Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. achieving a neutral CO 2 balance across the entire mobility chain.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2012

wind, solar, electric) are not yet at the stage where they can significantly impact petroleum use. While such sustainable concepts are being developed, R&D investments that seek to improve the efficiency of the ICE stand to have a near-term impact on reducing oil consumption and the emissions they generate.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range. The drive unit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2015

The Cross Coupe GTE plug-in hybrid system has a maximum output of 355 hp (265 kW) and features an all-wheel-drive system that uses an “electric driveshaft”. The Cross Coupe GTE is the third concept car presented by Volkswagen on the way to the production version of the mid-size SUV. The SUV concept is powered by a 3.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

natural gas vehicle, previewed in a concept form in 2011 ( earlier post ) and revealed in its production version at the Geneva auto show in March this year, in Europe. Volkswagen used a newly developed three-cylinder gasoline engine with 999 cc displacement (EA211 engine series). Like the gasoline engines of the up!, The eco up!

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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 In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

Using information gleaned from these studies, HCI successfully converted a Chevrolet S-10 pick-up truck to a “tri-fuel” vehicle, which utilized gasoline, natural gas, and hydrogen/natural gas blends. These blends were patented in 1990 for spark- and compression-ignition engines.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

This is referred to as the Gen 1 aftertreatment design in the EPA/ARB documents.). Because diesels operate at higher temperatures than gasoline engines, NO x formation has always been an issue for diesels. It is then converted to ammonia which interacts with NO x on the SCR catalyst to form water and nitrogen. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

All-electric drive EV Drive operation occurs when starting from a stop, during light cruising and acceleration, and when braking. The gasoline engine is off when the i-MMD is in EV Drive mode and is decoupled from the drivetrain to reduce friction. EV Drive Operation. Hybrid Drive Operation. Engine Drive Operation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2016

Techrules, a new China-based automotive R&D company, made its global debut at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show with the unveiling of a Turbine-Recharging Electric Vehicle (TREV) series hybrid system applied in a 6-motor, all-wheel drive supercar concept. The battery powers the motors that drive the wheels. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

At the vehicle level, this results in a reduced thermal burden on the cooling system; simplification of the cooling system hardware; and reduced volume and lower weight for the motor inverter, power converter and associated cooling components. AOI 6: Multi-Speed Gearbox for Commercial Delivery Medium0-Duty Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles. ($3M)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

liter gasoline engine. The new Mercedes-Benz A-Class, due to begin sales in Europe in September 2012, features a wide choice of gasoline and diesel engines with up to 26% lower fuel consumption compared to comparable preceding models, accompanied by a considerable power increase. Click to enlarge. l/100 km, 174 g CO 2 ).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

The second-generation “Voltec” extended range electric powertrain applied in the MY2016 Chevy Volt ( earlier post ) marks a significant evolution in the electric drive technology platform from its first-generation origins. For the second-generation, GM wanted to enhance the electric performance of the Volt.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." This is especially important for electric and hybrid vehicles which can be difficult to hear at lower speeds due to their drive mechanism.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Until then, we also recommend you look at the FAQ at the Climate Progress Blog and the FAQ by Hybrids-Plus , an after-market converter of hybrid cars, for answers to many questions! But when people talk about payback, they refer only to the net dollars to the driver. Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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EV Adoption

MARCH 31, 2021

This past week not only had the usual automaker electrification declarations and teases of EVs to come such as the Kia EV6 and Lexus LF-Z concept EV, but we had a huge April Fools’ joke from Volkswagen. Converting this to estimated EPA range suggests range of roughly 282 miles. Lexus LF-Z concept | Lexus.

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