Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2022

Oshkosh Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation, unveiled the first silent drive hybrid-electric Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), the eJLTV. For many years, we’ve been developing, testing and evolving hybrid-electric variants of our heavy and medium-duty tactical wheeled vehicles. —John Bryant.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The proposal also includes the already established EU fleet wide targets for 2020/2021 of 95 g CO 2 /km for passenger cars and 147 g CO 2 /km for light commercial vehicles, both of which are based on the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) test procedure.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2019

The new hydrogen initiative will drive international collaboration on policies, programs and projects to accelerate the commercial deployment of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies across all sectors of the economy. freight, mass transit, light-rail, marine). Enabling deployment of hydrogen technologies in transport (e.g

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

As one example cited, the company has increased its use of high-strength steel and other lightweight materials to reduce vehicle weight, and thus improve fuel economy, while still meeting standards for vehicle safety. This engine provides better fuel economy and refinement than our current World Gas Engine. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Since the technology can be easily adapted to all engine types and manufactured in series to deliver economies of scale, it offers the advantage of affordability. Valeo has developed a hybrid system combining low-voltage (less than 60 V) electric motors with traditional combustion engines. To power various electrical components.

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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. There’s not a one-size-fits-all approach to light-weighting. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2011

Ford and Toyota are collaborating as equal partners on the development of an advanced new hybrid system for light trucks and SUVs. Ford and Toyota believe that their collaboration will allow them to bring these hybrid technologies to customers sooner and more affordably than either company could have accomplished alone.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP). EV Market Stimulation in Divested Economies. Rural Reimagined: Building an EV Ecosystem and Green Economy for Transforming Lives in Economically Distressed Appalachia. High Pressure Fast Response Direct Injection System for Liquified Gas Fuels Use in Light-Duty Engines. 5,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

As a result, Chevrolet can deliver a low-volume, affordably priced hybrid pickup that delivers uncompromised capability and up to 13% better fuel economy in city driving. Silverado already leads the full-size truck segment in V8 fuel economy. These features deliver a 13% improvement in city fuel economy, based on EPA estimates.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2012

US-based ALTe Powertrain Technologies, the developer of a range-extended plug-in electric hybrid powertrain for light commercial vehicles ( earlier post ), has entered into a Joint Venture agreement in China with MESA Century New Energy Technology, Inc. A total of US$200 million has been committed to the JV at this stage.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Vehicle Technologies Office funds a broad portfolio of early-stage research to develop new affordable, efficient and clean transportation options to enable industry to accelerate the development and widespread use of a variety of innovative transportation technologies. a 2015 baseline of 36 miles per gallon).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Automakers are not reducing the weight of small cars, but instead are prioritizing weight reductions where it offers the most promise to boost fuel economy and reduce emissions—their larger, heavier cars and trucks. —Mario Greco.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2021

The study recently released by M 2 FCT uses Class 8 long-haul trucks as a case study to show how different design characteristics impact efficiency and durability, as well as how the advancements made for light-duty vehicles can be leveraged to meet heavy-duty vehicle requirements. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2012

Projected range of impact of demand, fuel efficiency improvements, and alternative fuel-vehicle systems on light-duty fleet GHG emissions. On a stand-alone basis, all light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles have the potential to reduce per-mile GHG emissions by at least 40% in 2050, relative to 2005 average fleet levels. Source: NPC.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2021

We present here not merely a catalyst with higher activity than other nickel catalysts that we tested, for an important renewable energy fuel, but also a broader strategy toward using affordable metals in a broad range of reactions. The Molecular Foundry and the Advanced Light Source are DOE Office of Science user facilities at Berkeley Lab.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2020

For the past four years, the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) National Laboratory consortium has focused research efforts primarily on turbocharged (boosted) spark-ignition (SI) engines for light-duty vehicles. Estimations indicate that fuel economy improvements are possible with improvements to RON, S, and HOV.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

There is a growing recognition that the lightest weight and most affordable vehicles in the future will not be made from one material, but many different ones. Mass reduction directly improves fuel economy and is especially important to electric and alternative powertrains. —Glenn Daehn.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 11, 2023

Seventeen-inch wheels, LED lights all around, dual-zone climate control, keyless entry and starting, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and Bluetooth. Sometimes it feels a bit too light, sometimes it feels appropriately heavy, but it almost always feels too artificial. It’s just that there’s not much extraneous fluff.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The swappable battery is designed for light vehicles including two and three-wheeler vehicles. The demand that we see in emerging markets is greater than those experienced by the United States, as millions of drivers are limited by options to affordably switch to electric mobility,” said Porter Harris, CEO, and founder of Power Global.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2014

Light-duty VMT is beginning to decouple from traditional drivers. The most recent of these In Focus articles explores the impact of demographics and behavior on light-duty vehicle (LDV) energy demand. LDV energy use is driven by both LDV fuel economy and travel behavior, as measured by vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Source: EIA.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

On 31 March, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released the final rule for The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles for Model Years 2021-2026. The final rule requires a 1.5% mpg and 199 g/mile CO 2 in 2026. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The data, analysis, and insights from this work will fill critical information gaps to inform mobility research needs as well as near- and long-term transportation planning that maximizes energy efficiency and affordability. Engines and Fuels ($10.1 Off-road and Fluid Power Systems ($3.4

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2018

The first result of this agreement is the demonstration vehicle that will be shown at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS): a light-duty truck with an Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) Engine. six-piston) light-duty version of its opposed piston engine (OPE) in both diesel- and gasoline-fueled versions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

million to three awardees—FirstElement, Iwatani and Shell—for 36 light-duty (passenger vehicle) hydrogen stations, stemming from the GFO. Achieving the goal of 200 stations by 2025 puts the state on a path to achieve economies of scale and future growth that does not depend on State incentives.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

The funding is from California Climate Investments , a statewide program that invests billions of cap-and-trade dollars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen the economy and improve public health and the environment—particularly in disadvantaged communities. Heavy-duty trucks: 46 class 7+8 heavy duty zero-emission trucks.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

But this time, we are seeing exciting progress in making hydrogen cleaner, more affordable and more available for use across different sectors of the economy. Hydrogen is light, storable and energy-dense, and its use as a fuel produces no direct emissions of pollutants or greenhouse gases.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

Achates Power, founded in 2004, currently has a number of development projects underway spanning a variety of applications of its opposed-piston engine architecture, from light-to-heavy duty. We also deliver a significant fuel economy improvement. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. billion, as the world’s population grows and more people in developing economies are able to afford cars. Hybrids are expected to account for about half of global new-car sales by 2040. Source: ExxonMobil.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

This is part of a larger effort by Ford to explore different design strategies for light chassis development, including magnesium subframes, carbon fiber subframes, aluminum cross-members and lightweight coil springs. We must continue to work hard to achieve these lightweight solutions at the most affordable costs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2016

Steel used to produce vehicles has a tensile strength of 800-900 megapascals, whereas the 10-15 percent increase achieved at PNNL puts Ti-185 at nearly 1,700 megapascals, or roughly double the strength of automotive steel while being almost half as light.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

Speed, handling, luxurious creature comforts – those are nice but safety, ease of use, cargo friendliness, and the ability to do some very light off-roading take priority here. It’s easy to daydream about blitzing backroads in muscular Mustangs – but a lot of car buyers just want something easy to live with at an affordable price.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Hyundai’s first-ever hybrid SUV, the all-new 2022 Tucson Hybrid, delivers great fuel economy and seats five while hauling all their stuff, too. The grille design has cleverly integrated LED daytime running lights and turn signals. Great style, drives equally as well as it looks, and gets more than 37 mpg. Need we go on?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released their long-expected notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

presented a comprehensive electrification strategy that delivers class-leading vehicles for the company’s brands, while leveraging in-house expertise, partnerships and joint ventures to deliver advanced technology at affordable prices. In Paris, Stellantis N.V. The four platforms are: STLA Small, with a range up to 500 kilometers/300 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2021

The 12V ALiS (Advanced Lithium-ion battery System) mild hybrid system available on new Qashqai is a more affordable hybrid technology that provides torque assist, extended idle stop, quick restart and coasting stop [CVT only], with improvements to both fuel economy and CO 2 output (-4g/km).

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 9, 2023

Not so much that I’d eliminate them from my shopping list (in the fantasy world where an automotive journalist actually can afford a car in this class), but enough to notice. As mentioned, the handling is light on its feet, though the tradeoff there is a ride that occasionally gets too stiff, typically when dealing with broken urban pavement.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

VTO research pathways focus on fuel diversification, vehicle efficiency, energy storage, lightweight materials, and new mobility technologies to improve the overall energy efficiency and affordability of the transportation system. AOI 11: Improving Mobility, Affordability, and Energy Efficiency Through Transit. Utah State University.

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