article thumbnail

DOE awards Core Power and MIT Energy Initiative funding for floating nuclear power research project

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program ( NEUP ) has awarded research funds to the MIT Energy Initiative, CORE POWER, and the Idaho National Laboratory for a three-year study into the development of offshore floating nuclear power generation in the US. Concept of OFNP. Funding would come from the $1.2-trillion

MIT 259
article thumbnail

BMW Group begins production of small-series hydrogen-powered iX5

Green Car Congress

Manufacture of the small-series hydrogen-powered vehicle is taking place in the pilot plant at its Munich Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ). Around 900 people work there in the body shop, assembly, model engineering, concept vehicle construction and additive manufacturing.

BMW 542
article thumbnail

Audi presents PPE-based activesphere concept; electric drive quattro coupé with active back cargo bed

Green Car Congress

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

Audi 259
article thumbnail

Using blockchain traceability to build a circular battery economy

Green Car Congress

Electric vehicles are one of the most powerful climate solutions today—but also one of the most under-utilized. The Polestar 0 car—which will be a commercial car, not a concept car—will have net zero emissions when it rolls out of the factory and will not rely on offsetting.

Economy 330
article thumbnail

thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

Green Car Congress

thyssenkrupp will build a €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant at its Duisberg site. As part of its tkH2Steel transformation project, coal-based blast furnaces will be replaced by hydrogen-powered direct reduction plants. The plant, with a capacity of 2.5 million metric tons, will avoid the emission of 3.5 Capacity will be 2.5

Low CO2 448
article thumbnail

European HEFT project seeks lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense PM emotor for EVs

Green Car Congress

A new €4-million research project funded by the EU is seeking to develop a lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense permanent magnet eMotor for electric vehicles (EVs). HEFT considers that an energy-efficient rare-earth synchronous motor is the best option for next-generation high-power primary axle traction EVs.

Power 273
article thumbnail

GM and Liebherr to develop HYDROTEC fuel-cell-based electrical power generation system for aircraft

Green Car Congress

General Motors and Liebherr-Aerospace will join forces to develop a hydrogen fuel cell power generation demonstrator system for aircraft. The demonstrator will incorporate GM’s precisely crafted fuel cells, HYDROTEC power cube and fuel cell system, along with the GM’s controls and models. This we want to prove and test thoroughly.

GM 397