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

MARCH 16, 2021

Leading tanker shipping company Stena Bulk unveiled its concept InfinityMAX hybrid bulk carrier design for zero-carbon, multi-modal shipping. The InfinityMAX concept will use hydrogen as a marine fuel and wind turbines to generate further energy. —Erik Hånell, President & CEO, Stena Bulk.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 3, 2023

Even if you’ve been to an ACT Expo at some point in the last dozen or so years, the 2023 Advanced Clean Transportation show in Anaheim, California, this week was almost unrecognizable.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

At the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show in October, MFTBC unveiled the Vision F-CELL, a light-duty fuel-cell concept truck. The vehicle has been further elaborated into the concept eCanter F-CELL, a light-duty truck that was presented recently in Kawasaki. The modular high-voltage battery provides from 13.8 —MFTBC CEO Hartmut Schick.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Ballard Power Systems and MAHLE Group, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, are progressing the development of a new fuel cell system concept for long-haul trucks, with MAHLE taking delivery of a 120kW module at the company’s hydrogen test center in Stuttgart, Germany. Fuel efficiency is also key for a manageable heat rejection system.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2019

Didi Chuxing, the world’s leading one-stop transportation platform, announced a new joint venture with Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd (JingJu) aims to combine the two companies’ strengths in new energy fleet operation and AI transportation solutions to develop next-generation connected-car systems. an affiliate of BAIC.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Taking transportation as a whole, this new service reduces CO 2 emissions per shipment by 26%. Dachser Emission-Free Delivery, an innovative city logistics concept, is built on a modular toolbox for city-center deliveries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

This will include infrastructure development and vehicle fleets to accelerate the expansion of hydrogen mobility for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles. Concept of hydrogen ecosystem. CaetanoBus is also the manufacturer of COBUS, the world’s market leader in airport bus transportation.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 12, 2024

Scania is expanding its strategic development of autonomous hub-to-hub transport solutions, with the launch of an Autonomous Commercial Pilot Programme. This new solution stands out due to its adaptability to customers’ specific routes and transport profiles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

GVB, the public transport company of Amsterdam, is further expanding its electric fleet with 84 new generation VDL Citeas. For the expansion of the GVB fleet, VDL Bus & Coach is also responsible for implementing the charging infrastructure. Part of this is that GVB provides completely emission-free bus transport in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Mobility House has been selected by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to deploy its smart charging and energy management solution ChargePilot for New York City Transit (NYCT), the largest public bus fleet operator in the US.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 21, 2022

When will the same happen for commercial fleets? How long until we see electric fleets taking over the supply chain? Where Are EV Fleets Now? While you may not see many electric long-haul trucks on the road, fleet electrification is well underway. What’s Holding EV Fleets Back? Electric Fleets May Not Be Far Off.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2018

At CES in Las Vegas, Toyota Motor introduced the autonomous electric e-Palette Concept Vehicle, which is designed to meet the demands of future multi-mode transportation and business applications. In the near term, the Alliance will focus on the development of the new e-Palette Concept Vehicle. e-Palette Concept Vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Bombardier Transportation (now part of Alstom) introduced a variety of green innovations to reduce CO 2 emissions and pollution in the railway sector. With 2,473 AGC train cars in operation today, the AGC is the largest regional fleet operated in France.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2017

At the Global Public Transport Summit (GPTS) in Montreal/Canada, the congress of the International Association of Public Transport, UITP, Mercedes-Benz again confirmed that battery-electric versions of its Citro bus ( earlier post ) would enter series production next year. prototypes are already undergoing testing on the roads.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 25, 2022

EV Fleets Will Change the Face of Trucking Forever. The need for goods transportation won’t change any time soon–but the way in which we transport things will. The need for goods transportation won’t change any time soon–but the way in which we transport things will. EV Fleets Will Change Trucking Forever.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Requirements for long-range transport, flexibility in use, battery charging on the go, high payloads and the space required for passengers and luggage are indispensable and in part contradictory. Based on the concept evaluation, two prototype drivetrains will then be developed and integrated into the demonstration vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. Having CO 2 -neutral transport on the road by 2050 is our ultimate goal. The first hand-off to a customer was in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

The proof-of-concept test is building on Cummins’ existing technology leadership in gaseous-fuel applications and powertrains. The projected investment in renewable hydrogen production globally will provide a growing opportunity for the deployment of hydrogen-powered fleets utilizing either Cummins fuel cell or engine power, the company says.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Earlier this month, Audi began testing driverless transport systems (DTS) at its Ingolstadt plant. Audi says it is the first automobile manufacturer to implement such a DTS-based goods-to-person concept. —Axel Bley, Head of Logistics Concept Development. They can transport a maximum of 600 kilograms.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2023

Friction estimates from Goodyear’s SightLine solution were successfully able to detect low grip conditions, such as snowy or icy conditions, and make this information available to Gatik’s autonomous fleet. With road-friction data, tires can help enable smoother, safer and more sustainable driving.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2017

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company showcased several new and emerging technologies in its latest concept tires at the Geneva International Motor Show.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 7, 2022

Both of these are important in their separate ways, reinforced by Toyota North America president and CEO Tetsuo “Ted” Ogawa saying our concept is “Mobility for All.”. May Mobility is already in communities providing services where there aren’t developed transportation systems. Cabin Awareness Concept. Good for them!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2017

The DRIVEN consortium—led by artificial intelligence company Oxbotica , which is developing next-gen autonomous vehicles—will test a fleet of fully autonomous vehicles in urban areas and on motorways, culminating in an end-to-end journey from London to Oxford. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

kg capacity, 700 bar), fuel cell stacks, electric motor (224 kW peak, 192 kW steady) and transmission, and offers a viable alternative to traditional diesel powertrains used in commercial goods transportation as companies look to transition their fleets to zero-emission vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2015

Following the successful introduction of the BMW i3 to the DriveNow car-sharing fleets in Germany, the UK and the USA, BMW will commission 400 BMW i3s in Copenhagen on 3 September. The all-electric car sharing fleet here will also interconnect with public transport via a collaboration with Arriva.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

million) Improving transportation system efficiency through better utilization. Alternative fuel proof-of-concept in new communities and fleets. Transportation and Energy Analysis (up to $1.2 Concept papers for this funding opportunity are due 21 February 2020, and full applications will be due 14 April 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

The second-generation concept machine is part of an electric site research project that aims to transform the quarry and aggregates industry, reducing carbon emissions by up to 95% and total cost of ownership by up to 25%. The HX1 was proof of concept. Since then, Volvo CE’s engineers have been further developing the machine.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The consortium is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and its program company, NOW GmbH. These include an operator concept, the standardization of interfaces, a plug & play solution for fleet conversion, the validation of service life and the proof of efficiency in fleet operation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

At the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover in 2016, Mercedes-Benz displayed its concept for a heavy-duty electric distribution truck for urban areas: the Urban eTruck ( earlier post ). The feedback to the technical feasibility of building such a vehicle was positive across the board – from the general public, politicians and customers.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2015

A project funded by the German government—“BiE – Bewertung integrierter Elektromobilität” (evaluation of integrated electromobility)—is exploring how mobility services (such as public transport services and car sharing) can be integrated better with electric vehicles and into the everyday life of users.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A coalition of major businesses, including Amazon, Siemens, DHL and Uber, sent a letter to officials from the Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, and General Services Administration calling for programs and standards that ensure interoperability and open access at publicly funded electric vehicle charging stations.

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Innovation News Network

MARCH 14, 2023

has unveiled the design of its Generation II zero emission vehicle concept that looks to decarbonise fleet transport. First Hydrogen Corp. The post First Hydrogen reveals Generation II zero emissions vehicle design appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

Interest in using methanol in ocean-going vessels is at an all-time high, especially in the container vessel segment but also in the vehicle-transport sector whose main players are moving to expand capacity driven by very strong, Chinese car sales, and to renew their fleets in response to new emission regulations.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Here’s a glimpse at five innovative EV concepts and when they might appear on the roads. Medium and heavy-duty trucks are responsible for 24 percent of transportation emissions , so it makes sense that they’d get EV alternatives, too. One of the less practical but more exciting EV concepts is the Aspark Owl, an electric hypercar.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2018

AxleTech, a provider of specialty powertrain solutions, is developing a heavy-duty e-powertrain system with Thor Trucks, a fleet-focused transportation lab building fully electric commercial trucks. Thor Trucks is a California-based transportation lab focused on electrifying commercial fleets. 5000 Series eISAS.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

MANs TGX hybrid concept at IAA. At the IAA, MAN (part of the Volkswagen Group) presented a concept diesel-electric parallel hybrid version of its long-haul TGX truck. The MAN TGX concept hybrid will be driven by a parallel hybrid system, supplied by a 440 hp (328 kW) diesel engine and an electric motor with 130 kW drive power.

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