Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

According to the company, this is the world’s first commercialization of a tire cord that combines an RF-free adhesive and a chemically recycled polyester fiber. According to the company, this is the world’s first commercialization of a tire cord that combines an RF-free adhesive and a chemically recycled polyester fiber.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a result of discussions that began in May 2017, eleven companies in Japan have signed an agreement to form a new company in the spring of 2018 aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen recharging stations (HRS) for fuel cell vehicles (FCV). The company will aim to complete its mission in 10 years. Honda Motor Co.,

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

On the heels of the Tesla Semi making major waves at the IAA Transport Conference in Germany this week, CEO Elon Musk detailed some ways the all-electric truck is more advantageous over traditional diesel vehicles that have been used for logistics.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 3, 2023

Hyundai Motor Company premiered its new XCIENT Fuel Cell tractor, the commercialized class 8 6×4 fuel cell electric model, for the North American commercial vehicle (CV) market at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2012

a company that has developed a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1-3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), will display a Chevrolet Express 2500 cargo van fitted with the company’s hybrid technology at the 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Conference Energy Showcase on 16 March.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The 4th Generation Four Gun Charger can be used for both passenger and commercial vehicles, and supports the major charging standards CCS-1, CCS-2, CHAdeMO, and GB. It comes with four five-meter-long cables to increase accessibility and could be used for commercial fleets or retail use.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2023

As a result of the filing, Proterra cancelled its scheduled earnings conference call on Wednesday. As commercial vehicles accelerate towards electrification, we look forward to sharpening our focus as a leading EV battery technology supplier for the benefit of our many stakeholders.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

IonQ announced the next stages of its partnership with Hyundai Motor Company to develop the vehicles of the future. Hyundai Motor Company and IonQ will work to develop on IonQ’s quantum computers machine vision algorithms capable of conducting object detection on three dimensional data from autonomous vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2017

Michelin will acquire NexTraq , a US provider of commercial fleet telematics, in an all-cash transaction. Since its inception in 2000, NexTraq has become a leading provider of GPS fleet management solutions for fleets of small commercial vehicles (classes 3‒5) ranging from two to 50 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2021

At a Washington Post Live virtual conference, General Motors President Mark Reuss provided more details about GM’s next-generation Ultium lithium metal battery and announced a joint development agreement with lithium metal battery innovator SES (formerly known as SolidEnergy Systems) ( earlier post ). Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

Haltermann Carless, a subsidiary of HCS and one of the oldest companies in the world of chemistry, is expected to be the direct customer with Gevo under the agreement. This first phase commences in May 2017 and would continue until completion of Gevo’s first large-scale commercial hydrocarbon plant.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2024

Significant AI research and commercialization concentrated in Sydney drives the sector’s development nationwide and influences AI trends globally. According to CSIRO, more than 200 active AI companies operate across Greater Sydney, representing almost half of the country’s 544 AI companies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At the 17 th Supercharging conference this week in Dresden, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will launch what it says is the first water-cooled electric supercharger developed for “quasi-continuous” boosting of commercial diesel engines, including those developed for off highway applications. Cobra electric supercharger.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

At the SAE Commercial Vehicle Congress on October 6-7, full-toroidal traction drive specialist, Torotrak, will present a paper advocating a more cost effective approach using flywheel hybrid technology based on the KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) developed for F1 racing. Torotrak flywheel KERS unit. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Under a memorandum of understanding signed today prior to the COP26 climate conference, JCB and Ryze will purchase 10% of FFI’s global green hydrogen production. Several days prior to the signing of the MOU, FFI announced that it had acquired the commercial assets of Xergy Inc and Xergy One Ltd. Xergy) to form FFI Ionix Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

Redox Power’s 25 kW “Cube” sitting outside a conference room. James Clark School of Engineering, are the foundation of a system being commercialized by Redox that provides safe, efficient, reliable, uninterrupted power, on–site and optionally off the grid, at a price competitive with current energy sources. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Australia-based Jervois Global, a nickel and cobalt company, has commenced the first stage of plant commissioning at its Idaho Cobalt Operations mine site (ICO), following a successful opening ceremony on 7 October 2022. Across 2022, Jervois has announced a US$4.8-million, ICO will use no tailings pond, using dry stacked tailings instead.

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2024

SpaceX’s Gwynne Shotwell, speaking at the Satellite 2024 Conference, said the fourth test flight of the Starship rocket could come in as little as six weeks. When will SpaceX attempt to launch its fourth test flight of Starship? One bit of hope from the licensing side is that the FAA is looking at adjusting the licensing process.

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

We’d call it the best Wi-Fi in the sky, but it’s actually the greatest Wi-Fi in the galaxy-coming later this year,” the company announced on Twitter. . JSX describes itself as a company that offers “hop-on” jet services. It focuses on providing private air travel to customers for commercial fares.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Monsanto Company and BASF scientists have discovered a naturally-occurring gene that can help corn plants combat drought conditions and confer yield stability during periods of inadequate water supplies. The companies said that the drought-tolerant corn contains the cspB gene, from Bacillus subtilis. metric tons per hectare).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

UMN has teamed up with Murphy Logistics Solutions (Murphy) to test the battery-electric trucks in Minnesota with cold winter temperatures and H-E-B Grocery Company (HEB) in Texas to test during periods of intense summer heat.

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Cars That Think

JULY 8, 2024

A team of researchers in Japan and the United Kingdom have smashed the world record for fiber optic communications through commercial-grade fiber. By broadening fiber’s communication bandwidth, the team has produced data rates four times as fast as existing commercial systems—and 33 percent better than the previous world record.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2020

This builds on the technology development pathway that MAN ES presented at the NH3 Energy+ Topical Conference at Pittsburgh in October 2018. Ammonia is just one of the pathways towards zero-carbon emitting vessels. A 2019 study by A.P. Earlier post.). In January 2019, MAN Energy announced it was developing an ammonia-fueled engine.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2020

Enevate, a developer of advanced silicon-dominant Li-ion battery technology capable of extreme fast charging for electric vehicles (EVs), announced its new fourth-generation technology optimized for high volume commercialization and manufacturing at gigafactory scale.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. Fifty-five percent of respondents cited the initial purchase price of electric commercial vehicles as the top barrier.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

the developer of a process for harvesting algae and cleaning up oil & gas water, announced that its second original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM) agreement will target oil service companies in the Canadian oil sands market. OriginOil, Inc., LH was an early private investor in Athabasca Oil Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

will deliver to FedEx the first full-production eStar —Navistar’s all-electric commercial truck. The company is currently taking orders for the eStar and intends to deliver 400 units by the end of 2010. No other commercial electric vehicle competes with the eStar in terms of capacity, size and application. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

The milestone was first described at a virtual conference organized by NextGenRoadFuels, a European consortium funded by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. A number of demonstration projects across Europe aim to commercialize this process in the next few years. —John Holladay.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. The company is working to develop a low-cost CFRP for a high-pressure hydrogen tank.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Ethanol Conference, GM Vice Chairman Tom Stephens reaffirmed the company’s commitment to biofuels, asserting GM continue to believes that they are the best near-term solution to displace petroleum and to reduce the carbon footprint of driving. The company will begin introducing E-85-capable direct-injected and turbocharged powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Volkswagen is testing its traffic optimization system during the WebSummit technology conference in Lisbon from 4 to 8 November—during the conference, buses will carry thousands of passengers through the city traffic in Lisbon. Traffic optimization is one of the potential applications. —Martin Hofmann, Volkswagen Group CIO.

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Cars That Think

MAY 8, 2024

Systems for purchase vary in size, but the largest commercially available machine can simulate ten billion neurons , about one tenth the number in the human brain. The announcement was made at the ISC High Performance conference in Hamburg, Germany. The basic unit of the system is the SpiNNaker2 chip, which hosts 152 processing units.

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Baua Electric

MAY 24, 2024

“Lightweighting takes on a new level of significance as we move to new fuel systems because everything is, all of a sudden, more efficient,” Subramanian said, while speaking at the Autocar Professional Vehicle Lightweighting Conference. The application of some of the composite materials could be more prevalent in commercial vehicles. “We

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2017

Recently recognized as a 2016 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, Wrightspeed will now leverage AxleTech’s expertise in engineering and manufacturing to accelerate commercial deployment of its multimodal REV Route powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Now, increasing demands for lithium-ion battery technology that specifically targets commercial vehicles as well as marine and rail applications has prompted Freudenberg to acquire a more than 50% share of the battery manufacturer. The company also operates a research and development laboratory in Pontiac, Mich. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2018

Eleven companies, including automakers Toyota Motor, Nissan Motor, and Honda Motor, have jointly formed Japan H2 Mobility, LLC (JHyM), aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen stations for fuel cell vehicles (FCV) in Japan. Air Liquide Japan Ltd.; Toyota Tsusho Corporation; and Development Bank of Japan Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2018

The new, multi-million pound plant will have a capacity of 1,000 tonnes per year and will be used to provide sample quantities of the company’s high energy, low-cobalt eLNO—lithium nickel oxide—battery material ( earlier post ). Work is also underway on the design of JM’s first full-scale commercial manufacturing plant for eLNO.

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