Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2019

The full-electric system is available for the Ford Transit Passenger van, Cargo van, Cutaway and Chassis Cab models. The Gen 2 product achieves 61 MPGe on certified dyno testing, compared to 13 MPG for the gasoline version of the same vehicle. Miles/kWh). —Tim Reeser, CEO, Lightning Systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

The Touareg R—the first R-Line model to be available as a hybrid—delivers total power output of 340 kW (462 PS) and 700 N·m of torque. The Touareg R can be driven at up to 140 km/h using electric power; above this speed, the turbocharged V6 gasoline engine (TSI) supplements the electric drive motor.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2018

Lightning was one of the first to test under the newly released 2018 CARB efficiency and range validation test procedures for medium-duty vehicles, performed at the SGS Environmental Testing Center. LightningElectric is available for the Ford Transit as part of Ford’s eQVM program.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

The vans ordered by California Department of State Hospitals have zero tailpipe emissions and achieve 61 MPGe on EPA city and highway routes, compared to 13 MPG for a gasoline version of the same vehicle. The full-electric system is available for the Ford Transit Passenger van, Cargo van, Cutaway and Chassis Cab models.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

The new six-cylinder in-line gasoline engine M 256 features a 48 V electrical system. The M 256 is the first member of a new family of premium gasoline engines that have for the first time been systematically designed for electrification from the outset. New four-cylinder gasoline engine M 264. Cross-sections of the M256.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature. outside of Norway.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2018

This compares to 13 and 15 MPG respectively for the identically configured gasoline Ford Transit 350HD. The testing is a part of the newly released 2018 CARB efficiency and range validation test procedures for medium-duty vehicles. LightningElectric is available for the Ford Transit as part of Ford’s eQVM program.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has built a demonstrator vehicle, based on a 2012 Buick Regal GS, incorporating the latest D-EGR (dedicated EGR) technology ( earlier post ), an outgrowth of SwRI’s HEDGE (High Efficiency Dilute Gasoline Engine) consortium projects ( earlier post ). In 2013, SwRI reported a 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2019

The Model 3 quickly outsold other big players such as the Nissan Leaf and Renault Zoe, despite being more expensive and only available for a short amount of time. Conversely, registrations were up by a huge 36% in Romania, due to the Government’s scrappage scheme in Q4-18, which led to an increase in vehicle deliveries in Q1-19.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2018

At a February 2018 meeting, an IMO-subcommittee announced a proposal to ban the carriage of non-compliant bunker fuel (fuel that exceeds the 0.50% sulfur limit) aboard ships that have not installed on-board ship scrubbers (exhaust gas cleaning systems), Barrow said. The recent signals from the IMO have been clear, IHS Markit said.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2013

The federal government and its partners hope to support the annual production of 1 billion gallons of drop in aviation biofuel by 2018. The new agreement, which includes partners from the commercial aviation sector, follows the initial success of the 2010-2012 “Farm to Fly” initiative. In July 2010, USDA, Airlines for America, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

At the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in January, Achates Power and new development parter Aramco Services ( earlier post ) showcased a Ford F-150 fitted with a 3-cylinder, 2.7-liter liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.).

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

The hydrogen fuel cell in the FCEV acts to keep the battery charged, but can directly power the electric drive motor, similar to the function of a gasoline-powered range extender. First, hydrogen is not as readily attained and certainly not as available as ubiquitous electricity. The reasons are numerous. .

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2017

The US Coast Guard Research and Development Center ( RDC ) is evaluating the use of available diesel outboard engines on its small boats. Although diesel is the dominant fuel for cutters and many boats, the Coast Guard operates hundreds of gasoline-powered outboard engine boats.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

EPA is soliciting peer review scientific feedback to ensure that the rule when finalized contains the best available science. It must also achieve a lifecycle GHG emission reduction of at least 60%, compared to the gasoline or diesel fuel it displaces. The lifecycle analysis for greenhouse gases relates to the full fuel cycle.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2020

Conversely, central London has nearly half as many gasoline stations per car as the Scottish Highlands and only four remain within the congestion-charge zone. It was the first time pure EVs had been available for hire through the Uber app in London.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Based on a Mercedes-AMG GLA 45, the one-off GKN Technology Demonstrator 2018 vehicle (GTD18), features mechanical and electric Twinster torque vectoring, a plug-in hybrid system, and completely re-engineered control systems. Torque vectoring by GKN’s Twinster system is available on all four wheels—a world first.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 4, 2021

Fifty years ago, there were no EVs available commercially. Most of us just did our own conversions. But there are others of us who still have an interest in the conversion aspect and the more technical end of things.” David McNeil’s electric conversion 1971 AMC Hornet. They want to know what their car will do.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It charges the battery in “battery charge” mode; in “battery hold” it saves the available electric energy for a later time. This makes it possible for the waste heat from the electrical drive components to be made available to the interior of the Q7 e-tron quattro. It heats and cools the interior quickly and effectively.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. grid to charge a typical 2018 EV would produce between 80 and 120 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer traveled, compared with about 240 to 320 g/km for a gasoline vehicle.

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