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MARCH 7, 2019

Audi calculates that it would save millions if it converted its entire fleet of factory vehicles to lithium-ion batteries at its 16 production sites worldwide. Every lithium-ion battery represents high energy consumption and valuable resources that must be used in the best possible way.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The Oshkosh Extreme Racing team Light Concept Vehicle (LCV) M2. Oshkosh Corporation ran two Light Concept Vehicles (LCV) through the 43 rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race course in Mexico, 18-20 November; one crossed the finish line of the 1,061-mile desert course. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The Audi e-tron concept. a high-performance electric sports car featuring four drive motors—two each at the front and rear axles—making the concept car a true quattro. The energy storage unit is charged with household current (230 volts, 16 amperes) via a cable and a plug. Click to enlarge. Lightweight construction.

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MAY 19, 2019

NASA will provide $6 million over the course of three years to support a University Leadership Initiative (ULI) project focused on the development of a fully electric aircraft platform that uses cryogenic liquid hydrogen as an energy storage method. NASA ARMD will soon open ULI - Round 3. Resources. Perry and P.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Also at the LA Auto Show, the new Honda FCEV Concept made its world debut. The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota highlighted its own new FCV Concept with a world premiere.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It selectively filters the hydrogen while blocking other gases, allowing it to be used as a fuel and converted as needed, at the time of re-fueling. million) proof-of-concept facility showcased an ammonia-based energy storage system that turned electricity, water and air into ammonia without releasing carbon emissions.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

There, MAN Truck & Bus and VHH want to work together to test how used batteries behave after initial use in vehicles and as a stationary energy storage system, under real-world operating conditions. One objective of the project is to develop a flexible battery storage concept which allows for the replacement of batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2010

Audi introduced a new electric sportscar concept at the North American International Auto Show, its second following the introduction of the initial e-tron at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. Audi e-tron Concepts. Audi e-tron Detroit Showcar. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). The Detroit showcar Audi e-tron is a 3.93

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Shot of the Evora 414E Hybrid concept. Lotus Engineering will unveil the Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid concept at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. A Lithium Polymer battery pack provides 17 kWh of energy storage capacity. Click to enlarge. The 414E Hybrid accelerates from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in less than 4 seconds.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. the cost of energy storage?by

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MAY 20, 2009

The objective of the project is to develop a high power and high energy electrical storage system that combines the strengths of each technology—high power density for ultracapacitors and high energy storage for Li-ion batteries—at equal or better system efficiency and net cost/density compared to current conventional Li-ion batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Hydrogen is a good energy-storage solution for climate-friendly transportation that can supplement battery-electric mobility. The BMDV is also providing an additional €5.7 million euros in funding for construction of two public hydrogen filling stations mainly for heavy goods traffic. liter hydrogen engine.

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JUNE 9, 2014

A complex set of rules assesses the various technical concepts. Through energy allocations and fuel flow quantities, as well as the pit stop intervals resulting from fuel consumption and fuel tank capacity, the regulations aim to achieve an “equivalence of technology.”. This energy also flows into the flywheel energy storage system.

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APRIL 14, 2009

will unveil a Dodge Caliber-based range extended electric concept vehicle (ReEV) powered by a UQM propulsion system and generator at the 2009 SAE World Congress next week. The energy storage system consists of a 20 kWh liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack that operates at 346V, with a Delphi DC/DC converter.

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MARCH 2, 2013

Inverters convert the DC supply voltage to the AC voltage used in the system. They convert the magnetic field from the primary winding into alternating current. They convert the magnetic field from the primary winding into alternating current. Energy storage device (e.g.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The plug-in full hybrid BMW Vision EfficientDynamics all-wheel drive concept car is powered by a 1.5-liter, The purpose of the high-performance concept study was to visualize the dynamic performance typical of a BMW against the backdrop of future demands in sustained mobility, according to the company. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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MAY 14, 2018

The ultracapacitor systems are intended to work in conjunction the vehicle batteries, said Thibault Kassir, Maxwell’s VP & GM, Energy Storage. Maxwell is providing a “black box” that has the ultracapacitor energy storage and power conversion. The ultracapacitor modules provided to Geely will deliver 10-12 kW. Kassir said.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

SAE kicked off its pioneering pre-competitive research at a time when few contemporary electric cars existed and wireless power transfer (WPT) systems for EVs were an unproven concept. of Energy (DoE), the U.S. SAE J2954 Functional Elements Chart. SAE J2954).

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

The BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW has introduced the Concept ActiveE, the latest electric vehicle project under BMW Group’s initiative to produce vehicles that explore solutions to minimize environmental impacts while preserving the kinetic driving experience for which BMW has long been known—the i Megacity Vehicle initiative.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

The hydraulic system, which uses compressed air for energy storage, basically comprises two hydraulic units and their pressure accumulators. This energy can then be used to drive the car. PSA says the technology—called “Hybrid Air”—will be fitted on B-segment models starting in 2016.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Thermal energy is of greatest value—that is, has the highest available work or ‘exergy’—when it can be transported, stored and converted at the highest possible temperatures. It appears likely that storing energy in the form of heat could be cheaper than any other form of energy storage that exists.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co Ltd (JAC) and Ricardo are collaborating on a project to develop the Ricardo HyBoost concept ( earlier post )—a combination of low-cost technologies to deliver improved performance and fuel economy which featured recently in the Ricardo Centenary celebrations —into volume production on a JAC vehicle.

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JULY 17, 2013

The primary goal of this funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000949 ) is to provide disruptive new solar conversion and storage technology options to enable a much higher penetration of solar energy generation into the US energy mix. a) Hybrid solar converter (award Categories 1A and 1B). Source: ARPA-E. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 14, 2022

The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. The Tectonic Sun and Hylux system combines concentrated solar power with underground thermal storage.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Germanischer Lloyd’s concept hydrogen-fuel cell container feeder vessel is fueled by liquid hydrogen. HybridSHIP is concerned with introducing batteries for on-board energy storage, integrated with fuel cells and gas engines. The GL design concept proposes using wind energy to produce LH 2. Source: GL.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The converted vans will run on electricity only and will charge directly from the power grid. The concept for the conversion van program evolved through a collaboration between AC Propulsion and AutoPort, Inc., Energy storage will be provided by a lithium-ion battery pack sized to provide a driving range of roughly 80 miles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

With the new R18, Audi Sport has opted for a similar concept as in the past—albeit with new detailed solutions and an additional hybrid system. Powertrain elements include: Changes in WEC regulations focus on energy consumption. Optimized flywheel energy storage system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The projects were selected through a merit-based process from thousands of concept papers and hundreds of full applications. The increased energy. Methane Converter to Electricity and Fuel. Bio2Electric will develop a small-scale reactor that converts natural. convert natural gas into transportable liquids in one step.

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DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

At the ceremonial launching of Germany’s “National Electric Mobility Platform” (NEMP) in Berlin, Volkswagen presented the Golf blue-e-motion electric vehicle concept to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel. The Golf blue-e-motion concept is powered by an 85 kW, 270 N·m (199 lb-ft) electric motor integrated in the engine compartment in front.

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JULY 19, 2009

The national energy company of Greenland, Nukissiorfiit , has launched the H2KT project to establish a demonstration hydrogen and fuel cell plant in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, for storage of renewable energy. Concept of the H2KT project. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Noting that higher voltage (42V) batteries were tried—and failed—more than a decade ago, Pike said that at that time, converting all onboard electronics to the higher voltage was viewed as impractical, and the cost of DC-to-DC converters was prohibitive. Germany leads Europe’s PEV growth. coasting technology.

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JUNE 17, 2013

E-Thrust is a “series hybrid” electrical distributed propulsion system concept using one gas power unit providing the electrical power for six fans for lower fuel consumption, fewer emissions and less noise. EADS is also cooperating with Rolls-Royce on a future distributed propulsion system concept (DEAP) for full-size passenger aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). More than 540 initial concept papers were received in the three focus areas. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Converting commercial ships on the high seas to CO 2 -neutral drive systems is a huge challenge. Hydrogen as a direct energy storage medium is also ruled out for these ship types, as its low volumetric energy density would require it to be stored in huge hydrogen tanks in a cryogenic or highly compressed state.

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JULY 8, 2011

It can then be converted by feasible chemical transformations into fuels such as methanol, dimethyl ether, and varied products including synthetic hydrocarbons and even proteins for animal feed, thus supplementing the food chain. This broad concept the basis of what they call the Methanol Economy. In their paper, Olah et al.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. plants so that they use energy more efficiently. streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the.

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