Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has launched the development of a special fuel cell system for heavy-duty trucks. While state-of-the-art technologies have been implemented in this weight class in recent years to improve environmental performance, safety and efficiency, overall fuel consumption and vehicle emissions still remain a challenge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

AVEVAI , a new B2B e-mobility and logistics solutions and technology provider based in Singapore, launched its range of IONA electric light commercial vehicles (e-LCVs) at the 5 th Guangzhou International Electric Vehicles Show in China (16-25 November 2018). A manufacturing partnership has been agreed with China Foton Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. While the standard estimate for the efficiency of carbon capture technologies is 85-90%, neither of these plants met that expectation. A study by Mark Z.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

The Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA) released a report assessing market-ready technologies being commercialized by suppliers of emission control and efficiency components for heavy-duty diesel vehicles to meet lower intermediate standards for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) by 2024 as a transition to final standards in 2027.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2023

An economic study by research group Steer, and commissioned by T&E, looked at future operating costs of hydrogen planes on intra-European flights and found that they could be an efficient, cost competitive technology to decarbonize the sector, provided kerosene is taxed adequately. (If GJ—approximately €0.37/L.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Lumotive, a Bill Gates-funded startup developing LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles, introduced a beam-steering technology which will significantly improve the performance, reliability and cost of LiDAR systems for the emerging self-driving car industry. —Lumotive co-founder and CEO, Dr. William Colleran.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The company’s first commercial product will eliminate cobalt, traditionally used in the cathode of a Lithium battery, with the objective of reducing the cost of Lithium battery production in the US, while also eliminating a primary environmental concern, and reducing chokepoints created by a foreign supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

Beginning in 2025, MAN Truck & Bus will manufacture high-voltage batteries for electric trucks and buses in large-scale production at its Nuremberg site. Initially, the batteries will be manufactured manually at the MAN plant in Nuremberg in a small series production for about two and a half years.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

[In the earlier version of this post, I mistakenly linked to and used the 2019 report rather than the current 2020 report. Source: MECA, “Technology Feasibility for Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks in Achieving 90% Lower NOx Standards in 2027”. I apologize for the error. —Ed]. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In 2019, monthly average lithium carbonate prices fell 36% between January and December. In 2019, rechargeable batteries accounted for 54% of total lithium demand, almost entirely from Li-ion battery technologies. Lithium demand by application in 2019. Source: Roskill.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2020

build the next generation Bustech XDi low floor transit bus using Cummins battery-electric and hydrogen-fuel-cell technologies. We are focused on value for money and total cost of ownership. The Battery-Electric System from Cummins debuted in 2019 after extensive development, testing and validation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

million purchase order for membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for use in manufacturing FCvelocity-9SSL fuel cell stacks from Guangdong Synergy Ballard Hydrogen Power Co., Synergy-Ballard JVCo was established in 2017 between Ballard and Guangdong Nation Synergy Hydrogen Power Technology Co. Ballard Power Systems has received a $7.7-million

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

CO 2 and NO x certification test data for heavy-duty diesel engines certified from 2002 through 2019. Source of data: US EPA (2019). In this report, MECA provides our assessment of technologies being commercialized by component suppliers, including MECA members, to help their customers comply with future lower NO x standards.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2022

In 2021, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) launched a call for proposals to support R&D projects for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) manufacturing, systems, components, and batteries in Canada. The selected projects are: Advanced Manufacturing Process Innovations – Flex-Ion Battery Innovation Center. Lead: Ventra Group Co.;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2021

Symbio enters the US market with strong established assets, technology and know-how. Finally, Symbio focusses on optimized total cost of ownership combining its systems and production know-how to scale state-of-the art manufacturing capabilities. Symbio has been joint-owned by Faurecia and Michelin since November 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2020

Solid-oxide-fuel-cell manufacturer Bloom Energy is entering the commercial hydrogen market by introducing hydrogen-powered fuel cells and electrolyzers that produce renewable hydrogen. Bloom’s technologies can be critical in enabling South Korea to execute on its government-mandated Hydrogen Economy Roadmap. —Jason Ahn.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The US Department of Energy’ (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is awarding $100 million to eight clean energy technology projects through the Seeding Critical Advances for Leading Energy technologies with Untapped Potential (SCALEUP) program. Award amount: $9,000,000). CorePower Magnetics, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2019

Nissan’s Decherd assembly line is using a mirror bore process in the all-new 2019 Nissan Altima 2.5-liter At WCX SAE World Congress Experience this year in Detroit, Nissan presented a paper on the development of and technologies applied in the new 2.5L This will mark the highest volume application of the technology within Nissan.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), in collaboration with the US Department of Defense and the US Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, has awarded Cummins, Inc. to encourage continued investment in this technology and increase scalability.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2020

SMC’s electric motor system is based on switched reluctance technology, managed by advanced cloud software. SMC also has the ability to reduce the energy intensity of the vehicle manufacturing process by retrofitting its demanding HVAC systems. HVAC retrofit was the first step to drive adoption of our technology.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

The Draft Roadmap outlines a Department-wide strategy to accelerate innovation across a range of storage technologies based on three concepts: Innovate Here, Make Here, Deploy Everywhere. Over the Fiscal Years 2017-2019, DOE has invested more than $1.2 Categories of storage included in the Energy Storage Grand Challenge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

The core of Loop’s fuel cell range extenders is the company’s patented technology eFlow—a design that maximizes power, efficiency and durability through an optimized air flow process. Loop fuel cell range extenders will be integrated by TransPower into two Peterbilt 579 truck gliders in early 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

pCAM is a specifically engineered combination of processed raw materials necessary to produce CAM, a key battery material representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. sourced and manufactured rare earth materials, alloy and finished magnets. Cell Manufacturing and R&D Dec. EV Components Sept.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2019

Created by AECOM, a fully integrated infrastructure firm, the Consortium intends to accelerate the deployment of automated transit technologies and will combine the purchasing power and collaborative decision-making of these founding transit agencies nationwide.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2019

It could enable the design of tanks that are smaller, cheaper, more convenient and energy dense than existing hydrogen fuel technologies, and significantly out-perform battery-powered vehicles. The technology has been licensed by the University of South Wales to a spin-out company part owned by Professor Antonelli, called Kubagen.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

But the goal of the project is to explore the technological and economic potential of using e-school buses on a wider scale to improve air quality and grid reliability. The White Plains school district put the buses on the road for the 2018-2019 school year and has found them to be reliable transportation. Earlier post.).

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Electric Vehicles India

DECEMBER 1, 2021

across 9 Expressways and 16 Highways under FAME India (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles in India) Scheme Phase II. Phase- l of the scheme was available up to 31st March 2019. 01st April 2019 with total budgetary support of Rs. 108 crores (approx.) 10,000 crores. 43 Crore (approx.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2018

Alstom has selected French battery manufacturer Forsee Power to provide Li-ion batteries for Alstom Aptis electric bus ( earlier post ), scheduled for series delivery from 2019 onwards. The vehicles will be equipped with NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide) Li-ion battery technology as a standard feature.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

The Group—including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation—and Grab will further develop new pilots and initiatives that lower the barriers of entry for Grab driver and delivery-partners to adopt EVs, such as lowering the total cost of ownership and reducing range anxiety.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2019

Transform how coal power plant technologies are designed and manufactured. This anticipated FOA will make available up to approximately $100 million in federal funding for cost-shared R&D projects that focus on developing the critical components required by Coal FIRST systems. Earlier in April, the DOE announced up to $87.3

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. Their hybrid technological and economic analysis is based on a detailed inventory of California’s power system. Gençer and Drake D. —Drake Hernandez.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2017

In addition to traveler benefits, the operational cost of electricity, at $.19/mile, Combining this with greatly improved vehicle efficiency, at 21 MPG equivalent, and reduced vehicle maintenance costs will result in a savings of about $1.8 manufacturing facility. 19/mile, is substantially lower than diesel, at $.84/mile.

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Electra Vehicles

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Thermal runaway events can have a variety of triggers from software failure to defective manufacturing, according to a Bloomberg interview with Sandy Munro, president of manufacturing consulting firm Munro and Associates. In GM’s case it failed to do so on a widespread scale.

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Teslarati

JULY 22, 2021

Tesla has offloaded Maxwell Technologies’ ultracapacitor business to UCAP Power, Inc., The announcement was posted in a press release , which noted that the deal included the purchase of Maxwell Technologies Korea, the company’s Korea-based ultracapacitor business, as well as other assets related to the Maxwell brand. .

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

billion (US$106 billion) in new models, innovative technologies and its global presence in its Automotive Division over the coming five years. Investments in property, plant and equipment, investment property and intangible assets, excluding capitalized development costs (capex) in the Automotive Division will amount to €64.3

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It would also allow the company to offer electric truck manufacturers the option to source their drivetrain from Cummins. In the US, after all, customers have the option of acquiring a truck from a manufacturer like Freightliner while specifying a diesel engine from a company like Cummins. . .

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a low-cost, non-precious metal cobalt phosphide (CoP) catalyst catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a commercial device. King, McKenzie A.

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