Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2023

Bollinger Motors has begun building design validation pilots of its B4 all-electric Class 4 chassis cabs for testing and demonstration. In preparation for that event, Bollinger has engaged multiple upfitting partners to prepare the chassis cabs for a variety of options to meet the needs of potential fleet customers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2020

Proterra unveiled its newest series of battery packs, the H Series, which offers a customizable energy storage system to power a wide range of heavy-duty commercial vehicles. The new, narrower H Series battery packs were designed to package into standard truck frame rails and increase packaging flexibility for Proterra Powered customers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Electrified powertrain engineering consultancy Drive System Design (DSD) will highlight its simulation, optimization and test capabilities created in response to the significant increase in demand for EV electric drive system development, at the Cenex-LCV event at Millbrook this week. —David Kelly, Director, Drive System Design.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This month, Sony starts shipping its first high-resolution event-based camera chips. The pixels in event-based cameras—a technology inspired by animal vision systems—only react if they detect a change in the amount of light falling on them. The role of event-based sensors in cars. The two Sony chips—the 0.92 Luca Verre on….

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Eaton’s eMobility business has introduced a new Flex Power Distribution Unit (PDU) for high-voltage electrified commercial vehicles; the new unit is uniquely designed to handle multiple load requirements. The Flex PDU will be introduced on 29 October at the North American Commercial Vehicle (NACV) show in Atlanta, Georgia.

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MAY 9, 2023

A few months ago, Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen said Tesla does not have a “pencils down” approach with the Cybertruck design. Of course, Tesla’s revealed designs are the cleanest of them all: one from the Investor Day and one from last evening’s groundbreaking at the Texas Lithium Refinery.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2023

LiquidPiston, an innovator of compact and efficient engine technology and hybrid power systems, intends to commercialize the XTS-210, a 25-horsepower, two-stroke, supercharged, liquid-cooled, 210cc rotary engine. The X-Engine is inherently simple in design, with just two primary moving parts: a rotor and shaft. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

KULR Technology Group has achieved operational readiness for its Fractional Thermal Runaway Calorimeter (FTRC) within its suite of battery safety and thermal management solutions after finalizing a commercial licensing agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the agency’s patent-pending FTRC solution.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The technology is optimized for the electric vehicle market and is designed to deliver three times (3X) the gravimetric energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries. Under Department of Defense (DoD) test protocols, a LytCell prototype design has demonstrated greater than 1,400 cycles. No conflict minerals.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2020

DeepRoute, an international self-driving vehicle technology provider, and Cao Cao Mobility, a strategically invested business of Geely Technology Group, are partnering to advance the design, development and commercialization of Cao Cao’s Level 4 autonomous robo-taxis service.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

Evida Power, Ltd, the provider of an 8 kWh Li-ion battery pack for German and French electric vehicle manufacturer Mia Electric ( earlier post ), will have its first fully homologated custom-designed battery pack on display at its stand at the upcoming Cenex Low Carbon Event/LCV2011 at the Rockingham Motor Circuit, UK, in September.

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Cars That Think

MAY 8, 2024

The machine combines traditional AI accelerators with neuromorphic computing capabilities, using system design strategies that draw inspiration from the human brain. 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.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

At the Volkswagen Group’s PhD Event 2016, some 600 specialist visitors informed themselves about current research work. In the field of electronics, Michael Stecher is working on the ergonomic design and assessment of no-contact gesture control for innovative vehicle cockpits.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

These electric commercial aircraft will enable the offering of flying services of people and packages in a way previously not possible. It is also suited for use in clean-sheet electric aircraft designs as a stand alone propulsion or as part of a larger multi-motor aircraft. —Roei Ganzarski, CEO of magniX. magni500. air density.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

The company aims to address the challenges of electric vehicle adoption in the two-wheeler space, particularly focusing on safety concerns, range anxiety, and perceived compromises in design and performance. Where was the design done and how were the engineering aspects developed? How are you going to market these e2wheelers?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The new stufy combines analysis of investment opportunities focusing on three hubs: Mauritania - Morocco; southern Africa; and Egypt with a roadmap of technical, economic, environmental and financial solutions to unlock commercial development. The report was formally handed over to partners on 20 December.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

Rolls-Royce and global towage operator Svitzer have successfully demonstrated the world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel in Copenhagen harbour, Denmark. The Svitzer Hermod , a Robert Allan ship design, was built in Turkey at the Sanmar yard in 2016. —Lloyd’s Register’s Marine & Offshore Director, Nick Brown.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 22, 2024

Boardwalk Robotics is announcing its entry into the increasingly crowded commercial humanoid(ish) space with Alex, a “workforce transformation” humanoid upper torso designed to work in manufacturing, logistics, and maintenance. You can buy it for research purposes, if you want, but Boardwalk will be selling Alex as a commercial robot.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2023

Precautions taken due to the fuel’s inherent characteristics include the construction of a custom-built cold hall, which can contain ammonia vapor in the unlikely event of a leak with the activation of a water screen. This is groundbreaking for both our company and the maritime industry as a whole. 1 for 1-cylinder ammonia testing initiated.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2021

The XLH system represents the company’s first electrification product to be available for Ram Commercial, Stellantis’ line of commercial pickup trucks. XL Fleet will be displaying an XLH hybrid-equipped Ram 2500 in its booth during the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo event 31 August – 1 September in Long Beach, CA.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Eaton’s EVK series fuses are designed to manage and protect the charging systems of electric commercial, passenger and high-performance vehicles such as sports cars and large sport-utility vehicles. We have many years of design and application experience with EVs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2023

marking the company's first step toward future commercialization of zero-emission backup power generation. The Torrance fuel cell station also serves as a proof of concept for future commercialization of the power generation unit. Honda began operation of a stationary fuel cell power station on its corporate campus in Torrance, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

One of the prominent obstacles utility providers face can be “demand charges,” which are electricity surcharges on peak power usage designed to capture the marginal costs imposed on the grid by high-capacity, high-utilization infrastructure, such as factories.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

M-KERS captures and stores energy that is otherwise lost during vehicle deceleration events. The integration of Flybrid and Torotrak provides a platform for a joint development and commercial launch of M-KERS, Torotrak said. In commercial vehicles, Flybrid M-KERS offers affordable hybrid efficiency within a five-year payback period.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 19, 2024

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Swiss-Mile has just announced a seed round to commercialize these capabilities across quadrupedal platforms, including Unitree’s, which means it’s even affordable-ish! Swiss-Mile ] Thanks Marko!

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG) has exclusively licensed and optioned a technology developed by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to eliminate thermal runaway in lithium ion batteries due to mechanical damage. This can simplify battery design and lead to higher energy density and lower cost.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2021

Robotic Research is a privately held, US-based engineering and technology company providing software, robotic technology, and automated solutions to commercial and government customers. Its testing facilities are located in Gaithersburg and Clarksburg, Maryland. Xcelsior AV capabilities are made possible by two primary technologies.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 6, 2024

Ford’s commercial division, Ford Pro , is supplying its Smart Charging Bundle to businesses in California—one of the largest commercial fleet markets in the US—under a new initiative to help make it easier to add EVs to their fleets.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 11, 2024

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Out of 184 entries, the winning design came from Dorothy, a high school student from California. All qualified teams are eligible for prizes in the Final Event.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Kespry, a commercial drone system company, demonstrated a prototype drone that uses NVIDIA artificial intelligence technology to recognize objects. The demo was conducted using the NVIDIA Jetson TX1 embedded module—unveiled yesterday at an NVIDIA event in San Francisco. —Paul Doersch, Founder and CEO, Kespry.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2020

Voltpacks feature high safety standards, and are designed and built by Northvolt. Leveraging field-proven technologies, Voltpack Mobile System is well-suited to operate under even the harshest conditions with a rugged profile and unique design features engineered for transportation and repeated redeployment.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Mining equipment and services provider Komatsu plans to utilize Proterra’s high-performance battery systems for the development of prototype machines this year before the expected commencement of commercial production in 2022. The collaboration represents Proterra’s entry into the underground mining equipment market.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

announced that the company will be ready with multiple, commercially-viable autonomous drive (AD) vehicles by 2020. Nissan is demonstrating the breadth of the capability of its autonomous drive technology for the first time at Nissan 360, a test drive and stakeholder interaction event being held in Southern California. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The global design, research and development base of Lvchi is located at the Turin engineering center in Italy. Next-Battery is well advanced in demonstrating a state-of-the-art prototype battery that will aim to show a minimum 50% increase in specific energy from the best commercial lithium-ion batteries on the market today.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America offered a first look at its Class 8 battery-electric project trucks during an exclusive event at TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California. The Volvo LIGHTS project’s transformative impact on fleet operations is designed to be scalable and replicable to reduce emissions throughout the freight eco-system.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Today, BrainChip announced their chip design, the Akida Pico, is now available. Akida Pico, which was developed for use in power-constrained devices, is a stripped-down, miniaturized version of BrainChip’s Akida design, introduced last year. Akida Pico consumes 1 milliwatt of power, or even less depending on the application.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Let’s look at these two annual events and what they mean for current and future electric vehicle (EV) drivers. As the story goes , its origins go back all the way to the 1980s when graphic designer Ken Wallace was walking outside of his Nova Scotia home with his daughter and noticed idling vehicles. Attend an online or in-person event.

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