Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

One of the major requirements for rechargeable battery development is greater energy density and faster charging. In June 2018, the three companies entered into a joint agreement to develop NTO’s potential as an anode material.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2018

Kia Motors will introduce its first 48V diesel mild-hybrid powertrain in the second half of 2018. The Kia Sportage will be the first model to offer the new EcoDynamics+ diesel mild-hybrid powertrain later in 2018. The new third-generation Kia Ceed will be the second among a range of Kia models to offer the new powertrain from 2019.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In the future, demand for storage batteries is expected to grow as they become necessary supply-stabilizing tools when expanding renewable energy in the movement toward CO 2 emissions reduction. The project plans to operate grid storage batteries for recharge and discharge operations, connected to the Chubu Electric Power Grid Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Stationary fuel cell generators (FC generators) and rechargeable batteries will be introduced at stores, managed centrally by building energy management systems (BEMS), raising the proportion of renewable energy and electric power derived from hydrogen used. Boil-off hydrogen from the hydrogen station can also potentially be used.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2016

Lithium Balance is a battery management expert which has supplied its BMS systems for Li-ion based e-scooters for a decade. In effect, the market of rechargeable lithium batteries will undergo a quantum leap forward in the adoption of state of the art renewable energy technology. The E-scooter itself will be manufactured in China.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2021

James Breyer founded Hercules Electric Vehicles in 2018 with a vision to bring luxury eco-utility products to market, beginning with an electric pickup truck and followed by other electric mobility products. Hercules is developing an all-electric sport pickup truck, the Hercules Alpha, which will be available in late 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2019

Over the next few decades, global supply of raw materials must drastically change to accommodate not just the UK’s transformation to a low carbon economy, but the whole world’s. Energy cost of charging electric cars: There are implications for the electrical power generation in the UK needed to recharge these vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2019

German logistics service provider Pfenning Logistics will be using a Mercedes-Benz eActros battery-electric 25-tonne truck to supply the Mercedes-Benz Mannheim plant. In October 2018, Mercedes-Benz Trucks handed over an eActros in Mannheim to concrete producer TBS Transportbeton.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

Using this real-time status allows AMPLY’s system to forecast when the vehicles will be ready-to-go, and once the vehicles are out delivering passengers, AMPLY’s system can track their return state-of-charge battery level and length of time to recharge. Tri Delta Transit launched its electric bus program in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2020

The battery power can also extend zero-emissions capability along the supply chain by using renewables and hydroelectric power. million gallons in 2040, compared to 19 million gallons in 2018, with CO 2 emissions expected to fall below 2050 reduction targets by 2034. billion passengers and 250 million vehicles worldwide every year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2018

Techrules, a China-based automotive R&D company which unveiled the final production design of its Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) Ren RS series-hybrid supercar at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show ( earlier post ), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CRRC Times Electric Co., —Yu Kang, General Manager of CRRC.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2019

In the first months of 2019, Solaris secured three large orders for the supply of electric buses to Berlin (BVG); Milan (ATM); and Warsaw (MZA). At the end of 2018, the European Parliament set itself the goal to ensure that in 2025, 50% of all new city buses are electric, whereas in 2030 that share is supposed to climb to 75%.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

For this year’s annual World Economic Forum (23-26 January 2018), the city of Davos and ABB have teamed up in a long-term partnership to provide e-infrastructure for public and private transportation. Davos residents and WEF guests can experience the pioneering TOSA bus ( earlier post ) for themselves. Bottom: Close-up. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2020

The certification covers twelve storage battery system components, including SCiB lithium-ion rechargeable battery modules, current sensors, and the battery management unit (BMU) which monitors the voltage, temperature, and current of the battery module.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a result of discussions that began in May 2017, eleven companies in Japan have signed an agreement to form a new company in the spring of 2018 aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen recharging stations (HRS) for fuel cell vehicles (FCV). The initial partners include Toyota Motor Corporation; Nissan Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The first vehicles will be delivered at the end of 2018, and then go into practical operation in the Rhein-Neckar metropolitan region as part of customer trials. As well as the possibility of charging from a power socket at the depot, Mercedes‑Benz can also optionally supply the Citaro with intermediate recharging solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2016

An electrified road is one in which the electricity supply for vehicle propulsion is continuously supplied in order to keep the vehicle moving and to avoid recharging requirements. The tests will continue up through 2018. —Lena Erixon, Director General of Trafikverket, the Swedish Transport Administration.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

ABB has won a $20-million order from Swiss bus manufacturer HESS to supply its flash-charging technology ( earlier post ) for 20 e-buses and related infrastructure for the French city of Nantes. 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

MARCH 2, 2017

It can be recharged from a low-cost power supply, and refueled with hydrogen in three minutes (3.8 This customized e-NV200 will be available for serial production from September 2018. Thus, this vehicle could be used for intensive urban taxi operations or for online passenger transportation network services.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2015

First, a 12-volt Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) or Enhanced Flooded Battery (EFB), which will start the engine and supply power to accessories such as lights, navigation systems and radios. The Johnson Controls Advanced Start-Stop system solution has two batteries. liters per 100 km in 2015—a 27% improvement. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

APRIL 18, 2024

In tests in their lab, the researchers reported their system’s transmitter supplied enough energy to a receiver mounted on the underside of a Hyundai Kona EV to boost the state of charge in the car’s battery by 50 percent (enough for about 150 kilometers of range) in less than 20 minutes.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Volvo C40 (right) and XC40 (left) Recharge EVs (Source: Volvo) According to Volvo, CATL will then use the materials to make new EV batteries that will be used to power its new electric cars. Volvo and CATL signed a long-term agreement in 2019 to supply batteries for electric Volvo and Polestar models.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

NCDOT, which is working to leverage drones to expand healthcare access for the residents of North Carolina, supported Matternet in conducting first-round test flights using Matternet’s drone technology on WakeMed’s campus in August 2018 as part of the FAA’s Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program (IPP). over distances of up to 12.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2018

a US-based manufacturer of mobile electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging systems, and plans to roll out FreeWire’s Mobi Charger units for use at selected BP retail sites in the UK and Europe during 2018. The L2 models recharge from a wall outlet; each unit is equipped with dual J1772 plugs and can charge 2 vehicles at once.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2016

The bus recharges at stops using its roof-mounted contacts that engage using laser guidance. As this current is up to 10 times less than would be the case without storage, the connection can be made with a cheaper and more readily available low-power supply. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2019

In 2018, Volkswagen announced at the Vienna Motor Symposium that it would make the innovative low-voltage concept accessible to a broad public. While the Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) charges the battery via the grid with a plug, the MHEV does not have a battery that can be recharged via a plug, but is equipped with a 48V belt starter generator.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

to develop, manufacture and market rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles and other applications. billion )in 2018, Hitachi said. In battery recharging/discharging control systems, Hitachi will utilize the control technologies cultivated within the Hitachi Group in a variety of business fields.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2015

Toshiba is supplying its SCiB cells ( earlier post ) to Johnson Controls for the application. The SCiB Lithium Titanate chemistry is effective at quickly recharging, works well in a wide range of temperatures and can be easily integrated into a vehicle’s 12-volt electrical system. Such an advanced start-stop system has two batteries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

Each volunteer was supplied with a Toyota Prius IV hybrid vehicle (Prius + Luxury grade with 17" wheels and a full suite of premium features) for one calendar week during November 2018. The research consisted of recording and analyzing commuting data from seven volunteers—all of whom are employees of University College Dublin.

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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Last year, the Volvo XC40 Recharge was launched in India and received a very strong response from the market. By 2025, he expects 500,000 electric cars to be sold worldwide, and Volvo also expects its carbon footprint to drop by 40% compared to 2018. Volvo is one of the first carmakers to commit to going fully electric by 2030.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Volvo Cars’ current India portfolio comprises fully electric XC40 Recharge, SUVs XC90, XC60 and XC40 along with sedan S90. ” Last year, the company had sold around 1,800 units in India and expects to record its best sales, bettering the previous highest of 2,600 units sold in 2018.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 28, 2023

Five years after its first fast charging station went live in May 2018, Electrify America continues to have sites down for weeks or months and other locations where only one or two cables (out of four, six or eight) actually deliver a charge. No further details are known as yet.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Carbon pricing alone is insufficient to bring low-carbon vehicles to the mass market, though it may have a supporting role in ensuring a decarbonized energy supply. 2018) “Interaction of consumer preferences and climate policies in the global transition to low-carbon vehicles.” —McCollum et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2018

Separators are a key element in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries with liquid electrolytes. On 19 March 2018, Shanghai Energy held a signing ceremony for its new materials project in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. During normal operation, the separator prevents electronic conduction (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2017

Using a 150 kW (DC) fast charger, the high-performance battery can be 80% recharged within 30 minutes. CROZZ is more compact and has a lower roofline than the all-new 2018 Tiguan, yet the CUV provides just as much space. The on-board electronics are meanwhile supplied with 12 volts via a DC/DC converter. Like the I.D.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

NEXO will be available in California before the end of 2018. Kona Electric features a 150 kW (201 horsepower) permanent-magnet synchronous electric motor supplied by a high-voltage 64 kWh lithium-ion battery. kW rate of charge for rapid recharging characteristics. Kona Electric. As a result, Kona Electric offers 19.2

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