Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2020

Karma Automotive introduced its SAEnLevel 4 autonomous van with a battery electric vehicle (BEV) architecture, one of five platforms designed to offer new electric mobility solutions through highly versatile EREV (extended range electric vehicle) and BEV chassis systems. Engine-agnostic Extended Range.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Elements of Raser’s current series plug-in hybrid (extended range electric vehicle) drive system. Berg also has strategic holdings in Electric Vehicles International (EVI), a manufacturer of electric light-duty vehicles, walk-in vans and medium-duty trucks. SIDI turbocharged engine. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This unique material can be engineered and tuned at the molecular level to specific battery application requirements. Lyten says that its battery platform will offer other advantages to automakers and their end users: Below internal combustion engine (ICE) cost parity. Extended range and/or increased payloads.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In November 2009, Capstone introduced a prototype range-extended electric supercar using one of its 30 kW C30 microturbines as the generator unit. The diesel-fueled Capstone microturbine produces ultra-low emissions and requires less maintenance than the traditional combustion engine found in today’s hybrid-electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Mercedes-Benz is presenting its first electric vehicle with Range Extender at the 2011 Frankfurt International Motor Show: the Concept B-Class E-CELL PLUS. Equipped with a Li-ion battery pack from Deutsche Accumotive (a joint venture of Daimler and Evonik), the E-CELL PLUS has a battery-only range of up to 100 km (62 miles).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

At the IAA Commercial Vehicles Fair in Hannover (23-30 September 2010), Opel will unveil a research project on a Vivaro e-Concept, an electric van with up to 400 kilometers (249 miles) extended range. —Chris Lacey, Executive Director, International Operations Opel/Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

Mercedes-Benz is scrapping extended-range EV powertrains after tests of prototypes, according to an Autocar report citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the matter. This engine reportedly acted purely as a generator, supplying power to an electric motor rather than directly driving the wheels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2017

The industry-first Class-6 International brand armored truck was the first delivery from the company’s newly expanded Dixon, California hybrid and electric vehicle center of excellence. The result is a full OEM-performance electric vehicle that utilizes RNG for range extension and reduces emissions by up to 99% in certain duty cycles.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 28, 2024

The company made the announcement at its investor day event, during which it also noted that it’s readying extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) for the U.S. While it didn’t give many details on new EREV models, Hyundai said that its vehicles would “combine the advantages of internal combustion engines (ICE) and EVs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

kWh Li-ion battery) and extended-range (98.8 Equipped with an extended-range battery and rear-wheel drive, Mach-E has a targeted EPA-estimated range of at least 300 miles. In extended-range all-wheel-drive configurations, Mach-E is targeting 332 horsepower and 417 lb. -ft. Internal space.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2009

ALTe’a electric drive system, designed to replace a base V-8 internal combustion engine powertrain, improves fuel economy from 80% to 200%. The idea of converting existing vehicles that had very low fuel economy with Range Extended Electric Powertrains is an advanced idea especially considering the patents that come with it.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2022

Targeted performance and capability: 452 horsepower, 775 lb-ft of torque5, 7,700-pound towing capacity and 2,235 maximum payload with a standard-range battery, and sub-four-second 0-60 mph acceleration, 580 horsepower, 775 lb-ft of torque, and 10,000-pound towing capability with the extended-range battery.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

An electric vehicle powered by methanol fuel cells provides the same convenience as fueling an internal combustion engine with gasoline. This collaboration brings together Blue World’s strength in fuel cell development and our vast expertise in engineering hybrid propulsion systems and integrating electric vehicle technologies.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Ford announces up to $15,000 in savings on F-150 Lightning Ford is one of the legacy automakers that has committed to electrifying some of its offerings, and has even established a separate division for its EVs from its internal combustion engine offerings.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

EcoMotors International, developer of the opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder opoc engine ( earlier post ), has completed its Series C round with a new investment totaling US$32.5 The opoc architecture comprises 60% fewer components and far less mass than conventional engines. million, led by Braemar Energy Ventures.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares claimed in 2022 that the Ram 1500 REV would “outperform all competitors” with best-in-class range, towing, payload, and charging times. Last April, Ram unveiled further details during its global debut at the New York International Auto Show. liter V-6 engine.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Institute of Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart have developed a demonstrator multi-fuel free-piston linear generator (FPLG, or Freikolbenlineargenerator, FKLG in German) as a range extender for electric vehicles. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

Lucid Motors announced that the Lucid Air electric vehicle will come to market with class-leading interior space and spatial efficiency, ingeniously packaged around a powerful, compact, and energy-dense 113kWh extended-range battery pack. The production version of the Lucid Air will debut in an online reveal on 9 Septembe 2020.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Unlike cylinder deactivation strategies that shut off a fixed number of cylinders, DSF makes dynamic firing decisions every 90 degrees of crank angle on a V8 (180 degrees on a 4 cylinder engine) based on how much torque is requested. Tula’s first DSF innovation reached proof of concept internally in 2011 and with GM in 2014.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

The Chevrolet Volt’s all-new second-generation Voltec extended-range electric propulsion system ( earlier post ) delivers 53 miles (85 km) of all-electric range, based on EPA testing. range-extender, designed to use regular unleaded fuel, offers a combined EPA-estimated fuel efficiency of 42 mpg (5.6

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

Fletcher is responsible for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle propulsion system in the Chevrolet Volt as well as the propulsion systems in GM’s upcoming line-up of Plug-In Hybrid Elecrtic Vehicles. As she outlined it: eAssist provides a average 25% fuel economy improvement over a traditional internal combustion engine vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Lightweighting has been a key tool for improving the fuel economy of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles over the past years. Key changes include: Range: BEVs are overwhelmingly more efficient than ICE vehicles due to regenerative braking and more efficient motors.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2010

The FEV LiiON Drive with Wankel Range Extender concept. FEV Motorentechnik GmbH (FEV) featured its LiiOn Drive with Wankel Range Extender Vehicle at this year’s Vienna Motor Symposium, 29-30 April, where it was one of the most popular Ride & Drive vehicles. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

There are the same four trims (but not the King Ranch version) as the ICE F-50s, the Pro, XLT, Lariat, and the range-topping Platinum, plus most of the accessories and options from the ICE F-150s are also available. The engine compartment is no longer needed, so that space is now what Ford calls the “Power Mega Frunk,” with 14.1

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

Sales of conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles will grow more slowly than overall market at a CAGR of 1.9%, resulting in a decline in the share of MHDVs in use with conventional engines from 94.9% Source: Navigant. Click to enlarge. in 2014 to 87.1% of vehicles in use in 2014 to around 6.9%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

The EVer (Electric Vehicle extended range) powertrain of the Fisker Karma. The company, which began deliveries of the Fisker Karma luxury four-door extended range electric sedan in December 2011, also said that it has delivered 1,000 vehicles to customers in the US and Europe. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

Globally, government mandates and regulations continue to tighten restrictions on emissions and increase mileage requirements—in some cases banning internal combustion engines. The system is less complex, more efficient, and adaptable to a wide range of use cases and duty cycles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Bob Lutz, former Vice Chairman of General Motors, will introduce an extended range electric (eREV) Pickup Truck, SUV and Van from VIA Motors, in a press conference at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit on 10 January.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In October 2015, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) launched a broad, joint effort to co-optimize the development of efficient engines and low greenhouse-gas fuels for on-road vehicles with the goal of reducing petroleum consumption by 30% by 2030 beyond what is already targeted. How do engine parameters affect efficiency?

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EV Central

AUGUST 21, 2024

From launch, we expect two grades – Standard Range and Extended Range. The Standard Range uses a 42kWh battery, offers 71kW/147Nm, a 0-100km/h in tardy 11.7 seconds and WLTP range of 305km. The Extended Range ups the battery to 49kWh, output to 85kW/147Nm, 0-100km/h down to 10.6

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The usage of primary aluminum intensive, extrusions and rolled products will be significantly higher than seen in internal combustion engine vehicles today. Plug-in hybrid and full battery electric vehicles use 25-27% more aluminum than the typical internal combustion engine car today, according to CRU.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Ram is touting a total system horsepower of 663 with 615 lb-ft of torque and a range of 690 miles. Yes, an internal combustion engine. Yes, the Ramcharger is basically an extended-range electric. Ram says customers can gain 50 miles of range in 10 minutes via 400-volt DC fast charging at up to 145 kW.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The second-generation Volt, which makes its world debut in about 10 weeks at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, features a clean-sheet, all-new Voltec propulsion system—new battery, new electric drive unit, new power electronics and new range-extending engine. The new direct-injected 1.5

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 20, 2024

On Tuesday, industry sources revealed (via KED Global ) Hyundai is developing a next-gen powertrain for extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs). The system includes a fuel-based power unit to extend an electric vehicle’s range. An electric generator charges the vehicle’s battery, enabling longer ranges.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Their paper was presented at the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2012 Fall Technical Conference by Marcello Canova, assistant professor at OSU; lead author was Philipp Skarke, from the University of Stuttgart Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering. —Skarke et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Ending what had extended into a longer-than-expected process of deliberation and negotiations, the Board of General Motors announced its support for a bid from the consortium of Magna International Inc. and Sberbank to buy a majority stake in its European Opel/Vauxhall operations.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2010

The Drive to Green strategy is based on improving and optimizing the performance of traditional internal combustion engines and transmissions; continuing the roll out of hybrids; promoting electric vehicles; and supporting the development of hydrogen and other zero-emission products. liter VVT engine and 1.4-liter liters and 2.5

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