Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Volkswagen Brand Technical Development, in front of the Volkswagen Concept Car L1 in Frankfurt. Volkswagen unveiled the L1, its second-generation one-liter class concept car, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The earlier, first-generation 1-Litre concept. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Comparison of CO 2 emissions for the S 500 PLUG-IN HYBRID and the S 500 [t/car]. ISO/TR 14062:2002 describes concepts and current practices relating to the integration of environmental aspects into product design and development, and is applicable to the development of sector-specific documents. Source: TÜV SÜD.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the latter part of the 1990s, we started working on the application of fuel cells into passenger vehicles before other manufacturers and in 2002, we simultaneously introduced the world’s first FCEV in Japan and the United States. The fuel cell technology reduces CO2 emissions achieving clean energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The Volkswagen Group is continuing its restructuring in the aftermath of the diesel engine emissions scandal. He was appointed Executive Vice-President of Production at SEAT in 2002, becoming Deputy President of the brand in 2009, and was subsequently named Group Chief Officer for the Environment, Energy and New Business Areas in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Founded in 2002, Clean Energy Partnership (CEP) is an international cooperation that includes BMW Group; Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe BVG; Daimler; Ford; GM/Opel; Hamburger Hochbahn; Linde; Shell; StatoilHydro; TOTAL; Vattenfall Europe; and Volkswagen. The FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2013

All the engines can be combined with an eight-speed automatic gearbox (standard in the BMW 225d Coupe) for fuel consumption and emissions figures that are lower than those achieved with the standard six-speed manual gearbox. BMW 2002 TI running in the AvD-Oldtimer Grand-Prix 2012. liters per 100 kilometers / 38.6 – 37.3 218d Coupe.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Also at the LA Auto Show, the new Honda FCEV Concept made its world debut. The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota highlighted its own new FCV Concept with a world premiere.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

CT&T, founded in 2002 by former Hyundai Motor executive Young Gi Lee, currently produces two versions of its e-Zone EV, differentiated by battery pack: lead acid or Li-polymer. for the concept of the RAS system. Shipments of CT&T’s compact electric vehicles to Japan will begin in November. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2009

In varying the distance between the cylinder head and the crankshaft, the Envera approach is similar to a VCR concept proposed by SAAB ( earlier post ), which uses a hinged, tilting cylinder arrangement. Advanced combustion And emission control research for high-efficiency engines, FY2007 Progress Report.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 28, 2024

It also had a very successful rally career in India, however, with newer emissions norms, the company finally bid farewell to the Gypsy in 2019. Its dynamic concept car-like design, peppy performance and agile handling redefined Maruti’s image, attracting a younger, more dynamic audience.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

About 40% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions come from industrial. will allow high energy consuming industries and sectors to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, limit their need for fossil fuels, and become more competitive. two awards in February 2010 with each supporting a unique reactor concept. process heat. Background.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Such engines may incorporate novel thermodynamic cycles, but should not simply involve regurgitation of existing concepts (e.g., In the most-general terms, the term “advanced combustion regimes” is intended to encompass clean and highly-efficient, liquid-fueled combustion engines. Miller Cycle). AOI 2: Lightweighting Materials.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. And with the revival of the EV, the V2G concept was reborn. The experiment seemed to prove the feasibility of the technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

Earlier this month, Ford unveiled its Lightweight Concept vehicle, which uses advanced materials to explore future weight-reduction solutions that could improve performance and fuel efficiency while reducing CO 2 emissions. The result of this is reflected in the Ford concept. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In the two-seat XL1, the developers successfully came up with a body concept which delivers more everyday utility than in the two previous prototypes. TDI of the XL1 also shares key internal modifications for reducing emissions with the 1.6 TDI already fulfills the limits of the Euro-6 emissions standard.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The Frankfurt Motor Show is playing host to a staggering array of weird and wonderful concept cars this week, many of which are geared around green credentials. At 3,813 mm in length, the L1 Concept is comparable to the Fox yet at just 1,143 mm in height it’s as low as a Lamborghini Murcielago.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

A: To achieve lower emissions and greener vehicles on the way towards the ultimate eco-car, it is essential to measure the impact that our vehicles have on the environment throughout our entire operations. Q: There are many green concept vehicles in the pipeline for Toyota, but what is the next big development?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The FT-CH concept. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA unveiled the FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. However, at the time, the market, the consumer and consumer’s environmental mind-set were not ready to buy-in to the whole battery-electric concept. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

When biogas is produced and used on-site in a fuel cell, fuel utilization or overall energy efficiency can reach 90% and can reduce emissions by more than 90% by weight as compared to the emissions associated with grid electricity generation. Developing and demonstrating a novel cryo-compressed tank concept. Report to Congress.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

The e:FCEV advances Honda’s emissions goals as the company marches to 100-percent zero emission vehicles (battery electric or fuel cell electric) by 2040. The only by-product is water vapor that harmlessly drips from the tailpipe, making the e:FCEV a zero-emission vehicle. Two (or is it three?)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The first target (1999-2002) was compressed natural gas (CNG), liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and other combustion alternative fuel vehicles (CAFVs), in a program called the Clean Auto Auction. With the 10 th 5-year Plan (“10-5”, 2002-2006), the government introduced the goal of developing and commercializing electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

As Toyota learned with the introduction of the Prius and its efforts on the 2002 RAV4 EV, O’Brien said, it is difficult to force technology adoption by consumers. California first adopted its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation in 1990 as part of the Low Emission Vehicle Program. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

The Tesla Roadster represents the evolution of AC Propulsion’s 12 year old tzero which in 2002 pioneered the use of lithium-ion batteries (6,800 cells) demonstrating 0-60mph acceleration times in the 3.6 A NEW EXPERIENCE - DRIVING PLEASURE WITHOUT EMISSIONS: THE MINI E 10/18/2008. second range. URL: [link].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

In Europe, the likes of the Yaris and the iQ have kept average fuel consumption levels low, while Toyota is working on several new concepts such as the FT-EV (see article ) which has a claimed range of 50miles per charge. However, Nissan has since embraced the need to drive down emissions and placed its focus firmly on electric cars.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GM says it is already looking ahead to the next generation of Volt-based vehicles — it unveiled the Cadillac Converj concept in January — and says costs will come down as the technology spreads to more models. I had surmised this in my 2002 car design thesis [link] even before anyone was talking about plug in series hybrids.

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