Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

With the increase in battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs, HEVs and PHEVs) on the road, statistically the risk potential for an accident or technical defect of the inherently safe battery systems also increases. The preferred position is between the road and the vehicle when the vehicle is on all four wheels.

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Batteries Battery Water Li-ion 435

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

Engineers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have developed a new online energy management system (EMS) based on an evolutionary algorithm for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) that they say can improve PHEV fuel efficiency by more than 30%. Broadly, existing EMS for PHEVs are either rule-based or optimization-based.

PHEV 150

PHEV Fuel Plug-in Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

With the e-tron services in the Audi connect portfolio, drivers can use their smartphones to control such functions as charging and heating or cooling. For example, fuel economy statistics and a graphic display of the electric range is shown on the navigation map. The driver can choose between four modes. “EV”

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Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150