Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2015

A consortium of 16 automobile manufacturers, automotive suppliers and public partners has launched the Ko-HAF (Kooperatives hochautomatisiertes Fahren, Cooperative Highly Automated Driving) project in Germany. The project is being coordinated by international automotive supplier Continental.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2010

The presence of low-speed pre-ignition is considered a major impediment to automobile manufacturers’ efforts to aggressively downsize engines to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This is a substantial development because it has the potential to affect every original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

However, while greener cars may eventually fix the tailpipe-emissions problem, they do not address all of the environmental damage caused throughout the manufacturing process. From mineral procurement through manufacture to end-of-life, stringent standards must be devised and enforced across the electric car battery supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

In the long run, the large variety of drivetrain concepts will give way to electric drive. Bosch is working hard to get the electric drive of the future readied for large-scale series production, while also doing its utmost to further improve the internal-combustion engine for decades to come, Bohr said. Source: Bosch. Bernd Bohr.

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JUNE 4, 2010

Estimated price increases are based on current economic conditions and the concept of “incremental retail price equivalent (RPE) cost,” which represents the average additional price consumers would pay for a fuel economy technology. Engines and Technologies. The practicality of full-performance battery electric vehicles (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

These three leading international energy markets illustrate how progress is being made in other major energy-intensive nations, but they are not alone. As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2015

The system, which is documented within the relevant IEC and ISO standards, is endorsed by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) and its US equivalent, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). ABB—based in the Netherlands—is the first non-German member. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

Design concept of the integrated A/C compressor-traction motor unit. Michael Schier, DLR’s Institute of Vehicle Concepts. With the potential boost in range through the efficient use of energy, the joint invention recently won the Best Originality Award in the TECO Green Tech International Contest held in Taiwan.

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JULY 12, 2017

Audi will be the first automobile manufacturer to bundle these in a central domain architecture. Right from the outset, full attention was paid to this, and especially to the safety concept. Audi developed the zFAS with an international leading team of technology partners.

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JUNE 12, 2015

—Rupert Stadler, Audi CEO, at the International Vienna Motor Symposium in 2014. In June 2013, Audi commissioned a power-to-gas facility in the north German town of Werlte, thus becoming the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy sources. Audi e-gas. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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JULY 30, 2013

The electric motor, power electronics and high-voltage Li-ion battery pack (except from the component cells, which are sourced externally) were developed internally by the BMW Group under its eDrive program. The BMW i3 uses the BMW eDrive rear-wheel drive powertrain previously found on the BMW ActiveE (but the i3 is significantly lighter).

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is $29,125—$6,075 less than electric vehicles produced by other mainstream automobile manufacturers—for the base ES model before a federal tax credit of $7,500 and available state financial incentives (subject to availability of funding). Background. i-MiEV, Japan-spec.

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