Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

Ideal Power Inc., developer of a power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), received a purchase order for ten of its PPSA-enabled 30 kW battery converters from Coritech Services, a provider of custom engineering solutions for a variety of applications including electric vehicle charging.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2017

Improving battery power to such as level would further enable hybridization to near-HEV levels as well as engine downsizing, thereby enabling fuel economy improvements beyond the current 10-15% MHEV limit. Accessories that are typically powered via hydraulic power or the serpentine belt may be converted to electrical power.

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Electrek

JANUARY 15, 2024

United Rentals is now the first major rental company to offer mobile micro grid battery power to its North American fleet of rental equipment. The HiPower EHR Solar Battery Generator boasts a 5.0kW peak solar array with extendable panels, converting and storing energy within built-in batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2023

The CEA and Renault Group have jointly developed a new electronic power converter architecture directly integrated into the vehicle’s charger. Due to the use of ferrite materials, dedicated to high frequency, and a shaping injection process called Power Injection Molding, the converter has become more compact.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The companies will demonstrate the connected and automation-ready, zero-emission, battery-powered machine at bauma 2022 from 24-30 October at Messe München. Moog has collaborated with Komatsu to build a fully electric compact wheel loader machine.

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Electric Vehicles India

MARCH 13, 2023

Ather’s bold move towards better experiences Ather Energy has announced charging time limits at all public charging stations (Ather Grid). Ather Energy recently announced that the company’s Ather Grids will soon be upgraded and 80% shut down. Solenoids are a vital safety feature when charging electric scooters.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) issued an Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs) for a total of approximately $10 million. ( long term clean energy goals for the US, and in that context has established multi?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Where energy is available from overhead lines, the train takes the energy from them. When there are no overhead lines, the energy will come from the fuel cell and battery system. This lets us make rail transport even more sustainable and energy-efficient.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2014

The German Parliamentary Secretary of State to the Federal Transport Minister, Katherina Reiche, refueled a fuel cell vehicle for the first time at the “Green Hydrogen Hub” ( H 2 BER ) of the Total multi-energy fueling station at Berlin-Schönefeld. By 2016, the H 2 BER partner companies will invest more than €10 million (US$13.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2022

Due to its excellent performance at high temperature and high voltage—enabling smaller, lighter and more efficient solutions—Silicon Carbide is recognized as a technology of choice for power electronics. This is a critical aspect in high-power applications, where the heat rejection of the power module is significant.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

PolyCharge NanoLam technology is a proprietary process for producing high energy density capacitors with high-temperature handling capabilities. They are not only used in hybrid and electric vehicles, but also in various industrial applications, such as voltage converters in wind energy and PV systems.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

announced a battery and power electronics development and supply agreement and an investment in eNow, Inc., a provider of solar and battery power systems that enable fully-electric Transport Refrigeration Units (eTRUs) for Class 8 commercial trailers. XL Fleet Corp.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

STMicroelectronics is introducing its third generation of STPOWER silicon-carbide (SiC) MOSFETs for power control for electric-vehicle (EV) powertrains and other applications where power density, energy efficiency, and reliability are critical.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

The project is funded by the State of Hawaii and Office of Naval Research via the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI). Onboard batteries are recharged by regenerative braking as well as grid charging. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2011

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have found that adding hydrochloric acid to the sulfuric acid electrolyte typically used in vanadium redox flow batteries increased the batteries’ energy storage capacity by 70% and expanded the temperature range in which they operate.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

Florida-based Air Burners, a manufacturer of air curtain burner systems, collaborated with Rolls-Royce and Volvo Construction Equipment to develop a portable machine that turns biomass waste into energy. The BioCharger is designed to provide off-grid power from vegetative waste.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

An open-access paper on their study appears in the journal Nature Energy. Improved battery technology plus access to cheap renewable electricity open the possibility of battery-electric rail. This mobile energy storage capability would also create a potential new revenue stream for freight rail operators. Popovich, N.D.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

kWh lithium-ion battery pack (from the Jetta Hybrid), which stores the kinetic energy recovered from regenerative braking; assists in the starting phase of the fuel cell; and adds a dynamic boost to the maximum acceleration of the Golf SportWagen. The fuel cell and battery power an electric motor adapted from the e-Golf.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 8, 2024

Fortescue worked with Liebherr to convert several diesel excavators to run on electric powertrains. At another site, the company is testing a hydrogen fuel cell-powered e-excavator. Fortescue also has a 240-tonne battery-electric haul truck prototype called Roadrunner in on-site testing.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Specifically, Cree’s industry-leading silicon carbide devices will be assembled into ABB power modules. Cree is committed to leading the global semiconductor market’s transition to more energy efficient, higher performing silicon carbide-based solutions. —Cree CEO Gregg Lowe.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

Researchers from Northwestern University and Princeton University have explored the impact on US air quality from an aggressive conversion of internal combustion vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs). Locations with more coal-fired power in their energy mix experienced an increase in PM during the summer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Their open access paper is published in the journal Energy. The study investigated the the WTW energy and emissions from the use of natural gas in CNGVs with a range of CNGV fuel economy and natural gas compressor efficiency. The WTW analysis focused solely on the fuel-motive power cycle, disregarding the vehicle cycle—i.e.,

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2021

Known for its over 3,000 hours of annual sunshine, Lhasa was an ideal location for Tesla to install a Supercharger facility outfit with a solar panel canopy and Tesla Powerwalls for energy storage needs. It was originally a part of the plan to have Superchargers powered by solar and battery storage systems.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

E.ON, an international, privately-owned energy supplier, has launched its ‘Freedom is Electric’ campaign to highlight the diversity of the world of electric vehicles, charged using E.ON’s fast-charging technology. The stations enable charging of a 400km-range battery in 20-30 minutes.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 6, 2022

We’ve all seen social media posts of EV owners wondering why the public charging station charged for more energy than the EV indicates it received. Regardless of how or where you charge, not all the electrical energy pulled from the grid—those watts—will make it into the “fuel tank” (battery). instead of gas or diesel.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

They’ve been studying up on renewable energy, hydrogen power, and electric vehicles, preparing for the big day in April when their remote-controlled vehicles will rumble for 4 hours in Gladstone, a port city in Queensland. And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2015

The energy management controls for the hybrid system batteries have been re-engineered to utilize regenerated energy at high speeds. Fuel economy has been enhanced by altering controls to boost regeneration frequency and make active use of battery power. EyeSight2 is included as standard equipment on all grades.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

Belcher, who heads up the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT, combines organic and inorganic materials to create novel electronic materials for a variety of applications, such as solar cells, fuel, environmentally friendly batteries and medical diagnostics. One of her recent inventions is a lithium-ion battery powered by engineered viruses.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The system opens a new door for San Francisco to get to zero emissions by 2035, as each bus will now be able to drive on clean electric power through each of the areas – known as “green zones.” The technology allows the city to convert the fleet into part-time electric buses as an intermediate step to full electrification.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

JBT AeroTech, InnovaTek and EnerFuel are developing a fuel cell range extender for battery-powered airport ground support equipment. The multi-phase project is funded by a Department Of Energy (DOE) grant through their Small Business Innovation Research Program.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 5, 2021

Working of Fuel cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV): Unlike the battery-powered electric vehicles which use the battery pack as the main fuel, these FCEV’s uses battery packs only to start and store the energy generated from the regenerative braking of a vehicle. Source: US Department of Energy US Department of Energy.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

There are three main types of electric vehicles: #1 Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs): These vehicles are powered solely by electric motors and rely on rechargeable batteries for energy storage. It converts electrical energy from the battery into mechanical energy to drive the vehicle’s wheels.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

It enables us to make more energy available. Especially at low temperatures, all the various static-load consumers can account for the entire power generated by the alternator, which can deliver up to 3 kW. The solution is a second subsidiary electrical system running at 48 volts, to complement the 12-volt power supply.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Imagine this hopeful, and not impossible, energy scenario for the year 2040. Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. All are quite energy intensive.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2018

Connected by a belt to the diesel engine’s crankshaft, under acceleration the MHSG provides up to 10kW of electric power assistance to the powertrain in motor mode, reducing engine load and emissions. Battery power can also be used to provide a new Moving Stop & Start function.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2015

Power semiconductors are found in power control units (PCUs), which are used to control motor drive power in hybrids and other vehicles with electric powertrains. The technologies behind these SiC power semiconductors were developed jointly by Toyota, Denso Corporation, and Toyota Central R&D Labs.,

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