Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

Researchers at Brunel University London are developing a new generation of ultra-light car parts that will reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. million) project is a partnership driven by Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST), Jaguar Land Rover and others. The three-year, £7.5-million million (US$9.6-million)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

After his apprenticeship as a toolmaker, Peter Mertens studied production technology at Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences. In 1985, he gained a master of science degree in industrial engineering and operations research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2017

Projects include: BMW Motorsport Ltd will collaborate with Delta Motorsport and WMG at University of Warwick to design, develop and produce power-dense batteries in the UK, one of the missing links in the global roadmap for the widespread adoption of all kinds of electric vehicles. New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial N.V.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

A consortium led by the Dearman Engine Company has been awarded £1.86 The Dearman Engine operates by the vaporization and expansion of cryogenic fluids. The HEF facilitates extremely rapid rates of heat transfer within the engine. The heat transfer on injection generates very rapid pressurization in the engine cylinder.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Technologies supported include ultra lightweight engine designs, advanced battery management systems and the next generation of electric motors. Advanced Composites Group Ltd (lead), Aston Martin Lagonda, ABB Robotics, Delta Motorsport, Pentangle Engineering Services. Ashwoods Automotive (lead), Bristol University, MCT Reman.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Researchers from the University of Bath (UK) are embarking on a new project to achieve a 35% reduction in car fuel usage. The project aims to develop a gasoline engine achieving the same performance as the current 5.0L V8 engine from an engine less than half the size. Sam Akehurst, principal investigator.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2019

Brunel University London is the first to begin researching future powertrain concepts using Camcon Automotive ’s new Single Cylinder Intelligent Valve Technology (SCI). Compatible with most single-cylinder combustion development engines, SCI is designed to plug-and-play straight out of the box.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Universal Partners joined Parkwalk Advisors and other existing investors in the round, bringing the total raised by the company to £35 million (US$49 million). A range of YASA-powered vehicles will be on display at the event, including cars from Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover and Williams Advanced Engineering.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Projects include the development of new engines for plug-in hybrid versions of Nissan, Lotus and Jaguar Land Rover cars, a lightweight electric bin wagon, development of lightweight materials for vehicle weight reduction, and new technologies using thermal energy to improve vehicle performance.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

Established in 1963 and with its base in Sweden, the R&D unit has expertise in material, physics, chemistry and mechanical engineering. Sapa’s automotive customers include OEMs such as Ford, General Motors, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover and Tesla, as well as Tier 1 suppliers such as MAHLE, Benteler, Panasonic and TI Automotive.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick (UK) have developed a method to assess the maximum current for commercial 18650 Li-ion batteries, using novel instrumentation methods enabling in operando measurements. times higher than the manufacturer-stated maximum. 2018.01.076.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

The PowerDriver project is a collaborative research initiative involving Jaguar Land Rover Ltd and Rolls-Royce PLC together with supply chain and research and development partners and universities. From a technological perspective the PowerDriver project has a number of challenges, the partners note.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The conference—to be held at the International Digital Laboratory auditorium of the Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, on 21 September 2011—arises from the work of Ricardo and its partners on the Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project (LCVTP).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Jaguar Land Rover announced the creation of two new Centers of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research at two leading UK universities. Each center will focus on specific combustion technologies, both targeting higher engine efficiency. Wolfgang Epple, Director of Research and Technology for Jaguar Land Rover.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

SAE said that the findings of the original CRP1234 remain well founded in that R1234yf poses no greater risk than other engine compartment fluids. The SAE CRP1234-4 team includes European, North American and Asian OEMs including Chrysler/Fiat, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, PSA, Renault and Toyota.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

We are funding innovative projects in a number of key areas which include internal combustion engine technologies, energy storage and management, lightweight structures and new propulsion technologies. Led by Bladon Jets, this consortium includes SR Drives and Jaguar Land Rover. GKN Eco-Trailer. EDS TurboClaw.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

More than 30 UK companies and seven universities will take part in the development projects, which have a total value, including contributions from the companies, of £20 million (US$33 million). Led by Integral Powertrain Ltd and with partners Drive System Design Ltd, Land Rover, Smart Power Solutions LLP. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

can be achieved over a broad range of vehicles in part by optimizing the control of heat energy from conventional gasoline and diesel engines. The project is being led by Jaguar Land Rover. Other consortium members include Ford, IAV, BP, University of Nottingham and Imperial College London. —Mark Criddle.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

At the CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle event in the UK, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is showcasing three Concept_e research demonstrators—a mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric vehicle—including a new novel high performance, modular electric drive module (eDM) developed in-house by Jaguar Land Rover.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The LCVTP involves seven industry and research partners: Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors, Zytek, Ricardo, MIRA, WMG (formerly Warwick Manufacturing Group) at the University of Warwick and Coventry University. Human Machine Interface (HMI) Engineering. More details of the £29-million (US$44.7-million)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Jaguar Land Rover will lead a £16.3-million Jaguar Land Rover will contribute £4 million (US$6.3 million) to the project and will lead a consortium of 12 selected partners—eight from industry and three universities. Jaguar Land Rover will contribute £4 million (US$6.3 billion (US$4.3

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2015

In their paper, published in the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering , they suggest that a control method addressing these issues will be needed if SRMs are to see use in in-wheel applications. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

A UK-based consortium, led by scientists at the University of Manchester, has been awarded a £ 5.7 The LATEST2 (Light Alloys Towards Environmentally Sustainable Transport 2 nd Generation) Project is being funded by a program grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). million (US$8.9

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For the ADEPT project, the consortium comprises CPT, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC), Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Ford and the University of Nottingham. Rick Quinn, senior manager for advanced engineering. The management of the project is being handled by Ricardo.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

million) funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), as part of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) Energy Programme. The two discrete projects—ELEVATE (ELEctrochemical Vehicle Advanced Technology) and Ultra Efficient Engines and Fuels—will involve academics from eight UK universities.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The data analyzed by Aston University combines and compares the behavior patterns of 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEV drivers over two consecutive quarters. —Brian Price, lecturer in Engineering Systems and Management at Aston. The average cost to trial participants for recharging at home is between 25p and £1 (US$0.40 and $1.60) per day.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Today’s announcement signals our intent to reduce our dependence on petrol- and diesel-based engines, and determine the best practical alternatives. A new hydrogen station is planned for Coventry University. Low Carbon doesn’t mean low performance. Modern electric cars offer power and bucket loads of torque.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

The new Advanced Metal Processing Center (AMPC) has opened at Brunel University London. A key feature of the AMPC and AMCC is that BCAST’s researchers and seconded engineers from its partners will work side by side. Constellium also concurrently announced the expansion of its research and development capability at Brunel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

We are very confident that in addition to our current customers, Land Rover and Chrysler, other automotive manufacturers will join in and benefit from the advantages of our 9-speed automatic transmission. The new 9-speed transmission is specially designed for passenger cars with front-transverse engines. Konstantin Sauer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Specialist engineering consultancy Drive System Design (DSD) has been named as a member of the £16-million, 27-month Evoque_e program ( earlier post ) to develop new modular hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric vehicle (BEV) technology. Click to enlarge. Electric (Battery) Motors Transmissions'

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2009

The consortium brings together the expertise of 13 West Midlands-based organizations within the engineering, automotive manufacturing, academic, public and infrastructure sectors, and is led by global engineering consultancy Arup. Land Rover Range_e (5 plug in hybrid vehicles). Tata Indica (25 electric cars).

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JUNE 9, 2015

Other industry leaders of the Evoque_E consortium were AVL, Delta Motorsport, GKN Driveline, Jaguar Land Rover, Motor Design Ltd, Tata Steel, Williams Advanced Engineering, and Zytek. The consortium was supported by the universities of Bristol, Cranfield and Newcastle. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Deciding that the future of transportation, and therefore their survival, will be based on EVs, many of the top auto companies have promised to end production of their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035, if not earlier. The systems and software engineering challenges are materially more demanding.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Electronic Stability Control, Traction Control, and Anti-Lock Braking—exercise control over engine power, and may automatically apply and release brakes on each wheel independently. Some systems allow “torque vectoring”—directing drive torque from the engine more to one output shaft of a differential than to the other.

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