Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2020

The China Electricity Council (CEC) recently ratified and published a set of national standards (“GuoBiao” or GB standard) for the wireless charging of EVs; WiTricity’s patented technology is incorporated in the standards. The new standards are: GB / T 38775.1 GB / T 38775.2 GB / T 38775.4

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MAY 3, 2023

Currently, there is no industry-wide standard to categorize, log, report or analyze charging errors and common causes of failure. The industry badly needs technical standards to enable charging providers to document, diagnose and repair charging problems in a uniform way. Frank Menchaca: Yeah, we do.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

A digital twin is a representation of any physical product that can be used for monitoring, simulating and optimizing design and assessing operational performance. This system level digital twin will be used, as part of the virtual product development process, in the design and optimization of the electrified powertrain.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 1, 2022

During a recent interview at the Petersen Automotive Museum, Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen talked about several of his projects in the electric vehicle maker. He also shared quite a number of insights about the Cybertruck, its design, and its production version. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2017

The Volvo Group’s new truck engines are more fuel efficient as a result of their new piston design which adds waves to the piston crown to improve the use of oxygen. The new wave design has now been patented. It must be possible to manufacture any new design cost-effectively in order for it to be used in production vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

With a fail-operational system design, car manufacturers lift the safety of their highly automated vehicle to aviation standard in a cost-efficient manner. Infineon and TTTech Auto, with the participation of TTTech Group, will continue their collaboration to enable Level 4 and Level 5 automated driving.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Some teams are working on their projects as part of an engineering curriculum or a senior design project. The sensors are designed to transmit data in real time to a secure, online gateway. and its environs. Others are using their IEEE student branch to implement the projects.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2016

The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced IEEE’s publication of three updated standards to support connected vehicle deployment. These standards are: IEEE 1609.2-2016 2016 Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments Security Services for Applications and Management Messages.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 13, 2023

California-based Telo, which counts as a co-founder Forrest North, who helped form the actual Tesla Roadster and co-founded the failed electrical motorbike startup Undertaking Motors, sees doable for a tiny, environment friendly electrical truck for city environments.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2022

For partially and highly automated driving, the two companies will jointly develop a standardized software platform. For this purpose, a development environment will be created for the recording, evaluation, and processing of data. The environment will also make use of AI methods.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Army is looking for vehicles—battery-electric or series-hybrid—that can reduce reliance on fossil fuels both in the operational and garrison environments. Comply with Federal Motor Safety Standards (FMVSS) 209. The vehicle also needs the ability to generate, store and distribute power effectively to the Soldier.

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MARCH 6, 2023

Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining popularity across the world as people become more conscious about the impact of their daily actions on the environment. This infrastructure is critical for the wider adoption of electric vehicles, and its design and installation are essential for ensuring the seamless functioning of the charging system.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2018

IEEE signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the American Center for Mobility (ACM) ( earlier post ), a global center for testing and validation, product development, education and standards work for connected and autonomous vehicles and other technologies. —John Maddox, American Center for Mobility President & CEO.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

The transformation will integrate sustainability and innovation throughout the built environment, including a new Sustainability Showcase building on the product campus, which will aim to meet Living Building Challenge standards, the highest level of sustainability certification today. More than 7.5 How do we reuse energy?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

During this adventure aiming to kick off this March, the Ariya will need to cope with extreme terrains and environments, including ice fields, deep snow, steep mountain climbs and inhospitable desert dunes. The Nissan Ariya AT39 e-4ORCE marks the first EV constructed by Arctic Trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2012

Vehicle efficiency improvements via effective standards and policies could reduce annual CO 2 e emissions from the US, China, and the EU by 1.3 If policymakers are to succeed in their efforts to foster economic growth, improve public health, and protect the environment, they need to know which policies work, which don’t, and why.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

The technology fits within standard oilfield cementing workflows without major changes to the design process, onsite execution, or postjob evaluation. Decarbonizing the well construction process while ensuring safety and performance standards is critical to our industry’s pathway to net zero.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

Medha Group specializes in the design and manufacture of products including traction converters, auxiliary power converters and on-board systems for applications on locomotives, trainsets, coaches, railroad stations and railyards. The collaboration covers the European, Middle Eastern and African markets.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2023

By increasing the sustainability of asphalt mixes, this innovative method can help reduce the number of items going into landfills or leaking into the environment, said Bill Buttlar, director of MAPIL. The form, shape and size of the plastics bring different challenges in how the material flows, how it behaves and how it mixes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2014

The Connected Vehicle Test Environment (CVTE) was developed as a real-world model deployment test site for enabling wireless communications among vehicles and with roadside equipment for use in generating data to enable driver safety warning systems. Work areas covered under the agreement include: Operate and maintain test environment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Audi unveiled the eighth generation of its successful A6 full-size sedan; all engines feature Audi’s 48V mild-hybrid (MHEV) system ( earlier post ) as standard equipment. TFSI is coupled as standard with a seven-speed S tronic. The new A6 with new and refined driver assistance systems sets new standards in its luxury class.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2022

The marine fuel cell system uses a double envelope enclosure that enables the system to be perfectly sealed in a saline environment. HELION developed its standard fuel cell system, the FC RACK, based on a simplified and modular architecture that can suit customer’s needs. HyDrOMer hybrid hydrogen dredger. Copyright: PIRIOU.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Professional EVSE installers understand that the standard electrical receptacles sold at big-box stores aren’t really suitable for use with plug-in EV charging stations (see our 2023 interview with Qmerit’s CEO ). It’s designed to sustain the extended charge times and high frequency of insertions required by plug-in EV chargers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

The component is designed as a glandless pump which, due to the lack of a mechanical seal, ensures low friction and a long service life. Moreover, any leakage into the electronics or the environment is prevented, guaranteeing maximum safety for high-voltage e-motors and inverters.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The G-1 Certification Basis is based on the FAA’s certification standards contained in 14 C.F.R. With Part 23 as the foundation, the G-1 Certification Basis sets forth the specific Airworthiness Standards and Environmental Standards required for FAA Type Certification. —Eric Wright, Archer’s Head of Certification.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

The Ricardo-led FlySafe research collaboration—involving a range of leading industrial and academic partners including the University of Brighton’s Centre for Automotive Engineering—has delivered an innovative flywheel safety test environment to enable the development of next-generation flywheel energy storage systems.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2012

SAE International’s anticipated new revised technical standard for the combo coupler for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and electric vehicles (EV) has been approved and published. The standard was developed in cooperation with the European automotive experts who also adopted and endorsed a combo strategy in their approach.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Finnish manufacturer Visedo is unveiling a new electric motor design at BusWorld 2017 that is optimized for the bus market and ready for mass manufacture. The new S-model is part of a design upgrade across the entire PowerDRUM line. They are liquid-cooled and designed to work as traction motors in harsh operating environments.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

In a statement released this morning, President Barack Obama said he has requested that US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson withdraw the agency’s draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) rulemaking. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Introduced in the strengthened climate plan, A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, and reaffirmed in Budget 2021, the fund grows the domestic clean fuels market, supports the implementation of the Clean Fuels Standard and delivers on early actions outlined in the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada. Seamus O’Regan Jr.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Its debut is a further demonstration of the broad scope of Toyota’s multi-path strategy for achieving carbon-free mobility, applying different powertrain solutions—hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric, battery electric and fuel cell electric—to suit different user needs and operating environments worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2022

Level 4” is a designation of highly automated vehicles as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Level 4 buses operate in pre-determined environments and still have drivers, steering wheels, and pedals.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

Solid bars represent low ambient temperature measurements whereas open, dashed bars represent standard temperature measurements. Black carbon has a negative impact on the environment and on human health. For their study, the Environment Canada/MECA team used two midsize sedans and two compact vehicles. Credit: ACS, Chan et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2020

FEV has developed simulation techniques in combination with a cascaded testing approach to optimize automotive battery pack design to prevent thermal propagation and the risk of thermal runaway, which is a key safety aspect for hybrid and electric vehicles. From there, the complete battery pack design can be tested and validated.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2023

ClassNK carried out a review of a conceptual design of the system developed by SHI based on the part C of its “Guidelines for Ships Using Alternative Fuels”. Upon confirming they comply with the prescribed requirements, ClassNK issued the AiP. Approval in Principle (AiP).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2021

The motorcoaches and city transit buses are designed and developed by Lightning eMotors at their headquarters in Loveland, Colorado. While transportation is responsible for a quarter of global emissions, buses and diesel buses in particular play an outsized role in producing emissions that negatively impact the climate and environment.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2018

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a major component of fine particulate matter—which causes adverse health effects—even in urban environments; vehicles may be a dominant source of SOA in urban areas, although there is still an ongoing debate over SOA formation from on-road sources.

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