Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2016

Cadillac revealed the Escala Concept, introducing the next evolution of Cadillac design and previewing the craftsmanship and technology being developed for many future models. The Escala Concept previews the design and technical ideas driving the next phase of Cadillac’s ongoing expansion. Escala uses a new 4.2-liter

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Volvo Cars will showcase a new service for direct delivery to a connected vehicle at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The use of digital keys will now make it possible to save time, money and reduce environmental impact, following completion of the first tests of the concept.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Toyota has launched two new fuel cell vehicle concepts: the Sora fuel cell bus and the Fine Comfort Ride fuel cell car. Toyota developed the Sora concept model guided by two ideas: to make best use of the characteristics of the FC unit; and to enhance the comfort of passengers traveling on bus routes.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2024

Some have even built, or rebuilt, entire companies around an idea introduced in a story they read, as the founders of Second Life and Meta did, working from the metaverse as imagined by Neal Stephenson in his seminal 1992 novel Snow Crash. The idea they hit upon—turning a planet into a computer—is not new in science fiction, Cass notes.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2024

Together they make up the Internet’s core architecture and enable computers to connect and exchange information. It was his leadership and dedicated efforts in the application of the packet network concept that led to the development of the Internet, which has become indispensable to our society.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Basically, the idea is to control a variety of vehicle functions on a uniform, centralized computer platform instead of providing every system with its own hardware and software as today. Connected vehicles Controls and controllers Driver Assistance Systems Electric (Battery) V2X' Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2015

Although Gen Y buyers are not yet very active in the new car market, global market research firm GfK suggests their preferences will be critical for the future of the connected car industry. GfK ran a 6-country study looking at which features of connected cars (such as entertainment, safety, behavioral tracking etc.) hours versus 5.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The 8-month project will provide an overview of existing solutions for battery casings, evaluate the advantages of multi-material approaches, derive component design and production concepts and evaluate them in terms of performance and cost. A component concept will be elaborated in detail. © AZL Aachen GmbH.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2015

Honda’s Silicon Valley operation, which was first established in 2000, is charged with researching and prototyping innovations and harnessing new ideas and technology. Honda Xcelerator. Honda Xcelerator is designed to engage innovators and help them more rapidly commercialize breakthrough technologies.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 2, 2024

It was also said in the documentation that the container and mounting dock “may include” electrical connections, electrical ports, fluid ports, communication ports, or any combination thereof. But some of the ideas in the patent could create some enhanced utility and garner praise from users if they are executed well.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

The Ford Evos Concept previews a new global design language for the next generation of Ford cars, MAVs and CUVs. Ford will unveil the Ford Evos Concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. With information from the cloud, the vehicle can provide the same connected lifestyle the driver experiences at home or office.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2021

Just under a year after the initial concept idea, Audi Sport has started testing the new Audi RS Q e-tron series hybrid, with which Audi will tackle the Dakar Rally in January 2022. The front and rear axles are not mechanically connected, as is also common in electric vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2020

Many customers would like to change their vehicle fleet over to sustainable drive concepts and, especially in urban zones, to operate their routes using battery-electric vans. The concept for locally emission-free deliveries of temperature-sensitive products is also expected to be extended to other sectors and model series in the future.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2017

Honda unveiled its Cooperative Mobility Ecosystem concept at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, connecting artificial intelligence, robotics and big data to transform the mobility experience of the future. The company also introduced Honda Riding Assist, a concept motorcycle that applies Honda’s robotics technology to maintain balance.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

Awards will be made at one of two funding levels: Tier 1 - up to $500,000 for up to 2 years - concept definition and proof of concept projects are limited to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 2 and TRL 3 activities. It also seeks new ideas on process intensification to reduce overall heating energy.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 9, 2024

Honda’s Saloon and Space-Hub vehicles are the first pieces of a wider introduction of the Honda 0 Series , which is based on the Saloon concept in North America. Honda’s Saloon delivers on the M/M, which stands for man maximum/machine minimum, a packaging concept that has a low and wide exterior and a spacious interior.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Our goal isn’t to generate a vast number of creative ideas which, in a worst case scenario, are just going to end up in a drawer. We are looking for people and young companies that are able to work with us to transform innovative ideas quickly and successfully into initial working prototypes. Personal contacts will be established.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

With modern vehicles lacking direct, physical connections between controls and the relevant systems, Ferrari can have real vehicles bumping into virtual ones and responding accordingly. Though just knowing that connected cars can be controlled in this manner does open up a lot of questions about security. It’s not a terrible idea.

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Cars That Think

JULY 8, 2022

billion concept for underground cargo tubes full of automated delivery carts whisking goods between cities and logistics centers across Switzerland at 30 kilometers per hour. Like so many concepts of this kind, six years ago it seemed like it was highly unlikely to ever happen. In 2016, we wrote about Cargo Sous Terrain , a (then) $3.4

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APRIL 15, 2024

The I2SM’s technical bona fides The most promising concepts for future motors The motor’s coils, efficiency, and cooling The prototypes built to date The challenges the team overcame IEEE Spectrum : Why is it important to eliminate or to reduce the use of rare-earth elements in traction motors? The concept itself is not new.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In this video, we explore a future concept-of-operations for swarm management and how large groups of robots and drones will be able to interact and work together. This summer, we held a contest seeking ideas robots inspired by nature, that could help the world. And then we made the winning idea into a real working prototype!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2018

By developing the purely electric two-seaters super sports cars, like the ‘Concept One’ or ‘C Two’, as well as core vehicle systems, Rimac has impressively demonstrated its credentials in the field of electromobility. Rimac also engineers and manufactures high-performance electric vehicle powertrain systems and battery systems.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Advanced Reactor Development Projects pathway, which allows a broad scope of proposed concepts and ideas that are best suited to improving the capabilities and commercialization potential of advanced reactor designs and technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Volkswagen is presenting a fully autonomous, electric Microbus concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Pilot”) and a new generation of display elements and controls, the concept conceptually follows the new Volkswagen brand strategy. Using an extended MEB-XL platform, this concept vehicle—which is 194.6

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 15, 2023

Many have claimed a stick-shift electric wouldn’t happen, as it would add cost and needless amounts of complexity for a brand that’s traditionally been averse to both concepts. However, the brand seems to be running with the concept. Some of the surrounding connectivity issues have also been an issue for consumers.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 14, 2023

For Aston Martin’s DBR22 concept car, designers relied on AI that’s integrated into Divergent Technologies ’ digital 3D software to optimize the shape and layout of the rear subframe components. Aston Martin used AI software to design parts for its DBR22 concept car. That’s already happening in certain spheres.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Part of the problem is that robots, generally, just do whatever they’ve been programmed to do, and for a human, there’s typically no feeling that the robot is in the slightest bit interested in making any sort of non-functional connection. That’s prosody.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2022

This isn’t a new idea, but with $10 million up for grabs, this competition is the biggest push towards avatar robotics we’ve seen since the DARPA Robotics Challenge. Avatar systems are essentially very, very fancy remote control stations connected to mobile manipulators.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2019

In recent years, EVs have rapidly progressed as a practical solution for environmental load reduction based on the concept of connected, autonomous, shared and electric (CASE) next-generation automobiles. Teijin says that AEV has developed innovative ideas and construction methods that are not offered by major OEMs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2009

In the pneumatic hybridization scheme, each cylinder is connected via a fully variable charge valve to a shared pressure tank. Their main disadvantage is poor driveability, which can be tackled with the HPE concept. The hardware concept. The concept engine uses the Bosch electro-hydraulic valve system (EHVS).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2018

Suppliers contribute their ideas and technical solutions to vehicle projects in concept competitions. The next Golf will take Volkswagen into the era of fully connected vehicles with extended autonomous driving functions. It will have more software on board than ever before. —Karlheinz Hell.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

Last week at CES in Las Vegas, Honda provided a first look at future EV models planned for 2026 with the Saloon and Space-Hub concepts. Honda also said they’ll be connected yet fun-to-drive, offer a not-yet-detailed Motion Management System for ride and handling, emphasize efficiency, and have lightweight, energy-dense battery packs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Technologies built with Visa Token Service provide an ecosystem of payment partners—from auto manufacturers to point of sale (POS) providers and beyond—a streamlined way to offer commerce and payments anywhere there is an Internet connection. Parking App Concept: Just park your car, push the ‘park’ button on the app, and go.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2022

Hyundai Motor used CES in Las Vegas as the platform to describe its new “Metamobility concept”, which will incorporate the use of robotics in both the real world and the metaverse to allow “unlimited freedom of mobility” unconstrained by the physical limitations of movement in time and space.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

Volkswagen’s concept four-door Sport Coupé Concept GTE ( earlier post ) plug-in hybrid sports car is also showcased. With the Transparent Factory, Volkswagen was the first manufacturer to realize a production concept combining the automated processes of conventional industrial automobile production with hand crafting.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

There’s a brake pedal that’s connected physically to the hydraulic master cylinder which in turn is connected to a pushrod that exerts force on the piston(s) in the cylinder, causing fluid from the brake fluid reservoir to flow into a pressure chamber through a compensating port. What is a dry braking system?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

The report also looks at latest developments in artificial intelligence, human augmentation, robotics, digitalization and connectivity and how this will transform the mobility eco-system. A life changing impact of connectivity will be the driverless car, and no one other than Google is leading it.

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