Sat.Aug 04, 2018 - Fri.Aug 10, 2018

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CSIRO fills fuel cell vehicles with H2 produced by novel membrane technology; H2 from NH3

Green Car Congress

In a successful demonstration of technology capability, researchers at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have filled Toyota Mirai and Hyundai Nexo hydrogen fuel cell vehicles using ultra-high purity hydrogen produced in Queensland using CSIRO’s novel H 2 -NH 3 membrane separation technology. ( Earlier post.).

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The first Volt from GM was also a plug-in hybrid, but it was built in 1980

Green Car Reports

Chevrolet's Volt wasn't the original, or even the first Volt from GM. Electric Auto Corporation receives that distinction for their car built in 1980, at the height of America's second gas crisis. It built the Silver Volt, a plug-in hybrid based on a contemporary Buick station wagon—16 years before the GM EV1. CHECK OUT: Modern electric cars.

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Monday August 6 2018

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Cooper Tire's Discoverer AT3 4S

Green Fleet Magazine

The AT3 Discoverer 4S tires offered very capable traction without a significant on-road fuel-economy penalty. They would make a good choice for fleets that need a tire for vehicles that do most of their mileage on pavement but need occasional off-road capability.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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California ARB releases proposed Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation; 100% ZEB purchasing by 2029

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released its proposed Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation ( earlier post ) and a Draft Environmental Analysis (Draft EA) for public comment. CARB will conduct a public hearing on 27 September in Sacramento to consider the proposed ICT Regulation. As currently written, the ICT contains a number of elements to bring about the transition to a complete zero-emission bus (ZEB) fleet.

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Nissan sells its battery business, 225-mile Leaf e-Plus to get LG Chem batteries

Green Car Reports

When it comes to electric-car batteries, Nissan is no longer going its own way. The company that launched the first modern, mass-market all-electric car has sold its electric-car battery subsidiary, Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) to Envision Group, a Chinese renewable energy company. The two firms announced the deal on Friday. "With.

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IIHS Developing Ratings for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems

Green Fleet Magazine

The new ratings program would extend the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's work toward developing objective tools for evaluating adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping systems.

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DOE analysis finds ongoing decrease in direct fuel cell vehicle costs

Green Car Congress

A new analysis of the cost of current (2017) direct hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by a team from the Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory and Strategic Analysis found the lowest estimated system cost to date for high annual production rates. The highest volume predictions, for 100,000 and 500,000 units per year, result in a total system cost of $50/kW net and $45/kW net , respectively.

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Zero emissions vs. "Hybrid": When is a Nissan Leaf not "green?"

Green Car Reports

Dedicated reader John Briggs wrote in to Green Car Reports share his unfortunate experience with the airport police in Boston. We found his story so compelling, instructive—and dare we say entertaining?—that we felt it worthy of sharing. The following are his words, lightly edited for style. Sometimes a seemingly simple plan can fall.

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Thursday August 9 2018

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

Brief

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Study Highlights Limitations of Electronic Safety Systems

Green Fleet Magazine

A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has found that while electronic safety systems such as advanced cruise control, collision mitigation, and lanekeeping can help save lives, improper use can lead to fatal accidents.

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Japan researchers develop all-solid-state batteries with low resistance at electrode/solid electrolyte interface

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A team from Tohoku University and Tokyo Tech have addressed one of the major disadvantages of all-solid-state batteries by developing batteries with a low resistance at their electrode/solid electrolyte interface. The fabricated batteries, reported in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , showed excellent electrochemical properties that greatly surpass those of traditional and ubiquitous Li-ion batteries.

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Sono Sion solar car starts testing in Germany

Green Car Reports

Solar cars are like sunny days—always waiting for tomorrow. Now the dawn may be breaking on that tomorrow with the small, crowd-funded Sono Sion solar car in Germany. The company has raised enough online funding to begin testing, according to a Reuters report carried by Autoblog. The car is mainly battery-powered, but the roof, doors, and.

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Wednesday August 8 2018

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Diesel Vans Beat Gasoline Models in Total Ownership Cost

Green Fleet Magazine

Diesel-powered cargo vans are providing fleet buyers with a lower total cost of ownership than gasoline models, while many diesel-powered trucks aren't recouping the higher acquisition cost, according to a Vincentric analysis.

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New Cadillac XT4 compact luxury SUV for China features GM Tripower propulsion system

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The all-new Cadillac XT4 compact luxury SUV that is coming to China later this month features the all-new General Motors TriPower propulsion system that incorporates multiple innovative technologies, and that is also deployed on the Silverado with a 2.7-liter engine. Based on an optimized single-cylinder architecture design, the XT4’s all-new 2.0L turbocharged engine leverages multiple efficiency-enhancing technologies for low emissions, low fuel consumption and enhanced torque production at low

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California warns it won't follow lower EPA fuel economy, emissions rules

Green Car Reports

In response to an EPA proposal to freeze emissions and fuel economy standards, California said it will not honor federal vehicle certifications if the proposal goes through. "The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has proposed amending the California Low-Emission Vehicle III Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulation to ensure that cars and light-duty.

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Tuesday August 7 2018

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The Great British Bike-Off FAQs: Why don’t cyclists …?

Green Cars News

When the government recently announced measures to crack down on motorists who drive too close to cyclists, social platforms lit up with comments and reactions about the introduction of the minimum distance of 1.5m and £100 fines and three penalty points for drivers caught ignoring it.

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European INN-BALANCE project progressing with engineering a new generation of fuel cell auxiliary components

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The European FCH JU-funded project INN-BALANCE (INNovative Cost Improvements for BALANCE of Plant Components of Automotive PEMFC Systems) partners are tasked with developing a new generation of highly-efficient fuel cell Balance of Plant (BoP) components. These components are intended to support an innovative fuel cell system and hence greatly improve the efficiency and the reliability of fuel cell powered vehicles, while reducing their cost.

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Elon Musk announces he's considering taking Tesla private (Updated)

Green Car Reports

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tuesday he is considering taking the electric car company private. The executive posted on Twitter, "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420 a share." Tesla's stock bounced 7.3 percent Tuesday immediately after the news. Trading was halted for well over an hour on Tuesday. Shareholders could either to sell at 420 or.

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Saturday August 4 2018

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2019 Blue Badge scheme: Everything you need to know about the hidden disability changes

Green Cars News

The blue badge disabled parking scheme is undergoing its biggest shake-up since it was introduced in 1970, but what exactly will change?

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Renovo and HERE Technologies form partnership to further open interfaces in automated mobility

Green Car Congress

?An open ecosystem of best-in-class technologies working seamlessly together will be at the heart of the automated transportation systems of the future. That is the shared vision of. Renovo, a mobility software technology company, and mapping and location services company HERE Technologies have entered into a partnership to deploy open interfaces for highly and fully automated vehicles.

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Tesla builds Supercharging "moat" to keep out competition: analysis

Green Car Reports

Competitors are coming for Tesla. Just as the young company begins to ramp up production of its bread-and-butter Model 3 to what CEO Elon Musk has called sustainable levels, Tesla's European rivals are beginning to roll out their own electric cars. That has some investors worried about whether the upstart automaker can survive the onslaught from.

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Insurance Institute Spots Problems in Driver Assistance Systems

Cars That Think

Even the best systems on the market sometimes require the driver to jump in to correct errors.

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Top five car adverts of all time: Do you agree?

Green Cars News

Thierry Henry has returned as Renault brand ambassador, bringing “Va Va Voom” back to UK television screens for the first time since 2011 as part of a Sky Sports sponsorship

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SEAT and Grupo Sesé pilot duo trailer; longest, most efficient truck on European roads

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SEAT and Grupo Sesé have pilot-tested the duo trailer, the longest, most efficient truck driving on European roads. The truck-trailer combination measures more than 30 meters long, reduces CO 2 emissions by 20% per road journey, and reduces logistics costs by 25%. Both companies carried out a pilot test to analyze the performance of the duo traile. The test journey was made from Zaragoza to the SEAT headquarters in Martorell and will be repeated in upcoming months while transporting components.

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The 7 best plug-in cars for students going back to school

Green Car Reports

Today's environmentally conscious students are thinking more about the environment in the choices they make. They still need to get around, but they may be less likely to accept the price of doing so in a car with a tailpipe spewing pollution and greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Many may need to make long trips back and forth to school that.

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Solaris introducing new Urbino 12 LE lite hybrid; facelifted electric and hybrid models as well

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At the 14 th International Fair of Public Transport TRANSEXPO in Kielce, 23-25 October 2018, Solaris will introduce the new Solaris Urbino 12 LE lite hybrid. The company will also showcase facelifted version of the Solaris Urbino 12 electric and the Solaris Urbino 12 hybrid. Solaris Urbino 12 LE lite hybrid. The “lite” of the new Solaris Urbino 12 LE lite hybrid refers to its low fuel consumption.

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China-US team uses graphene composite separator to suppress polysulfide shuttling in Li-S batteries

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A team of researchers from institutions in China and the US report the design of a negatively charged graphene composite separator for the effective suppression of the polysulfide shuttling effect in Li-sulfur batteries. The negatively charged 3D porous structure effectively inhibits the translocation of negatively charged polysulfide ions to enable highly robust Li-S batteries.

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LeddarTech delivers first LCA2 solid-state LiDAR chips to automotive partners

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LeddarTech has delivered the first A-samples of its LeddarCore LCA2 system-on-chip (SoC) ( earlier post ) to select automotive partners which will be publicly disclosed at a later date this year. The LCA2 is the autonomous vehicle industry’s first 3D solid-state LiDAR (SSL) SoC and is available now to Tier-1 automotive manufacturers and system integrators via purchase of the LeddarTech LCA2 evaluation kit.

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Study concludes environmental regulations drove steep declines in US factory pollution even with increased production

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The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as US manufacturers increased production, according to a study by two University of California, Berkeley, economists. The study, forthcoming in the American Economic Review , found that polluting emissions from US manufacturing fell by 60% between 1990 and 2008—a period in which manufacturing output grew significantly—primarily b

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PNNL: increases in aerosols from East Asia decreased effects of reductions in US emissions in western states by 25%

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A study led by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found that, in the western United States, increases in aerosols from East Asia decreased the radiative warming effect induced by reductions in US emissions by 25% from 1980-2014. The open-access study appears in the AGU journal Earth’s Future. Because they can either absorb or reflect energy, aerosols are important components influencing air quality and atmospheric changes.

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