Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A team from KU Leuven and the University of Antwerp in Belgium has developed a new process that is suitable for the distributed, small-scale production of “green” ammonia. The use of “green”, “blue” or “turquoise” hydrogen in the Haber-Bosch process is an option. The Haber-Bosch process operated with natural gas results in ca.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2022

Brussels plays a pioneering role, but we developed this sustainable logistics concept for battery modules and cells in Audi’s entire production network. In Hungary and Belgium, Audi uses DBeco neutral. —Dieter Braun, Head of Supply Chain at Audi AG. In the future, preferably all production sites will implement this solution.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The use of green hydrogen produced from renewable energies could thus enable CO 2 -free long-distance logistics in the future. The global multi-energy company TotalEnergies intends to operate up to 150 hydrogen filling stations directly or indirectly in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France by 2030.

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JUNE 2, 2022

This was carried out by E-Trucks Europe, a specialist manufacturer of hydrogen-electric commercial vehicles based in Belgium, in collaboration with Wietholt, a DAF authorized dealer in Dorsten, Germany. Only an Allison 3200 fully automatic transmission was retained as an integral part of the drive concept.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Damen Shipyards Group’s inland waterway shipyard, and inland shipping company QaGroup will launch a new inland shipping concept based on a vessel running solely on liquefied natural gas (LNG). Because this concept is built up on a modular basis, shippers, and barge operators can pick and choose. Bodewes Binnenvaart B.V.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Based on the VDL vision, a bus concept has been developed that is entirely based on an electric drive train and features batteries in the floor, a one-piece composite side wall, clever energy management, a sophisticated climate control system and an ergonomic driver’s environment. GVB provides public transport in and around Amsterdam.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2020

Many customers would like to change their vehicle fleet over to sustainable drive concepts and, especially in urban zones, to operate their routes using battery-electric vans. The concept for locally emission-free deliveries of temperature-sensitive products is also expected to be extended to other sectors and model series in the future.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2017

Audi will begin production of the Audi e-tron Sportback—Audi’s second production electric car—at Audi Brussels (Belgium) in 2019. The basis for the new e-automobile is the Audi e-tron Sportback concept design study, which the company unveiled at Auto Shanghai 2017. The concept car is a four-door gran turismo.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2018

In 2015, Sony acquired Belgium-based Softkinetic Systems S.A. This sensor allows the quick and effective detection of obstacles and people in parking lots, on dark nights, and in other situations that would challenge the naked eye.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

BASF plans to implement a comprehensive smart manufacturing concept at the Verbund site. The site would ultimately be the third-largest BASF site worldwide, following Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium. The new site will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Two vehicles will continue the operational testing with customers in the first test phase.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The More Zero consortium consists of partners from four countries that have joined together in an ERA-NET project to develop a modular range extender concept that can be used in a variety of vehicles, based on the PowerCell’s fuel cell technology. Triphase, Belgium. E-Trucks Europe, Belgium. Hexagon Studio, Turkey.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2018

For around ten years, MAN Truck & Bus has been working on innovative concepts for supplying and removing material in the urban environment. This problem involves developing ideas for reducing traffic at specific times and relocating it out of the city altogether, new approaches to the use of land, plus new transport and drive concepts.

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MARCH 14, 2014

is an electrified vehicle that is used to transport DHL Express shipments at the moment in France as well as in Aruba, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. In order to test new technologies, the company partners with various automotive manufacturers and is part of several industry working groups such as Green Freight Europe or aireg.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

BASF plans to implement a comprehensive smart manufacturing concept at the Verbund site. The site would ultimately be the third-largest BASF site worldwide, following Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium. The new site will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2015

A series of 15 inland waterway barges being built for Belgium-based Plouvier Transport N.V., The specified requirements were for environmental compliance, reliability, fuel flexibility, low operational costs, and a proven concept. The barges will operate primarily on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

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MARCH 27, 2013

Based on Volvo’s MethaneDiesel concept ( earlier post ) whereby LNG can be used in diesel engines, and Shell’s LNG expertise and infrastructure investments, the two companies will coordinate their activities and actively support the wider use of LNG in the transport sector. The engine uses diesel to ignite the LNG.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

The site in Belgium will thus become a key plant for electric mobility at the Volkswagen Group. The Audi e-tron quattro concept study that was presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2015 provides a clear indication of the final production version. The plant will also produce its own battery packs. Rupert Stadler.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

million) project is coordinated by steelmaker Arcelormittal Belgium NV. The basic concept is that CO-containing gas enters the process at the bottom of a bioreactor, and is dispersed into a liquid medium where it is consumed by LanzaTech’s proprietary microbes as the reactor contents move upward in the reactor vessel. million (US$16.3-million)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

As part of the company’s plan to implement a comprehensive smart manufacturing concept at the Verbund site based on cutting-edge technologies, the new plants will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

The EU project FCH2RAIL (Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Pack for Rail Applications) consortium—with partners from Belgium, Germany, Spain and Portugal—is developing and testing a new zero-emission train prototype. —project leader and researcher Holger Dittus from the German Aerospace Center - Institute of Vehicle Concepts (DLR).

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JANUARY 10, 2021

The concept of half-reactions is often used to describe what goes on in an electrochemical cell, and half-reactions are commonly used as a way to balance redox reactions. student at OSU and now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Along with the NSF, the Department of Energy supported this research.

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Cars That Think

JULY 14, 2022

GROVE AWARD Sponsor: IEEE Electron Devices Society HON-SUM PHILIP WONG Stanford “For contributions to novel and advanced semiconductor device concepts and their implementation.” IEEE ANDREW S. KEITHLEY AWARD IN INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT Sponsors: Keithley Instruments, a Tektronix Co. , WOOD CARLOS SANCHEZ , retired RICHARD G.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Punch Powertrain, a Belgium-based full-system supplier of fuel-efficient powertrains including transmissions and plug-in hybrid and battery-electric systems, is acquiring France-based power electronics expert Apojee. This contributes to achieving the strategic objectives of Punch Powertrain—i.e.,

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APRIL 26, 2013

At Ford’s Lommel Proving Ground in Belgium, Ford Motor Company and Schaeffler demonstrated the Fiesta-based eWheelDrive car. Fiesta eWheelDrive. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The liquid-cooled wheel hub drive, which is in its beta stage of development, also delivers up to 700 N·m (516 lb-ft) of torque. The eWheel motor.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

We have partnered with customers in the premium automotive segment from our Duffel, Belgium facility for years to develop and produce some of the most technically advanced lightweight aluminum solutions available today.

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MARCH 11, 2010

Together, the partners will develop an integrated biorefinery concept covering a wide range of feedstocks and different processes (chemical, biochemical and thermochemical). This integrated system will result in the production of a variety of products, ranging from chemicals, polymers and materials to high-energy aviation fuels.

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JULY 10, 2009

In a 2006 paper in the Journal of Applied Electrochemistry , fortu researchers described their efforts in developing the rechargeable lithium battery based on a novel safety concept. The governor made the announcement after returning from a 48-hour investment mission to Germany and Belgium.

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MARCH 23, 2012

BASF, Bekaert (Belgium) and voestalpine Plastics Solutions (Netherlands) are developing thermoplastic components that are reinforced with steel cord fabrics and produced by means of injection molding. The steel cord reinforcement employed in the EASI concept ensures that an injection molded part retains its structural integrity.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Mercedes-Benz is presenting a design study at “Trailer 2011” show in Belgium for an aerodynamic trailer that shows a reduction in wind resistance by up to 18%, with an accompanying decrease in fuel consumption by almost 5%. A rear end taper measuring slightly more than 400 mm in length forms a crucial part of the aerodynamic concept.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The team hopes that the concepts will then be taken up by vehicle manufacturers and brought to market. The best designs will then be subjected to real-world tests with a variety of drivers. At the end of the project the best designs will be incorporated into vehicles for a project showcase.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2015

It captures kinetic energy otherwise wasted throughout the drivetrain and working hydraulics and then uses this recuperated energy to help power the vehicle, which can reduce fuel consumption by 20 to 40 percent compared with conventional drivetrain concepts, depending on vocational application and duty cycle.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

Also for other challenges, the IIAP can build on IMEC’s 10 years’ experience in GaN technology, including unique skills in epi-layer growth, new device concept, device integration and a thin-film textured LED technology for high-efficiency III-nitride LEDs. Marianne Germain, GaN program director.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

So it’s a good moment to consider where vehicle-to-grid concepts first emerged and to see in Utrecht how far they’ve come. But from the time Kempton and Letendre outlined the concept, potential users also feared losing money, through battery wear and tear. Green dots are possible sites for future charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In Spain, in conjunction with the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Peugeot unveiled its INSTINCT plug-in hybrid concept, a Shooting Brake which offers the option of fully autonomous driving. Peugeot and Belgium-based Sentiance , a data science company, process the data to make it meaningful and define each user’s profile.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

A Tier-2 supplier headquartered in Belgium, BMT Drive Solutions—acting under the brand name of VCST—is involved in the mass-production of gears & shafts (from 20,000 up to 2 million parts/year.pgm) for major OEMs (such as VW, Ford, Porsche, DAF or Cummins) & Tier 1s. tons or busses up to 18 tons).

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A pre-production XC40 Recharge I drove for an hour last October through rolling suburban hills outside New York City drew little attention, perhaps due to its muted, elegant silvery-green color and black roof. The electric XC40 comes from Ghent, Belgium, incidentally. Its blanked-off grille was barely noticeable.

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