Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Government of Romania. The Rock Tech converters produce lithium hydroxide in three steps: pyro-processing, hydro-processing and purification. Rock Tech owns its own mine in Canada. —Rock Tech’s Chairman, Dirk Harbecke.

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Electrek

MARCH 26, 2024

Kia aims to boost sales with improved tech and designs. To help its transition, Kia is bringing on former longtime Mercedes-Benz and BMW designers.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The current fourth-generation Prius arrived in 2016 and its styling and design were not well-received. Since it first went on sale in Japan in 1997, the Prius has epitomized high fuel efficiency and the advanced technology of hybrid-electric powertrains.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 17, 2023

Airbus recently announced that it’s planning to design, build, and demonstrate a “megawatt-class propulsion system” intended for a large-scale passenger aircraft, featuring hydrogen fuel-cell tech with cryogenic hydrogen storage, in less than four years.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Hyundai unveiled an EV-derived, futuristic design for its new generation KONA subcompact SUV. Unlike most vehicles that are made available with a variety of powertrains, the KONA started with the EV variant design, which was then adapted the design for the ICE, HEV and N Line models.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Nissan is unveiling four EV concepts in the weeks leading up to the 2023 Tokyo auto show. Each will have the prefix "hyper," with one debuting each week until the Tokyo show's press day, scheduled for Oct. First up is the Hyper Urban crossover which, according to Nissan's press materials, targets "urban- and suburban-based professionals.".

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2023

These results demonstrate the possibility of improved all-solid-state batteries via metallurgical design of negative electrodes while simplifying manufacturing processes. —Liu et al. b) Schematic of a SSB with an aluminum-based negative electrode, SSE separator, and NMC composite positive electrode. Sloan Foundation.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Fusilier is slightly smaller than the Grenadier but maintains much of its utilitarian design – with a blocky stance, utility rails built into the doors and circular headlights – albeit with some more curves for a more modern look. It’ll no doubt offer better performance than the BMW-sourced six-cylinder engines in the Grenadier.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 18, 2022

After selling over 120,000 units in Europe, Kia’s highly successful XCeed compact crossover has received a series of product enhancements for 2022 including a bold new exterior design, an enhanced interior and a new GT-line trim that brings the emotions of the Ceed GT to the popular model.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

Kia Corporation revealed the first images of the exterior and interior design of EV6, its first dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV), ahead of the car’s world premiere later this month. EV6 was designed under the brand’s new design philosophy ‘Opposites United’, which takes inspiration from the contrasts found in nature and humanity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2023

In the supercar and hypercar segments the principal challenge is to combine high-tech bearing solutions with peak performance and high endurance road car specifications. The design of the new wheel bearings features low friction, low weight, and therefore low car emissions.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Over the 25 years since it pioneered the ludospace (leisure MPV) segment with its design in a class by itself, next-level practicality and the first ever sliding side door, Renault Kangoo has stayed in touch with its time and quintessentially innovative. It is also a one-of-a-kind success story: Renault has sold over 4.4

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 24, 2023

Mercedes-Benz’s entry-level electrical crossover receives an replace that delivers design tweaks and generation upgrades. With a newly designed dark panel floor with its celebrity trend on the entrance, the EQB visually catches up with its electrical fashion siblings. The 2024 EQB will start at U.S.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2022

The same is true—with much higher stakes—for microelectronic chips: How can engineers confirm that what’s inside has truly met the intent of the designers? How can a semiconductor design company tell whether its intellectual property was stolen? We were encouraged by our early success.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

During a “Uni Wheel Tech Day” event held in Seoul earlier today, Hyundai Motor and Kia Corporation presented a potentially game-changing approach to the design of an EV’s drivetrain. more… The post Hyundai and Kia introduce a new ‘Uni Wheel’ drive system that could revolutionize EV design appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney have signed a joint agreement with Virginia Tech for pre-competitive research focused on the impact of environmental contaminants on aeroengine operation and testing. —Changmin Son, the Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor at Virginia Tech. Resources.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The all-new Renault Scenic E-Tech 100% electric, set to be unveiled at the IAA Mobility 2023 Motor Show in Munich, is designed around families and their need to travel freely and safely, with an increasing awareness of sustainability.

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Green Fleet Magazine

APRIL 1, 2024

The 2025 Tucson features safety tech advancements, over-the-air update capabilities, a more open-feeling interior design for enhanced driver comfort.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

As Tesla prepares to begin producing the Cybertruck later this year, some are pointing out how the electric truck’s bold, futuristic design is at odds with the minimalism of most modern tech.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2022

million) with the waste battery recycling company, Jae Young Tech. LG Chem will lead the overall business such as establishing the business model, and Jae Young Tech will be in charge of technological issues including plant design, etc. Jae Young Tech was founded in 2016 and specializes in battery recycling.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 5, 2023

With all the concern surrounding artificial intelligence, it’s no surprise that top tech leaders surveyed by IEEE chose AI as the most important technology for 2024. “ Like in the IEEE 2023 survey of tech leaders, the executives said they are concerned about ransomware attacks, phishing, and insider threats.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

The new R&D organization will transform from a centralized structure focused on vehicle development to an independent Allianced Tech Organization (ATO). The companies also separated the next-generation innovative technology teams within the existing R&D Division as a stand-alone Tech Unit.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Kia Corporation and Hyundai Motor Company have unveiled the Universal Wheel Drive System — called ‘Uni Wheel’ — at ‘Uni Wheel Tech Day’ in Seoul, Korea. This paradigm-shifting vehicle drive system will revolutionise the design of future mobility devices.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

Rock Tech, which plans to supply lithium hydroxide to manufacturers of batteries for electric cars from 2024, plans to build the first European lithium hydroxide factory (converter) in Brandenburg, Germany. Based on the work of Fraunhofer and Circulor, Rock Tech will create a material passport for its product. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To get that from one die to the other using today’s 36-micrometer-pitch microbump tech would mean scattering those signals across several hundred square micrometers of silicon on one side and then gathering them across the same area on the other. On each chip, these buses might be as narrow as 10–20 wires per micrometer.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shed new light on the formation mechanisms of a rare earth-bearing mineral that is in increasingly high demand across the globe for its use in the green energy and tech industries. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Crystal Growth & Design. 0c01313.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Virginia Tech will host a university-wide competition for students to design on-demand, remote-controlled 3-D printed aircraft and ground vehicles. This competition promises to catapult Virginia Tech to a leadership position in additive manufacturing linked to robotic systems. according to challenge organizers.

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The Driven EV News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Japanese automaker to launch Nissan Energy Share in its home market next month – branded tech designed for smart charging and discharging EV batteries. The post Nissan to launch new EV smart charging tech, to unlock potential of V2G and V2G appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2023

AMADA WELD TECH, a manufacturer of equipment and systems for welding, marking, cutting, sealing, and bonding, announced a range of galvo scan heads for precision laser welding applications. >Galvo The solutions are designed to work with lasers up to 3 kilowatts (kW) and field sizes up to 100 x 100 millimeters.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

UMVs are designed to assist in natural resource management, disaster management, all-urban and rural logistics, construction, mining and space resource development. Located inside Montana State University’s (MSU) Innovation Campus, New Horizons Studio’s all-new Bozeman facility will focus on: Product design and development.

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CN EV Post

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Gotion High-tech was awarded the mining right for a period of five years, with a design production scale of 3 million tons per year. The post Gotion High-tech secures new lithium mining right in Jiangxi appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Ample’s modular batteries are designed to fit into any electric vehicle, enabling their use in any Stellantis electric vehicle. The post Stellantis explores battery swapping tech for EVs appeared first on TESLARATI. According to the legacy automaker, Ample’s batteries can be deployed in public areas in at least three days.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For 2021, Toyota has fully rebooted the Mirai, originally offered in 2016, as a premium rear-wheel drive sports-luxury fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with striking design, cutting-edge technology, more engaging driving performance and a significantly longer EPA-estimated range rating.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 1, 2022

Battery supplier CATL on Wednesday announced its third-generation cell-to-pack technology, claiming this new version produces more power than the latest Tesla battery tech. Cell-to-pack refers to the direct integration of cells into a battery pack, without the modules used in most current pack designs.

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EV Specifications

MARCH 6, 2024

Renault 5 E-Tech electric is the first vehicle to be designed entirely on AmpR Small, the new Ampere platform dedicated to B-segment electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Virginia Tech a $3 million grant for research on electric vehicle charging infrastructure cybersecurity as part of a larger $80 million investment by the department on advanced technologies research ( earlier post ). —Jonathan Petit, senior director of research at OnBoard Security.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 1, 2022

The lack of chips is already fueling changes in the design of future products, delaying next generations of devices, and forcing engineers to come up with all manner of Plan-Bs, according to a new survey from Avnet. This finding and more (see below) highlights how the chip shortage will alter technology—and tech jobs—for years to come.

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