article thumbnail

Report: facelifted VW e-Golf late this year to boost capacity 48% to 35.8 kWh; 120 kW motor

Green Car Congress

Electrive.net reports that the facelifted VW e-Golf, due out late in autumn 2016, will boost its battery capacity 48% from 24.2 Range will be extended to around 300 km (186 miles) NEDC, said Dr. Volkmar Tanneberger, Head of Electrics / Electronics Development at Volkswagen, at a journalist workshop at the Formula E race in Berlin.

Motor 150
article thumbnail

GAZ Group introduces specialized CNG trucks

Green Car Congress

GAZ Group, Russia’s largest manufacturer of commercial motor vehicles, has introduced new compressed natural gas (CNG) models of specialized vehicles: a garbage truck with rear loading and a repair mobile workshop created on the base of a GAZon Next CNG medium-duty truck.

article thumbnail

GLM launches EV brand and shows two models in Hong Kong

Green Car Congress

In October 2016, GLM presented the GLM-G4 at the Paris Motor Show 2016. GLM plans to set up a workshop and R&D center in China to tap the demand in Greater China for EVs. GLM launched its first car, GLM-ZZ, as Japan’s first electric sports car for the mass market in August 2014.

article thumbnail

GM and Stellantis Back Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet

Cars That Think

For several years, the automobile industry has grappled with a straightforward question: Is it possible to produce a powerful, efficient, and mass-producible synchronous motor that contains no rare-earth elements at all? For every 100 kilowatts of peak power, an EV motor uses an average of 1.2

GM 103
article thumbnail

Jaguar Land Rover lead partner in $160M automotive advanced R&D center in UK

Green Car Congress

JLR is investing £50m, along with Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC), WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group ) and the UK Government’s Higher Education Funding Council England (HEFCE). Jaguar Land Rover expects that it will more than double the size of its advanced research team to 500 people by the time the NAIC opens in 2016.

article thumbnail

California ARB Backs White House Program for Medium- and Heavy-Duty and Next Phase of Light-Duty Vehicle GHG and Fuel Economy Standards; Looking for LDV Improvements on the Order of 3-6% Annually

Green Car Congress

California had agreed to defer to the proposed national standard through model year 2016 rather than proceeding with implementing the Pavley greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles. California has incorporated these national standards into its motor vehicle emissions program. Earlier post.).

article thumbnail

Continental focusing on automated driving as key long-term technology strategy; receives approval to test automated vehicles on Nevada roads

Green Car Congress

Vehicle automation is set to be rolled out in stages, starting with partially automated driving from 2016; high levels of automation from 2020; and fully automated systems available from 2025. From 2016, partially automated systems may therefore be assisting drivers in “stop & go” situations on the freeway at low speeds of up to 30 km/h (18.6

Nevada 312