Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In Germany, the FastCharge research consortium ( earlier post ) has presented a prototype for a charging station with an output of up to 450 kW in Jettingen-Scheppach, located near the A8 motorway between Ulm and Augsburg. Initiated in July 2016, the Fast Charge research project has received €7.8 million (US$8.9

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) has presented an Automotive Innovation Award to ContiTech for the first spring strut mount made from BASF’s material Ultramid. Designed for use on the chassis both on the front and rear suspensions of passenger cars, the polyamide spring strut mount is applied in the Cadillac CT6.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

The winner of the OEM-focused Full-Vehicle category was GM for the 2016 Cadillac CT6, a vehicle 157 lbs (71 kg) lighter than the BFI (body frame integral) construction. The awards were presented during the 2016 CAR Management Briefing Seminars (MBS) in Traverse City, Mich.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2016

AISIN Technical Center of America (ATCA) will present a wireless torque measurement solution featuring TECAT Performance System ’s WISER 2030 sensor system at the 2016 SAE World Congress this week in Detroit. ATCA worked with TECAT Performance Systems to develop a torque telemetry solution that addressed all of these issues.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

The Volkswagen BUDD-e battery-electric microbus concept ( earlier post ) has been named “2016 Concept Truck of the Year” at the 15 th Annual North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards. More than two dozen jurors participated in the selection process of the 2016 North American Concept Vehicle of the Year Awards.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The sixth-generation of hydrogen propulsion has been completely revised from 2016 to 2020, according to aviation requirements. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) presented the HY4 project at the International Trade Fair World of Energy Solutions in Stuttgart in 2015.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Audi management said that the company will continue with its high levels of investment in 2016, with planned capital expenditure to amount to more than €3 billion (US$3.3 Audi plans to enter a new market segment with the Audi Q2 model next year, and will also present the the successor of the Audi Q5.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2019

There has been a slight excess of lead in some Continental electronic components, most of which have been delivered since 2016, identified by Continental and immediately reported to the authorities at the beginning of June 2019. They are used in printed circuit boards—for example in the form of capacitors.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid ( earlier post ) is EPA-rated at 46 mpg (5.11 The 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid ( earlier post ) is EPA-rated at 46 mpg (5.11 At the 2016 SAE World Congress, GM engineers presented a paper describing the development of the new hybrid powertrain for the popular mid-size sedan. liter engine.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2016

During the 21 years of the program, EPA has received more than 1600 nominations and presented awards for 109 technologies. The 2016 awards event will be held in conjunction with the 20 th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference. billion pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent releases into the air.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ (FCA) Chrysler Brand will launch two plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) over the next several years, said Al Gardner, President and CEO of the Chrysler Brand, during the FCA Investor Day presentations at Auburn Hills, Mi. FCA will launch a PHEV minivan in 2016 to comply with ZEV requirements. —Bob Lee.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2016

Dana Holding Corporation will present its VariGlide planetary variator for beltless continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) at the International VDI Conference, to be held 21-22 June 2016, in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The 2016 Toyota Mirai is getting a major launch just before this week''s Los Angeles Auto Show. The Prius comparisons came regularly during a day of presentations yesterday, and then again this morning during a one-hour test drive of the new.'

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2016

Infineon Technologies AG is presenting its latest power module family for hybrid and electric vehicles—HybridPACK Double Sided Cooling (DSC)—at the PCIM 2016 tradeshow. Engineering samples will be available in September 2016. The new power modules have extremely small dimensions of only 42 mm x 42.4

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Wolfspeed, A Cree Company, a leading global supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) power products, won a 2016 R&D 100 Award for its high-temperature, wide-bandgap (WBG) underhood inverter for hybrid and electric vehicles. The product operates by taking a two-level high and low input DC voltage (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2016

The 2016 Billion-Ton Report , volume 1, updates and expands upon analysis in the 2011 US Billion-Ton Update ( earlier post ), which was preceded by the 2005 US Billion Ton Study ( earlier post ). The Billion Ton 2016 is the third in the series of these Billion Ton reports.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2015

Herbert Diess, Chairman of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, will deliver a keynote the evening before CES 2016 opens its doors in Las Vegas. Volkswagen will present a new concept car at the CES to illustrate the major changes that the car is set to go through in the next few years.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2017

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and partners will present their new prototype of an electric four-wheel drive utility vehicle designed for Africa—the aCar — at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt next month.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2015

Volkswagen AG has now announced that of those affected vehicles, 430,046 units are MY 2016 vehicles from the Volkswagen (281,617 units, 65.5%); Škoda (83,262 units, 19.4%); SEAT (32,161 units, 7.5%); VW Commercial (17,253 units, 4%); and Audi (15,733 units, 3.7%) brands. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2016

They will also receive a one-year complimentary ECS membership as well as the opportunity to present and/or publish their research with ECS. 2016-2017 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellows: Professor Elizabeth Biddinger, City College of New York. Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division of ECS.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Continental will use the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this coming January as the venue to present the eHorizon system for two-wheelers. Continental brought this to CES 2016. In 2015, Continental began road-testing of testing dynamic eHorizon, which implemented the principle of swarm intelligence from the cloud.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2022

This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. The main case presented in the body of the report is the high powertrain technology progression pathway with the central cost cases for each fuel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2014

The cargo tanks present another innovation. Presently, these vessels are the largest LEG-carriers worldwide. Their delivery is scheduled from the second half of 2016 onwards. Its components will be provided by AC-INOX. The new vessels offer a cargo capacity of 36,000 cbm each for liquefied gas cargoes up to -104 °C.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2012

The exact location for the new plant, which will manufacture an SUV model starting in 2016, will be chosen by AUDI AG later this year. At Auto China 2012 in Beijing, Audi is presenting a themed compact SUV based on the Q3—the RS Q3 concept. TFSI in the RS Q3 concept combines gasoline direct injection and turbocharging.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2016

Proposals are being accepted until 9 May 2016. All finalists will receive cash awards and the opportunity to present their proof-of-concept to BASF executives 3-4 August at the BASF Research and Development location in Tarrytown, NY. Showing team work, collaborative nature of the project and diversity of team make-up.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2023

Lithium-metal battery chemistries produce increased energy density and additional performance benefits, but typically present development challenges due to high reactivity. Samples of 5Ah pouch cells are available from Sakuu’s Silicon Valley battery pilot line facility.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2016

Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. Starting in the 2016 season, this competition will intensify, as the upper limit for fuel consumption will considerably decrease by 10 megajoules per lap at Le Mans. The current V6 TDI consumes 32.4%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

liter engines for model years (MY) 2014 through 2016 that results in increased NO x emissions of up to nine times EPA’s standard. The vehicles covered by the new NOV are the diesel versions of the 2014 VW Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, and the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L, and Q5. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has presented its new heavy-duty truck flagship: the new Freightliner Cascadia. A fresh, aerodynamic shape with dozens of new updates and advanced powertrain components contribute to increased fuel efficiency by up to 8% over a 2016 Cascadia Evolution.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

At present, the steel industry is intensively developing new and low-CO 2 production routes. Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH and Sunfire began the original GrInHy project in 2016. Green steel requires green hydrogen and the implementation of GrInHy2.0 showcases the great potential of this energy carrier for energy-intensive industries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2015

As part of its introduction of the lifecycle freshening for all 3 Series Sedans and Sports Wagons, BMW announced that it will launch the BMW 330e plug-in hybrid in 2016. BMW EfficientDynamics measures are also present through Auto Start Stop, Brake Energy Regeneration, on-demand operation of ancillary units.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The report estimates consumption to have been more than 500,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2016. Methanol is a clean-burning, high-octane fuel component, as the oxygen present in methanol aids in more complete fuel combustion. Consumption of MTBE and other derivatives in China was estimated at 230,000 b/d in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

We address the above gaps in the present study with the objective of quantifying the changes in GHG emissions that would result from lightweighting the U.S. light-duty fleet from 2016 to 2050. The model is comprised of four modules (vehicle, fleet, 119 automotive material flow, and LCA modules) and is run from 2016 to 2050.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2015

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 6–9, 2016, automotive supplier Continental is presenting a demo vehicle in which all windows can be darkened at the touch of a button. Controlled incremental darkening of car windows prevents heat entry and lowers CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Completion date for the consortium’s research work is early 2016. This is an intelligent communications channel that will take information, filter and prioritise it and present it to the driver as needed. At the closing event of the UR:BAN, the Daimler researchers presented results from a total of five different test vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries. The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … Estimated number of devices and related energy demand for 2016–2050. —Vaalma et al.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

CEO Elon Musk says he may finally present the first cohesive update on SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket development program in more than two years. The end result: the only true Starship updates are those organized by SpaceX itself with an informed audience and a thoroughly prepared presentation and talking points.

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