Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Also at the LA Auto Show, the new Honda FCEV Concept made its world debut. The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota highlighted its own new FCV Concept with a world premiere.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

GKN Automotive, Drive System Design and the University of Nottingham are collaborating on an £8-million (US$10 million) project to design and develop a world-leading electric vehicle powertrain for the global market. Following detailed simulation and analysis, final design will commence in Q3 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2022

Supernal revealed its initial eVTOL vehicle cabin concept at Farnborough International Airshow, providing the first look at how Hyundai Motor Group is integrating automotive capabilities to develop the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) market. —Jaiwon Shin, President of Hyundai Motor Group and CEO of Supernal. —Jaiwon Shin.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2019

Brunel University London is the first to begin researching future powertrain concepts using Camcon Automotive ’s new Single Cylinder Intelligent Valve Technology (SCI). Compatible with most single-cylinder combustion development engines, SCI is designed to plug-and-play straight out of the box.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

Ford Lightweight Concept. Ford Motor Company unveiled its Lightweight Concept vehicle, which uses advanced materials to explore future weight-reduction solutions that could improve performance and fuel efficiency while reducing CO 2 emissions. Powertrain design, which led to a 24% weight reduction through the use of: 1.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2012

SAE’s 2012 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit—the second as an immediate precursor to the SAE World Congress—opened on Sunday with a consideration of several alternative engine designs: opposed piston 2-stroke (Achates Power); variable compression ratio (MCE-5); split cycle (Scuderi); and advanced rotary (Liquid Piston).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Elon Musk used Tesla’s much-anticipated Battery Day presentation not to disclose some super cell, but to outline an aggressive, comprehensive and radically innovative approach to battery design, manufacturing and vehicle integration that he projected will result in a 56% reduction in cost/kWh and a $25,000 electric vehicle in about three years.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2022

The independent study brought together experts from across the UK to assess the design challenges, manufacturing demands, operational requirements and market opportunity of potential zero-carbon emission aircraft concepts. The regional concept, powered by fuel cells, carries 75 passengers up to 800 nmi at a speed of 325 knots.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Artist’s concept of eGyro. The Skyworks Aeronautics eGyro has been designed to leverage the fundamental safety and exceptional performance advantages of a gyroplane to create an eVTOL system that provides a practical, affordable, and scalable approach to intra- and inter-city passenger and air cargo transport.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2015

At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Chevrolet introduced the Bolt EV concept crossover—a vision for an affordable, long-range all-electric vehicle designed to offer more than 200 miles of range starting around $30,000. The Bolt EV concept is also designed to support DC fast charging.

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Electrek

JUNE 10, 2024

Design work on Volkswagen’s $27K entry-level ID.2 Volkswagen is preparing to show off the new affordable EV by the end of the year, ensuring it’s “even better” than the concept. 2 electric car is complete.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

Artist’s concept of a heavy-duty vehicle equipped with high-temperature proton exchange membrane (HT-PEM) fuel cells. Breakthroughs coming out of this effort will help to enable DOE’s H2@Scale vision for clean and affordable hydrogen utilization across multiple sectors in the economy.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

In addition, this year’s HHTD promoted the business model of contract design and manufacturing service (CDMS) in the field of electric vehicles through the next decade. In the EV industry, we are resolute about CDMS: This means contract design and manufacturing service. It is the first electric pickup designed and developed in Taiwan.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The Ultium Platform will: Enable GM to make nearly every type of vehicle across its different brands and up and down the portfolio by building everything from affordable, high-volume crossovers and passenger cars to full-size pickups and SUVs, performance, and commercial vehicles. Photo courtesy of FedEx.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The paper explores four aircraft concepts: air taxis; 20-passenger commuter aircrafts; 50-passenger regional jets; and 150-passenger, single-aisle 737-class aircraft. For each concept, the paper describes a research area where DOE and NASA could help spur innovation in electric aviation batteries.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, led by Professor Yi Cui, are proposing a new nanoscale design inspired by pomegranates for high energy capacity but large-volume-change lithium battery anodes such as those using silicon. Schematic of the pomegranate-inspired design.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

The DELIVER (Design of Electric LIght Vans for Environment-impact Reduction) project started in November 2011 with the goal of reducing the environmental impact in urban areas by 40%, along with delivering optimized ergonomics and loading space at affordable costs. The DELIVER project ends in October 2014. Electric (Battery) Motors'

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Source: Designing Electricity Rates for An Equitable Energy Transition. Source: Designing Electricity Rates for An Equitable Energy Transition. The En Banc centers around themes and concepts raised by a CPUC-authored white paper on California electric and gas cost and rate trends over the next decade.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

This cartridge design will facilitate the everyday transport and supply of hydrogen energy to power a broad range of daily life applications in and outside of the home. Toyota Motor and its subsidiary, Woven Planet Holdings have developed a working prototype of its portable hydrogen cartridge.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Many features may not make it out of the concept stage, but Kias EV2 show car featured pop-up luggage dividers, removable speakers, and a window messaging system. The EV2s rear-opening doors and pillarless design should make the cabin feel open and airy, and the seats can be shuffled around to create a lounge-like space.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Many advanced science and technology developments are still needed to achieve simple, affordable IFE to power homes and businesses, and DOE is currently restarting a broad-based, coordinated IFE program in the United States. LLNL’s experiment surpassed the fusion threshold by delivering 2.05

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

The US Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications ( CABLE ) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. The 10 teams selected in Stage 1 of this $4.5-million,

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MARCH 26, 2021

million) in Innovate UK funding to advance development of its range-extender concept for heavy-duty applications. While the FPE concept is not new, Libertine’s control and manufacturing know-how has unlocked its potential as a vehicle range-extender. million (US$3.6

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MARCH 9, 2017

Toyota unveiled its i-TRIL concept car—a vision of mobility in 2030—at the Geneva Motor Show. Making its world debut at the 2017 Geneva motor show, and featuring Active Lean technology, the new i-TRIL concept represents a proposed viable alternative to A and B segment cars, other EV products, public transport and motorcycles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2021

ExOne and Maxxwell Motors have successfully binder jet 3D printed a high-efficiency copper e-winding design for an electric motor without rare-earth magnets. ExOne and Maxxwell Motors have successfully binder jet 3D printed a high-efficiency copper e-winding design for an electric motor without rare-earth magnets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Kia Motors has revealed its new Futuron Concept, an all-wheel drive SUV coupe which proposes new designs for future electric vehicles. The Futuron name itself is a portmanteau of ‘future’ and ‘on’, hinting at the switched-on, electric nature of future SUV designs from the brand.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2022

H2Carrier is the designer and owner of the proprietary floating energy production and storage system P2XFloater—the first industrial-scale floating green hydrogen and ammonia facility of its kind in the world. H2Carrier will build, own and operate a fleet of P2XFloaters.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Hyundai Motor Company introduced the Autonomous IONIQ concept during its press conference at AutoMobility LA (Los Angeles Auto Show). Hyundai’s goal for the autonomous IONIQ concept was to keep the self-driving systems as simple as possible.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2015

Advances in magnet technology have enabled researchers at MIT to propose a new design for a practical compact tokamak fusion reactor that might be realized in as little as a decade: the ARC (affordable, robust, compact) reactor. The proposed tokamak (donut-shaped) reactor is designed to have 500 MW fusion power at 3.3

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

This project aims to: Respond to the challenges of the energy transition by reducing the environmental footprint of vehicles throughout the value chain in a desire to offer clean and affordable mobility to citizens. It will represent 1 million electric vehicles produced per year, i.e. more than 10% of the European market.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

3, but the new sketches reveal that now won’t be the case, with the firm’s most affordable ID model getting its own distinct look. Life concept. Other new design elements not shared with any current VWs are rectangular headlamps that incorporate neat 3D LED graphics. Original teases of the VW ID.1

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My EV Review

MARCH 15, 2023

Volkswagen has unveiled its latest concept car, the ID. It is designed to be affordable, with a price tag of less than 25,000 euros.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

Hub is a space that connects UAM and PBV, a new concept solution in which people can come together to interact. Hyundai also announced four pillars of UAM: safe; quiet; affordable; and passenger-centered. PAVs will be designed with low noise levels, making them more acceptable for urban travel and offering comfort to passengers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

VIBE provides an open architecture framework for pre-experimental design simulation as part of the CAEBAT program. We want to be able to have an idea implemented in a model, see the efficacy of it and then help guide how companies design battery cells using that concept. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 2, 2020

Next, it will introduce the Audi Q4 e-tron SUV and e-tron GT performance sedan, which have already been shown as concept vehicles. Using an Audi-designed power electronics module, the e-tron is able to read sensor data 10,000 times per second and output current values for the electric motors to help with traction in various conditions.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

H2NEW includes National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory as co-leads, and focuses on R&D to enable affordable, durable and efficient large-scale electrolyzers, which produce hydrogen from electricity and water (at both high and low temperatures).

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