Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Cummins will partner with Peterbilt Motors Company, a division of PACCAR to develop and demonstrate technologies under the US Department of Energy (DOE) SuperTruck II program. ( Earlier post.). For SuperTruck II, the Cummins–Peterbilt team will focus on breakthrough advances in Class 8 vehicle freight efficiency technologies that are cost-effective enough to be used in everyday real-world applications.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
While U.S. vehicle sales last month are expected to fall overall as data rolls in, August has traditionally been a very good month for sales of plug-in electric cars. The Chevrolet Volt, for one, kept up its pace this year, with August sales of 2,081, for an eight-month total of 14,295 Volts delivered so far this year. The Nissan Leaf, on the.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
At the Baidu World Conference in Beijing, Baidu CEO Robin Li together with NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang announced a partnership to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the creation of a cloud-to-car autonomous car platform for local Chinese and global car makers. NVIDIA and Baidu have a long history of working together on AI. The latest addition to their partnership will combine Baidu’s cloud platform and mapping technology with NVIDIA’s self-driving computing platform to develop solutions for HD ma
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
In the beginning was the Fisker Karma. Then came battery cell failures, bankruptcy, a Chinese company, a departing designer, a swaggering auto exec, a big honkin' V-8 engine, and two new companies. The result: a pair of cars that look close to identical, but have radically different powertrains—one somewhat green, the other unabashedly based.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Ballard Power Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with strategic partner Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Company Limited with the goal of producing fuel cell modules for use in buses and commercial vehicles in select cities and regions in China. In July, Broad-Ocean announced a $28.3-million strategic equity investment in Ballard, through which Broad-Ocean acquired a 9.9% ownership position in Ballard, making it the company’s largest shareholder. ( Earlier post.).
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Fall is approaching, which means it's time for the auto-show season to get underway once again. Press days for the 2016 Paris Motor Show begin at the end of this month, and we already know several notable green production and concept cars will make their debuts in the French capital. That includes no fewer than 24 electric cars, according to the.
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Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Energy infrastructure is key to any serious effort to make zero-emission vehicles practical for mass-market car buyers. The world has spent more than a century building an efficient, global distribution and delivery system for gasoline and diesel fuel, and any new energy source requires the same. Whether natural gas, hydrogen, or electricity.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Bosch is now more broadly commercializing its water injection system for turbocharged engines ( earlier post ). Bosch currently supplies water injection parts for the BMW M4 GTS—the first production vehicle to feature a water injection system. ( Earlier post.) In the vehicle’s turbocharged six-cylinder engine, it offers improved performance and consumption even at full load.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Today, we preview the green cars of the 2016 Paris Motor Show, tally plug-in electric car sales for August 2016, and compare the Karma Revero and VLF Destino—two cars based on the same Fisker Karma body. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Increased electric-car adoption means decreased oil consumption, but ExxonMobil and OPEC aren't.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
IMPCO Technologies, Inc., a division of Westport Fuel Systems Inc., has introduced of a new GS2 high flow CNG fuel injector, available globally. This new injector is a cost effective solution for high flow requirements as its flow capacity can reduce the total number of injectors required compared to other brands/models used in the same application.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Just over five years after the first modern electric cars went on sale in significant numbers, they have become firmly entrenched in the marketplace. Carmakers are planning more electric models to satisfy both consumer demand and increasingly-strict emissions standards. But do the interests behind oil production see electric cars as a threat to.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
20 all-electric Nissan LEAFs supplied for trial with car hailing service Uber Run in partnership with the Energy Savings Trust, study will look into feasibility of running electric private hire vehicles in the UK First time fully electric vehicles have been available in the UK via the Uber app Nissan has supplied 20 all-electric Nissan LEAFs to Uber for use as part of a new EV trial in London.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday that it would award almost $1 million to Drive Oregon over three years, to fund a regional marketing campaign that will promote the benefits of electric cars to regional consumers. The advocacy group plans to set up a permanent storefront in downtown Portland that will showcase a variety of electric.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Nissan is to provide a fleet of 20 Leafs to the car hailing service Uber as part of a trial that could eventually see Uber running an all-electric fle.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
In a study funded by GM, the NSF, and the US Department of Homeland Security, a team at NYU and George Mason University have reported vulnerabilities in MirrorLink that could allow a hacker access to a vehicle through a smartphone, even if MirrorLink is disabled. The team presented their findings at the 10 th USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT '16) in Austin, Texas.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has updated its advisory fuel rates for drivers using company cars over the next quarter. From today (1 September 2016).
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
UQM Technologies (UQM) has secured global commercial customers as early adopters of its new full drivetrain solution, the PowerPhase DT. These early adopters include Hybrid Kinetic Group, Wuzhoulong Motors and ITL for a Yangtse full-size bus in China and ADOMANI in the US. These customers will work in close collaboration with UQM, and suppliers Pi Innovo and Eaton, to develop heavy-duty commercial and transit all-electric vehicles, enabling them to rapidly deploy vehicles to market.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Is it all-wheel drive (AWD) or four-wheel drive (4WD)? It seems logical that these terms can be used interchangeably. After all, if a car has four whe.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Mercedes has revealed an AMG 43 4MATIC model will be added to its recently released GLC Coupe range. Making its debut at the Paris Motor Show, the per.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has concluded that the Department for Transport (DfT) need to commit to a long-term green vehicle strategy and.
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