Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

ZF Friedrichshafen AG is supplying a 7-speed manual transmission (7MT) for Porsche’s new 911 models, marking the first manual transmission with 7 speeds available for passenger cars. The transmission design is based on ZF’s 7-speed double clutch transmission (7DT). The Servolectric electric power steering is supplied by ZF Lenksysteme.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

Their partnership will include joint work on the electric motor, suspension and power electronics for the powertrain. As its third major motorsport pillar, Schaeffler has a commitment in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) high-tech racing series with Audi’s sister brand Porsche.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008. A representative stated plainly “Hyundai Motor is not in talks with Apple on autonomous vehicle development.”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Michael Mauer will lead Group Design in addition to his present function at Porsche. He moved to Saab as Executive Director Design in 2000 and was also given responsibility for Advanced Design at General Motors Europe in 2003. Ralf-Gerhard Willner will lead Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The Group will continue driving forward the development of hybrid and electric motors in particular. The new plant in North America will begin operating in 2011. The ratio of capital expenditure to sales revenue will be at a competitive level of around 6% on average in the period 2011 to 2015. billion (US$14.5

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 21, 2023

Automobilwoche , and Western-counterpart Automotive News , reported that the site will first attempt to tackle the all-electric motors going into the Polestar 5 (a rival for the Tesla Model S) and the Polestar 6 roadster. The site was last used by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) after Saab folded in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2010

Following the market launch of Bosch parallel full-hybrid technology ( earlier post ) in the Porsche Cayenne S and Volkswagen Touareg hybrids, the company is increasingly investing in the development of powertrain technologies for all-electric vehicles. Large-scale series production of battery cells to begin in 2011. Source: Bosch.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Fluid is re-routed from the shock through the valve, where our proprietary integrated hydraulic motor can either extract power or perform work on the fluid. The very compact unit consists of its own control unit, an electric motor and an electrohydraulic gear pump (Gerotor).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

Operating at the rear of all four Audi R18 cars was the latest evolution of the compact V6 TDI engine with VTG mono turbocharger that was used at Le Mans for the first time in 2011. One vehicle axle (rear) of the R18 e-tron is powered conventionally, the second (front) by two water-cooled 75 kW motors with integrated power electronics.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2014

To recover that amount of energy under braking, the rear motor-generator was not enough so we returned to the four-wheel hybrid concept we developed from 2007 to 2011, before the regulations limited hybrid boost to just one axle. —Hisatake Murata, General Manager, Motor Sports Unit Development Division.

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Drive Electric

MAY 1, 2023

We were established in 2011, and since then have become the leading voice on e-mobility uptake in New Zealand. About Drive Electric Drive Electric is a not-for-profit membership organisation with one goal – Mainstreaming e-mobility to support New Zealand’s low-carbon future.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2010

The Euro 5 compliant engine is capable of 240 hp (59 kW/liter) and 550 N·m (406 lb-ft) of torque and will be available in the 2011 model year vehicles in the European market. Technical features of the engine include a chain-driven, double overhead camshaft with four valves per cylinder. Each valve is driven by finger followers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

The company, which began deliveries of the Fisker Karma luxury four-door extended range electric sedan in December 2011, also said that it has delivered 1,000 vehicles to customers in the US and Europe. hp (150 kW) liquid-cooled AC permanent magnet synchronous motors, for a total range of 300 miles (483 km).

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Drive Electric

MAY 15, 2022

We were established in 2011, and since then have become the leading voice on e-mobility uptake in New Zealand. About Drive Electric. Drive Electric is a not-for-profit membership organisation with one goal – Mainstreaming e-mobility to support New Zealand’s low-carbon future. We are an independent, apolitical voice.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 30, 2023

In 2011, the company’s LS-218 SuperBike set a landspeed record for production electric motorcycles at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, with a 347.55 The standard Strike has up to 132 kilowatts (180 horsepower) and an electric motor that peaks around 7,500 rpm. Lightning Motorcycles is already known for record-setting speeds.

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Driivz

AUGUST 1, 2023

SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) and the European Automobile Manufacturing Association (ACEA) proposed the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in 2011. CCS combines the existing J1772 standard connection for Level 1 or Level 2 AC-powered EV charging with a two-pin connector for up to 350MW of DC-powered fast charging.

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Drive Electric

APRIL 5, 2023

We were established in 2011, and since then have become the leading voice on e-mobility uptake in New Zealand. About Drive Electric Drive Electric is a not-for-profit membership organisation with one goal – Mainstreaming e-mobility to support New Zealand’s low-carbon future.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

‘Starting Wednesday, the 2010 Roadster, which competes against exotic sport cars like the Porsche 911, will be available on a three-year, 30,000-mile lease based on the manufacturer’s price of $111,005, Tesla said. Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. Tesla hopes to see a sales surge in 2011 when it rolls.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

Porsche 919 Hybrid. The Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 Le Mans prototype made its premiere at the Geneva Motor Show. Porsche 919 Hybrid development began in the middle of 2011 on a blank sheet of paper. The 919 Hybrid is our fastest mobile research laboratory and the most complex race car that Porsche has ever built.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Broadly, Navigant expects expansion in both the higher end of the market (thereby putting competitive pressure on Tesla Motors), as Audi, BMW, Cadillac, Mercedes, Saab, and Volvo introduce their first plug-in cars. Tesla Motors will have a bumpy year. million electric-drive motors will ship in 2014: HEVs, PHEVs, and BEVs.

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EV Sales

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

With plugin registrations jumping 105% last month, it was the first time since 1411 2011 that we had 3 consecutive months (October, November & December) of doubling sales, with is a great sign for what 2021 could be. share (4.9% BEV) , pulling the final 2020 plugin share to 4% (2.8% BEV) , results that are well above the 2.5%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

The benefits of reduced weight of wiring harnesses, more powerful motors for the various motorized applications and high-power ICs do substantiate that the automobile is poised to offer the end-consumer a better experience. But will the benefits also outweigh the costs, is the crucial question.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The new system is expected to be in production vehicles by 2011. Recent examples of the trend toward supercharging include: Nissan recently announced its 2011 1.2L, 3-cylinder Micra city car will be powered an engine with Eaton’s most advanced supercharger, the Twin Vortices Series (TVS). Volkswagen’s 2010 1.4L V6 and 4.2L

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2011

Tuesday May 9, 2011. Of course Jaguar is not a name that most motoring enthusiasts would traditionally associate with [.]. The Green Piece. Last week, luxury car maker Jaguar announced that it would be making one of its newest models a hybrid after confirming that its C-X75 hybrid model would be going into production (see article).

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Green Cars News

MARCH 4, 2011

Friday 4 March 2011. The week of a major Motor Show is always going to be big news, and this year’s Geneva show was no exception. Things-We-Learned-This-Week Column. Our new end-of-the-week column taking a light-hearted look at the big stories making the news this week in the world of economical and environmental transport.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set the model year 2011 CAFE standards, which it estimates will raise the industry-wide combined light-duty vehicle fuel economy average to 27.3 mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

4 (all models) (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 VOLVO C40 (2022) $4,000 XC40 Recharge (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 Last updated 1/23/2024, most recent changes in bold The Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro. 4 (all models) (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 VOLVO C40 (2022) $4,000 XC40 Recharge (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 Last updated 1/23/2024, most recent changes in bold The Audi Q5 TFSI e Quattro.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2011

PSA Peugeot-Citroën Group has adopted plastic glazing made from Teijin Chemicals Limited’s Panlite polycarbonate resin in the rear quarter windows (quarter lite) of the Citroën DS5 five-door hatchback unveiled at the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Great Wall Motor Co., Those prices are much lower than that of General Motors Corp.s GM plans to launch the Volt in China in 2011. Chinese auto makers also showed other types of "new energy" vehicles, including regular gasoline-electric hybrids to compete with Toyota Motor Corp.s in late 2010. Prius hybrid.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

In a common type of motor controller, for example, pulses of direct-current electricity are fed to coils mounted on the motor’s rotor. These pulses set up a magnetic field that interacts with that of the motor’s stator, which makes the rotor spin. The standard technique is called pulse-width modulation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

Comprising 728 prismatic 14.5Ah Li-ion cells (104 in series by 7 in parallel), the pack powers a 100 kW (134 hp) UQM traction motor that develops up to 300 N·m (221 lb-ft) of torque. Production capacity will reach 20,000 units in 2011, gated by the production capacity of the battery plant. Pack development.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2011

The latest rendering of Porsche’s plug-in hybrid 918 Spyder super sports car. Porsche has begun taking orders for the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid drive super sports car, first debuted as a concept at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010 ( earlier post ), even as production development proceeds. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

After the proposal for the Combined Charging System (CCS) was published in Germany in 2011, a group of automakers and suppliers formed CharIN to promote the adoption of CCS. Also, CharIN’s 5th North America Conference and Testival took place at Lucid Motors Headquarters in Newark, California in November.].

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2022

That’s despite the dispiriting history of the first (and only) EV to use a high-manganese battery, the original Nissan Leaf , beginning in 2011. With 200 kWh in a double-stacked cell sandwich—twice the size of Tesla’s biggest battery— the reborn Hummer combines a 529-km (329-mile) range with tri-motor propulsion, 1,000 horsepower, and a 3.0-second

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

In addition to a recent electric car deal with NISSAN Motors ( NSANY ), Portland General Electric, the Oregon state governor and GE have also announced a joint venture with Mitsubishi Motors ( MMTOF.PK ) to develop and sell the Miev electric car with 85 mile range by 2011. By 2011 look for a larger THINK Ox. ENON.OB ) ).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Platzer, Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn Publisher University Readers, 2011 ISBN 1609274687, 9781609274689. [ Smaller and lighter, it requires less liquid fuel.

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