Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

At the Battery Show North America 2019, AKASOL will present a wide portfolio of new solutions to the battery community. The company’s flagship product is the new high-energy lithium-ion battery AKASystemAKM CYC , which has entered serial development for the battery module and system. The AKAModule CYC achieves energy density of 221 Wh/kg with liquid-cooled battery modules that are scalable and can be integrated in various system designs at the pack level.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Electric transportation technology is spreading beyond cars to heavy equipment, airplanes, helicopters, and now, boats. The Danish ferry boat Ellen, which made its maiden voyage earlier this month between the Danish islands of Aero and Als, claims to be the world’s largest all-electric ferry. While electric technology is still a challenge.

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Discover EV

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The Porsche Taycan has made its worldwide premiere, finally allowing us to see it in its final form and understand its finer technological details and specifications.

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China EV

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

When I read about WM Motor’s idea to launch a trading platform for second hand electric vehicles, my initial thought was that it was doomed to fail. How will WM determine residual value for those vehicles, I thought? After talking with some experts I’m still not convinced it won’t end up being a total money suck. I do think it will serve a useful purpose, however, and may end up being a success.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Solaris has signed a contract for the supply of 50 zero-emission and low emission buses to bus operator Vy Buss AB: eight electric buses and 42 natural-gas-fueled units. Ultimately, the bulk of the ordered buses (48 vehicles) will be in operation in Gävle. This Swedish town located at the Gulf of Bothnia will receive 24 Solaris Urbino 12 CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), 16 articulated Solaris Urbino 18 CNG and 8 Solaris Urbino 12 buses with an electric drive.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Even as sales of small cars drop in California and across the country, sales of electric cars continue to climb, breaking past 5 percent of the market so far in 2019. In its quarterly California Auto Outlook, the California New Car Dealers Association reported that even while sales of cars—besides SUVs and pickups—have fallen in the.

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Plug Me In

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Compilation of the news coverage when I finished my journey at the Sydney Royal Botanic Garden. News Channels from over […]. The post Global TV Coverage Overview Sydney Finish | Plug Me In appeared first on Plug Me In.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Teijin Limited completed the acquisition of Benet Automotive s.r.o. (Benet), a leading automotive composite and component supplier in the Czech Republic, from Jet Investment. Teijin is targeting automotive composite business sales of approximately €1.7 billion (US$2 billion) by 2030. Teijin will benefit from Benet’s automotive composite technologies and its well-proven supply record; these will serve as a foundation on which to further strengthen Teijin’s solution development capabilities as a c

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Porsche revealed its 2020 Taycan electric car Wednesday and at last confirmed one long-rumored detail: that it would have a two-speed gearbox for the rear wheels. The sports-car maker has said that the low gear is one of the secrets to consistency in the Taycan’s consistent off-the-line launches and reproducibility in acceleration.

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Discover EV

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Renault has announced the price and specifications for its new third generation ZOE, and its good news all-round with more power, range and extremely competitive prices.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The Department for Transport (DfT) has rolled out a new set of labels at fuel stations across the UK, with the new information to ensure you choose the right fuel for your vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2019

Volkswagen has acquired a minority stake in the technology company SeeReal Technologies. This participation will secure access for the Group to future-oriented augmented reality in the field of display technologies for the automobile. SeeReal’s solution to 3D displays is based on true interference-based holography. Holographic 3D (H3D) designs, systems and prototypes of SeeReal are not based on mere imaging on flat screens or semi-transparent mirrors; SeeReal solutions reconstruct 3D objects and

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

School buses may be the perfect application for electric vehicles. They run short delivery routes, sit for hours in between, and deliver the most environmentally precious cargo of all. School districts who want to get on board don’t have to wait. Blue Bird, perhaps the best known coachbuilder with vast vats of yellow paint, now offers three.

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Discover EV

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Arriving for order later this year, the 3008 GT Hybrid4 joins the increasingly crowded ranks of powerfuly plug-in hybrid family SUVs – an area of the market which is only likely to get busier as manufacturers scramble to get models onto the market for this most popular of vehicle segments.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The Taycan isn’t exactly a ground-breaking electric car, but with a starting price of $150,000, it seems likely to be a profitable one.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2019

Andreas Pinkwart, the Economics Minister of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and Tobias Meyer, the Board of Management member who oversees Post & Parcel Germany, presented the 10,000 th StreetScooter that will be used in DHL’s parcel-delivery operations at an event in Cologne. The DHL Group’s e-fleet has now traveled more than 100 million kilometers, saving 36,000 tons of CO 2 each year in the process.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In its first big test, the passenger-car hydrogen economy appears to be failing. A June explosion at a hydrogen production facility in Santa Clara, California, owned by hydrogen producer Air Products shut off the fuel supply to many of the hydrogen filling stations in the San Francisco Bay Area. Months later, many of the region’s hundreds of.

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Discover EV

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

SEAT has expanded the appeal of its Tarraco SUV with the introduction of a plug-in hybrid version in sporty FR trim which will go on sale in early 2020.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This week saw scientists finally try and solve the Loch Ness Monster mystery, the start of a new school year and of course the introduction of the shiny new (and slightly suggestive) 69 plate.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Amarjeet Sohi announced a $2-million investment in a $5.1-million Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC) initiative to develop an energy-efficient mining technology that could significantly reduce energy consumption at mine sites, cut costs and make remote mining operations more productive. Crushing and grinding rocks into smaller pieces (comminution) is the most energy-consuming activity in a mining operation.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Volkswagen is partnering with eClassics to build electric conversions of the iconic VW Beetle, breathing even more life into an already-popular enthusiast platform and opening the doors to a whole new group of tinkerers. The foundation for the electric conversion is the production powertrain from Volkswagen's e-Up. The 14-module battery pack, with.

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Discover EV

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

As with most manufacturers nowadays, Kia is rapidly electrifying its model range in order to hit fleet emissions targets and diversify its offering.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

How lazy are you? Or, to put it another way, would you be prepared to park your car a mile from journey’s end and travel the remainder of the trip in another way? This is the question Hyundai is posing with its electric scooter.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Volvo Trucks North America is utilizing 3D printing technology to produce tools and fixtures used in the manufacturing process at its New River Valley (NRV) plant in Dublin, Virginia, where all trucks for the North American market are built. The implementation of 3D–printed manufacturing tools enables quicker production and continuous quality improvements.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

By spring 2020, the Ford Escape Hybrid will once again be the most important battery vehicle in the automaker's lineup. The 2020 Escape Hybrid goes on sale early next year, and with the C-Max departed from its lineup, the 2020 Escape will give Ford an electrified vehicle to appeal to drivers left in the lurch when the last Escape Hybrid was.

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Discover EV

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Days after revealing the details of its 3008 GT Hybrid4 PHEV SUV, Peugeot has followed up with its brand new 508 Hybrid and 508 SW Hybrid.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Is there a cooler car manufacturer than Volvo? If you’ve not kept up, you’ll be wondering how a company that builds wardrobes on wheels could ever be cool, but the current breed of Swedish metal is unlike anything that’s been before.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Prieto Battery , a 3D Li-ion battery technology company ( earlier post ), announced the results of its first third-party validation testing from Energy Assurance, LLC. Specifically, Prieto had a group of fully assembled batteries containing their proprietary 3D anode tested against an array of UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) standards for Li-ion chemistry.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

In the shadow of the diesel scandal, and just before the official reveal of its first mass-market electric car next week, Volkswagen is facing yet another public reprimand: It’s being ordered by the EPA to revise its fuel economy estimates applying to about 98,000 vehicles. And in a separate settlement coinciding with the Friday announcement.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

BMW has raised the bar of what we can expect from a PHEV in terms of battery capacity with the launch of its second-generation X5 xDrive.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

The new Audi e-tron gets the Leasing.com work over, with Howard Ritchie stepping into the 55 Quattro 265kW model to find out: how to charge it, how much charging costs, how much one is, and how long the battery lasts.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Porsche’s first all-electric sports car, the Taycan, made its world premiere at three simultaneous events in Canada, China and Germany. The most important sales markets of the new electric sports car are on these three continents. The event locations also symbolized three forms of sustainable energy: the Niagara Falls at the border between the US state of New York and the Canadian province of Ontario representing hydropower; a solar farm in Neuhardenberg near Berlin representing solar power; and

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The 2020 Porsche Taycan is the German maker’s sixth model line, its first-ever electric car, and remarkably expensive, starting at $152,250 for the Turbo and $186,350 for the Turbo S. Those are prices comparable to the similarly named models of the 911, its legendary sport coupe. It rides on an entirely new platform, code-named J1, that will.

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Discover EV

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Aptera are aiming to build a car with unrivalled efficiency to give it a range of 1000 miles.

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