Cars That Think

JUNE 30, 2023

As a child, Alberto Moreira discovered his passion for electronics from the kits for exploring science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that his father bought him every month. The kits taught him not only about electronics but also about chemistry and physics. I selected the right profession,” he says. “I

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

In Germany, for example, the tax privileges will remain in force at least until 31 December 2018. There are more than 20,000 LPG fuel stations throughout Europe. Apart from reducing emissions, LPG also offers financial benefits through the tax advantages it enjoys in many countries. The performance data of the vehicle remain unchanged.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2010

Researchers from the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) in Germany have shown that hydrocarbon yield and energy efficiency can be increased in a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) biomass-to-liquids (BTL) process through the use of a hydrophilic membrane enabling the in situ removal of water from the catalyst bed. Credit: ACS, Unruh et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Source: KIT. At the upcoming IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will present a modular battery concept for the efficient operation of an electric bus; an electric city bus demonstrator will illustrate the concept. Source: KIT. Design of the modular batteries. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The Panamera 4 E-Hybrid is available to order now, with prices starting at €107,553 (US$122,000) including VAT in Germany. Porsche sees this new type of “E-Performance”—more power, more driving fun, lower fuel consumption—as the performance kit of the future. That corresponds to CO 2 emissions of 56 g/km.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2019

Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The Wes Amelie project was really a pioneering moment in the European container-feeder market and shows clearly that existing MAN engines can be converted to LNG operation with a tremendous effect on exhaust emissions and the environment. TOTE ro-ro conversion in the US. Earlier this year, TOTE Maritime Alaska, a daughter company of TOTE Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. The XL1’s 12-volt electrical system is supplied via a DC/DC converter and a small auxiliary battery.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Porsche sees this new type of “E-Performance” as the performance kit of the future. This transmission replaces the eight-speed automatic torque converter transmission on the predecessor model. The Panamera 4 E-Hybrid is available to order now, with prices starting at €107,553 including VAT in Germany.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. Drivers of converted cars have received high levels of cooperation from dealer service departments so far.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A further 20kg is saved by integrating the charger, converter and electronics into one casing. Expect the Alpine-branded A290 baby hot hatch, which will go head-to-head with the new Abarth 500e, to also bag sports suspension and a more aggressive body kit.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

And my project topic is matrix converter bidirectional contactless charger for EV. I m a BTech final year student, please guide me in the EV project “Analysis and design of advance control algorithm for grid-tied EV charging ” especially the main focus on the bidirectional converter. Power Electronic converters 3.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2019

Electric motors must be controlled via power electronics, which both convert the direct current from the battery into the required alternating current and control the power and speed of the electric motor. Each additional component of the new 8-speed construction kit was also intelligently designed for hybrid operation.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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