Remove Available Today Remove Cleaner Remove Motors Remove Technology
article thumbnail

PG&E and Ford collaborate on bidirectional electric vehicle charging technology in customers’ homes

Green Car Congress

One in five EVs in the country are on the road in PG&E’s service area of Northern and Central California, where customers are often early adopters of new clean energy technologies. Today, we are seeing breakthrough opportunities at the intersection of the energy and transportation industries. —PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe.

F-150 334
article thumbnail

Hyundai Motor Group Previews Integrated Snow Chain Tech

The Truth About Cars

Hyundai Motor Group have introduced a novel snow chain that’s integrated directly into the tire. Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia state that the technology relies on “shape memory alloy modules that are located inside the wheel and tire.” The technology is patent-pending in both South Korea and the United States.

Hyundai 105
article thumbnail

Neste Oil to launch the first diesel complying with Category 4 WWFC diesel specification; reduces fuel consumption by 5% and emissions

Green Car Congress

The highest WWFC specification diesel category is designed for markets with very advanced requirements for emission control to enable sophisticated NO x and PM after-treatment technologies. Engines, fuels, and motor oils all need to perform together well throughout a vehicle’s service life. Properties. Cetane Number. –.

Diesel 199
article thumbnail

Mercedes-Benz F125!: fuel cell plug-in hybrid with Li-sulfur battery and structure integrated hydrogen storage with MOFs

Green Car Congress

The decisive innovations are: A logical further development of the fuel cell drive system in combination with plug-in technology. New hydrogen storage technology: the structure integrated hydrogen composite storage unit leveraging Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs). Using this technology, says Prof. Lithium-sulphur batteries (e.g.,

Mercedes 334
article thumbnail

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. It offers a range of elegant solutions to a number of problems.

PHEV 150
article thumbnail

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. The use and technology of a computer cable does change, so the plug cant remain for 25 years or whatever.

article thumbnail

Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Most charge points available today take much longer to re-energize batteries than it does to fill a gas-powered cars tank.