Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2016

China-based automaker Geely has launched Lynk & Co —a new global car brand designed and engineered in Sweden; every model will feature an electrified powertrain. First in the range will be the Lynk & Co 01—an SUV featuring full premium specifications and characteristics as standard.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2017

Researchers in Sweden and Italy have devised a simple strategy to address the issues currently hampering commercialization of high-energy density Li-sulfure batteries, including. With a standard liquid electrolyte this kind of electrode would be quickly dissolved leading to formation of polysulfides and capacity fading. Agostini et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Since September 2017, a new test procedure, the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), has to be followed for new vehicle types. In the US, independent surveillance testing of actual vehicles on the road has been standard practice for many years. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland). Source: The ICCT.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

417,046 miles is about the same as traveling 16-¾ times around Earth (using a great circle route, of course), and that distance is impressive even by Mercedes-Benz diesel standards. Here's a very solid Mercedes-Benz W123 oil-burner that now languishes in a self-service boneyard in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2021

A case in point is intelligent speed assistance, which Ford has offered in Europe on the S-Max since 2015 and on the more affordable Focus since 2017 , well before the EU had even decided to make it mandatory. “In Manufacturers made it standard before government agencies got around to telling them to. That puts U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers in an unrelated study of direct injection natural gasoline engines (dual-fuel combustion in CI-engines using RCCI as well as conventional duel-fuel combustion) at Chalmers University (Sweden) noted that methane’s very high octane number allows the use of high compression ratios in spark ignition engines.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Particularly necessary: converting and staggering tolls Europe-wide based on CO 2 values whereby CO 2 -neutral vehicles would get significant relief, a targeted subsidy program for buses and for a nationwide charging and hydrogen infrastructure as well as uniform standards for the transport and refueling of hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2016

ABB’s fast charging solutions are based on IEC 61851-23 , the international standard for fast charging of electric vehicles. In October, ABB inaugurated the first bus charging station next to Volvo’s electric bus depot in Arendal, Sweden. ABB’s fast chargers are based on the open Interface OppCharge—i.e.,

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

After Geely bought out Volvo, Polestar was established as an independent electric vehicle brand in 2017. The Polestar 2 has become a top seller in key EV markets like Norway, Sweden, Germany, and others. The standard version (starting at $83,900) will include up to 300 miles EPA range. seconds.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Behavior-influencing policies to encourage the use of alternative-fuel vehicles include a suite of options: fuel taxes; vehicle subsidies; technology mandates and efficiency standards; investment in refueling infrastructure and dedicated parking spaces; as well as social media campaigns and car-sharing networks to demonstrate the technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The ranges are for ZOEs equipped with either the 75- or 90-horsepower version of the standard R75/90 motor, previously known as the R240 ( earlier post ). The standard ZOE battery has a capacity of 22 kWh, with a corresponding range of 240 km NEDC (149 miles) and estimated real-world range of 170 km (106 miles). Smartphone app.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 9, 2021

It was established in 2017 and is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, where Volvo has been for a long time (although the Polestar 2 is built in China). The car offers three drive modes for regenerative braking (Off, Low, Standard), along with on or off settings for creep mode (where it acts like a “normal” automatic).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

seconds, half a second quicker than in the standard car. The Polestar performance software upgrade is initially available in Europe in the following Polestar markets: UK, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Austria. Accelerating from 80 to 120 km/h takes just 2.2

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Legislation making this compulsory came into effect in September 2017. Commencing in early 2021, the new vessel will operate across the Baltic Sea between Turku, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden. The ship is the first LNG fueled ferry of this size and standard to be built in China. There is an option for a second vessel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

Researchers from Sweden, Italy and Germany have proposed and demonstrated a novel full Li-ion cell that is able to cycle for thousands of cycles at 1000 mAg −1 with a capacity retention of 65% at cycle 2000. The cell uniquely combines a nanostructured TiO 2 -based anode with a tailored 1-D tubular morphology; a LiNi 0.5 —Agostini et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

The vehicle will be shipped to selected customers by the end of 2017. We plan to deliver the first nine fully electric trucks to our customers in Austria by the end of 2017 – including large supermarket chains, breweries and haulers. An LNG campaign was launched in September 2017 in cooperation with Volkswagen’s Group Logistics.

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EV Central

JULY 27, 2023

In 2017 Geely and Volvo announced Polestar would be spun off as a stand-alone brand focused on EVs. Another team, based in Sweden, is working on the 5’s electric drivetrains, user-experience tech and software development. A full-length glass roof will be a standard feature of the Polestar 5.

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