Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2009

Jeon Oh, SK Energy’s Leader, Corporate R&D Center/HEV Battery Project, provided an update on the company’s Li-ion automotive battery activities at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 this week in Long Beach. The cells use a pouch design, with stacked plates and wide tabs to increase power capability. Energy, kWh.

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Li-ion PHEV Energy Lithium Ion 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

Basic design of the NuVinci CVP. These accessories have, in the past, been connected directly to the engine by a serpentine belt, so their speeds are tied to engine speeds. This improves fuel economy and enables vehicle designers to reduce engine size without sacrificing performance. Click to enlarge. Fallbrook Technologies Inc.,

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Fuel Economy Long Beach Gasoline-Electric Engine 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2009

We as OEMs are currently on a path to design, sell and service all unique battery packs. Specifically on the BEV side, Ford has announced two vehicles: the electric Transit Connect light commercial van in 2010, and the battery electric Focus in 2011 (using new styling and with a new model). It’s easy to identify the problem.

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Ford Batteries Battery Plug-in 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Basic concept of a calorimeter design. Automakers can use these data to predict battery performance and design thermal management systems capable of maintaining a battery pack within the desired temperature range. Evaluate physical and electrochemical design changes that could lead to better battery modules and improved performance.

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Li-ion Commercial Batteries Battery 191

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

I-710 is a major north-south interstate freeway connecting the city of Long Beach to central Los Angeles. The I-710 Corridor has high levels of health risks related to high levels of diesel particulate emissions, traffic congestion, high truck volumes, high accident rates, and many design features in need of modernization.

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Los Angeles Emissions Long Beach Hybrid 252

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. The initiative will also support the purchase of dedicated propane school buses and vehicles and, provide an innovative outreach program designed specifically to retrain and certify U.S.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

However, the high power requirements of these vehicles mean that vehicle designers face unique technical challenges, especially when it comes to circuit protection. Littelfuse has seen designs using 32 V fuses for 600 V systems, and companies using industrial fuses because high-voltage automotive-qualified fuses aren’t available.

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Standards Market Volt Vehicles 73

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This familiarity is particularly important in the commercial market, where drivers might swap back and forth between diesel and electric vans. Mercedes also said that it managed to drive from Las Vegas to Long Beach, a 275-mile trip (albeit mildly downhill), on a single charge. The car said we got 2.0 miles per kWh.

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Mercedes Electric Electrical DC 98

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

Newsom signed a funding bill to invest $106 million in the construction of additional hydrogen stations through the end of the decade, for the first time backing stations for commercial vehicles as well as passenger cars. The Lexus design cues take the Mirai upscale, which poses the question was why is it not part of the Lexus line?

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Toyota Hydrogen Lexus California 64

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

A study by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories found that hydrogen fuel cell barges may be both technically feasible and commercially attractive as a clean, quiet and efficient power source to provide electrical power for some types of vessels at berth or at anchorage. —Pratt and Harris (2013). Los Angeles, Calif.; Tacoma, Wash.;

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Fuel Hawaii Hydrogen Honolulu 191

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

During his keynote address at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford outlined a plan for connected cars to help avoid a potential future of what he called “ global gridlock—a never-ending traffic jam that wastes time, energy and resources. ”. Long-Term (2025+).

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