Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

From the top-of-cab solar panels powering its battery and interior lights, to its ultra-light aluminum frame and highly advanced 425 horsepower 11-liter proprietary engine, the SuperTruck concept vehicle allowed Volvo engineers to push the boundaries of heavy truck efficiency. Not every idea made it to the concept vehicle.

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Volvo Fuel North America Waste 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. Plasan Carbon Composites. . $6,000,000. Zoltek Companies, Inc. General Motors, LLC. GMZ Energy, Inc.

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Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles 268

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) development of carbon fiber composites for lightweight vehicles. Possible areas of interest for technology to improve fuel efficiency include: Development of high-performance low-temperature catalysts for exhaust aftertreatment.

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Vehicles Fuel Economy Carbon Fiber Plug-in 246

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Such engines may incorporate novel thermodynamic cycles, but should not simply involve regurgitation of existing concepts (e.g., The objective of this AOI is to accelerate the realization of lighter weight vehicle materials made from magnesium and carbon fiber capable of attaining 50% weight reduction of passenger vehicles.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Area of Interest (AOI) 3: Body-in-White Joining of Carbon Fiber Composites to Lightweight Metals (Aluminum, Advanced High Strength Steel, or Magnesium) at Prototype Scale for High-Volume Manufacturing. Preference will be given to applications with technologies that minimize reliance on exhaust after-treatment systems.

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Fuel Hydrogen Vehicles Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2016

Techrules, a new China-based automotive R&D company, made its global debut at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show with the unveiling of a Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) series hybrid system applied in a 6-motor, all-wheel drive supercar concept. The battery powers the motors that drive the wheels. Earlier post.).

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Range Companies China Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2014

Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Carbon Fiber Composites for Lightweight Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). This project will develop, integrate and implement predictive models for Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Polymer composites that link the material design, molding process and final performance.

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Plug-in Li-ion Plug Vehicles 299