Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Mercedes-AMG laid out its new electrified drive strategy , which is based on two pillars: Performance hybrids with a completely independent drive concept under the technology label E PERFORMANCE. When developing our new E PERFORMANCE hybrid strategy, it was therefore immediately clear that we would pursue an independent concept for AMG.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2017

They operate and regulate everything from the air conditioning system to the interior and exterior lighting systems, the adaptive cruise control radar and a whole range of driver assistance systems. Chairman of the Volkswagen brand Board of Management, Dr Herbert Diess, introduced STRATEGY 2025+ in a meeting in Wolfsburg in November 2016.

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APRIL 30, 2024

When Marianne Smith was teaching computer science in 2016 at Flathead Valley Community College , in Kalispell, Mont., She incorporated building an app with general computer science concepts such as conditionals, logic flow, and variables. With each concept learned, the students built a more difficult app. “It

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2016

Volkswagen unveiled the new Volkswagen Phideon luxury sedan ahead of the Geneva International Motor Show 2016. The future of Volkswagen’s premium segment will go into production in China initially for the China market in the third quarter of 2016. Phideon is positioned above the Passat and the Magotan, which is available in China.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

SAIC Mobility Europe, a division of China’s largest vehicle manufacturer, SAIC, is introducing the Maxus light commercial vehicle brand. It is responsible for managing the introduction of SAIC brands, products and services into European markets in the coming years, including Maxus light commercial vehicles and MG passenger cars.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Sleeker Exterior Design The 2025 Camry utilizes Toyota’s hammerhead front end design with slim, LED head and daytime running lights placed on the outer edges of the chiseled body. The LED tail lights wrap from the fender to the rear. Toyota uses words like “distinctive, sleeker, athletic, and fresh and clean” to describe the new look.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The findings appear in an open-access paper in PLOS One and shed light on an old geographic problem: how to divide space into coherent unit areas. The algorithm relies on the connectivity between nodes and does not take into consideration geographic proximity. A commuter flow-based regionalization of the United States. . …

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2014

They might be connected to coastal infrastructure or float next to consumer. The plant is now scheduled for delivery on 9 September 2016 and will be deployed near the port of Pevek on Russia’s Chukotka peninsula on the East Siberian Sea. The current concept of a floating nuclear plant on a barge moored at the shore—e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2016

Visteon will display two vehicles featuring advanced concepts at CES 2016 this coming week in Las Vegas: one with 3-D gesture technology and the other with a large field-of-vision windshield head-up-display (HUD). The proprietary 3-D gesture recognition concept is demonstrated within a compact multi-purpose vehicle.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 16, 2023

The modern internet-connected world is often described as wired , but most core network data traffic is actually carried by optical fiber — not electric wires. Lighting a Path Toward All-Optical Networks Using photonic devices to process photonic signals seems logical, so why is this approach not already the norm? “A

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2016

From the end of 2016, diesel variants of the Renault Scénic and Grand Scénic models will be equipped with Continental’s 48-volt hybrid drive—the first application of the 48V “Hybrid Assist” in production vehicles. Simple adaptation to existing powertrain designs is a major benefit of the P0 concept that Continental has pursued.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2016

At CES 2016, Kia Motors launched a new sub-brand—DRIVE WISE—to encompass its future Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). V2X applies a series of sensors, radar, LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) and external cameras, to perceive the surrounding environment and all relevant obstacles, as a human driver does. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The battery modules are then mounted together with the connections, control units and cooling units in an aluminium housing. This modular concept is a requirement for responding quickly to customer demand and leveraging cost benefits. Battery cells packaged in a module. Click to enlarge. Shenyang production facility.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

On the Road Light in its feel, nimble and responsive, the Leaf is certainly not a sporty car, but one that easily handles all but the most challenging road conditions. Many CCS chargers have CHAdeMO plugs available and there are adapters as well, but finding public fast-charging will be more of a challenge than with competitive vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Brands within the Volkswagen Group have been rolling out modular component matrices, or assembly toolkits, for their light-duty vehicles over the past few years. 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.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2017

At the 2017 Geneva Motor Show the brand presented the potential of its new technologies in the form of the Audi Q8 sport concept showcar. A heavy-duty V-ribbed belt connects it to the crankshaft. The 12-volt system is connected to the main electrical system via a DC/DC converter. Earlier post.) 48-volt vehicle electrical system.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Then he waves a vial of purple liquid and gets a purple light along with the message “Listerine.”. The prototype is a partial demonstration of a concept that he’s been working on for decades: a neuroprosthetic for smell. In the final product, the sensor won’t light up an LED but will instead send a signal to the user’s brain.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

seconds of the 2016 A3 Cabriolet (1.8 As a result, steering is light, and higher-speed cornering is firm, without any wallowing from the extra weight of the battery pack in the rear. We have a clutch that engages and connects the two, that gets the engine going. The A3 Sportback e-tron accelerates from 0-70 in a respectable 7.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Volkswagen Truck & Bus is focusing on automated driving, connectivity, and alternative drive systems. In light of the increasing exchange of goods, expanding cities and booming online sales, alternative drive systems that help to improve the quality of air in metropolitan areas are acquiring more and more importance. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

3246 , the “Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009” covers research on light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as infrastructure and pilot programs. The Federal Government should balance its role in researching longer-term exploratory concepts and developing nearer-term transformational technologies for vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2016

At CES 2016, Volkswagen unveiled the battery-electric BUDD-e van. Equipped with a 101 kWh battery pack supporting a range of up to 373 miles (600 km) on the NEDC, the BUDD-e concept is the first vehicle based on Volkswagen’s new Modular Electric Platform (MEB) designed specifically for plug-in vehicles. inches wide and 72.2

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The recent adoption of IEEE 802.11bb has launched light fidelity, or Li-Fi, which opened the door into an era of wireless communication for advanced Wi-Fi technologies. Li-Fi enables Wi-Fi to use light waves instead of radio waves to transmit and receive data. The fixtures can send and receive information using light waves.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

These include technologies to improve conventional vehicles with the use of advanced lightweight materials; improvements in aerodynamics; and engines and powertrain technologies that improve vehicle efficiency for both light-duty vehicles and heavy trucks. Demonstrate three grid-connected advanced offshore wind concepts by 2017. ?.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2015

100 km) three-wheeled vehicle with a target date of 2016, unveiled its engine prototype: a 0.9-liter, The other mode decreases airflow to reduce pumping work during light load operation such as highway driving. Elio Motors, the start-up developing a $6,800, 84-mpg- (2.8l/100 liter, 3-cylinder unit developed by IAV.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2016

To mark its centenary year in 2016, the BMW Group is looking further ahead than usual with a series of Vision Vehicles designed to anticipate and respond to future mobility needs. BMW now has introduced two more Vision concepts: the MINI VISION NEXT 100 and the Rolls-Royce VISION NEXT 100. Connectivity is becoming second nature.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Infrastructure control and networking with innovative vehicle concepts and systems. Completion date for the consortium’s research work is early 2016. The active accelerator pedal gives the driver direct tactile feedback on whether the driver should accelerate or brake, e.g. when approaching a traffic light.

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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. billion) through 2016—is beginning the renewal of its powertrain portfolio now with the introduction of all-new 1.6-liter The engine retains the proven concept of a turbine-integrated exhaust manifold.

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Cars That Think

MAY 9, 2024

The accelerating buildout of solar farms on Earth is already hitting speed bumps, including public pushback against the large tracts of land required and a ballooning backlog of requests for new transmission lines and grid connections. Nevertheless, dozens of startups are now testing new fusion-reactor concepts.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 8, 2023

Engineers have been able to integrate nearly every important optical function, including the essentials of modulation and detection, on silicon photonic chips, except for one: light emission. There may be, for example, no space for a separate light source. If you can live with an external laser diode in your design, there’s no issue.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Synchron “Synchron is the very first to commercialize the concept of BCI [implants] in a meaningful way, and they’re paving the way for the whole field,” says Nick Ramsey , a clinical neuroscientist at University Medical Center Utrecht, in the Netherlands, who is not involved in the development of Synchron’s device.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has issued a $30-million funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0001564 ) for the Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) program. Earlier post.). This input is now reflected in the NEXTCAR FOA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2016

The Urban eTruck is connected to the charging station using the Europe-wide standardized Combined Charging System (CCS) Type 2 connector. The same concept is reflected in the Urban eTruck, which is based on a three-axle short-radius distribution truck. They combine high load capacity with maneuverability. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

Each motor-generator is connected with a sun gear, and a clutching device can provide reaction torque by holding the ring gear of that planetary gear set. On top it has an angled rectangular housing receiving high voltage direct current (DC) cables connected to the battery pack and containing the inverter. Click to enlarge.

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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. For simplicity’s sake, let’s call these residential loads “devices,” which can range from lights and televisions to water heaters and air conditioners.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

The still existing 12 V system supplies power to consumers such as lights, cockpit, infotainment and control units. This turbocharging concept with systematic cylinder flow separation produces high torque in the low-rpm range together with high specific output. New Powertrain Integration center (AIZ).

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

VIZZION, Volkswagen has already presented four concepts. With the MEB, vehicle concept and design can be structured in a more flexible way than ever before: the spectrum ranges from compact cars to SUVs and MPVs. The electric motor of the ID concept car showcased at the 2016 Paris Auto Show had a power output of 168 hp.

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