Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2019

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. When stored without further utilization even negative emissions can be realized. Dittmeyer et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

UK-based ACAL Energy , the developer of a liquid, platinum-free cathode system for hydrogen fuel cells ( earlier post ), has completed a funding round worth £3.5 An OEM evaluation kit is planned for availability later this year and a first Fuel Cell Engine product incorporating FlowCath will be sampled to prospective customers in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

The GTE marks the fifth drive type for the Golf, which is already available with gasoline, diesel, natural gas, and battery-electric drives, varying with markets. With the addition of the plug-in hybrid GTE, the Golf line incorporates all the relevant drive systems of today: gasoline, diesel, natural gas, hybrid, and electric.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL expects the engine to be available for 2012 vehicles. Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also known as propane or autogas, can be used to replace gasoline and diesel. —Tucker Perkins. Renewable propane.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The Golf and Passat models have identical hydrogen powertrains and control software.). Put another way, the fuel cell technology is being developed so as to work as components in the MQB (transverse) kit, the development of which is led by the Volkswagen brand, and the MLB (longitudinal) kit being driven by Audi.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2013

Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell models ( earlier post ) are joining the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LNHE) project. The LHNE project, a government-backed initiative co-funded by the Technology Strategy Board, will put hydrogen-fueled vehicles into daily business use and deliver the refueling infrastructure to support their operation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2019

Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In 2016, Germany launched a 3-year study of oxymethylene ethers (OME) as clean diesel fuels with €800,000 (US$894,000). OMEs are promising synthetic diesel fuels with an enormous potential for the reduction of soot and NO x emissions. Earlier post.) They determined the optimal parameters for efficient combustion.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Audi Q4 e-Tron – as with the e-Tron, the Q4 will be available as a regular SUV (with more boot space) and a sleeker Sportback. BMW 5-Series EV – to be available with a BEV drivetrain (to complement the existing PHEV models) from around 2022. Audi RS e-Tron GT. Likely to arrive in Australia late in 2021.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

PiPrius : Open Source documentation and kits. However they also retain the ability to travel long distances when utilizing the existing gas or diesel refueling infrastructure. Forget Hydrogen, Forget Hydrogen, Forget Hydrogen ". Content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Continues promotion and development of hydrogen as long-term strategy. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. No announced plans.

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