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.

Batteries 435

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

For example, fuel economy statistics and a graphic display of the electric range is shown on the navigation map. With the Audi MMI connect app, the smartphone can be used to remotely control charging and interior heating or cooling, call up the battery status and display data about past trips. Audi e-tron quattro concept SUV.

Audi 150

Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

In addition to a greater emphasis on the embodied impacts of the vehicles, recycling/re-use of high-impact vehicle components such as electric vehicle battery packs may have the potential to contribute significantly to decarbonization efforts of the embodied impacts of future vehicles.

CO2 301

CO2 Vehicles Gasoline-Electric 2020 301