Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

At the Geneva Motor Show, Renault introduced EZ-GO, an electric, autonomous, shared robo-vehicle concept—both a vehicle and a service—that allows people to hail a ride either from a fixed or mobile location. EZ-GO is the first of a series of Renault concept cars focused on mobility services that will be unveiled during 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2019

Ltd (JingJu) aims to combine the two companies’ strengths in new energy fleet operation and AI transportation solutions to develop next-generation connected-car systems. The DiDi Smart Transportation Brain concept has been adopted by more than 20 Chinese cities and is guided by three principal features: Discover, Decide and Deploy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a request for information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0002548 ) regarding the concept of an “energyshed” and energyshed management systems. Given that the term “energyshed” is relatively new, DOE is seeking feedback on its concept and definition, as well as its application to the electric grid.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2019

Volkswagen Group of America announced a new name and expanded role for the former Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL), and unveiled a vehicle concept that combines Volkswagen heritage with futuristic technology. Type 20 concept vehicle. Type 20 concept.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2021

GM’s demonstrated proof-of-concept electric conversion vehicles include the E-10 pickup, K-5 Blazer-E, eCOPO Camaro, and Project X built in collaboration with Cagnazzi Racing’s eCrate Solutions Group. Proof of concept vehicle shown. Proof of concept vehicle shown. Production vehicles may vary.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 This plant, featuring the first integrated smart factory concept from Dürr, is being built at the San Luis Potosí site. Responsible use of water resources is a particular sustainability goal in San Luis Potosí.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of up to $40 million, subject to appropriations, to design, permit, and construct an open-water, grid-connected national wave energy testing facility.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

As part of this cooperation, Veolia will build a crude methanol refinery in connection with Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski bioproduct mill. Using the A-Recovery+ concept from ANDRITZ, the plant has a capacity to produce 6.3 The advantage of our industrial concept is that it is replicable at around 80% of the pulp mills worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2021

Numerous measures that enhance environmental protection and resource conservation characterize the factory. This becomes clear, for example, in the “Fullflex Marriage”, whereby the vehicle body is connected to the drive system. Different powertrain variants can thus be connected to the respective vehicle bodies on the same line.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2023

Those graphene pieces are smeared and connected to the contact area, becoming what we call tribofilm, a coating formed during the process. ORNL’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development Seed Program provided the initial support to the proof-of-concept work. Resources Chanaka Kumara, Michael J. 2022.100297.

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AUGUST 31, 2012

eCo-FEV project concept. Click to enlarge. Hitachi Europe Ltd., through its Information and Communication Technologies R&D. infrastructure—that are relevant to the Fully Electric Vehicle (FEV). The electric mobility cooperative platform is an intermediate platform between use cases and FEV end users.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

In addition, through this series of cooperation including the intelligent network connection field, the two sides will also realize resource sharing and talent exchange, so as to enhance the talent training ability and enterprise competitiveness of both parties. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Korea) demonstrated that a proposed connected-car ecodrive system can significantly improve vehicle fuel efficiency without significantly increasing the inter-vehicle spacing. The proposed system fits within the ecolane concept, which integrates dedicated highway lanes that are optimized to reduce fuel consumption and improve air quality.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The United States and the European Union (EU) have been working together under a 2009 implementation agreement to develop coordinated research programs to foster international connected vehicle technology and international harmonization of the technology and standards necessary for broad deployment of connected vehicle systems.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2014

The ITS Strategic Plan’s framework is built around two key ITS Program priorities: realizing connected vehicle implementation and advancing automation. The first builds on the substantial progress made in recent years around design, testing, and planning for deployment of connected vehicles across the nation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The concept smartphone app, which would run on a pedestrian’s phone, uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) messaging to communicate the phone’s location to a connected Ford vehicle. BLE connectivity technology creates wireless personal area networks using radio waves in the 2.4-gigahertz

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

the Architecture has been aligned with the US DOT’s connected vehicle research program , including consistent use of connected vehicle terminology. This includes the addition of APTS11: Multimodal Connection Protection and ATMS26: Mixed User Warning Systems. Key Concepts of the National ITS Architecture.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

Karma offers a technology-focused vehicle platform powered by advanced connectivity, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence; the platform can be utilized as a test-bed to help drive innovation. In terms of intelligent connectivity patents, PATRO ranks first for two years in a row.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

Teams have four years (2018-2022) to transform their vehicles from design concept into reality, building an energy efficient, connected and semi-automated vehicle for the car sharing market.

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JULY 24, 2015

Honda also announced a new open innovation R&D initiative—Honda Xcelerator—which will provide resources to breakthrough technology innovators to help rapidly develop prototypes with the potential to transform the automotive experience. Honda Xcelerator.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2016

Acura will run an all-electric, NSX-inspired EV Concept in the Electric Modified Class at the 2016 Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The Acura EV Concept will be driven by Tetsuya Yamano, who campaigned last year’s CR-Z-based electric prototype. Each motor is connected to a wheel. Cross-section of the SH-AWD TMU.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2016

Audi’s latest version of its piloted driving research car, the Audi A7 concept “Jack,” has not only learned how to autonomously perform all of its driving maneuvers on the expressway, it has also learned how to show consideration for other road users. Audi A7 piloted driving concept Jack on the A9. Source: Audi. Schmidt, K.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Brussels is a model for some areas of this plant concept. Body and chassis of the Audi Q8 e-tron are connected. These materials, recovered via a recycling process, save resources and ensure a closed material cycle that is both efficient and sustainable. In 2021, Audi Brussels produced 43,866 all-electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now, we are transforming our existing technology into a new platform that can more flexibly meet the demand for greater industry automation and inter-connectivity between CAD data resources and downstream manufacturing processes. —Atsuto Soma, CTO of Elysium.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

The new models will leverage electrification and connectivity technology from GM and its partners, including Buick’s newest eMotion electric propulsion technology. They are based on the VELITE Concept new energy vehicle that was unveiled in November 2016. Buick Velite Concept as introduced in November 2016. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2022

The server solution makes it possible to level out spikes in demand over the total number of virtualized clients—a more efficient use of resources. With its comparatively low unit and cycle numbers, the Böllinger Höfe is ideally suited to functioning as a real lab for testing the new concept in series production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Built on the concept of the sharing economy, transportation network companies (TNCs) have emerged as a new mode of transport that has significantly affected urban mobility in the past decade, even though TNC trips remain a small fraction of the overall miles travelled. 2021) “Impacts of transportation network companies on urban mobility.”

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2014

Because the generated data are of a cross-application nature, they will be able to be used by a large number of widely different systems in the future.This saves costs and resources, thus resulting in a fast propagation of the assistance systems. Four sub-projects have been defined for prototype implementations of these aims.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2014

The Discovery Vision Concept offers a glimpse into the advanced research projects which are underway at Jaguar Land Rover. Smart glass is used in the entire glasshouse of the Discovery Vision Concept—in all the windows, the panoramic roof and, allied to Head-Up Display (HUD) technology, in the windshield. Laser Referencing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

It also facilitates clear differentiation in vehicle concepts, ultimately enhancing the competitiveness of Hyundai Motor and Kia’s products. By bringing together these software-related organizations under one Tech Unit, the companies expect organic collaboration between organizations and a concentration of human and material resources.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

When the batteries are empty, employees remove the battery packs weighing up to two tons from the vehicles and connect them to a charging station for several hours. Every lithium-ion battery represents high energy consumption and valuable resources that must be used in the best possible way.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2018

We are consistently prioritizing our resources for future-oriented products and services that are highly attractive and relevant to the market. With models such as the recently presented Audi e-tron GT concept [ earlier post ], we want to electrify people again for Audi and at the same time be an agile and very efficient company.”

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Included in the solution are a shore power connection to provide power for loading/unloading operations and for battery charging; a new reduction gear with power take-off (PTO) and power take-in (PTI) technology, and a Wärtsilä NO x Reducer (NOR). Valuable input to the project concept has been given by the non-profit NGO, Bellona.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The California Test Bed (CalTestBed) initiative is designed to reduce the stumbling blocks of time, cost, and bureaucracy most entrepreneurs face when trying to bring breakthrough concepts to market. CalTestBed connects clean energy entrepreneurs with the immense resources within the UC system and at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

The integrated device consists of two series-connected perovskite solar cells (PSCs) and two CoP catalyst electrodes, which can be immersed into an aqueous solution directly for solar-driven water splitting. The concept is broadly similar to an artificial leaf. Illustration by Jia Liang. —Jia Liang. 9b09053.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2018

H2@Scale recognizes and applies hydrogen’s multifaceted utility as a connectivity tool to improve the efficiency and resiliency of the electrical grid and of the transportation sector, and to realize gains in the various industries using or producing hydrogen that can enable cross-sector benefits. H2@Scale H-Prize Competition Concepts.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

ITM Power 100MW electrolyzer facility concept. The 100MW will be made up of 20MW electrolyzer module systems, including all aspects of dynamics and integration of renewable hydrogen supply based on power from offshore wind. —Anders Christian Nordstrøm, Vice President for Hydrogen, Ørsted. Gigastack: Bulk Supply of Renewable Hydrogen.

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