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IHS Predicts How the Automotive Industry Will Look in 2040

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 07:53:02 +0000

In 23 years, three trends are projected to happen in the automotive industry: (1) as consumers welcome online commute services such as Uber and Grab, vehicle sales worldwide will decrease, (2) on the other hand, the demand for petroleum and gasoline will remain increasing, especially for non-transportation uses, and (3) majority of vehicles sold globally […]

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Ford Estimating 25% of Their Fleet to be Electric or Hybrid by 2020

Cristi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:52:42 +0000

Ford recently disclosed their long term plan coming to align with governmental laws related with fuel efficiency: by 2020, at least 25% of Ford's new cars will be either electric or hybrid vehicles. In North America, 7 of 10 vehicles will be gasoline-electric hybrids, such as the current Fusion hybrid version.

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New York City Increases EV Sales to 70,000 New Cars by 2015

Cristi — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:57:00 +0000

We all know that one of the industries that pollute the most is the automotive industry. With several millions of vehicles on the roads, that consume every day millions of tons of fossil fuels, the air in the megacities becomes more and more unbreathable.

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New Hope for EVs: Bolivia Holding World's Richest Lithium Field

Cristi — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:20:04 +0000

As the automotive industry has oriented itself towards green energy usage, the need of a "supreme" alternative resource is obvious. And what is more obvious is the demand of Electric Vehicles. EVs need to store their energy in batteries: mainly Lithium-Ion batteries. As of this particular reason, Lithium seems to be one of the most searched resource.

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GM Cancels the 53mpg Hybrid Chevrolet and Proceeds to PHEVs

Cristi — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:53:04 +0000

Even though electric vehicles seem to be the future, some car manufacturers do not rush into changing to green, alternative energy sources. There is some incertitude when it comes to changing so fast from fossil fuels and some automakers just take their time to see what is best for the market.

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New York's First EV Charging Station by Beautiful Earth Group

Cristi — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:50:12 +0000

Lately the automotive industry had directed its attention to the Electric Vehicle market and to the green energy usage. But if the electric energy that will power the EV is obtained from fossil fuels the EV won't be green anymore. Because of that particular reason several solar-powered charging stations were developed lately to help EV use alternative energy.

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IAV to Release On-the-fly Charging System for Electric Cars in 3 Years

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:08:54 +0000

A German supplier of electronics and powertrain design to most of the major automakers for the last 25 years gives a solution to both the battery and the car manufacturers. The company is called IAV (Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr), and their solution is to charge the electric cars on-the-go through electromagnetic induction.

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Remarkable Lifetime Results for EV Batteries

Cristi — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:30:05 +0000

Scientists from Southern California Edison (SCE) have developed an tested for two and a half years a lithium-ion battery sub-pack with very encouraging results. The battery tested survived 180,000miles with no significant deterioration.

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Lithium-Sulfur Batteries With 5-10 Times Increased Capacity

Cristi — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:15:22 +0000

Even if lithium-ion batteries are more known on the market and considered the most reliable, cheap and safe to use, lithium-sulfur batteries are catching up fast. There were several problems reported to the lithium-sulfur batteries but they will be solved in the close future as the capacity of the lithium-sulfur batteries is several times the one of the lithium-ion.

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