Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2015

Driveline engineering specialist Drive System Design (DSD) will introduce a new 48V e-drive systems concept for mild hybrid vehicles at the 9 th International CTI Symposium later this month. There is a natural limit with 48V of ~15kW per machine so a modular concept makes the lower voltage system more attractive. —John Reeve.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Daimler Trucks unveiled the concept Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck, marking the beginning of a fuel-cell push by Daimler for the long-haul transport segment. This is used in the form of an e-carrier concept, i.e., an e-axle with one or two integrated e-motors including transmission. Fuel cell systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2020

A team comprising scientists who specialize in structure materials at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has developed a high-performance electrocatalyst based on an innovative concept originally for developing alloys.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. However, there remains a need to lower the costs of fusion development and accelerate its development timeline to have appreciable impact. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2020

Reaction Engines recently completed a joint Proof-of-Concept study with the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) to determine whether the company’s innovative thermal management technology could be combined with STFC’s catalysts to create an aviation system based on ammonia fuel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

The focus of the research project “MaSSiF – Material Innovations for Solid-State Sulfur-Silicon Batteries” is the design, construction and evaluation of lightweight and low-cost sulfur-based prototype cells with high storage capacities. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing nearly €2.9

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2014

At the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit in January, Schaeffler will show the second phase of its concept car that meets 2025 CAFE requirements, including its mild hybridization with a 48-volt system. Earlier post.). The vehicle is based on a modern, all-wheel-drive, midsize SUV with an automatic transmission.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The path to delivering low-cost aircraft systems starts with engineering services, then parts fabrication, and finally system integration supporting the launch of ASX’s all-electric eVTOL aircraft, the MOBi-One. The program aims to converge automotive mass production techniques with the reliability of commercial-grade aerospace.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2020

a low cost, raw materials that do not raise concerns in terms of supply bottlenecks (electrodes that do not include PGMs, stainless steel current collectors), a compact design, the adoption of feeds based on non-corrosive liquids (low concentration alkali or DI water), and differential pressure operation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The first research area supports development of bipolar plates with a focus on innovative, low-cost materials with high corrosion resistance and minimal degradation. This topic includes two focus areas aimed at developing sustainable generation technologies to enable low-cost production of clean hydrogen at large scale.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

city car concept, shown at the Tokyo motorshow, is powered by an electric drive system from Zytek that employs a range of new design approaches to minimize the cost, weight and size of the powertrain while maximizing the performance and range. Zytek’s lightweight 25kW powertrain drives the Yamaha MOTIV.e Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Additionally, having similar active sites for both OER and HER results in the preservation of catalyst structure and activity against electrode corrosion induced by power interruptions, which is ideal for a water electrolyzer powered by intermittent renewable energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

ITM Power 100MW electrolyzer facility concept. As part of the second phase, ITM Power will also install and trial both their next-generation electrolyzer stack and the semi-automated manufacturing machines required for large-scale and high-volume manufacture of these new large low-cost stacks.

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Electrek

JUNE 6, 2024

From the first look, the EV4 looks very close to the concept shown last year. If you thought the new EV3 was cool, Kia’s new electric sedan takes it to a new level. The Kia EV4 was spotted for the first time, revealing the sleek new entry-level electric sedan. See for yourself in the video below.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

Low-cost electric traction drive systems using no heavy rare earth materials. Alternative fuel proof-of-concept in new communities and fleets. Concept papers for this funding opportunity are due 21 February 2020, and full applications will be due 14 April 2020. Electric vehicle and charging community partner projects.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

AW-Energy says that its wave energy device, when combined with other renewable energy sources, can enable significant green hydrogen cost reductions and is a viable solution in the drive to execute the world’s clean energy hydrogen roadmap. Wave energy holds the greatest potential to generate constant low-cost green hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The University of Michigan proposes the RAFT concept as a solution for hydrokinetic energy harvesting. The innovative new turbine designs, along with distributed load control and regulator concepts, significantly reduce the levelized cost of energy. University of Virginia. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Emrgy, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Just a playful post on social media from a random Volvo account celebrating an obscure concept car from the early aughts. It’s probably nothing. It couldn’t possibly mean that Volvo is actually going to build the thing … right?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co Ltd (JAC) and Ricardo are collaborating on a project to develop the Ricardo HyBoost concept ( earlier post )—a combination of low-cost technologies to deliver improved performance and fuel economy which featured recently in the Ricardo Centenary celebrations —into volume production on a JAC vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) represents a potential low-cost, abundant feedstock for producing fuels and products. The application process will include two phases: a concept paper and a full application. Concept papers are due on 1 February 2021, and full applications are due on 5 April 2021.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Herein, we demonstrate a sulfur looping scheme in a one-reactor system using a low-cost and environmentally safe iron-based sulfur carrier. The researchers later applied the concept to hydrogen sulfide and invented the SULGEN process, which converts hydrogen sulfide into hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

BETHE projects will support the development of timely, commercially viable fusion energy, aiming to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. improvements to and application of existing fusion R&D capabilities to accelerate the development of multiple concepts.

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Electrek

APRIL 16, 2024

BYD’s Fang Cheng Bao brand unveiled its new Super 3 electric SUV concept Tuesday, which has a rugged “interstellar chariot” design. Complete with a landing pad for your drone, the new EV is expected to cost less than $28,000 (200,000 yuan).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Hyundai Motor Company introduced the Autonomous IONIQ concept during its press conference at AutoMobility LA (Los Angeles Auto Show). Hyundai’s goal for the autonomous IONIQ concept was to keep the self-driving systems as simple as possible.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

Awards will be made at one of two funding levels: Tier 1 - up to $500,000 for up to 2 years - concept definition and proof of concept projects are limited to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 2 and TRL 3 activities. —US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. Tier 2 - up to $4,000,000 for up to 3 years (up to $12,000,000 for Subtopic 1.2

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2016

The researchers used standard heterojunction cells to prove the concept; by using the best cells of that type, they would expect to achieve a performance above 16%. The research is part of the nano-tera SHINE — project to develop an efficient and cost-effective hydrogen production system using sunlight and water.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

Advancing cathode materials with both high energy density and low cost have always been the main objective of battery material research. Developing cobalt-free cathode materials is one of the significant concepts to lower down the price of current LIBs. … The paper on their work is published in the Journal of Power Sources.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

Startup ClearFlame Engine Technologies announced a partnership with Alto Ingredients, a leading producer of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients, to conduct pilot demonstrations of ClearFlame’s solution for diesel engines using low-cost ethanol in Class 8 trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2023

IFE Pilot Plant with a Low-Cost, High-Energy Excimer Driver and the HYLIFE Concept. Xcimer’s technology is enabled by innovations originally pioneered for national security applications, which significantly reduce the cost of the laser system conventionally considered the most expensive component of an IFE power plant.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2015

For the proof-of-concept, the cells were manufactured to be larger than necessary to avoid unnecessary costs and lengthy manufacturing processes at this early stage. The battery for the e-bike has a design energy of 418 Wh, 250 Wh of which has been used in the e-bike proof-of-concept. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The concept consists of a large-scale floating wind turbine (nominally 10 MW) with an integrated water treatment unit and electrolyzers for localized hydrogen production. The project aims to reduce the cost of electrolytic hydrogen significantly. This funding will enable the detailed design of a 2 MW prototype system. million (US$9.7

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Moreover, they studied the possibility of implementing new advanced combustion concepts, as alternatives to the conventional diesel system, with what they said was very promising results. de Lima (2014) “Analysis of combustion concepts in a newly designed 2-stroke HSDI compression ignition engine” (THIESEL 2014). Benajes, R.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

The IDEALFUEL project aims to create sustainable alternatives by developing new efficient and low-cost methods to produce low-sulfur heavy fuel oils from wood-based non-food biomass. Although cleaner fuels are available, many companies opt for HFOs due to their low cost.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2022

The concept is based on proven floating production, storage and off-take technologies combined with an e-control system capable of balancing renewable electricity feedstock through a fully integrated PEM and Haber-Bosch system. H2Carrier will build, own and operate a fleet of P2XFloaters.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2023

The innovations are intended to result in a high-efficient and low-cost solution that will be validated on 2 motor topologies, which will be compared to two main reference automotive IPM commercial motors in Europe (VW ID.3

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