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Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project gets green light; tying in renewables

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Integrating as many electric vehicles as possible into the power grid in this way calls for innovations in terms of vehicle technology, charging hardware, charging management, communication interfaces with energy sector stakeholders and legal parameters. The legal and regulatory parameters are being evaluated, too.

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Researchers propose using AC and ventilation systems for decentralized production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels

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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. The synthesized hydrocarbon fuels can be stored and/or transported for further utilization.

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New Study Finds Flaw in Carbon Accounting for Bioenergy, Another Contends That Indirect Land Use Change Emissions for Biofuels Will Be Up To Twice Direct Land Use Change Emissions

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Thirteen scientists and land use experts conclude in a new paper that an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation. Their paper is published in the 23 Oct. Earlier post.).

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

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Power 2013 Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) study data on customer satisfaction with new car dealerships and Tesla stores. Among their initial findings: PEV buyers universally report lower satisfaction with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles. They also analyzed national and state-level J.D.

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Faurecia acquires Amminex to accelerate efficient NOx reduction for passenger and commercial vehicles

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Amminex’ ASDS technology was created on the basis of two key achievements: The invention of AdAmmine; a chemical way to store large quantities of ammonia in a compact solid-form salt material. This means that the engine emitted 50% below the current legal NO x emission limits and is fully compliant to Euro VI.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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Abbott, a physician as well as a lawyer, is a professor of law and health sciences at the University of Surrey’s School of Law. He also is an adjunct assistant professor at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and he wrote The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law. Charles, Mo.

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Tesla, Porsche sought out for guidance on data flow rules in China

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The proposals are expected to make major strides toward relieving a “sore point” for foreign companies, soon defining what kind of data can legally flow outside of China. Tesla treated as security threat in China as University Games loom What are your thoughts?

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