Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

a biobutanol and renewable hydrocarbons company, announced the start up of its first biobutanol demonstration plant designed from retrofitting an existing demonstration scale ethanol plant to produce biobutanol. Joseph has been designed and constructed as a reduced scale replica of a dry-milled ethanol production process.

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It has launched four electric scooters models with come with a price tag between Rs 60,000 and Rs 92,000. The company claims that its electric scooters offer “best-in-class comfort and superior performance.” The company is also offering a choice between a drum and disc brake options.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2010

to develop a VanDyne SuperTurbocharger ( earlier post ) for a Class 8 truck application using a Cummins engine. Cummins was awarded $39 million under the SuperTruck program to develop more fuel efficient Heavy Duty Class 8 trucks. Tags: Brief. VanDyne SuperTurbo, Inc. has signed a contract with Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Saab Automobile and American Axle Manufacturing (AAM) have formed a jointly-owned company for the engineering, development and marketing of electric all-wheel drive systems, as well as electric and hybrid driveline systems. The new company, called e-AAM Driveline Systems, will be based in Trollhattan. Earlier post.).

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IV earlier this year spawning Lucid Group, the company has not had a Wall Street analyst set expectations for the stock, until now. The vehicle sports a luxurious interior with a sleek design and a high price tag. Lucid Group ( NASDAQ: LCID ) has gotten its first stock coverage from CFRA analyst Garrett Nelson.

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Earlier in the month, reports were circulating that Mercedes-AMG would be re-instituting V8 power for its high-performance variants of the C and E-Class. & According to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport , sources from within the company have denied suggestions that larger engines would be returning to the AMG C and E63.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

electric vehicle architecture and design: engineering for the mechanical and electric systems used in electric vehicles. This specialist training is followed by a three-month internship at a research laboratory and a six-month professional mission at a company. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

Balqon Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of zero emissions heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 8 applications, has entered into an exclusive supplier relationship with Autocar, LLC to jointly develop and market Class 7 and Class 8 heavy-duty electric vehicles for use in on-road short haul drayage applications.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

BYD Company Limited and Daimler AG signed a contract creating a 50:50 research and technology joint venture called “Shenzhen BYD Daimler New Technology Co. Together with Daimler we are making excellent progress identifying opportunities to utilize the strengths of both companies to create a new brand of electric cars for China.

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The Made in India scooters are designed and manufactured at the Ghaziabad manufacturing unit of Crayon Motors. Envy is equipped with several features, such as, Geo Tagging, Digital speedometer, central locking and mobile charging. Envy will be available at over 100+ retail locations at Pan India Level.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2013

At the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the company will be demonstrating Vehicle Diagnostics by Delphi, a device that provides a car-to-cloud/cloud-to-car connectivity service. The first-in-its-class device works in most vehicles sold in the US from 1996 onward.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Developed with the support of a $39 million (£23 million) US Government grant, the vehicles will be manufactured by a new joint venture company being established by US truck supplier Navistar and British electric commercial vehicle specialist Modec. Tags: Electric (Battery) Motors. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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All of them are backed by expert roboticists with years of design experience. This is a sensible design choice to get up and running, but would definitely need redoing for longer-term operation. Designing the whole stack of hardware, simulation and data infrastructure is requiring Tesla to reinvent the wheel on many fronts.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The company will also showcase its new continuously variable transmission, developed with Nissan, featuring an auxiliary gearbox. The new transmission for hybrids is based on the company’s 7-speed automatic transmission for FR vehicles (front engine, rear-wheel drive). liter class vehicles. liter class vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2010

The new LNG-powered ferry is designed by Multi Maritime AS in Førde and will have a total length of 129.9 The ferry will hold 600 passengers including staff, and shall be built according to Det Norske Veritas’ Class +1A1, Car ferry A, gas fuelled, Clean, RPS, EO, R3 (NOR). Tags: Brief. metres, a maximum width of 19.2

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

With a length of 109 meters and a width of 40 meters, the ships can simultaneously transport and install up to four turbines in the multi-megawatt class. The construction ships of this special design are ideally suited to the construction of marine wind power plants. Tags: Brief. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

Comparison of 2015-2020 new vehicle potential fuel-saving technologies for seven vehicle types: tractor trailer (TT), Class 3-6 box (box), Class 3-6 bucket (bucket), Class 8 refuse (refuse), transit bus (bus), motor coach (coach), and Class 2b pickups and vans (2b). Source: TIAX. Click to enlarge. per gallon or higher.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

KATE LLC, an independent company established in 2004 with a background in the development of automatic transmission concepts for special applications, has been selected by AvtoVAZ—Russia’s largest automaker—to develop the new FT702 automatic transmission for use in Lada cars. Tags: Transmissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

Ian Scott, President of Juniper Engines, will manage the combined companies while Maurizio Grando, Managing Director of OMVL, will continue to manage the Italian operations. Those engines were based on the Hyundai Motor Company’s 2.0-liter Tags: Engines Natural Gas. liter and 2.4-liter Earlier post.). Westport Innovations Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

s dynamically positioned, semisubmersible drilling unit Deepwater Horizon has left “a substantial majority” of the 126 crew aboard safe, but some crew members remain unaccounted for, according to the company. US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2 nd Class Scott Lloyd. Tags: Brief. An explosion and fire on Transocean Ltd.’s

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2010

AC Propulsion and AutoPort , an automotive conversion, restyling and processing company, will partner in engineering, development and conversion to provide an Electric Vehicle conversion prototype and report for the United States Postal Service. Tags: Brief. US Postal Service Electrification of Delivery Vehicles (28 August 2009).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Velozzi, a Los Angeles-based car designer and manufacturer, will integrate Capstone Turbine’s C65 and C30 microturbines into its electric supercar and a crossover vehicle, respectively. The supercar is designed to accelerate from 0-60 mph in just three seconds and reach a top speed of over 200 mph, according to Velozzi. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2010

American Superconductor Corporation ( AMSC ), a global power technologies company, announced in conjunction with Global Wind Day 2010 on 15 June that it has achieved a significant milestone by supporting the production of more than 15,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power worldwide with its proprietary power electronic solutions.

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Cars That Think

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. Other companies, including Apple and Tandy Corp. The company stumbled badly, its bureaucratic approach to product development no match for a fast-moving field.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

The technologies are the result of the company’s research and development efforts based on Nissan’s mid-term environmental action plan Green Program 2010 (NGP 2010). While zero emissions is the ultimate goal, the company is committed to ongoing innovation in technologies that increase efficiency and reduce emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

International Battery , a US-based manufacturer, designer, and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable cells, modules and packs, introduced three classes of standardized modules for its large-format lithium batteries—Nested, Slim and Wide—to accommodate various customer-specific geometries. Tags: Batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

LS9 Company, a synthetic biology company producing renewable fuels and chemicals directly by fermentation, has successfully completed a $25 million round of funding. LS9 has also discovered and engineered a new class of enzymes and their associated genes to efficiently convert fatty acids into hydrocarbons. Source: LS9.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2009

A partnership between the University of Washington and the Italian sports-car company Automobili Lamborghini has been formalized , and the presidents of both organizations attended the naming ceremony of the UW’s Automobili Lamborghini Advanced Composite Structures Laboratory. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The pledge represents a culmination of efforts by Edison Electric Institute (EEI) member companies to survey the current state of electric transportation initiatives among utilities, evaluate how those initiatives fit in with the overall goal of advancing transportation electrification and determine what more is needed.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

This real-world field testing confirms what our engineers and designers have said since we launched the Michelin X One nine years ago—that replacing duals with wide single tires not only reduces rolling resistance and saves energy, but also reduces the amount of CO 2 we put into the atmosphere. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Dennis Eagle Ltd (lead company), MIRA Ltd, Magnomatics Ltd, MTL Group Ltd. The Hybrid Integrated Urban Commercial Vehicle (HIUCV) is a lightweight Heavy Goods Vehicle designed for refuse collection in an urban environment. The HIUCV will be designed to significantly exceed legislative and Government requirements for greener vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2009

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a world-class carbon composites manufacturing Center of Excellence on the TUM campus in Garching, near Munich, Germany. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2010

This contract will allow C&D Technologies to establish a world class research and development facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including pilot production capability dedicated to large-format lithium-ion batteries, and will establish a domestic manufacturing base for C&D designed lithium battery systems. —Dr.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Air Products has signed a long-term supply contract with Monsanto Company to build a new world-scale hydrogen production plant to be located at Monsanto’s Luling, Louisiana Roundup facility. We have enhanced our SMR design to target minimal loss of heat to the environment, which in turn reduces natural gas usage requirements to make hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2009

is working in collaboration with the Ohio BioProducts Innovation Center Wright Center of Innovation, Archer Daniels Midland Company, BP-Husky LLC Toledo Refinery, Albemarle Catalysts Company BV and NetJets, Inc. Velocys is a leader in the design and development of microchannel process technology. Velocys, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Ford Motor Company President and CEO Alan Mulally revealed the new Ford Figo, the anticipated new car to be produced in India and targeted at the India and export market. Ford Figo is designed and engineered to compete in India’s small car segment, which accounts for more than 70% of the new vehicle market. The Ford Figo. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Earlier post.) The 2.866 million square-foot plant was built in 1957.

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