Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2013

Porsche has introduced the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid sports car, the first of six or more plug-in hybrids coming from the Volkswagen Group. Porsche had unveiled the concept version of the 918 Spyder Plug-in Hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show in 2010. Hybrid modules. The 918 Spyder. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2023

Lamborghini’s HPEV (High Performance Electrified Vehicle) hybrid super sports car, codenamed LB744, ( earlier post ) is based on a new aeronautics-inspired chassis, the monofuselage. The LB744 is also the first super sports car to be fitted with a 100% carbon fiber front structure.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Concept Polymer 243

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). Hybrid system. The Renault gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid system supports 60 km of electric range plus extended range due to the gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine. Fed by a 6.7

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The variety of needs—and energy sources—is apparent in a flurry of recent energy-harvesting research , including some hybrid work that integrates multiple modalities. A light human health sensor would be no use to biologists trying to keep a tracker on a bison for the rest of its life.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2016

Another one of the 13 projects is led by Sepion Technologies, which will partner with LBNL to make new membranes to increase the lifetime of Li-S batteries for hybrid airplanes. Sepion’s polymer membrane technology provides a counterpoint, yielding long-lasting lithium-sulfur cells. Harper International Corp.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2016

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new class of high-performance thermoplastic elastomers for cars and other consumer products by replacing the styrene in ABS (acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene) with lignin, a brittle, rigid polymer that, with cellulose, forms the woody cell walls of plants.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2012

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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Carbon Fiber Vehicles Carbon Engine 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2012

The plug-in hybrid has an all-electric driving range of 80 km (50 miles), and was specifically designed for the China market. The A6 L e-tron features a parallel hybrid system combining a 2.0 At any given moment, the hybrid control module chooses the best suited operating mode with the focus on driving range. Click to enlarge.

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Audi PHEV Concept China 253

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

The team reinforced aerospace-grade unidirectional carbon fiber laminate interfaces with high densities (>10 billion fibers per cm 2 ) of aligned carbon nanotubes (A-CNTs) that act as nano-scale “stitches”. Their results are published this week in the journal Composites Science and Technology.

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Carbon Fiber MIT Carbon Polymer 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

In current Type IV pressure vessels, the tape reinforcement comprises either glass or carbon fibers in a thermosetting polymer, such as an epoxy or unsaturated polyester. DSM is cooperating in the development of next-generation Type V pressure vessels.

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Carbon Fiber Polymer Carbon Fuel 210

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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Energy Storage Energy Polymer Carbon Fiber 225

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

JANUARY 4, 2012

A team from the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, reports on an improved material for capturing carbon dioxide from the air—silica?organic organic hybrid adsorbents—in a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. Plasan Carbon Composites. . $6,000,000. Zoltek Companies, Inc. Nanosys, Inc. 3M Company.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This program can impact hybrid vehicle markets and wind energy industries through this improved magnet composition, helping to revitalize the once-strong U.S. Strategic Polymer Sciences, Inc. manufacturing base for permanent magnets. DOE Funding: $3,000,000. DOE Funding: $3,000,000.

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Fuel Energy Carbon Fiber Polymer 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

As an example, Yokoyama used the carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) hydrogen storage tank. He noted that it took seven years even for “successful” hybrid electric vehicles to reach annual sales of 100,000 units globally. This is not an either-or choice between hybrids and electric cars.

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2015 Toyota Commercial Fuel 315

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

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. Globally, by 2025, Audi is aiming to have 30 electrified models on sale, with 20 of those vehicles fully electric.

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Audi SUV Concept All-Electric 300

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The objective of this AOI is to accelerate the realization of lighter weight vehicle materials made from magnesium and carbon fiber capable of attaining 50% weight reduction of passenger vehicles. Development of Low-Cost Carbon Fiber. High voltage and solid polymer composite electrolytes. Alloy or Li metal anodes.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Daimler Trucks North America LLC will develop and demonstrate a tractor-trailer combination using a suite of technologies including active aerodynamics, cylinder deactivation, hybridization, and the electrification of accessories. Navistar, Inc. Federal funding. PPG Industries, Inc. 2,212,519. . West Virginia University Research Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2016

Each motor powers one set of wheels—as on the technology demonstrator Audi A7 Sportback h-tron quattro (a plug-in hybrid design with an 8.8 Every tank is made up of several layers: the inner tank made with gas-tight polyamide is wrapped in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP).

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Audi Concept Detroit Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

billion budget request to Congress for the Department of Energy increases investments in a number of areas, including investments in basic science and plug-in and hybrid electric vehicles and biofuels. Tags: Biomass Biorefinery Electric (Battery) Hybrids Hydrogen Policy. President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2010 $26.4

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2010 PHEV Hydrogen Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2014

Audi will present the Audi Sport quattro laserlight plug-in hybrid concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) from 6 to 10 January in Las Vegas. The plug-in hybrid system torque is 800 N·m (590 lb-ft). The brake calipers grip large, carbon fiber-ceramic brake discs, and the tire size is 285/30 R 21.

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Audi Plug-in Concept MPG 310

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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Li-ion Peterbilt Range Electric Vehicles 371

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

For example, the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute will partner with IACMI to demonstrate the value of using advanced sensors in the production of carbon fiber and with PowerAmerica to showcase the energy savings of using advanced sensors in the production of new wide bandgap semiconductor circuit boards.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

At the upcoming 2013 IAA in Frankfurt am Main, Audi will present the Audi Sport quattro concept show car—a coupé plug-in hybrid with a system output of 515 kW (700 hp). EV mode is for purely electric driving; Hybrid mode for maximum efficiency; and Sport mode for maximum performance. Hybrids Plug-ins' Click to enlarge.

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Audi Plug-in Concept MPG 257

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Audi crosslane coupé plug-in hybrid concept car. Audi introduced its crosslane coupé plug-in hybrid concept at the Paris Motor Show, saying that the vehicle provides a glimpse of the future shape of design, and automotive and drive concepts. The dual-mode hybrid concept enables different operating modes. Click to enlarge.

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Audi Plug-in Concept MPG 273

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 ). However, Mirai uses the same inverter and motor as already adopted in mass-production hybrid electric vehicles.

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Congress Toyota Fuel Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite. Currently, polymer-film wound capacitors are commonly used in inverters for electric traction drive systems, but they cannot tolerate sufficiently high temperatures for future applications that will require operation in ambient temperatures up to 140°C.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The ultimate goal—one that Volkswagen Group and brand executives consistently emphasize—is to enable “bumper-to-bumper” production of brand models equipped with different drive systems (gasoline, diesel, natural gas, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric and fuel cell) using the same production line. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Audi Hydrogen Fuel Concept 278

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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Emissions Vehicles Fuel Economy Carbon Fiber 252

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

The outer skin of the show car is made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP); the occupant cell is a mix of CFRP monocoque and an aluminum structure. The A2 concept marks the first time that the ASF has been combined with hybrid multi-material construction, in which very different materials are combined with one another.

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Concept Audi Charging Carbon Fiber 210

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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