Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries. Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Worldwide, Daimler battery-electric trucks and buses have already logged more than seven million customer kilometers (4.3 For example, our locally CO 2 -neutral city bus eCitaro has been in series production since 2018 and electrifies public transport in many cities. Electric FUSO eCanter. million miles).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

During the month-long field test, the second-generation prototype of the fully-electric Honda AWV performed a range of functions at a large-scale solar energy construction project, including towing activities and transporting construction materials, water, and other supplies to pre-set destinations within the work site.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The alternative drive concept combines an electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and a highly efficient energy converter for the first time. With the use of an alternative drive concept in the Dakar Rally, Audi is now facing up to the most extreme conditions. The Audi e-tron is a bestseller in many markets.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2018

With the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb now less than two weeks away, Volkswagen outlined the drivetrain technology in the I.D. R Pikes Peak, its first fully-electric racing car. R Pikes Peak features two interlinked, integrated lithium-ion battery blocks on board, located to the right and left of the cockpit.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

With the production launch of the electric compact SUV EQA at the Rastatt plant (Germany) and the current decision to locate EQB production in the Hungarian plant in Kecskemét, the company is taking further important steps toward making its product portfolio CO? Global battery production network.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. Only the floor is different [due to the battery]. Hackenberg.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Batteries mounted on the roofs of the Nantes buses will be charged in 20 seconds with a 600-kilowatt boost of power at selected stops while passengers are embarking and disembarking. A further 1 to 5 minutes of charging at the terminus at the end of the line—at 400 kW—enables a full recharge of the batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

ABB is supplying fast chargers for depot and opportunity charging of electric buses to MAN Truck & Bus, a member of the Volkswagen Group, for its new e-bus R&D facilities in Munich, Germany. In July, MAN Truck & Bus announced serial production of fully electric buses by 2019. MAN electrification.

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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. starting in May 2018.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has handed over a fully electric eActros truck to Murg Valley (Southern Germany)-based logistics company Logistik Schmitt. As part of the eWayBW project, commercial transport will be electric on the B462 federal road around Rastatt with the test operation of catenary trucks as of 2020.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Flanked by the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron ( earlier post ) on one side and the Audi concept e-tron quattro ( earlier post ) on the other, Audi of America president Scott Keogh used his press conference speech at the Los Angeles Auto Show yesterday to declare that the brand is targeting at least 25% of its US sales to be e-tron—i.e.,

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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. Novel Polymer-enhanced Rechargeable Aluminum-Alkaline Battery Technology – $2,000,000. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2019

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, presented its electric strategy which, until the beginning of 2021, includes six electric and plug-in hybrid models. In 2018 SEAT obtained the best results in its history. The CUPRA Leon and the CUPRA Formentor will also have a plug-in hybrid variant. more than the previous year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2017

MOIA, the mobility startup from the Volkswagen Group ( earlier post ), is introducing its electric ride pooling concept van just one year after its inception. 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).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

Audi introduced the Audi A6 Sportback with an electric drive system almost a year ago at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2021 ( earlier post ). The production-oriented A6 Avant e-tron concept car now illustrates the synthesis of pioneering drive technology and Audi’s traditional design world: the Avant (i.e., the wagon format).

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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz battery-electric eActros will be put through its paces by Rigterink Logistikgruppe in regular operations primarily transporting foodstuffs in the inner-city traffic of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz and numerous other municipalities in the Rhine-Main area. The batteries will be charged overnight.

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Audi sold just over 224,000 vehicles in 2019 and launched the brand’s first fully electric vehicle, the Audi e-tron – one of four fully electric models coming to the U.S. model lineup being fully or partially electrified by 2025. In the U.S., market in the next two years. BY JOHN COULTER, CURRENT EV CMO.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2018

Kia Motors presented its new “Boundless for All” future mobility vision at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Eco/Electric – Kia will introduce 16 new advanced powertrain vehicles by 2025, including a range of new hybrids, plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles, as well as an all-new fuel-cell electric vehicle in 2020.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Jeep brand announced it will sell four separate battery-electric SUVs in various markets by the end of 2025—three of which were unveiled this morning in an online presentation and event it called “Jeep 4xe Day.”. By 2030, executives said, 100% of Jeep sales in Europe will be battery-electric, as weill 50% of U.S.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Since 2018, production of the newest Sprinter has also taken place there, with more than 200,000 units having already left the assembly line. The battery-electric eSprinter is intended to cover a range of use in urban mobility. The production of the fully electric eSprinter marks the beginning of a new era in Dusseldorf.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2018

Audi has produced the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo concept car, which it will deploy as a race taxi in Formula E starting with the race in Rome on Saturday 14 April. Many of these concept cars were subsequently built as full-scale models as well and presented at trade shows. Our aim was a fully functional car.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

At the same time as the premiere of the e-tron Sportback, Audi rolled out a technology update with improved range for its first electric model series at the end of 2019. As a result, the current model year Audi e-tron 55 quattro can travel up to 441 kilometers (274 miles) on a single battery charge (WLTP cycle).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Volvo Cars introduced the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car and the first model to appear in its brand new Recharge car line concept. The XC40 Recharge, based on the multi-award-winning and best-selling XC40 small SUV, is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. Climate plan.

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A Mumbai based EV startup Vazirani Automotive has revealed the images of its Ekonk electric hypercar which is said to be the lightest EV ever. Ekonk is an all-new fully-electric, single-seater hypercar and the second model of the company after the Shul concept which was displayed in 2018 at the Goodwood Festival.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It was all-new for the 2018 model year, and was engineered from the start to accommodate 2021’s PHEV version. kWh battery pack sits under the rear seat. The Jeep’s electric motor is rated at 100 kilowatts (134 horsepower) and 181 foot-pounds of torque. Compared to battery-electric cars, plug-in hybrids face two challenges.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The production version of Audi’s battery electric e-tron quattro SUV ( earlier post ), due out in 2018, is an important vehicle for the brand, and especially for Audi of America, which is driving many of the requirements for the C-segment electric SUV. plug-in hybrid or full electric—models by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

MAN is already well on its way to developing an electric distribution truck, the eTGM, which is scheduled to go into series production in 2021. 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.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Bidirectional charging helps to solve this issue by turning EV batteries into energy storage points that can be used to balance and settle energy needs. Thus, batteries can be leveraged to capture and store renewable energy when it is generated and then support the grid during periods of peak demand and low renewable energy supply.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 1, 2024

When you think about V2G, it’s the ability to take from the battery to put into the grid. So, being able to control the current load has much bigger effects on balancing the grid and on the efficiency of how you utilize these vehicles, before we tap into the actual batteries. Saudi Arabia is even building a factory for EVs.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

When you think about V2G, it’s the ability to take from the battery to put into the grid. So, being able to control the current load has much bigger effects on balancing the grid and on the efficiency of how you utilize these vehicles, before we tap into the actual batteries. Saudi Arabia is even building a factory for EVs.

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