Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

A team of engineers from the University of Lincoln, with funding from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), has confirmed the feasibility of aircraft regenerate braking from the landing gear to provide power for taxiing to and from airport buildings, reducing the need to use jet engines.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

United Airlines has conducted a successful engineering validation flight using Rentech’s certified synthetic jet fuel (RenJet). The validation flight was conducted using a 40:60 mix of Rentech’s synthetic jet fuel with conventional Jet A fuel in one of two engines on an Airbus 319 aircraft. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

JULY 8, 2023

We carried out our first flight demonstration on 11 October 2022, when we flew a Bell 407GXi helicopter (supplied by consortium member Bell Textron) as a stand-in for a future electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle, or eVTOL. Imagine air taxis, air ambulances, and cargo vehicles whisking people and goods over our cities and beyond.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

Sales of Ford trucks with CNG/LPG-prepped engines have jumped more than 350% since 2009, the company said. Since 2009, we’ve seen the number of Built Ford Tough commercial vehicles sold with factory-prepped engines for CNG/LPG upfit increase by more than 350 percent. liter V6 equipped with a CNG/LPG prep kit.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Better Place has received an award from the Japanese government to conduct a pilot project in Tokyo for the world’s first electric taxis with switchable batteries. In Tokyo alone, there are approximately 60,000 taxis, a far greater number than in New York, Paris, or Hong Kong. Tokyo R&D Co.,

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Baua Electric

JUNE 14, 2024

A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. The company that operates them, tech giant Baidu, said last month that it would add another 1,000 of the so-called robot taxis in Wuhan. Baidu also has a joint venture with Zhejiang Geely, called Jiyue, to make robot taxis.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Air-One is a world-first fully-operational hub for future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft—such as cargo drones and air taxis—to be launched in Coventry (UK) later this year. Urban Air Port develops fully autonomous innovative zero emission infrastructure for future air mobility.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

H2X says supply chain issues have put it about nine months behind schedule in its rollout of the Warrego. 2023 H2X Warrego Supercapacitor sits where the diesel engine used to be. “It Our production and engineering teams have done an amazing job to overcome these problems and we are now back on schedule.”.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

During the full-scale production program, Evida will supply the automaker with up to 10,000 units per year until 2016. Evida says it believes that the largest and most immediate EV impact will be in the commercial sector: buses, taxis, municipal vehicles, corporate and delivery vehicles.

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Blink Charging

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Including cars, trucks, commercial aircraft, and railroads, transportation was responsible for 29% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2021 and 20% of emissions globally. Here’s what you need to know about planning, or “roadmapping,” an EV supply equipment installation at your airport. C climate-aligned future.”

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

A newly released report financed by the World Bank and prepared by consultancy PRTM analyzes China’s New Energy Vehicles Program, as well as the Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles Program, in the context of these megatrends and concludes that the overall value chain shift could favor China from both a technological and supply chain perspective.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2014

T), fuel consumption (gasoline/diesel / compressed natural gas / liquefied petroleum gas), and engine type (front, rear, 2-stroke, 4-stroke, 150cc, 175cc, 200cc, 400cc). Three-wheelers offer an efficient, quick and economical way of transportation even in the areas where buses, trucks, taxis, etc. cannot effectively penetrate.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The aim of the project is to build, install, operate and demonstrate a 10 kW Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Combined Heat & Power system in a high profile demonstration programme to accelerate the development and potential for commercial exploitation in large domestic (multi-dwelling) and light commercial applications.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2011

PrimoveCity addresses the range and recharging constraints of electric vehicles and is intended to provide common technology for all forms of electric vehicles, including trams, buses, commercial vehicles, taxis and cars. These convert the DC supply voltage to the AC voltage used in the system. DC feed cables.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

With respect to the emissions updates, the OEMs must also provide proof that the changes do not negatively impact any other parameters relevant for type approval—such as pollutant and CO 2 emissions, fuel consumption, noise and engine power. Purchase subsidies for low-emission municipal commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2010

EPA has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft using leaded aviation gasoline (avgas). Aviation gasoline is utilized in general aviation aircraft with piston engines—which are generally used for instructional flying, air taxi activities, and personal transportation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Electric autos have lower maintenance costs compared to internal combustion engine vehicles since they have fewer moving parts and do not require oil changes or regular tune-ups. The shift towards electric vehicles is reshaping the entire value chain, from manufacturing and supply chain management to sales and after-sales service.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2011

Also, Executive Vice Mayor Wu Yimin signed an agreement with Better Place Founder and CEO Shai Agassi that calls for the Municipal Government of Guangzhou to assist Better Place and CSG in their efforts to create a supply chain hub and electric car network in China’s third largest city and home to CSG.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

scenarios, and the sensitivity of the model to particular factors, the analysis reveals areas where intervention may be warranted: The capital costs associated with vehicle purchase, in relation to the costs for conventional vehicles; Supply constraints in the Australian market; and. supply constraints into the Australia market.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

What’s more, there’s fast-paced demand coming in from the e-commerce industry and logistics players for EVs on two and three wheels, and from taxi fleet operators for electric passenger vehicles. As is known, India is home to over 20 most polluted cities in the world.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

AECOM developed an economic model to assess viability and a vehicle choice model to forecast take-up of different engine configurations. Many studies of this type do not estimate take-up of different engine configurations and instead make assumptions based on experience elsewhere.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

MIT and the IEA both have newly released reports exploring the potential for and impact of a major expansion in global usage of natural gas, given the current re-evaluation of global supplies. emissions are reduced by around 25% relative to the use of gasoline for the same engine efficiency. Earlier post.) Tcf/year, equivalent to 1.3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2016

Ricardo has licensed Qualcomm Halo Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) technology to commercialize WEVC systems for Plug-In Hybrid (PHEVs) and Electric Vehicles (EVs). Qualcomm subsidiaries will provide technical expertise and engineering support. Qualcomm subsidiaries will provide technical expertise and engineering support.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 29, 2022

This 5-step guide contains insights from FleetPartners for fleet managers and business owners looking to transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to hybrid and electric alternatives, whether you have 1, 20 or 500 vehicles. BEVs currently have a more expensive purchase price than internal combustion engine equivalents.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Today’s announcement signals our intent to reduce our dependence on petrol- and diesel-based engines, and determine the best practical alternatives. The vehicles will have a range of 80 to 100 miles on a full recharge and will be capable of recharging from domestic or commercial power supply.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. PHEVLERs of the future should be made with flex-fuel engines that can use any blend of biofuel to serve all of their liquid fuel needs. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2023

A team of experienced engineers controlled each robot, and overhead safety tethers kept them from falling over. The DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges for autonomous vehicles, in 2005 and 2007, formed the foundation for today’s autonomous taxis. This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Examples of advanced powertrains are turbo charged gas engines, diesel and hybrid. Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., CAFE (L/100km) (cars / trucks).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2018

Vulnerability is created by the need for data sharing between the EV, the recharging or Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), and the electric grid. Modeling of corrosion/oxidation of materials in high-temperature engines. Engines/Fuels: Off-road Applications (up to $3.5 Energy efficient commercial off-road vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2013

Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada , hosted by Montreal’s McGill University, have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable alternative jet fuels with the long term goal to supply Air Canada. The first assessment is expected by the end of 2013.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2014

Nissan introduced the Nissan e-NV200 battery-electric compact commercial van ( earlier post ), the second battery-electric vehicle in its global line-up, joining the Nissan LEAF. e-NV200 underwent a full engineering development program as if it were new from the ground up. kW supply which reduces to four hours if a 6.6

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

The proposals include a lightweight, driverless electric bus; a system to improve the efficiency of urban freight transport; a bus-taxi hybrid (a “buxi”); a low carbon, community-managed car club; plus two variants of lightweight, single seat electric vehicles. It combines the efficiency of a bus with the flexibility of a taxi.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

In 2011, according to the FAA, commercial aviation was responsible for roughly 5% of US GDP—just over $1 trillion in economic activity. Commercial passenger aircraft efficiency is defined as transport of people (the desired outcome) compared with the amount of fuel used (the required input).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2013

EADS has also engineered together with Diamond Aircraft and Siemens an updated series hybrid electric motor glider, the Diamond Aircraft DA36 E-Star 2. With the engines located close to the centre-line of the aircraft, the E-Fan has very good controllability in single-engine flight. Total static engine thrust is about 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Engineering Advantages of PHEV. Engineering Advantages of the PHEV. This engineering solution allows versatility. Table of Contents.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. . The New Zealand light vehicle fleet, including light commercial vans and trucks, makes up 80 per cent of our transport emissions. . We also don’t need to ‘reinvent the wheel’.

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