Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2023

The electrification of the automotive industry has accelerated over recent years, with future projections showing an exponential growth in market share for both light and heavy-duty applications. Traditional fluid testing tools, however, were not developed to effectively analyze lubricant properties in electrified environments.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have presented a new and more complete view on the way a cyanobacterium— Cyanothece 51142—produces hydrogen. Here we present evidence to support a new model whereby energy derived directly from oxygenic photosynthesis (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

The transformation will integrate sustainability and innovation throughout the built environment, including a new Sustainability Showcase building on the product campus, which will aim to meet Living Building Challenge standards, the highest level of sustainability certification today. More than 7.5 —Bill Ford, Ford executive chairman.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shed new light on the formation mechanisms of a rare earth-bearing mineral that is in increasingly high demand across the globe for its use in the green energy and tech industries. Vegetation appears red, grassland is light brown, rocks are black, and water surfaces are green. Image: NASA.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The active accelerator pedal gives the driver direct tactile feedback on whether the driver should accelerate or brake, e.g. when approaching a traffic light. The “Emergency braking assistant” reduces or even avoids imminent collisions in the urban environment by situation-specific braking and steering interventions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Construction machinery is frequently used in stationary, high-load applications, and this is the exact environment in which hydrogen engines can shine with their high efficiency and robustness. Bosch is also presenting at bauma the SMG180 and SMG220 electric motors as well as the INVCON 3.3 inverter with its integrated DC/DC converter.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2010

During the AASHTO conference (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials) in Palm Desert, California last fall, BMW and Siemens presented a system that transmits data between traffic lights and the vehicle to optimize the automatic engine start-stop function and the recovery of braking energy when approaching a traffic light.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The emission reduction potential is most significant for light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles, with other contributions coming from shipping, aviation and biofuels. GtCO 2 /year (light duty vehicles) by 2030. These six present a combined poten al of up to 22 GtCO 2 e per annum. GtCO 2 /year (heavy-duty vehicles) and by 2.0

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Eads, Charles River Associates, was presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington DC on 25 January 2011. The GFEI, launched in early 2009, is a partnership of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), International Energy Agency (IEA), International Transport Forum (ITF) and FIA Foundation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

In a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , they report that chalcogels containing FeMoS inorganic clusters are capable of photochemically reducing N 2 to NH 3 under white light irradiation, in aqueous media, under ambient pressure and room temperature. The researchers thought they might be able to tap that energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

From there, it is blown into the environment by the wind, or is washed by the rain as urban runoff through the sewers into the soil and rivers and ultimately the oceans. Our goal is to take preventative actions wherever possible so that less microplastics get into the environment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2014

In Berlin, the DRIVE C2X consortium is presenting the results of the field operational tests (FOTs) on vehicle-to-vehicle (V2X or C2X) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I or C2I) technologies (collectively V2X or C2X) in Europe. Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory (GLOSA). Earlier post.) With 34 partners, 13 support partners and a €18.5-million

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Plug N Drive

MAY 1, 2024

“Making public charging more economical in rural and remote locations means more public charging stations will be built and EV driving will become more accessible to more Ontarians, benefiting both the environment and the local economy.” With over 83 percent of Canada’s electricity coming from non-emitting sources (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2019

The Honda e platform has been developed with a focus on urban environments to offer a rewarding, responsive driving experience. When combined with its compact size and short overhang, the Honda e delivers next-generation small car agility to make city driving enjoyable and tight maneuvers in urban environments effortless.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2022

The high-temperature corrosion of molten salts presents a unique challenge for the application of structural materials. The current materials for light water reactors will not function well in future extreme reactor environments such as high temperature and radiation, and extensive corrosion.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

In contrast, published BC emission factors for light-duty gasoline vehicles (LDGV), derived from near roadway/tunnel sites or chassis-dynamometer studies, indicate LDGV to be relatively minor sources of BC. As a result, there are no BC particle size constraints, provided that sufficient total mass is present in the detection volume.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2009

An organic computing-based approach to traffic light control, might help solve the problem of controlling road traffic in congested areas and avoid traffic jams and gridlock, according to research published this month in the International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems. —Holger Prothman. —OTC 2.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The Volvo VNR Electric demonstration units will be based on the proven propulsion and energy storage technology currently being used in the Volvo FE Electric, which Volvo Trucks presented in May and will begin selling in Europe in 2019 ( earlier post ), and builds on the Volvo Group’s accumulated expertise in electrified transport solutions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2022

The European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) adopted this week, with 46 votes in favor, 40 against and two abstentions, a position on proposed rules to revise the CO 2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans in line with the EU’s increased climate ambition. Background.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project. The Volvo LIGHTS project will involve 16 partners, and transform freight operations at the facilities of two of the United States’ top trucking fleets. . The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has preliminarily awarded $44.8

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Hesai Technology is a global leader in LiDAR solutions Hesai Technology ($HSAI) is three-dimensional light detection and ranging (LiDAR) specialist with offices all over the globe, including Shanghai, Palo Alto, and Stuttgart. They can provide valuable color information and visual cues such as traffic light status and road sign recognition.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

Through this strategic cooperation, Webasto is committed to embedding the RoboSense M1, camera and other sensor systems in the panoramic roof of vehicles to provide safer and more reliable environment perception information using the smallest possible space in the roof. The SOP version of M1 has fully met all automotive-grade requirements.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Researchers have used a novel near-infrared light imaging technique to capture the first cross-sectional images of carbon dioxide in the exhaust plume of a commercial jet engine. The resulting images showed that, at all thrust levels, a ring-structure of high carbon dioxide concentration was present in the central region of the engine.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Despite the continuing and significant reductions in the legislated limits of light-duty diesel vehicle NO x emissions under the European Euro 1 through 5 regulations of recent years, many studies have demonstrated that real-world NO x emissions appear not to have been reduced as significantly. US EPA LEVIII). Johnson, T.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2019

In a paper in the journal Nature Materials , the team presents a plasmonic metal–polymer hybrid nanomaterial concept, in which the polymer coating reduces the apparent activation energy for hydrogen transport into and out of the plasmonic nanoparticles, while deactivation resistance is provided via a tailored tandem polymer membrane.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2024

NASA ] In challenging terrains, constructing structures such as antennas and cable-car masts often requires the use of helicopters to transport loads via ropes.Challenging this paradigm, we present Geranos: a specialized multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) designed to enhance aerial transportation and assembly. Paper ] Thanks, Kelly!

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The planned CO 2 standards will complement the Government’s carbon price scheme and help to reduce carbon emissions from light vehicles. The paper does not set targets, but asks industry and the community to help shape the new standards by presenting possible approaches for consideration and debate. per year over the 2008–2020 period.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Citroën is a leading player in the Light Commercial Vehicles market. Already present in very targeted markets with Berlingo Electric and the forthcoming launch of Jumpy Electric (beginning of 2020), the Brand plans to extend its electric offering for business customers with a range of 100% electric compact vans by 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

The 1500 Revolution BEV Concept features self-leveling capability and rides on 24-inch wheels with center caps that light up and stay in place. The “tuning fork” design is present inside the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept, stretching the length of the dashboard and continuing a theme line to the mid-gate.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2023

BMW Motorrad presented the new 2024 BMW CE 02. It’s an “eParkourer”, created for the urban environment. lb-ft, the new CE 02 accelerates quickly from traffic lights and offers a dynamic riding experience. x 14-inch rear cast light alloy disk wheels are fitted with wide 120/80-14 and 150/70-14 tires.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2009

The French environment agency ADEME is awarding €57 million (US$80 million) via its technology demonstrator to 11 low-carbon vehicle projects selected through an initial call for expressions of interest. The projects include light- and heavy-duty applications, and hybrid or electric powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In a paper being presented at next week’s International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), the researchers describe successful experiments with an autonomous car driving around a parking garage and an autonomous wheelchair navigating hallways. But modifying real-world environments with AprilTags is not practical.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

One key to Visio.M’s high energy efficiency is its light weight; without the battery, Visio.M Using radar and camera sensors to provide a 360-degree view of the immediate vehicle environment, it is possible to detect critical driving situations early. Click to enlarge. weighs only 450 kg (992 lbs).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Premier of Québec François Legault, and the Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Laval region, Benoit Charette, unveiled the 2030 Green Economy Plan (PEV 2030) and its first 2021-2026 implementation plan, with an envelope of $6.7 billion over five years. A target of 1.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2022

The researchers presented their results at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Some plastic materials slowly erode while they’re being used or after being disposed of, polluting the surrounding environment with micro- and nano-sized particles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

Average per capita light-duty vehicle (LDV) transport CO 2. A team from the University of California, Berkeley concludes that reducing demand for light-duty vehicle (LDV) travel will likely be essential to meeting the international greenhouse gas emission and climate targets for the year 2050. Full explanation at Sager et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2021

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