Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Costs of manufacturing batteries and electric powertrains can be halved by 2018, if the gaps in the innovation chain can be closed, according to researchers at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). KIT plans to build a close-to-industry “research factory” on its premises. —project head Andreas Gutsch.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

Adsorbed natural gas (ANG) technology is the use of a highly porous adsorbent material to densely store natural gas molecules at low pressures (900 psi and below). V8 with CNG prep kit, set up for bi-fuel (gasoline/natural gas) operation. The Ford F-150 is fitted with the 5.0L

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2020

Researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Jilin University in Changchun/China have investigated a highly promising anode material for future high-performance batteries: lithium lanthanum titanate with a perovskite crystal structure (LLTO). Illustration: Fei Du/Jilin University.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2021

For batteries to fit into narrow and crooked spaces and to store more energy for e.g. electric mobility, flexibly adaptable cells are required. Within the AgiloBat2 research project, KIT researchers and our partners from science work on enabling agile production in Germany. —President of KIT, Professor Holger Hanselka.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 12, 2023

Here, in no particular order, are four such enabling technologies I spotted at CES 2023. Briefly, in the now-ubiquitous QLED technology, quantum dots are used to improve color quality by tuning light to precise wavelengths. If and when such technology shows up on retail shelves is up to TV manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Researchers of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies ( IASS ) in Potsdam and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have achieved the proof-of-principle for a innovative technique to extract hydrogen (H 2 ) from methane (CH 4 ) without the formation of CO 2 as a byproduct.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2019

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. The synthesized hydrocarbon fuels can be stored and/or transported for further utilization.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

This advancement in charging technology streamlines and simplifies the charging experience, while improving customer data security. Not only does the RT175-S make the charging experience more convenient, but the technology serves modern vehicle class fleets that previously were unattainable with other industry charging solutions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Testing of the first 50 BMW i3 cars equipped with bidirectional charging technology is expected to start under real-world everyday conditions in early 2021. The bidirectional charging technology now being explored could lead to even greater benefits.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The new model line is based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). This technology opens up a whole new spectrum of possibilities, such as the ability to store excess power from a home’s solar panels in the ID. And just like the original ‘Bus, the ID. Buzz also has rear-wheel drive. Buzz and other ID.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

CSX Corporation and GE Transportation will explore emissions-cutting and efficiency breakthroughs in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology for locomotives beginning with a pilot program in 2014. GE has been testing low-pressure natural gas technology since spring of 2013, and is working closely with CSX and other Class 1 partners.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The successful drive was achieved with the aid of near-production-standard technology, very similar to that already found in the new E and S-Class. Even we ourselves were quite surprised at just how far we got using our present-day sensor technology. Pinpointing vehicle and computation of driving route. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

The use of solid materials in the tank means that hydrogen can be stored very safely; even if there is a leak, the strong bond between the gas and the storage materials ensures that hydrogen escapes at such a slow rate that there is no risk of explosion. KIT, IFE, JRC and UNITO lead the development of the storage materials.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

Heliostats are mirrors that track the sun in order to reflect highly concentrated sunlight to a receiver, where it can be stored as heat for long-duration energy storage and converted into electricity. The seven projects selected to collectively receive $3.5 Digital Twin and Industry 4.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

A new 5-year, €20-million European research alliance—LIMTECH—is pursuing the objective of researching and continuing the development of liquid metal technologies for a broad spectrum of applications. Liquid metals can store energy in large quantities and dissipate heat effectively.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Control version offers enhanced equipment: manual air conditioning, automatic headlights, hill start assist, remote central locking with Plip system, Citroën Connect Box with SOS & Assistance Pack included, digital DAB MP3 sound system, 5" monochrome touch screen, Bluetooth hands-free kit, 12V socket and a USB port.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The project, coordinated by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), will start in early 2012. Research under BioBoost will complement KIT’s bioliq biosyncrude gasification process ( earlier post ), which is designed for the production of designer fuels for diesel and Otto engines from biogenous residues, e.g., straw.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The robot can also jump onto obstacles up to 300 millimeters high with a bistable mechanism that can gradually store but quickly release energy. Our latest creation, MAKI Pro, embodies our belief in empathic design—a principle that prioritizes the emotional and social dimensions of technology.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2015

An interdisciplinary team of researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and KIT-founded Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) has developed a new Li-ion cathode material based on a new storage principle, resulting in increased energy storage density. 1 ) at ≈2.5 V with a lattice volume change of only ≈3%.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 12, 2022

Telexistence announced the mass production of its originally developed AI robot, TX SCARA, to be installed in 300 FamilyMart stores, Japan’s top-tier convenience store chain in major metropolitan areas, starting in late August 2022. RoMeLa ] When the rubber hits the road, even the best technology can only carry you so far.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2013

Toyota will also use the venue to unveil further potential technology directions in the future of low-emission and zero-emission vehicles with the world premiere of the Yaris Hybrid-R concept, as well as the latest status of its fuel cell technology development, due to be launched in a production car by 2015. Yaris Hybrid-R concept.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

State-of-the-art technology today is limited to detecting only resistive leakages and only when the system voltage does not vary significantly. In another first, the SIM100 detects both resistive leakages and capacitively stored energy that could be harmful to human operators. It provides a wide temperature range of –40 °C to +105 °C.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 5, 2023

in preparation for the subsequent technology of its heavy-duty pickups. The cash will proceed towards increasing the frame store and common meeting conveyor, in addition to unutilized tooling. Normal Motors on Monday stated it is going to spend greater than $1 billion to improve two vegetation in Flint, Mich.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2015

Mercedes-Benz’ Predictive Powertrain Control (PPC) technology, which has been shown to lower fuel consumption by up to 5%, is now now available for retrofitting in the new Actros, Antos and Arocs by Mercedes-Benz service partners throughout Europe. An additional control unit is a major component of the retrofitting kit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2017

Revealing this at a podium discussion held during a joint press conference at CES, the companies further explained that the BMW 7 Series will employ advanced Intel and Mobileye technologies during global trials starting in the US and Europe. BMW engineer André Mueller tests autonomous driving technology in a BMW autonomous test car.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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Teslarati

JULY 20, 2022

Is Tesla still planning a software development kit and app store for third-party developers to make and sell Tesla apps? Will you need new battery or solar technology advancements? And what do you think 4680 production output will be by the end of 2022? Any update with Tesla HVAC that can be shared?

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Battery technology currently requires lithium and other rare earth metals, which must be mined. No one should pretend that these technologies are perfect — they’re not. The critical element will be the development of renewable energy technology that is inexpensive and reliable. The current technologies work but have limits.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In a new article published in Nature, scientists from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) and Aix-Marseille University (France) describe how insects detect gravity. Paper ] We present FLEX-SDK: an open-source software development kit that allows creating a social robot from two simple tablet screens.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Green Car Congress had the opportunity recently to have a discussion with Mark Donaghy, the Global Marketing Manager for Valence Technology, Inc., Valence’s Saphion technology, commercially introduced in 2002, refers to the processes and materials used in developing the novel patented lithium iron magnesium phosphate cathode materials.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Family and the modular electric drive kit (MEB). Here, the direct current (DC) stored in the battery is converted into alternating current (AC). The concept vehicle has this technology already. The electric campaign is now gaining momentum at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicles show. One highlight is the I.D. Crafter HyMotion.

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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

MARCH 21, 2013

There will be two grand prizes awarded in round two: one by the team of judges from the DOE’s Office of Vehicle Technologies, the other by popular choice (the voting). unlocks the data stored in a market of 290 million cars in the US and EU alone, growing 30M a year. 17,000 each.). Unlike many apps today, moj.io

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

With HEO, electrochemical properties can be tailored, as was found by scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Conversion batteries based on electrochemical material conversion allow for an increase of the stored amount of energy, while battery weight is reduced.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. CleanFUEL’s LPI system utilizes Icom JTG technology, and is a fully integrated, dedicated engine system. Perkins said that CleanFUEL is also talking with Freightliner about moving into port tractors and possibly hybrid technology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

These four main kits are now joined by the all-new Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukasten (“Modular Electric Drive kit”, or MEB), being developed by the Volkswagen brand. Since January 2016, the MEB has been under the direction of Christian Senger, who was previously in charge of Automotive Systems and Technology at Continental AG.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

With this success you had better bet folks at Acura were careful when doing a light restyle for the 2022 RDX, with a refresh of the exterior, interior and suspension plus added standard technology. The center console has a lower area to store smaller items and where the wireless phone charger is located. Turbo Power.

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