Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mustang Lithium is low and sleek, with custom carbon fiber body components, a 1.0-inch Under the hood are a Phi-Power dual-core electric motor and dual power inverters—all powered by an 800-volt Webasto battery system with EVDrive Technology that can discharge a megawatt of electrical energy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

The FOA will give equal consideration to all proposals submitted, including submissions that address the following Areas of Interest: Energy Storage R&D. displayed in longer EV range, higher MPG and/or MPGe ratings). Carbon Fiber or Lightweight Materials. Most critical is the cost of the carbon fiber.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2010

(LHI), the developer of hydraulic drivetrain technology for vehicles ( earlier post ), introduced its lightweight high-pressure composite bladder accumulators for hydraulic and other energy storage applications. Lightning Hybrids’ accumulators are 6,000 psi (414 bar) bladder accumulators and range in size from 10 to 30 gallons.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The team projects that reasonable estimates for production costs and loss of performance due to system implementation result in total energy storage costs roughly 5 times cheaper than those for 700 bar tanks, potentially opening doors for increased adoption of hydrogen as an energy vector.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2013

The CEMI announcement was made at the ribbon cutting of the Department’s Carbon Fiber Technology Facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a new advanced manufacturing facility to reduce the cost of carbon fiber. Estimates suggest the system would generate net income in three years and provide national energy savings of 0.90

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Quimera is aiming to change the way that electrical cars are perceived by the car industry and raise public awareness regarding EV’s capacities, performance and range. The monocoque chassis is made entirely of carbon fiber to make it lighter and more rigid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

A team from Lawrence Berkeley and Argonne National Laboratories, Tufts University and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have now used X-ray based imaging techniques to study the inner workings of PEM fuelcell components subjected to a range of temperature and moisture conditions. Credit: Berkeley Lab).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Their electrode—metal-organic cuprous tetracyanoquino-dimethane (CuTCNQ) in a three-dimensional (3D) conductive carbon nanofibers (CNFs) network (CuTCNQ)—exhibits a capacity of 252 mAh g -1 at 0.1 C and highly reversible stability for 1200 cycles within the voltage range of 2.5 - 4.1

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery. Which seems plenty attractive to a range of companies and researchers. Not least of those considerations is energy storage [and generation].”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2015

Made of carbon fiber and advanced composite materials, Proterra’s unibody design is a prime driver for its high performance with regard to weight and durability. The bus is powered either by an advanced Lithium Titanate fast-charge energy storage pack or an NMC extended range energy storage system.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2019

This holistic approach also includes the use of vehicle batteries in stationary energy-storage devices after their mobile service life. The aspect of energy supply to the production locations also plays an important role. The battery provides a further 50 km or so of range. kg of hydrogen at 700 bar.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Optimized BMW eDrive technology delivers more power—total output increased to 369 hp (+12 hp)—and a refined high-voltage battery with increased capacity and range. These extra energy reserves have made it possible to raise the electric motor’s peak output by 12 hp to 141 hp; maximum torque is 184 lb-ft (249 N·m).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2015

Lightning Hybrids originally designed its own lightweight composite accumulator made of a thin steel or aluminum vessel wrapped with carbon fiber composite material. Steelhead has since increased its product line to include other products such as fuel storage vessels for vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG)).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

The US Department of Energy will award more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of a range of advanced vehicle technologies. Increased availability of low cost carbon fiber can enable vehicle weight reduction and improvement in fuel economy. Optodot Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) development of carbon fiber composites for lightweight vehicles. The objective of this area of interest is to conduct focused fundamental research and development on issues impeding the commercialization of the next-generation, high-performance energy storage device.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Electric range is 130 km (81 miles) under a variety of road conditions and 200 km (124 iles) at a constant speed of 60 km/h (37 mph). More balanced power output with regenerative braking helps keep energy consumption at the lowest level. The top speed is 130 km/h (81 mph). The Sail SPRINGO EV costs RMB 4.6 (US$0.74) and 6:00 a.m.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2014

WAVE is a tractor-trailer combination that features leading edge aerodynamics; an advanced turbine-powered range extending series hybrid powertrain; electrified auxiliary components; and control systems. WAVE is a Range Extending Series Hybrid that features a microturbine Range Extender generator developed by Capstone Turbine Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is conducting research on alternative options to reduce costs and make large-scale energy storage safer and more practical. Innovative fabrication methods can also lead to significant energy storage system improvements.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The 53 kWh lithium-ion battery pack enables a range of approximately 248 kilometers (154 miles) (NECD combined cycle). The energy storage unit is charged with household current (230 volts, 16 amperes) via a cable and a plug. All add-on parts—doors, covers, sidewalls and roof—are made of a fiber-reinforced plastic.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite. Temperature range of ambient air, °C. -40 There is an emphasis on developing and improving energy storage technologies, as they are one of the most critical components needed to enable the wide-spread commercialization of electric drive vehicles. Specific Energy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2020

The system features an efficient, rugged design utilizing Agility’s lightweight carbon fiber composite TUFFSHELL ACF Type 4 CNG cylinders, and fuel capacity options ranging from 60-92 diesel gallons equivalent (DGE).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a wide-ranging Funding Opportunity Announcement ( DE-FOA-0000397 ) for up to a total of $27 million in Phase III small business awards in the areas of energy efficiency and renewable energy, electricity delivery and energy reliability, fossil energy, and nuclear energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

Its partner, the Life module, consists primarily of a high-strength and extremely lightweight passenger cell made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). The new vehicle architecture enables new production processes which are both simpler and more flexible, and use less energy, BMW said.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

Applicants are sought to develop electrochemical energy storage technologies which support commercialization of micro, mild, and full HEVs, PHEVs, and EVs. EERE’s Vehicles Technologies Program (VTP) is focused on developing technologies to enable average new vehicle fuel economy of more than 60 mpg (3.9 L/100 km) for trucks by 2025.

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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Led by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the OPEN 2021 program prioritizes funding high-impact, high-risk technologies that support novel approaches. Additionally, given growing market pressures in lithium and transition metals, this alternative could enhance the nation’s energy supply chain security.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2014

This includes improving “beyond lithium-ion technologies” that use higher energy storage materials, and developing and commercializing wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors that offer significant advances in performance while reducing the price of vehicle power electronics. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Ford Motor Company.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The passenger cell forms the core of the Life module, which is built from carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP). On the BMW i3 Concept Coupé, the drive system, chassis and energy storage unit, along with the structural and crash functions, are once again incorporated into the Drive module that is made chiefly of aluminium.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2012

While Li-air batteries have attracted a great deal of interest as future high-capacity systems ideal for longer-range electric vehicles, there remain a number of issues to be resolved, the authors note. The cell consisted of a metallic sodium anode, a glass fiber separator and a carbon-fiber gas diffusion layer (GDL) as the cathode.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. It offers a range of elegant solutions to a number of problems.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

AOI 2: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Carbon Fiber Composites for Lightweight Vehicles. ($6M) For the purposes of this AOI, a carbon fiber composite is defined as a composite that combines carbon fiber with polymer resin. Carbon Fiber Composite Targets.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2010

The car has a potential operating range of up to 250 kilometers (155 miles) on the NECD. The energy storage unit is charged with household current (230 volts, 16 amperes) via a cable and a plug; the socket is behind a cover at the back of the car. 230 kW (313 hp). 150 kW (204 hp). 4,500 N·m (3,319 lb-ft). Battery pack capacity.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Selected projects range from unmanned, hovering aircraft for inspecting bridges to a high-speed sorting system for recycling aerospace metals to nanomaterials for advanced batteries, including two projects specifically developing advanced electrode materials for Li-ion batteries. Fibrwrap Construction, Inc. 6.928 M.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2016

US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz used the Washington DC Auto show as the venue to announce $58 million in funding for vehicle technology advancements. Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite. that occur in a wide range of length and time scales. Steel (Mild, HSLA, AHSS, or Boron automotive alloy).

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