Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Voltabox AG secured a long-term framework contract with e-troFit GmbH as the preferred supplier of high-performance battery systems for e-troFit’s conversion solutions for diesel buses. In the past fiscal year, e-troFit nominated Voltabox AG as the supplier of the battery unit for conversion kits for buses and trucks.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In exchange for long-term, discounted fuel contracts with fleets, Hydra installs hydrogen-diesel co-combustion conversion kits into existing semi-trucks and provides the fueling infrastructure for green hydrogen sourced from chemical producers such as Chemtrade.

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Hydrogen Fleet Commercial Green 301

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2018

The project “reFuels - Refueling of fuels” will investigate processes to produce gasoline and diesel fuels from sustainably available raw materials such as plant parts on a large scale. With “bioliq” ( earlier post ) and the “Energy Lab 2.0”, KIT already has two platforms for the production of reFuels. The Energy Lab 2.0,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2010

Landi Renzo SpA is developing a dual-fuel CNG/diesel conversion kit for light-duty vehicles. The new kit is a result of multi-variable optimization, addressing identified performance issues including injection timing and boost control using tools like combustion fluid dynamics (CFD). NGV Global News.

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Kits Light Diesel Fuel 186

EV Obssesion

MAY 18, 2021

ZEV’s proprietary platform enables rapid conversion of diesel and gas cargo and passenger vehicles to 100% electric with no change […]. ZEV) Announces its Class 3 Conversion Kit to Eliminate 144 million Pounds of CO2 Emissions from our Atmosphere in 12 Months appeared first on EV Obsession. TEMPE, Ariz.,

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Kits CO2 Conversion Electric Vehicles 98

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2023

Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their partners have now launched the REF4FU (“Refineries for Future”) project to determine the refuel quantities needed and what future green refineries will have to look like to supply these quantities. We cannot just sell them from barrels at the roadside.

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Future Fuel Kits Production 221

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2012

GM reports an “increasing number” of engine, transmission, diesel oxidation catalyst, and exhaust particulate filter failures in vehicles that have been retrofitted with non-GM engine and/or transmission software calibrations. A number of companies offer kits which modify software calibrations in the powertrains of production vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 17, 2015

We look at what an edgy body kit might do to your Tesla Model S, cops who drive electric cars, and why "renewable diesel" isn''t what you probably think of as "biodiesel." Body kits are a common way to jazz up your car, but would such a kit for the Tesla Model S reduce its electric range? Today in Car News'

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The Jeep Wrangler goes diesel now and plug-in soon. with a new generation of electric-drive kit. The Jeep Wrangler diesel now has EPA fuel economy. Tesla owners finally have fast-charging options outside of Tesla’s own Supercharger network. And the BMW iX3 is still eventually headed to the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

BMEL’s central project-coordinating agency in the area of renewable resources, is funding a 3-year study of oxymethylene ethers (OME) as clean diesel fuels with €800,000 (US$894,000). As diesel fuels, they reduce the emission of carbon black and NO x. A promising concept for diesel fuels is the use of oxymethylene ethers.

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Diesel Clean Cleaning Germany 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2023

Partnering with UK electric vehicle (EV) conversion experts, Electrogenic , Babcock will convert four in-service military Land Rovers, two protected vehicles and two general service, from diesel-fueled to EV using a drop-in kit and modified battery system.

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Land Rover Conversion Electric Vehicles Vehicles 195

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 26, 2021

The fuel-cell stacks, in modular form, will be part of a kit that will essentially replace a traditional heavy-duty diesel engine in big Class 8 semi trucks. Toyota announced Wednesday that it plans to make hydrogen fuel-cell modules in the U.S., starting in 2023.

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Hydrogen Toyota Fuel Kits 206

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Chevrolet previewed the Spark EV Tech Performance concept, as well as other performance-oriented concepts of the Sonic, Malibu, new Impala, and Cruze Diesel. Features include: A Stage Kit, cold-air induction and a high-flow exhaust system allow the 1.4L Cruze Diesel concept. Chevrolet Spark EV Tech Performance concept.

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Chevrolet Concept Diesel Kits 231

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2020

ABC Companies, a leading provider to the motorcoach, transit and specialty passenger transportation market in the United States and Canada, will soon be the first to offer a motorcoach-diesel-to-electric-repower program for North American operators. The repower kits are engineered by Lightning eMotors and will be installed by ABC technicians.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2021

A Colorado-based company is giving old diesel buses an all-electric upgrade. While companies like BYD and ProTerra specialize in new fully-electric buses, Lightning eMotors appears to be the first to widely market a kit that upfits existing buses with electric powertrains.

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Colorado CO2 Kits BYD 207

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2020

Using X-rays from a synchrotron particle accelerator, scientists of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now been able to observe for the first time a catalyst during the Fischer-Tropsch reaction that facilitates the production of synthetic fuels under industrial conditions. Photo: Tiziana Carambia).

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Kits Fuel Polymer Insight 284

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

Volkswagen is offering an incentive of up to €10,000 (US$11,815)—depending upon the model purchased—for the purchase of Euro 6 vehicles in Germany if an older diesel vehicle (Euro 1 to Euro 4 standards) is scrapped at the same time. The update is free to the owner. Volkswagen incentives by model. Incentive, gross.

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Germany Diesel Scrappage Purchase 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In addition to being widely available, it’s proven to be a much greener fuel, with substantially lower carbon emissions than diesel, and significant cost savings. ClearFlame-enabled trucks are expected to have the lowest TCO when compared with diesel, natural gas, electric, and hydrogen platforms. Vander Haag’s, Inc.,

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Engine Manufacturer Fuel Indiana 273

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding enabling them to offer a scalable retrofit kit for hybridizing mining trucks in a wide range of mining applications. This energy is then fed back to power the wheel motors, allowing the diesel engine to be downsized. Hybrid solutions are already part of the mtu portfolio.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

has received a Certificate of Conformity from the US Environmental Protection Agency applicable for diesel-to-natural gas engine conversions of all Mack E7 electronic engines up to model year 2006. Furthermore, we look forward to finalizing the development of the Detroit Diesel Series 60 and Caterpillar C15 engine conversion kits.

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Convert Diesel Gas EPA 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

UPS and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that new technology will be developed to convert UPS package delivery vehicles from diesel to electric. uniqueEV can be provided as a kit or as a complete chassis for use on existing vehicles or new builds. Click to enlarge.

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Convert New York City Motor Motors 170

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

It has been in the works for a while, and you may remember Kit Lacey from eDub Services talking about this VW Golf Mk2 conversion in his warehouse tour earlier this year — now it’s here! Being old enough to have driven the original Golf Mk1 GTI and having owned a Golf Mk2 diesel myself, […].

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Kits Conversion Power Powered 136

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2021

After intensive tests on test benches and pilot installations at customers in 2022, Rolls-Royce will continuously market new mtu Series 500 and Series 4000 gas engines beginning in 2023 for use with up to 100 percent hydrogen, and on a design to order basis conversion kits to allow already installed gas engines in the field to run on 100% hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Power Powered Climate Protection 435

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

The engine operates in a similar way as the conventional D8 model, but uses mainly hydrogen instead of diesel. It delivers the same power and torque curve as a regular diesel engine but with significantly lower CO 2 emissions. Volvo Penta partnered with CMB.TECH to develop the dual-fuel hydrogen-powered solution.

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Volvo Hydrogen Engine Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

Project partners include INERATEC, a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), VTT Technical Research Center of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT). The mobile chemical pilot plant produces gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

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Solar Finland Fuel CO2 386

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2022

Additionally, ORTEN management has extensive, long-standing customer relationships across Germany.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Partners from Germany and Finland in the SOLETAIR project are building a compact pilot plant for the production of gasoline, diesel and kerosene from solar energy, regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide. This reactor was developed by KIT. KIT, INERATEC, and VTT plan to extend their cooperation.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Nothing has been caused, at least from our data, as a result of any issue with an electric vehicle,” Tusker’s Managing Director Kit Wilson told Fleet News. That number increased to 1,530 fires for every 100,000 gas and diesel sold. The study supported Tusker’s findings and was supported by data from a US insurer.

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Electric Vehicles United Kingdom Vehicles Electric 101

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The companies have worked together in pilot projects since 2017 successfully adapting Volvo Penta engines to run as a dual-fuel hydrogen and diesel solution via the conversion kit provided by CMB.TECH. The simplicity of the dual fuel technology allows a quick introduction into many applications.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

L Detroit Diesel Series 60 and the Caterpillar C15 engine models for the beginning of the second phase of a Puget Sound Clean Air Agency pilot project , which includes the development of diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion kits for these engine models and obtaining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval.

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Seattle Conversion Gas Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

VivoPower International has entered into a binding Letter of Intent with Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Limited to create a program for the electrification of Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles using conversion kits designed and manufactured by VivoPower’s wholly-owned electric vehicle subsidiary, Tembo e-LV B.V.

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Australia Toyota Kits Conversion 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Delphi, a leading OE manufacturer of advanced diesel fuel injection systems, is launching at the 2010 Automechanika show a new fuel analyser that will enable workshops, garages and fleets to perform real-time analysis of fuel content at an affordable price. Immediate and accurate analysis of the fuel is therefore critical.

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Diesel Fuel Kits Affordable 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

QEV is a Spanish technology and engineering company that develops and manufactures electric drive components for Formula-E race cars, and electric drivetrain assemblies (‘e-kits’) for minibuses. In the Philippines, QEV recently equipped 10 new GET electric minibuses and converted numerous Jeepneys to use its fully-electric technology.

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Transportation Emissions Kits Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

So far, the crews have been amazed at the RT’s battery capacity and the many other advantages of not having a large diesel engine—such as increase crew cabin space and more side panel storage. Now the first electric drivelines have entered the production stage at the Volvo Penta Vara plant in Sweden.

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Volvo Production Electric Electrical 317

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

V8 with CNG prep kit, set up for bi-fuel (gasoline/natural gas) operation. ANG is 50% less costly to operate than a gasoline-only vehicle; increases natural gas usage for a gas utility by more than 60%; and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 25% compared to similar gasoline- and diesel-equipped vehicles.

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Gas F-150 Fuel Energy 415

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Audi is now refreshing its A1 models, including the offer of six engines—gasoline and diesel—that are new or that have been intensively further developed. TDI diesel. 4-cylinder engine as the second engine in the Volkswagen Group’s modular diesel engine platform (MDB). TDI is the second MDB diesel.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The installation space of the vehicles must correspond as far as possible to the current diesel buses/coaches. This will be recorded systematically for the first time in the project and serve as a reference dimension for the design of the drivetrains. Daimler Buses is the coordinator of the publicly funded project.

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