Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

MANs TGX hybrid concept at IAA. At the IAA, MAN (part of the Volkswagen Group) presented a concept diesel-electric parallel hybrid version of its long-haul TGX truck. Also at IAA, MAN gave a preview of the CNG technology in trucks with a TGM distributor chassis; the CNG trucks are due in the market in 2016. TGX Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will deliver two technical papers at SAE World Congress in April on its SpeedStart torque assist and kinetic energy recovery system ( earlier post ) and TIGERS turbine integrated gas energy recovery system ( earlier post ) for 48V mild hybrid vehicles. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The Concept Fire Truck (CFT) of Rosenbauer is the technological basis for the eLHF. Rosenbauer Concept Fire Truck. Rosenbauer presented the “Concept Fire Truck” to the public for the first time in 2016. The project budget amounts to a total of approximately €1.8

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Mitsubishi Concept XR-PHEV on stage in LA. MMNA) gave the Mitsubishi Concept XR-PHEV ( earlier post ) plug-in hybrid its North American debut at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. For additional power optimization with reduced exhaust emissions, the 1.1-liter Connected car technology. Click to enlarge. System configuration.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is helping a client develop a simple post-refinery treatment process that reduces exhaust emissions from diesel engines by overcoming the soot/nitrogen oxides (NO x ) reduction trade-off that has plagued engine researchers for decades.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Citroën will unveil its new C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept at the Paris Motor Show. With the C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept, Citroën went further. The C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept goes even further by adopting the Hybrid Air drivetrain. The C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept goes even further by adopting the Hybrid Air drivetrain.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Mercedes-AMG laid out its new electrified drive strategy , which is based on two pillars: Performance hybrids with a completely independent drive concept under the technology label E PERFORMANCE. Performance hybrid with innovative AMG concept. Mercedes-AMG has always stood for top performance and maximum driving dynamics.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

At the official opening, Gorden Wagener, Head of Design Daimler AG, presented the Mercedes-Benz G-Code plug-in hybrid crossover show car. In addition to regeneration and plug-in battery technology, the “multi-voltaic silver” paint finish acts like a giant solar cell with excellent efficiency. Mercedes-Benz G-Code. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2019

At WCX SAE World Congress Experience this year in Detroit, Nissan presented a paper on the development of and technologies applied in the new 2.5L This will mark the highest volume application of the technology within Nissan. The main purpose of this technology is to reduce drag, though there are other merits as well.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

At the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show, Audi is presenting the Audi Q8 sport concept, a new performance-oriented take on the Q8 concept study introduced at the 2017 Detroit Motor Show. The electric powered compressor supports the turbochargers at times when the exhaust gas is insufficient for rapid development of power.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Researchers from France and Germany are proposing a new concept for the dynamic tuning of the structure of platinum nanoparticles on catalytic converters to enhance their performance—especially after cold starts and in urban traffic—and to reduce the consumption of expensive noble metal.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has built a demonstrator vehicle, based on a 2012 Buick Regal GS, incorporating the latest D-EGR (dedicated EGR) technology ( earlier post ), an outgrowth of SwRI’s HEDGE (High Efficiency Dilute Gasoline Engine) consortium projects ( earlier post ). In 2013, SwRI reported a 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Dutch start-up ECONAMIQ is developing a novel engine technology which saves up to 20% in fuel consumption. The “ECONAMIQ principle” uses flexible over-expansion in combination with cylinder deactivation technology to increase performance and efficiency without significantly changing the engine layout or architecture. de Jong (2019).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. The technology uses 10-15% less energy than existing amine absorbents.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2016

The EU is investing more than €3 million in innovative aero-engine technologies in the three-year ULTIMATE project, short for Ultra Low emission Technology Innovations for Mid-century Aircraft Turbine Engines. The project is being presented in a paper (Grönstedt et al. )

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2010

The i-flow concept. Hyundai staged the global debut of its i-flow diesel hybrid concept car at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Harvested energy from hot exhaust gases is recaptured by this generator which is fitted into the exhaust manifold. An eco-driving guidance system is present to encourage super-efficient motoring.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Volkswagen XL Sport concept. On the evening before the Paris Motor Show, the Volkswagen Group presented not only the production-bound Passat GTE plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ), but also staged the world premiere of the XL Sport—a highly efficient sports car concept based on Volkswagen’s XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2017

Continental has successfully conducted tests on the synthetic diesel fuel oxymethylene ether (OME) in test vehicles, including its Super Clean Electrified Diesel vehicle presented this year. Continental is therefore actively promoting vehicle technology for the use of synthetic fuels. Wachtmeister G.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

The concept of the Ricardo Split-Cycle engine. The recuperated engine uses isothermal compression via cryogenic injection to enable significant exhaust to compressed gas heat transfer. Recuperator to transfer heat from exhaust gas to compressed air. The IsoEngine concept. Source: Neville Jackson. Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

When Dodge previewed its Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust for the all-electric Charger Daytona SRT concept (pictured), enthusiasts were divided. Some thought the idea of a faux exhaust system, designed to help EVs mimic the howl of a V8, was a cringe-worthy gimmick. It’s hard to know exactly how to feel about the above concepts.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

DOE also announced up to $35 million to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, including enabling the early adoption of fuel cell applications, such as light duty fuel cell electric vehicles. This new funding opportunity announcement will be available in early February. Reducing the cost of electric drive systems from $30/kW to $8/kW.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

Comparison of DSF fuel economy gains and costs with competing technologies, from Tula’s 2013 SAE paper. In 2012, GM Ventures made an equity investment in Tula; in 2013, Tula engineers presented a paper on their technology at the 2013 SAE World Congress. Wilcutts et al. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In this video, we present Ringbot, a novel leg-wheel transformer robot incorporating a monocycle mechanism with legs. The recent progress in commercial humanoids is just exhausting. Paper ] via [ EPFL LIS ] Nissan announces the concept model of “Iruyo”, a robot that supports babysitting while driving. IHMC ] Thanks, Robert!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

The ADEPT project is led by Ricardo in a research partnership including the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC); Controlled Power Technologies (CPT); Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies UK Ltd; Ford Motor Company and the University of Nottingham.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

Engineers at GM’s R&D Center are developing a new low-cost concept for NO x control from lean-burn spark ignition direct injection (SIDI) engines: passive ammonia SCR. There are basically two technologies currently used for NO x reduction: Lean NO x Traps, and Urea Selective Catalytic Reduction. Lean-burn (i.e.,

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GM Concept Engine Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2014

Delphi Automotive PLC will unveil the second generation of its Technology Truck concept highlighting future technologies at the upcoming IAA Commercial Vehicles show being held 25 Sept - 2 Oct in Hannover, Germany. Delphi presented its first generation Tech Truck at IAA in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2016

A range of aftertreatment technology options are available to automakers seeking to achieve compliance with the impending EU Real Driving Emissions (RDE) regulations, according to the results of a Ricardo research project presented recently at the SIA Powertrain international conference and exhibition in Rouen, France.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

The Federal and state governments also expect the manufacturers to use self-financed competitive measures to provide incentives for the change of pre-Euro-5 diesel vehicles to vehicles with the latest exhaust gas aftertreatment or electric vehicles. In this sense, modern and clean diesel technology can also contribute to climate protection.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2010

In celebration of its 25 th birthday, BMW Forschung und Technik (Research and technology) GmbH premiered the results of two projects designed to highlight ways of reducing fuel consumption and emission values: a prototype fuel-cell hybrid vehicle, and a concept for using an on-board reformer to produce hydrogen from conventional hydrocarbon fuel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The next technology step is to further develop AVL’s efficient low carbon ELC-hybrid concept by incorporating CPT’s SpeedStart system. 2010) A New Engine Boosting Concept with Energy Recuperation for Micro/Mild Hybrid Applications. (22 —Guy Morris. Guy Morris et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2014

The new engines leverage combustion and loss-reduction technologies Toyota has refined in its dedicated hybrid engines (such as use of the Atkinson cycle) as well as in its conventional engines, and will deliver fuel efficiency improvements of at least 10% over current vehicles (based on the JC08 cycle). Rapid combustion. Hashimoto, S.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2016

Volkswagen is presenting the latest generation of the EA211 TSI evo at the 37 th International Vienna Motor Symposium. The main technology elements of the new EA211 TSI evo result in efficiency benefits of up to 10% compared with the previous 1.4l Increase in charge density through efficient exhaust gas turbocharging.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2012

The VEMB system uses a concentric camshaft, blow-down manifold and scavenge manifold to separate the exhaust event into two phases: high-energy blow-down to the turbo without pumping losses, and high-hydrocarbon scavenge to the EGR system. Source: Borgwarner. Click to enlarge. —Christopher Thomas. Virtual Cylinder Deactivation (VCD).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2013

Achates Power, which is developing a family of two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston (OP) engines, has designed and is developing a light-duty diesel concept engine, the OP4. liter OM651 Euro 5 engine, said Fabien Redon VP, Technology Development at Achates Power, the OP4 design shows a modeled 13.5% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

Audi engineers will present a paper on the new V8 TDI at the upcoming Vienna Motor Symposium in April. Two exhaust-gas turbochargers are activated selectively according to the concept of sequential charging, since exhaust gas only flows through one turbocharger at low and intermediate load. Audi developed the 4.0

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Baua Electric

MAY 2, 2024

Italy’s Texa, which is a key player in the areas of design, industrialisation, and production of diagnostic tools, vehicle tele-diagnostic devices, and exhaust gas analysers for cars, two-wheelers, trucks, and agricultural vehicles, has introduced its latest diagnostic tool – Texa TXT Bharat – in the Indian market.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2015

At the Wörthersee festival, Audi is showcasing the Audi TT clubsport turbo technology concept equipped with a new 2.5 Turbochargers are typically driven by energy from the exhaust—i.e., In our TDI engines, we are close to production readiness with this technology. lb-ft), with acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1

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