Green Car Congress
JUNE 9, 2012
The Freightliner Trucks 2014 Cascadia Evolution—powered only by the newly designed Detroit DD15 engine and featuring enhanced aerodynamic specs—delivered fuel economy of 10.67 100km) on a closed-track demo, according to Freightliner. mpg US (22 L.100km) Freightliner Cascadia Evolution. Click to enlarge. to Gastonia, NC.,
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 4, 2013
The project partners decided to deploy a PEM system, as this technology, in comparison with alkaline systems, uses water rather than a potassium hydroxide solution, and is therefore more environmentally friendly. A further advantage is the unit’s compact design (2.45m high, 6m long, 3.30m wide, weighing 10 tons).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 18, 2011
Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrids under the German “NaBuZ demo” scheme to promote sustainable bus systems for the future. The latter are designed for an extended service life of at least six years or 12,000 operating hours. Three more buses are to follow next year. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2014
In comparison to a typical sporty driver, the OpEneR operation strategies resulted in a reduced energy consumption of 27 to 36%, with the trade-off of an increase in travel time of between 8 to 21%—depending on the driver’s willingness to follow the recommendations. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
As a comparison, the new Chevrolet Spark EV uses a 100 kW motor with 542 N·m of torque. The powertrain system features an advanced battery liquid cooling system, an innovative motor efficiency optimizer, a rechargeable energy storage system mated to a low gear design, and low-rolling resistance tires. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2017
The Highway Pilot and the Highway Pilot Connect system presented for platooning are designed for use on public roads. This is one of the key aspects in which the new application differs from the technology milestones in the area of autonomous driving developed and realized for practical testing by Daimler to date.
Green Car Congress
JULY 18, 2012
In 2009, NREL expanded this CDP to include a comparison of the efficiency at full power, for which DOE’s target was 50% net system efficiency. More recently, the significant on-road data that have been obtained from second- and first-generation vehicles allowed a comparison of the real-world driving ranges of all the vehicles in the project.
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