Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The new charging service Audi charging, which is set to launch in 2023 and will in the future replace the existing e-tron Charging Service, will allow for convenient access to around 400,000 public charging points across Europe. For the new Audi Q8 e-tron, the asynchronous motor concept on the rear axle was modified.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2021

Audi is working on a concept for quick charging for premium-level electromobility: the Audi charging hub. A solution to peak demands in the future could be the Audi charging hub. The concept calls for high-power charging (HPC) stations that can be reserved in advance to provide a high level of planning security.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Antolin and VIA Optronics AG, a leading supplier of interactive display solutions, have unveiled their new Sunrise vehicle cockpit concept at an event in Nuremberg, Germany. The Sunrise concept vehicle cockpit is the initial result of their strategic collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2021

Airbus has established Zero-Emission Development Centers (ZEDCs) at its sites in Bremen (Germany) and in Nantes (France). The goal of the ZEDCs is to achieve cost-competitive cryogenic tank manufacturing to support the successful future. market launch of ZEROe ( earlier post ) and to accelerate the development of hydrogen-propulsion.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2020

Buzz concept hints that the classic Microbus is going to get bigger. For those who think that's the wrong direction, there's the eBussy, a modular electric van that also originates in Germany. The Volkswagen I.D. The company behind it, Electric Brands, started out making electric scooters, and is now moving into cars.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

To ensure that it lives up to this importance in the future, we are currently investing 630 million euros in the expansion and maintenance of the canal. KG (concept & design)). Future-oriented lock sizes with as many standardized components as possible, such as lock gates, are the right step into the future of the DEK.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

BMW continues to preview its next-generation EVs with a new concept car, while also providing a bit more detail on some of the engineering for these new models, which are due to start production next year. ” The Vision Neue Klasse X is also further proof that future BMW interiors will adopt a minimalist, screen-focused design.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

BMW continues to preview its next-generation EVs with a new concept car, while also providing a bit more detail on some of the engineering for these new models, which are due to start production next year. ” The Vision Neue Klasse X is also further proof that future BMW interiors will adopt a minimalist, screen-focused design.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2019

Volkswagen Group of America announced a new name and expanded role for the former Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL), and unveiled a vehicle concept that combines Volkswagen heritage with futuristic technology. Type 20 concept vehicle. Type 20 concept.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2020

Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, and the Concept i4. This also expresses our confidence for the future business development. Those companies capable of developing and combining hardware and software in equal measure will shape the future of the automobile.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

In close alignment with AUDI AG, Audi China is systematically investing in smart cockpit technologies, innovative display concepts, intelligent voice control systems, and connectivity solutions. The development team is also working on brand-shaping user interfaces and experience designs as well as China-specific vehicle designs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2023

China is already home to BMW Group’s largest R&D system outside of Germany, with locations in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Nanjing. Based on the concept of open innovation, all BMW’s R&D functions in China have been merged together under one roof for efficient collaboration and high-speed performance.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2019

The el-Born concept car is the first SEAT conceived as an electric vehicle, and it will reach the market in 2020. SEAT’s first 100% electric car will be designed and developed in Barcelona and manufactured at the Group’s plant in Zwickau, Germany. The car will reach the market in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Ford is also moving forward with a $2-billion conversion of its Cologne, Germany, operations to begin producing electric passenger vehicles starting in 2023. The decision on Valencia followed the conclusion of comprehensive consultations with teams in Valencia, Spain and Saarlouis, Germany.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) opened the tender process for the national fast-charging network: Deutschlandnetz. Companies and company consortia can compete for the bid to set up and operate around 900 fast-charging locations throughout Germany. Earlier post.).

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Electrek

JANUARY 11, 2022

Following the recent opening of a unique Audi charging hub in Germany, Volkswagen Group chairman of the board of management Herbert Deiss shared his visit. more… The post VW Group Chairman visits Audi’s new charging hub, previewing a very feasible future for charging stations appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

SWEG is a transport company in southwest Germany that operates railway lines and bus services. The eCitaro REX, another one of the future options described at the launch, uses a fuel cell stack as a range extender, enabling the eCitaro to replace conventionally powered city buses seamlessly, even with very high range requirements.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2021

The funding of the PtL development platform is part of the BMVI’s overall funding concept for renewable fuels, which provides a total of €1.54 With the DZM, a higher-level platform is being created to creatively, interdisciplinary and innovatively conceive, develop and test future-oriented mobility concepts.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

At the 2014 Geneva Motor Show Hyundai Motor will unveil Intrado, a concept car previewing future developments for the brand. Intrado will be the first Hyundai concept car inspired byFluidic Sculpture 2.0.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2021

This year, for the first time, we are conducting field trials in Germany, in which the self-driving system by Argo AI will be used in a version of the future ID. The aim is to develop a ride-hailing and pooling concept similar to what MOIA offers today. BUZZ by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2019

Sacramento’s SMUD, the US’ sixth-largest community-owned, not-for-profit, electric service provider, will develop a model for a future Mobility Center that will foster innovation in the clean transportation sector and serve as a catalyst for carbon reduction and inclusive economic development.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Germany's giant VW Group has said, several times, that it will have 30 different electric cars on sale globally by 2025. Over the last year, it's unveiled three different Volkswagen ID electric-car concepts, two of them thinly disguised versions of future production models for 2019 and 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

The Opposites United design philosophy makes its debut on EV6, and will inform the design of all future Kia models. Joy for Reason focuses on the feel and ambience of Kia’s future vehicles. Future designs will fuse the emotional with the rational, creating vehicles that influence the mood of passengers, by relaxing and inspiring.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 17, 2017

Mercedes-Benz has big plans for electric vehicles in the future, but its main nod to what those plans will bring thus far is the EQ Concept. Shown at the Paris Motor Show last year, the vehicle represents a conceptual version of the first of many electric vehicles to come from the Germany luxury marque.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Mercedes-Benz marked another milestone in its China strategy with the official opening ceremony of its engine plant—the first for passenger-car engines outside of Germany. Being based on a flexible production-line concept, the annual capacity is planned at 250,000 units for the initial phase. With Daimler’s €2-billion (US$2.7-billion)

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 16, 2019

And Tesla has returned to Germany’s Nürburgring. A reconstituted Toyota concept points to future tech for Lexus, and Bosch borrows from airbag technology for a. The British brand Morris is back with an all-electric, carbon-fiber vehicle. The Aptera three-wheeled car is back with in-wheel motor tech.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2017

Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. Future EQ models can be integrated in the series production of existing Mercedes-Benz plants on four continents. We have laid the foundation for this.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2016

As part of the 25 th Aachen Colloquium this week in Germany, Schaeffler is unveiling the “Schaeffler High Performance 48 Volt” concept vehicle. Schaeffler anticipated high volumes of 48V systems in the future. Schaeffler is providing products for an electrified, 48 Volt future for all hybrid topologies (P0-P4).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

The consultancy says that China will dominate both the market and the industry in the foreseeable future. France, however, has moved past Germany to take the lead in technology, according to the index. However, what limited local battery production there was in Germany ground to a complete halt in 2016. Technology. Technology.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2011

The analysis of Gartner’s latest EV readiness study conducted in Germany in the first and second quarter of 2011 showed that the majority of German consumers prefer a gasoline-powered vehicle for their next vehicle purchase, followed by hybrid technology which saw consumer interest increasing compared to 2010. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

Opel has launched CarUnity, its new carsharing concept. CarUnity enables individual mobility everywhere in Germany—at any time and with greatest flexibility. People in Germany can offer their car for rental or rent a car with the free app. It does not matter if the car is an Opel or a different brand.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2022

The switch in means of delivery between Hungary and Brussels, which was started in May and is scheduled to be completed by the beginning of 2023, is a preview of the car manufacturer’s future. In the future, preferably all production sites will implement this solution. —Dieter Braun, Head of Supply Chain at Audi AG.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2016

At Auto China in Beijing, Qoros Auto unveiled a concept car showcasing a new Qoros “Qamfree” engine featuring FreeValve ’s Pneumatic-Hydraulic-Electric-Actuator (PHEA) technology. Qoros also unveiled the Qoros 3 Q·LECTRIQ EV concept car at the Beijing Motor Show with plans for release in 2017. —Christian von Koenigsegg.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

At EVS26 in Los ANgeles, Siemens described its ‘eHighway of the Future’ concept for the electrification of trucks and select highway lanes via overhead electrified wires similar to how modern day trolleys or streetcars are powered on many city streets.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2021

Under the AgiloBat project ( earlier post ) researchers in Germany have developing an agile production system for flexible battery cell production in terms of format, material, and quantity. Within the AgiloBat2 research project, KIT researchers and our partners from science work on enabling agile production in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

At BASF’s manufacturing facilities for primary products of cathode materials in Harjavalta, Finland, and for cathode materials in Schwarzheide, Brandenburg, Germany, BASF will be able to produce battery materials with an industry-leading low carbon footprint from 2022. The battery cell is the combustion chamber of the future.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

After this initial concept phase, the modification can take place within a few weeks. The retrofit solution is being expanded to other widely used bus and truck models as planned, and is also being rapidly marketed in markets beyond Germany. —Andreas Hager, CEO of e-troFit GmbH.

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