Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

“Over the past 15 years, the emphasis has moved toward using [these materials] less as high-temperature superconductors and more as high-field superconductors,” says Venkat Selvamanickam , who directs the Applied Research Hub of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston. tesla magnetic field in 2014.

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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). BMW i has worked with universities, national laboratories, utilities and industry partners to maximize residential energy efficiency.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a novel strategy to improve the efficiency and performance of non-aqueous lithium-oxygen (Li-air) batteries. The university will license the new “solar battery” to industry. Professor Wu says it will help tame the costs of renewable energy.

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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. “ —Bob Carter. Earlier post.).

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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

MAY 4, 2016

Hydrogenious Technologies is a spin-off from the University of Erlangen- Nuremberg (Germany), which also holds a stake in the company, and the Bavarian Hydrogen Center. The concept of LOHC is based on the reversible hydrogenation of an unsaturated, usually aromatic, compound. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Emel’yanenko, Mikhail A.

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JUNE 6, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University, The Netherlands) have concluded that the energy demand and climate impacts of using CO 2 to produce synthetic hydrocarbon fuels by using existing technologies can be greater than the impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al.

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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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MAY 9, 2013

The work was conducted by a collaboration including industrial partners Arup, Dearman Engine Company, E4 Tech, Highview, Messer Group and Ricardo, as well as academics from the Universities of Leeds, Birmingham, Strathclyde, Brighton and Imperial College London. Williams, University of Birmingham. Jonathan Radcliffe and Prof.

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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 4, 2014

Rice University scientists have found that amine-rich compounds combined with carbon-60 molecules (buckyballs) are highly effective at selectively capturing CO 2. 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.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

From 2014 to 2022, the Puerto Rican power company, PREPA, increased its share of renewable energy from 1.7 The average cost of electricity for commercial users in Puerto Rico is about 29 U.S. Although we plan to test this concept in the lab, implementing it in the field will require permission from the main utility.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 23, 2023

I’m senior editor Eliza Strickland , and today I’m talking with Stanford University’s Russell Wald about efforts to regulate artificial intelligence. It ensures that we have a more diverse group of people at the table, which is something I’m very passionate about. And that’s a concern. There’s the Brussels Effect.

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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

Instead of drastically scaling up power-grid infrastructure, our work at the University of Vermont has focused on how to coordinate demand in real time to match the increasingly variable supply. 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.

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JULY 19, 2011

Proof-of-concept demonstrations have been deployed in Michigan and California, but there are to date no widespread deployments. In general the passenger vehicle industry is also exceedingly cost conscious.As Michele Weigle, Old Dominion University, 2008). DOT ITS Strategic Research Plan, 2010–2014.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Researchers at the University of Missouri’s Department of Chemical Engineering (MU) have developed and demonstrated a new type of battery, referred to as the “convection battery” or “convection cell”. Suppes and his colleagues initially validated their concept of the convection cell using a zinc-alkaline chemistry. Credit: Prof.

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JULY 17, 2015

Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ).

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 12, 2022

We already discussed the cost of building a hyperloop but haven’t discussed the price we have to pay. Hyperloop: How Much Do The Tickets Cost? This time, it’s possible that technology has only recently caught up with the concept. Despite claiming to be too busy, Musk appears to be interested in the Hyperloop concept.

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AUGUST 2, 2015

After debuting the first solar air battery—a photo-assisted charging Li-O 2 battery—last fall ( earlier post ), researchers at The Ohio State University led by Professor Yiying Wu have now developed a new system combining a solar cell and a battery into a single device. Various kinds of solar fuels have been actively explored.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

One of the largest RHD markets, the United Kingdom, has been transitioning towards this outcome for many years creating an “Office of Low Emission Vehicles” in 2014. Concept Consulting has useful analysis on implementing an ICE ban. It is significantly more cost effective to install charge points in new builds.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

Topics included the upcoming introduction of the blue e-motion Golf electric vehicle, sometimes called the e-Golf, near the end of 2013 (early 2014 for the US market), as well as Volkswagen’s goal of achieving 3% of its global sales through plug-in vehicles by 2018. ERL teams also test and validate navigation and connectivity systems.

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