Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) recently showed that wear occurs at the first contact and always takes place at the same point of the material. In Germany, friction and wear produce costs corresponding to about 1.2 The researchers presented results of two studies in Scripta Materialia. billion in 2017.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Costs of manufacturing batteries and electric powertrains can be halved by 2018, if the gaps in the innovation chain can be closed, according to researchers at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). KIT plans to build a close-to-industry “research factory” on its premises.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
In the past fiscal year, e-troFit nominated Voltabox AG as the supplier of the battery unit for conversion kits for buses and trucks. The retrofit solution is being expanded to other widely used bus and truck models as planned, and is also being rapidly marketed in markets beyond Germany.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Partners from Germany and Finland in the SOLETAIR project are building a compact pilot plant for the production of gasoline, diesel and kerosene from solar energy, regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide. This reactor was developed by KIT. The SOLETAIR project will be completed in mid-2018.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 22, 2018
From 10 March to 9 April 2018, the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is conducting research flights from Tainan in Taiwan more closely to examine the spread and transformation of emissions from major cities such as Manila, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 19, 2017
billion) into its Zwickau, Germany plant to convert it into a pure-play e-mobility facility. All in all, the new modular electric drive kit will allow Volkswagen to offer vehicles ranging from the compact A segment to 7-seaters in the B segment. As part of a projected €22.8 billion (US$26.9 Volkswagen is investing €2.9
Green Car Congress
MARCH 4, 2014
Winterkorn said that the Group was reinforcing its objective to become the world’s leading automaker, also in ecological terms, by 2018. the use of the modular Baukästen (assembly kits such as the MQB, MLB or MSB, earlier post )—means that it will be possible to electrify more than 40 models over the next few years, Winterkorn said.
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