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• Toyota Already Increasing Mirai Production Gas 2.0 (Today) - Toyota plans to bump production of its Mirai hydrogen powered car in 2017 from 2000 units to 3000 units, based upon strong pre-order performance The post Toyota Already Increasing Mirai Production appeared first on Gas 2. ...
• Bosch Opens eBike Headquarters In California Gas 2.0 (Today) - Bosch is opening its North American eBike headquarters in Irvine, California, in a bid to expand eBike sales across the continent The post Bosch Opens eBike Headquarters In California appeared first on Gas 2. ...
• Energy Secretary: US Won’t Reach Goal of 1 Million EVs in 2015 hybridCARS (Today) - In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said he wanted the U.S. to become the first country with one million plug-in electrified vehicles (PEVs) on the road by 2015, but the U.S. Energy Secretary last week conceded the goal won’t be...
• US Won’t Reach Goal of 1 Million EVs in 2015 hybridCARS (Today) - In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama said he wanted the U.S. to become the first country with one million plug-in electrified vehicles (PEVs) on the road, targeting the end of this year for his goal. With fewer than 300,000 plug-in...
• BMW i3 Will Appear In Super Bowl Ad Gas 2.0 (Today) - Super Bowl fans will be watching hundreds of millions of dollars worth of advertisements short and long this Sunday, including a new ad for the BMW i The post BMW i3 Will Appear In Super Bowl Ad appeared first on Gas 2. ...
• IHS: automotive semiconductor market up 10% in 2014 to $29B; hybrids, connectivity and ADAS major drivers Green Car Congress (Today) - The automotive semiconductor market did exceptionally well in 2014, according to new analysis from IHS. Strong growth in vehicle production together with increased semiconductor content in cars resulted in 10% growth year over year to reach $29B. IHS reported that the fastest growing segments...
• ABI: global Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) market to exceed US$90B by 2020 Green Car Congress (Today) - Market research firm ABI Research forecasts that the market for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) will grow from US$11.1 billion in 2014 to US$91.9 billion by 2020, passing the US$200 billion mark by 2024. ADAS packages have long been available as optional extras on...
• Mazda Diesel Comes Up Short At Daytona Gas 2.0 (Today) - Mazda headed into the annual Daytona 24 Hour race this past weekend with high hopes for its SkyActive Prototype race car, the only diesel car in the field. Since last year, Mazda engineers have shaved weight from the car and increased the power of the engine,...
• Cadillac Is Going Electric Gas 2.0 (Today) - Cadillac president de Nysschen says that Cadillac will have more electric and plug in models in the future and will introduce 8 new models by The post Cadillac Is Going Electric appeared first on Gas 2. ...
• Swedish Energy Agency awards PowerCell $600K to develop modular fuel cell system for stationary applications; Power-to-Gas Green Car Congress (Today) - The Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) has granted PowerCell Sweden AB SEK5 million (US$600,000) to develop a modular fuel cell system for stationary applications. The project aims to develop and demonstrate stationary fuel cell systems based on modules of 20 kW with PowerCell’s new fuel...
• Nissan e-NV200 Named ‘Best Green Van’ hybridCARS (Today) - Nissan’s all-electric e-NV200 van is proving popular award-wise in the UK. The electric van received last week its sixth industry award in as many months, winning the Best Green Van honor at the Business Van of the Year awards in London, held by the Business...
• Symbio FCell delivers first 5 Kangoo ZE electric utilities with fuel cell range extenders in La Manche Green Car Congress (Today) - Symbio FCell has delivered the first five Renault Kangoo ZE Light commercial vehicles (LCVs) powered by its hydrogen Fuel Cell Range-Extender, as part of a full fleet project led by the Conseil Général de la Manche which will ultimately deploy 40 vehicles. (Earlier post.)...
• Hydrogenics to supply 1MW electrolyzer to project converting CO2 to methanol; Power-to-Gas Green Car Congress (Today) - Hydrogenics Corporation will supply a 1MW electrolyzer and provide engineering expertise to a consortium of companies working on the European project MefCO2 (methanol fuel from CO2) in Germany. The application will take excess electricity from intermittent renewable energy sources, generate green hydrogen, and then...
• Plug-In Cars Could Make Up 1% Of U.S. Sales Soon Gas 2.0 (Today) - A new study says that despite the lowest gas prices in years, plug-in car sales could rise to become 1% of the new car market in the first quarter of 2015. The post Plug-In Cars Could Make Up 1% Of U.S. Sales Soon appeared first...
• Warm-Up Lap: Tesla P85D Keeps Up With Corvette Stingray Gas 2.0 (Today) - Just what can keep up with the Dual Motor Tesla Model S P85D? Well the Corvette Stingray does its best in this next video The post Warm-Up Lap: Tesla P85D Keeps Up With Corvette Stingray appeared first on Gas 2. ...
• Researchers ID structure of key intermediate in enzyme converting methane to methanol; potential for synthetic fuels Green Car Congress (Today) - A team from the University of Minnesota and Michigan State University has identified the structure of the key intermediate “Q” in the enzyme methane monooxygenase (MMO). MMO catalyzes the O2-dependent conversion of methane to methanol in methanotrophic bacteria, thereby preventing the emission into the...
• Obama Administration recommends designating most of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness Green Car Congress (Today) - On Sunday, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released its revised proposed comprehensive conservation plan and final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the 19.64-million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The FWS’ preferred alternative recommends an additional 12.28 million acres—including the Coastal Plain—for designation as...
• GM launches Green Dealer Recognition program Green Car Congress (Today) - GM has launched a “Green Dealer Recognition” program for Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac dealerships across the US. Participating dealers have proven track records in areas such as energy reduction, renewable energy use, water conservation efforts, recycling, on-site nature habitats and community outreach. The...
• China Yuchai LNG engine powers the “Fuel Efficient Heavy-Duty Truck of the Year 2014” in China Green Car Congress (Today) - China Yuchai International announced that a “K-Gold” model C&C truck equipped with the YC6K1340N liquid natural gas (LNG) engine has won the “Fuel Efficient Heavy-Duty Truck of the Year 2014” at China’s largest annual commercial vehicle event. At 13 liters, the YC6K1340N engine has...
• More Charging Stations For The Electric Circuit hybridCARS (Today) - Following its promise, the Electric Circuit went on all through last week with one announcement per day during the Montreal Auto Show. We reported on the first few announcements last week, announcements relating to the expansion of Quebec’s Electric Circuit EV charging network. The first...
• Porsche Planning Tesla Fighting EV For As Soon As 2016 hybridCARS (Today) - If a German-language report is correct, Porsche is developing its first dedicated all-electric Tesla competitor, the Pajun. According to Auto Motor und Sport, “there is speculation” the Pajun will be on the market by 2016. The Pajun, called by some a “baby Panamera” has been...
• NHTSA to include 2 automatic emergency braking systems in NCAP recommendations Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) plans to add two advanced automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems—crash imminent braking (CIB) and dynamic brake support (DBS)—to the recommended advanced safety features included under its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP). The addition is the latest in a...
• Kia K900: the Thinking Man’s Maserati Quattroporte Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - The 2015 Kia K900 is bigger, nicer, faster, and more powerful than the last Maserati Quattroporte I drove back in 2011, and gets 30% better MPG, too! The post Kia K900: the Thinking Man’s Maserati Quattroporte appeared first on Gas 2. ...
• Japan Spending Big On Hydrogen Fuel Ahead Of Olympics Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Tokyo and the Japanese government plan to invest $385,000,000 in hydrogen refueling infrastructure ahead of the 2020 Olympics. The post Japan Spending Big On Hydrogen Fuel Ahead Of Olympics appeared first on Gas 2. ...
• Dana offering Spicer PowerBoost hydraulic-hybrid system for off-highway field testing; demonstrated fuel savings of 20-25% Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Dana Holding Corporation is now offering its Spicer PowerBoost hydraulic-hybrid system for field testing by off-highway original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Dana engineers have conducted extensive field tests of the Spicer PowerBoost system integrated with a dual-motor hydrostatic transmission in a series configuration. These functional evaluations include...
• Toyota’s Bob Carter Rebuts Elon Musk’s Comments Against Fuel Cell Vehicles hybridCARS (2 days ago) - Toyota has for a while heard criticism against “fool cells,” as Tesla CEO Elon Musk called them last June, and this week Senior Vice President of Automotive Operations Bob Carter answered Musk’s latest panning of the technology. The occasion was with CNBC’s Phil LeBeau at...
• DOE to issue $35M funding opportunity for hydrogen and fuel cell technology; Class 1-2 fuel cell plug-in hybrids Green Car Congress (2 days ago) - The US Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a $35-million funding opportunity (FOA DE-FOA-0001224) (earlier post) covering a broad spectrum of its Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) portfolio with topics ranging from research and development (R&D) to demonstration and deployment projects. In particular,...
• Debunking a winter myth: No need to idle your car more than 30 seconds before driving TreeHugger (2 days ago) - Maybe it was true back in the day, but it isn't anymore and people who believe it cause a huge amount of waste....
• Formula 1 2015: Force India Debuts New VJM08 Gas 2.0 (2 days ago) - With Mercedes power pushing young stars Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenburg, Force India is poised for good things in 2015! The post Formula 1 2015: Force India Debuts New VJM08 appeared first on Gas 2. ...
• Gurit wins multi-annual automotive supply contract for carbon fiber body panels Green Car Congress (2 days ago) - Gurit, a worldwide developer and manufacturer of advanced composites and technologies, has been selected as the supplier for carbon fiber based automotive body panels at a total contract value of more than CHF 30 million (US$34.2 million) calculated on a multi-annual basis. Starting in the...

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