Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2022
The team of engineers and designers utilized the automotive industry’s reductive design approach to create the light-weight interior cabin, which is made of forged carbon fiber. Deployable seat consoles mimic automobile center consoles and provide a charging station and stowage compartment for personal items.
Teslarati
JANUARY 24, 2023
Electron is the only rocket in the world to successfully reach orbit with structures built almost entirely out of carbon fiber composites. It’s also the only orbital-class rocket in the world that uses engines with battery-powered pumps. Rocket Lab’s workhorse rocket is relatively unique.
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2013
Like the race engine of the RS Spyder, the 918 Spyder power unit features dry-sump lubrication with a separate oil tank and oil extraction. To save weight, components such as the oil tank, the air filter box integrated into the subframe and the air induction are made of carbon fiber reinforced polymer. Five operating modes.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2013
The XL1 is aggressively optimized for efficiency in all areas of its design and technology—from materials (carbon fiber reinforced polymer monocoque); to powertrain (0.8L kWh lithium-ion battery—integrated in the front section of the XL1—supplies the electric motor with 220 volts of electrical energy.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
The everyday driving range of the BMW i8 on a full fuel tank and with a fully charged battery is more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) in COMFORT mode. The car’s second power source is a 96 kW (131 hp) hybrid synchronous electric motor specially developed and produced by the BMW Group for the BMW i8. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
F-CELL drivers will also benefit from a battery-powered range of up to 49 km (30.5 kWh (net) lithium-ion battery (13.8 Another genuine world first is the combination with a large additional lithium-ion battery, which can be conveniently charged using plug-in technology. The charging time is around 1.5
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 20, 2014
The passenger compartment consists of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, while aluminum is used in the front, rear and room frame. Low weight is essential for an electric vehicle because more weight requires more battery power for the same range and thus causes higher costs. miles) for a single battery charge.
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