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Toyota details design of fuel cell system

Source: Green Car Congress: Toyota details design of fuel cell system in Mirai; work on electrode catalysts

While other major automakers have either introduced (Hyundai, Honda) or are in serious development of new hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for the market, Toyota continues to take the point in not just promoting, but also supporting the broader technical (and infrastructure) development required for a large-scale realization of hydrogen-based electromobility.

At the 2015 CES, Toyota announced royalty-free use of approximately 5,680 fuel-cell-related patents held globally, including critical technologies developed for the Mirai fuel cell vehicle. (Earlier post.) At the SAE 2015 World Congress, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers detailing some of the technology innovations used in Mirai fuel cell stack....

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2016 Chevy Cruze: MPG beats even last year's Eco model

Source: 2016 Chevy Cruze: Gasoline version's MPG beats even last year's Eco model - CSMonitor.com

The 2016 Chevrolet Cruze EPA fuel-economy ratings beat those of all gasoline versions of the previous-generation model.

The second-generation Cruze was unveiled last June, and shown in China before that, but is just now going on sale throughout the U.S..

It achieves a best of 30 mpg city, 42 mpg highway, 35 mpg combined, making good on Chevy's promise that the 2016 Cruze would achieve at least 40 mpg highway.
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So when I first read this, I wondered about the Cruze diesel that never went on sale. So I substituted a Jetta diesel:

	model	City	Comb	Hwy	MSRP	Volume
1	Cruze Limited	26	30	38	$16-24k	104 ft{3}
2	Cruze ECO	26	31	39	$20-21k	104 ft{3}
3	Cruze Premier	30	34	40	$23k	104 ft{3}
4	Cruze	30	35	42	$16-$21k	104 ft{3}...

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Chevy Malibu hybrid

Source: Green Car Congress: GM details 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid powertrain design and operation

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Like many GM solutions, more brute force than finess, but since when has GM shown technical excellence since the accountants captured mahogany row?

Bob Wilson

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