Cars That Think

JULY 9, 2025

The new research also signals an important step toward applications that include smaller, low-power health monitors, smart cameras, and industrial sensors, for instance. More broadly, the prospect of moving the IoT onto 5G means more things can connect more quickly with potentially greater data speeds and less battery drain.

MIT

EV Central

JUNE 21, 2025

The plug-in Ford managed the task using battery power alone, and this being Iceland, said battery was charged using hydro and geothermal power. That’s more powerful than any diesel Ranger, and more torque even than the bonkers Ranger Raptor. If not, back we go to using the petrol engine to recharge the battery.

Iceland

EV Central

JULY 10, 2025

Driving the record-breaking prototype Porsche Cayenne EV was Porsche’s Formula E development driver, Gabriela Jílková, who wrestled the battery-powered large SUV up the 914m course in just 31.28 The Cayenne EV set a record for both the fastest SUV and quickest EV up the 120-year-old hill climb.

Cayenne

EV Central

MARCH 10, 2025

EQS and EQE set for the chop to be replaced with battery-powered variants of the C-, E- and S-Class READ MORE: Revolutionary! There’s a large 100-litre frunk, plus a 560-litre rear boot, enabling the EV to carry more than the combustion-powered GLC (620L). powertrain. READ MORE: Mercedes-Benz changes direction on EVs!

Mercedes

EV Central

JULY 14, 2025

Engineers also claim the battery-powered four-door benefits from a shorter wheelbase and lower centre of gravity, plus a slipperier shape, which should give it the advantage on track. Powering the Ioniq 6 N is an 84kWh battery pack that should see it top the 448km range the Ioniq 5 N can cover, on account of its low 0.23

Hyundai

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 3, 2025

Subaru says thats intentional, and it doesnt want to broadcast the new electric motors, regenerative braking, or battery in the trunk to the world at large. Two electric motors and a battery later, the Forester has fixed many of the issues I had with the gas-powered model.

Hybrid

EV Central

MAY 23, 2025

That group also includes the battery-powered Juke, a tiny electric city car and the third-gen Leaf SUV that will be offered to Australians from next year. Choose the larger of the two batteries and it can be DC charged at up to 100kW with a 15-80 per cent top-up taking in around 30 minutes. 2026 Nissan Micra.

Nissan

EV Central

JULY 13, 2025

While the hybrid – or Ibrida – gets the headline pricing, the battery-powered Junior Elettrica starts from $57,900 plus on-roads. litre three-cylinder turbo-petrol that is combined with a 48-volt mild-hybrid system, Alfa says the 100kW/230Nm combustion engine is boosted by a 21kW e-motor, although combined peak power is 107kW.

Australia

EV Central

APRIL 27, 2025

The entry-level model gets a 44.85kWh battery powering two electric motors; the front makes 160kW and the rear 230kW. litre four-cylinder turbo engine that drives through a three-speed DHT (dual-hybrid transmission). The engine drives only the front wheels at higher speeds to help boost overall performance.

Land Rover

EV Central

JUNE 17, 2025

Peugeot has reinvented its iconic GTi performance brand for the electric age, pulling drapes off the battery-powered Peugeot E-208 GTi at this month’s Le Mans 24 Hours. Created to rival the Alpine A290, Abarth 500e, Mini John Cooper Works and inbound Volkswagen ID.2 seconds – 0.2 Top speed is limited to 180km/h.

Tribute

Baua Electric

JUNE 11, 2025

While registered for use on public roads—complete with French license plates—the car maintains its race-focused engineering and retains the core of its original competition chassis. litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine, originally developed for the 918 Spyder. Power is delivered through a 7-speed Xtrac sequential gearbox.

Porsche

EV Central

JULY 17, 2025

litre petrol engine with an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission and a 20kW e-motor. The CLA 350 4MATIC can still travel an impressive 730km before it needs its battery replenished. The system also can’t be fooled by wearing sunnies, engineers claim. 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake. 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA.

Mercedes

The Truth About Cars

JULY 21, 2025

If a person has spent most of their life driving a combustion engine car, their brain anticipates acceleration after the rev of the engine, a warning that they are about to experience a change in speed. In a battery-powered car, the electric motor makes no such noises.

Environment

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 10, 2025

Kona – Round 2 Choices: 2 Motors, 2 Batteries, 4 Trims The 2025 Hyundai Kona Electric SE has a 48.6 kWh Standard Range battery and a 99kW electric motor producing 133 horsepower (hp) and 188 pound-feet (lb.-ft.) kWh Long Range battery and a 150kW motor good for 201 hp and 188 lb. will be subject to tariffs.

Hyundai

InsideEVs

AUGUST 6, 2025

shift toward battery power, and the Trump administrations new tariffs are hammering every industry—especially the automotive sector. Of course, that ain’t great for Tesla, but most pertinently here—that lets these big automakers pivot back to making big gas engines with little consequence. But as the U.S. figured it out?

America

Cars That Think

JULY 24, 2025

That is, computing for a long time embedded in hard-to-get-to places and surviving on battery power or energy they can scrounge from the environment. There’s a growing need for CPUs that can live life on the edge.

Illinois

Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2025

As if to illustrate that point, Canadas first-ever class 4 medium duty battery electric dump truck was deployed this week! That math is something that the engineers at Villamar Construction, a leading custom home builder in Victoria, BC, absolutely understand. and range of up to 257 km (160 miles) for L variants.

Canada

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2023

Amprius Technologies announced that its high-density silicon anode batteries played a significant role in powering BAE Systems first successful stratospheric flight trial. The trial, completed last month in New Mexico, allowed engineers to assess the experimental solar-electric drone within the edges of the planet’s atmosphere.

Battery Powered

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2021

Rolls-Royce is supplying two mtu 16V 4000 M55RN gas engines to Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard for the construction of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-hybrid powered tug. This is the first LNG-hybrid tug to be powered by mtu gas engines. The new engines are part of Rolls-Royce’s Green and High-Tech program.

Gas

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2021

BNSF Railway Company and Wabtec began testing battery-electric locomotive technology in revenue service between Barstow and Stockton, California. As BNSF seeks ways to further reduce its environmental impact, the advancement of battery technology offers some possible solutions. —Alan Hamilton, Wabtec vice president, Engineering.

California

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. Current MHEV systems typically consist of an engine coupled to a belt-integrated starter generator (BISG).

Battery Powered

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

Technology and engineering services company WAE Technologies (WAE) launched Elysia, its mass-market Battery Intelligence software offering designed to unlock significant improvements in the life, safety, usable energy, power, and rapid charging times of any battery system.

Battery

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

Bipolar nickel-hydrogen batteries. The all-new Aqua is the first vehicle to use a high-output bipolar nickel-hydrogen battery as an electric drive battery. Compared to non-bipolar nickel-hydrogen batteries, bipolar versions consist of fewer current collectors and other parts, enabling them to be made more compact.

Prius

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The 2023 BMW 740i is powered by a thoroughly upgraded version of the iconic B58 3-liter TwinPower Turbo inline six-cylinder engine. The extremely slim high-voltage battery with a cell height of just 4.3-inches The high-voltage battery is heated using a dedicated 5.5 kWh of usable energy. kW electric flow heater.

BMW

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The low-cost materials—made of lithium, boron and sulfur—could improve the safety and performance of electric cars, laptops and other battery-powered devices, according to the scientists. Most lithium-ion batteries today use a liquid electrolyte that can combust if the battery is punctured or short-circuited.

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2020

AKASOL will supply battery systems for more than 40 Coradia iLint hydrogen trains ( earlier post ), which have been ordered from Alstom by the Lower Saxony Transit Authority and the Rhine/Main Regional Transport Association. Based in Darmstadt, AKASOL has been engaged in the development of train batteries for more than ten years.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, developed a new battery-powered switcher locomotive to be available globally, working in collaboration with its South American customer, Vale—one of the largest mining companies in the world. The new EMD Joule switcher includes battery capacity being delivered to Vale of 1.9

Battery Powered

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2022

GM is introducing a patented heat-pump in its Ultium-based EVs that captures and repurposes waste energy from the battery. Through the Ultium Platform’s energy recovery system, this waste energy can increase a vehicle’s range, reduce battery energy needed for heating, increase charging speed and even enable sportier driving.

Energy

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine. System power (hp).

Volvo

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The boats will be capable of closed bus Dynamic Positioning (DP) operation running only one engine augmented by the Wärtsilä Energy Storage System. When stationary in the field or in port, the boats will be able to operate on battery power only, thereby greatly reducing both fuel consumption and exhaust emissions.

Supplies

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Rolls-Royce is developing turbogenerator technology—including a new small engine—designed for hybrid-electric aviation applications. The turbogenerator will recharge batteries after take-off or power propellers directly, enabling aircraft to switch between power sources in flight.

Hybrid

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

UK-based Faradion, a developer of sodium-ion battery technology ( earlier post ), and Phillips 66 have launched a new technical collaboration to develop lower-cost and higher-performing anode materials for sodium-ion batteries. —Ann Oglesby, Vice President, Energy Research & Innovation at Phillips 66. Earlier post.).

Sodium

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2023

The concept machine is powered entirely by two Volvo Penta batteries, matched to the duty cycle of the excavator, which fit neatly into the existing engine bay. The zero-emissions concept machine, named EL41H4, is on display at the Gradall Booth, W41500.

Volvo

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The 2023 Jeep Wrangler Willys 4xe features 375 horsepower, 470 lb-ft (637 N·m) of torque, a 17 kWh battery that delivers 21 miles of all-electric range, a 2.72:1 The Jeep Wrangler Willys 4xe powertrain integrates two electric motors and a 400-volt battery pack with a fuel-efficient, turbocharged, 2.0-liter liter engine.

Jeep

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

GM’s EV First Responder Training effort is an education and outreach program designed to offer emergency responders key information about battery electric vehicle technology, dispel misconceptions and share important industry best practices for handling electric and electrified (hybrid) vehicles safely in multiple situations.

GM

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

This modular and scaleable battery drivetrain, developed at Equipmake’s HQ in Snetterton, is the same technology also used in Equipmake’s new London-specification bus, the double decker Jewel E. When the battery is depleted at the end of a complete duty cycle, it can be recharged at the depot overnight via a CSS2 DC charging point.

Argentina

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This milestone on the road to commercial zero-emission flight is part of the HyFlyer project , a sequential R&D program supported by the UK Government and follows the UK’s first commercial-scale battery-electric flight, conducted in the same aircraft in June.

Hydrogen