Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Electricity generation from variable renewable electricity sources (VRE) such as wind and solar power has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to do so. The German Balancing Paradox.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

Selections were made under the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) annual funding opportunity announcement (FOA) in 2017. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. Advanced PGM-free Cathode Engineering for High Power Density and Durability.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM has made three product commitments for 2017 related to its sustainability strategy: to have 500,000 vehicles on the road in the US with some form of electrification ( earlier post ); to double the number of US models that can achieve an EPA-estimated 40 mpg US (5.9 Carbon intensity per vehicle in 2012 was 0.88 Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JANUARY 18, 2023

At the time, the company shared photos of early work on prototypes of smaller Neutron structural elements, as well as progress building the giant molds that will be used to ‘lay up’ the rocket’s carbon fiber composite tanks and airframe.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

Toyota’s hydrogen tanks are made of extra-thick carbon fiber and are built to withstand major impacts. Annual production and sales have increased yearly, going from about 700 units in 2015, to around 2,000 units in 2016, and, most recently, approximately 3,000 units in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

The Department of Army will contribute an additional $1 million through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance to support these projects. The award is from the FY 2017 Vehicle Technologies Program-Wide Funding Opportunity (DE-FOA-0001629) issued in December 2016. ICME Low Cost Carbon Fiber (Area of Interest 2).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Summerscale and his team began developing the Audi e-tron FE05 as early as mid-2017, even before the start of last season. New are the activation zones: When drivers pass through this zone on the racetrack, they can briefly access a higher power mode of 225 kW (306 horsepower).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The BMW Group will showcase five electric vehicles at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show including the North American premieres of the BMW i Vision Dynamics, MINI Electric Concept, BMW i3s, and a World Premiere vehicle that will be shown during the BMW Group press conference on Wednesday, 29 November. showrooms in November, 2017.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Carbon specialist SGL Group is a development partner in the European joint development project INSPIRE (Integration of Novel Stack Components for Performance, Improved DuRability and LowEr Cost), which has been funded with a €7-million (US$7.4-million) Earlier post.). W/cm 2 at 0.6 Gerd Wingefeld, Chief Technology Officer at SGL Group.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

Other automakers offer it as an option, but the solar roof systems either only power auxiliary features and not the actual powertrain’s battery pack, or they only provide a few miles of range per day. 3D parts and telescoping carbon fiber tube were used to build the rack to deploy the panels. Mission accomplished on that front.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2017

Both models are powered by a bivalent 2.0 TFSI engine powers both the A4 Avant g-tron and the A5 Sportback g-tron. TFSI engine powers both the A4 Avant g-tron and the A5 Sportback g-tron. The newly developed engine is based on the new gasoline-powered 2.0 mi) (Germany, as of: August 2017). kilogram (1.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2017

Of those 30 projects, Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Shawn Litster has been selected to receive $2 million in funding as principal investigator of his multi-institution team’s research project, “Advanced PGM-free Cathode Engineering for Higher Power Density and Durability.”.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

Audi has introduced the natural-gas-fueled A4 Avant g-tron; dealers in Europe will begin taking orders for the midsize model starting in early summer 2017. Additionally, Audi is now offering e-gas to power the A3 Sportback g-tron as standard; customers will pay only the regular natural gas price. A4 Avant g-tron. lb per 62.1

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

From the top-of-cab solar panels powering its battery and interior lights, to its ultra-light aluminum frame and highly advanced 425 horsepower 11-liter proprietary engine, the SuperTruck concept vehicle allowed Volvo engineers to push the boundaries of heavy truck efficiency. Click to enlarge. for the D11 and 2.5% for the D13.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The Lightweight Materials Consortium (LightMat) , led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will enable increased vehicle fuel efficiency by designing specialized alloys and carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites that can be manufactured on a large scale.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

European launch markets in 2015 will be the UK, Denmark and Germany; more markets will be added in 2017. A new compact, high-efficiency, high-capacity converter has been developed to boost power generated in the Toyota FC Stack to 650 volts. Sales of the FCV began in Japan last December. Toyota Mirai at Geneva 2015. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2023

Electron is the only rocket in the world to successfully reach orbit with structures built almost entirely out of carbon fiber composites. It’s also the only orbital-class rocket in the world that uses engines with battery-powered pumps. Rocket Lab’s workhorse rocket is relatively unique.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2016

While high-performance cars generally contain carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) to reduce weight, the partners moved away from the fixed idea of using CFRP. RN30’s power is supplied by a high-performance 2.0-liter As a racing machine designed for race tracks, the RN30 must be lightweight and have a low center of gravity.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

President Obama announced the DOE “Clean Energy Grand Challenge” in March 2012 with the goal of enabling US companies to be the first in the world to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years. Power electronics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The A5 g-tron is powered by a 2.0 It develops 125 kW (170 hp) of power and 270 N·m (199 lb-ft) of torque. The newly developed engine is based on the gasoline-powered 2.0 The third glass fiber layer helps to visualize any external effects. They produce between 140 kW (190 hp) and 210 kW (286 hp) of power.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

The company is also aggressively investing in advanced materials, including nano steels, carbon fiber and resistance spot welding for aluminum structures. GM, said Akerson, is doing a much better job optimizing mass efficiency. The new Cadillac ATS is lighter than a comparable BMW 3-Series. Clean diesel. —Dan Akerson.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

Our commitment began with CNG kit manufacturing in 2010, followed by investments in EV R&D in 2017. Lightweight materials like carbon fiber composites and aluminum alloys improve fuel efficiency and vehicle performance while maintaining structural integrity. Uno Minda stands out as an early mover in this critical shift.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Eventually, they’ll add equipment to spray tiny aerosol particles of calcium carbonate, the compound found in limestone, blackboard chalk, and Tums antacids. Keith is also the founder of Carbon Engineering, a Canadian firm building a sprawling facility in West Texas that will pull carbon dioxide directly from the air.).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 7, 2022

It may be too much to ask a powerful V6 to get 30 miles per gallon, but our result showed the GV70 can be an efficient 4,256-pound, fiv-passenger SUV. The 2+ ton weight never felt bulky, and had a very good driving feel as the electric power steering was not programmed to take away road feedback. Massage is also available.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

goes from six to four cylinders under certain power demands. To challenge consumers in a curious way, Cadillac has placed a “400” badge on the rear power lift gate. With each of these colors there are options of contrasting colors and wood, carbon fiber or diamond-cut aluminum trim. Accommodating Interior.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2016

The 2017 BMW 740e xDrive iPerformance plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) is in production and will arrive at US dealerships in August starting at $89,100 plus $995 Destination and Handling. This removes the need to integrate the generator and refrigerant compressor as required in conventionally powered vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The additional power and torque is available as a boost between 70 and 130 km/h, resulting in even more rapid acceleration in the mid-range. Polestar was established as a new, standalone Swedish premium electric vehicle manufacturer in 2017. Accelerating from 80 to 120 km/h takes just 2.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2018

Lithium-ion batteries provide power for everything from smart phones and laptops to electric cars and space craft. The ISC break-through received the prestigious R&D100 Award in 2016 and was runner-up NASA invention of the year in 2017 and is now part of NASA’s “Crewed Space Vehicle Battery Safety Requirements.”.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

To transmit the power to the wheels, Team Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler will be using a high-efficiency transmission with only one gear in the 2017/2018 season. You can immediately tell this by looking at the new carbon housing of the powertrain. The brand is taking ABT Sportsline’s slot on the FE grid in the 2017/2018 season.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But it has yet to catch on with consumers, which is no small thing as the state of California has spent more than $300 million since 2012 for consumer rebates, fueling stations, the purchase of transit buses and grants subsidizing the development of hydrogen-powered freight trucks. Producing Electricity from Hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

Proposals will be deemed non-responsive if the proposed technology is prohibitive to market penetration due to high cost; requires substantial infrastructure investments or industry standardization to be commercially viable; cannot accept high power recharge pulses from regenerative breaking. Exhaust Aftertreatment Materials.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

At that point, the rocket – known as the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) – was to be 12 meters (39 ft) in diameter, 122 meters (400 ft) tall, and made almost entirely out of carbon-fiber composites. The principles of the rocket, its general shape and layout, and the Raptor engine powering it remained the same.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2016

A new LED headlamp system that reduces lamp size for a more aerodynamic shape and cuts electrical power requirements by greater than 80 percent, while improving luminous output and light color for improved night-time direct driver vision and reduced driver fatigue. Fuel economy.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

The state has recognized hydrogen-powered cars as part of its drive to zero-out tailpipe emissions (and the resulting dangerous smog) for three decades and helped support the development of vehicles and infrastructure. Through a chemical process, electricity is created to power the motor and (alternately) charge a lithium-ion battery.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 e-tron quattro features a six-cylinder TDI engine and quattro drive that deliver 275 kW (373 hp) of system power and 700 N·m (516.3 TDI, a highly efficient, latest-generation V6 diesel engine, delivers 190 kW (258 hp) of power and 600 N·m (442.5 The electric motor produces 94 kW of power and 350 N·m (258.1

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2024

And physics says that you need more power per unit weight to lift an aircraft like that.” In 2014, IEEE Spectrum reported about Aerofex’s pledge to deliver a commercially available hoverbike, the Aero-X, by 2017. “The way that such large vehicles can be lifted by small engines is that they have large rotor diameters. meter wide, 6.1-meter-long

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