EV Central

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The battery-powered Polestar 6 roadster has been heralded a huge success after the first batch of 500 cars were snapped up following its official debut in the US. According to Polestar boss Thomas Ingenlath, additional build slots will be released before the end of this year for those who missed out on the first allocation.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Announcing that all three will be made at Nissan’s British Sunderland plant following a huge £3 billion ($5.7b) investment in both the factory where they will be built ND the building of or upgrading of three gigafactories. 2023 Nissan Hyper Urban concept. 2023 Nissan Hyper Urban concept. Nissan Ariya.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

At the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show, Volkswagen will introduce the “CrossBlue Coupé” concept plug-in hybrid SUV. The automaker introduced the “CrossBlue SUV” concept—developed specifically for the US and Canada—at the North American International Auto Show earlier this year. CrossBlue Coupé. Click to enlarge. Earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

In September, Czechoslovakia-based Škoda Electric introduced its first battery-electric bus. The company wants to build on the success of its trolleybuses, of which several hundred will be produced next year mainly for foreign customers. Škoda has also developed a hydrogen-powered and a hybrid bus.

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EV Central

MARCH 6, 2024

As a return, Fisker will allow Nissan to build its own ute based on the incoming Alaska pick-up scheduled for 2026. The battery-powered Nissan ute would share platforms and tech with the Alaska but be built in the Japanese firm’s own US based factory in either Mississippi or Tennessee. Fisker concepts on display.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

The move represents another technical building block for facilitating the integration of new automotive technologies while increasing the power and efficiency of its cars. Audi recently showcased the scope of the 48-volt electrical system with the two technology demonstrators Audi A6 TDI concept and RS 5 TDI concept.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2017

The Group said that its e-mobility offensive is a key building block in this engagement in intelligent transport systems: the Group will be launching more than ten new electrified models by the end of 2018. A further 30 purely battery-powered vehicles will follow in the period to 2025. Earlier post.)

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EV Central

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The 2024 Lucid Gravity has been pencilled in for an unveiling at the upcoming LA motor show on November 16, providing new powerful seven-seat opposition to the likes of large battery-powered SUVs like the Tesla Model X, BMW iX and Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Besides battery cell development, other key skills will be pooled there too, from the production of battery cell prototypes to build-to-print expertise. The BMW Group is already investing heavily in the entire value chain today. The collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

The main objective of the FCH2RAIL project is to develop, build, test, demonstrate and homologate a scalable, modular and multi-purpose Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack (FCHPP) applicable for different rail applications (multiple unit, mainline and shunting locomotives) also suitable to for retrofit existing electric and diesel trains, to reach TRL7.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2015

The Mission E battery-electric concept car made its premiere at the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) in September. Over the next few years, the company will build a new paint shop and a new assembly plant. Porsche Mission E concept at Frankfurt. Earlier post.) In addition, the existing body shop is being enlarged.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

After several years of groundwork, the company recently announced the completion of pre-production models of their 72V battery-powered lifestyle e2ws. The conception and design of our products were meticulously crafted by our in-house design team in collaboration with external design experts. Which are your core markets?

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EV Central

APRIL 11, 2024

That explains why the first three vans will all benefit from an advanced 800-volt electrical architecture and will be capable of being of being DC fast charged at levels previously only reserved for the most expensive battery-powered passenger cars.

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EV Central

MARCH 4, 2024

Beating both for looks, Renault cleverly stayed faithful to the well-received 2021 concept of the same name, keeping its styling that draws direct inspiration from the Renault 5 that was first launched back in 1972. The result is the smaller 40kWh battery weighs in at 240kg, while the bigger 52kWh battery tips the scale at 300kg.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

AI is an important building block in for a fully automated and driverless vehicle network of several individual ECUs (Electronic control units). Bosch and Daimler developed an efficient concept based on liquid cooling. The technology is to be ramped up for mass production by the beginning of the next decade.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2011

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) plans to introduce eight hybrid (HEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV), and battery-powered (BEV) models by fiscal year 2015 in anticipation that demand for low-carbon, fuel-efficient automobiles will expand worldwide. by Jack Rosebro. Mitsubishi will introduce 8 xEVs by FY 2015. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

As announced in May, Yara and Kongsberg have partnered to build the world’s first autonomous and fully electric container vessel. It will be a fully battery-powered solution, prepared for remote control and autonomous operation. 9 MWh battery pack, with two Azimuth pods and two tunnel thrusters. A 6-meter, 2.4-ton

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

In October, Toyota and Japanese oil giant Idemitsu Kosan announced they would develop and build solid-state EV batteries. The batteries are expected to begin rolling out in 2027, with mass production following. Toyota’s first solid-state battery-powered EV was due out in 2021, then it was in 2022.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

A large merchant ship, capable of carrying thousands of containers, could be powered by two (or more) 30-megawatt reactors. This artist’s conception, which is not based on any specific design for a cargo ship, is intended to show the approximate scale of such a vessel. Cost also played a big role in NuScale Power Corp.’s

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Sweden’s Vattenfall is aiming to build an offshore, hydrogen-producing wind-turbine demonstrator in the same area. And the Norwegian company H2Carrier recently received approval in principle for its concept for an industrial-scale floating production unit to make green ammonia at sea. And if so, how, exactly?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

By introducing new concepts, including energy stored on invested (ESOI), we map research avenues that could expedite the development and deployment of grid-scale energy storage. This analysis indicates that energy storage could provide some grid flexibility but its build up will require decades. —Charles Barnhart.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 19, 2024

Benefits of Wi-Fi 6 include up to 40 percent faster connectivity and speed for supported devices, increased network capacity through the use of multiuser, multiple-input, multiple-output (MU-MIMO) technology, and greater efficiency that conserves battery power. “As

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

In many respects, hydrogen FCVs could offer features that are similar to today’s gasoline cars and are more challenging to achieve in battery-powered vehicles, including good performance, large vehicle size, refueling time of 3-5 minutes and a range of 300-400 miles. These partnerships are bringing key stakeholders together.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2014

H 2 BER project concept. H2BER’s operating principle is based on applying hydrogen as an energy source produced using wind power and solar energy. 2G has installed a block heat power plant which is operated using the CO 2 -neutral energy sources and can convert the hydrogen into electricity and heat. Source: McPhy.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. And with the revival of the EV, the V2G concept was reborn. The experiment seemed to prove the feasibility of the technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The higher-voltage variant will support moves by European vehicle manufacturers announced earlier this year to introduce 48 volt passenger vehicle power networks to help meet the requirement for lower fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. With performance similar to that of the 1.8

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Kempton and Letendre’s.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

The company has since expanded to develop and produce numerous implantable medical devices, and has expanded to provide technology solutions for critical industrial applications, including customized battery power and wireless sensing systems. She concluded by looking and packaging efficiency as another important area of opportunity.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 26, 2021

At Imec, where authors Beyne and Zografos work, we have pioneered a manufacturing concept called " buried power rails ," or BPR. To reduce the resistance in power delivery, transistors will tap power rails buried within the silicon. There is another way: We can exploit the "empty" silicon that lies below the transistors.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

This is the opposite of the approach taken by Toyota with its Mirai fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ) and Honda with its new FCV Concept ( earlier post ). Fuel cell technology is running in comepetition with long-range battery electric vehicles. The h-tron concept car shows that we have also mastered fuel cell technology.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 30, 2006

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

195, Bright will be building cars that “do more with less&# , a philosophy MacCready was famous for (and the title of a wonderful biography on him). How can you quickly improve the performance of the battery in an electric car? It’ll be interesting to see how their vehicles compare to all the rest in terms of efficiency.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 10, 2022

For example, NIO, a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, is promoting its attempts to build its battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) business unit under its NIO-Power brand. Owners of electric vehicles will be able to get charging as well as battery switching from the firm. Understanding Nio-Power. Conclusion.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 30, 2008

During a presentation of Volkswagen's new electric car program entitled "Fleet Test: Electric Drive Vehicles," Winterkorn explained that TwinDrive can power a vehicle solely on electricity for up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) and can be plugged into to existing power outlets for recharging.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Volkswagen L1 – One of those weird and wonderful concepts that you just hope gets to see the light of day, the VW L1 diesel-electric hybrid is constructed from aluminium and carbon fibre, weighs just 380kg and emits just 39g/km of CO2 (see article ). GM hopes to build around 220,000 a year. Volkswagen e-up!

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Cars That Think

APRIL 24, 2022

Six months later, at the Urban Circuit event, held at an unfinished nuclear power station in Satsop, Wash., Tim Chung: Every now and then, one of DARPA’s concepts warrants a different model for seeking out innovation. The Cave Circuit, scheduled for the fall of 2020, was canceled due to COVID-19.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Shot of the Evora 414E Hybrid concept. Lotus Engineering will unveil the Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid concept at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. All the operation and management of the range extender engine, the power management of the batteries and motor control are controlled by Lotus’ electronic control units and software systems.

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