Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

The company has a gross embodied carbon emission intensity obligation per tonne of steel, included in its customer contracts. Steel, which is one of the world’s largest carbon dioxide emitters, is the company’s first business vertical. The plant will be fully integrated, with hot charging at each step along the production flow.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 30, 2022

The ingredients are sand (SiO 2 , about 73 percent of the charge ), sodium dioxide (Na 2 O, about 13 percent), lime (CaO, about 9 percent), and magnesium (4 percent). Energy can be saved by recovering more heat, designing better line architectures, and charging higher shares of recycled glass (cullet).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

Electric truck company Tevva and Vattenfall signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the opportunity to provide a complete zero-emission transport solution for businesses looking to reduce the overall carbon impact of their operations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. Note the different scaling used in the graphs. McCollum et al.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

The cell has been validated for specific energy exceeding 160 Wh/kg at Northvolt Labs in Västerås, Sweden. It is based on a hard carbon anode and a Prussian White-based cathode. “Our Source: Northvolt The post Northvolt’s sodium-ion battery validated at 160 Wh/kg – Charged EVs appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2014

Woven carbon fiber can act as an electrode for lithium ion batteries. Researchers in Sweden are exploring the use of carbon fiber as an active electrode in a multifunctional structural Li-ion battery in an electric car; i.e., electrical storage is incorporated into the body of the car. Photo: Peter Larsson) Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2022

Various different materials are formed during the discharge/charge cycles and these cause various problems. The study combined various radiation scattering techniques: X-ray analyses were made in Uppsala, Sweden and neutron results came from a large research facility, the Institut Laue Langevin, in Grenoble, France.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

The BMW iX5 Hydrogen ( earlier post ) is currently undergoing testing in extremely challenging winter weather conditions on public roads and at the BMW Group’s testing center in Arjeplog, northern Sweden. The hydrogen it uses as an energy source is stored in two 700-bar tanks made from carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

The two companies will establish an expert team and work together at Northvolt’s research facility, Northvolt Labs, in Västerås, Sweden, to develop and commercialise production of battery cells optimized to power commercial vehicles. The companies have also entered into an off-take purchase agreement for battery cells.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

Researchers from Sweden, Italy and Germany have proposed and demonstrated a novel full Li-ion cell that is able to cycle for thousands of cycles at 1000 mAg −1 with a capacity retention of 65% at cycle 2000. The cell uniquely combines a nanostructured TiO 2 -based anode with a tailored 1-D tubular morphology; a LiNi 0.5 V of the LFP-LTO cell.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, have developed a new concept for an aluminum battery delivering twice the energy density as previous versions, made of abundant materials, and with the potential to reduce production costs and environmental impact.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

sbaar charging station was inaugurated with a ribbon cutting by Umeå Municipality representatives. The Arctic Whisper is the first in a fleet of affordable, sustainable, low-carbon urban buses for Umeå City. Fast-charging at the B?sbaar. The Arctic Whisper’s batteries are fast-charged by the Opbrid B?sbaar—an

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

7900 Volvo Plugin Hybrid Charging at Redbergsplatsen in Gothenburg. Volvo Buses’ new plug-in hybrid buses will begin field tests in Gothenburg, Sweden this month. The plug-in adds a larger battery pack, charging electronics and control module. The batteries are charged at the bus terminus via the B?sbaar Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

Volvo Cars, A-hus and Vattenfall recently launched the six-month One Tonne Life project—an attempt by a family (the Lindells) to cut their carbon dioxide yearly emissions from seven tonnes per person to a more sustainable one tonne. A full charge takes about eight hours; range on a full charge is up to 150 kilometers (93 miles).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2022

The Exploration & Production business segment will invest in geothermal energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS) leveraging existing assets and capabilities and contribute to a more sustainable society. The retail segment will be resilient but increasingly shift from fuel to e-vehicle charging, hydrogen, and convenience.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Use” was jointly prepared and notified by thirteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The EFTA Surveillance Authority is in charge of assessing State aid notified by Norway.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2023

Skeleton Technologies is a manufacturer of high power, fast charging energy storage for transportation, grid, automotive and industrial applications. The HyEkoTank project started on 1 February 2023, in Lysaker, Norway, and is planned to last for 3 years, with the goal of eliminating carbon emissions during voyage and in port operations.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 25, 2023

SiC power devices offer higher powertrain efficiency, enabling improved performance, faster charging and longer driving range. SiC power devices offer higher powertrain efficiency, which enables improved performance, faster charging and longer driving range, according to Zeekr.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The R&D center will be in close proximity to Volvo Cars’ own R&D operations and to Northvolt’s existing innovation campus Northvolt Labs in Västerås, Sweden, ensuring synergies and efficiencies as it develops battery technologies.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 18, 2023

Northvolt prioritizes manufacturing batteries with clean energy, and has a mission to deliver batteries with an 80% lower carbon footprint compared to those made using coal energy and a target of 150 GWh annual cell […] These are available in both cylindrical and prismatic formats.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Porsche has shown off its electric GT4 ePerformance racecar at an ice track race in Sweden. First shown at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last year , the Porsche GT4 ePerformance has made another debut, this time at an ice track race in Northern Sweden. But perhaps even more surprising is the car’s incredibly quick charging.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Americans cite too few charging points and too high upfront cost as the leading barriers to buying an electric vehicle. Japanese and UK respondents exhibit the same belief, while the rest of the regions surveyed are most concerned with carbon footprint reduction.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

With roots in Sweden, it has expanded into a second headquarters in the US. According to the agreement, Einride’s full freight mobility contribution included 2,000 electric trucks , 200 autonomous trucks, and eight charging stations home to over 500 charging points.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

The second-generation concept machine is part of an electric site research project that aims to transform the quarry and aggregates industry, reducing carbon emissions by up to 95% and total cost of ownership by up to 25%. Volvo CE is coordinating the project and is in charge of developing the machines and systems.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

BYD’s pure electric buses help Sweden’s “Southern Granary” bus electrification revolution. As the first bus company in Sweden, Bergkvarabuss chose BYD as its partner for the first large-scale purchase of pure electric buses, which was also the first time that BYD pure electric buses entered Skåne, Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2021

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a nanometric graphite-like anode for sodium ion (Na + storage), formed by stacked graphene sheets functionalized only on one side, termed Janus graphene. The estimated sodium storage up to C 6.9 Na is comparable to graphite for standard lithium ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2012

Grzegorz Milczarek from Poznan University of Technology (Poland), and Olle Inganäs from Linköping University (Sweden), have combined lignin derivatives, which are electronic insulators, with polypyrole, a conductive polymer, into an interpenetrating composite suitable for use as a battery cathode. (B) Voltammograms recorded between 0.1

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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. According to the WRI’s analysis, above, Iceland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and China are the leading EV adopters after Norway.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 21, 2023

With one charging break along the route, Volvo’s heavy-duty electric truck impressively operates continuously for 12 hours and has a capacity of 74 tons. By delivering three large electric Volvo FH trucks in June Mattson Keri in Gothenburg, Sweden, Volvo reached yet another significant milestone.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 10, 2022

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which is largely in charge of developing NHs and expressways around the nation, would receive Rs. The 278-kilometer route will contain EV charging stations, which will aid in lowering carbon footprints. lakh crore of this funding. Delhi-Jaipur E-Highway Trial Run.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

They also spent $139 billion on electric vehicles and associated charging infrastructure, up 28% and a new record. Global investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) tripled to $3 billion, and that in hydrogen was $1.5 Investment in public charging hit $4.1 billion in 2020, while home charging brought in $2.1

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Einride is an eight-year-old commercial EV startup that continues to hit Electrek’s homepage with news of its expansion beyond Sweden where it was founded. The electric truck deployment is expected to save about 930 tons of C0² emissions per year as Heineken works to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across its value chain by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

However, as the carbon intensity of the EU energy mix is projected to decrease, the life-cycle emissions of a typical electric vehicle could be cut by at least 73% by 2050. In future, with greater use of lower carbon electricity in the European mix the typical GHG emissions saving of BEVs relative to ICEVs will increase.

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Teslarati

APRIL 4, 2022

Update to final paragraph updating offerings at 12:17 pm EST. Hertz Corporation announced today it had reached and announced a new global partnership with Sweden’s Polestar to purchase up to 65,000 vehicles over five years. The partnership will enable us to create even more opportunities to discover just how good Polestar cars are.

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 11, 2021

” “Therefore, our investments always follow the objective of improving our carbon footprint. ” Specifications Of Electric Airplane ‘Alice’ Alice will provide a speed of 220 knots (253 miles per hour) up to 650 miles on a single charge with the lithium-ion battery pack of about 900-kilowatt-hour.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

As we know from GM’s Superbowl advertisement, Norway is crushing the USA in electric vehicle (EV) sales, followed closely by Sweden and Finland. Similarly, in the USA there’s also been an uptick in EV sales in states like Colorado, Massachusetts, and New York, all of which have ambitious carbon-reduction goals and cold winters.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2009

Scania’s bus sales in Sweden began 2009 very strongly, and some 100 such vehicles have been registered so far this year. Leif Nyström, who is in charge of bus and coach sales at Scania’s Swedish distributor, Scania Sverige AB. Leif Nyström, who is in charge of bus and coach sales at Scania’s Swedish distributor, Scania Sverige AB.

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