Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 25, 2016
Peter Mertens, previously Senior Vice President Research & Development at Volvo Car Corporation in Göteborg, Sweden, as the new Board of Management Member for Technical Development at Audi. After his apprenticeship as a toolmaker, Peter Mertens studied production technology at Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Changing the microstructure in magnesium alloys improves their corrosion resistance, and so improves the possibilities for the transport sector to use these materials to decrease the weight of vehicles, according to work done by Mohsen Esmaily, researcher in Atmospheric Corrosion at Chalmers University in Sweden. —Mohsen Esmaily.
The Truth About Cars
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The big-Mercury universe for 1964 included the top-grade Park Lane , the mid-level Montclair and the might-as-well-be-a-Ford-Galaxie Monterey. The Montclair and Park Lane names disappeared after 1968 (the Monterey name survived through 1974, then was revived for the Mercurized Ford Freestar in 2004).
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 24, 2021
Formal requirements came long afterwards—in Europe in 2004 and in the United States in 2012. That’s because it’s moving toward the dream of self-driving vehicles, which demands universal standards. Manufacturers made it standard before government agencies got around to telling them to. America has done very little ,” says Curtis.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2009
Professor Robert Cervero, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley. Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. Professor Sebastian Thrun, Stanford University. Cervero believes Stockholm, Sweden and Curitiba, Brazil are two good examples of the TOD principle.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2016
Researchers at the University of Manchester (UK) have developed a graphene-based nano-rectifier (“ballistic rectifier”) that can convert waste heat to electricity. The nano-rectifier was built by a team led by Professor Aimin Song and Dr. Ernie Hill, in collaboration with a team at Shandong University (China). Manchester University.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Some answers on consumer expectations and daily performance should come out of evaluations of the prototypes to be conducted at the Irvine and Berkeley campuses of the University of California that will begin later this month.
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