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Tesla Motors will open more than 30 new service centers and stores across the continent, the company announced at the Geneva Motor Show. By the end of 2014, Tesla expects combined sales in Europe and Asia to be almost twice as high as sales in North America. In 2013, Tesla delivered 22,477 vehicles to customers worldwide.
Renault’s hybrid power unit for F1 in 2014 includes a turbocharged, direct-injected 1.6L At the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, Renault presented its new power unit designed to the new technical regulations to be used in the FIA Formula One world champion ship from 2014 onwards: the Energy F1-2014. Click to enlarge.
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Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) announced fuel economy figures for and updated pricing of its new 2014 Mazda6 midsize sedan, featuring the i-ELOOP regenerative engine braking system. On sale now, the 2014 Mazda6 starts at $20,990 MSRP and is available in three trim levels: Sport, Touring and Grand Touring. Earlier post.)
million loan guarantee to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Delta, Utah (ACES Delta)—marking the first loan guarantee for a new clean energy technology project from DOE’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) since 2014. The US Department of Energy (DOE) closed on a $504.4-million Rendering of Advanced Clean Energy Storage salt cavern.
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Injection took place from 17 November 2011 to 26 November 2014, with 999,215 tonnes of supercritical CO 2 injected and geologically stored. Simon Sandstone to accept and store one million metric tons of carbon dioxide over the period—the equivalent of annual emissions from about 1.2 km pipeline, and injected into the Mt.
The Mercedes AMG PETRONAS (Petroliam Nasional Berhad) Formula One Team unveiled the F1 W05, its 2014 challenger, at the Circuito de Jerez in southern Spain. Select 2014 F1 powertrain regulation changes. The performance specification of the Power Unit for the 2014 season must be homologated on 28 February. Click to enlarge.
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and end in December 2014. For the test, DENSO has equipped a Yamato Transport delivery truck with a power receiver that will wirelessly receive the energy from a power transmission pad located on the pavement of a 7-Eleven convenience store parking lot. The field test will begin on 24Feb. Power transmission and power receiver pads.
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The team presented two papers on the state of their work at the recent SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. A portion of the kinetic energy of the piston is stored in the gas spring, and extracted on the return stroke to the combustion chamber side. Electric (Battery) Engines Fuel Efficiency Fuels Hybrids Plug-ins Power Generation'
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Consultancy Frost &Sullivan has selected UK-based lithium-sulfur battery developer OXIS Energy to receive the 2014 European Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. Further, the ESC will utilize 90-95% of the stored energy.
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Fiat is updating its 500L range for 2014 with two new turbocharged 120 hp (88 kW) engine options—the 1.6 MultiJet II turbodiesel and the 1.4 T-Jet gasoline—and a dual fuel LPG/gasoline variant of the 1.4 MultiJet II. Combined with a 6-speed manual gearbox, the 120 HP 1.6
distribution center and currently serves approximately 500 grocery stores in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Washington, D.C. By the end of the second quarter 2014, Trillium CNG will be operating 81 CNG stations nationwide, with 54 of them having public access. SUPERVALU INC. and Baltimore. and Baltimore.
Porsche reported an almost 8% increase in sales during the first half of 2014 to 87,800 units. Electricity is stored in a 9.4 In the first six months of 2014, Porsche increased sales in all key regions. In China, also Porsche reports a rise of 8% with 19,800 cars in the first six months of 2014. Earlier post.).
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Volkswagen will accept the Gold Medal Award on 15 May 2014 during the Gold Medal Presentation Ceremony in Washington, DC. It is a great honor for Volkswagen to receive the Gold Medal Award for Sustainable Development in 2014. —Volkswagen Group Head of Sustainability Gerhard Prätorius.
RMIT University (Australia) researchers have developed a concept battery based on storing protons produced by splitting water—a reversible fuel cell with integrated solid proton storage electrode. As only an inflow of water is needed in the charge mode, and air in discharge mode, the system is called a “proton flow battery”.
Johnson Matthey’s new CSC stores HC and NO x at low temperatures with very high storage efficiencies, and also converts a significant portion of the stored HC/NO x during the warm-up period before the rest of the HC/NO x is thermally released from the catalyst. Resources (DOE will publish Merit Review presentations on its website.).
eAssist is available on the Buick Lacrosse and Regal, as well as the Chevrolet Malibu and 2014 Impala. The boost comes from energy that is captured during braking and stored in the battery. The technology is targeted for individuals who want a large sedan with compact car fuel economy, Fletcher said.
made progress in reducing CO 2 emissions and improving sustainability in its global corporate activities in fiscal year 2014 while simultaneously increasing vehicle production and plant energy efficiency. In fiscal year 2014, NESCO proposed solutions to reduce CO 2 emissions by 50,000 tons. Nissan Motor Co.,
During the first quarter of 2014, Tesla Motors produced a record 7,535 Model S vehicles for global delivery; the company also delivered 6,457 cars worldwide—slightly exceeding guidance—while also filling the pipeline of deliveries into Europe and Asia. Q2 & 2014 Outlook. Electric (Battery) Sales'
is advising the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of plans to conduct voluntary safety recalls of approximately 701,000 Model Year 2010-2014 Prius vehicles to update the motor/generator control ECU and hybrid control ECU software. Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc., This is part of a global recall for the issue.
Mats Johansson at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology says the work is about improving the mechanical properties of batteries so that it not only stores energy but is part of the design. For example, he suggests, the hood of the car could be part of the battery. In this €3.4-million million (US$4.7-million) Earlier post.). 2013.11.056.
Unlike other devices, the team’s is the first to utilize oxygen anions (negatively-charged ions) instead of cations (positive ions) to store its energy. The device uses a perovskite material (LaMnO 3 ), a structure containing vacant sites where oxygen anions can be stored, making these advancements a possibility. Resources.
The gas is then stored in McPhy’s HDS 100 system, which is based on magnesium hydride technology developed and manufactured by McPhy Energy in La Motte-Fanjas, France. MWh), is the first in a commercial range reaching up to 500 kg of stored hydrogen (16.5 The demonstrator can produce 12m 3 of hydrogen per hour.
The hydrogen gas produced in the summer will be stored and converted into electricity and heat in the winter. The hydrogen gas produced in the summer can be stored in an underground pressure vessel until winter. Last week, Toyota announced that it wants to produce hydrogen gas with a prototype designed by Johan Martens’s team in 2014.
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. To store hydrogen, the researchers would swap the calcium, strontium and boron with hydrogen atoms within the cage. Credit: Olivia Graeve/Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego.
Looking forward, Tesla said that it was eyeing an automotive gross margin of 28%, excluding potential ZEV credit sales, as a reasonable target for Q4 2014, even if a lower option take rate is assumed. 2014 Outlook. Tesla expects to deliver more than 35,000 Model S vehicles worldwide in 2014, representing a 55+% increase over 2013.
The number of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs) in use worldwide will nearly double between 2014 and 2035, according to a new forecast report by Navigant Research. of the market in 2014 to 11.2% of the market in 2014 to 11.2% in 2014 to 87.1% of vehicles in use in 2014 to around 6.9% Source: Navigant.
Audi R18 e-tron quattro 2014. Audi has released initial details on its new 2014-generation Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 Le Mans prototype racer. As of 2014, displacement no longer numbers among the limiting factors. Click to enlarge. Until now, the turbo diesel engine of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro was limited to 3.7L
Unlike batteries, which produce and store energy by means of a chemical reaction, ultracapacitors store energy in an electric field. Reddy (2014) “ Coating technologies for Ultracapacitor components ”. Franz Fink, Maxwell’s president and CEO. Miguel Joos, Phillip Bell, and K.P. Batteries'
Renault’s Energy F1-2014 hybrid Power Unit ( earlier post ), designed and developed for the FIA Formula One World Championship this year, is ready for the track; the 2014 season kicks off in Australia on 16 March. Under acceleration, the MGU-K is powered from the Energy Store and/or from the MGU-H and acts as a motor to propel the car.
The energy stored in a battery of a given size is proportional to its voltage. Dudney (2014) “Solid electrolyte: the key for high-voltage lithium batteries,” Advanced Energy Materials doi: 10.1002/aenm.201401408. ORNL solid-state Li-ion battery. Click to enlarge. The battery was charged at C/10 before each discharge measurement.
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