Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

In May, researchers at MIT and Stanford University reported the development of new battery technology for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity in cases where temperature differences are less than 100 ?Celsius. Earlier post.). are achieved with assumed heat recuperation of 50% and 70%, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

CROZZ concept vehicle ( earlier post ), which is making its North American debut at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show. BUZZ concept ( earlier post ). concept vehicle, appeared together for the first time in North America at the Los Angeles show. This concept vehicle will offer an anticipated range of up to 300 miles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Novel Polymer-enhanced Rechargeable Aluminum-Alkaline Battery Technology – $2,000,000. Ionic Materials will develop a more energy dense (by volume and mass) rechargeable battery based on an aluminum-alkaline chemistry. Ionic Materials, Inc. The membranes will be useful in electrodialysis, electrolysis, and fuel cell applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2014

They can thus be optimized for applications such as carbon capture, wastewater filtration, and natural gas storage, and for use in devices including fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, and solar cells. However, despite decades of effort, no lab-developed catalyst for achieving that conversion has been commercialized.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

rechargeable) battery cells based on a fluoride shuttle. Metal fluorides may be applied as conversion materials in lithium-ion batteries. In the search for new concepts to build batteries with high. Researchers from the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) have developed and demonstrated secondary (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

This concept vehicle is powered by the Optima’s existing 1.7 The diesel-electric powertrain concept enables the T-Hybrid (turbo-hybrid) to be driven in electric-only mode at low speeds and when cruising, with deceleration serving to recharge the battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Our concept has the following advantages: Compared to carbon dioxide, solid bicarbonates are easy to handle and highly soluble in aqueous media (96 g L -1 NaHCO 3. Most importantly, after full conversion of the formate, the bicarbonate solution may be recharged with hydrogen to close the cycle. at 20 °C in H 2 O).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

The system will also enable Honda to evaluate the second life, or re-use, of EV batteries in grid applications, home-to-grid (H2G) connectivity and other concepts. Among the technologies and green building concepts showcased in the Honda Smart Home US are: Solar photovoltaics (PV). Photo by Dorian Toy. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

One example would be for the device to be coupled to a variable renewable generator such as a wind turbine or solar panel, similar in concept to the power-to-gas systems emerging in Germany. Examples could include conversion of methane or another hydrocarbon fuel to syngas, methanol, benzene, ethers, olefins, or other organics.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

Subtopics include Microbial Biomass Conversion. Subtopic 1a: Microbial biomass conversion. One renewable, low carbon pathway that has not been included in recent funding opportunities is biological biomass conversion. Support studies include novel carbon-based support materials and structures and non-carbon concepts.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Another problem with Li/S batteries is that the conversion reaction from sulfur to Li 2 S and back causes the volume of the sulfur electrode to swell and contract up to 76% during cell operation, which leads to mechanical degradation of the electrodes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The basic concept of the integrated solar battery is to use the contribution of the photovoltage to reduce greatly the charging overpotential caused by the difficulty in efficiently electrochemically decomposing lithium peroxide (Li 2 O 2 ), the discharge product formed on the oxygen electrode. —Yu et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery), energy conversion coefficients among different energy forms and sources, system boundaries, and so on. Because of the same input and output in all cases, an increase in energy conversion efficiency nearly equals impact reductions in carbon and water footprints on the environment. Zhang 2009.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

More than 540 initial concept papers were received in the three focus areas. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Johnson Matthey will investigate the catalytic conversion of this microbial biodiesel into additional fuel molecules, most importantly jet fuel. OPX Biotechnologies Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Novel materials can considerably improve storage capacity and cycling stability of rechargeable batteries. This concept was first reported for metallic high entropy alloys (HEA). Bottom: Schematics of the proposed de-/lithiation mechanism during the conversion reaction of TM-HEO. Sarkar et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

SBIR and STTR programs at DOE have three distinct phases: Phase I explores the feasibility of innovative concepts with awards up to $225,000 over 9 months. will develop Silicon Carbide Schottky diode technology to address the need for more efficient power conversion modules used in electric vehicle motor drives. 149,999.70.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2018

The news follows the iconic EV sports car’s successful debut in concept form at Jaguar Land Rover Tech Fest in September 2017. An EV conversion service for existing E-type owners will also be offered. To preserve the authenticity of the base vehicle, the EV conversion will be fully reversible.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It has a liquid cooling system, offers a maximum usable capacity of 5 kWh and can be recharged from a conventional 110 volt power outlet, at a BMW i charging station, or at a public EV charging station. When power demands allow, the high-voltage battery is recharged by the electric motor. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

SEC 132 Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program Grants to auto makers, suppliers, component manufacturers to encourage PHEVs, EVs, and advanced diesels.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

However, even these costs are unlikely to create a mass market for BEVs, because a battery large enough for a 300-mile real-world range would still present significant weight and volume penalties and probably could not be recharged in much less than 30 minutes. BEVs and PHEVs are likely to use lithium-ion batteries for the foreseeable future.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Even a 230 volt household outlet can recharge an empty battery fully and conveniently overnight in approximately seven hours. Convenient recharging is also possible on the road. The drive concept of the A7 Sportback 55 TFSI e quattro is designed so that customers can do the most of their daily driving electrically.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2015

While a conventional cathode stores ions between the layers of its molecular structure (intercalation) the metal fluorides store them via a reversible electrochemical reaction, called a conversion reaction. Although poor electronic and ionic transport plague many conversion electrodes, recent studies show that the electronic conductivity in?FeF

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Researchers at Penn State University have demonstrated the efficient conversion of low-grade thermal energy into electrical power using a thermally regenerative ammonia-based battery (TRAB). To “recharge”, the TRAB uses low-grade waste heat from an outside source. The concept of the TRAB. Then the reaction stops. Zhang et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2019

The new drive concept comprises a 2.0 The concept is designed so that customers can do the lion’s share of their daily driving electrically. But even at a 220 V household outlet, an empty battery can be fully and conveniently recharged overnight in roughly six hours. l/100 km (98.0 – 112.0

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Audi A6 e-Tron – concept car points to sleek large luxury sedan powered only by electricity. Expect to see it Down Under in 2023. Audi Avant e-Tron – reckon wagons can’t be sexy?

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Those vehicles come with the required hardware that provides access to the relevant regional electrical grid carbon data that allow ChargeForward to recommend ideal times to recharge.& There’s also an incentive scheme that rewards users for running with the concept.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) last month showcased three hybrid electric concept vehicles resulting from its R&D program that demonstrate the real-world potential of lead-carbon batteries in 48V architectures. Loosely-based on the 48V LC SuperHybrid, this concept vehicle is powered by the Optima’s existing 1.7

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2015

ARPA-E’s ARID program will fund transformative new power plant cooling technologies that enable high thermal-to-electric energy conversion efficiency with zero net water dissipation to the atmosphere. Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID): $30 Million. University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

will conduct a one-year “proof-of-concept seedling” program. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The concept ensures long term energy storage for delivering short bursts of power to the VTES supercharger during vehicle accelerations and to the SpeedStart stop-start device during engine re-starts. Conversely, short bursts of power can also be absorbed by the SpeedStart generator to recharge the battery during vehicle decelerations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

The LTA-SOFC concept under development is for portable power applications in the 0.5 Basic concept of the LTA-SOFC. In a separate reaction, the tin is “recharged” by the fuel (carbon, plastic, JP-8, biodiesel). cell and stack (2005-2006) achieved a power density of 40 mW cm -2 by direct JP-8 conversion to electricity.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 19, 2022

With some halfway decent sensors to detect obstacles on the track, reliable motors and batteries that last long enough (current range is 800km with a sub-hour recharge time), and the software infrastructure required to sort it all out, I don’t see any major obstacles to building these things and putting them on some tracks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The pure electric vehicles, for reserve, must carry heavy and expensive batteries—which add expense as well as weight—and must have access to high-powered recharging stations [ 1 ]. Furthermore, even the older version PHEV can recharge at a slow rate using local solar, wind, water-derived or other net zero CO 2 fuel.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 8, 2022

This so-called superior vehicle is nothing more than a regular vehicle, and concerns about charging point availability, pricing, recharging times, price, and range appear to be intensifying. The concept of individual mobility grew during the pandemic. They may assure service quality by introducing innovative after-sales concepts.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

First shown as a concept vehicle at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show, the production car version of Mitsubishi i was introduced to the Japanese public in January 2006. Conversely, the MCU is responsible managing the electrical energy that is produced by the regenerative braking system and is fed back into the lithium-ion battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

When we began the project to develop a proof-of-concept electric Commodore, it was critical that we. EV Engineering anticipated that each electric Commodore would have a range of approximately 160 km (99 miles) before recharging was required, and deliver a range of between 120–150 km (75–93 miles) in real-world driving.)

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