Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

In the wind energy industry, advances in low-cost composite materials will help manufacturers build longer, lighter and stronger blades to create more energy. Doubling the length of a turbine blade can help quadruple the amount of electricity generated. Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;

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Tennessee Universal Manufacturer Honda 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

Electricity generation from variable renewable electricity sources (VRE) such as wind and solar power has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to do so. Electricity balancing serves as a versatile energy reserve that can be used to even out fluctuations in the grid. The German Balancing Paradox.

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Grid BMW Power Powered 191

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2020

Lucid Motors announced that it has achieved a new mark in aerodynamic efficiency for its luxury electric car, the Lucid Air. With tests recently completed at Windshear ’s advanced rolling-road wind tunnel, Lucid verified a coefficient of drag of 0.21, making the Lucid Air the most aero-efficient luxury car. —Peter Rawlinson.

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Industrial Industry Carbon Fiber EV1 243

Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

A Tesla Model Y owner decided to build his own solar roof that can add over 20 miles of range to the electric SUV per day. Tesla, like many other automakers, had previously explored adding solar to electric vehicles, but it has never pulled the trigger on the feature. It led to a surprise announcement.

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Solar Building Tesla Carbon Fiber 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2011

The Total gas station provides green hydrogen produced from wind energy by Enertrag. The Opel HydroGen4 features a fuel cell stack comprising440 series-connected cells that produce the electrical output to power the synchronous electric motor. Both firms, Total and Enertrag, are also partners of our market trial. kg of hydrogen.

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Hydrogen CO2 Carbon Fiber Gas-Electric 230

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2019

Thanks to emission-free driving, electric vehicles can compensate for a large part of the additional CO 2 emissions in the production phase. If it is possible to operate electric vehicles using only renewable energy, the CO 2 emissions over the entire lifecycle fall by 70% compared with combustion-engine vehicles.

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Hydrogen Mercedes Power Powered 274

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a world-class carbon composites manufacturing Center of Excellence on the TUM campus in Garching, near Munich, Germany.

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Carbon Manufacturer Carbon Fiber Europe 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

Audi will introduce the compact A3 Sportback g-tron—which can be powered by the CO 2 -neutral Audi e-gas, synthetic methane generated from eco-electricity in the Audi e-gas project ( earlier post )—at the end of the year. The engine is based on the new 1.4 Audi A3 Sportback g-tron. Click to enlarge.

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Audi Gas CO2 Gas-Electric 296

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2015

The high performance hybrid features a new twin-turbocharged 75-degree DOHC V6 engine with an Acura-designed 9-speed dual clutch transmission (DCT) and three-electric motor Sport Hybrid system, all integrated with an ultra-rigid and lightweight multi-material body with world’s-first material applications and manufacturing processes.

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Acura Hybrid Ohio Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2010

Nicknamed “fuzzy fiber” by its inventor at UDRI, Nano Adaptive Hybrid Fabric (NAHF-XTM) is the first tailored nanomaterial capable of being produced in sizes and quantities large enough to make them affordable and viable for large-scale commercial use. But in doing so, electrical and thermal conductivity inherent to metals is lost.

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Carbon Fiber Energy Production Ohio 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

The A4 Avant g-tron engine is based on the new 2.0 An electronic controller reduces the high pressure of the compressed natural gas (CNG) flowing from the tank from as much as 200 bar to a working pressure of 5 to 10 bar in the engine. The potential overall range is comparable to that of a car with a TDI engine. A4 Avant g-tron.

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Audi Gas Standards Gas-Electric 186

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 26, 2023

A mild hybrid has an electric motor that provides efficiency for the main gasoline engine by allowing the engine to be turned off whenever the car is coasting, braking or stopped, then quickly restarted once power is required. liter inline 4-cylinder mild hybrid that delivered 325 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque.

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Hybrid MPG SUV Miles 61

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The new BMW i8 Roadster and BMW i8 Coupe can cover up to 18 miles (29 km) (preliminary) in purely electric driving, up from 14 miles (23 miles) for the current i8. With hybrid-specific all-wheel drive, the combustion engine driving the rear wheels and the electric motor driving the front wheels, acceleration from 0 to 60 mph takes just 4.2/4.4

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BMW 2019 Power Powered 170

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Chevrolet made the radical decision to have the 2021 Corvette, or C8 as aficionados call it, become a mid-engine sports car, abandoning the front engine design that began when the first Corvette rolled off the line in Flint, Michigan, on June 30, 1953. But the base engine turning 0-60 runs in a quick 2.9 Let the sunshine in.

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Chevrolet MPG Clean Cleaning 88

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 30, 2021

liter Duramax turbodiesel engine. Stand next to the hood when the engine is at idle, and you will be amazed at how quiet it is. But nudging 30 mpg is impressive, which was aided by the engine stop/start system, which shuts off the engine rather than idling. Power and Torque and Fuel Sipping. Brains and brawn.

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Sierra GMC Fuel Economy MPG 97

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

liter BMW TwinPower Turbo engine and BMW eDrive technology plus intelligent energy management produces system output of 266 kW/362 hp (max. The plug-in hybrid drive system of the BMW i8 comprises a BMW TwinPower Turbo engine combined with BMW eDrive technology. Rear-mounted 3-cylinder engine. torque: 570 N·m / 420 lb-ft).

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BMW Plug-in 2014 MPG 306

Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

And as is usually the case in engineering, one type of motor is not unequivocally superior to another. Needless to say, the combination of rare earth magnets and a carbon fiber composite frame to hold them does not make for a cheap rotor assembly.

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Motor Motors Motoring Carbon Fiber 99

Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. Which brings us to the Ferrari’s secret sauce: electricity. The world’s leading sports- and luxury-car brands, together with muscle-car mavens like Dodge, are now pushing the envelope of the relatively inefficient internal combustion engine (ICE).

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Plug-in Ferrari Engine Hybrid 96

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2019

Williams Advanced Engineering has developed a pair of innovative technologies that promise a step-change in the affordability of composite materials. However, the advantages of CFRP extend across many sectors, from railway carriages to wind turbines. CFRP is a material of huge promise.

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Engine Carbon Fiber Affordable Manufacturer 265

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.

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Carbon Fiber Manufacturer Carbon Lithium Sulfur 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

In the past few years 8 automakers made announcements about fuel cell electric vehicle development, many of them in conjunction with partnerships: BMW-Toyota, GM-Honda, Hyundai and Daimler-Ford-Nissan. The Hyundai Fuel Cell also won this year’s Wards “10 best engines” which is a first for this technology. Earlier post.).

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Congress Commercial Fuel Hydrogen 150

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 9, 2021

liter gasoline engine. liter gasoline engine. liter gasoline engine. liter + electric motor. liter + twin electric motors. The NX 350h’s hybrid system ran smooth and quiet, with a slight low roar under heavy acceleration as the gasoline engine kicked-in. Front wheel drive (FWD). Eight-speed automatic.

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Lexus Gasoline-Electric Plug-in Hybrid 64

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced $33 million in funding for 17 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Aviation-class Synergistically Cooled Electric-motors with iNtegrated Drives (ASCEND) and Range Extenders for Electric Aviation with Low Carbon and High Efficiency (REEACH) programs.

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Carbon Hybrid Electric Electrical 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2015

At SAE 2015 World Congress last week, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai ( earlier post ). Toyota engineers achieved this by adopting a multi-phase converter and an innovative cooling structure. Konno et al.

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Congress Toyota Fuel Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2022

With three state-of-the-art electric motors—all developed and manufactured in-house by Lucid—Lucid Air Sapphire reaches an entirely new level of performance. —Eric Bach, SVP of Product and Chief Engineer, Lucid Group. The battery system is also upgraded for higher power and more precise thermal logic.

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Motor Motors Motoring Carbon Fiber 195

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Stanford University.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion 284

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

While some fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) already have been demonstrated to travel more than 300 miles on a single fill using high-pressure tanks, DOE wants this driving range to be achievable across the full range of vehicle models without compromising space, performance, or cost. . $10/kWh 10/kWh ($333/kg H 2 stored ). Source: DOE.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber 2014 St. Louis 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In addition to the vehicle’s introduction in Japan, Toyota launched the Mirai—a four-door, mid-size fuel cell sedan with performance that fully competes with traditional internal combustion engines—in Los Angeles on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. Middle layer: carbon fiber reinforced plastic (structural element).

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Prius Toyota Hydrogen Carbon Fiber 296

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

The FOA covers 8 broad topics—Vehicles; Biomass; Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies; Advanced Manufacturing; Buildings; Solar; Water; and Wind—and 30 subtopics aligned with Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs. VTP seeks projects in the following areas: Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries.

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Hydrogen Fuel Range Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. With a renewable electricity mix, that increases to about 50%. Earlier post.) earlier post ), but gain their advantage in the use phase. (In

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 8, 2022

Not long ago, a 300-mile range seemed like a healthy target for electric cars. This wasn’t your usual long-distance, college-engineering project, a single-seat death trap made from Kleenex and balsa wood, with no amenities or hope of being certified for use on public roads. But that record may not stand for long.

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Range Mercedes Carbon Fiber France 113

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Other improvements included: Advanced integration of Navistar N13 Engine utilizing proprietary intelligent controls and high efficiency combustion. Innovative use of lighter-weight carbon-fiber panels in the upper body, roof headers, back panel, and dash panel. Fuel economy. Advanced driver assistance.

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Fuel Economy Vehicles Wind Economy 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

With a 16-year absence from the LMP1 class, Porsche engineers have had to develop the racecar without the same experience of their competitors. The V4 gasoline engine with direct injection and turbocharging is integrated in the chassis as a mid-engine. liter V-4 gasoline engine that is compact and lightweight.

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Porsche Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Carbon Fiber 290

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2015

liter DOHC V6 engine with dry sump lubrication, mated to an all-new 9-speed dual clutch transmission (9DCT) and Direct-Drive Motor. Total system peak output is estimated at 573 horsepower—500 horsepower from the gasoline engine and 73 horsepower from the front TMU. Twin-Turbocharged V6 Engine. With a displacement of 3.5

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Acura Hybrid Lithium Ion Engine 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

(The amount of liquid fuel that may be used in a lap decreases in proportion to the amount of electrical energy a driver is able to employ.). The combustion efficiency of the now lighter and more rigid 2-liter V4 turbocharged gasoline engine has been increased. Liters diesel.

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Porsche 2015 Hybrid Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

All three incorporate a fourth-generation, 100 kW LT PEM (Low Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel cell stack developed in-house by Volkswagen Group Research at the Volkswagen Technology Center for Electric Traction. Volkswagen is tapping some expertise from Ballard engineers under a long-term services contract, earlier post.)

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