Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

In 2016, BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye announced their collaboration to bring solutions for highly and fully automated driving into series production by 2021. MAX4 combines cameras, radar, LiDAR and ultrasonic sensors with a compute platform; the systems are designed for easy integration with any automakers’ existing and future platforms.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Magna unveiled MAX4, a fully integrated, customizable and scalable autonomous driving sensing and compute platform that can enable up to Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities in both urban and highway environments. Magna started collaborating with Innoviz in December 2016. a pioneer in solid-state LiDAR technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2016

The traditional design paradigm for Li-ion battery cathodes has been to create compounds in which the amount of extractable Li + is well balanced with an oxidizable transition metal (TM) species (such as Mn, Fe, Co or Ni) to provide the charge-compensating electrons, all contained in an oxide or sulfide host. —Gerbrand Ceder.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2018

between 2016 and 2022. Factors such as high storage capabilities, need for power conservation, high performance supercapacitors for consumer and automotive applications, and additional capabilities such as moisture resistance, light weight and low equivalent series resistance are key drivers for supercapacitor market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2017

LEAPS executes seasonal light and temperature scripts accurately; its performance has been validated by repeating three outdoor pond experiments for different strains. Numbers in red designate the number of strains tested at each TIER. The DISCOVR project workflow. Source: BETO peer review.Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

The deal has an estimated initial value of $17 million through 2016, with the opportunity for significant recurring royalties starting in 2017. The FCvelocity-HD7 is the 7 th -generation fuel cell module designed for transit bus and light rail applications from Ballard.). 90 kW FCvelocity-HD7.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2015

Camber Ridge, LLC is partnering with Teton Capital, LLC to launch a new $60-million state-of-the-art facility for vehicle tire characterization, which will begin operations in 2016. The new facility is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the midst of the region’s growing automotive research and manufacturing cluster.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

IONIQ Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid and Electric cars all receive refreshed exterior and interior designs, added infotainment technology and new Hyundai SmartSense active safety features and driving assistance systems. For the 2020 model year, IONIQ has a new aerodynamic exterior and interior design. kWh battery with 36% more energy capacity.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2016

V2X systems can operate independently or complement other connected vehicle technologies, and they offer the benefit of working in a non-line-of-sight environment with a 0.6 The latest release is compliant to the 2016 version of the USDOT specifications. 1 km range. Savari StreetWAVE RSU. million lines of code.

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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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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Oasense’s team has been granted several patents related to their device, the first filed by Schneider in 2016. He collected off-the-shelf components, including an infrared sensor scavenged from a high-end automatic faucet, designed a prototype in a CAD system, printed out the plastic parts using a 3-D printer, and assembled it.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Anderman projects a global EV/PHEV 2016 market at around 0.6% of anticipated 2016 new vehicle sales, leaving the over-invested battery industry in a trying environment. On the positive side, opportunities will emerge for HEV batteries, with battery design, size, and dollar value per vehicle varying considerably.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Extensive modifications to the drive, chassis, design and equipment will provide the hallmark AMG driving experience with all-electric drive. The power of the electric motor is applied immediately with full torque, a characteristic of the design. The system is designed to ensure even heat distribution in the battery.

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Cars That Think

MAY 24, 2022

to do product design and testing, mostly for medical clients. INTELLIGENT MODULE In 2016 he began developing the MoviTHERM Series Intelligent I/O module (MIO). MIO won the 2016 Innovators Award for industry-best product from Vision Systems Design magazine. In 1999 Tarin launched a consulting business in Irvine, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

With this connected fleet, Continental is creating an open test field for mobility services to test different applications for connected vehicles in a real driving environment, and is also expanding its connections with new partnerships. —Jean-Yves Le-Gall, Design & Innovation Manager in Continental´s Interior Division.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

The joint venture will have full business responsibility for the development, the sales and the production of high-voltage electric motors and power electronics products above 60V, required for electrified passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. Its headquarters will be located in Erlangen, Germany.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. By contrast, average CO 2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles continued to fall in 2017, showing the largest annual decrease (7.7

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

Described in a paper published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science , the smart membrane separator could enable the design of a new category of rechargeable/refillable energy storage devices with high energy density and specific power that would overcome the contemporary limitations of electric vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

The potential answer for deep space power safety and reliability is designed to prevent blackouts on Earth and has been marketed and sold to North American power suppliers. Saft is scheduled to deliver the battery system before the end of 2016 to meet ESA’s launch plans for 2018.

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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 system distinguishes between driver and passenger hand gestures, and also allows customizable gestures.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

The RX 450h tips the scales at 4,740 pounds, so topping the EPA estimate in a freeway-oriented driving environment is an achievement. The unibody design, which Lexus says has increased “rigidity through additional spot welds and adhesives,” has an independent front and rear suspension, giving the RX 450h a car-like, comfortable ride.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 6, 2022

And cameras are present in almost every type of environment, including in our own homes.” Smith at Bell Labs , consist of a sensor that converts an incoming two-dimensional light pattern into an electrical signal that in turn becomes an image. He designed it so each tape would store 30 images.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2016

For use in the drive motors, neodymium magnets must have high heat resistance properties as they are used in a high temperature environment. Summary of the rare earth elements of most interest to industry, contained within the light (LREE), medium (MREE) and heavy (HREE) groups. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 23, 2013

The only incentive that TDI vehicles receive—and it isn’t doled out by the US government—is almost consistently best-in-class fuel economy, reduced CO 2 emissions and clean diesel drivers knowing that they are doing their part to reduce the impact on the environment. Advanced diesel will increase to 23% in 2025 from 17% in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

The new solar park is an integral part of Volkswagen’s worldwide sustainability strategy, which includes generating more power within the Group from renewable energy sources, said Volkswagen Group Officer for the Environment, Energy and New Business Areas, Wolfram Thomas. We have adopted the most comprehensive approach possible.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

By means of an individualized design of the driver-vehicle interaction for different drivers, the aim is to achieve low-stress, efficient, and safe driving in urban traffic. Completion date for the consortium’s research work is early 2016. The project focuses specifically on the user of future assistance and information systems.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

From 2006 until 2013, Dorenkamp led a team of engineers that developed the first diesel engine that was designed to meet the new, tougher emissions standards in the United States. Since all of this came to light, we have worked tirelessly to make things right for our affected customers and have already achieved some progress on this path.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Integrating these results with EIA reference case projections for the transportation sector produces light duty vehicle energy consumption estimates between 7,000 and 18,000 trillion Btu in 2050 compared to 16,000 trillion Btu in 2016. The existing literature on CAV energy implications … focuses primarily on the operational impact.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2016

NSF, in partnership with leading wireless industry companies, announced the formation of a collaboration to design, deploy and operate four platforms for advanced wireless research over the next seven years. Sprint will support research and development to further the progress of advanced technologies slated for 5G and beyond.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

At the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover in 2016, Mercedes-Benz displayed its concept for a heavy-duty electric distribution truck for urban areas: the Urban eTruck ( earlier post ). The feedback to the technical feasibility of building such a vehicle was positive across the board – from the general public, politicians and customers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

The new funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0001461 ) will advance the long-term objective of the Co-Optima initiative to accelerate widespread deployment of significantly improved fuels and vehicles (from passenger to light truck to heavy-duty commercial vehicles) by 2030. Fuel research will focus on low-GHG advanced biofuel/petroleum blends.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

The stunning Ford GT—which received the EyesOn Design Award at NAIAS for best production vehicle—serves as a technology showcase for top EcoBoost engine performance, aerodynamics and lightweight carbon fiber construction. The display is configurable for multiple driving environments and different driving modes.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 10, 2024

nanometer light is the precise and costly process of blasting flying droplets of molten tin with the most powerful commercial lasers on the planet. When ASML introduced the first generation of these US $100-million-plus precision machines in 2016, the industry was desperate for them. But an unconventional alternative is in the works.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2018

The Niro EV sits alongside the existing Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid variants of the car—of which more than 200,000 have sold globally since the Niro’s introduction in 2016. The Niro EV differentiates itself visually from the existing Niro Hybrid and Niro Plug-in Hybrid with a series of exclusive design features.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

As electric vehicles become more widely available, greater aluminum use to extend range and help offset battery weight and cost will ensure consumers will still be able to choose high performing cars and trucks that are safe, fun to drive and better for the protection of the environment. Source: DuckerFrontier.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

Among the features of the coming eighth-generation Passat is a lighter weight design and a new 2.0L All instruments were implemented virtually by software; only safety-related indicator lights are executed in hardware. The glass screen is designed as a high-resolution color display with a color depth of 18 bits.

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