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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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

It hasn't penetrated quite as much in the motorhome world, but now a German company has shown its interpretation of what the future of plug-in motor homes could be. It's called the Dethleffs e.home concept and it envisions a.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Polestar gives a glimpse of a future flagship electric car. Researchers suggest much higher solar cell efficiency without rare materials. And Hyundai is working on giving transmissions more smarts, not necessarily more gears. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2023

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has secured renewable power for its proposed Holmaneset green energy project , entering into a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Statkraft. The Group produces hydropower, wind power, solar power, gas-fired power and supplies district heating.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2019

Teijin and AEV will use the first two years of this initiative to develop elemental technologies for future vehicles. Teijin will additionally apply expertise it has developed in supporting the Kogakuin University Solar Team’s participation in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium , announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOE’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

President and CEO, Takahiro Hachigo unveiled Honda’s new electric vehicle, the Urban EV Concept, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Urban EV Concept is built on a completely new platform, and sets the direction for the technology and design that will appear on a future battery electric Honda production model.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2023

GTT, TotalEnergies, LMG Marin and Bureau Veritas have signed an agreement for a Joint Development Project (JDP) to develop a 150,000 m 3 capacity liquid hydrogen (LH 2 ) carrier concept design fitted with GTT’s membrane-type containment system.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

Toyota and Woven Planet will conduct Proof-of-Concept (PoC) trials in various places, including Woven City, a human-centered smart city of the future currently being constructed in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Portable Hydrogen Cartridge (Prototype). Hydrogen has significant advantages. Hydrogen Cartridge Applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2022

While the first application of the data factory will be used to discover new catalysts to make fuel cell vehicles more efficient, TRI and Northwestern believe this method of materials discovery will have wide-ranging applications in the future such as clean hydrogen production, CO 2 removal from air and high-efficiency solar cells.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2012

The Boeing Company has begun work on a four-month NASA contract to develop a mission concept study for solar electric propulsion technologies. —Steve Johnston, director of Boeing Phantom Works’ Advanced Space Exploration division.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2012

EMP) unveiled a concept ship design incorporating its Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) System. This concept design is called the Aquarius Eco Ship and is part of Eco Marine Power’s ongoing development efforts aimed at moving shipping towards a more sustainable future. Japan-based Eco Marine Power Co.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) SunShot Initiative will award up to $30 million to 13 new projects to support the integration of solar energy into US electric grid, while diversifying the nation’s electricity sources and improving the reliability and security of the electric grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The basic concept of the integrated solar battery is to use the contribution of the photovoltage to reduce greatly the charging overpotential caused by the difficulty in efficiently electrochemically decomposing lithium peroxide (Li 2 O 2 ), the discharge product formed on the oxygen electrode. —Yu et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In the Solar Thermal Electrochemical Process (STEP), developed by Professor Stuart Licht and his group at GWU, solar UV–visible energy is focused on a photovoltaic device that generates the electricity to drive the electrolysis, while concurrently the solar thermal energy is focused on a second system to generate heat for the electrolysis cell.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2022

Lunar mobility concept. The companies are already applying existing expertise to the project including testing concepts in lunar soil test beds. Future missions will need to traverse rugged terrain over much longer distances while operating in greater temperature extremes. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Preliminary analysis performed by the national laboratories on the H2@Scale concept indicated that nearly a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is possible by 2050 via such large-scale hydrogen production and use. The RFI seeks input on six specific areas: Concept of H2@Scale. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

Solar-driven thermochemical cycles offer a direct means of storing solar energy in the chemical bonds of energy-rich molecules. This new concept, if high selectivity for hydrocarbons is achieved, inherently bypasses a second stage conversion, such as methanation or Fischer-Tropsch processes. syngas—from water and CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

Testing will continue with the aim of defining the most feasible internal combustion engine-based solutions for power plant and marine applications, thereby enabling the transition to a decarbonized future with green fuels. For the energy market, Wärtsilä expects to have an engine and plant concept for pure hydrogen operation ready by 2025.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Hyundai and Kia have revealed two new sport utility electric vehicle (SUEV) concepts, the Hyundai SEVEN Concept and the Kia Concept EV9. Both concepts have striking exterior styling as well as interiors featuring three rows of seats with layouts that can be changed depending on whether or not the car is being driven.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2011

A consortium of cleantech companies, led by AllCell Technologies, unveiled an off-grid solar charging station in Amman, Jordan. The station consists of a 3 kW solar canopy from Sun Phocus, AllCell’s 25 kWh lithium-ion energy storage system, and DBT’s Level II charging station.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2023

Since the joint and flexible hose weight puts a burden on the workers who fill vehicles with hydrogen, reducing their size and weight is important in preparing for future commercialization. Toyota reduced the weight of the filling joint from 8.4 kg and the return joint from 16.0 kg to 12.5 Carbon-neutral fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

Dimensional has also received grants from the National Science Foundation and both the Department of Energy’s ARPA-e and Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO). At the Tucson site, they are using electricity from the Arizona grid, which gets an increasing amount of power from local solar panels.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2022

The switch in means of delivery between Hungary and Brussels, which was started in May and is scheduled to be completed by the beginning of 2023, is a preview of the car manufacturer’s future. In the future, preferably all production sites will implement this solution. —Dieter Braun, Head of Supply Chain at Audi AG.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Future locations will be built with a higher average of six to twelve charging points. IONITY was founded to play a significant role in shaping the future of mobility. Furthermore, the company will take customer experience to a new level with its ‘Oasis’ concept. —Dr Marcus Groll, COO at IONITY.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Schematic of the solar reactor for the two-step, solar-driven thermochemical production of fuels. A team from Caltech, ETH Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute have devised a solar reactor for the two-step, solar-driven thermochemical production of fuels. They achieved solar-to-fuel efficiencies of 0.7

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

This basic concept is in line with the fundamental approach (CO 2 + water + renewable energy → drop-in fuels) being taken by Audi (a member of the Volkswagen Group) in its e-fuels initiatives. Technology concept formulated. Experimental proof of concept. Earlier post.). Horizon 2020 Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

AC-X concept plug-in hybrid. will display a lineup of seven next-generation electromotive concept models at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show, including two-, three- and four-wheeled commuter vehicles designed for future cities; mid-to-long distance commuters; and sporty models. Micro Commuter Concept. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2009

The US Department of Energy will invest up to $366 million to establish and operate three new Energy Innovation Hubs focused on accelerating research and development in three key energy areas, one of which is developing an effective solar energy to chemical fuel conversion system—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that “ The Porsche Mission E and the Audi e-tron quattro concept are nothing less than a quantum leap for our industry ”—both vehicles have an all-electric range of 500 kilometers (311 miles). The Audi e‑tron quattro concept sprints from a standstill to 100 km/h (62.1 Total output is 320 kW.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 10, 2015

cities are the best for electric cars, Nissan says it may build a plug-in hybrid crossover in the future, and the Solar Impulse 2 electric airplane begins its attempted globe-circling flight. Nissan hints at a plug-in hybrid crossover, saying a Qashqai ZEOD concept will. Today, ChargePoint says which U.S. Today in Car News'

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Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2024

The new Volkswagen Transporter – what the German automaker says is a “near-production concept vehicle” – is the latest iteration of VW’s Bulli family of vans that recall the original VW Microbus. Buzz’s US trims Due to shifts in solar policy, renters and homeowners in many states are now able to subscribe to a local community solar farm.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2021

In the future, they will drive the global production of battery-electric and hydrogen-based drive systems in a production and technology network for electric drive components and battery systems, together with the sister plant in Detroit. Key components be manufactured at the powertrain plants in the future.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Researchers at Arizona State University have shown that paper-folding concepts can be applied to Li-ion batteries in order to realize a device with higher areal energy densities. As a proof-of-concept, we have chosen to apply simple paper folding as well as the more complicated Miura-ori pattern to paper-based Li-ion battery electrodes.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

The Auris HSD Full Hybrid concept. Toyota has provided more detail on the new Auris HSD (Hybrid Synergy Drive) concept, to be unveiled next week at the Frankfurt motor show. The Auris hybrid concept uses solar panels on the roof for ventilation support and dashboard to recharge mobile consumer electronics devices.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

MMNA) introduced the Mitsubishi eX Concept, a compact SUV with a next-generation EV system, at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show. Together with the reduction in weight and higher efficiency of the new EV system, a non-compromising reduction in the weight of the body has given the Mitsubishi eX Concept a cruising range of 400 km (248.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

This propane-generating pathway is able to operate in the presence of oxygen, which opens up avenues for the application of this system in cyanobacteria, a type of bacteria that are powered by solar energy and have minimal nutritional requirements.

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