article thumbnail

Volkswagen presents compact crossover electric concept: ID.LIFE

Green Car Congress

At the International Motor Show IAA MOBILITY 2021 in Munich, Volkswagen is presenting the ID.LIFE, a compact crossover electric concept car previewing a new ID. The concept car combines sustainability and digitalization with extremely flexible usage: the ID. The concept car provides a preview of an ID. The design of the ID.

Concept 400
article thumbnail

Airbus releases three hydrogen-powered concepts for zero-emission aircraft by 2035; ZEROe

Green Car Congress

Airbus has revealed three concepts for the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft which could enter service by 2035. The concepts we unveil today offer the world a glimpse of our ambition to drive a bold vision for the future of zero-emission flight. —Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO.

Hydrogen 418
article thumbnail

Nissan Frontier Sentinel pickup concept unveiled in São Paulo; two LEAF battery packs

Green Car Congress

Nissan unveiled the Frontier Sentinel, a concept pickup truck designed by Nissan Brazil’s styling studio, at the 2018 São Paulo Motor Show. The concept is designed for rescue missions in all types of Brazilian terrain. The top part of the cargo bed has a deployable platform from which a drone can take off and land.

Nissan 236
article thumbnail

Toyota, Kenworth tout fuel cell electric truck capabilities with completion of truck operations for ZANZEFF

Green Car Congress

Kenworth designed and built the Class 8 T680 FCEVs, while Toyota designed and built the powertrain’s fuel cell electric power system powered by hydrogen. Earlier post.). The Ocean trucks reduced Greenhouse Gases (GHG) by 74.66 metric tons of CO 2 per truck annually compared to the baseline diesel engine.

Kenworth 395
article thumbnail

Novel Li-metal electrode design could lead to more powerful solid-state batteries

Green Car Congress

Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. We designed this structure that gives us three-dimensional electrodes, like a honeycomb. —Ju Li.

Li-ion 268
article thumbnail

Electric Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept pickup truck revealed at CES

Charged EVs

It’s reportedly close in exterior design to the production model we’ll see within months. Ram Trucks, the US truck arm of global automaker Stellantis , took the wraps off what it called the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept truck on Thursday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Paradigm breaker’ plug-in hybrid to come.

Concept 126
article thumbnail

Toyota reveals hydrogen fuel cell electric Hilux prototype

Green Car Congress

Hydrogen is stored in three high-pressure fuel tanks, giving the prototype Hilux an expected driving range of more than 600 km—significantly further than might be achieved with a battery electric system. This includes design, analysis and validation across all prototype vehicles.

Hydrogen 335