Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2020
Researchers from IPEN in Brazil, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) in Germany, and INRA in Canada have developed a novel composite membrane for direct ethanol fuel cells. A paper on their work is published in the Journal of Membrane Science. Ethanol has five times higher volumetric energy density (6.7 kWh/L) than hydrogen (1.3 kWh/L) and can be used safely in fuel cells for power generation.
Green Car Reports
MAY 5, 2020
Garbage trucks will never smell pleasant, but at least it's possible to get rid of the stench of diesel exhaust. Dutch truck manufacturer DAF just released an electric garbage truck for testing in its home country. First spotted by ChargedEVs, the DAF CF Electric 6x2 will be operated by waste disposal firm ROVA in the Dutch city of Zwolle. The.
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2020
Ingevity and Ozinga Energy are partnering to begin a field demonstration of adsorbed natural gas (ANG) bi-fuel pickup trucks. Developed by Adsorbed Natural Gas Products, Inc. (ANGP) and Ingevity, the ANG system is made possible by the performance of Ingevity’s Nuchar activated carbon that significantly lowers the natural gas storage pressure, reduces the system’s complexity and captures the environmental benefits and cost savings of natural gas when used as a transportation fuel.
Green Car Reports
MAY 5, 2020
Volkswagen plans to launch 27 electric cars based on its MEB platform by 2022. That will include a family of affordable models although VW hasn't decided which brand they will be sold under, according to a new report. The project—codenamed "MEB Entry"—was originally assigned to VW's Spanish Seat division, but responsibility has now.
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Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2020
BYD Europe outlined an expansion strategy for EVs in Europe, including the trial introduction of electric passenger cars, alongside longer-term plans to bring new BYD LCV and eTruck ranges to the market. BYD will initially introduce the all new, full-electric, second-generation BYD Tang compact SUV to the Norwegian market. Already one of the world’s best-selling models as a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), the permanent all-wheel BYD Tang EV600 features a 520-kilometer (373-mile) range ba
Green Car Reports
MAY 5, 2020
Back in 2009, the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, or Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), offered $3,500 to $4,500 for older vehicles up to 25 years old regardless of the condition provided consumers replaced it with a new, more fuel-efficient one. With signals that the green-car sector in particular might be suffering at the start of the.
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Green Car Reports
MAY 5, 2020
Volkswagen is thinking of creating a new brand around its most affordable EVs. Garbage trucks are going all-electric, too. And should Cash for Clunkers look directly at tailpipe emissions for a reboot? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Does it make sense for Volkswagen to create a new brand for its affordable electric vehicles? Given the.
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2020
The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) announced that its Digital Key Release 2.0 specification is finalized and now available to CCC members. Digital Key is a standardized ecosystem that enables mobile devices to store, authenticate, and share Digital Keys for vehicles in a secure, privacy-preserving way that works everywhere. Release 2.0 delivers a standardized and secure method for vehicle owners to use their own mobile device as their digital key and it supports multiple usage models.
EV Report
MAY 5, 2020
I know this is an old conversion that was done well over 4 years ago but how often do you see an electric Ferrari conversion? Some would consider it sacrilegious to remove an original Ferrari engine as well as removing original parts but luckily the engine had already been destroyed by a fuel leak resulting in an engine fire. It was sitting in a junkyard and was purchased for $10,000.
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2020
Hydrogen as a zero-carbon energy carrier has the potential to transform fundamentally the global energy landscape—but the production must benefit the environment, according to experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Rachel Meidl, the fellow in energy and environment at the institute’s Center for Energy Studies, and Emily Yedinak, a doctoral candidate in materials science and nanoengineering at Rice, published a new brief, “ Measuring the True Cost of Sustainability:
Green Cars News
MAY 5, 2020
The UK new car market fell by 97.3% in April as as the coronavirus pandemic forced the nation into lockdown for the entire month.
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2020
Intel Corporation today has acquired Moovit, a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) solutions company, for approximately $900 million ($840 million net of Intel Capital equity gain). Moovit is known for its urban mobility application that offers travelers around the world multimodal trip planning by combining public transportation, bicycle and scooter services, ride-hailing, and car-sharing.
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2020
Texas A&M University (TAMU) engineering researchers have devised a simple, proliferation-resistant approach for separating out different components of nuclear waste. The one-step chemical reaction, described in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research , results in the formation of crystals containing all of the leftover nuclear fuel elements distributed uniformly.
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