Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2020

The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is building a new autonomous vehicle research facility at Auburn’s National Center for Asphalt Technology test track, making it one of the few such facilities in the nation attached to a test track. mile oval test track. mile oval test track.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Three of Hyundai Motor Company’s next-generation NEXO fuel-cell-electric vehicles ( earlier post ) have completed a self-driven 118-mile (190 km) journey from Seoul to Pyeongchang. NEXO has a target range of 500 miles (NEDC) on a single charge of hydrogen and takes only five minutes to refuel. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

ZeroAvia has secured two twin-engine 19-seat Dornier 228 aircraft for the next phase of its research and development for clean hydrogen-electric aviation. The 6-ton aircraft will have a range of 500 nautical miles. Earlier post.) One Dornier is in the UK, the other in the US, provided respectively by Aurigny and AMC Aviation.

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MAY 18, 2025

Stellantis already builds a full-size electric sedan that could prove to be a badge-engineered winner. After canceling the upcoming Airflow electric crossover and killing its popular 300 sedan, Chrysler only has one nameplate left in its lineup but it doesnt have to be this way. And, yes it really should have been the new Chrysler 300.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2019

This transition phase is typically the most significant engineering challenge for any high-speed VTOL aircraft. Powered by an electric propulsion system, the PAV prototype is designed for fully autonomous flight from takeoff to landing, with a range of up to 50 miles (80.47 —Boeing Chief Technology Officer Greg Hyslop.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

The all-new 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan—the second-generation of the vehicle—is powered by the latest version of the EA888 four-cylinder engine, the 2.0L This is the only engine/transmission combination available in the Tiguan in the US. L TSI EA888 Gen 3, the new B-Cycle engine delivers about an 8% improvement in efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Building upon the Sportage HEV, the turbocharged Sportage PHEV offers outstanding efficiency, with a 13.8-kWh kWh battery and targeted all-electric range (AER) of 32 miles. liter, 177-hp turbocharged four-cylinder engine, supplemented by a 66.9-kW Sound absorbing and insulating materials minimize road, wind, and engine noise.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

It builds upon the rail industry’s position as the most efficient and sustainable mode of transportation. Building on our long history of pioneering train energy management technologies, this demonstration of coupling 2.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2018

kg of hydrogen on board, will be able to carry out a full day’s schedule of 350 km (217 miles). Ballard believes that its fuel cell engine product line has an unparalleled performance record. million miles) cumulatively in revenue service, equivalent to circling the globe 299 times.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

to break into Singapore’s last-mile delivery market. The Niro EV model optimized and modified for last-mile logistics service will be used in Singapore’s city center, in the process responding to the needs of the rapidly growing e-commerce market.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

We set an ambitious goal in 2020 to create a tire made 100% from sustainable materials in 10 years, and our scientists and engineers have made great progress toward that goal. Separately, Goodyear announced it has developed and is testing a custom-engineered non-pneumatic tire (NPT) to support Starship delivery robots.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2021

A Rolls-Royce electrical power system will be integrated into the VA-X4 piloted all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle, which will carry up to four passengers and the pilot for 120 miles at cruise speeds of more than 200 mph and is on course to certify in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2019

Cadillac is expanding the availability of Super Cruise to an additional 70,000 miles of compatible, divided highways in the United States and Canada. This expansion will make the true hands-free driver assistance feature available on more than 200,000 total miles of compatible highways by the fourth quarter of 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

Ballard Power Systems received an order for additional fuel cell engines from Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). These eighteen, 200 kW fuel cell engines (3.6 Over the past two years, Ballard has supplied CPKC with 20 fuel cell engines for use in three different types of locomotives, with combined fuel cell power of 4MW.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

Almost the entire original powertrain—engine, fuel tanks and exhaust system—was removed from the DAF truck. The patented torque converter multiplies the engine torque during start-up and acceleration. A 45 kW fuel cell module was installed in the former engine compartment of the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Since then, the company has focused on building a future-proof network consisting almost exclusively of ultra-fast chargers. These DC fast chargers offer electrical power up to 350 kilowatts (kW), allowing drivers to charge capable EVs at a rate of up to 20 miles per minute.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

The electric powertrain system will allow for several battery configurations from 100 kWh to 225 kWh supporting a projected vehicle range of up to 150 miles on a single charge depending on battery configuration. The electric repower system will enable the same performance and safety standards customers expect from OEM-built electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

The second-generation KONA offers a wide range of powertrains, including EV (standard or long range), hybrid electric (HEV) and internal combustion engine (ICE) variants as well as sporty N Line versions of each. KONA Electric (long range option) delivers an estimated 490 km / 304 miles (WLTP) all-electric range (AER).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

With the support of the State of Georgia, Jackson County and City of Commerce, SK Innovation plans to hire more than 1,000 skilled workers by the end of 2021 as it prepares for initial production at the first of two electric vehicle battery plants being built in Commerce, about 70 miles northeast of Atlanta.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) announced it will be working together with Sierra Northern Railway, Gas Technology Institute (GTI), and other technical experts to develop and test a zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell engine for a switcher locomotive. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The baseline for the Toyota-Kenworth T680 FCEV truck—codenamed “Ocean”—was a 2017 diesel engine operating about 200 miles a day. The T680 FCEV has a range of about 300+ miles when fully loaded to 82,000 lbs. metric tons of CO 2 per truck annually compared to the baseline diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

seconds—the second quickest acceleration time in the Toyota lineup—the 2021 RAV4 Prime has an estimated 39 miles of all-electric range—the highest AER of any PHEV SUV on the market. liter gas V6 engine that reached 0-60 mph in 6.3-seconds—a The Toyota RAV4 Prime builds on the RAV4 Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The E1 features an all-electric drive system designed to enable more than 125 miles of driving range. The latest announcement builds on this partnership by applying Proterra’s electric vehicle technology to Optimal-EV’s new commercial electric chassis platform.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Over the next ten years, Argentina plans to modernize and decarbonize its entire 40,000-mile rail network. OptiFuel’s rail engine solutions are powered by their EPA-certified locomotive CNG/RNG engine rated at 0.00 Traditional locomotives run on diesel fuel, emitting high levels of NO x , PM, and CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

MAHLE Powertrain is working with White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) to develop a fully electric three-wheeled motorcycle suited to the requirements of police, emergency first responders and last-mile delivery fleets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Lordstown Motors will use the site to build the Endurance, its flagship fully-electric full-size pickup truck designed specifically to serve the commercial fleet market. This simplicity results in just four moving parts in the drivetrain, as compared to more than 2,000 in vehicles utilizing a traditional internal combustion engine.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and Italdesign are parterning to provide the upper premium automotive sector with a complete high-performance EV production solution. The flexibility within the module design enables expansion of the pack enabling up to 160kWh for a potential 1000km (621 miles) vehicle range.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Mercedes-Benz has been building its globally successful vans in Dusseldorf since 1962; more than 4.6 m 3 , the same as for the Sprinter with combustion engine. Similar to the entry-level diesel engine, the electric drive in the eSprinter drives the front wheels with an output of 85 kW and torque of up to 300 N·m.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

MAHLE Powertrain (MPT) is continuing its investment in battery engineering with phase 2 of its electrified powertrain strategy, ePowertrain. Phase 2 builds on MPT’s electric development programs to aid further EV battery optimization, focusing on advanced understanding of battery architecture, control systems, charging rates, and cooling.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The Volkswagen Group’s software company Car.Software Organization will collaborate with Microsoft to build a cloud-based Automated Driving Platform on Microsoft Azure and tp leverage its compute and data capabilities with the goal of delivering reliable and safe automated driving (AD) experiences even faster and on a global scale.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2023

Building on the all-new redesign of its RX crossover vehicle last year, Lexus is adding the anticipated plug-in hybrid to the electrified lineup: the 2024 Lexus RX 450h+. liter inline 4-cylinder engine (shared with NX), the 2024 RX 450h+ hybrid system has a manufacturer-estimated combined 83 MPGe rating. second 0-60 time.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

As the heavy-duty transportation industry seeks greener alternatives to combustion engines, HT-PEM fuel cells promise a clean, efficient alternative. The MEA is unique because it doesn’t rely on water as the conducting medium, but on an engineered polymer, which allows for a wider range of high temperatures for reliable operation (80 ?C

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ford celebrated the production start of the all-new F-150 at the Ford Rouge Center and confirmed construction of the new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center where it will build the all-electric F-150 by mid-2022. Rendering of the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2022

The Forest River factory-certified powertrains and installation will be backed by a five-year, 100,000-mile warranty. This expanded agreement comes after Lightning and Forest River announced in 2021 an $850-million, multi-year strategic partnership to build up to 7,500 zero-emission Class 4 and Class 5 buses.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Canoo’s fully electric Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) is a US-made commercial EV optimized for sustainable last mile delivery use cases. The LDV has a last-mile-delivery optimized cabin and customized cargo space. Canoo’s agreement with Walmart builds on the company’s existing commitments in the state of Arkansas.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2023

The battery enables a vehicle range of up to 130 miles on a single charge. An improved engineering design and internally insulated batteries limit the heat loss in the vehicle’s next-generation energy storage system. The next-generation battery takes merely three hours to fully recharge since it supports a fast-charging rate of 80 kW.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2020

Engineered with compact electric architecture in mind, the platform offers an economic total cost of ownership and a low cost-per-mile performance with a range of consumer and commercial applications. The flexible electric platform can be used for everyday sedans, mass-transit and ridesharing, last-mile delivery of goods, and more.

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