Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The areas of interest outlined in the notice of intent (NOI) fall into two broad categories: technologies to advance plug-in electric vehicles; and technologies to improve fuel efficiency, including dual-fuel, fuel properties (e.g., mpg) for light trucks by 2025 (54.5 mpg light duty average, or 4.3 million barrels per day); and.

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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. Clemson University.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Hybrid” plug-in hybrid system—the last offering all-electric trips of up to 60 km (37 miles) at speeds of up to 120 km/h (75 mph). EOLAB features materials such as magnesium and aluminium, which are extremely light and also much cheaper than titanium. Background. Hybrid system. For the EOLAB prototype, the Z.E. Fed by a 6.7

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The combustion engine and electric motor, battery pack, power electronics, chassis components, and structural and crash functions are all arranged within the aluminum Drive module, while the central element of the Life module is the i8’s CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic) passenger cell. Rear-mounted 3-cylinder engine.

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BMW Plug-in 2014 MPG 306

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

DOE also announced up to $35 million to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, including enabling the early adoption of fuel cell applications, such as light duty fuel cell electric vehicles. Reducing the cost of electric drive systems from $30/kW to $8/kW. The FOA contains a total of 9 Areas of Interest (AOIs).

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The 2022 Genesis G70 comes with two gasoline engine options. The Brembo brakes are part of the ABS system, and the MacPherson strut front and multi-link rear suspension added to the road confidence. The dual-level horizontal LED tail lights wrap from the fender onto the hands-free power trunk lid that sports the subtle G70 and 3.3T

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 30, 2021

The electric-assisted steering had good road feel with responsiveness and little body roll in most cornering situations. Our Sierra AT4 also was equipped with the trailering package that included a trailer brake controller, jackknife alert and trailer electrical hook-ups. Clean Fleet Report. Upscale Interior. A high-end look.

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Sierra GMC Fuel Economy MPG 97

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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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

If a driver takes his or her foot off the accelerator—for example, when drawing up to traffic lights or on downhill stretches—the DSG disengages and the engine idles. The gasoline engines. The EA211 family gasoline engines used are exclusively turbocharged and direct-injection TSI engines (four valves, four cylinders).

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Some of these come as hybrids, plug-in hybrids or full electrics, upping the ante even more. With each of these colors there are options of contrasting colors and wood, carbon fiber or diamond-cut aluminum trim. The driver’s seat has a surprise for you: it vibrates as part of the lane departure and rear parking warning systems.

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Cadillac Land Rover MPG Fuel Economy 75

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

As part of the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance between DOE and the Department of the Army, the Army plans to contribute $3.5 Computer Aided Engineering for Electric Drive Batteries. Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite. million in co-funding for several areas where there are joint development opportunities.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

The standard, start-stop system has also been further improved and comes with new features to reduce fuel consumption further: When the driver stops at a red light, the engine can already be deactivated below 7 kilometers an hour (4 mph); 3 km/h for the A4 3.0 The entry-level gasoline engine is the 1.4 TDI with tiptronic (1.9

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

If there was ever a car on the road fitting the bill as future, it is the 2024 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV). The hydrogen fueling station network slowly being built out, funded in part with state support that averaged $20 million/year for the past couple decades. No plugging in to an electrical outlet.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

These areas of interest apply to light, medium and heavy duty on-road vehicles. Cost of a finished, stamped component of no greater than $2 per pound of weight saved when compared to a comparable, baseline part. The fibers can be continuous or discontinuous and the resin can be either a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer.

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Emissions Vehicles Fuel Economy Carbon Fiber 252

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

It is rare when we post a review of a car that is only available in one of the 50 United States, but such is the case with the 2022 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), which is only sold in California. Those lucky enough to live in California have the opportunity to own one of the nicest electric cars on the road.

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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

MARCH 29, 2022

Which brings us to the Ferrari’s secret sauce: electricity. But even now, years before EVs can finally put ICEs out of business, automakers are finding that electricity provides performance benefits that are too good to pass up. liter V-8 generates 780 metric horsepower; another 220 hp comes from the plug-in hybrid’s electric motors.

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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Total system peak output is estimated at 573 horsepower—500 horsepower from the gasoline engine and 73 horsepower from the front TMU. Additionally, the rear electric motor also acts as a generator to provide supplemental power to the vehicles lithium ion battery pack, which also powers the front-mounted TMU. Twin Motor Unit (TMU).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2013

With the launch of the production BMW i3 battery-electric vehicle (also available with a range extender) looming, the BMW Group provided more details about the first series-produced model from its new i brand, offering customers electric mobility in a premium small car package. Cutaway of the BMW i3. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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