Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2022

The team of engineers and designers utilized the automotive industry’s reductive design approach to create the light-weight interior cabin, which is made of forged carbon fiber. —Jaiwon Shin. Ergonomically contoured seats offer a cocoon-like environment for passengers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2019

Toray Advanced Composites and BASF signed a manufacturing and supply agreement focused on the production of continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRT) tapes for the automotive and industrial markets. The fiber manufacturer will reinforce BASF’s Ultramid PA6 (Polyamide) resins with either glass fiber or with carbon fiber.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2023

Fisker Ronin is an all-electric four-door convertible GT sports car—a true five-seat GT with a carbon fiber hard-top convertible, four butterfly doors, a high-tech luxury interior, and futuristic exterior design. An integrated battery pack powers Ronin to a targeted 600-plus mile range.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2016

million, subject to appropriations, to support research and development of advanced vehicle technologies, including batteries, lightweight materials, and advanced combustion engines, as well as innovative technologies for energy efficient mobility. Battery500 Seedling Projects. Models will be validated using actual performance data.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

million to 22 new cost-shared projects to accelerate the research of advanced battery, lightweight materials, engine emission control technologies, and energy efficient mobility systems (EEMS). These projects enable smaller, safer, lighter weight, and less expensive battery packs that ultimately will make electric vehicles more affordable.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

The vehicle represents the latest phase of Ford’s research into developing sustainable technology solutions that are affordable for consumers and can be produced in large volumes across the product lineup. 19” by 5” carbon fiber wheels. 19” by 5” carbon fiber wheels. Carbon fiber interior components.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

Also don’t expect an affordable small EV much before 2030. We developed the Zero series with a target of 300 miles or more as the optimal range,” said Koji Nakano, the general manager and chief engineer for BEV product planning at Honda. Honda 0 Saloon concept No carbon fiber. 300-mile target range. “We

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding nearly $55 million for 24 projects to develop and deploy advanced vehicle technologies, supporting the Energy Department’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge to make plug-in electric vehicles as affordable to own and operate as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Description. Federal funding.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The girl's family could not afford the cost of getting her a prosthetic leg, so she used a tree branch as a crutch to help her walk. From that encounter, Akhtar decided that one day he would develop affordable artificial limbs. I loved everything about engineering, programming, and building things," he says. "I and a Ph.D.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

After addressing the company’s timeline, Mr. Goldstien pivoted to address engineering hurdles the electric plane’s design had overcome. The Archer Midnight achieves unparalleled views through the use of carbon fiber; the lightweight material allowing Archer to use more glass (a comparatively heavy material) in the cabin.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

Its focus on quality and affordability makes Upway a standout from other e-bike retailers – Upway wants electric mobility to be affordable for everyone, so every bike it sells is up to 60% off retail. The zippy C380+ has 350W engine power, a battery capacity of 500 Wh, and a max speed of 28 mph.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

Participants in H 2 USA are working together to create ways to deliver affordable hydrogen fuel safely. PNNL’s participation in the group builds on several contributions its scientists and engineers have already made to fuel cell technology. So far more than two dozen entities have joined H 2 USA, including the American Gas Assn.,

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Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2023

About nine minutes later, the Electron upper stage reached low Earth orbit (LEO) and shut down its Rutherford Vacuum engine. Electron is the only rocket in the world to successfully reach orbit with structures built almost entirely out of carbon fiber composites. Rocket Lab’s workhorse rocket is relatively unique.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

The body and roof of the e-tron GT are made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP), and the car uses the same multi-material construction philosophy as other Audi vehicles like the A8. This helps engineers develop shared parts across many vehicles that are philosophically similar.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2010

Nicknamed “fuzzy fiber” by its inventor at UDRI, Nano Adaptive Hybrid Fabric (NAHF-XTM) is the first tailored nanomaterial capable of being produced in sizes and quantities large enough to make them affordable and viable for large-scale commercial use. But in doing so, electrical and thermal conductivity inherent to metals is lost.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2015

However, it is important to consider the entire life-cycle of the vehicle, including the potential shifts in GHG burdens associated with lightweight materials, such as aluminum, magnesium, carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), and high-strength and advanced high-strength steels (HSS and AHSS). Credit: ACS, Kelly et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The goal of this AOI is to support advanced fuels and lubricants technologies that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines for passenger and commercial vehicle applications. For all subtopics, technologies may be applicable to compression ignition and/or spark ignition engines. Miller Cycle).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

will design and develop a new more-efficient engine and advanced drivetrain and vehicle technologies. will design and develop a vehicle and powertrain with electrified engine components that can enable higher engine efficiency and a significantly more aerodynamically reengineered cab. Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

BYD claims the new EV is “The most powerful supercar in the pure electric era, surpassing the power performance of the V12 engine. Ford’s CEO Jim Farley said the American automaker is working on affordable EVs to compete with Chinese automakers like BYD. The EV also includes the “industry’s first self-developed racing assistant.”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Topics addressed include: advanced batteries (including manufacturing processes) and electric drive R&D; Lightweight materials; Advanced combustion engine and enabling technologies R&D; and Fuels technologies (dedicated or dual-fuel natural gas engine technologies).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2019

Williams Advanced Engineering has developed a pair of innovative technologies that promise a step-change in the affordability of composite materials. The innovations from Williams Advanced Engineering aim to address these challenges to unlock the benefits of CFRP. CFRP is a material of huge promise.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 17, 2023

The Ford Mustang has always been known for affordable -- or affordable-ish -- performance. liter V8 to go along with an eight-speed dual-clutch rear transaxle and carbon-fiber driveshaft. Other standard or available features include a dry-sump oil system, magnesium wheels, titanium exhaust, and carbon-ceramic brakes.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. The world’s leading sports- and luxury-car brands, together with muscle-car mavens like Dodge, are now pushing the envelope of the relatively inefficient internal combustion engine (ICE). Yes, behind my helmeted head there’s a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The institute will also provide the manufacturing communities with easy and affordable access to real-time analytic tools, infrastructure, and industrial applications. LanzaTech; Materia; SEVA; TowerJazz; Small: Able Industrial Products Inc.; VRCO; and many more small and medium-sized manufacturers. of Virginia; Virginia Tech; U.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Basing the new Golf on the MQB had far-reaching consequences; this Golf was completely redesigned in practically every area—the vehicle body, the interior, the engines, all of the information and entertainment systems and the numerous new driver assistance systems. The gasoline engines. Earlier post.). l/100km (37.9 l/100 km.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2022

—Eric Bach, SVP of Product and Chief Engineer, Lucid Group. With this vast power and the enhanced delivery afforded by the twin rear-drive unit, Lucid Air Sapphire will accelerate from a standstill to 60 mph in less than two seconds, from zero to 100 mph in less than four seconds, and the standing quarter mile in under 9 seconds.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The Renault gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid system supports 60 km of electric range plus extended range due to the gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine. One of the concept’s major innovations is the fact that gearshifts do not necessitate the use of a clutch thanks to a specific control unit designed by Renault’s engineers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In its total cost of acquisition and operation of the vehicle should be cheaper than a comparable gasoline engine, the partners said. The passenger compartment consists of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic, while aluminum is used in the front, rear and room frame. We wanted a car that is affordable and fun while driving.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In addition to the vehicle’s introduction in Japan, Toyota launched the Mirai—a four-door, mid-size fuel cell sedan with performance that fully competes with traditional internal combustion engines—in Los Angeles on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. Middle layer: carbon fiber reinforced plastic (structural element).

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 8, 2022

This wasn’t your usual long-distance, college-engineering project, a single-seat death trap made from Kleenex and balsa wood, with no amenities or hope of being certified for use on public roads. The engineering team included specialists with the Mercedes-EQ Formula E team , drawing from their well of electric racing experience.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2024

“it’s gonna happen, but I don’t I don’t know if it’ll happen in your lifetime and mine,” says Ron Barrett-Gonzalez , an aerospace engineering professor at the University of Kansas. Solving the Physics of Hoverbikes “Helicopters, for a long time, have been built with relatively small engines for their size,” says Barrett-Gonzalez.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

At that point, the rocket – known as the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) – was to be 12 meters (39 ft) in diameter, 122 meters (400 ft) tall, and made almost entirely out of carbon-fiber composites. The principles of the rocket, its general shape and layout, and the Raptor engine powering it remained the same.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And it makes sense, considering that Gocycle’s founder and designer Richard Thorpe was formerly an engineer at McClaren. That same penchant for exotic materials and gram-shaving engineering found its way into several award-winning models of Gocycle folding e-bikes. Some are replaced. Electrek’s Take Wow, it’s a beautiful bike.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Other improvements included: Advanced integration of Navistar N13 Engine utilizing proprietary intelligent controls and high efficiency combustion. Innovative use of lighter-weight carbon-fiber panels in the upper body, roof headers, back panel, and dash panel. Fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

MOVE projects aim to engineer light-weight, affordable natural gas tanks for vehicles as well as to develop natural gas compressors that can efficiently fuel a natural gas vehicle at home. million award to engineer an adsorbed natural gas storage system utilizing a novel external framework and internal porous materials.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Faurecia has earmarked composites as a key enabler for vehicle lightweighting and is concentrating its R&D efforts in two directions: developing affordable carbon fiber and reaching automotive industry cycle times of one part per minute. The “one-shot” project, led by Faurecia's Franco-German R&D teams, started in 2014.

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