Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2013

Electrical engineering experts from Astrium and Eurocopter helped out with their expertise in testing the battery packs while the livery was designed by Airbus. The embedded wake re-energizing fan is designed to capture the wake energy by re-accelerating the complex wake.

Hybrid

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2010

Itochu Corporation, Mazda, Family Mart, EnerDel and 11 other partners have launched a 3-year project in Tsukuba City, Japan—the “Green Crossover Project”—designed to showcase a real-world integration of the smart grid, stationary lithium-ion grid storage, electric vehicles, rapid recharging and renewable energy technologies.

Li-ion

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. DC-to-DC electric vehicle charging. Passive design. Photo by Dorian Toy.

DC

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The EnerGstor system design is scalable, with an energy capacity ranging from 0.25 The EnerGstor system stores energy released from nearby braking trains, then releases energy when nearby train(s) are drawing power. The power cells are monitored by a common supervisory controller.

Energy

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

The Paris Motor Show saw the debut of a solar energy storage system to support light electric vehicle battery swaps and charging. They will primarily charge using solar energy, but can give and receive energy to/from the grid. kW charge/discharge. During resting or charging, the PCM re-solidifies and becomes ready for re-use.

Energy Storage

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award approximately $36 million to 22 projects to develop transformational electric vehicle (EV) energy storage systems using innovative chemistries, architectures and designs. EnZinc Inc. Dendrite Free Zinc?Air Air Battery. Princeton University.

Lithium Ion

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

Conceptual design of a water-based flow battery GE scientists are researching as part of ARPA-E’s RANGE program. This battery could be one-fourth the cost of current car batteries, and could nearly triple the distance electric vehicles could travel on a single charge. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

Water

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2013

Representing Visteon’s vision of mobility in the year 2020, the e-Bee vehicle concept is designed to explore new and alternative ways of using a vehicle, including car-sharing, private ownership and short-term rental. These can include cup holders, wireless charging devices, cameras and other items.

2013

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The low-temperature cooling system with its own dedicated circuit makes charge-air cooling more effective in the Euro 6 version. Due to the increased heat input through the EGR and the two-stage turbocharging, the charge air needs to be re-cooled to a greater extent. MAN TGM CNG. Click to enlarge.

Diesel

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2020

Badged P300e, both the new Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Discovery Sport plug-in hybrids are based on Land Rover’s Premium Transverse architecture, which was designed from the outset to accommodate plug-in and mild-hybrid technologies while maintaining Land Rover’s signature off-road capability. Range Rover Evoque PHEV. PHEV technology.

Land Rover

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

note the potential of each technology and explain what advances must occur with each if they’re ultimately to be deployed. High discharge rates or high current densities are important, although the state-of-charge (SOC) of the storage system typically will not move over a wide range. In their study, Yang et al. Click to enlarge.

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Recently, a new class of oxide systems, also known as high entropy oxides (HEO), was formulated and reported with first demonstrations for transition-metal-based HEO (TM-HEO), rare-earth-based HEO (RE-HEO) and mixed HEO (TM-RE-HEO). This concept was first reported for metallic high entropy alloys (HEA). Sarkar et al.

Energy Storage

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

Working with a select group of BMW i3 drivers, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to improved electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

Grid

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

Renault’s Energy F1-2014 hybrid Power Unit ( earlier post ), designed and developed for the FIA Formula One World Championship this year, is ready for the track; the 2014 season kicks off in Australia on 16 March. Under acceleration, the MGU-K is powered from the Energy Store and/or from the MGU-H and acts as a motor to propel the car.

Power

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

Nissan and Endesa, an Enel Group subsidiary, signed an agreement at the Geneva International Motor Show pledging to work together to deliver a mass-market V2G system and an innovative business model designed to leverage this technology. Designing and evaluating potential affordable energy and mobility pack offers.

Grid

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

The MLC flywheel project will address the potential of flywheels to store and release energy very quickly, which makes the technology suitable for a variety of applications. The 2009 FIA regulations allow a KERS fitted to a Formula One car to collect and store energy during braking at a maximum rate of 60 kW. WHP flywheel unit.

Qatar

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Designed by FCA US LLC, the eFlite device features two electric motors, both of which are capable of driving the vehicle’s wheels. Charging times can be scheduled by the customer for optimal electricity usage, taking advantage of off-peak rates. Level 3 chargers and “superchargers” cannot be used to charge the Pacifica Hybrid.

Minivan

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

The Volt is an electric-drive vehicle, powered by a 16 kWh Li-ion battery, incorporating an internal combustion engine and generator to serve as a range extender; an electrical plug is intended to be the primary source of stored energy used to deliver motive power. When we’re in this combination.on Click to enlarge.

Extended Range

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

3E-B18, a chair-type mobility concept designed for casual use in indoor or outdoor spaces. 3E-D18, an autonomous off-road vehicle concept with AI designed to support people in a broad range of work activities. Honda will reveal: 3E-A18, a companion robotics concept that shows compassion to humans with a variety of facial expressions.

Honda

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

According to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, age, weather and the generating resource mix is undermining US power systems faster than the infrastructure can be replaced, reinforced and possibly re-envisioned. CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. But that premise is quickly changing.

Grid

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Both prologue variants provide a view into coming Audi design language, as well as the technology experience inside and outside. The lithium-ion battery pack in the rear storing 14.1 With its AWC (Audi wireless charging) technology which Audi is developing for series production, the battery can also be charged inductively.

Audi

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The all-new electronic limited slip differential, Ultra Posi is designed for front and rear-wheel drive vehicles, performs comparably to four-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive systems and provides up to a 10% savings in fuel economy, Eaton says. We’re focused on the customers’ most critical issue—smaller packaging.

Eaton

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

To gain the promised efficiency benefits and green profile of these vehicles, it is important to conduct driveline and component testing during design and manufacturing that is specially adapted to the particular nature of hybrid and electric vehicles. Engineering testing – design engineers need precise measurements.

Hybrid

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The relocated and re-engineered turbo means throttle response time and low-end torque have improved. The new design injects fuel directly inside the cylinder, improving combustion rates for better power and fuel efficiency. Up to 15 kg of gas can be stored in the tank at 200 bar pressure.

Downsizing

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

Hinze is the engineer in charge of the rollout of the e-Golf and e-up!). This approach requires not just the design engineering of the vehicle, but also the development of the integrated assembly process (enabled by the MQB), plus training of personnel in the plant. So we won’t just jump into any technology only to be the first.

Battery

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At 48 volts, a VTES electric supercharger will transform 7kW of battery power into a highly boosted charge of air for downsized gasoline and diesel engines. It’s an efficient way of using 7kW of stored electrical power to deliver not less than six times that at the crankshaft.

Volt

Creative Greenius

MARCH 31, 2009

Luckily for me once we got past the conceptual to the nuts and bolts of designing, installing and wiring a solar system, Scott boiled down all the math to the essential Amps x Volts = Watts, and even taught us what amps, volts and watts are. The course is designed for: Prospective installers to enter the PV job market.

Solar

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. is one of the most energy dense forms of stored energy in. engineer sugarcane and sorghum to produce and store oil, a. The plant will incorporate features that.

Energy

Teslarati

MARCH 17, 2023

Electric vehicles are becoming more mainstream, and amidst this trend, home electric car charging solutions have only become more prominent. Power in its 2023 US Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Home Charging Study, about 68% of EV owners today utilize a Level 2 permanently mounted station. For its study, J.D.

Charging

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APRIL 2, 2015

Kia Motors America (KMA) introduced the re-designed Optima midsize sedan at the New York International Auto Show. The all-new Optima is designed to be functional and sporty with exterior dimensions that are marginally longer, taller and wider. Also new for the Optima, Michelin tires are available on all trims. Body and chassis.

2016

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2023

The first time that an electric motor was matched to a 12-cylinder internal combustion engine in a Lamborghini was in 2019 with the Sián, which used a 25 kW electric engine to support the previous generation of V12, storing the electrical energy in a supercapacitor. The LB744 introduces a new hybrid architecture and a new generation of V12.

Engine

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2016

The first version—called BMW Connected North America—is now available at the Apple App Store to BMW ConnectedDrive customers in the US for iOS devices. Nearby authorized BMW centers, convenient fueling and charging stations as well as parking locations are available with one click. Open Mobility Cloud.

North America

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Transferring the high temperature heat from the solar concentrator to the gasifier and designing the available configuration of the gasifier are technological challenges. Hot syngas from the gasifier is cooled and cleaned, then compressed to the reformer (methane reforming) and the reverse water gas shift (Re-WGS) reactor.

Solar

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Using the energy stored within a fully charged lithium-ion battery pack alone, the Concept GC-PHEV can supply the equivalent of a days worth of electrical power consumption to the average household. Auto Hi-beam Headlights. Future Safety Technologies. In the event of an emergency, the system will then activate an engine speed limiter.

North America

Teslarati

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Whether you need a last-second Christmas gift or you just picked up your first EV and you want a controller in case slower charging methods are only available during your first road trip, here’s the perfect list of what you can expect from each option: The Best Bargain: EasySMX Wired Gaming Controller.

Tesla

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Mitsubishi said that the Concept XR-PHEV crossover hints at its future design direction for production vehicles in North America and further reaffirms the automaker’s commitment to the US market. (MMNA) gave the Mitsubishi Concept XR-PHEV ( earlier post ) plug-in hybrid its North American debut at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show.

Mitsubishi

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Travertine will develop the design basis for a 1 ton/day CO 2 removal system to demonstrate the technical feasibility and commercial viability of this concept, taking it from proof-of-concept to field-ready. Re-Mining Red Mud Waste for CO 2 Capture and Storage and Critical Element Recovery (RMCCS-CER) ($1,000,000). An estimated 2.2

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