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• The Model X electric SUV is coming! Tesla stopped Model S production to retool California factory TreeHugger (Today) - The latest news are that there are at least 13,000 reservations, so if you want one, better get in line soon because the wait will only get longer....
• 2016 Opel Ampera Cancelled (Probably) Gas 2.0 (Today) - When the Opel Ampera debuted in Europe in 2012, it commanded a huge chunk of the plug-in car market, selling over 5,200 units in its first year. By 2013 though, sales and interest had sunk some 40%, with just 3,184 Amperas finding owners, and...
• What happens when a Nissan Leaf runs out of charge? TreeHugger (Today) - Answer: It just keeps going. (Sort of.)...
• 2015 Hyundai Tucson Spied During Desert Testing Gas 2.0 (Today) - The current Hyundai Tucson crossover/SUV thing doesn’t exactly occupy a warm, happy place in my heart. That said, it is the basis for Hyundai’s expensive hydrogen fuel cell push – as such, it is not only relevant to my interests, but probably should be...
• Ford provides some performance specs for its new 2.7L twin-turbo EcoBoost for the MY2015 F-150 Green Car Congress (Today) - The MY 2015 Ford F-150 will offer a new high-output, twin-turbo 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 producing 325 hp (242 kW) and 375 lb-ft (508 N·m) of torque. Due to the extensive lightweighting in the new F-150 (earlier post), this will improve the power-to-weight ratio of...
• Kawasaki Ninja Gets a New Batman Look, On the Cheap Gas 2.0 (Today) - Kawasaki’s budget Ninja is one of the best all-around city bikes money can buy, and is one of the most recommended “first sport-bikes” in the history of wheeled things. Truly out-riding the bike’s stratospheric, 19,000 RPM engine and storied handling capabilities on a track...
• NIST develops prototype meter test for hydrogen refueling stations Green Car Congress (Today) - The TFF. Click to enlarge. To support the fair sale of gaseous hydrogen as a vehicle fuel, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a prototype Transient Flow Facility (TFF) to test the accuracy of hydrogen fuel dispensers. The...
• DOE focusing on fuel cell and hydrogen topics in FY 2015 SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 1 Green Car Congress (Today) - The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Fiscal Year 2015 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 1 technical topics. These topics include non-platinum catalysts for fuel cells and detection of contaminants in hydrogen. DOE’s key hydrogen...
• Tesla Gears Up For Model X Production, Idles Plant For Retooling hybridCARS (Today) - Tesla will be doing something new to the company in the coming months: producing more than one type of vehicle at a time. Tesla will soon build both the new Model X SUV along with its existing Model S sedan on the same production line....
• Video: Tesla Model S Navigates The Nürburgring Gas 2.0 (Today) - The Nordschleife. The Green Hell. The Nurburgring. This massive race track located in the heart of Germany has become the place to set performance car benchmark, with the infamous North Loop consisting of more than 14 miles of twists, turns, and serious elevation changes....
• Global Bioenergies receives advanced fermentation unit to produce gaseous hydrocarbons Green Car Congress (Today) - Global Bioenergies (GBE), a leading developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins (earlier post) has received an fermentation unit and its associated devices optimized for the fermentative production of gaseous hydrocarbons. The elements were...
• Renault to supply Fiat with light commercial vehicle Green Car Congress (Today) - Renault and Fiat have signed an agreement under which Renault will supply Fiat with a light commercial vehicle based on a Renault platform. The styling of the Fiat vehicle will be developed by Fiat and will feature unique and distinctive elements on the model,...
• SwRI to lead oil and gas separation technology joint industry project Green Car Congress (Today) - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) launched a multi-million dollar joint industry project to better understand oil and gas separation technology. The objective of the Separation Technology Research Program (STAR Program) is to combine industry knowledge and resources to advance research that could lead to better...
• New Smart Roadster Not In The Cards Gas 2.0 (Today) -   Last week, Daimler revealed the 2016 Smart ForTwo and ForFour, which have undergone a radical transformation that Daimler hopes will lift the brand profile, as well offer something sportier options that add some edge to the microcars. That raised hopes that the long-lusted-after Smart Roadster might...
• The Jaguar Smart Assistant Knows Your Every Move Gas 2.0 (Today) - There is no escaping the rise of the driverless car. The Google Car is on the roads today, and new studies suggest we won’t even be driving cars in the next 30 years. Jaguar’s Smart Assistant car technology, for better or worse, is undoubtedly...
• Student-Built Solar Car Will Attempt Record-Breaking Average Speed Run hybridCARS (Today) - A team of students from the University of New South Wales in Australia is hoping to add another record to their mantel tomorrow. 23. The Sunswift team, which is comprised of about 60 engineering, business and support members, had previously set a Guinness World Record...
• Could Autonomous Cars Increase Pollution And Sprawl? Gas 2.0 (Today) - Though we’re only at the dawn of the self-driving car era, many people are more than ready to welcome our new autonomous automotive overlords. Autonomous cars are being hailed as the solution to urban sprawl, pollution, and of course traffic congestion. But what if...
• New Volvo XC90 offering two new enhanced automated safety features and new automatic parking capability Green Car Congress (Today) - The new XC90 will automatically brake should the driver turn in front of an oncoming vehicle. Click to enlarge. Volvo Cars’ new mid-size SUV XC90—which will be revealed in August—will offer two new “world-first” automated safety features: auto brake when turning in front of...
• Through The Eyes of Lucas di Grassi: One Fast Formula E Lap hybridCARS (Today) - Is your office job only so much fun? Formula E racer Lucas di Grassi shows us what he sees when he goes to work, and the view from the seat of the F1-trained driver does not look like you’d likely doze off mid-day. Audi Sport...
• Audi A8 E-Tron Will Use TDI Engine Gas 2.0 (Today) -   A report in Auto Express says that the upcoming Audi A8 e-tron will use it’s all new 3.0 liter TDI engine to power the plug-in hybrid.This may give Audi an efficiency edge on its PHEV competitors, cars like the Mercedes S Class HYBRID and the...
• Shanghai GM previews new Envision midsize SUV; 2.0L turbo with start/stop Green Car Congress (Today) - Shanghai GM previewed the all-new Buick Envision, announcing its Chinese name as “Ang Ke Wei” (昂科威); the new high-end midsize SUV will go on sale across China later this year. Envision is equipped with a 2.0T direct injection turbocharged engine—named one of Ward’s 10...
• ABB and Volvo Buses partnering on fast-charging system for hybrid and electric buses Green Car Congress (Today) - ABB and Volvo Buses are partnering to co-develop and to commercialize electric and hybrid buses with open standards-based direct current (DC) fast charging systems. The cooperation will create a city-wide standardized charging system for electric and electric hybrid buses that can charge buses quickly...
• Newly-established Opel Group responsible for all GM’s European business including Russia Green Car Congress (Today) - Effective 1 July 2014, the newly-established Opel Group assumed full responsibility for General Motors’ business in Europe. Through this new entity, the company aggregates the responsibilities for Opel/Vauxhall as well as all other operations of GM in Europe—including Russia. Led by Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann,...
• Voith introducing new energy absorbers for trains made of fiber composite plastics Green Car Congress (Today) - Voith GFRP energy absorber: 60% weight reduction compared with standard steel absorbers. Click to enlarge. Voith is introducing a lateral energy absorber made of glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) and aluminum. Compared with standard steel absorbers a weight reduction of 60% could be achieved....
• Tesla Model S Crosses America in 67 Hours, 21 minutes hybridCARS (Today) - Traversing the United States in an EV in a short time is possible and Edmunds.com’s team has proven it at the wheel of a Tesla. A team from Edmunds.com broke the cross-country speed record in an electric vehicle when driving from Redondo Beach, Calif. to...
• 2015 Buenos Aires Formula E Track Unveiled hybridCARS (Yesterday) - The circuit layout and location for Formula E’s 2015 Buenos Aires ePrix has been revealed. Buenos Aires will host round four of the new all-electric FIA Formula E Championship. Taking place on January 10, 2015, the 2.44 kilometers (1.516 miles) track will run counter-clockwise and...
• Opel Ampera Getting The Axe hybridCARS (Yesterday) - A report has it that Opel will cease offering the Ampera after next year’s redesign of the Chevrolet Volt upon which the Ampera is based. Following abysmal sales, the word given by two “people familiar with the matter” to Automotive News Europe confirms again 2016...
• Video: Smart Runs Head First Into S-Class hybridCARS (Yesterday) - Thinking about a new $13,000-and-up Smart car but wondering about that all-important safety aspect? Daimler made a point by running the diminutive redesigned city car head-on into the head-of-state worthy S-Class weighing double, and with much less doubt of its crashworthiness. The in-house test actually...
• Chinese Tesla Fan Builds Crowdsourced Charging Network Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Electric vehicle chargers are slowly breaking into the mainstream here in the U.S., but for Tesla drivers in China, they are few and far between. One Chinese businessman is looking to change that. When Andrew Zong picked up his new Tesla Model S in Beijing...
• USABC awards $7.7M contract to Envia Systems for advanced EV battery development; layered-layered cathode, Si-based anode Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization operated by Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded a $7.7-million advanced battery technology development contract for electric vehicle applications to Envia Systems. The competitively bid contract award is...

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