Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

Ford Lightweight Concept. Ford Motor Company unveiled its Lightweight Concept vehicle, which uses advanced materials to explore future weight-reduction solutions that could improve performance and fuel efficiency while reducing CO 2 emissions. There’s not a one-size-fits-all approach to light-weighting. Click to enlarge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 13, 2023

India’s electric car sector is now starting to show signs of life after the slow start compared to other markets, given how large India’s auto industry is. However, the electric car sector has been pretty slow. About 4 million cars across all drivetrains […].

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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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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 9, 2024

Honda's ‘Zero Series’ vehicles are supposed to be the next generation of all-electric transportation and appear to be hellbent on embracing every industry trend that’s currently in fashion. That supposition is based on the Saloon concept, which the manufacturer had on hand at CES and claimed would be the first model in the lineup.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Toyota FT-Se Concept that debuted at the Japan Mobility Show recently probably isn’t going to be the MR2 successor everyone has been hoping it would be. Still, it’s always smart to remain cautious when dealing with concept vehicles. The FT-Se Concept seems like the obvious candidate and already has some GR-branded seats.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2023

Fusion Fuel’s project, which will be co-developed with Galp, will serve as the benchmark for exploring the concept of decentralized production of green hydrogen for mobility applications in Portugal and abroad. The facility will also include an integrated hydrogen refueling station intended to serve light and heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2022

The self-developed traffic light camera has a resolution rate 1.5 The company is one of the first in the autonomous vehicle industry to create a product portfolio featuring multiple configurations with one or more DRIVE Orin processors and automotive-grade NVIDIA Ampere architecture GPUs. times that of the previous generation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

The combination of sulfur (or lithium sulfide), a solid electrolyte and silicon should result in an innovative cell concept that combines low material costs and high energy density. Schunk Kohlenstofftechnik GmbH takes on the production of carbon additives or industrially relevant composite materials.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2017

The discovery was made by a joint research team led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa (Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University) and Professor Tetsuro Majima (Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University). Their findings were published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2019

In a paper in the journal Nature Materials , the team presents a plasmonic metal–polymer hybrid nanomaterial concept, in which the polymer coating reduces the apparent activation energy for hydrogen transport into and out of the plasmonic nanoparticles, while deactivation resistance is provided via a tailored tandem polymer membrane.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2023

In addition, the two companies will collaborate on an innovative value chain concept for battery materials and its recycling. Due to aluminum’s superior properties in pliability, light weight and strength, the ratio of aluminum in Porsche cars has been increasing steadily. and lower. kilograms of CO₂ per kilogram aluminum used.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Light-weight construction is key when it comes to the development of innovative vehicle concepts: About two thirds of fuel consumption depend directly on the weight of the vehicle. High-performance light-weight component: The natural composite material based on natural fiber was produced by using BASF’s Acrodur binder.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2019

BYD debuted its E-SEED GT concept car and Song Pro SUV alongside its all-new e-series models at the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition. E-SEED GT concept. Its interior features a panoramic skylight, automatic ambient lighting together with 90-110 degree adjustable rear seats. design language.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 2, 2022

Buick has become the last of GM’s four brands has finally laid out some of its electrification plans , showing off a concept car, a new logo and pledging to be all-electric by the end of the decade. The Buick Wildcat EV concept (using another historic brand name ) showcases the design language that will be used in the Electra line.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2018

Light-weighting is critical for the future of our vehicles, not only to improve on fuel economy, but also to help improve vehicle performance. The innovative research being done and the network of industry and academic experts available at LIFT were keys drivers in our decision to join. Hagen Seifert, Head of Materials, Audi AG.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Citroën will unveil its new C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept at the Paris Motor Show. The C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L project was conducted as part of the “2l/100 km vehicle” program set up by the Plateforme de la Filière Automobile, an industry group. With the C4 Cactus AIRFLOW 2L concept, Citroën went further. Hybrid Air.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

will showcase the MILA Blue vehicle concept at the Geneva Motor Show 2014. MILA Blue, the seventh concept vehicle in the MILA family , represents a new lightweight design approach. Due to the vehicle''s comparatively light weight, crawling along in stop-and-go traffic and cruising up to 30 km/h (18.6

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

A team led by researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is developing a lower-cost cast aluminum (Al) alloy capable of at least a 50 ˚C temperature increase over the current cylinder head alloys 319 and 356 for use in light duty engines. A very accelerated materials deployment from concept to deployment is 10 years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2020

The €15-million campus will allow the BMW Group to develop its position as technology leader in the utilization of additive manufacturing in the automotive industry. Our goal is to industrialize 3D printing methods more and more for automotive production, and to implement new automation concepts in the process chain.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This further expansion, with an office in Shanghai, is part of the growth strategy in light of a US$285-million investment from Aptiv and Audi announced earlier this year. TTTech Auto already has a presence in the Chinese market through its joint venture Technomous operated together with SAIC Motor, China’s largest automotive manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

Based on Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) technology made using Evonik’s curing agents, the new holistic battery system concept provides the automotive industry with a safe, lightweight, and cost-effective alternative to the traditional heavier metal-based solutions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

EDAG’s Light Car - Open Source at the Geneva Motor Show. Global engineering services provider EDAG showcased its latest technical advances in the development of its concept car, the “Light Car - Open Source”, at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Click to enlarge. The drive system. mm to be produced.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The aluminum produced using solar power is processed in the light metal foundry at BMW Group Plant Landshut to manufacture body and drive train components, including those needed for electric drive trains. Aluminum is light, strong and infinitely recyclable. Light metal foundry at BMW Group Plant Landshut.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

It will initially support eight V2V and V2I safety applications: Emergency Braking Warning, Control Loss Warning, Abnormal Vehicle Warning, Intersection Collision Warning, Speed Limit Warning, Signal Violation Warning, Hazard Location Warning and Green Light Optimization Speed Advisory.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2016

A German research alliance has developed the basis for smart, high-resolution active matrix LED headlights, which takes adaptive forward lighting to a new dimension. Both headlights contain three LED light sources, each with 1,024 individually controllable light points. This allows the driver to see these vehicles more clearly.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2021

For this collaboration, Livox completed a series of customizations for Xpeng using its Horiz sensor (automotive-grade version of Livox Horizon), with its final mass-produced version boasting a range of industry-leading features. Livox’s customized solution for Xpeng also includes a new “ultra FPS” (Frames Per Second) lidar technology concept.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Iveco, Fiat’s commercial vehicle company, will display an electric New Daily light commercial vehicle and a light-weight, diesel-electric hybrid Iveco Dual Energy concept at the International Commercial Vehicle Show (IAA), in Hanover, 20-27 September.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2013

consortium is developing a mobility concept for an efficient electric vehicle, making the design as light as possible while still delivering the best possible safety protection. The transmission system will incorporate very light gears resting on hollow shafts. A prototype vehicle on the track from the Visio.M Click to enlarge.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

BMW unveils electric vehicles BMW i Vision Amby & i Vision Circular concept . BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) a German multinational corporate manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles has recently unveiled an electric bicycle and a concept electric car, BMW i Vision Amby and BMW i Vision Circular concept respectively.

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Cars That Think

MAY 27, 2023

In 2016 his company released the SEL-T400L , which samples a power system every microsecond to detect the time between traveling waves moving at the speed of light. What excites Schweitzer today, he says, is the concept of energy packets, which he and SEL have been working on.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2015

In a new report, Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts , Navigant research projects that under its base scenario, global sales of light duty electrified vehicles (i.e., vehicles that use electricity for traction, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electrics) will grow from 2.6 million vehicle sales in 2015 to more than 6.0

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2023

Laboratory proof-of-concept has been successfully established whereby several lab-scale reactor prototypes have been developed and tested under simulated solar concentration. This testing has shown a hydrogen production and efficiency benefit from exposing certain photocatalyst materials to concentrated light and heat.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2014

The beads fluoresce in the presence of corrosion and can be seen with a special light. Now, they’ve developed a proof-of-concept technology that can be valuable for many industries, especially oil & gas. Once activated, the 20 to 50 micron beads release a proprietary chemical that fills the cracks.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement ( DE-FOA-0000882 ) for up to $20 million for the Modern Electro/Thermochemical Advancements for Light-metal Systems (METALS) program. Light metals background. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2019

Teijin Limited’s automotive composites specialty groups have developed a multi-material composite automotive door concept that maintains required crash specifications while reducing overall weight by 35% when compared to a conventional steel door.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

The consultancy says that China will dominate both the market and the industry in the foreseeable future. The index assess the relative competitive position of the seven leading automotive nations (Germany, France, Italy, the US, Japan, China and South Korea) on the basis of three key indicators: technology; industry; and market.

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Electric Vehicles India

JANUARY 18, 2023

On stage at Auto Expo 2023, Tata Motors, one of India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturers, unveiled a range of safer, smarter, and greener vehicles and concepts designed to transform personal, passenger, and freight mobility. 28K zero-emission tipper concept. Tata Motors is on track to achieve zero emissions by 2045.

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