Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Mitsubishi Concept XR-PHEV on stage in LA. MMNA) gave the Mitsubishi Concept XR-PHEV ( earlier post ) plug-in hybrid its North American debut at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. he Concept XR-PHEV features Mitsubishi Motors advanced connected car technology that makes use of the next-generation information systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2014

They can thus be optimized for applications such as carbon capture, wastewater filtration, and natural gas storage, and for use in devices including fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, and solar cells. With this latest round, the MITEI Seed Fund Program has supported 129 early-stage research proposals, with total funding of about $15.8

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2013

2014 Cadillac ELR Click to enlarge. Cadillac unveiled the anticipated 2014 ELR extended range electric (EREV) vehicle (based on the Converj concept, earlier post ) at the North American International Auto Show. Sales start early in 2014 in North America, expanding to global markets including China and Europe.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 2, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: An updated version of the Audi Sport quattro plug-in hybrid concept will debut at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, the Ford C-Max Solar Energi can recharge at least partly with sunlight, and Kelly Blue Book isn''t optimistic about electric-car residual values. Renewable "pedal.'

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The BMW i8 goes on sale in the US in 2014. The i8—the first plug-in hybrid vehicle from the BMW Group—will have a manufacturer’s suggest retail price of $135,925 (including destination and handling) when it arrives in US showrooms in spring of 2014. Click to enlarge. The combination of a new 3-cylinder, 1.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2016

In a demonstration of its ongoing development of advanced alternative powertrains, Audi unveiled the new h-tron quattro fuel cell concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The Audi h-tron quattro concept combines an Audi fifth-generation fuel cell stack delivering up to 110 kW with a power-optimized 1.8

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2014

A battery equipped with the new anode material can be recharged up to 70% in only 2 minutes. Moving forward, Prof Chen’s research team will be applying for a Proof-of-Concept grant to build a large-scale battery prototype. The new battery will also be able to endure more than 10,000 charging cycles. Chandran, B. and Chen, X.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2014

Interest in rechargeable magnesium batteries has increased due to a number of factors. Over the past few years, substantial progress in rechargeable Mg batteries has been demonstrated, but their practical application is still facing great challenges, largely due to limitations of cathode materials. … Ichitsubo, Y. Murase and E.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2016

At IAA 2014, Opbrid introduced the Trůkbaar for heavy-duty trucks; the Trůkbaar is one element for the Furrer + Frey tractor swapping solution. The first tractor then recharges. Furrer + Frey is a long-time partner of Opbrid, the provider of the overhead pantograph-based ultra-fast charging Opbrid Bůsbaar for buses ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2014

Whereas previous pseudocapacitor and rechargeable battery charge storage studies have focused on cation intercalation, the anion-based mechanism presented here offers a new paradigm for electrochemical energy storage. —Mefford et al. Resources. Tyler Mefford, William G. Hardin, Sheng Dai, Keith P. Johnston & Keith J.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

million ZEVS on the roads in their states by 2025 ( earlier post ); the partners released a ZEV Action Plan in June 2014 ( earlier post ). Since signing the MOU, Massachusetts has launched two new financial incentive programs to spur sales of ZEVs and installation of recharging stations. —Chairman Nichols.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

Volvo Cars will introduce the production version of the S60L T6 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid sedan at the 2015 Shanghai Motor Show; the plug-in sedan first made its appearance as a concept car at the Beijing auto show in 2014. Recharging time varies with amperage. Earlier post.) kWh lithium-ion battery pack. This is cut to 3.5

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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. It was there that Goodenough made his mark while working on a rechargeable lithium battery with Koichi Mizushima , a postdoctoral researcher.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2015

This achievement is a turning point in the research and development of Mg electrolytes that has deep implications on realizing practical rechargeable Mg batteries ,” the scientists wrote. demonstrated the first and only rechargeable Mg battery prototype, challenges toward realizing Mg batteries still remain. earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Availability begins in Spring 2014 at several Southern California Hyundai dealers. Also at the LA Auto Show, the new Honda FCEV Concept made its world debut. The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

BMW X5 plug-in hybrid prototype at Efficient Dynamics Innovation Days 2014. At BMW’s Efficient Dynamics Innovation Days 2014 in Germany, the company provided the first opportunities for test-driving the BMW X5 eDrive plug-in hybrid (PHEV) prototype ( earlier post ). Click to enlarge. BMW eDrive. Click to enlarge. The X5 plug-in hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

When the battery is discharged at 15 °C and recharged at 55 °C, thermal-to-electricity conversion efficiencies of 2.6% The concept of TREC was developed a few decades ago, the researchers note, but focused on high-temperature applications (500?1500 are achieved with assumed heat recuperation of 50% and 70%, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2014

In a paper published in Nature Communications , the researchers suggest that this simple hybrid concept may also provide scientific strategies for protecting metal anodes in other energy-storage devices. Using this anode concept, the hybrid Li–S cell delivers a reversible capacity of 4900 mAh g -1 at 1,370 mA g -1 (~0.8 —Jun Liu.

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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

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The basic concept of their 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 ). Earlier post.). —Bergner et al. Benjamin J. Batteries Li-O2'

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

Lithium metal is a very promising anode material for rechargeable batteries due to its theoretical high capacity (3,860?mAh We believe that the nanoengineering concepts we have described may be a viable route towards Li metal anode batteries and, more specifically, to high-energy-density batteries, such as Li–S and Li–O 2. 2014.152.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

Research into anode materials in secondary [rechargeable] LIB has seen tremendous progress with the successful demonstration of high specific capacity in silicon nanostructures. And this concept opens up a new avenue for constructing sulfur cathodes with metal oxides. —Liang et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

At the Manhattan stop on its year-long “Born Electric” World Tour, BMW i featured the BMW i8 Concept Roadster—shown for the first time in North America—and the BMW i3 Concept. i3 Concept. A single-speed gearbox sends the power to the rear wheels and accelerates the BMW i3 Concept to a top speed of 150 km/h (93 mph).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2011

The i8 (left) and i3 Concepts. BMW unveiled the i3 and i8 Concepts in Frankfurt, providing a look at first electrically powered production cars from the new BMW i sub-brand, due to be launched as the BMW i3 in 2013 and the i8 in 2014. The 4-seat i3 Concept has a 200-liter (7 ft 3 ) luggage compartment. i3 Concept.

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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

JUNE 21, 2018

In addition, it will be possible to recharge it by means of a plug-in charging outlet (as is the case in standard electric buses). buses delivered to Hamburg in 2014 still cover bus route 109 on a regular basis. The vehicle will be also fitted with one of Solaris’ small High Power traction battery of 29.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2014

This bi-functional electrolyte revolutionizes the concept of conventional batteries and opens a new avenue for the design of batteries with unprecedented energy density. The ORNL study is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. —Rangasamy et al. Longer-lived disposable (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2014

While much progress has been made, some improvements have been incremental, and there has been considerable repetition of a limited number of basic concepts. —Malikopoulos (2014). PHEVs are hybrid vehicles with rechargeable batteries that can be restored to full charge by connecting a plug to an external electric wall socket.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Hyundai Motor is showcasing two new turbocharged gasoline direct injected (T-GDI) engines at the Paris Motor Show 2014. In addition, Hyundai is premiering at the Paris show its first 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, fitted into the i30 CNG natural gas concept car, which contributes to improved fuel efficiency. Click to enlarge.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

It’s a midsize SUV which has (at least in concept form) a bluff front, knobby off-road tires, upright side and rear profiles, and a side-hinged tailgate with a spare tire on it—all Wrangler design cues. Indeed, that appears to be the case with the ‘Wagoneer S’ concept, a code name execs said the company is using “for now.”.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

TRLs range from concept design at TRL 1 up to full commercialization and deployment at TRL 9. When the power requirements of the bus are low, the fuel cell power system provides power and recharges the energy storage system. A second report outlining the final performance results is expected to be published in summer 2014.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Chery GENE concept. Thankfully, perhaps, the bulky GENE concept isn’t about to lob in a local showroom, although there are some styling experiments here that are said to hint at future models. So, without further ado, here’s the latest in our occasional compilation of new electric metal emerging up north. Chery GENE. 2023 XPeng G9.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Fritz Henderson points out that “ Every vehicle that we are going to launch between here and 2014 is either going to be a car or a crossover. Build better products. Click to enlarge. It is a nice powertrain and I hope it finds another home quickly.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

Underneath the e-fuels banner, Audi also includes renewable electricity for recharging its e-tron vehicles (“e-power”) and, should the market so require it, “green” hydrogen (e-hydrogen, derived in the e-gas process). —Rupert Stadler, Audi CEO, at the International Vienna Motor Symposium in 2014. Audi e-gas. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Scheduled to go on sale in the third quarter of 2014, the Soul EV will be Kia’s first battery-electric car sold in the US. Kia also highlighted its Niro hybrid concept along with the 2014 Optima hybrid at the event. Kia Motors America (KMA) introduced the 2015 Soul EV at the Chicago Auto Show.

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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. In the new paper submitted to AIChE Journal , they validated their concept using lithium iron phosphate chemistry. In the paper reporting that work (Suppes et al. —Suppes et al. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

is going on sale in mid-October, followed by the e-Golf launch in the spring of 2014 (in Germany). The simplest recharging option is to plug the charging cable supplied with the car into a conventional 230-volt socket. A completely depleted battery is recharged in this way within nine hours. and the e-Golf. Earlier post.)

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