Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

At the 38 th Vienna Motor Symposium Volkswagen is introducing a new, more fuel-efficient “Coasting - Engine off” micro hybrid system—which shuts off the engine completely—as well as a new, compact three-cylinder natural gas engine for the Polo. Volkswagen has been represented in the marketplace with CNG engines since 2002.

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Gas Engine Motor Motors 207

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2009

plans to begin selling hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan in 2011. Nissan is likely to develop a low-cost, compact powertrain similar to those in Honda hybrids, with an electric motor to provide additional power to a constantly working engine. The Nikkei reports that Nissan Motor Co.

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Japan Nissan 2011 Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2014

CAM-7, with energy capacity exceeding 200 mAh/g; discharge capacity of 130 mAh/g at 100 C rate; a good low-temperature energy density and high safety is suitable for hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and electric vehicles (EV) batteries.

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Li-ion Design Companies Batteries 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

The seven awards bring the total number of GCEP-supported research programs to 117 since the project’s launch in 2002. The mineral perovskite is a promising, low-cost material for enhancing the efficiency of silicon solar cells. efficiency, low-cost silicon solar cells. Investigator: Hongjie Dai, Chemistry.

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Renewable Solar Zinc Air Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2009

The Envera VCR mechanism uses a low-cost eccentric carrier that holds the crankshaft of the engine. To maximize the fuel consumption benefits of the design, a VCR engine requires a low-cost fast response actuator that is reliable and efficient. The engine will attain about 38% efficiency at about 40 hp. Source: Envera.

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Engine 2002 Fuel Economy Oil 150

Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2009

Though it has made no secret of the fact that it believes the future of green cars lies with pure electric vehicles, Nissan plans to sell hybrid vehicles based on its own technology in Japan from 2011. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Nissan Nissan hybrid cars.

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Nissan Hybrid Lithium Ion Minivan 36

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

This subtopic seeks research and development projects on novel lubricant formulations expected to improve the efficiency of advanced combustion regime engines by at least 10% (improvement based on comparison to similarly configured 2002 or later commercially available combustion engine). Subtopics include: Low-Cost Development of Magnesium.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231