Remove Austria Remove Exhaust Remove International Remove Production
article thumbnail

TECO 2030 aims to build hydrogen fuel cell gigafactory in Norway

Green Car Congress

TECO 2030 ( earlier post ) is aiming to establish Norway’s first large-scale production of fuel cells, optimized to be the heart of hydrogen-powered ships and other heavy-duty installations. This will be the first volume production of fuel cells in Norway and a hub for the Norwegian hydrogen industry. gigawatt, per year.

Norway 468
article thumbnail

EEA finds only mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals; GHG emissions up 25% since 1990

Green Car Congress

Among the key findings, provisional data shows that in 2016, greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector (including international aviation but excluding maritime shipping) across the EU-28 were 25% higher than in 1990, confirming an upward trend in emissions since 2014. The share of renewable energy in transport in the EU rose from 6.7%

article thumbnail

Use of a Low-Cost Electric Supercharger Could Significantly Reduce Smoke from Turbocharged Diesel Engines

Green Car Congress

It is commercializing three initial products: Variable Torque Enhancement System, VTES, an electric supercharging system; SpeedStart12, an integrated belt-driven starter generator system; and TIGERS, an exhaust turbine-driven generator system. It can also help minimize the need for expensive exhaust after-treatment. Nick Pascoe.

Low Cost 186
article thumbnail

High-Pressure Direct-Injection Hydrogen Engine Achieves Efficiency of 42%; On Par with Turbodiesels

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group Forschung und Technik, in cooperation with researchers in Graz and Vienna, Austria, has developed a dedicated (i.e., Engineers from the BMW Group Forschung und Technik developed a new cylinder head for hydrogen operation based on a production diesel engine. H2BVplus hydrogen combustion engine. Click to enlarge.

Hydrogen 170
article thumbnail

Volkswagen to produce XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid at Osnabrück; 261 mpg US

Green Car Congress

261 mpg US), will go into limited production at the company’s Osnabrück factory in Germany. Dr. Ferdinand Piëch, who is today Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG, formulated the goal of bringing to market a production car that was practical in everyday use with fuel consumption of one liter per 100 km. Click to enlarge.

Plug-in 382
article thumbnail

CPT developing 48-volt electric supercharger for micro-mild hybrids

Green Car Congress

Unlike crankshaft-driven superchargers and exhaust-gas-driven turbochargers, an electric supercharger is mechanically decoupled from the engine, meaning it can deliver the air almost instantaneously into the engine—spinning up to 70,000 rpm in less than a third of a second. —Guy Morris. LC Super Hybrid technology demonstrator.

Volt 207
article thumbnail

When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

Meanwhile, manufacturers continued to market new products. The earliest Christmas lights used miniature versions of Edison's pear-shaped carbon-filament bulbs, which had fragile exhaust tips that were prone to breaking. In 1910 GE changed its basic design to a round bulb, although still with the exhaust tip. began advertising.

Light 145