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• Iowa study suggests miscanthus would yield more biomass in Iowa soil than originally thought Green Car Congress (Today) - Miscanthus, a perennial grass with vast potential to produce biomass, would deliver even better yields than once thought in Iowa, according to research by agronomists at Iowa State University. The research indicates that miscanthus could have a major role to play in the future...
• Daimler Delaying Hydrogen FCV Until 2017 hybridCARS (Today) - Daimler has been very involved with fuel-cell electric vehicle research and various prototypes since the early 1990s. And, the German giant has been public about the genesis of its technology, including early involvement with Canadian experts Ballard Power Systems, however the company still hasn’t launched...
• Japan Offers $20,000 For Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles Gas 2.0 (Today) - Honda and Toyota, two of Japan’s largest automakers, have wholly embraced hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as the alternative fuel of the future. They aren’t alone either, with the Japanese government doling out a huge $20,000 incentive towards the purchase of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles,...
• EEI encourages utilities to spend at least 5% of fleet acquisition budgets on plug-ins Green Car Congress (Today) - The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) released a white paper, “Transportation Electrification: Utility Fleets Leading the Charge,” that focuses on the electric power industry’s effort to accelerate the expansion of electric transportation in commercial and retail markets, beginning with electric utility fleets. The paper encourages...
• Opel will drop the Ampera; new EV in 2014-2018 time frame Green Car Congress (Today) - Taking a page out of Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk’s Twitter-based announcement style, Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann (@KT_Neumann) tweeted today (in both English and German) that after the run-out of the current generation Ampera plug-in hybrid, Opel will introduce a successor product in the EV...
• New Ford SVT Raptor Could Go EcoBoost As Well Gas 2.0 (Today) - Slowly but surely, Ford has been usurping the status quo with its pickups, first by offering the 3.5 liter EcoBoost V6 as a V8 replacement, and then wholly embracing an aluminum body. Now Ford is reportedly tinkering with the formula to the popular SVT...
• 2016 Smart ForTwo Brabus Already Caught Testing Gas 2.0 (Today) - So there won’t be a new Smart Roadster according to Smart CEO Annette Winkler. That makes me a sad panda, but Smart fans looking for something a bit sportier won’t be disappointed. Autoblog posted these spy pictures of what they claim is a Brabus-tuned...
• New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit Green Car Congress (Today) - The new $148-million lightweight metals manufacturing institute announced in February by President Obama (earlier post) will locate in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, officials from the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) and the city announced today. ALMMII is a public-private partnership led...
• HOV Access The Biggest Buying Point Of Plug-In Cars Gas 2.0 (Today) - Originally posted on CleanTechnica California is the leading purchaser of plug-in vehicles, with cars like the Tesla Model S and Chevy Volt becoming a regular sight on the Golden State’s congested highways. As it turns out though, that very car congestion could be why...
• SwRI receives $1.8M DOE award to develop linear motor reciprocating compressor for hydrogen Green Car Congress (Today) - Compression is a major contributor to the cost of hydrogen fueling. Source: Elgowainy et al. Click to enlarge. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will begin work in August on a $1.8-million contract awarded by the US Department of Energy DOE to develop, to fabricate and...
• The Tesla Model S Body Kit From Unplugged Performance Gas 2.0 (Today) -   Unplugged Performance has released new pics of its debut body kit package for the Tesla Model S. While there are to be purists who will hate on any alterations to the sleek production styling, give Unplugged Performance credit for trying to liven it up a bit....
• Nissan’s Free Public Charging With a New Leaf Promo Now Includes LA hybridCARS (Today) - Today Nissan added Los Angeles its “No Charge to Charge” promo making this its 11th market to receive free public charger access with purchase of a new Leaf. The package gets those who lease or buy the all-electric mid-sized hatchback an RFID chip enabled EZ-Charge...
• Tesla Idles Factory To Retool For Model X Production Gas 2.0 (Today) - Tesla Motors is different from every other automaker in the world in almost every way, the operative word being “almost”. With production of the Tesla Model X slated to begin this fall, the electric automaker has idled its Fremont factory for retooling the next two...
• Jaguar F-Type Becomes Glorified Bike Rack Gas 2.0 (Today) - The Jaguar F-Type is a car that oozes sex and performance, and it needs nothing in terms of aftermarket add-ons to enhance that look. Heck, altering the Jag’s street presence, beyond maybe some new wheels or a lowering kit, would be borderline heresy. At...
• Enerpulse explains mechanism by which pulsed energy ignition plugs enhance fuel economy Green Car Congress (Today) - Enerpulse Technologies said that it has further identified the underlying mechanism by which its its pulsed energy ignition technology improves fuel economy, reduces emission and delivers higher torque in spark ignited (SI) internal combustion (IC) engines. (Earlier post.) Nano-Plasma Assisted Combustion (n-PAC is the...
• Continental develops electric parking brake for compact cars with drum brakes Green Car Congress (Today) - Continental has developed an Electric Parking Brake (EPB) for drum brakes. It is especially tailored to the lower-priced automotive segment that, up until now, has had to make do with mechanical parking brakes built into the existing drum brake on the rear axle. The...
• 2015 Ford F-150 Makes 325 Horsepower With 2.7 Liter EcoBoost Gas 2.0 (Today) - Arguably one of the most important vehicles of the next year, the 2015 Ford F-150 has wholly embraced lightweight aluminum and small turbocharged engines in an effort to boost fuel economy. Headlining the 2015 F-150’s powertrain lineup is a new 2.7 liter EcoBoost V6...
• Ford Details New V6 Engine Options For 2015 F-150 hybridCARS (Today) - Given that the Ford F-Series has been the best-selling vehicle in both the United States and Canada for what feels like forever, it’s no surprise that the company’s upcoming 2015 model has caused plenty of concern. Both the unproven aluminum-intensive construction meant to drastically decrease...
• 97% of US buyers opted for 2.5L stop/start base engine on 2014, 2015 Malibu Green Car Congress (Today) - 2014 ECOTEC 2.5L I-4 iVLC DI (LKW) with stop/start. Click to enlarge.Ninety-seven percent of customers in the US who purchased a 2014 or 2015 Malibu—accounting for about 83,000 vehicles—opted for the 2.5-liter, 4-cylinder base engine (LKW) equipped with standard stop/start technology, according to GM....
• U Mich poll finds support for carbon tax grows when revenue fuels renewable energy Green Car Congress (Today) - A carbon tax with revenues used to fund renewable energy programs gained support from 60 percent of Americans, according to a University of Michigan poll. That’s the highest among tax options presented and one that crossed the political divide with majorities of Democrats, Republicans...
• Non-intrusive bio-monitoring system anticipates driver fatigue in the vehicle to prevent accidents Green Car Congress (Today) - The Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (Biomechanics Institute - IBV) and its consortium partners in the European project HARKEN have developed a non-intrusive system integrated into smart materials which is capable of monitoring cardiac and respiratory rhythms in order to prevent drivers from falling...
• Start/Stop Tech Proves Popular In Chevy Malibu hybridCARS (Today) - General Motors revealed 97 percent of customers who purchased a 2014 or 2015 Malibu opted for the 2.5-liter, 4-cylinder base engine equipped with standard stop/start technology. This 97 percent of Malibu sold in the U.S. represents about 83,000 vehicles, added GM. It is the most...
• Lexus CT 200h Named Northwest’s Favorite Hybrid hybridCARS (Today) - The 2014 Lexus CT 200h was named Favorite Hybrid at the Northwest Automotive Press Association’s (NWAPA) Drive Revolution event last week in Portland. During NWAPA’s annual summer event, journalists assessed the green vehicle market, learned and engaged about upcoming technology and shared what’s worked in...
• Tesla Model S Hacked by Chinese University Team Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - Just a few weeks after Elon Musk offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who could successfully hack a Model S, a Chinese team from Zhejiang University has hacked the electric luxury sedan, reports the South China Monitoring Post. The team was able to remotely unlock...
• Ballard to supply New Flyer Industries with next generation power module for fuel cell bus Green Car Congress (Yesterday) - Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order from New Flyer Industries for the delivery of Ballard’s first next-generation FCvelocity-HD7 fuel cell power module to a North American bus manufacturer. (Earlier post.) Delivery of the power module to New Flyer Industries is planned for...
• The Model X electric SUV is coming! Tesla stopped Model S production to retool California factory TreeHugger (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - Answer: It just keeps going. (Sort of.)...
• 2015 Hyundai Tucson Spied During Desert Testing Gas 2.0 (Yesterday) - 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 (Yesterday) - 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...

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