Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, have developed a new concept for an aluminum battery delivering twice the energy density as previous versions, made of abundant materials, and with the potential to reduce production costs and environmental impact. 2019.07.033.

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Charged EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The PairTree is an off-grid EV charger with solar, storage and two Level 2 EV chargers that can be set up in a day. These factors determine the best mix of solar, storage and grid power for a particular project. PairTree is an off-grid EV charger featuring a pop-up solar canopy, a 42.4 How much power is available at the site?

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 30, 2025

Aptera has completed its first-ever solar-supported road tripdriving over 300 miles on a single charge and proving that a solar EV isnt just a concept for the future, but a real-world solution ready for the present.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2021

MAN Truck & Bus and Sono Motors have signed a Letter of Intent to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of integrating Sono Solar technology into MAN’s eTGE electric transporter. Sono Motors is developing its own electric car that is suitable for daily use, with integrated solar cells and innovative mobility services.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A California-based company aims to add curbside EV charging and solar and wind power to streetlights. Beam Global's BeamSpot incorporates solar panels and small wind turbines to generate some of its own energy, with built-in battery storage to maximize use of it.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Kia Corporation has revealed the Kia Concept EV9 at the AutoMobility LA. Like the recently introduced EV6 ( earlier post ), the Concept EV9 is a dedicated EV developed and optimized on the company’s advanced Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). The two other modes relate to when the Concept EV9 is not moving.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

The platform developed by the Brown School of Engineering lab of Rice materials scientist Jun Lou integrates catalytic electrodes and perovskite solar cells that, when triggered by sunlight, produce electricity. The concept is broadly similar to an artificial leaf. Illustration by Jia Liang. —Jia Liang. and Ruth L.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new technology for direct solar water-splitting—i.e., In the present study, we developed a new architecture for direct solar water-splitting. Click to enlarge. —Liu et al. Click to enlarge.

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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

JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. Until now, however, the technology has mainly been found in the laboratory because the costs of producing solar hydrogen were simply too high. Kant et al. 2023.05.006

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2023

The Sparc Green Hydrogen process combines concentrated solar (CS) with photocatalytic water splitting. The company’s key development allows for reduced photocatalyst use and integration with existing concentrated solar systems. The facility is home to Australia’s largest solar thermal research hub.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 30, 2023

GMC announced Thursday that it’s working with EarthCruiser Overland Vehicles to create a GMC Hummer EV overloading concept due by late summer 2023 and previewing a production version.

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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. Honda Motor Co.

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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

MARCH 21, 2023

Kia just revealed the 2024 EV9 electric SUV in production-ready form, but the automaker on Monday revealed a smaller electric SUV concept. Called the EV5, the concept previews a "production model destined initially for Chinese market later this year," according to Kia.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2019

Ford has revealed the new Transit Smart Energy Concept—a one-of-a-kind 10-seater minibus that is helping the company explore solutions for maximizing the energy efficiency and driving range of electrified vehicles. —Kilian Vas, project leader, Vehicle Architecture, Ford of Europe.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen is showcasing two electric concepts. BUZZ CARGO,in its auto show debut, is an electric panel van concept based on the MEB toolkit that offers up to 340 miles of range on the WLTP cycle. The electric Cargo e-Bike concept, in its North American debut, carries a 463 lb payload. Cargo e-Bike.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Lexus looks to several concepts as a starting point toward becoming an EV brand. Aptera shows how it’s at work on its solar EV. And Kia provides a look at several future affordable EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In AW-Energy’s concept, wave energy complements solar power production to enable large-scale green hydrogen. Our WaveRoller process enables a green hydrogen plant to achieve much higher production capacities at reduced costs by complimenting wave energy with solar or wind. —Christopher Ridgewell, CEO of AW-Energy Oy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The demonstration project, comprising 15 HEVO-Solar units and associated balance-of-plant equipment, will produce 15 tons of green hydrogen per year and avoid the emission of 135 tons of CO 2 annually. HEVOs are affixed to the back of high-efficiency concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) panels to make a HEVO-Solar generator.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Hyundai has partnered with Electrum to develop a one-stop online marketplace to connect homeowners in select states to solar panels, energy storage systems, EV chargers and local installers. Last year, we introduced Hyundai Home as a proof of concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show and the response was outstanding.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. The researchers have published their proof-of-concept in ACS Photonics and will now establish wider studies that demonstrate the scalability of the platform.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2017

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recaptured the record for highest efficiency in solar hydrogen production via a photoelectrochemical (PEC) water-splitting process. a, Solar flux incident from the right, on an immersed tandem water-splitting device where photons with hν > 1.8

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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. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Kia on Wednesday revealed the EV9 Concept, which both hints at an upcoming mid-sized electric SUV and sets a new sustainability-focused design theme for the brand. The hood duct area also houses a solar.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 21, 2021

The Nissan e-NV200 Winter Camper concept shows how an electric van can be converted into a home away from home. The modified van is equipped with a 220-volt battery to power onboard accessories, which can be recharged using a roof-mounted solar panel. If you're going to build a camper van, why not make it electric?

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Nissan Concept Volt Recharge 168

Electrek

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Tesla has unveiled plans for a new Supercharger project called ‘Oasis’, which will include 168 Superchargers combined with its own solar farm and Megapack battery system.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

A 10 kWh battery energy storage system in the garage, using the same lithium-ion cells that are used in the Honda Fit EV, allows stored solar energy to be used at night, when household demand typically peaks and electric vehicles are usually charged. Electric (Battery) Smart charging Solar Sustainability'

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 29, 2021

When you want your new ad agency to make a splash, do it with an 800 HP sci-fi inspired electric supertruck concept.

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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

APRIL 9, 2021

Throughout the project, technology, regulation and business models, to enable hydrogen production, will be adapted and influenced to ensure that green hydrogen production based on fluctuating renewable energy sources (offshore wind/solar) will compete on fully commercial terms.

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Electrek

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jackery is making its first reveal of the year this weekend ahead of CES 2024, showing off a new rooftop tent kept that yields 1,000W of solar power. It may only be a concept, but we could see units officially launch as early as the end of the year.

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Innovation News Network

APRIL 17, 2023

ESA has signed contracts for two concept studies for commercial-scale space based solar power plants, a vital step in its SOLARIS initiative. The post Space based solar power plant concepts in development with ESA appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2022

ORC ROOKIE Corolla H2 Concept. ORC ROOKIE GR86 CNF Concept. Up to 370 Nm 3 of hydrogen is produced per hour by electrolyzing water with electricity derived from solar power through a P2G (power-to-gas) system at the Komekurayama Electric Power Storage Technology Research Site in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

During the month-long field test, the second-generation prototype of the fully-electric Honda AWV performed a range of functions at a large-scale solar energy construction project, including towing activities and transporting construction materials, water, and other supplies to pre-set destinations within the work site.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2024

Taiwan’s government is hoping that the more than 400 square kilometers of fishponds can simultaneously produce a second harvest: solar power. hectares of abandoned land in Tainan’s fishpond-rich Qigu district, created earthen berms to delineate the two dozen ponds, and installed solar panels along the berms and over 6 reservoir ponds.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Tesla appears to be doubling down on its new “Oasis” Supercharger station concept, which consists of larger stations powered by solar and a microgrid battery system. Although, this new one is a bit less ambitious.

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