Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016
TDK Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to establish a joint venture—TDK Automotive Technologies Corporation—that will develop, manufacture and sell automotive inverters for hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles. million units in aggregate.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2014
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) is maintaining its stance on B5 (5% biodiesel, i.e., fatty acid methyl ester, blends) as the maximum until further findings and market observations on the use of B7 are reported. Impact on exhaust aftertreatment systems. Source: JATOP.Click to enlarge. Impact on stability.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
The nine-speed automatic torque converter transmission is a first in the large van segment. Using SCR technology (Selective Catalytic Reduction) including AdBlue as an exhaust aftertreatment process, the proportion of nitrogen oxides after combustion falls by more than 80%. Use of the address system “what3words” is also new.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2016
The FIA WEC regulations have been providing automobile manufacturers with incentives to build increasingly efficient race cars since 2014. The Audi R18 converts the rotary motion of the front wheels into electrical energy when the driver brakes before entering a turn and feeds it into the storage system.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 12, 2015
In June 2013, Audi commissioned a power-to-gas facility in the north German town of Werlte, thus becoming the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy sources. The Audi e-gas plant can convert 6MW of input power. The process to convert isobutene to isooctane is well-established.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 16, 2011
This approach allows automobile manufacturers to create packages of technologies that can be tailored to meet specific cost and effectiveness targets, as opposed to developing diesel or full hybrid alternatives that offer a single large benefit, but at a significant cost increase.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
Cylinder deactivation: deactivates the intake and exhaust valves and prevents fuel injection into some cylinders during light-load operation. Variable valve timing: alters the timing or phase of the intake valve, exhaust valve, or both, primarily to reduce pumping losses, increase specific power, and control residual gases.
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