Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

ADEPT combines the two technologies, which have been demonstrated individually but not yet as an integrated system, applying the low voltage concept of ‘intelligent electrification’ for the first time to a diesel car. SR machines are ideally suited to this concept of low cost development, while reducing the cost of production components.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2014

Compression is a major contributor to the cost of hydrogen fueling. The project’s objective is to meet DOE’s goals of increasing efficiency and reducing cost for hydrogen compression, paving the way toward more economical hydrogen storage. DOE analysis shows CSD cost reduction is key to achieving its delivery targets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

The pilot of the Nissan e-NV200s is being conducted nationwide from November 2013 until April 2014 to assess how the vans perform in winter conditions during typical British Gas home services daily usage patterns. Nissan has been globally piloting the e-NV200 for two years ahead of the van going on sale to the public next year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

Cost of the new engine relative to gasoline baseline. Michael Ruth (2014) “ATP-LD; Cummins Next Generation Tier 2 Bin 2 Diesel Engine” DOE 2014 Annual Merit Review, Project ACE061. 2013) “Cold Start Concept (CSC): A Novel Catalyst for Cold Start Emission Control,” SAE Int. l/100 km) for a vehicle of that size. Weigert, E.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

The objectives of this FOA are to: Enable access to previously untapped regional wind resources by supporting development of innovative rotors, a key sub-system of cost-effective taller, larger turbine systems. (A Increase energy capture by increasing rotor swept area while reducing lifetime Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE). Resources.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office’ (FCTO) 2014 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Annual Progress Report ( earlier post )—an annual summary of results from projects funded by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program—described progress in the field of hydrogen production. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The fuel cells market is growing rapidly, and has seen an annual growth rate of 30% every year since 2010 as well as $2 billion annual revenue in 2014. Proposed cathode catalyst concepts should demonstrate the potential to meet or exceed DOE’s 2020 activity target of 0.044 A/cm 2 at 0.9 A/mg PGM at 0.1

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

Graphic from GM, Edwards AMR 2014 presentation. This flexibility offers a high degree of freedom for design and engine manufacturers need to balance the cost of hardware testing with turn-around time and practicality for mass production. Source: Edwards, AMR 2014 presentation. Simulation of injector. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Brookhaven National Laboratory PROOF OF CONCEPT: A research team led by Brookhaven National Laboratory and ABB built a magnetic energy-storage system using HTS that achieved a 12.5-tesla tesla magnetic field in 2014. Since then, research has lagged due to the high cost of the materials.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai announced plans to offer its next-generation Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle for the US market for $499 per month, including unlimited free hydrogen refueling and At Your Service Valet Maintenance at no extra cost. Availability begins in Spring 2014 at several Southern California Hyundai dealers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The new model belongs to efficiency class A and meets the Euro 6 emissions standard, which is not due to come into effect for all gasoline-engined vehicles until 1 September 2014. The B 200 Natural Gas Drive can reach speeds of up to 200 km/h (124 mph), and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 9.1 Location of the storage tanks. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

Stanley Whittingham , who created the lithium-ion concept, and Akira Yoshino , who developed the anode chemistry that was used in Sony’s first lithium-ion battery. The duo created a lithium-ion battery with lower voltage but also lower cost and greater safety. For that, he won a 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry , sharing the award with M.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2014

Toyota opened the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with a strong affirmation of the benefits of and potential for hydrogen fuel cell technology. “ Toyota opened the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with a strong affirmation of the benefits of and potential for hydrogen fuel cell technology. “

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

liter EA888 Gen3 engine featured in Audi’s all-road shooting brake plug-in hybrid concept unveiled at the North American International Auto Show this week ( earlier post ) features—as does its production ilk—a dual injection system that combines direct injection with indirect injection into the intake manifold. Credit: Audi.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The concept announced at EVS29 is the first market-ready home storage system using a second-life automotive BMW i3 high-voltage battery integrated by BECK Automation (Würzburg, Germany). In 2014, BMW integrated high-voltage batteries into a stationary storage system in Hamburg.

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Energy Storage BMW Energy Batteries 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The basic concept of the integrated solar battery is to use the contribution of the photovoltage to reduce greatly the charging overpotential caused by the difficulty in efficiently electrochemically decomposing lithium peroxide (Li 2 O 2 ), the discharge product formed on the oxygen electrode.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The Department Of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of its Vehicle Technology Office (VTO), a program-wide Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000991) for fiscal year 2014 on or about January 2014. Reducing the cost of electric drive systems from $30/kW to $8/kW.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

Ogiso said verification work on the system will be conducted in Japan, the US and Europe in 2014. This year at the Tokyo Motor show, Toyota will unveil a well-defined mid-size four-door sedan hydrogen fuel cell concept. That vehicle will make its North American debut at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

The concept of LOHC is based on the reversible hydrogenation of an unsaturated, usually aromatic, compound. The technology will increase delivery ranges and decrease the operating costs of hydrogen logistics for UHG. Anglo American Platinum invested in Hydrogenious Technologies’ first financing round in 2014. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Regarding future Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission regulations (Pavley 2), staff is evaluating studies of the feasibility and cost of advanced technologies to reduce GHG emissions that could achieve widespread sales and acceptance in the 2017-2025 timeframe. New NMOG + NO x standard.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The program will focus on developing advanced cultivation technologies that enable the cost and energy efficient production of macroalgal biomass in the ocean at a scale suitable as feedstock for the production of fuels and chemicals. The deadline to submit a Concept Paper for MARINER is 5 pm ET, 14 February 2017.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. Ultimately, Audi is targeting costs of around $100/kWh. Hackenberg.

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MARCH 25, 2008

The letter states that the Staff recommendation has increased the volume of ZEVs and PHEVs required from 2012-2014 and this would result in additional costs of up to $3.4 The chart compares the November 2007 Concept Paper to the February 2008 45-day Notice, which results in a possible increase of 630 zero-emission vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Cost considerations on the total infrastructure or cost of ownership were also outside the scope of this work but are nevertheless important, they team noted. 2014) “Well-to-wheel analysis of direct and indirect use of natural gas in passenger vehicles,” Energy , Volume 75, Pages 194-203 doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.07.035.

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APRIL 12, 2010

2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. The total cost of the plant will exceed $100 million, and some 80 jobs are expected to result. The MegaCity itself will be launched in mid-2013 as a 2014 model, and sold as a “sub-brand&# of BMW for use predominantly in crowded urban areas. By John Voelcker, Senior Editor for GreenCarReports.com.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2014

That the costs of carbon capture can be offset by producing valuable fuels or chemical products from CO 2. Because renewable energy technologies produce difficult-to-store electricity and renewable electricity supply increasingly exceeds demand, research has begun in leveling supply and demand using concepts such as smart grids.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

Working with a select group of BMW i3 drivers, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to improved electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

Barriers include the increased demand for fuel tanks, leading to a decrease in payload capacity and the relatively high capital cost of the system installation. Engine concepts include gas-only engines; dual fuel 4-stroke; and 2-stoke. LNG engines currently being produced cover a broad range of power outputs.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

With the green car world focusing on a renewed push for electric cars and new hybrid car concepts such as the latest Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, fuel cells are in danger of becoming the forgotten figures of the environmental world.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

In a presentation at the SAE 2014 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium and then in a paper given at SAE 2014 World Congress, Mark Sellnau, Engineering Manager, Delphi Advanced Powertrain, reported that Brake Specific Fuel Consumption for the 1.8L 2014-01-1300. Earlier post , earlier post.). Earlier post.) 35% (PFI baseline).

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. In its cavalcade of concepts, VW also recently showed an entry-level model that appeared to be an electric reincarnation of the Beetle, but without its iconic shape. Road Test: 2019 BMW i8 Roadster.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

With Ricardo as a partner, DEC is tracking to deliver a test engine by end 2013 for testing and demonstration in Q1 2014. The costs of pre-clearance should be grant funded. Compressed Air Engines Concept Engines Engines' Compressed air vs. liquid air. Compressed air engines (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2014

This latest work, presented at SAE 2014 World Congress, shows that moving to higher compression ratios (CR) and lower fuel cetane numbers (DCN) from an SI base engine offers a better trade-off than increasing DCN with a lower CR. Other research suggests that for the GCI concept, the optimum fuel is a much less processed fuel—e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro concept shows its grille at the LA Auto Show. ” By contrast, the two motors on the rear axle of the Audi e-tron quattro concept provide discrete control, one linked to each rear wheel, without the use of a differential. .” Click to enlarge. —Pennycott et al.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

Those two data-communication concepts allow millions of users and billions of devices to connect to the Internet without any centralized scheduling or control. To the homeowner, the daily cost of operating the water heater is less than US $2 (assuming a rate of about 15¢ per kWh). 2, March 2014. kilowatt-hours.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2014

The Rice lab of chemist Andrew Barron, in a proof-of-concept study, combined buckyballs with amines in a compound (PEI-C 60 ) that absorbs a fifth of its weight in carbon dioxide. Compared to the cost of current amine used, C-60 is pricy. But the energy costs would be lower because you’d need less to remove the carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2012

Suppes and his colleagues initially validated their concept of the convection cell using a zinc-alkaline chemistry. For small batteries, the team notes, conventional diffusion-based architectures are superior because the cost of the circulating pump alone would be more than the cost of the traditional diffusion-based battery.

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