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• DOE to issue funding opportunity for analysis to support hydrogen and fuel cell manufacturing Green Car Congress (Today) - The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO), on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), intends to issue a funding opportunity FOA titled “Clean Energy Supply Chain and Manufacturing Competitiveness Analysis for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell...
• New composite cathode material for Li-sulfur batteries Green Car Congress (Today) - Researchers from The University of Queensland (Australia) have devised a composite cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries: graphene-wrapped carbon nanospheres with sulfur uniformly distributed in between, in which the carbon nanospheres act as the sulfur carriers. The graphene contributes to direct coverage of sulfur to...
• EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand Green Car Congress (Today) - Light-duty VMT is beginning to decouple from traditional drivers. Source: EIA. economic Click to enlarge. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) is in the process of staging the release of the full Annual Energy Outlook 2014 (AEO2014), its annual report on projected energy use...
• For $3000, you can own one of the world's smallest cafés TreeHugger (Today) - You won't be able to pop a wheely on this bike, but you will be able to serve up coffee from your cargo bike café....
• GM Invests $384 Million Into Chevy Volt Factory Gas 2.0 (Today) - GM is making a $384 million investment in its Detroit – Hamtramck plants. where the Chevy Volt and Opel Ampera are built. This investment is estimated to add 1,400 new American jobs, and includes upgrades to the assembly lines for increased output of these...
• Mercedes-Benz’ USA Head Says Tesla’s Potential Is Limited hybridCARS (Today) - Although tiny Tesla is not even present at the New York auto show this week, automakers could not avoid hearing questions about Tesla, and its name came up with the head of Mercedes-Benz USA when asked whether it would include more plug in hybrids. Tesla...
• Honda Calls Vezel CUV HR-V For North America hybridCARS (Today) - Honda released the first official photos of the U.S.-bound HR-V yesterday at the New York International Auto Show. The big news here is the confirmation of the name of this CUV in the U.S. as it is known as the Vezel in other markets. The...
• The European Union Wants Electric Cars To Make Less Noise Gas 2.0 (Today) - As electric cars become more prevalent on the roads, new safety measure for pedestrians are already being put in place in Europe. Why? Because electric cars run so silently, and that can pose a problem for seeing impaired or blind pedestrians when they try...
• Alfa Romeo 4c Super Gallery (20 Hi-res Photos) Gas 2.0 (Today) - Alfa Romeo has a rich history and enthusiastic fan base throughout the world- and in America, as well, despite the fact that Alfa hasn’t been a real player in the US for years. Now, however, Alfa Romeo is back- and the company’s mid-engined Alfa...
• Why cargo bikes are better than cars TreeHugger (Today) - LIz Canning transformed her family's transportation habits with an electric cargo bike. In a new documentary, she wants to show the world the benefits of cargo biking....
• EPA data shows 57,860 gallons of cellulosic biofuel produced in 1Q 2014 Green Car Congress (Today) - According to EPA’s most recent data from the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS) used to establish a transparent market for RINs, biofuel producers produced 57,860 gallons of cellulosic biofuels during the first quarter of 2014—the vast majority of that being D3 cellulosic biofuel (57,388...
• Navy researchers produce high-performance renewable fuels by combining heterogeneous catalysis with biosynthesis Green Car Congress (Today) - A team from the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at China Lake, with colleagues from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have demonstrated that renewable high density fuels with net heats of combustion ranging from ~133,000 to 141,000 Btu gal-1—up...
• EnerG2, NW Natural partner on adsorbed on-board storage for CNG vehicles Green Car Congress (Today) - EnerG2, a manufacturer of advanced nano-structured materials for next-generation energy storage (earlier post) and NW Natural, an Oregon gas distribution company, are partnering to improve the fuel storage on board vehicles that use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by using a new adsorbed natural gas...
• Topography-Minded Hybrid Vehicle From Mercedes-Benz hybridCARS (Today) - How about driving a hybrid car that can read the up and downs of the road ahead? This is the direction Mercedes-Benz is heading into with its intelligent energy management system for hybrid vehicles. Mercedes-Benz said this system assesses the road ahead and takes it...
• 2015 Camry Gets New Look; Camry Hybrid Gets SE Trim hybridCARS (Today) - Toyota unveiled a redesigned Camry for 2015 at the 2014 New York International Auto Show. This new Camry includes a new sporty trim level, the XSE, as well as the addition of the SE trim availability for the hybrid version. After selling almost a million...
• 2015 Volvo S60 Hybrid Bows in Beijing Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Volvo gave its bread-and-butter S60 sedan a major update for 2014 already, what with visual updates the classed up the car’s headlights and the introduction of the small- but powerful!- Volvo Drive E engines. One thing we didn’t get for 2014, however, was a...
• Department of Energy Promises Big Vehicle Improvements Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its comprehensive, Strategic Plan 2014. The Plan provides a roadmap for the DOE’s work over the next four years and highlights its major priorities. “Following this roadmap, the Department will continue building a cleaner...
• Bad Bike Brings Adds Sidecar Sex Appeal to E-Bikes Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The genius designers at Italy’s Bad Bike have just released an electric bicycle with a sidecar mounted to it. This is a huge deal, and anyone who buys one will lose hours, days- maybe even weeks of their life explaining their rig to strangers...
• Driver who texted 44 times before almost killing a cyclist: "I just don't care" TreeHugger (Yesterday) - The 21-year-old from Australia has been fined $4500 and lost her licence for nine months....
• Driving the AWD, 2014 Buick Regal T-Type Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - You won’t find the old T-Type badge anywhere on the 2014 Buick Regal. That’s a shame, too, because this new, 259 HP, Ecotec-powered Regal would be more than up to the task of carrying that hefty badge. Regardless of what they should have called...
• Honda to introduce Fit-based HR-V Compact SUV in US this year Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Honda released the first official photos of the US-bound HR-V today at the New York International Auto Show. Built on the same global compact platform that underpins the Fit, the HR-V will feature a “versatile and spacious” interior thanks to a center tank layout....
• Opportunity charging electric bus using PRIMOVE inductive charging from Bombardier in service in Germany Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - A 12m Solaris battery-electric bus with electrical traction and on-board power supply equipment from Vossloh Kiepe has entered passenger service with the Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG as the first of five such buses. For the first time, the modular system from Vossloh Kiepe has been combined...
• Subaru introduces 5th-gen AWD Outback with up to 10% improvement in fuel economy Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - 2015 Outback. Click to enlarge. Subaru of America, Inc. introduced the 5th-generation 2015 Outback. The 2015 all-wheel drive Outback offers the roomiest interior, most capable chassis and highest fuel-efficiency in the model’s 20-year history. New for 2015, all Outback models come standard with the...
• Saft Li-ion batteries to power Stockholm’s new Ballerina electric ferry Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Saft has received an order from Stockholm ferry operator Ballerina for lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems that will power a new electric ferry boat for the city of Stockholm. Ballerina is a well-established operator of ferries and has placed the order for Saft’s Li-ion marine...
• The future of transportation, as imagined by Disney in 1958 (video) TreeHugger (Yesterday) - It's always interesting to look at how the future was foreseen a long time ago. Hopefully it makes us question how we think about the future today, and help us steer things in the right direction....
• 2015 Audi A3 TDI Sportback Debuts Alongside A3 e-tron Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Who says automakers don’t listen? Hearing the cries of hatchback fans in America, the 2015 Audi A3 TDI Sportback will go on sale in the U.S. next year. According to Audi reps, some people wouldn’t even consider the A3 if it didn’t offer a...
• CO2 Solutions announces enzyme-enabled carbon capture pilot at heavy oil site with Husky Energy Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - CO2 Solutions Inc., an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, has entered into a Collaboration Agreement with Husky Energy. Under the terms of the agreement, CO2 Solutions will install and operate a pilot unit capturing approximately 15 tonnes of CO2 per...
• BMW increases i3 production 43%, Tesla fans sneer TreeHugger (Yesterday) - Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other?...
• 2016 Mazda Miata Makes A Naked Debut For 25th Anniversary Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Speculation was rampant that the 2016 Mazda Miata would break cover at the New York International Auto Show this year, and it did. Sorta. What Mazda actually gave us for the Miata’s 25th anniversary was the debut of an all-new SkyActiv chassis, which may...
• Mercedes-Benz’ anticipatory energy management system for hybrids Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - The Intelligent HYBRID operating strategy manages the state of charge of the battery to exploit the potential for energy recuperation. Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz has developed an intelligent energy management system for hybrid vehicles that assesses the road ahead and takes it into account....

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