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JANUARY 22, 2013

Following the introduction of the Bosch electric axle-split hybrid in PSA Peugeot Citroën diesel vehicles ( earlier post ), the two companies are now planning to develop a hydraulic hybrid powertrain for passenger cars. PSA says the technology—called “Hybrid Air”—will be fitted on B-segment models starting in 2016.

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However, these were models based on conventional diesel and on CNG engines. The decision to build a new bus was triggered not only by market interests, but also by the technical progress with regard to electric buses, and in terms of energy storage in particular.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Composite body electric buses: Replace conventional diesel transit buses with 35-ft composite body electric transit buses.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The output per liter of 80 kW (109 hp) achieved in this way sets a new record in diesel technology. Serial arrangement of the lithium-polymer cells serves to generate nominal voltage of 364 V, and the gross storage capacity of the battery is 10.8 Overall weight of the entire energy storage system is 85 kg or 187 lb.

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MARCH 23, 2015

In the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and in the Le Mans 24 Hours as the season’s pinnacle event, Audi will compete with a thoroughly revised R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrid racer in the 4-megajoule class. Therefore, Audi has increased the capacity of the energy storage system as well. Diesel Hybrids Motorsport'

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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. million) for the development of the hybrid drive in light rail vehicles. The partners unveiled the vehicle to the public at InnoTrans 2012.

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MARCH 15, 2010

The articulated Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid ( earlier post ) can travel for stretches solely on electric power provided by the Li-ion battery pack without using its diesel engine. The Hamburger Hochbahn Transit Company is running two Mercedes-Benz series hybrid Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid buses in a field test. The combustion engine has only 4.8

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

In Europe, track electrification will eliminate the need for either diesel or battery storage in many areas. In 2001, Railpower launched the first hybrid electric switching locomotive in North America, using battery energy storage, called the Green Goat. Several Green Goats caught fire and were destroyed.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

billion over the 2010-2014 period for the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support a broad range of research activities for advanced technology vehicles. 3246 , the “Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009” covers research on light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, as well as infrastructure and pilot programs.

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JULY 17, 2020

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits.

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JULY 4, 2014

Potential for reductions in manufacturing cost, weight, and volume of the electric drivetrain by reducing the size of the battery and offsetting with the PEM fuel cell and energy storage. Diesel ICEV. low downtime for refueling), or vehicle torque. FCEV, SMR H 2. BEV w/FC, SMR H 2. Gasoline PHEV40. Gasoline HEV. Gasoline ICEV.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

The system will be integrated with a 750 kW energy storage facility that can store 2 MWh of energy using batteries—enough to power 100 average Michigan homes for a year. Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas, is supplying its Dynamic Power Resource on-site energy storage and power management system.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

Located in four clusters of electrical generation infrastructure strategically placed around the new terminal to create a single smart, resilient energy system, this microgrid will also include 3.84 MWh of battery energy storage to balance electrical demand and improve power quality. MW of fuel cells and 1.5

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

mpg) for light trucks by 2025 (54.5 mpg light duty average, or 4.3 The objective of this area of interest is to conduct focused fundamental research and development on issues impeding the commercialization of the next-generation, high-performance energy storage device. mpg) for cars and 203 gCO 2 /mi (43.7

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This approach is necessitated by the problems associated with petrol and diesel powered vehicles, such as environmental impact, rising fuel prices, the looming shortage of oil and the limitations of batteries available for electric vehicles. —Claire Fullarton, a researcher from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leicester.

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MAY 12, 2010

Cummins has successfully demonstrated a tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) in a hybrid-configured auxiliary power unit (APU) configured to power a Class 7/8 truck’s hotel loads while running on commercial ultra-low sulfur diesel (ULSD) fuel. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 29, 2010

The gasoline hybrid system uses the light weight Ford V10 gasoline engine and is the only commercially available hybrid-electric drive system for transit buses using gasoline fuel. The gasoline hybrid system produces lower emissions than any competing diesel hybrid drive system.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will optimize fuel-based control of novel combustion strategies in light- and heavy-duty vehicles to enable diesel-like efficiencies with ultra-low engine-out emissions. Light-weighting materials. These projects are being undertaken as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with Canada. GMZ Energy, Inc.

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JUNE 9, 2017

The hydrogen gas can also be used as a chemical energy storage and can later be reconverted into electricity in a fuel cell, albeit with an additional penalty in terms of losses in conversion. In larger refineries light olefins—ethylene, propylene and butenes—are separated from this fraction.

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JANUARY 28, 2012

Odyne’s hybrid technology combines electric power conversion, power control and energy storage technology with Remy electric propulsion motors, modular Johnson Controls lithium-ion battery systems and other automotive-quality components. Manufactured by DUECO, Inc.

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several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. light energy. wasted energy in plants into energy-dense fuel molecules. uptake, and optimized light utilization. converted into a fuel mixture that is comparable to diesel or.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

I fully anticipate we’re going to keep a lot of pressure on that cobalt production,” Ted Miller, head of energy storage strategy and research at Ford, said at a mining event in South Africa. Today it looks feasible but it’s a scenario we’re going to have to watch.”.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Example of a recuperated diesel cycle with high compression ratio and isothermal compression. There might also be consideration of the capability for kinetic energy storage and release. High compression ratios reduce this temperature difference with less scope for recuperation. Source: Neville Jackson. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. of Natural Gas into Diesel Fuel. methane found in natural gas into liquid diesel fuel. ARPA-E OPEN 2012 selections: Transportation Energy Storage. that could improve the amount of energy storage allowing an. The reactor delivers.

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MAY 3, 2010

The entire unit is relatively light and compact. Next year, Volkswagen will be testing the drivetrain and energy storage modules of the future Golf blue-e-motion with a fleet of 500 test cars.

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While conventional diesel buses average 3.86 Nearly six times more efficient than a diesel or CNG bus, the Catalyst is also ~15% more energy efficient per mile than its closest competitor’s electric bus on the same test (BYD, which averaged 1.988 kWh/mile), which translates to a lower lifetime energy consumption of 15%.

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JUNE 19, 2009

The projects include light- and heavy-duty applications, and hybrid or electric powertrains. Aixam, the ECA and INRETS, are demonstrating light electric vehicles. QUAT’ODE: Véléance and CAR&D will construct a light quadricycle electric vehicle for urban deliveries.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

These areas of interest apply to light, medium and heavy duty on-road vehicles. Applications need to use an integrated approach to design, develop, and optimize an assembly consisting of what would have been at least four light duty vehicle components made from traditional metals.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

This includes improving “beyond lithium-ion technologies” that use higher energy storage materials, and developing and commercializing wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductors that offer significant advances in performance while reducing the price of vehicle power electronics. Dual-Fuel Technologies (Area of Interest 9). 10,000,000. .

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JANUARY 18, 2014

The FOA will give equal consideration to all proposals submitted, including submissions that address the following Areas of Interest: Energy Storage R&D. Temperature Combustion (LTC), (2) Dilute Gasoline Combustion, and (3) Clean Diesel Combustion. A typical example would be a light?duty in electric vehicles (PEVs).

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Rated at 2.7V (2.85V surge), the new iCAP represents the lowest weight, lowest equivalent series resistance (ESR) and highest power density currently available in the market for energy storage cells, the company says. They feature a cycle life of more than 1,000,000 cycles, rated to half rated voltage, 25 °C.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

GM expects HCCI, when combined with enabling technologies like variable valve actuation and advanced electronic engine controls, to provide a 12-15% improvement in overall fuel economy while being more affordable than hybrid or diesel technologies. No increase in the role of diesels. Earlier post.). During my test drive I drove a 3.2

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JANUARY 19, 2017

Utilized for a mass transportation application, EDI PowerDrive 6000, certified by the China government, delivered full OEM performance with more than 40% improvement in fuel economy and emissions reductions as the system was deployed in the field to perform standard bus routes in place of its conventional diesel fuel counterpart.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

Just one month ago we launched our eCanter, the first serial-produced, all-electric light duty truck. The E-FUSO Vision One is an all-electric heavy-duty truck concept, has a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) of about 23 tons and carries a payload of approximately 11 tons—two tons less than its diesel counterpart. Earlier post. ]

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These two discrete modules have been designed, tested and validated for transit bus and light rail applications. feet) long and is equipped with a battery (energy storage is an option on the Trollino 18 model). Sub-system includes coolant pump, piping, control valve. meters (61.5

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SEC 132 Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program Grants to auto makers, suppliers, component manufacturers to encourage PHEVs, EVs, and advanced diesels. Clearly, this bill will accelerate the development of Plug Ins and energy storage in general. T here has been a lot of news too!

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