Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Multiple units can be connected in series and/or parallel to store energy generated by home-use photovoltaic (PV) systems and fuel cells or power electric vehicles (EV), the company suggests. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Hybrids. Panasonic Corporation has developed a 1.5 Voltage is 25.2V with a capacity of 58 Ah.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Detroit-Hamtramck will be the final assembly location for the Volt, using tooling from Grand Blanc, lithium-ion batteries from GM’s Brownstown Township battery pack manufacturing facility, camshafts and connecting rods from Bay City, and stampings and the Volt’s 1.4L Tags: Brief. engine-generator from Flint. “We

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2010

The committee will be chaired jointly by the head of the DREAM (Research, Advanced Studies and Materials division) at Renault and the CEA technological research director. connected vehicles. The CEA will provide input and suggestions to help Renault reach these objectives. Sustainable mobility is one of the key issues of our time.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The new PEP Station is aimed at building a solid charging infrastructure as the electric vehicle market begins to grow. James Blain Associates is a Michigan-based design and architectural company. Tags: Brief. The entire process is as easy as traditional methods of fueling vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Hari Balakrishnan Employer MIT Title Professor Member grade Fellow Alma maters Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and the University of California, Berkeley He and his research team at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory developed CarTel, short for car telematics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. DOE Funding: $240,000.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

Coulomb Technologies, in partnership with Ford, Chevrolet and smart USA, will provide 4,600 free home and public ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles throughout the United States through the ChargePoint America program. Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb Technologies. Tags: Infrastructure Plug-ins.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

Ford Motor Company said it will. Ford intends Lincoln’s hallmarks to be refined, modern design, the most fuel-efficient premium powertrains and industry-leading technology that create a unique driver experience both in the cabin and on the road. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Manufacturers. Earlier post.). in 2005 to 6.3%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

Ford Motor Company has developed an intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications and control system for its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that communicates directly with the electric grid. All 21 of Ford’s fleet of plug-in hybrid Escapes eventually will be equipped with the vehicle-to-grid communications technology. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Ford Motor Company and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) are coordinating efforts to help prepare the state of New York for the operation of electric vehicles. The collaboration between Ford and the New York Power Authority builds on an existing partnership involving the Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Demonstration Program.

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APRIL 21, 2022

Its costs have been projected as high as US $23 trillion in reduced annual global economic output , according to Swiss Re, a reinsurance company. TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS There are many ways that IEEE members from the technical and scientific community can help. IoT food container tags can reduce food and water waste.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

has initiated a comprehensive feasibility study of a possible long-term CO 2 pipeline project which would connect proposed gasification plants in the Midwest to Denbury’s existing CO 2 pipeline infrastructure in Mississippi or Louisiana. Tags: Brief. Denbury Resources Inc. Denbury Resources Inc. Denbury Resources Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

With this solar energy system, we will be able to gain vital understanding about the integration of renewable power, smart-grid technologies and energy storage at an industrial facility. Through this initiative, the company is reducing its CO 2 emissions 190,000 tons per year. Installation of the system begins later this year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2010

Ford Motor Company, moving to create a center of excellence in Michigan for vehicle electrification, is investing $135 million to design, engineer and produce key components for the company’s next-generation hybrid-electric vehicles. will build the electric drive transaxles beginning in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

Through its UK partner, The Tanfield Group Plc, SEV US Corp is also working with Ford Motor Company to electrify the Ford Transit Connect as a BEV (battery electric vehicle) light-duty van scheduled for production in 2010. SEV US Corp is also leasing 8,600 square feet of office space at the Ambassador Building at KCI.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2010

The Focus Electric battery packs will leverage CPI and parent company LG Chem’s expertise in advanced prismatic lithium-ion cells and advanced liquid-cooled modules and battery management systems. The cells will incorporate LG Chem’s proprietary chemistry and its safety-reinforced-separator technology that provides high safety performance.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2009

The municipal government of Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture plans to build 21 such stations at 11 locations such as the municipal office and branch offices. The station is grid connected, and also captures power generated by the 1.9 Excess solar power can be used for facilities in the system, or sold to a utility company.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) will add the first test unit to its fleet to conduct routine and emergency overhead line work in PG&E’s northern and central California service area. This unit is the first all-electric aerial utility truck to be put into operation by a major utility company before being brought to the market.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

one of the current and future technologies as a core part of our product portfolio, our capital allocation process, our vehicle platform design and manufacturing processes. This is not just an image vehicle, or an image technology. Focus, Transit Connect, C-Max, S-Max), the C-sized platform represents more than 2 million units a year.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

Houston-based Ingrain , a provider of digital rock physics services to oil and gas companies worldwide, is now using a Carl Zeiss SMT AURIGA CrossBeam workstation to improve the analysis of shale rock’s porosity and permeability in order to more accurately predict the shale’s suitability for the commercial extraction of oil or gas.

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Oil-Sands Oil Gas-Electric Houston 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Daimler AG and leading energy companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Berlin, with the participation of the German Minister of Transport, Wolfgang Tiefensee, to evaluate and expand the setup of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany to support the series production of fuel cell electric vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

ZAP is a 15-year-old California EV company and Jonway Auto is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jonway Group, a 20-year-old Chinese vehicle manufacturer. Jonway’s volume manufacturing capacity gives ZAP a strong manufacturing base with the means of commercializing its innovative EV technologies. million in cash.

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MAY 13, 2024

A recent Bluetooth connection between a device on Earth and a satellite in orbit signals a potential new space race—this time, for global location-tracking networks. Alex Haro, Hubble Network The caveat, however, is that the connection is device-to-satellite only. Tags are also able to perform only minimal signal processing.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

IBM released the findings of a new global study which shows that trucks will become more fuel efficient, environmentally sound and safer due to the adoption of new technologies throughout the vehicle. A few key findings: Technology. Tags: Fleets Heavy-duty Hybrids Telematics. Click to enlarge. Globalization.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

You now have hundreds, thousands of different entities, whether it is a municipal government, a retail shop owner, or someone who manages parking garages or a utility or someone else who has to make decision about well, what are we going to do, how are we going to build this infrastructure? They are not risk-takers. John Patten, Ph.D.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The high power density and long-life potential of Kinergy technology combines both simplicity and effectiveness, avoiding the need for vacuum pumps and seals typically associated with high-speed carbon fibre based flywheel systems., The Ricardo Kinergy high-speed, hermetically-sealed flywheel energy storage system. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

The connection for the use of the machine as motor or generator. In the course of testing, the researchers from Siemens Corporate Technology, Marine Solutions and Large Drives used a transformer to synchronize the generator to the 20-kilovolt network of the Siemens site in Nuremberg. Tags: Brief. Source: Siemens.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

No matter which technology ultimately proves best for new plants, we will still need to retrofit existing plants and new plants that will be built before CCS is routinely deployed. Shell Chemical Capital Company. This may be sufficient storage capacity, but more testing is required to demonstrate such capacity and integrity.We

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

In conjunction with the opening of its new, environmentally-focused global headquarters building in Yokohama, Japan, Nissan Motor Co., Connected to a global data center, the system provides support, information, and entertainment. Tags: Electric (Battery). The Nissan LEAF. Click to enlarge. The LEAF in-dash monitor.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

a joint venture between General Motors Company, SAIC Group and Shanghai General Motors (SGM), will activate OnStar services and be fully operational in China in December 2009. Part of that vision includes the next generation of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology. It can also connect with infrastructure, pedestrians and cyclists.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2010

QCLNG will involve expanding QGC’s existing coal seam gas production in the Surat Basin of southern Queensland; building a 730 km (454-mile) buried natural gas pipeline network; and constructing the natural gas liquefaction where the gas will be converted to LNG for export. Tags: Australia Coal LNG Natural Gas. Coal seam gas and LNG.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

in) leaves plenty of room between the axles for people and technology. The Audi development engineers drew on the core competence of the company for the e-tron. The body structure is based on Audi Space Frame (ASF) technology and was realized as a hybrid construction. The e-tron is 1.90 meters (74.80 in) wide, 4.26

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APRIL 28, 2010

Both companies will be conducting research separately and collectively, using computer simulations to finetune their software charging systems. General Electric and Nissan plan to research “smart charging&# technologies for electric vehicles to help consumers take advantage of cheaper electricity rates and keep the power grid stable.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. When our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor, no one believed we could build 30,000 planes and tanks in just one year. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. And no one asked what it would cost.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2010

With a power output of 392 kW (526 hp) and 880 N·m (649 lb-ft) of torque, the gullwing with electric drive is part of the company strategy entitled “AMG Performance 2015” which aims to continually reduce fuel consumption and emissions. The SLS AMG E-CELL may see a limited production run, the company says.

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