Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2016

SAE International approved for publishing “SAE TIR J2954 Wireless Power Transfer for Light-Duty Plug-In/ Electric Vehicles and Alignment Methodology,” a milestone industry guideline to establish wireless power transfer between infrastructure, vehicle suppliers and OEMs for plug-in electric and electric vehicles (PH/EV). Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

The Drive 11 vehicle assembly (VA) is available in low-, mid-, and high-ground clearance versions to handle the full range of passenger vehicles, SUVs, and light trucks. 2018), “Feasibility Study of Bi-directional Wireless Charging for Vehicle-to-Grid,” SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-0669 doi: 10.4271/2018-01-0669.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

During its recent Innovation Day presentations ( earlier post ), PSA Peugeot Citroën announced that it will commercialize high-efficiency gasoline engines featuring dedicated exhaust gas recirculation (D-EGR), derived from a collaborative program with SwRI in the US. PSA has filed for two patents on its work. Alger, T.F.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The unifying approach in this comparison involves the use of Btu (British thermal units), coupled with the costs of gasoline, electricity, and natural gas, and the energy efficiencies of light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) and furnaces. The average retail cost of regular gasoline in 2018 was $2.719 per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2019

Virginia drivers observed in a 2018 IIHS roadside survey were 57 percent more likely to be manipulating a cellphone than drivers in a 2014 survey. In 2018, 3.7% of drivers in 2018 were seen holding a cellphone, compared with 4.9% About 37,000 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2017, the most recent year of data available.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Audi presented the Audi Q8 concept at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) 2017. The concept full-size SUV is the basis for a production model that Audi will launch on the market in 2018; whether or not the first production version will be a plug-in hybrid has yet to be determined.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

EPA is suggesting that it could reduce the biodiesel volume for 2018 by as much as 315 million gallons and effectively carry through those volumes to further reduce the proposed volumes of advanced and total renewable biofuels by 473 million gallons. This would reduce the 2018 advanced biofuel volume requirement from a proposed level of 4.24

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

As part of its Easy Mobility strategy, SEAT’s objective is to build its product and service portfolio by presenting new solutions to the market in the framework of urban mobility. SEAT is introducing the new eXS vehicle, which can be purchased at all of the brand’s dealers beginning in December 2018, at a cost of €599 (US$685).

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JUNE 25, 2019

It is sufficiently proven, immediately available, efficient and cost-effective. Green energy is made available to vehicle customers, while at the same time the storage of fluctuating eco-power and its research in practice enables the rapid expansion of wind and solar energy, which is also important to the success of e-mobility.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The SAE J2954 Standardization plan includes coordinated bench and vehicle testing, industry consensus work (standards documents) and three milestones from 2016-2018 in support of commercialization of wireless power transfer by 2020. In order to finish the standard, vehicle level testing is being proposed to validate WPT 1-WPT3 from 2017-2018.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

MINI will then present an all-electric series-production model in 2019. The new BMW i3s will be available in U.S. The extensive use of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic has kept the BMW M3 CS extremely light, around 110 pounds less than a standard M3. The BMW M3 CS is available to order in the U.S. starting in May 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

Achates Power, founded in 2004, currently has a number of development projects underway spanning a variety of applications of its opposed-piston engine architecture, from light-to-heavy duty. Achates engineers will be presenting a new paper at World Congress this year describing more about this approach, and presenting test data.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Presented publicly for the first time, these systems demonstrate the scalability of Leddar technology and its ability to meet the high levels of performance, resolution, and cost-effectiveness required by Tier-1 and OEMs for mass-market autonomous driving applications. In addition to the IC, all Leddar sensor modules need a light source (e.g.,

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The ZEV Regulation previously defined an IVM as any manufacturer with California sales between 4,501 and 60,000 new light- and medium-duty vehicles. The 2012 amendments reduced the California sales upper bound to 20,000 vehicles per year beginning with the 2018 model year. three years to make up ZEV credit deficits.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2017

MOIA is presenting the electric van and its ride pooling ecosystem with the mission “One Million Cars off the Road” at TechCrunch in Berlin (4-5 December). As MOIA’s first project, the entire ecosystem—including the newly designed electric van—will launch in Hamburg at the end of 2018.

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JUNE 13, 2018

The percentage of passengers using ride-hailing services when traveling to and from four major US airports (San Francisco, Denver, Portland, and Kansas City) along with an average trend line indicating a steady increase over time in the percentage of passengers using ride-hailing services after the such services became available.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

light-duty vehicles (LDVs) to calculate the GHG emissions and costs of a wide range of vehicle-fuel technologies—highlighting the need for a comprehensive LCA and economic assessment focused on the U.S. Levelized cost of driving for current (2015, dark bars) and future (2025–2030, light bars) technology pathways. 7b06006.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In response to a shift in consumer demand toward SUVs and trucks, the Company discontinued compact car production and retooled plants in Illinois, Ohio and Michigan to make full use of available capacity to expand the Jeep and Ram brands. This investment is part of the Company’s capital spending plan presented in June 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

Volkswagen of America is in the process of rolling out its all-new long wheelbase 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan ( earlier post ). As with the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas full-size SUV ( earlier post ), the new Tiguan is based on Volkswagen’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) architecture. Significance of the 2018 Tiguan. Height (in).

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AUGUST 7, 2013

At present, around 30% of the Indian population lives in cities and the surrounding suburban areas, a proportion that is expected to rise to 40% before long. Bosch expects this market share to increase significantly in the future due to the expanding range of available diesel models.

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MARCH 29, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed long-anticipated Tier 3 standards for gasoline sulfur content; evaporative emissions; and tailpipe emissions from all light-duty vehicles (LDVs, or passenger cars), light-duty trucks (LDT1s, LDT2s, LDT3s, and LDT4s) and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles (or MDPVs). Vehicle emissions.

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MARCH 26, 2018

In a paper published in the Journal of Power Sources, they suggest that their approach is useful in terms of comparing and contrasting battery systems and shedding light on technological tradeoffs. kW is available in homes and various community locations. Currently in the United States, conventional Level 2 charging of 6.6

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APRIL 6, 2022

Photos have become the universal form of casual conversation,” he said in a 2018 interview with The Institute. And cameras are present in almost every type of environment, including in our own homes.” In 1994 he built one of the first commercially available digital cameras—the AP NC2000 —in collaboration with Nikon.

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JUNE 18, 2018

Specifically, owing to its high reactivity, virtually any available electrolyte can be reduced spontaneously on Li surface to form a layer of solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI). Herein, we present an ultrastrong interface for Li metal that is rationally designed to strictly satisfy all the above-mentioned requirements. 2018.05.007.

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JULY 23, 2018

2018) “Interaction of consumer preferences and climate policies in the global transition to low-carbon vehicles.” —McCollum et al. Share of EDVs in 2050. McCollum DL, Wilson C, Bevione M, Carrara S, Edelenbosch OY, Emmerling J, Guivarch C, Karkatsoulis P, et al. Nature Energy doi: 10.1038/s41560-018-0195-z.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The US Department of Energy announced $98 million in funding for 40 new projects as part of OPEN 2018, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) latest open funding opportunity. OPEN solicitations are an open call to scientists and engineers for transformational technologies across the entire scope of ARPA-E’s energy mission.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Honda makes it simple as the HR-V is available with one engine and one transmission. The all-wheel drive functionality is there to help in slippery, wet or slushy street driving–and maybe a bit of light forest service road cruising. Available in seven colors, our HR-V was painted in Nordic Forest Pearl that carried a $395 premium.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2022

Running on 87 octane, the front wheels (all-wheel drive is not available) are driven through a Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) that has five driver selectable drive modes of Eco, Normal, Sport, Slippery and Snow/Sand. The drive and power modes described above present several options for tailored driving.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Available in eight trim levels, you can get into a nicely equipped base 2021 Atlas Cross Sport S for under $31,000. A prominent black with chromed three-bar front grille, and the immediately recognizable VW logo badge, extends between the LED head and daytime running lights. This is very helpful when cornering in an unlit area.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

The dynamic torque vectoring, only available on the all-wheel drive model, will take the handling up a notch. The 8-speed transmission is well-tuned for torque to be available through the full shift band. The dual-level horizontal LED tail lights wrap from the fender onto the hands-free power trunk lid that sports the subtle G70 and 3.3T

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

At the 9 th edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, SEAT announced the creation of a new strategic business unit focused on urban mobility and presented its new e-Kickscooter concept and its first electric e-Scooter concept. Sales of the current version, the SEAT EXS presented in 2018, totalled more than 10,000 units.

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JUNE 17, 2021

The light commercial vehicles are expected to grow from 1% today to 60% of their market over the same time period and medium and heavy commercial vehicles to just over 30%, from almost zero now. Ensure finance availability, particularly for commercial EVs. presented.”. presented.”. Watch the related video here.

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JANUARY 18, 2020

Cuomo announced that the New York State Department of Public Service issued a report recommending the establishment of a statewide utility-supported “Make-Ready” Program that would provide incentives to light-duty electric vehicle supply equipment and infrastructure (EVSE&I) for both Level 2 and Direct Current Fast Charger (DCFC) stations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

During the IAA 2018 from 20th to 27th September 2018 in Hanover, MAN will present a fully electric eTruck solo distributor chassis with a swap body frame and a 6x2 axle configuration. The concept involves trucks and buses using a shared eMobility kit, which will be available in future for a wide variety of applications.

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JANUARY 6, 2016

A preliminary $2-billion investment by Kia by 2018 is intended to fast-track development of the new DRIVE WISE technologies. 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. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Approximately $10-20 million is expected to be available for new awards in FY 2013, and an additional $10-20 million is expected to be available for continuation awards made under this announcement in FY2014 through FY2016. DOE anticipates selecting 2 to 7 applications under this FOA.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

The all-wheel drive 2023 Genesis GV60 is available with two propulsion options. The rear continues the two-line LED tail light design that wraps the lift gate. Technology features include: A light show. This feature also can find an available parking space on the street or in a parking lot and then self-park. Technology.

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