Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2021

The future of transportation will require more data connections and sophisticated analysis than ever before. In Wolfsburg, Germany—Europe’s biggest automotive factory—and Volkswagen’s EV hub in Zwickau, the software is used in cameras for quality checks on vehicle assembly and in logistics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Through its subsidiaries in Belgium (Elia) and the north and east of Germany (50Hertz), the company operates 19,192 km of high-voltage connections. The Group ensures that production and consumption are balanced, supplying 30 million end users with electricity.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Germany has taken a pioneering role in this with the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017. With the approval of the authorities, we have now achieved a breakthrough: We are the first manufacturer to put conditionally automated driving into series production in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2022

Cummins has invested $24 million in Germany-based VoltStorage, a developer of stationary flow batteries. In addition, the storage system can be connected to existing infrastructures in a space-saving and decentralized manner, which additionally ensures the self-sufficient functionality of the storage solution and increases reliability.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2022

A realistic pilot test conducted by Porsche, the grid operator TransnetBW and consulting firm Intelligent Energy System Services (IE2S), has demonstrated that electrical balancing power can be stored in the high-voltage batteries of an intelligent swarm of electric cars. The Porsche Home Energy Manager monitors energy and power consumption.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2022

Hoeller Electrolyzer, based in Wismar, Germany, is an early-stage technology company that is developing highly efficient polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) stacks, under the brand name Prometheus, for the cost-effective production of hydrogen. Otto Preiss, COO and Chief Technology Officer, Rolls-Royce Power Systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Alongside Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and Finland, the charging service is now also available in Norway, France, Spain, Great Britain and Italy. The service searches for suitable charging stations and performs invoicing via centrally stored payment details.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

Connected to the grid or even off-grid, the station can charge up to four electric cars simultaneously, based on the principle of a ‘power bank’, two with DC quick charging. The charging station can be used as interim storage for eco-power; however, when connected to the mains power grid, it becomes a permanent charging point.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

The findings returned by PROTON-PLATA will therefore also benefit the research project “Safe and Intelligent Mobility – Test Field Germany (simTD)”. oHG (Germany), Escrypt GmbH Embedded Security, Infineon Technologies AG, Fujitsu, Mira Limited, Trialog, Groupe des Ecoles des Telecommunications and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

This is made available and updated via a backend connection. The map data is stored in backend data centers and updated constantly. Each vehicle also stores an image of this map information on board, constantly compares it with the backend data and updates the local dataset as required.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

After all, it is one of the most efficient ways of storing and transporting renewable energies. The hydrogen needed to supply the fuel cell is stored in two 700-bar tanks made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). We should use this potential to also accelerate the transformation of the mobility sector.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2017

In Germany, the mobility app moovel—available to download free of charge from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store—combines local public transport, the carsharing provider car2go, mytaxi, rental bicycles and Deutsche Bahn. In total, more than 250 people work for moovel in Germany and the USA.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

As a computer on wheels, the connected car benefits from the experience of the IT industry. It is easy to integrate and substantially increases cybersecurity—from production to recycling of connected cars. The TPM likewise generates, stores and administers further security keys for communication within the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Ford will present its latest generation of connected and electrified Transit products at the IAA Commercial Vehicle show in Hannover, Germany, from 20-27 September 2018. The mHEV system captures energy on deceleration in a 48-volt lithium-ion battery, and uses the stored energy to help drive the engine and electrical ancillaries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

A belt alternator starter, which is connected to the crankshaft, recovers energy during deceleration and stores this in a compact lithium-ion battery. The base price in Germany for the A5 Coupé 40 TFSI with 12 V MHEV and 140 kW is €42,900 (US$47,000). Audi is updating the A5 sedan. Audi A5 Coupé.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2019

In addition to the 48V electrical system, the vehicle is equipped with the conventional 12V electrical system, which is connected via the DC/DC converter to the 48V system. Thus, parts of the energy stored in the 48V battery system can also be used to stabilize the 12V on-board power supply.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

The MIB 3 boasts computing power ten times higher than in the predecessor model, connects the car via LTE Advanced speed, and connects the smartphones of the passengers to the Internet via Wi-Fi hotspot. The latter connects the device to the car antenna and can charge it inductively. The DAB+ digital radio comes as standard.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2015

The electricity stored in the batteries will then be used when rates are the highest each day during peak use times (peak trimming). LichtBlick and Tesla will initially start their collaboration in Germany and the companies plan to expand their relationship to the EU, the USA, Australia and New Zealand.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2014

Electricity is stored in a 9.4 Via the integrated on-board charging componentry and the standard Porsche Universal Charger (AC), the battery can reach full charge within approximately two and a half hours when connected to a 240V power source. Of these, 12,300 units were sold in the home market of Germany.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

This announcement comes as pre-orders of xStorage Home begin today in the United Kingdom, Norway and Germany with other European markets to follow in the coming months. It can also save money on their utility bills by charging up when renewable energy is available or cheaper, and releasing that stored energy when demand and costs are high.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Drivers using the new Fuel Saver App from Bosch SoftTec GmbH can customize settings to help them to save money when refueling their vehicles at filling stations in Germany. All that is required is an OBD Bluetooth adapter (available separately) connected to the vehicle and the Fuel Saver App.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

The partners will install and connect 100 V2G units at locations agreed upon by private and fleet owners of the Nissan LEAF and e-NV200 electric van. Currently if all 18,000 Nissan electric vehicles in the UK were connected to the energy network, they would generate the equivalent output of a 180 MW power plant. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2020

Drivers will be able to approach a charger, regardless of the charging network operator, and their charge session will be automatically and securely billed from the moment the charger plug connects to the vehicle. This firmly and irreversibly tips the convenience scales to the recharging experience over the refuelling experience.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

has inaugurated commercial operations at its Power-to-Gas (P2G) facility in Falkenhagen, Germany. one of the first companies to demonstrate that surplus energy can be stored in the gas pipeline system in order to help balance supply against demand. Earlier post.) This project makes E.ON Falkenhagen P2G system. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

MAY 4, 2022

Win $10K and a Trip to Germany! The team designed two mounting brackets to connect the system to a vehicle. Data transfer wires are attached to these three systems and connected to a central processing unit within the vehicle. Using LiDAR to collect road data When the car is started, all connected devices turn on.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

With a connected digital solution available both in-car and on mobile devices, Polestar is setting up strategic collaborations to give Polestar 2 owners easy and hassle-free access to the world’s largest public charging networks. dB compared to a traditional chassis. It also allows Polestar 2 to sense the driver upon approach.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Tesla and its partner Octopus Energy Germany recently rolled out retail utility services in two large German states. A decade ago it became possible to get your electricity in the UK from a department store chain (though with the actual power supplied first by a Scottish utility and— as of 2018 —arranged and managed by Octopus Energy).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Within the target group, the app has received a five-star rating in the app-store. The new initiative started with a hackathon which took place on 10-11 December, on the Campus of XU Exponential University in Potsdam, Germany, in order to adapt the “Tuban Xiong” app to the requirements of the German market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

The CarUnity app can be downloaded for free from the Apple App Store and Google Play. CarUnity enables individual mobility everywhere in Germany—at any time and with greatest flexibility. People in Germany can offer their car for rental or rent a car with the free app. We are taking a new approach with CarUnity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

Eguana has also worked with Germany-based Sonnenbatterie on a similar ESS solution. The Eguana power control system manages system power flow and handles the core power conversion functions—AC→DC and DC→AC—as well as connectivity with power grid. residential rooftop solar).

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. Out With Red Tape, In With the Fiber Germany aims to triple the amount of fiber cable installed by the end of 2025, in an effort called Gigabitstrategie.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. MB of data.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

After a route has been taken once, it is stored in the navigation system. Traffic congestion is becoming an ever more frequent problem in Germany. However, things would be a lot easier if a vehicle could warn a driver about traffic problems even on familiar routes. This is what Regular Routes does.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Engineers from both Daimler and Linde have co-developed sLH2, a new process for handling and storing sub-cooled liquid hydrogen – an approach that allows for a higher hydrogen storage density, faster refueling, and superior energy efficiency than gaseous hydrogen. At 1/5th the cost and without the need for a constant data connection, though?

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2023

meters long, weigh 62 kilograms, and store 3 kilowatt-hours. Lithium Battery Ripe for Disruption, Inventor Says A car battery pack is opened, revealing the modules, at a Volkswagen pilot recycling plant in Salzgitter, Germany. NASA Battery Tech to Deliver for the Grid EnerVenue’s nickel-hydrogen battery cells are 1.8

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

These include a new shock absorber valve design providing improved interior quietness, and a change to the rear suspension to give drivers a more connected feel to the road. The electric power-assisted steering has been retuned to make the driver feel even more connected to the road. Enhanced SYNC AppLink.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

liter in Europe has prompted Ford to double production capacity at its plant in Cologne, Germany, to more than 1,000 engines a day. Android and iOS smartphone owners can download more than 60 AppLink-enabled apps from the Apple App Store and Android market. In Europe, where it is already on five nameplates, the 1.0-liter

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