Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Believed to be the world’s first two-seater electric racer, the car will be revealed at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland on 31 October. A customizable family of nickel-rich cathode materials, eLNO will meet specific battery performance requirements for individual electric vehicle platforms.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The project is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Electrically powered coaches are a different story. No bus/coach manufacturer has yet succeeded in developing a battery-powered coach that can cover workable ranges as well as availability for a wide variety of operating conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2020

Each Coradia iLint train is equipped with two high-performance battery systems with a total capacity of 220 kWh. The electrical energy generated by braking is stored in AKASOL’s systems and released to the electric engines when the train accelerates.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2023

The agreements encompass machines such as hydraulic excavators, mining trucks, wheel loaders, dozers, and motor graders, as well as charging and energy storage infrastructure and equipment maintenance services. NMG owns a 100% interest in the Matawinie graphite property located in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, 150 km north of Montréal, Québec.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 162 projects to receive about $26.6 Of these, 16 are vehicle-related, encompassing projects developing batteries, power electronics and improved combustion engine technology including on-board reformers, and two are specifically hydrogen fuel cell-related. Ballast Energy, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Enevate, a pioneer in advanced silicon-dominant lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology capable of high energy density and fast charging for electric vehicles (EV), is applying its battery solutions to advanced power cells for the power tool market and other high power applications.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk® Are solid-state electric vehicle (EV) batteries a solution to some of the issues with the lithium-ion batteries powering our EVs today? The environmental implications of moving to solid-state EV batteries are significant.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2019

Unfortunately, due to our grid situation, electric cars are still too early for this strategic goal in the sense of German climate protection efforts. According to the study, natural gas combustion engines are an ideal technology for transitioning to vehicles powered by hydrogen or “green” methane in the long term. —Buchal et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2012

2013 Fusion Energi. The US Environmental Protection Agency has rated the new Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) at up to 108 MPGe city, 92 MPGe highway and 100 MPGe combined (2.2, Fusion Energi is the Ford brand’s fifth electrified vehicle to launch in the past year—and its second plug-in hybrid after the C-MAX Energi.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Researchers at Penn State, with a colleague from EC Power, have devised a new control strategy that can rapidly restore EV battery power and permit full regeneration while driving at temperatures as low as −40 °C. The strategy involves heating the battery internally during regenerative braking and rest periods of driving.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

STMicroelectronics is introducing its third generation of STPOWER silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs for power control for electric-vehicle (EV) powertrains and other applications where power density, energy efficiency, and reliability are critical.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

Researchers from Northwestern University and Princeton University have explored the impact on US air quality from an aggressive conversion of internal combustion vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs). Locations with more coal-fired power in their energy mix experienced an increase in PM during the summer.

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Even among those who support urgent action to fight climate change, there are some who raise questions about the trade-offs that electric vehicles present. Are they truly more energy efficient? Or are they just shifting how we use the energy without much tangible impact? Are Electric Vehicles Really More Energy Efficient?

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Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

Early government investment in charging infrastructure went a long way toward soothing the range anxiety that made car buyers in other places reluctant to make the switch to battery power from gasoline or diesel. Analysts are optimistic that electric vehicle sales will reach the levels necessary to help avert climate disaster.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2010

The NZN concept relies on high energy density storage systems incorporated into the local grid, as well as efficient photovoltaic generation. Actually delivering commercially viable 500-mile batteries will require exascale computing—i.e., If we are going to create some of the batteries, you better be ready to crank out some cycles.”

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2021

Known for its over 3,000 hours of annual sunshine, Lhasa was an ideal location for Tesla to install a Supercharger facility outfit with a solar panel canopy and Tesla Powerwalls for energy storage needs. It was originally a part of the plan to have Superchargers powered by solar and battery storage systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2022

The researchers at Chalmers and SSPA now want to enable the sailboats’ hydrofoil principle to be used on larger passenger ferries as well, resulting in major benefits for the climate. Longitudinal balance of forces on a NACRA 17 foiling catamaran. Giovannetti et al. —research leader Arash Eslamdoost, co-corresponding author.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ports of Auckland first started looking for a battery-powered tug in 2016. The energy capacity of the e-tug’s batteries is 2800 kWh—the same as 70 Nissan LEAFs (based on a 40kW LEAF battery). In future, Ports of Auckland hope to be able to use 100% renewable energy, which would reduce emissions to zero.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energy storage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2023

A 24-module Ultium battery (NCMA cathode, blended graphite anode) serves as the foundation of the Escalade IQ, producing more than 200 kWh of available energy. Low Ride Mode enables the Escalade IQ to be driven at low speeds with the suspension fully lowered.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2016

For example, on a 0 °F day, we expect to be able to start our cars or trucks, which may have cooled down to near ambient conditions, and proceed to use them in the same manner as if we were in more moderate climates. The same requirement holds true for battery-powered devices or vehicles.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

They’ve been studying up on renewable energy, hydrogen power, and electric vehicles, preparing for the big day in April when their remote-controlled vehicles will rumble for 4 hours in Gladstone, a port city in Queensland. And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

Florida-based Air Burners, a manufacturer of air curtain burner systems, collaborated with Rolls-Royce and Volvo Construction Equipment to develop a portable machine that turns biomass waste into energy. The BioCharger is designed to provide off-grid power from vegetative waste.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The integrated quick-charge function also ensures flexibility; around 80% of the energy can be recharged within 30 minutes. Various modes regulate the degree of recuperation of the energy generated during braking and can be optimally configured with paddle shifters on the steering wheel.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2016

Among the drawbacks of cars that run on battery power is the energy required to heat their cabins. As electric-car drivers in less temperate climes know, heating the cabin to room temperature has an enormous impact on battery range--conceivably as high as 40 percent.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2016

Hyundai and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are extending their fuel cell vehicle confirmation program, originally from 2013 through 2015, to a second phase, from 2016 through 2017. kWh, 24 kW Li-ion battery pack (the same as in the Sonata hybrid) provides energy storage from regeneration.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2015

According to a new report from Navigant Research, shore power utility electricity revenue in port operations is expected to grow from $32.0 For added context and background on the general port operations market, Navigant Research provides a forecast for all drayage trucks (which are primarily diesel-powered) in use in port operations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2016

This very interesting project represents a unique opportunity to test the fuel cell technology for conversion of energy to our electric powertrains in a challenging customer operating environment. Asko consists of 13 different regional companies and with a fleet of 600 trucks is one of Norway’s largest haulage companies.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Electric energy consumption on the NEDC is 13.1 – 12.9 The flow of energy from the high-voltage battery to the electric motor is controlled by the power electronics that are compactly interlocked with the drive unit. The smart electric drive has an energy-efficient air conditioning system. kWh/100 km.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2013

Detroit-based NextEnergy is a non-profit energy-technology and business accelerator. The battery-powered minivans are connected to a charging module that, using NextEnergy technology, can simulate any electrical grid in the world. Preliminary results show particular promise for ISOs that utilize solar and wind energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

However, the battery capacity alone provides little indication of the actual performance capability and, above all, the range of an all-electric city bus—the true measure is that of energy consumption. The engineers have therefore put a considerable amount of thought into the issue of thermal management. million.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Hydrogen-powered vehicles can now refill their tanks at the OMV service station in Metzingen. Daimler said that the technology of such locally emission-free fuel cell vehicles offers two major advantages compared to battery-powered vehicles: long ranges and short refueling times. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The UK automotive industry warned that the current anti-diesel agenda combined with the ongoing slow take-up of electric vehicles could mean industry misses its next round of CO 2 targets in 2021, with negative consequences for the UK’s own climate change goals. For pure battery-powered vehicles, take-up is even lower (0.5%).

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Cars That Think

JUNE 17, 2022

In the puzzle of climate change, the Earth’s oceans are an immense and crucial piece. But gathering accurate and sufficient data about the oceans to feed climate and weather models has been a huge technical challenge. What the Argo system has discovered about the oceans and their role in climate change. Back to top.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The fully electric van—based on the Mercedes-Benz eSprinter—combines a variety of innovative solutions designed to improve the quality of life in cities; to conserve resources and protect the climate; and to better the health and safety of the driver and other road users. Solar energy from the vehicle roof.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

During engine restarts, an auxiliary 12-volt battery powers electric accessories such as heating and air conditioning, power windows and radio. The variable intake valve actuation enhances efficiency and helps lower emissions, while also boosting low-rpm torque for a greater feeling of power at lower speeds.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Gas and diesel vehicle owners in cold climates face reduced mileage, frozen fluid lines, dead batteries, and long warm-up periods. Electric vehicles are popular in cold climates. Cold weather is hard on all vehicles : Drivers of both EVs and gas and diesel vehicles have to deal with complications caused by cold weather.

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