Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2013

General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2012 and 2013 Buick LaCrosse and Regal, and model year 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco vehicles equipped with the eAssist light electrification system. If these warnings are ignored, eventually the engine may stall and/or the vehicle may not start. liter gasoline engine. base model.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Zephyr 7 runs exclusively on solar power, which is used during the day to charge the battery that is used to power the flight through the night; this flight in shorter days and longer nights was significantly more demanding than any previous one, Airbus noted. The Li-S battery pack was carefully engineered to minimize total pack weight.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

MAN showed the Metropolis research truck, a range-extended electric refuse collection truck developed in collaboration with Benteler Engineering Services for use in the city, at IAA 2012, earlier post.) The two-stage turbocharging optimizes engine tuning in the Euro 6 version.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

Conceptual model for conventional diesel combustion (CDC), left, and LTC combustion, right, for heavy-duty engines. This is a fundamental understanding that will help industry build cleaner , more efficient engines. At this point we have many years of optical engine research in low temperature combustion. Source: CRF.

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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. —Venkat Subramanian.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

There are multiple interesting aspects to the vehicle, including GM’s rationale for offering fast charging as an option (it’s not to go across country), but one of the most manifest when driving the car (aside from the “Wheee!” Each of these laminates is loaded with magnets that are placed in a carefully engineered pattern within the steel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

billion market for energy storage devices, according to a 2012 Lux Research report on micro and mild hybrids. Micro hybrid vehicles are traditional gasoline- or diesel-powered cars with automatic, battery-powered stop-start systems that shut off the engine while the vehicle is at rest and restart it upon re-engaging the gas pedal.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Amsterdam’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure only uses energy from renewable resources. The 300 car2go vehicles and other electric cars in Amsterdam will have access to more than 250 charging stations in the city area right now, most of them with two load-points. Additional kilometers will cost 29 cents each.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2013

Start-stop systems shut off engines while the vehicle is at rest and restart it instantly and automatically upon re-engaging the gas pedal and are one of the most cost-effective and efficient means of optimizing fuel economy. Lead-acid batteries, the most common battery choice, are low-cost, easily available and relatively safe.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The second-generation Volt, which makes its world debut in about 10 weeks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, features a clean-sheet, all-new Voltec propulsion system—new battery, new electric drive unit, new power electronics and new range-extending engine. The new direct-injected 1.5 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

Road transportation accounted for 9% of global black carbon, with diesel engines responsible for nearly 99% of those emissions. In the near term, black carbon emissions from mobile engines are projected to decline as a consequence of policies implemented in the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Source: Minjares et al., Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

In remarks during the briefing, Bill Fay, Group Vice President & General Manager, Toyota Division, noted that the RAV4 EV is an important element of Toyota’s plan to meet the Phase 3 requirements of California’s ZEV mandate ( earlier post ) for the 2012-2014 timeframe. kWh of useable energy at full charge. Charging times.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

As with any recommendation engine, Hohm will provide increasingly more accurate and relevant suggestions for energy conservation as its users contribute home energy input and feedback. We’re not ready to announce a vehicle solution yet. Tags: Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart charging.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

The transformation of Michigan Assembly, once one of the world’s most profitable auto plants during the SUV boom of the late 1990s, is rooted in the fundamental strategic shift by Ford to leverage its global assets to bring six world-class small cars to the American market by the end of 2012.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. decline for the first half of 2012 for passenger cars and a 10.8%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Opel is launching three new engine families and 13 new engines between 2012 and 2016, renewing 80% of its engine portfolio. liter gasoline and diesel engines, together with next generation five- and six-speed gearboxes. liter gasoline and diesel engines, together with next generation five- and six-speed gearboxes.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf will lead the way, with others manufacturers including Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Tesla planning to introduce their electric cars sometime between 2011 and 2012. by Lars Vercelli for the Gotham Gazette.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Byran Nesbitt, Cadillac’s general manager, added that “ Dedicated resources, studio and engineering, allows us to nurture and build the brand identity. ”. As part of the culling, GM has the option to re-badge vehicles from the non-core brands, such as the Pontiac G8, Opel Insignia and Saturn Vue. Build better products.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

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. The charging will improve. I believe when we enter the market in 2020, this is exactly the time when e-mobility will accelerate out of its niche. —Christian Senger.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

e-Golf customers can drive the vehicle confidently, knowing Volkswagen is addressing the vehicle’s environmental impacts through many stages of its lifecycle from production, distribution and charging. —Jones and O’Hara (2012). The carbon offset program is a key element of Volkswagen’s holistic approach to e-Mobility.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Terri Kirsch was re-elected, and we welcome Arthur Burton, Kate Kruk, and Michael Yared as new board members. Burton hopes his new membership on the EVA Board will help him promote better access for not only Chicagoans who reside in charging deserts, but better access for all. Three new members elected. Burton Arthur M.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

As part of its re-emergence, GM has established just four core brands – its global leader Chevrolet; Buick, which focuses on North America and China; GMC, one of its most profitable brands which will focus on North America and the Middle East; and Cadillac. diesel engine for light trucks. How GM hopes to recover.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

smart will be the only car manufacturer worldwide currently to offer its full model range with both combustion engines and all-electric drive. The company based in Kamenz, Saxony, has been building the electric heart of the smart electric drive since 2012. With the onboard charger, in the USA and the UK the charging time is 2.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2013

EADS has also engineered together with Diamond Aircraft and Siemens an updated series hybrid electric motor glider, the Diamond Aircraft DA36 E-Star 2. With the engines located close to the centre-line of the aircraft, the E-Fan has very good controllability in single-engine flight. Total static engine thrust is about 1.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Saab engineers have integrated an electrical architecture within the shape and dimensions of a ‘conventional’ 9-3 SportCombi. A separate 12-volt battery, for the lights and cabin ancillaries, is also charged from the battery pack via a current transformer. Earlier post.).

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. These include, but are not limited to: A national public and private charging infrastructure plan and associated investment; The transition of the public sector fleet; Supportive policies to transition private sector fleets (e.g. Committee Secretariat. Wellington.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

However, the report authors found, the agencies should re-examine certain issues such as consumer behavior and the effectiveness of certain technologies in an upcoming mid-term review. These standards will require the US new vehicle fleet to double in fuel economy between 2012 and 2025. Background. to 41 mpg by 2021 and 48.7

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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 Engineering Advantages of PHEV. Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v. slow charge. Table of Contents. References.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car battery technology and pave the way for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles in as little as two years. When the team tested the newly-coated cathode, they discovered it could be charged and discharged in as little as 9 seconds. by RSS or sign up by email. Herron makes a valid point.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

It’s January 2030 and your electric heat pump is warming the house while your electric car charges in the garage, all powered by solar panels on your roof and by wind and solar generators at your local utility. Such an engine can’t adapt to changes in the required compression, and that makes it hard to control the reaction.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The FT-CH is a concept that would address Toyota’s stated strategy to offer a wider variety of conventional hybrid choices to its customers, as it begins to introduce plug-in hybrids (PHVs) and battery electrics (BEVs) in model year 2012, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCHVs) in 2015 in global markets. And then there is range.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 9, 2021

Giant companies were paying no or very little attention in the electric vehicle market and they were still focusing on developing new IC engine-powered models. The image and common impression of Electric vehicles were re-written by the introduction of the Tesla Roadster in the year of 2008. The Beginning (2003). The Good Times.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

We are starting with optimizing our conventional drive trains—the TDI diesel engines, the TSI engines, the DSG transmission, all of those technologies have helped us to lower our fuel consumption a lot. Hinze is the engineer in charge of the rollout of the e-Golf and e-up!). More on this below.). TSI, the 2.0

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2016

Possible applications are small self-powered, data-transmitting sensor chips for cars, airplanes (temperature, engine/chassis vibrations, tire pressure sensors) or medical purposes (sticker to measure body temperature, contact lenses that measure blood sugar concentrations). Coulombic efficiency). Al 0.05 )O 2 (NCA) as cathode. Sternad et al.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

“Hybrid vehicles compete with the internal combustion engine. “We’re excited about being able to market a car that will never use a drop of gasoline.&#. “Nissan is really committing to this idea, and I think they’re going to be proven right.&#. Production begins in late 2012.

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Plug In India

MAY 3, 2022

I asked her about start-ups that she has liked, She talked of Bolt, which is setting up charging stations for two wheelers using 15 A plug points. The cab sharing service started in 2012. There is a quick charge station, which does end of the line rejection. These guys dock and charge on their own. She covers startups.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By Establishing dealer network.

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