle.

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Jeep teased its upcoming compact SUV 4×4

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Jeep teased its upcoming compact SUV 4×4 . The Jeep has teased its upcoming compact SUV 4Xe powertrain a nomenclature for its hybrids that can be used either for a regular 4X4 compact SUV axle with electric motors or a fully electrically driven axle. We expect the compact SUV may get high ground clearance like Renegade.

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Ricardo Introducing Ethanol Boost Direct Injection Engine Technology

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Ricardo’s EBDI is not utilizing a secondary ethanol injection from a secondary tank as envisioned by Ethanol Boosting Systems and MIT. liter V6 engine that ultimately could serve as a replacement for a large gasoline or turbo-diesel engine in a large SUV. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). The prototype EBDI is a 3.2-liter

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of Rivian's R1T

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Scaringe—a bespectacled mechanical engineer with a PhD from MIT—a billionaire by the age of 38. The first R1T’s are already rolling from a former Mitsubishi factory in Illinois, to be closely followed by an R1S SUV version with seating for five or seven passengers. It’s a situation Rivian might want to address, pronto.

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