Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

General Motors electric delivery vehicle subsidiary BrightDrop is expanding its business and product portfolio with the launch of a new temperature-controlled eCart that helps streamline order fulfillment and pickup for online grocery purchases. Auto-braking to stop the electric motor that matches an operator’s walking speed up to 3 mph.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $20 million to spur the development of high-speed industrial motors and drives, using high power-density designs and integrated power electronics to increase efficiency. The fundamental operating frequency of electric motors traditionally has been limited to the line frequency of 60 Hz.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 15, 2023

If you go back far enough, a bunch of the initial funding for quadrupedal robots that enabled the commercial platforms that are available today was tied into the idea of robotic pack animals. It turns out that the ideal solution is to have the biggest possible motor,” Valsecchi says. “It

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors). GM’s all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Clearpath will use the funding to grow the company’s industrial division, OTTO Motors , launched in 2015 to focus on self-driving vehicles for material transport inside manufacturing and warehouse operations. Companies like Google, Tesla and Uber are still testing, whereas our self-driving vehicles are commercially available today.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

The purpose of this Phase III program is for the grantee to pursue commercial applications of work that derives from, extends, or logically concludes effort(s) performed under prior (Phase I/II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding agreements. Improved Magnetic Materials for Motors.

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Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2024

New Delhi: Reaffirming its commitment to support fuel cell and additional hydrogen-related products and technology toward a hydrogen economy, Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) Friday announced that it is renaming the TMNA R&D California office as its new North American Hydrogen Headquarters ( H2HQ ).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

($REE) remains a nascent EV startup specializing in modular platforms, “x-by-wire” technology, and unique in-wheel motors called REECorners. Commercial operators have taken notice of REE and the potential of its modular technology, filling its order books with tens of millions of dollars.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

General Motors Ventures LLC has invested in NanoSteel Company, a developer of proprietary nano-structured steel material. NanoSteel’s nano-structured alloys offer unique material characteristics that are not available today, making them a potential game-changer. Terms of the GM Ventures investment were not disclosed.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2010

The Runwise hybrid drive system is built around the company’s proprietary Power Drive Unit (PDU), C24 Variable Displacement Bent-Axis Hydraulic Pump/Motors, and Composite Bladder Accumulators—all designed specifically for high power, high start-and-stop applications.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A look at improving motor efficiency in two main categories: electrical and mechanical. In contrast, the main drivetrain components in an EV—battery, inverter, motor, and gear reduction and/or transmission—all have efficiencies in the mid-to-high 90-percent range.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

a global leader in LiDAR (Light, Detection and Ranging) technology, announced the completion of a combined $150 million investment from co-investors Ford Motor Company and China’s leading search engine company Baidu, Inc. Velodyne LiDAR, Inc., —Jing Wang, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Autonomous Driving Unit of Baidu.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2009

Since UBA still contains ~10% oxygen it is not a pure hydrocarbon and needs further treatment to convert it to motor fuel grade products. Among the technologies commercially available are FCC (catalytic cracking) and hydrotreatment/hydrocracking. UBA can blend freely with most hydrocarbon fuels in concentrations up at least 50%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

Nissan Motor Co., Separately, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced it will begin sales of its new-generation electric vehicle i-MiEV to individuals in Japan starting 1 April. Nissan also announced that it is developing a new quick charger that is almost half the current market price of quick chargers available today.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The report treats different motorized modes separately, with a focus on light-duty vehicles (LDVs), heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and powered two-wheelers. Although fuel-efficient technologies are commercially available, they are not yet widely enough deployed.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The current commercial offering thus offers the library as it was two years ago, Sanders said. While the Model Fuel Library can be used with many commercial simulation packages, most have limited kinetics capabilities and may not be able to take full advantage of the library, the company suggests. With the MFC coming to an end in Dec.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2011

The US Government has had a long history of partnership with companies and universities in developing and commercializing the new technologies that have been the foundation of economic success, from the telephone, to the microwave, to the jet engine, to the internet.

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

What’s more, bidirectional charging is no hypothetical future technology—it’s here now, and it’s being used around the world in pilot projects and a few commercial-scale programs. A handful of bidirectional-capable EVs are available today, and automakers are quickly implementing the technology. Gregory Poilasne: It’s all EVs.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2024

Assessing Hoverbikes’ Risks Safety concerns are just as big a hurdle to making hoverbikes available for sale. For larger aircraft like the big Boeing commercial jets and larger helicopters, the standard is even more stringent. The Mamba has a roll cage, and the motors are cross-shafted. “So, It’s one in one billion flight hours.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

gas, the first step in the commercial process of converting natural. lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. electric vehicle motors with alternative higher-performance. manufacturing to develop an ultra-high efficiency electric motor. commercial and military market. gas to liquid fuels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

The higher system voltage allows the use of a smaller, more powerful electric motor and reduces the weight of the motor, inverter, and battery wiring harnesses. The higher system voltage allows the use of a smaller, more powerful electric motor and reduces the weight of the motor, inverter, and battery wiring harnesses.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today. One PHEV company, Efficient Drivetrains Inc., The Hydrogen car and its issues.

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