Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Renault Grou and Vitesco Technologies are entering a strategic partnership for the joint development and the production of power electronics in a “One Box” for electric and hybrid powertrains. The goal is to combine all components in one housing: the DC-DC converter, the on-board charger OBC and the inverter.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Rolls-Royce, Porterbrook and Chiltern Railways have put a hybrid diesel-battery-electric train that reduces CO 2 emissions by up to 25% into passenger service in the UK. The HybridFLEX train is powered by two mtu Hybrid PowerPacks and is operated by Chiltern Railways on the route between London Marylebone and Aylesbury.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2021

Just under a year after the initial concept idea, Audi Sport has started testing the new Audi RS Q e-tron series hybrid, with which Audi will tackle the Dakar Rally in January 2022. Because there are no charging opportunities in the desert, Audi has chosen a series-hybrid design. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

Volkswagen will offer a plug-in hybrid drive generating 160 kW (218 PS) for the updated Arteon product line for the first time, in addition to offering TSI (gasoline) and (in some markets) TDI (diesel) options. For the first time in the Arteon, this includes a plug-in hybrid drive comprising a 1.4-liter kWh battery.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2021

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s (SFMTA) Municipal Railway (Muni) has awarded a contract to ElDorado for 30 electric hybrid E-Z Rider II model heavy-duty 30-foot transit buses, which will feature the Allison H 40 EP hybrid propulsion system. These systems have accumulated more than 2.9

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2021

Chemical engineers at UNSW Sydney and University of Sydney have developed a hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for the production of sustainable (“green”) ammonia. Hybrid plasma-electrochemical technology for green ammonia production. Hybrid plasma-electrochemical technology for green ammonia production.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Prodrive has created the first 48V to 12V DC-DC converter targeted at the ISO/DIS 21780 standard for 48V automotive systems. Prodrive’s 48V to 12V DC-DC converter is configurable to suit automotive networks including CAN and FlexRay, and is available in multiple power options from 400W to 2.2kW to suit the application.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

The new E-Ray—available in removeable roof coupe and hardtop convertible models—is the only sports car pairing two separate propulsion systems to provide naturally aspirated V-8 power with electrified responsiveness powered by eAWD. The E-Ray is the quickest production Corvette in history, clocking a 2.5-second

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Hyundai’s N Vision 74 hydrogen fuel cell hybrid concept ( earlier post ) made its US debut at Automobility LA. This strategic approach allows the N brand to experiment with the most advanced technologies from both motorsport and production car development. The 85kW fuel cell converts hydrogen to electricity to charge the 62kWh battery.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2021

The BMW i Hydrogen NEXT is a pure electric vehicle that uses hydrogen as fuel by converting it into electricity in a fuel cell. The BMW i Hydrogen NEXT uses fuel cells from the product development cooperation with the Toyota Motor Corporation. The fuel cell system delivers an electrical output of 125 kW/170 hp.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

The 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid truck, generating more power than its diesel predecessor and capable of carrying a 290-tonne payload, is part of Anglo American’s nuGen Zero Emission Haulage Solution (ZEHS). nuGen is part of FutureSmart Mining, Anglo American’s innovation-led approach to sustainable mining.

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EV Central

MAY 22, 2024

Ford has announced that it will electrify its Ford Mustang coupe and convertible for the first time in its 60-year history, but won’t ever produce a full battery-electric version with epic power to battle the latest 50kW Dodge Charger Daytona. The post World’s hottest hybrid?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Deutsche Bahn and Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH (MTU) have converted a diesel-mechanical powered car from the VT 642 series into a hybrid vehicle as part of a joint research project. Hybrid rail car VT642 with MTU Hybrid Powerpack. million) for the development of the hybrid drive in light rail vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Valmet Automotive has started the production of EV battery packs in its new plant in Salo, Finland. The battery plant project has progressed on schedule, and with the ramp up of production volumes, Valmet Automotive will continue recruiting more employees to the Salo plant.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 21, 2024

Electric vehicle maker BYD is reportedly planning to phase out the pouch-type batteries that have been used in its best-selling hybrids. BYD has reportedly started converting the production lines for pouch-type cells at its Shaanxi and Zhejiang factories to prismatic cells, one of the publication’s sources claimed.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2014

has begun to supply Daimler AG with compact, high-output inverters and DC/DC converters for use in Daimler’s first plug-in hybrid—the S500 PLUG-IN HYBRID ( earlier post ) and S550 PLUG-IN HYBRID Long being marketed in Europe this autumn and Japan this month, respectively. Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award some $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels. Topic Area 1: Pre-Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries Algenesis Corporation, “Pre-Pilot Scale Production of Algae-based Jet Fuel and Polyurethane Monomers”, $4,987,974.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

GKN Land Systems is ramping up production of its Gyrodrive electric flywheel hybrid technology for buses following successful trials in London and the start of UK production. The energy is drawn from the flywheel and converted back into electricity to power the traction motor. Heavy-duty Hybrids' GKN Gyrodrive bus.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2014

gasoline engine as well as the hybrid drive system. Production of Pathfinder’s hybrid engine variant will make the St. Petersburg plant Russia’s first to produce a hybrid. For the hybrid version, Pathfinder’s standard 3.5-liter Pathfinder production is being added to Nissan’s manufacturing operations at St.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Daimler AG and Geely Holding, the respective parent companies of Mercedes-Benz AG and Volvo Cars, plan to collaborate on developing highly efficient powertrain systems for next-generation hybrid vehicle applications. Areas of potential cooperation include engineering, sourcing, industrialization and efficiency measures.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Mercedes-AMG laid out its new electrified drive strategy , which is based on two pillars: Performance hybrids with a completely independent drive concept under the technology label E PERFORMANCE. When developing our new E PERFORMANCE hybrid strategy, it was therefore immediately clear that we would pursue an independent concept for AMG.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2018

This project will be the first step for the City of Boulder and Via in realizing their combined goal of converting the HOP fleet of 35-foot transit buses to all-electric vehicles. Repowering an existing diesel transit bus with the LightningElectric product will cost one-third the price of a new electric bus.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

XL Hybrids, Inc., XL Hybrids, Inc., XL Hybrids’ customer fleets are now logging more than 200,000 miles per month. The XL Hybrids technology reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by 20% in urban and suburban driving for corporate fleets. —Tod Hynes, president and founder of XL Hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2020

In preparation for production of the fully-electric BMW i4, BMW Group Plant Munich will pause vehicle production for six weeks this summer. Plant Munich will take advantage of this break in production to implement numerous structural and remodeling measures before the fully-electric BMW i4 goes into standard production next year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

Volkswagen’s top-of-the-range model Touareg now also features a plug-in hybrid drive. The Touareg R—the first R-Line model to be available as a hybrid—delivers total power output of 340 kW (462 PS) and 700 N·m of torque. This hybrid strategy also provides the greatest savings potential.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2014

Silicon Carbide multiport DC-DC converter fitted to the Tata Vista EV. A consortium led by motorsport and technology company Prodrive has successfully run a silicon carbide-based multiport DC-DC converter in an electric car. A key aspect of the converter is the use of silicon carbide devices. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Hyundai announced a sustained product blitz of 12 new and enhanced SUVs continuing through the 2021 calendar year. The fresh pipeline of new SUV products will include new and refined internal combustion, hybrid, plug-in, BEV and N performance models. liter, direct-injected, turbocharged hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2020

Wrangler also offers a version of the engine with mild-hybrid eTorque assist. jobs added to support production, bringing total employment in the state to more than 8,300. The new facility will be the source of all US production for the engine currently built in Termoli, Italy. Production is expected to begin in Q2 2021.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The Board of Transport for London (TfL) approved a production order for up to 600 of New Bus for London vehicles over the next four years. This will create the largest fleet of hybrid buses in Europe, according to TfL. The first batch of 30 buses, enough to convert a full route, will enter passenger service in April next year.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

production of more hybrid models , as part of an effort to expand the range of hybrid trims of its gasoline vehicles. Although it might still be years away from large-scale production and the Polestar 5 used as a basis for the testing will launch with different batteries, it’s a proof point for the tech.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

The SL 43 features an M139 in-line two-liter, four-cylinder gasoline engine with an electric exhaust gas turbocharger—used for the first time in a production vehicle. The electric exhaust gas turbocharger is a fascinating example of the extensive transfer between Formula 1 technology and the development of production vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Scientists from a team spanning Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a scalable, integrated bioelectrochemical system that uses bacteria to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel. Credit: PNAS, Torella et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2016

From the end of 2016, diesel variants of the Renault Scénic and Grand Scénic models will be equipped with Continental’s 48-volt hybrid drive—the first application of the 48V “Hybrid Assist” in production vehicles. The first production solution combines an efficient, water-cooled induction motor with an integrated inverter.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The alternative drive concept combines an electric drivetrain with a high-voltage battery and a highly efficient energy converter for the first time. — Markus Duesmann, Chairman of the Board of Management and Board of Management Member for Technical Development and Product Lines at AUDI AG.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2020

ZF has developed a new hybrid driveline for the Dakar off-road race. The final product is called CeTrax Lite RS. In addition to the electric motor, ZF also supplies integrated power electronics and the hybrid control unit, including the software that has been programmed specifically for the Dakar Rally.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Key to these control mechanisms are enzymes, which speed up chemical reactions involved in biological functions such as growth and energy production. The insight could lead to organisms that are more efficient at converting plants into biofuels. The open-access study appears in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a simple, robust, and efficient method for generating interspecies yeast hybrids. The result, however, yielded a product of enormous economic value, demonstrating the latent potential of interspecies yeast hybrids. It is much more efficient than nature.

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