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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

an aerospace startup building a next-generation electric Short Takeoff and Landing (eSTOL) aircraft, and Pipistrel, a world-leading small aircraft designer and manufacturer, announced a partnership through which Pipistrel will supply motors, motor controllers, and batteries for Airflow’s proof-of-concept aircraft. Airflow.aero, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The MINI brand presented the MINI Vision Urbanaut—a digital concept vehicle intended to provide an example of MINI’s possible future directions. —Oliver Heilmer, Head of MINI Design. MINI sees its future self primarily as an enabler of and companion for unforgettable times—what we might call ‘MINI moments’.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

The production-oriented A6 Avant e-tron concept car now illustrates the synthesis of pioneering drive technology and Audi’s traditional design world: the Avant (i.e., At the same time, it represents a new design concept with the same dimensions as the A6 Sportback e-tron. the wagon format). meters (16.3 meters (6.4

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Citroën unveiled a new all-electric concept car called oli , an exercise in weight reduction and resource usage. With speed limited to 110 km/h (68 mph) and acceleration close to the classic 2CV model, the concept car gains a wider range and significantly improved battery lifespan.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2022

The traction motor can run indefinitely with high performance due to its new cooling concept. What was still lacking on the market until now were durable yet compact drives to make electric vehicles unrestricted for everyday use. Despite its very compact and light design, its continuous output is more than 90% of its peak output.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Airbus has revealed three concepts for the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft which could enter service by 2035. The concepts we unveil today offer the world a glimpse of our ambition to drive a bold vision for the future of zero-emission flight. —Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2023

2all concept car. The electric vehicle features front-wheel drive, range of up to 450 km, innovative technological features such as Travel Assist, IQ.LIGHT or Electric Vehicle Route Planner and a new Volkswagen design language. 2all for the European market in 2025. Volkswagen is also again placing greater focus on design.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

Renault unveiled its new Scénic Vision concept-car at the ChangeNOW summit in Paris. The H2-Tech technology is based on the range extender concept, which makes it possible to carry a battery that is twice as light, for the same range, thus contributing to decarbonization beyond the electrification of the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2022

ArcelorMittal published a concept for a low-carbon emissions steel standard to help incentivize the decarbonization of steelmaking globally and support the creation of market demand for physical steel products which would be classified as lower, and ultimately near-zero, carbon emissions steel. Dual scoring system.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

At IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich, Porsche is presenting the Mission R concept electric car that combines advanced technologies and sustainable materials, such as natural fibre-reinforced plastics, with a passion for racing. This means it is designed for a sprint race format distance of 25 to 40 minutes. Its total capacity is 82 kWh.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

At the 16 th Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2020), Beijing Hyundai Motor Company showcased its RM20e electric racing midship sports car prototype and Prophecy concept EV model, demonstrating the reach of its EV ambitions. Prophecy concept EV, unveiled in March 2020.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

MAHLE Powertrain is working with White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) to develop a fully electric three-wheeled motorcycle suited to the requirements of police, emergency first responders and last-mile delivery fleets. Existing electric motorcycles have been designed with the retail market in mind, and can be both expensive and slow to charge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Daimler Trucks unveiled the concept Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck, marking the beginning of a fuel-cell push by Daimler for the long-haul transport segment. Daimler Trucks is pursuing similar vehicle schedules for the North American and Japanese markets as it is for Europe. Fuel cell system for GenH2.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2022

has introduced its 6 th generation autonomous driving (AD) system, with leading-edge sensors, NVIDIA DRIVE computing platform solutions, and styling and design features for L4 automotive-grade mass production fleets. Autonomous driving technology company Pony.ai In the S-AM model, Pony.ai

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

At IAA Mobility in Munich, Germany, Continental unveiled its new tire concept Conti CityPlus. To achieve higher overall energy efficiency, the concept tire includes a range of modifications designed to reduce tire deformation during braking and acceleration.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2021

This work provides a versatile electrolyte design strategy for divalent metal batteries. Magnesium is substantially more abundant than lithium, which should meet the needs of the ever-growing battery market. —Hou et al. Credit: Nina Borodin, Singyuk Hou, Xiao Ji for UMD. —Chunsheng Wang.

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MARCH 21, 2023

Kia Corporation unveiled the Concept EV5 at Kia Chinese EV Day. The Concept EV5 provides a preview of a production all-electric SUV model that will be launched first in China later this year; details regarding any future plans for the other global markets will be made in due course.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2020

With to this new modular approach, MAHLE is able to significantly reduce development times and costs, with developers now having direct access to a fully developed off-the-shelf component instead of having to design individual solutions for each vehicle. Martin Berger, head of Corporate Research and Advanced Engineering at MAHLE.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

With its latest design concept, the BMW Vision Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is showcasing what the next generation of vehicles from its core BMW brand will look like. The same applies to its design – which could not be any more futuristic. With the Neue Klasse, we have embarked on the biggest investment in the company’s history.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2021

In conjunction with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the companies’ initial design for an engineless, fuel-cell-powered liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, a premier international maritime classification society. Bloom Energy has hit two key milestones on its path to decarbonize shipping.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2022

Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and sustainable individual mobility concepts. With a luxury X-wing configuration of 11.2m With a luxury X-wing configuration of 11.2m

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Hyundai’s N Vision 74 hydrogen fuel cell hybrid concept ( earlier post ) made its US debut at Automobility LA. This concept reveals the Hyundai N sub-brand electrification vision, demonstrating its commitment to zero-emissions technologies.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Vans showed the Concept EQT Marco Polo—a new, fully electric micro camper van based on the EQT, which is equipped with innovations for the segment. The Concept EQT Marco Polo is based on the long-wheelbase EQT variant. The equipment of the Concept EQT Marco Polo1 includes a pop-up roof with a roof bed.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

As the fourth model in the series, the Audi activesphere concept marks the culmination of sphere concept vehicles, following on from the Audi skysphere roadster in 2021, and both the Audi grandsphere sedan, and the Audi urbansphere space concept in April 2022. The Sportback rear of the 4.98

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Fusion Fuel has entered the centralized electrolyzer market with the introduction of its HEVO-Chain solution. Render of Fusion Fuel’s HEVO-Chain hydrogen unit. Each HEVO-Chain hydrogen unit consists of 16 HEVO micro-electrolyzers interconnected along a string, representing 11.2 kW of electrolysis capacity and outputting 5.6

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2023

In the project, Bosch Engineering oversaw the overall vehicle design and played the key role in developing the concept for engine and tank system, and a comprehensive multistage hydrogen safety system. It is based on a volume-production gasoline power unit that the experts at Bosch Engineering have converted for use with hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2022

The independent study brought together experts from across the UK to assess the design challenges, manufacturing demands, operational requirements and market opportunity of potential zero-carbon emission aircraft concepts. The regional concept, powered by fuel cells, carries 75 passengers up to 800 nmi at a speed of 325 knots.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2020

Australian startup H2X has launched with the mission of producing a range of hydrogen-powered hybrid vehicles targeting different applications and markets. The hybrid concept mixes hydrogen fuel cell, battery, and supercapacitors according to what is best suited to each application.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

ABB introduced ABB Dynafin, a new propulsion system concept breaking new ground for efficiency in the marine industry. Inspired by the dynamic motions of a whale’s tail, the innovative concept is the result of more than a decade of research, development, and testing. ABB estimates the first prototype to be available in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2023

The H-TEC SYSTEMS MHP electrolyzer offers high system efficiency (77% ( The highly standardized 10 MW blocks from H-TEC SYSTEMS are based on the S450 stack technology which has already proven itself in the market. The new system is designed for particularly easy indoor installation by means of pre-assembled skids.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Airspace Experience Technologies ( ASX ), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and a definitive agreement to cooperate on creation of affordable, certified all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. Computer-aided design (CAD) model rendering of the single-channel lab photoreactor employed for the demonstration of the proposed photoreactor concept.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The goal of the project is to develop an advanced inverter that is smaller, more efficient and more cost-effective than inverters on the market today, with the intent of enabling 800-volt electrified vehicles to meet or exceed the DOE solicitation target of 100kW per liter of power density.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Taking the EV skateboard chassis to another level The so-called skateboard chassis is a staple of modern EV design. REE Automotive has taken this concept a step further by packaging the motor, steering, suspension and brakes into an independent module called a REEcorner that can be placed at any desired position on the skateboard platform.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

NASA and Boeing announced Monday evening at a presentation at AIAA Aviation in San Diego that the aircraft produced through the agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project has been designated by the US Air Force as the X-66A. The designation is for research aircraft. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

The extremely (aero)dynamic mid-engine sports cars are considered design icons of their era, not least due to their distinctive gullwing doors and eye-catching orange-and-black paintwork. Technology highlights include a new battery concept featuring high-performance liquid-cooled cylindrical cells with a novel cell chemistry.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The paper explores four aircraft concepts: air taxis; 20-passenger commuter aircrafts; 50-passenger regional jets; and 150-passenger, single-aisle 737-class aircraft. For each concept, the paper describes a research area where DOE and NASA could help spur innovation in electric aviation batteries.

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