Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2011

This approach to high-speed flywheel technology offers the prospect of enabling the unit to be sealed for life, thus avoiding the need for high-speed seals and a vacuum pump, and hence reducing costs and maintenance requirements. Kinergy prototype prepared for testing. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Kinergy has the potential for use in a range of applications due to its comparatively very low projected production costs. The mechanical hybrid system will offer the commercial vehicle sector a low-cost opportunity to deliver fuel efficiency savings of 20%. The Technology Strategy Board is to provide £0.5 million (US$0.83

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

As a reduced cost concept, it aims to make more intelligent use of electrical energy to achieve the desired reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The technology can also be applied to medium and heavy duty commercial vehicle platforms.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The project is being led by Jaguar Land Rover. The recent availability of low-cost low-voltage power electronic devices has significantly advanced the development of micro-hybrid technologies such as VTES and SpeedStart, CPT says. The new VIPER project aims to show how a reduction in CO 2 emissions of 4.5%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In August, Saft announced that it had been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to benefit from a 50% funding of the project cost of up to $95.5 million on a $200 million investment, in order to build a high volume Li-ion cell and battery plant, subject to successful contract negotiation. Johnson Controls-Saft.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

Total project cost is £2,206,784, with the TSB providing £1,103,392 (US$1.8 The objective of the consortium, which includes luxury car maker Jaguar Land Rover and leading electrical machine company SR Drives ( earlier post ), is to produce the first commercially viable gas turbine generator designed specifically for automotive applications.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

The new center provides a boost for manufacturers to work with Brunel on large-scale research and development activity, enabling innovations such as novel structures for lightweight car parts to make the leap from the lab to full-scale industrial trials. The new Advanced Metal Processing Center (AMPC) has opened at Brunel University London.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

The new projects emphasize how this collective expertise is being brought to bear on the biggest challenges facing the development of next-generation electric car batteries, from their power source and performance to safety and manufacturing. The project will deliver improved ultra-high-power cells to demonstrate the technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2015

Evolute Drives, incorporated as a separate entity by its sister company Drive System Design (DSD) ( earlier post ), is seeking investors to help commercialize its high efficiency MSYS multi-speed transmission system for hybrids and electric vehicles. Licensing to higher volume mainstream vehicle manufacturers will follow.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

While many of the projects will be led by major vehicle manufacturers such as Ford, Jaguar, LandRover and Nissan a large number of small and medium-sized companies, including suppliers, will be closely involved in the development work.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2012

They will be commercially launched in the next financial year. With a payload of 25 tonnes (ideal for cement and steel movement), it will reduce the cost/tonne-km. Other commercial vehicles displayed are the Tata Prima 7548.S Among them is Jaguar Land Rover. Tata Nano CNG Concept. It is powered by a Cummins 6BT 5.9L

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The European automobile manufacturers, though ACEA, the automobile manufacturers’ trade association, have defined a comprehensive set of recommendations to standardize the charging of electrically-chargeable vehicles. cost reductions for the industry. Source: ACEA. Click to enlarge. ACEA position paper on standardization.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 5 million government grant was awarded in the 2020/2021 budget to help set up Adelaide-based manufacturing facilities. It’ll be more expensive than a regular Transit but with lower running costs.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It appears that all manufacturers will be eligible for the $7,500 credit through next year, before content restrictions take effect in 2024. Some believe that the IRA’s incentives for buying commercial EVs could be more significant than the more widely-publicized passenger vehicle credits. Keep on truckin’.

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