Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

Scientists in Japan have shown that an oxyfluoride is capable of visible light-driven photocatalysis—i.e., converting solar energy to fuel energy using visible-light-absorbing semiconductor materials. The finding opens new doors for designing materials for artificial photosynthesis and solar energy research.

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DECEMBER 26, 2022

Fukuoka Prefecture and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) have entered a partnership agreement that includes jointly implementing initiatives to expand the adoption of fuel cell electric vehicles (FC mobility) for vehicles in the logistics industry, public transportation, and official government use.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

Outside of Germany, Volocopter has found several suitors ahead of full-scale VoloCity production, including companies in Japan and the futuristic city of NEOM in Saudi Arabia. Aircraft design and production are strongly regulated for a good reason: to produce safe mobility products. Is that enough initialisms for you?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Mazda Motor Corporation will showcase its Adaptive LED Headlights (ALH) next-generation headlamp technology at CEATEC JAPAN 2014, a comprehensive exhibition of cutting-edge IT and electronics. With an LED array, the LED light source for the high beams is divided into four blocks which can be switched on and off independently.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

In addition, the companies intend to design and develop jointly even more advanced next-generation battery cells and packs for truck-specific applications, with a focus on high modularity and scalability in order to support different truck applications and flexible compatibility with future e-truck models.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Since then, more than 140 eCanters have been delivered to customers in Japan, Europe and the United States. The new Super Great is Japan’s first HDT to be fitted with Level 2 automated driving support, equivalent to Level 2 automated driving technology defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

It clears the way for a Nissan LEAF equipped with the technology to be tested on the public roads in Japan for the first time. The systems are designed to allow the driver to manually take over control at any time. Automatic stopping at red lights. Earlier post.). Automatic Exit. Automatic lane change. Showcasing AD at CEATEC.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2012

DENSO Corporation has developed a refrigerator system for light-duty hybrid trucks that contributes to better fuel efficiency while maintaining low-level freezer/refrigerator temperatures when the vehicle is idling at a stop light or in other traffic situations. This significantly improves fuel efficiency of light-duty hybrid trucks.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2020

In the wake of Japan’s 2011 earthquakes, Nissan was particularly proud of something its new Leaf electric car was designed to do from the start—like power an office building for a short time, or a home for a full day, or even traffic lights in a pinch.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

Ltd (Japan) group of companies, announced multiple contracts to provide more than a dozen Hydrogen Fueling Stations (HFS) to customers in California and South Korea. Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (CE&IG), a part of the Nikkiso Co., This addition provides yet another major manufacturing facility in Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2012

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will launch the all-new Mirage global compact car at dealerships throughout Japan on 31 August at an MSRP ranging from ¥998,000 to ¥1,288,000 (US$12,800 to $16,500). In Japan, the new Mirage will be offered in three trim levels with all models coming with a powertrain mating a new 1.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) launched the Aqua gasoline-electric compact hybrid—to be marketed as the Prius c in the US—in Japan. million (US$21,685); the monthly sales target for Japan is 12,000 units. The Aqua hybrid. Click to enlarge. The Aqua features a small 1.5-liter mpg US, 2.8 km/L (94 mpg US, 2.5 mpg US, 2.8

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

a company that designs, manufactures, and sells machine tools, cutting tools, and related products. Nidec's E-Axles are characterized by being compact and light-weight as a result of their fully integrated designs that combine motors, inverters and gears. The company has top market share in Japan with this product.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

The production location in Lower Bavaria will manufacture the stack housing made of light metal, which holds the fuel cells, and the media end plate made of plastic and light metal castings, which creates an air and watertight seal around the stack housing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Tsukuba, and colleagues in Japan report a promising hydrogen carrier in the form of hydrogen boride nanosheets. The two-dimensional materials derived from magnesium diboride (MgB 2 ) were first reported by researchers in Japan in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2021

The aerodynamicists, in close cooperation with the designers, were able to achieve a new Cd best value of 0.20. Deceleration is also applied to detected vehicles ahead until they come to a standstill, for example at traffic lights. In Japan, bidirectional charging with the EQS will also be possible.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Honda will begin sales of both hybrid models at dealerships across Japan on 11 November. Honda also will begin sales of the all-new Freed Hybrid minivan and Freed Spike Hybrid tall wagon at dealerships across Japan on 28 October. The Freed Hybrid and Freed Spike Hybrid will be Japan’s first 5-number class (i.e.,

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 9, 2024

This product is an ultra high-performance all-season tire, designed specifically for electric vehicles (EVs). Compatibility and Design for Electric Vehicles According to Drew Dayton, Yokohama Tire’s senior product planning manager, the Sport EV is the inaugural tire to include the E+ badge. based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

NuScale Power has finalized an investment and strategic partnership agreement with JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC HD), a holding company of the world’s leading EPC contractor group companies headquartered in Japan. NuScale’s SMR design received approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2020—the only SMR design yet to do so.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2014

The Celaya plant, designed exclusively for the production of subcompact vehicles, features a number of Honda’s most advanced manufacturing technologies—including several that were first introduced last year at Honda’s new Yorii Plant in Japan—to increase quality and efficiency and reduce the plant’s environmental footprint.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

Earlier this month, a huge batch of the Model 3 Highland was spotted aboard another cargo ship, instead sporting right-hand drive (RHD) units designed for countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Japan. in recent months.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Nidec first revealed its automotive traction motor system in September 2017; the company later went on to announce the successful development of a refined design that fully integrates the reduction gearbox and inverter. Nidec started out as a manufacturer of small electric motors for appliances and other machines in 1973 in Kyoto, Japan.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2014

The demonstration testing will be conducted in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture in Japan in collaboration with the Tochigi Prefectural Police and UTMS Society of Japan, as part of research and development of the Universal Traffic Management Systems (UTMS) in which Honda has been participating.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Japan is the next market to follow. Other approaches, such as the best possible design of the interfaces between charging infrastructure, vehicle and grid, as well as the possibilities of controlling the grid load and thus ensuring the—as sustainable as possible—supply of electricity, are also addressed within the initiative.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is soliciting ( DE-FOA-0000625 ) projects for up to $6 million in awards to collect performance and durability data for light-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) operated in real-world conditions. Design attributes for the vehicles will also be recorded.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The re-designed Mirai features significantly greater range, improved driving performance, and an elegant, sporty design that offers increased passenger room and comfort. Handling is light and easy on winding roads, while highway driving produces an exceptional sense of power at all speeds.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Collaborating institutions included Carnegie Mellon University, Northeastern University, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) in Finland, and institutions in Japan including Gunma University, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), Yokohama National University, Kyoto University, and Ritsumeikan University.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In much of the world, December is a month of twinkling lights. Whether for religious or secular celebrations, the variety and functionality of lights have exploded in recent years, abetted by cheap and colorful LEDs and compact electronics. But decorative lights aren't new. His tree now boasted 120 lights and more colors.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2024

The competition, which was supported by the IEEE Japan Council and the IEEE New Initiatives Committee , was open to all IEEE members and student members. The system is designed to use cryptography to protect information from being altered or stolen. Riko-chan uses blockchain technology to help verify the card’s authenticity.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) unveiled the new model Yaris. Scheduled to go on sale in Japan starting in mid-February 2020, the new Yaris will be exhibited at VenusFort in Odaiba, Tokyo during the Tokyo Motor Show 2019. The new Yaris will also be displayed in showrooms throughout Japan from the end of October to December.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

The companies are working together to enable global production of millions of EVs starting in 2027, including compact crossover vehicles, leveraging the two companies’ technology, design and sourcing strategies. Honda is making progress on its all-solid-state battery technology which the company sees as the core element of future EVs.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2022

holds a part of a stoplight that utilizes a newer LED designed by his students. It is now used in light bulbs and lasers. and Yokohama, Japan. The four-layered semiconductor is now found in light dimmers and power tools. He created crystals of gallium arsenide phosphide to make LEDs that would emit visible, red light.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The new CR-V is longer and wider with premium proportions and a significantly broader stance, further advancing the Honda rugged design direction for light trucks with a low horizontal beltline and a long, powerful front end. Associates at the Ohio Transmission Plant assemble the two-motor hybrid unit.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Nissan has opened a window into its electric performance future, pulling the covers off a 1000kW monster it calls the Hyper Force concept at the Japan Mobility Show. And for those eagle-eyed among you, it might look a little familiar, especially around the rear lights.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Sensors designed to detect the inclination of the car will measure the road grades. Data including the locations of road signs and traffic lights, as well as right- and left-turns and pedestrian crossings, will be collected using lasers. The survey data will be displayed as a collection of dots.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

directional EV charging technology to partially power its North American headquarters in Franklin, TN, and its design center in San Diego, CA. Nissan has already begun programs in the US, Japan and Europe aimed at creating an ecosystem around its range of electric vehicles, including the Nissan LEAF, the world’s best-selling electric car.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

to its Regular members, specifying the requirements for designing the next-generation CHAdeMO chargers using the new plug harmonized with China’s GB/T protocol, allowing for maximum current of 600A. CHAdeMO Association has released the latest CHAdeMO protocol (CHAdeMO 3.0) CHAdeMO 3.0 IMG_20200204_162528-965x1024.jpg

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