Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

The ultra-lightweight battery concept offers a weight reduction of up to 40%, or 12 pounds (5.4 Ford also unveiled its Lightweight Concept vehicle, which reduces the weight of a 2013 Fusion to that of a Ford Fiesta—a nearly 25% weight reduction. Batteries Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems Weight reduction'

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. It had a 264 kWh battery pack powering the tractor’s twin motors with more than 4,000 lb-ft of torque and a range estimated at up to 150 miles. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis suggest that a number of positive trends indicate that we may be seeing the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation, despite earlier starts that fizzled. —“The Hydrogen Transition”. Transition issues. Public funding.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

New work by a team at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada has found that more than one-third of Canadian buyers want a plug-in vehicle (PEV), with the majority of those (89—93%) wanting a plug-in hybrid rather than a pure electric vehicle. kWh/day per vehicle. PEVs look “strange”). Langman, J. Wolinetz, and A. 2015.05.003.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

The idea, says Daniel Codd , a researcher in renewable energy systems at the University of California, San Diego, is to store solar-produced heat in rock formations below the surface, creating a solar-charged geothermal resource in which heat is stored for meaningful durations. to test the concept for the first time.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

A pair of researchers at the University of Michigan have used “big data” mining techniques to evaluate the impact of adopting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the Beijing taxi fleet on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on the characterized individual travel patterns. one-driver taxi versus two-driver taxi). g CO 2 -eq/km traveled.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Also at the LA Auto Show, the new Honda FCEV Concept made its world debut. The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. At the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota highlighted its own new FCV Concept with a world premiere.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The SmartGridCity project is aimed at increasing grid reliability and energy use information. It will place 10 Prius plug-in hybrid electric vehicles into Boulder, Colorado, where they will be the focus of an interdisciplinary research project co-ordinated by the University of Colorado at Boulder Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

The Golf Variant twïnDRIVE enables distances of up to 57 km (35 miles) on pure electrical power; an additional small internal combustion engine provides for a total range of about 900 km (559 miles). As a comparison, the Golf blue-e-motion concept car with full electric drive has a battery capacity of 26.5 Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. University of Illinois. University. Description.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. Table of Contents. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Stanford University researchers have devised a new way to make lithium-ion battery packs last longer and suffer less deterioration from fast charging. Part of the impetus for the new research traces back to a 2020 announcement by Tesla, the electric car company, of work on a “million-mile battery.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

Group (SAIC) unveiled three models of a concept new vehicle form called EN-V, short for Electric Networked-Vehicle. The concepts will be showcased from 1 May through 31 October at the SAIC-GM Pavilion at World Expo 2010 Shanghai. The Jiao EN-V model. Click to enlarge. GM and its strategic partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

When the final funding opportunity announcement is released following this public comment period, DOE will accept applications from industry, national laboratories, and university-led teams to address these challenges and enable technologies that drive innovation in vehicle design. Advanced Climate Control Auxiliary Load Reduction.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2012

On the NEDC cycle, CO 2 emissions are 55g/km over a 300-mile combined range. The TSB provided the chance to access new technologies and work with a variety of organizations, including universities, suppliers and OEMs. Infiniti will produce two fully functioning EMERG-E prototypes in the next step of this concept development program.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The BEV will have a top speed of 85mph and a range of up to 75 miles. Charging the batteries will take between 6-8 hours using a common 230 volt grid. Electrification is key element in the effective use of Ford’s global resources and talents,” John Fleming, Chairman & CEO Ford of Europe said.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The work was conducted by a collaboration including industrial partners Arup, Dearman Engine Company, E4 Tech, Highview, Messer Group and Ricardo, as well as academics from the Universities of Leeds, Birmingham, Strathclyde, Brighton and Imperial College London. Williams, University of Birmingham. Jonathan Radcliffe and Prof.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Audi and its partners E.ON, the Munich municipal utility company Stadtwerke München (SWM) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have begun a fleet trial with electric drive cars in the Munich model region. miles) of range. g/mile), Audi says. g/mile), Audi says. Drivetrain of the Audi A1 e-tron. Click to enlarge.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Smartville currently has a pilot project up and running at the University of California San Diego. A project developer will then take our EMS control interface and incorporate it with a larger site-level controller, which includes other energy components such as renewables, loads, grid-metering and switches. Antoni Tong: Right.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ).

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Charged EVs

APRIL 19, 2023

Zeem is able to offer a cost per mile below that of diesel, thanks to California subsidies. Do you run 150 miles, 200 miles or less? And they assigned us every bit of capacity that was available on the grid. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech is a hot topic these days. Paul Gioupis: We’re very mindful of the grid pull.

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EV Match

AUGUST 6, 2021

Electric vehicles and EV charging systems have come a long way since the conception of the very first electric vehicle in the early 1800s—and they’re still evolving. Traveling off the grid? Most electric cars are currently limited to around 400-550 kilometers (250-350 miles) per full charge. Mobile Charging.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

miles) under electric power; and high-energy battery vehicles for longer distances. miles) at a maximum speed of 60 km/h (37 mph). Audi Q5 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Concept. The concept car relies on synergism and consequently utilizes many technical components from the future hybrid models. liters per 100 km (33.6 gallons US).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. A PUMA runs on lithium ion batteries, can reach 35 miles per hour, and can travel up to 35 miles between charges. One of them is bringing out a nice looking 4-passenger electric with a 110 mile range.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Gallery: Plugging in at home Battery swap stations are a concept often associated with Better Place , an EV infrastructure company.

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My Energi

AUGUST 12, 2021

To put the cherry on top, in some areas of the world, the heating has been ramped up so much so, the area is so dry and thus susceptible to wildfires, which can spread for miles killing off everything in sight. That everlasting stuffy feeling of being uncomfortably hot and trapped with no air, it’s simply un survivable!

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