Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2021

The Mcity ABC Test is a concept methodology for an independent and standardized way for automakers and state and federal regulators to validate the safety of Level 4 automated vehicles inside a closed test track, before testing or deployment in the real world. Let’s talk about the concept of scoring. And being safe is not enough.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2021

Tula has simulated the DMD concept and projects efficiency improvements of 2.5% As presented jointly with Cummins at the SAE World Congress this year, the diesel application of DSF, Diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF), was shown to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 74% and CO 2 emissions by 5% in a Class 8 truck operating in a low-load cycle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2018

Honda Motor staged the world premiere of the Everus EV Concept, a concept car for a China-exclusive electric vehicle (EV) model, at the 2018 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. Honda is planning to present more than 20 new electrified models before the end of 2025. and GAC Honda Automobile Co.,

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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. Combining the spaciousness of an SUV with the lines of a coupe, the Q8 concept features a plug-in hybrid powertrain. The Audi Q8 concept uses production technologies for the drive system and suspension. lb-ft) of torque.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2022

Polestar’s electric roadster concept and its existing product range will also be present. Polestar Precept, the concept car that is evolving into Polestar 5, will be on the main Polestar stand, together with Polestar’s electric roadster concept and the Polestar 2 BST edition 270. Polestar 5 prototype.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

At the IAA 2018 exhibition in Hannover, FPT Industrial launched its new e-Powertrain organization. On display at the event are its electric powertrain solutions, including a new hydrogen fuel cell concept powertrain developed by FPT for IVECO. TheF1C NG is fitted to the International Van of the Year 2018 winner.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

MAN also presented an all-electric prototype of a semitrailer tractor unit for urban distribution transport. Further, MAN intends to begin producing electric versions of the MAN TGM series—manufactured at its Steyr, Austria site—from the end of 2018.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. Winning BETHE projects are: Category A: Development of Lower-Cost Concepts. Earlier post.) Commercial fusion technology has long been viewed as an ideal energy source.

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APRIL 25, 2018

The BMW Concept iX3— presented for the first time at the Auto China 2018 show in Beijing—offers a look ahead to the expansion of the model line-up in this area. The BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture will produce the future series-production version of the BMW Concept iX3 in Shenyang, China.

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MAY 27, 2015

Lamborghini, a Volkswagen Group company, confirmed that a luxury SUV will join its product range as its third series model, with market introduction planned for 2018. A concept of the car was first presented as the Lamborghini Urus in 2012 at the Beijing auto show.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) next week, China-based GAC Motor will unveil three new vehicles: a new SUV, a hybrid crossover concept car, and an elecric vehicle developed internally. GAC is the only Chinese automaker to exhibit at the 2017 NAIAS and is also the first Chinese automaker to present on the main show floor.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The D-EGR concept dedicates one (or more) cylinders to EGR production and fuel reforming. The new engines, due to be available in PSA vehicles by 2018, will consume 10% less fuel than their predecessors across all uses, according to PSA. PSA concept D-EGR engine. Source: SwRI, DEER 2012. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 5, 2020

Earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Hyundai Motor Company presented its vision to offer an integrated mobility solution, including UAM, Purpose Built Vehicles (PBV) and Hub, that will help vitalize cities and improve people’s lives. Hyundai’s air vehicle concept.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The logistics service provider Dachser is planning to add 50 units of Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul ( earlier post ), presented at this year’s IAA Transportation, to its European fleet. Dachser intends to use the eActros LongHaul configured as a 6x2 swap body vehicle with a storage height of 1,120 mm.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In 2015, the original host design was rescoped and simplified, resulting in a reduction of approximately 80% in CO 2 emissions over the lifetime of the facility as well as a cost reduction of more than 70% from the original host concept. Shell announced a final investment decision (FID) on the Vito project in April 2018.

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MARCH 11, 2022

At the International Engine Congress in Baden-Baden (Germany), Liebherr-Components AG and US-based Tula Technology presented the results of their joint study on heavy machinery. Based on simulations, Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) software ( earlier post ) allowed the reduction of NO x tailpipe emissions by 41% and CO 2 by 9.5%.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

Audi plans to enter a new market segment with the Audi Q2 model next year, and will also present the the successor of the Audi Q5. In 2018, Audi will launch its first large‑series battery‑electric vehicle, based on the Audi e-tron Quattro concept. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 22, 2017

Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) presented the HX2 autonomous, battery-electric, load carrier at CONEXPO/CON-AGG 2017. The second-generation concept machine is part of an electric site research project that aims to transform the quarry and aggregates industry, reducing carbon emissions by up to 95% and total cost of ownership by up to 25%.

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MARCH 28, 2017

The companies are to start using battery-electric vehicles in the logistics provider’s normal operations in a pilot phase in Stuttgart and Hamburg in early 2018. New concepts are to be developed for the integration of battery-electric vans—including the required charging infrastructure—into existing operational processes.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that “ The Porsche Mission E and the Audi e-tron quattro concept are nothing less than a quantum leap for our industry ”—both vehicles have an all-electric range of 500 kilometers (311 miles). Audi will present an all-electric, luxury-class sport SUV in early 2018. Audi e-tron quattro.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Before the end of this year, Audi will also present the Audi e-tron Sportback, another derivative of the series. This will be followed by the series-produced versions of the sports car Audi e-tron GT concept, to be produced by Audi Sport GmbH, and the compact SUV Audi Q4 e-tron concept, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2019

The visible 3D world is always present, no matter where a viewer looks at the display—same as in real life. In future generations of head-up displays, three-dimensional presentations will even merge seamlessly with the environment, allowing innovative display concepts both in the distance and near to the driver.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

For example, our locally CO 2 -neutral city bus eCitaro has been in series production since 2018 and electrifies public transport in many cities. Thanks to our global presence, customers all over the world are testing various vehicle concepts in diverse practical applications. This represents a strong competitive advantage.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

With models such as the recently presented Audi e-tron GT concept [ earlier post ], we want to electrify people again for Audi and at the same time be an agile and very efficient company.” e-tron GT concept. —Bram Schot, temporary Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG.

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MARCH 30, 2018

For the 2018 iTech Energy Cycle, NASA and ARPA-E are seeking to identify the nation’s top entrepreneurs and researchers to present their innovative technologies to address energy-specific challenges.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

The workshop will begin with an overview of the various strategies currently being utilized to reduce emissions from heavy-duty vehicles, and will include a discussion of concepts that could be implemented now and in the near future.

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MARCH 6, 2018

At the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, Porsche presented the Mission E Cross Turismo, a concept study of an electrically-powered “Cross-Utility Vehicle.” The road-ready Mission E Cross Turismo is a continuation of the Mission E study that Porsche presented at the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA) in 2015. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The electric campaign is now gaining momentum at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicles show. BUZZ CARGO concept—the first commercial vehicle to be based on the new I.D. Last year, the company presented the brand’s first all-electric van with the world premiere of the new e-Crafter. One highlight is the I.D. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2019

The result is a comprehensive safety concept with appropriate testing and approval criteria that can be applied beyond this pilot project. In the concept, the developers defined how the driverless vehicle detects pedestrians and other cars in its path and reliably comes to a halt when it encounters an obstacle.

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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 23, 2020

The team’s first step in February 2018 was to use GRIDSMART cameras to create an image dataset of vehicle classes. All these test cases were limited to establish proof-of-concept, and more work is needed to accurately assess the impact of this approach. Karnowski, R. Eicholtz, J. Price, and T. 2470-1173.2020.6.IRIACV-070

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AUGUST 8, 2019

billion in 2018, at an estimated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.4% from 2013 to 2018. As the concepts of private car ownership or scheduled transportation give way to mobility-on-demand, these dynamics will accelerate, generating ever more complex questions requiring data to solve them.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

After this initial concept phase, the modification can take place within a few weeks. At the end of 2018, the conversion solution was awarded the German Mobility Prize, which is presented by the “Germany – Land of Ideas” initiative and the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.

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MARCH 15, 2018

Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries. The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … For cobalt, the scenario-based demand analysis depicts a very different picture. —Vaalma et al.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

DENSO will present the concept and overviews at CES 2018. This type of technology will be essential in the connected era, when vehicles and mobility systems need to process large amounts of data in real-time.

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DECEMBER 23, 2018

every day since conception. Non-P-Tau exhibited significant increases with age—an important finding in a young population where axonal changes are present and AD hallmarks are evolving steadily in the first two decades of life. Calderón-Garcidueñas et al. 1437-1451 doi: 10.3233/JAD-180853.

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JUNE 21, 2018

Rimac recently presented the latest version of its electric hypercar, the “C Two”, at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2018. In 2009, founder Mate Rimac began working from his garage on his vision of producing electric sports cars that could both be fast and offer excitement.

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