Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2019

NIO presented the swap concept at NIO Day in December 2017 for the first time and now demonstrated the actual system along with various technological innovations including the CFRP battery enclosure live at the 2019 Shanghai Auto Show. —Bin Wei, Senior Manager of Lightweight Engineering at NIO.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2009

H2BVplus hydrogen combustion engine. The BMW Group Forschung und Technik, in cooperation with researchers in Graz and Vienna, Austria, has developed a dedicated (i.e., monovalent) hydrogen combustion engine with diesel-like geometry and progressive H 2 high-pressure direct-injection technology. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

German manufacturer Schaeffler sees an opportunity: it is introducing a new generator at the heart of a smart drivetrain concept that some observers are calling bike-by-wire. Taking the chain out of the mix—if done successfully—would fly open the cramped world of cycle design to new shapes and configurations. It's a bike with no chain.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

A few months ago, BMW ended ICE production in Germany , moving ICE production from the Munich factory to the UK and Austria – a big step for the legacy automaker after cranking out polluting vehicles in its home country for 60 years. BMW’s all-electric i4 is currently built in Munich, a plant that has been making cars since 1922.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

As part of its partnership with CNL—a group of fifteen of Austria’s largest companies in the retail, logistics and production sectors—MAN will be making test vehicles available to nine CNL member companies for practical trials from the end of 2017. MAN Truck & Bus already presented the MAN Metropolis concept vehicle in 2012.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

The introduction of gas-powered engines and automobiles changed the world. In Austria, the leap was from zero highways to 68 in five years. Another issue is their design. Make their design cutting edge. The Future of Tech in Mobility. Where Will Flying Cars and Driverless Tech Take Transportation. Consumer Drive.

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EV Info

AUGUST 14, 2023

In a TESLA like presentation Fisker showcased the next 3 cars in the growing Fisker range Henrik Fisker believes the electric vehicle is the most fundamental shift in personal transport since the transition from the horse to the gasoline engine. The big question will of course be can these cars be made in volume and for a profit.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 10, 2021

Now, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) is showing off North America’s first electric fire engine from Austria-based Rosenbauer Group. The electric fire truck is designed to everything a conventional one can–and more. How Do Electric Engines Compare? Making History. The truck is loaded with technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At 48 volts, a VTES electric supercharger will transform 7kW of battery power into a highly boosted charge of air for downsized gasoline and diesel engines. Depending on the turbocharged engine system optimisation the boost could be as much as much as 70kW or 10 times the instantaneous power extracted from the batteries or supercapacitors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

The demonstrator further develops AVL’s efficient low carbon ELC concept ( earlier post ). The low-voltage technology enables aggressive, near-term down-sizing and down-speeding of existing engine families, the partners say. liters/100 km (42 mpg US) fuel consumption achieved at lower cost than an equivalent diesel model.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In the two-seat XL1, the developers successfully came up with a body concept which delivers more everyday utility than in the two previous prototypes. XL1’s engine. liter, two-cylinder diesel TDI engine (35 kW / 47 hp), E-motor (20 kW / 27 hp), 7-speed dual clutch gearbox (DSG) and lithium-ion battery. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Polestar performance software upgrade is initially available in Europe in the following Polestar markets: UK, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Austria. Accelerating from 80 to 120 km/h takes just 2.2 seconds, half a second quicker than in the standard car.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Even devices from the laboratories of electrical engineers, roboticists and computer scientists can be turned into musical instruments. euRobotics ] In this video, we give you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at how our KUKA Austria team works hard to bring you the ultimate mulled cider experience. CTU ] Thanks, Jiri!

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

This electric powertrain is designed in a way that means that it can be used to drive future distribution trucks and city buses manufactured by the Volkswagen Truck & Bus brands as a universal modular element. The e-Delivery is a modern truck for urban logistics designed to improve sustainability in the delivery of goods. The VW I.D.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

In advanced development of the vehicle into the Audi lunar quattro, its weight will be further reduced by the use of magnesium and other modifications to its design, although the vehicle might grow somewhat in size. The concept of a privately financed mission to the moon is fascinating. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

By virtue of the flexibility of the new Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) on which the current Golf design is based, Volkswagen was able to integrate the lithium-ion battery in space-saving fashion within a stabilizing frame in the vehicle floor (under the front and rear seats and in the area of the centre tunnel). Lithium-ion battery.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

The pickup truck, takes cab-forward packaging to an extreme, with no need for a large engine bay and the driver’s seat essentially over the front wheels. inch wheelbase, the Canoo is roughly the same length as compact pickups were more than 20 years ago—when the engine bay was part of the packaging. – March 10, via Forbes.

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