Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

Scania, a member of the Volkswagen Group, has developed a new modular battery-electric self-driving urban concept vehicle–NXT—designed with the flexibility to shift from ferrying commuters to and from work in mornings and evenings, delivering goods during the day and collecting refuse at night. NXT with bus module.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

REE Automotive revealed its autonomous concept vehicle Leopard, based on a new ultra-modular EV platform design. The full-scale concept is geared for customers including last-mile autonomous and electric delivery companies, delivery fleet operators, e-retailers and technology companies seeking to build fully autonomous solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2022

The traction motor can run indefinitely with high performance due to its new cooling concept. The new item will be presented for the first time at IAA Transportation in September 2022 in Hanover. Building large electric motors that deliver short-term high performance is easy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), MTI, and Elomatic Oy , a Finnish maritime consulting and engineering firm, have completed the development of a concept design for an ammonia-fuel ready LNG-fueled vessel (ARLFV) for the transition to a future marine fuel. ARLFV concepts. A device that supplies ammonia to the main engine.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2021

ELMS) ( earlier post ) and Thermo King, a strategic brand of Trane Technologies plc, plan to build an all-electric refrigerated delivery van. Thermo King introduced electrification to the transport refrigeration industry more than two decades ago with electric technologies in its marine, bus and truck product lines.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 20, 2024

Honda on Friday revealed a hydrogen fuel-cell semi in concept form, as it builds out the idea and looks for commercial vehicle partners. The concept truck, due to debut Monday at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) expo for fleet vehicles, signals “the start of a new demonstration project,” according to Honda.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Ballard Power Systems and MAHLE Group, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, are progressing the development of a new fuel cell system concept for long-haul trucks, with MAHLE taking delivery of a 120kW module at the company’s hydrogen test center in Stuttgart, Germany. Fuel efficiency is also key for a manageable heat rejection system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2017

Siemens has been commissioned by the German state of Hesse to build an overhead contact line for electrified freight transport on a ten-kilometer stretch of autobahn. Siemens originally presented its innovative “eHighway” concept in 2012. —Gerd Riegelhuth, Head of Transport of Hessen Mobil. Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Reports from South Korea are claiming that Hyundai will build a limited number of the N Vision 74, pegging the production figure at just 100 units. Hyundai claims that the 74 was inspired by the brand’s 1974 Pony Coupe concept designed by Goigetto Giugiaro (above). The next step may be building a supercar.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Last week, Yanmar unveiled a cutting-edge electric excavator concept with advanced “force control” at the Construction DX Challenge 2023. And, [continued] The post Yanmar Builds An Electric Space Excavator appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2021

Audi is working on a concept for quick charging for premium-level electromobility: the Audi charging hub. The recently introduced Q4 e-tron series offers an attractively priced step into premium electric mobility and is also an important volume building block of the electrification strategy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

In order to respond to fluctuations in demand for public transport on different days or at different times of day, passenger trailers have been used to date. We are currently developing the concepts for platooning city buses and then the corresponding algorithms for their automation. Svenja Reiß of Stadtwerke München (SWM).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

NHS Bozeman is an estimated $20-million investment in Hyundai’s Progress for Humanity vision, redefining transportation with accessible, sustainable and smart mobility solutions. The Industry Building that will house NHS Bozeman will break ground starting in June 2022, while the first R&D office officially opens in June 2022.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

KHI) will build the first ocean-going ships to carry liquefied hydrogen (LH 2 ), with plans for a demonstration test by 2017 in which liquefied hydrogen will be shipped from the state of Victoria in Australia to Japan. KHI has previously discussed the concept of such a hydrogen-carrying vessel as part of its Business Vision 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2019

Didi Chuxing, the world’s leading one-stop transportation platform, announced a new joint venture with Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd (JingJu) aims to combine the two companies’ strengths in new energy fleet operation and AI transportation solutions to develop next-generation connected-car systems. Transportation Brain comes online.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The proof-of-concept project will help Nissan and its logistics partners understand more about the use of all-electric trucks for vehicle delivery. Building on lessons learned from these projects, Nissan could eventually begin using BEV trucks for a variety of logistics uses.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Boeing, Porsche and Aurora Flight Sciences, a subsidiary of Boeing, are developing a concept for a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (VTOL). Engineers from both companies, as well as Porsche subsidiaries Porsche Engineering Services GmbH and Studio F.A. Porsche, will implement and test a prototype.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Honda is debuting a hydrogen semi truck concept at this year’s Advanced Clean Transportation Expo, an annual expo focusing on clean medium and heavy duty vehicles, next week in Las Vegas. And now it’s showing a full-on Class 8 semi truck concept, the heaviest vehicle on the road, powered by hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

The US Department of Energy announced up to $31 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002022 ) to advance the H2@Scale concept. The focus of H2@Scale is to enable affordable and reliable large-scale hydrogen generation, transport, storage, and utilization in the United States across multiple sectors. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2022

While growing up in Germany, Heike Riel helped her father design and build furniture in the family workshop. She says the experience taught her that “precision and creativity are necessary to build something excellent.” When I go back to my hometown, many of our clients still have the furniture that I helped build for them.”

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 24, 2023

Earlier this month, news broke about a very interesting hybrid concept Mazda put into some patent applications. Instead of building an EV or even a regular plug-in hybrid, the company is looking into building a much more complex electrified machine. But, it wasn’t long before EV fans started bagging on it.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The expanded collaboration aims to explore how to integrate break­throughs in material science and recycling concepts to support electric mobility and sustainable transportation. The first project involves testing ORNL’s new high-power wireless EV charging concepts with a Porsche Taycan. transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2022

The HMG Smart City concept, inspired by a honeycomb pattern, is a hexagonal-shaped city with a human-centered surface layer, and function-centered underground layer. The buildings are divided into three sections by population density: high, medium and low. Buildings are arranged within these sections according to their purposes.

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2022

The Hyperloop is a proposed ultra-high-speed transportation system for both commuters and cargo. Musk first mentioned the concept in 2012, dubbing it a new mode of transport that would be immune to weather, collision-free, twice as quick as a plane, and power-efficient. Starship is faster for longer journeys.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

As part of this cooperation, Veolia will build a crude methanol refinery in connection with Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski bioproduct mill. Using the A-Recovery+ concept from ANDRITZ, the plant has a capacity to produce 6.3 million liters of biomethanol which will be sold as a substitute for fossil-based methanol in the transport sector.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

They will be responsible for designing concepts, workflows, and templates for data collected and shared via digital Battery Passports as well as building an MVP online marketplace. Safe transportation and storage of battery components DHL will be responsible for the safe transportation and storage of packs, modules and cells.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

With the Volvo Concept Truck, Volvo Trucks has developed its first hybrid vehicle designed for long-haul applications. Volvo Trucks first unveiled the Volvo Concept Truck in May 2016, and has now developed and enhanced the vehicle even further. Earlier post.). —Åke Othzén, Chief Project Manager, Volvo Trucks.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Kia PBV Concepts EVs that look beyond the skateboard platform? Also as part of phase two, Kia plans to add a larger PV7 product line, as well as its smallest PV1, with the latter designed “for agile and short-distance logistics transportation.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Schaeffler and VDL Groep are jointly exploring the development and production of a new generation of self-driving shuttles for public transport. Photo: VDL Groep, Schaeffler The initiators intend to bring together their technological competencies and expertise in systems engineering, development, production, and public transport.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

The Linde Group has developed a new storage technology that will enable a much more efficient transport of larger amounts of hydrogen. It cuts the cost of transporting hydrogen to fueling stations and reduces the amount of space required on site to store the gas.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2021

This research and development project is one of 24 university and industry-led projects that collectively were awarded $60 million in an effort to reduce CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector. Earlier post.). BorgWarner is leading this 39-month project and working with Infineon Technologies Americas Corp., PolyCharge America, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

According to the DOE, the transportation sector is the US leader in carbon pollution among all economic sectors, accounting for nearly 29% of emissions. Initial project phases will include technology modeling, analysis, concept selection and design. The work by Oregon State is part of $25.8

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The NEUP funding will allow detailed collaborative research into the economic and environmental benefits of floating advanced nuclear power generation and take a granular look at all aspects of building, operating, maintaining, and decommissioning such facilities. Concept of OFNP. Funding would come from the $1.2-trillion

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The primary goal for Toyota and Kenworth’s participation in the project was to match nearly the performance of diesel-powered drayage trucks while eliminating emissions to provide a sustainable solution in heavy-duty transportation. The T680 FCEV has a range of about 300+ miles when fully loaded to 82,000 lbs. and Southern Counties Express.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2022

All four vessels are bound for Danish service provider, Cadeler , which specializes in offshore wind transportation, installation, operation and maintenance as well as decommissioning. We are currently building four unique, pure-play, offshore vessels that aim at installing the foundations and wind turbines of the future.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2022

Transfer of the construction cylinder by means of handling robot and driverless transport system. Having started out from a concept outline in 2019, fully automated driverless transport systems (FTS) now carry the 3D printers’ mobile build chambers between modules in the IDAM production lines.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Nissan unveiled the Nissan IMx, an all-electric crossover concept vehicle offering fully autonomous operation and a driving range of more than 600 kilometers (373 miles). The IMx concept vehicle provides a glimpse into the future of Nissan Intelligent Mobility, promoting a stronger connection between car and driver.

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