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• Formula 1 2014: GP of China Qualifying Results Gas 2.0 (Today) - The 2014 Grand Prix of China gave the season another rainy qualifying session- which, traditionally, levels the playing field among the chassis and rewards the “truly talented” drivers. That seemed to be the case this morning, too, when the Renault-powered Red Bulls (said to...
• Nanoscale downhole detector reports presence of H2S in crude oil and gas before production Green Car Congress (Today) - Scientists at Rice University have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in crude oil and natural gas while they’re still in the ground. The nanoreporter is based on nanometer-sized carbon material developed by a...
• Fiat Group Automobiles, Chrysler Group International and GAC Group to Produce Jeep vehicles in China for Chinese market Green Car Congress (Today) - Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A., Chrysler Group International LLC and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group) have reached an agreement to expand the joint venture partnership. Under the agreement, the joint venture, GAC Fiat, will begin localized production of three new Jeep vehicles for...
• Ioxus to provide ultracapacitors for Long Island Railroad wayside energy storage system Green Car Congress (Today) - Ioxus ultracapacitors are being fitted to the railway wayside traction power on the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The ultracapacitors will provide voltage support to assist the traction power system, capturing and storing the energy produced by the train, using it to facilitate better...
• IHS: Renesas maintains dominance in $26.7B automotive semiconductor market Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Renesas remained the leader in the automotive semiconductor market in 2013, with the company’s dominance in microcomponents and logic integrated circuits (IC) helping it to hold a half-billion-dollar gap over the second-place competitor, according to analysis by IHS Technology. Japan-based Renesas posted automotive semiconductor...
• My First Time At The 2014 New York International Auto Show Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Earlier this year I began writing for Gas2, and this week I attended my first major car show, the 2014 New York International Auto Show. Beforehand, Chris told me what to bring and what to expect, and he painted a pretty hectic picture. We...
• Taking A Short Ride In The BMW i3 Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - I got the chance to take a ride in the BMW i3 at this past Wednesday’s New York International Auto Show. The EV Pavilion wasn’t much more than a temporary go kart track, with a few Nissan Leafs and BMW i3s. Unfortunately for riders,...
• The Telsa Gigafactory Faces Skepticism Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Tesla CEO Elon Musk has plans to build a massive battery “Gigafactory” someplace in the United States. The Gigafactory would start production by 2017 and by 2020 would produce enough lithium-ion batteries batteries for 500,000 electric cars.  The question is will this become a reality? Tesla...
• State Department providing more time for agency feedback on Keystone XL Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - On Friday, the US State Department notified the eight federal agencies involved in the process (the Departments of Defense, Justice, Interior, Commerce, Transportation, Energy, Homeland Security, and the Environmental Protection Agency) that it will provide them more time for the submission of their views on...
• The European Union Wants Electric Cars To Make More Noise Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - 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...
• Magna producing all-thermoplastic, fully recyclable liftgate module for 2014 Nissan Rogue Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Magna International’s Magna Exteriors operating unit is producing the North American automotive industry’s first all-thermoplastic, fully recyclable liftgate module for the 2014 Nissan Rogue crossover utility vehicle. The Rogue liftgate is unique in that all materials are fully olefinic and therefore fully recyclable at...
• I Love The Future: The DOMI Is An Autonomous Living Room Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The DOMI autonomous car is a standout in the concept field, combining self-driving cars with a unique design that flips automotive interiors on their head. Designed by a South Korean team, this “pod car” won the 2014 Michelin Challenge Design, took a silver prize...
• USDA researchers develop new pyrolysis processes for bio-oil production Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Researchers at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have developed and have filed a patent on a new fast pyrolysis process called Tail Gas Reactive Pyrolysis (TGRP), which removes much of the oxygen from bio-oils without the need for added...
• DOE to issue funding opportunity for analysis to support hydrogen and fuel cell manufacturing Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (2 days ago) - 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 (2 days ago) - 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...

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