Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2020

In Germany, the DeMoBat collaborative project is developing a robot-assisted dismantling factory for traction batteries and electric motors for EVs. photo: Irina Westermann, KIT). The same applies to the electric motors, in which the rare earth permanent magnets and the copper coils are particularly valuable components.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) unveiled the e-BULLI. Equipped with the drive system components of the latest Volkswagen electric vehicles, the concept vehicle is based on a T1 Samba Bus produced in 1966 and comprehensively restored. The stage for the world premiere was to have been Techno Classica 2020.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

This afternoon, Kia introduced its fully customizable Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) to provide businesses and individuals with modular, fit-for-purpose EVs. Kia also demonstrated the potential of its new PBV business by unveiling the Concept PV5. Kia’s new technology enables one vehicle chassis to meet multiple purposes.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

At the 69 th IAA Commercial Vehicles show, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is unveiling five new zero-emission vehicles:the I.D. The electric campaign is now gaining momentum at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicles show. BUZZ CARGO concept—the first commercial vehicle to be based on the new I.D. BUZZ CARGO.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2013

Chevrolet Spark EV Tech Performance concept. Chevrolet previewed the Spark EV Tech Performance concept, as well as other performance-oriented concepts of the Sonic, Malibu, new Impala, and Cruze Diesel. Sonic concepts. Features include: A Stage Kit, cold-air induction and a high-flow exhaust system allow the 1.4L

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2015

Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) and Schaeffler are developing a new energy-efficient assisted steering system for EVs under the project “Intelligent Assisted Steering System with Optimum Energy Efficiency for Electric Vehicles (e²-Lenk)” subsidized by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2013

Teaser sketch of Yaris Hybrid-R concept. At the upcoming 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Toyota stand will be devoted entirely to hybrids, the company says. As of the end of July 2013, Toyota Motor Corporation has sold more 5.5 Yaris Hybrid-R concept. Click to enlarge. liter gasoline-engined, three-door Yaris.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2017

BUZZ microbus concept into production. Volkswagen presented the concept at the Detroit Auto Show in January. The Chairmen of the Boards of Management of the Volkswagen and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands, Dr Herbert Diess and Dr Eckhard Scholz, announced the decision today at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California.

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EV Central

JANUARY 25, 2024

The all-new Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear concept has been unleashed, revealing the Blue Oval is plotting a faster all-electric Ford F-150 Raptor. To raise its body out of harm’s way a high-lift kit was added that also includes a new long- travel suspension that’s needed to soak up 200km/h landings over rocky terrain.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2016

family model—a multi-functional electric vehicle—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. concept shown this year ( earlier post ), this new concept is also based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB), and so it shows the potential and bandwidth of the MEB. Like the I.D.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 24, 2024

At its annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, Stellantis’ Jeep brand has presented four new concept off-roaders. Among them, the lone plug-in concept among them was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe Willys Dispatcher plug-in hybrid concept that, according to the brand, provides “a mix of where the Jeep brand’s been and where it’s going.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Rolls-Royce and Flanders Electric have agreed to develop a retrofit concept for hybridizing mining trucks that can reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 30%. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding enabling them to offer a scalable retrofit kit for hybridizing mining trucks in a wide range of mining applications.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Volkswagen’s Zwickau plant in Saxony, Germany will build the brand’s first production vehicle based on the MEB—the Modular Electric Drive kit, Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukastenin—2019. Volkswagen’s main Wolfsburg plant and the Emden plant will also produce MEB vehicles. Earlier post.) Volkswagen’s I.D.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2013

In cooperation with four other companies, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is developing flexible technologies for the series production of lightweight electric motors under the “ ProLeMo ” project (website scheduled to go live 15 August). Future work will focus on reducing the weight of electric motors.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is currently going through the final phase of ID. Buzz, these final trials with vehicles that are virtually identical to the ultimate full-production specification provide us with indispensable input for the final vehicles. Buzz vehicles are 1,985 mm (78.1 Volkswagen will unveil the ID.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Hyundai Motor Group, which is driving a software-driven transformation for its Group brands (Hyundai, Kia and Genesis) today announced its ‘Software-defined Everything’ (SDx) strategy, which aims to transform all moving devices, fleets and ecosystems into valuable assets through advanced software and AI.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2017

General Motors has launched GM Dev Client, an industry-first app that gives approved developers who have created in-vehicle applications the ability to test them in a real GM vehicle. GM Dev Client allows partners and developers the ability to test their apps in a GM vehicle once they’ve obtained approval from GM.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The K5 Blazer-E is a functional proof of concept of the upcoming Electric Connect and Cruise package Chevrolet Performance plans to sell in the second half of 2021. As GM introduces a new fleet of electric vehicles, it creates an exciting opportunity to bring EV technology to the aftermarket. eCrate Installer Certification Program.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles held the world premiere of the new ID. The vehicles are near production concept cars and have not gone on sale yet. —Carsten Intra, Chairman of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Brand. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo in Hamburg.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Volkswagen is presenting a fully autonomous, electric Microbus concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. presented at the Paris Motor Show last year ( earlier post ), the I.D. Buzz is built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). With two-motor, all-wheel drive, a fully autonomous driving mode (“I.D.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The company sells a conversion kit that includes a battery harness, electric motor and thermal management, along with 70 and 140 kWh Energy Modules (battery packs), which are interchangeable across machines. Well, not quite as easily—a material handler or some such vehicle is needed to shift the heavy battery packs around.)

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 14, 2023

Recent relaunches are transforming the electric vehicle landscape. Jaguar E-Type Concept Zero You might have caught the first electric Jaguar E-type in action if you watched Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in 2018. Jaguar hopes more people will convert their classic cars into electric vehicles to keep them on the road.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

labor), the Board of Management announced that the Volkswagen brand’s German plants will develop and produce electric vehicles and components based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). The first production MEB vehicle, a version of the I.D. The first production MEB vehicle, a version of the I.D. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Opel has presented a specially-equipped Ampera extended range electric vehicle to the Technical Institute Karlsruhe (KIT), marking the beginning of a field trial in the research project iZEUS (intelligent Zero Emission Urban System) in Stuttgart. Christian Kunstmann, Head of Development for Power Train Electrification at Opel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

The CrossBlue Coupé—based off the Volkswagen Group’s MQB architecture (the Group’s modular assembly kit for vehicles with transverse-mounted engines)—features a transverse-mounted turbocharged direct-injection (TSI) 220 kW (295 hp) 3.0L The electric motors are used for propulsive power as often as possible in this case.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Buzz is a five-seater vehicle that seems to fit the description of a minibus. It will also market the all-electric vehicle in the United States but has not set a concrete launch time yet. Buzz is built on Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB), designed for full electric vehicles. Buzz and ID.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

CEO and Chairman Carlos Ghosn confirmed that the Renault-Nissan Alliance is developing all-new vehicles to meet the specific demands of new car buyers in the world’s fastest growing economies. The announcement marks the first all-new program developed from the ground up by Renault SAS and Nissan Motor Co., —Carlos Ghosn.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. At low load, the motor on the front axle is solely responsible for propulsion.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. ALTe already has Gen 1 proof-of-concept systems running in a Crown Vic taxi equipped with a 20 kWh Li-ion battery pack. Source: ALTe.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 10, 2021

But when one adds a rogue Tesla mechanic into the mix, even the most unlikely concepts can start making sense. This is not just a Model 3 with a lift kit. No, the project would involve a serious rebuild of the all-electric sedan to make it as capable — or perhaps even more capable — than legitimate off-road vehicles. .

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

Although the tires weigh slightly more than standard air-filled tires, vehicles don’t need to be equipped with spares, jacks, repair kits, or tire-pressure sensors. GM was bullish on its Cruise autonomous-vehicle unit at that time, and it was suggested by the companies that original-equipment airless tires might debut on a 2024 GM EV.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA has partnered with the Surfrider Foundation to create a specially modified Camry Hybrid fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG). To convert the stock Camry Hybrid to a CNG vehicle, the gasoline fuel system was replaced with a CNG system in the spare tire well area. Click to enlarge. coefficient of drag.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Tata Motors has been impressing us with its range of innovations in the passenger vehicle segment. Coupled with the new model launches, the automaker is aiming to grab a larger chunk of the Indian passenger vehicle market that has been witnessing a gradual and massive transformation over the last few years.

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 23, 2021

To boost the electric vehicles on Indian roads the government has brought up a policy that can eliminate personal vehicles in the upcoming decades. These vehicles will have a social impact on consumers as they are cost-effective vehicles. Retrofitting three-wheeler to electric. Start-up E-Trio in India. Scrappage policy

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EV Central

JANUARY 18, 2024

Whichever you choose both B6 and B9 are unmistakable NISMO products sitting lower to the ground, gaining a specially developed body kit and wearing large 20-inch alloy wheels they make an impression, especially in the sub-brand’s Stealth Grey hero hue. 2024 Nissan Ariya NISMO. ” The post Electrifying!

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 5, 2024

Here's how it breaks down: Select the Charger Daytona in either R/T or Scat Pack trim, and you get a battery-electric vehicle. Both cars will be all-wheel drive thanks to front and rear electric motors (250 kW each). The front motor can disconnect for improved efficiency while the rear has a mechanical limited-slip differential.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Mercedes-Benz has integrated the Apple iPhone comprehensively into the user experience concept of the new A-Class—the first automotive manufacturer in the world to take this step. In a further world premiere, Mercedes-Benz will enable access to the iPhone’s voice-based intelligent companion Siri in the vehicle.

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