Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing a program-wide funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0001629 ) for the Vehicle Technologies Office of up to $19.7 The US Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing a program-wide funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0001629 ) for the Vehicle Technologies Office of up to $19.7 Battery500 Seedling Projects.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In terms of weight and stiffness, the recyclable natural-fiber composite materials of non-structural components share properties similar to carbon-fiber composites (CFRP) and meet the same high safety and quality standards. Natural-fiber composites can be manufactured more economically and with less energy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

Operating at the rear of all four Audi R18 cars was the latest evolution of the compact V6 TDI engine with VTG mono turbocharger that was used at Le Mans for the first time in 2011. The engine is a 3.7-liter The engine is a 3.7-liter Porsche is also using a WHP flywheel energy recovery system (KERS) in its 911 GT3 R Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected for funding seven new projects to accelerate the development and deployment of stronger and lighter materials for the next generation of cars and trucks. The Energy Department will provide $8 million this year for these awards, and has requested an additional $13.75 Lead organization.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $15.8 million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2018

The run will show ways trucking operations can reduce the energy usage and costs associated with the transportation of goods through improved fuel-economy for a Class 8 truck and the measurement of freight-ton efficiency. Special Starship features include: Bespoke 100% hyper-aerodynamic carbon fiber cab. of the engine.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Hydrogen is a versatile energy source that has a key role to play in the energy transition process and therefore in climate protection. After all, it is one of the most efficient ways of storing and transporting renewable energies. We should use this potential to also accelerate the transformation of the mobility sector.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The technological goal of the project is to enable Lamborghini to address the future of the super sports car in five different dimensions: energy storage systems; innovative materials; propulsion system; visionary design; and emotion. Energy storage systems. Two MIT labs—the Dinca Research Lab, led by Prof. Innovative materials.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. More efficient gasoline engines. Clean diesel. —Dan Akerson. Vehicle electrification.

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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. Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC—NREL. Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. Light-weighting materials. DOE award.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2017

For the next generation of the Audi A8, an intelligent mix of four materials—aluminum, steel, magnesium and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP)—is being used for the first time in the weight-bearing body structure—more materials than in any of the brand’s previous production models. 36 millimeters (1.4

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will soon issue its FY17 Vehicle Technologies Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement ( DE-FOA-0001701 ). Analysis suggests that cost parity between electric drive and internal combustion vehicles is possible under certain scenarios when battery pack costs fall below $125/kWh (useable energy).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2012

New to LF-LC and derived from project LFA, LF-LC leverages Lexus’ in-house experience in marrying carbon fiber and aluminium alloy materials to achieve a light body mass. The Advanced Lexus Hybrid Drive features an Atkinson cycle combustion engine mated to an advanced high-energy battery pack. —Tony Cramb.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will provide up to $14.2 DE-FOA-0000648 ) This funding will support the development of high-strength, lightweight carbon fiber composites and advanced steels and alloys that will help vehicle manufacturers improve the fuel economy of cars and trucks while maintaining and improving safety and performance.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

Honda also said they’ll be connected yet fun-to-drive, offer a not-yet-detailed Motion Management System for ride and handling, emphasize efficiency, and have lightweight, energy-dense battery packs. Honda Space-Hub Concept – 2024 CES Thin, light, and wide starts with the battery pack. Honda 0 Saloon concept No carbon fiber.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2011

kWh lithium-ion battery that is charged through regenerative braking energy. liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine combines with the electric motors, providing torque control to both the left and right wheels as needed. The engine, mounted behind the cockpit, drives the rear wheels while integrating electrification technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Even the load capability can be different: the e-motor scalability and the specific gear design, that grants robustness and a wide ratio range, enable it to be used in different vehicles categories, such as passenger, light and heavy commercial. The engine has a displacement of 2.3 The engine has a displacement of 2.3

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

Hydrogen as a zero-carbon energy carrier has the potential to transform fundamentally the global energy landscape—but the production must benefit the environment, according to experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced $1.2 The HPC4Mtls Program is part of a larger HPC4 Energy Innovation Initiative, a DOE-wide effort comprising the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), the Office of Fossil Energy (FE), the Office of Nuclear Energy, and the national laboratories.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding nearly $55 million for 24 projects to develop and deploy advanced vehicle technologies, supporting the Energy Department’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge to make plug-in electric vehicles as affordable to own and operate as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Description.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The Department Of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of its Vehicle Technology Office (VTO), a program-wide Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000991) for fiscal year 2014 on or about January 2014. mpg) for light trucks by 2025 (54.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $30 million in available funding ( DE-FOA-0001647 ), subject to appropriations, for research and development of low-cost hydrogen production, onboard hydrogen storage, and proton exchange membrane fuel cells to advance the widespread commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicles.

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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. wt% and 50 kgH 2 /m 3 for 5 kg of hydrogen.

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Baua Electric

JULY 29, 2023

5-liter V-6 engine — will obtain a swish and extra aerodynamic redesign and progress on sale by means of early 2025. The untouched Murano will journey on a revised model of Nissan’s D platform and obtain a four-cylinder turbo engine. It options slimmer headlights and hind lights and brings Nissan’s untouched grille design.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

Plug-in hybrid system of the i8: 3-cylinder engine in the rear, battery in the center, eDrive unit in the front. liter BMW TwinPower Turbo gasoline engine; and intelligent energy management. liter BMW TwinPower Turbo engine—making its debut in this model—combined with BMW eDrive technology. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2017

The US Department of Energy is awarding roughly $15.8 Litster and his collaborators will conduct their research within the Electrocatalysis Consortium (ElectroCat), part of the DOE’s Energy Materials Network (EMN) lab consortia that supports the DOE’s goal of expediting the development of advance materials. —Shawn Litster.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This is reflected in areas of the car such as its optimized aerodynamics, intelligent lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic design as well as extensive use of natural and recycled materials. All figures relating to performance, energy consumption and range are predicted values based on the car’s current stage of development.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The goal of this AOI is to support advanced fuels and lubricants technologies that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines for passenger and commercial vehicle applications. For all subtopics, technologies may be applicable to compression ignition and/or spark ignition engines. Click to enlarge. Miller Cycle).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

The XL1 is aggressively optimized for efficiency in all areas of its design and technology—from materials (carbon fiber reinforced polymer monocoque); to powertrain (0.8L Rear view, with engine compartment with air intake labeled. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Volvo Trucks North America unveiled an innovative SuperTruck demonstrator whose combination of advanced aerodynamics, vehicle and powertrain technologies achieved a freight efficiency improvement of 88%—exceeding the 50% improvement goal set by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Supertruck I program. Click to enlarge. for the D13.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Electricity balancing serves as a versatile energy reserve that can be used to even out fluctuations in the grid. Joachim Kolling, head of BMW Energy Services.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit this week, Ford delivered first proof of that focus with the reveal of the new Ford GT carbon-fiber supercar, as well as the new F-150 Raptor based on the new aluminum F-150 and the Shelby GT350R Mustang. Ford has been selling hybrids and, later plug-ins, since 2004.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2016

A US Department of Energy (DOE) program designed to spur the use of high performance supercomputers to advance US manufacturing has funded 13 new industry projects for a total of $3.8 GM and EPRI. Sepion’s polymer membrane technology provides a counterpoint, yielding long-lasting lithium-sulfur cells. Harper International Corp.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 31, 2021

liter, supercharged and turbocharged gasoline four-cylinder engine producing 326 horsepower and 384 pound-feet of torque. The Polestar system automatically switches between the electric drive mode, combined electric motor and gasoline engine, and gasoline-only engine power. Carbon Fiber Exterior.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

Plus, the maintenance costs of the TGI models are similar to those of traditional combustion engine vehicles. Only a pure electric vehicle running on 100% renewable energy would offer a better overall outcome. This engine is equipped with a six-speed manual transmission to increase its efficiency and offer the smoothest of drives.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

In 2010, the Energy Department launched the SuperTruck initiative to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50%. For SuperTruck II, the Energy Department has selected the following four SuperTruck II teams for projects of $20 million in federal funding, and each recipient will match that amount, dollar-for-dollar: Cummins, Inc.

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