EV Central

JUNE 8, 2024

No-one would fall for such a flim-flam of fakery, of course, and yet, in some cases at least, the wider world is being asked to swallow something similarly slimy from car companies, in the shape of hybrids and plug-in hybrids. And because it’s the next generation of cars that come, it changes what engines we bring.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Kia Motors has provided a few more details on the new hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains planned for the all-new Optima, as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to broaden its global range of low-emission vehicles. liter Nu four-cylinder GDI (gasoline direct injection) engine at its core. Earlier post.). Optima PHEV.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2020

Partners since 2016, DAIHEN licensed WiTricity’s technology to commercialize wireless charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) and for automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) in factory and industrial settings. DAIHEN recently launched a demonstration with Kansai Electric Power Co.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 14, 2023

Earlier in the month, reports were circulating that Mercedes-AMG would be re-instituting V8 power for its high-performance variants of the C and E-Class. & According to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport , sources from within the company have denied suggestions that larger engines would be returning to the AMG C and E63.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

Volkswagen is unveiling the Tiguan GTE Active Concept plug-in hybrid at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Volkswagen GTE plug-in hybrids. Other plug-in hybrid components of the 4MOTION plug-in hybrid drive include: a 12.4 The vehicle can cover up to 20 miles (32 km) in all-electric mode. kWh and a 16.9-gallon

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2021

Renault Group and Plug Power launched their joint venture HYVIA, as outlined in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreement signed in January. The process, manufacturing and logistics teams will be based in Flins, as part of the Re-Factory project, and plan to begin the assembly of fuel cells and recharging stations by end of 2021.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Ogiso—who earlier in his career had been the chief engineer for the Prius, chief engineer for the Prius family, and chief engineer, product planning—made the remarks at the “2013 Toyota Hybrid World Tour” event the company staged in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2023

Volvo said today that it would adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), opting to use the connector for its electric vehicles. The announcement makes Volvo the latest major automaker to adopt Tesla’s charging connector. Aptera wants Congress to adopt Tesla Supercharger plugs as U.S.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

What’s the most efficient way to drive the 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime and use its charge mode, when you’re traveling a long distance and going near posted speed limits? Charge mode allows drivers to strategically charge the battery with the engine rather than the charge port.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

To accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, we are making it as easy as possible for drivers to own and charge an electric vehicle (EV). That’s why we’re opening our fast-charging network to allow more EV drivers to charge at over 15,000 Supercharging stalls across North America.

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EV Central

APRIL 26, 2024

Forget the multi-million-dollar Mercedes-AMG ONE hypercar and its real F1 engine because if you’re looking for the quickest Benz of all time you’ll need the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance that will arrive in Australia in the first half of 2025. But even with half an engine it still produces 310kW.

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EV Central

MARCH 15, 2024

EV Central plugged in to find out. The Model Y will travel further, though, claiming 533km between charges, compared to the Toyota’s 411km. While its set up for DC fast charging, it’s limited to 150kW. So should Tesla be afraid of the no-longer-sleeping giant? Or is the bZ4X too little, too late?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

Earlier this year, Nissan Nissan North America (NNA) selected AeroVironment to supply electric vehicle home-charging stations and installation services supporting the introduction of the LEAF. Aerovironment’s home charging dock. The company offers a broad range of Level 1, 2 and 3 charging solutions. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

At the upcoming Geneva show, Audi will show a new variant of the prologue—the Audi prologue Avant—featuring a plug-in hybrid powertrain. It is equipped with the plug?in speed tiptronic directs engine power to the quattro permanent all-wheel drive. in diesel hybrid drive from the Audi Q7 e?tron Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

Mazda’s roadmap to the ideal internal combustion engine. the step-by-step introduction of electrification to SKYACTIV internal combustion engines: stop-start, followed by regenerative braking, followed by electric motor drive technologies. Energy balance in an internal combustion engine. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Setec Powerr

MAY 24, 2024

Unlike traditional EV charging, Autocharge technology allows a driver to simply connect a charging cable to an EV to start charging — without any additional steps. Autocharge works with most (but not all) EVs that accept a Combined Charging System (CCS) connector and support CCS two-way vehicle-to-charger communications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

By locally integrating its combustion-engine (ICE) and electric vehicle (EV) assembly, American-focused engineering, battery know-how, and software development, Volkswagen aims to drive 55% of US sales to be fully-electric by 2030. In May 2022, its new Battery Engineering Lab (BEL) in Chattanooga will start operations.

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Teslarati

JULY 27, 2021

Users would then have to indicate which stall they would be charging in, before plugging in their electric vehicles and initiating the charging session. If the charge rate is super slow, then somebody will be charged more because the biggest constraint at the Supercharger is time, how occupied is the stall.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

As one of the speakers put it to the attendees, the bulk of which came from Southeast Michigan, plug-in vehicles will a major career path for most of the people in the room. “I’m very encouraged that carmakers now see as allies the utilities, plug-in advocates, community and regional efforts like ProjectGetReady.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

A team of engineers at Washington University in St. The School of Engineering & Applied Science is providing $1.2 The system will predict optimal charge and discharge of the battery in real-time, enhancing battery performance and improving battery safety, charge-rate, and usable capacity. Earlier post , earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

A compact, quiet-running 650cc 2-cylinder engine replaces the previous 2.4L 4-cylinder engine; charging capability remains the same, as does the electric range. The smaller engine will improve fuel economy, however. liter internal combustion engine (ICE) served as the genset engine. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Munro and Associates analyzed the Tesla charging connector and charge port, calling it more compact, lighter, and more cost-efficient than the CCS alternative. The company analyzed the Tesla charging connector and the corresponding charge port in the most recent episode. elonmusk @TeslaCharging [link].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Combined Charging System (CCS) DC fast-charge is standard equipment, supporting an approximately 100-mile recharge in 30 minutes at on the 50 kW charger at 200 amps; 80% total battery capacity is available in 75 minutes. hours for a full charge. The Level 2 (240v) at 7.2 kWh charger needs approximately 9.5

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EV Central

JANUARY 19, 2023

Audi is re-introducing a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to its Australian line-up from mid-2023 in the form of the Q5 55 TFSI e luxury medium SUV. It can be charged at up to 7.2kW AC for a full charge in around 2.5 The Q5 PHEV’s rivals include plug-in versions of the BMW X3, Range Rover Evoque and Volvo XC60.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

That battery takes up to 85kW charge rate at a public DC charger, meaning 0-80 percent’s possible in 35 minutes. It’s included as standard and replicates the sound of an Abarth petrol engine through the brand’s signature Record Monza exhaust. Range is a very city-specific 253 to 265km (WLTP). Is the price right?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2018

The new “EcoDynamics+” powertrain supplements acceleration with electric power from an additional 48-volt battery and extends combustion engine ‘off time’ using a new Mild-Hybrid Starter-Generator unit. If the battery has sufficient charge, the combustion engine turns off automatically during in-gear deceleration and braking.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. The all electric trucks will deliver by day and re-charge overnight.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

litre turbo-diesel engine. Brand mulls electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell versions of iconic off-roader 2024 Toyota Prado. The high-performance hybrid makes 243km/630Nm compared to the diesel engine’s 150kW/500Nm. The current diesel Prado 150’s diesel engine averages 7.9L/100km 2024 Toyota Prado. 2024 Toyota Prado.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda will continue to produce traditional combustion-engine vehicles for as long as legally possible, its boss told UK media this week. “For as long as we’re allowed to make ICE (internal combustion engine) cars, we’ll make them.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Speaking to EV Central from the Tokyo Motor Show, EVDirect’s Luke Todd says the new ute’s powertrain, range and a party trick he calls “tradie mode” will elevate it to the top of the field when the plug-in hybrid dual-cab launches. litre turbo-petrol engine, pointing to smaller power outputs for the dual-cab.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2015

By the end of 2015, there will be a total of about 50,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids on the roads in Germany (about 75% below plan); nevertheless, structural transformation towards electromobility is continuing, according to the firm. In 2014, Germany had only about 26,000 pure electric cars and plug-in hybrids registered.

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EV Match

JUNE 28, 2023

Federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as local utility companies, are offering funding to help ramp up the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country. Read on to learn whether or not your Oregon EV charging project qualifies for the ODOT Community Charging Rebate, and how to apply.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In its new report on downsized and boosted gasoline engine technologies ( earlier post ) the ICCT highlighted Ricardo’s work on an “extreme” Miller cycle concept with high (13:1) compression ratio (CR) and central direct injection in a downsized boosted engine. 1 in the baseline engine to 13.0:1 1 in the baseline engine to 13.0:1

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Baua Electric

JUNE 29, 2023

Porsche is rethinking a plan to ditch combustion engine Macan gross sales in its second-largest marketplace. Porsche supposed to sundown the combustion engine Macan within the U.S. “They know it’s a problem, and they’re trying to figure out how to do this most efficiently.” in 2025 or 2026. gross sales.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Autonomy highlighted the city’s unique Austin Energy Plug-in EVerywhere network subscription plan that offers unlimited charging for $4.17 per month at any of its over 1,000 level 2 charging stations. per month at any of its over 1,000 level 2 charging stations. In Austin, it’s almost 10%.”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2009

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company—is seeking requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for four projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2018

They’re sleek, sprightly, and have enough electric range to cover most driving. For longer trips, the gas engine kicks in when the charge runs out. I’ve owned two Chevrolet Volts, an early 2011 model and, currently, a second-generation 2017 version. I have loved them both.

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