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Ford Lightweight Concept. Ford Motor Company unveiled its Lightweight Concept vehicle, which uses advanced materials to explore future weight-reduction solutions that could improve performance and fuel efficiency while reducing CO 2 emissions. Click to enlarge. —Raj Nair, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Nissan TeRRA SUV concept. Nissan will unveil the Nissan TeRRA SUV fuel cell electric vehicle concept at the 2012 Paris Motor Show on 27 September. In each back wheel, providing all-wheel power as needed, is an in-wheel electric motor, based on the working prototypes featured in three successive PIVO concepts. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Honda Civic Concept. The Honda Civic Si Concept coupe and Civic Concept sedan made their world debuts at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, providing the first official glimpse at the styling direction of the 9 th -generation 2012 model set to go on sale this spring. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 1, 2013

The EU-funded ‘POWERtrain for FUture Light-duty vehicles’ ( POWERFUL ) project is targeting a 40% reduction in CO 2 emissions for SI (gasoline) engines and a 20% reduction for CI (diesel) with respect to 2005. The four-year, €24.3-million a PEMS (portable emissions measurement system) approach.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

Ever since Acura ditched the much-loved NSX back in 2005, Honda hasn’t had an “everyday supercar” to call its own. Now the Japanese automaker has decided to let the venerable NSX be reborn: as a leaner, faster, greener version of its former self: the Acura NSX Hybrid Concept.

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MARCH 16, 2024

The automaker released two concepts, one in 2001 at the Tokyo Motor Show and the GT-R Proto at the same event in 2005. The automaker also showcased the Hyper Force concept at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show hinting at the same. The R25 GT-R entered production in December 2007, although development started back in 2000.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

in engineering, moved from Daimler, where he held various management posts, to join Porsche as Head of Innovation and Concepts in 2002. In 2005, he took charge of the Panamera series and played a key role in the success of this model. Steiner, who holds a Ph.D.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

If you’ve been a fan of electric cars for more than a few years, you’ll probably remember Nissan’s adventurous all-electric concept cars -- the Pivo 1 from 2005 or Pivo 2 from 2007.

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After the basic concept development in 2000, it was first adopted as a mass-produced product in April 2004, and the cumulative total has now reached three million after reaching earlier milestones of one million in November 2016, and two million in January 2020. The Yamaha Performance Damper has received numerous awards.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Hankook and Bridgestone are among the several others that have presented airless tire concepts, and Goodyear has a prototype. Then it showed what appeared to be an evolution of the tires in its 2023 Lunar Cruiser EV concept. Tesla Model 3 with prototype Goodyear airless tires There have been other attempts at airless tire designs.

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JULY 29, 2009

In a press conference announcing the decision, Reithofer said that BMW will showcase a concept car as a “ CO 2 champion ” at the upcoming IAA (Frankfurt Auto Show) in September to demonstrate “ a whole new dimension of driving pleasure with regards to efficiency with performance. ”. BMW had acquired the Swiss Sauber Formula One team in 2005.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Volkswagen Brand Technical Development, in front of the Volkswagen Concept Car L1 in Frankfurt. Volkswagen unveiled the L1, its second-generation one-liter class concept car, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The earlier, first-generation 1-Litre concept. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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MAY 19, 2022

The concept image below is of a 4.5 In ground effect, however, the range increases to 18,500 km, illustrating the appeal of designs like these, but Boeing dropped the project in 2005 to focus on lower cost, less risky options. million kg vehicle, 175m long with a 100m wingspan, powered by 20 (!) million kg of cargo.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The SBRC partners have been working together to prove the concept of a comprehensive value chain that is centered around the Seawater Energy and Agriculture System (SEAS). The initiative also addresses food security in the UAE through the farming of seafood as a core element in the process. The UAE is proud to be a pioneer in this domain.

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JUNE 5, 2014

The potential for a multifunctional composite material which can simultaneously carry mechanical loads while storing and delivering electrical energy, said Dr. Emile Greenhalgh, project coordinator, at Imperial College London, was demonstrated by researchers at the US Army Research Lab in 2005. Electrochem. South, Robert H. Carter, James F.

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MARCH 15, 2009

Flight Design GmbH will debut a hybrid engine concept for light aircraft at the upcoming Aero show in Friedrichshafen, Germany (2-5 April). Flight Design developed the concept engine over the past two years with Franz Aircraft Engines. The concept is based on a Rotax aircraft engine together with an electric booster.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

This led to a proposed concept of a Radial Internal Combustion Wave Rotor—the precursor to the wave disc engine. . Early concept of an internal combustion wave disc engine. Janusz Piechna, Pezhman Akbari, Florin Iancu, Norbert Müller (2004) Radial-Flow Wave Rotor Concepts, Unconventional Designs and Applications (IMECE2004-59022).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

For two years in succession, 2005 and 2006, the 373 kW/507 hp ten-cylinder engine took overall victory in the Engine of the Year Award, and in the two years that followed achieved first place on each occasion in the category for engines with displacement above 4 liters.

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JUNE 2, 2013

The collaborative project was initiated in July of 2011 as part of an integrated renewable energy concept being studied by Ad Astra with application to distributed power architectures and other derivative uses.

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MAY 7, 2020

At Mercedes-Benz, it returned in 2005 with the DIRECT SELECT automatic selector lever, which freed up the center console for other purposes. 2005 saw the debut of the then new models of the M-Class and S-Class with redesigned cockpits: the automatic selector lever moved from the center console to the steering column.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

There have been a number of concepts proposed to enable such VCR systems. 2005) “A Study Concerning the Noise and Vibration Characteristics of an Engine with Multiple-Link Variable Compression Ratio Mechanism,” SAE Technical Paper 2005-01-1134 doi: 10.4271/2005-01-1134. In a 1976 SAE paper, Grundy et al. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 4, 2018

In 2005, a Volkswagen Electronics Research Lab-Stanford University team claimed victory at the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge—widely considered the dawn of the automated vehicle era. Our vision is ‘Mobility for all, at the push of a button’. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

In 2005, 100 “Hydrogen 7” cars powered by the fuel’s V12 engines were produced by BMW. And in 2021, the company debuted the iX5 Hydrogen fuel cell concept car at the International Motor Show in Germany.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The study was authorized by the 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, which reauthorized federal transportation funding. Participant attitudes regarding the system and the overall concept of mileage-based charging were assessed. Of the miles driven without GPS, 6.9%

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

The global debut of the MG E-motion electric concept car at the Auto Shanghai motor show in April 2017 epitomized the strategy of the resurgent MG brand. SAIC has owned the British brand MG since 2005 and sells cars in China, as well as in other Asian markets, Australia, Latin America and the UK.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

The basis for the study is the concept of the “technological innovation system” (TIS) concept. The TIS concept also encompasses other factors, such as how society’s overall vision for a technology guides its development (the “direction of search”), and the ways in which societies come to accept a technology or not (legitimacy).

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

The Fund builds upon the vision and values of the E/S Orcelle, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics’ concept car carrier with a zero emissions capability, which carries no ballast water on board.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Mercedes-Benz has been conducting this environmental check regularly since 2005, starting with the S-Class at the time. Development of the components in the new powertrain was accompanied by concepts for eventual recycling. Different CO 2 scenarios depending on the power and hydrogen source.

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MAY 8, 2013

The Stones field is located in 9,500 feet (2,896 meters) of water, approximately 200 miles (320 kilometers) southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana, and was discovered in 2005. Shell is also in the concept selection phase for the Appomattox and Vito discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

Powertrain of the Mercedes-Benz Concept BlueZERO E-CELL, introduced in January 2009 in Detroit. Since the A-Class entered production in 1997 and the B-Class in 2005 more than 2.4 Between 2002 and 2005 Daimler AG invested about €900 million in the Rastatt plant for the second generation of the A-Class and the B-Class.

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Together with physicist Armin Zastrow, he pioneered the concept of agrivoltaics —the use of land for both agriculture and solar energy generation. That same year, he and Zastrow introduced the agrivoltaic concept, in which solar panels are built atop greenhouses or in structures above field crops to maximize land use.

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

First introduced in 2005, the most recent version of the DL06 is certified to Tier 4 interim exhaust emissions regulations, and is equipped with cooled EGR to reduce NO x emissions and a DPF to minimize particulate.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

The Electromagnetic Railgun Innovative Naval Prototype (INP) was initiated in 2005. The Phase I goal of 32 MJ muzzle energy proof-of-concept demonstration has been achieved. The railgun high-velocity projectile will destroy its targets due to its kinetic energy rather than with conventional explosives.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Until mid-2005, Runkle was Vice Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of Delphi Corporation, where he was the senior executive responsible for deploying lean principles and integrating engineering, manufacturing and purchasing, and for leading major international customer accounts. Don Runkle.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Nissan is to reveal a new version of its Pivo electric car concept at the forthcoming Tokyo Motor Show which opens on December 3, 2011. It is the eight EV concept has shown since its first, the Pivo 1, was revealed back in 2005. The new Pivo 3 is designed to show a more ‘realistic’ [.].

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JUNE 16, 2017

The main focus will be on the delivery and joint assembly of components as well as joint product concepts. With Scania the cooperation started in 2005 and resulted in the creation of CRUISE tourist coaches and VOYAGE-series inter-city coaches for sale on Russian and export markets.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

Also see: Maruti Gypsy Electric review: Future-proofing an icon Maruti Swift | 2005-present The hot-looking Swift was instrumental in changing the way buyers perceived Maruti Suzuki in India. Before its arrival in 2005, Maruti was associated with practicality and fuel efficiency, and generally perceived as a car for conservative buyers.

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