Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2019

The new Polestar Production Center in Chengdu, China will produce the Polestar 1—a carbon fiber-bodied Electric Performance Hybrid. In 2019, the Polestar 2 was revealed as the company’s first full electric, higher volume premium car designed to compete around the Tesla Model 3.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

Next year, the next generation of the MINI Countryman will be manufactured at the same location—with a fully electric drive, among other things. In this way, the electric mobility expertise of the workforce, which has been built up over the past years, will be used and advanced further.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

Due in large part to its compact size and use of light-weight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) in its construction, the sustainable, fully-electric BMW i3 has a tight turning radius and the agility needed to navigating congested city streets.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It has a pure electric range of 150km (93 miles). The electrified performance car will go in production in Chengdu in mid-2019, and will be closely followed later in 2019 by a smaller all-electric vehicle named Polestar 2. To reinforce its dynamic driving characteristics, Polestar 1 benefits from a range of new technologies.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

By 2025, BMW plans to offer25 models with an electrified drive system—of which 12 will be pure-electric. The BMW i Vision Dynamics is an all-electric, emission-free four-door Gran Coupe that accelerates from 0-60 mph in 4.0 seconds, has a top speed of 120 mph with a range of 373 miles.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Airships can stay aloft for long periods of time, in case ground conditions aren’t ideal, have a long range, and carry significant payloads, according to Carl Taussig , LTA’s chief technical officer. Instead, LTA will be using carbon-fiber tubes attached to titanium hubs. Everything’s electric on Pathfinder,” he says.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

Globally, by 2025, Audi is aiming to have 30 electrified models on sale, with 20 of those vehicles fully electric. In the US, Audi has already introduced five production models: the Audi Q5 TFSI e, A7 TFSI e and A8 TFSI e plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) as well as the e-tron all-electric SUV and upcoming e-tron Sportback.

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Audi SUV Concept All-Electric 300

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Two of the total of four carbon fiber composite hydrogen tanks are housed under the rear seat and the other two in the luggage compartment floor. The number at the center is the range remaining. At this point, the Passat is a fully electric car—but with a range of more than 300 miles. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2023

The three electric motors are powered by a lithium-ion high specific power (4500 W/kg) battery pack that also supports a fully-electric drive mode. The Revuelto is the first super sports car to be fitted with a 100% carbon fiber front structure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2015

The tightening of European directives is placing OEMs under increasing pressure: In the coming years they will need to offer at least one hybrid or fully electric model in all ranges in order to meet the CO 2 limits. However, electric cars can be between 10 and 30 percent heavier than conventional vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Polestar has released a performance-oriented software upgrade for the Polestar 2 Long-range Dual-motor in selected European markets. The software upgrade represents the first time Polestar has applied its tuning heritage to its own electric cars. Accelerating from 80 to 120 km/h takes just 2.2

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

All-electric range is 25 km (15.5 Two more 120 kW electric motors are at the front axle. The fully electrically driven front axle allows individual acceleration and braking of each front wheel, and therefore selective torque distribution (torque vectoring) for particularly high levels of vehicle dynamics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

A central display provides all the key information on the condition of the MGU, the system temperatures, which are particularly important with an electrically operated race car, and the current charge state of the battery. Like in Formula 1, the driver sits in a carbon fiber monocoque complying with the latest FIA safety standards.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Fuel cell technology is running in comepetition with long-range battery electric vehicles. Meanwhile, outside the stack the electrons supply the electrical power. The entire fuel cell operates in the voltage range of 230 to 360 volts. The range is boosted by up to 50 kilometers (31.1 Ulrich Hackenberg. liters (1.0

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Audi Hydrogen Fuel Concept 278

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Polestar 1 was built between 2019 and 2021 as a low-volume electric performance hybrid GT with a carbon fiber body, 609 hp, 1,000 N·m and an electric-only range of 124 km (WLTP)—the longest of any hybrid car in the world.

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