Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2018

Penske Truck Leasing has joined the Charging Interface Initiative ( CharIN ), a worldwide industry alliance focused on promoting Combined Charging System (CCS) as the global standard for charging electric vehicles (EVs) of all types. Penske Truck Leasing is the first in its industry to join the CharIN organization. Penske Truck Leasing Co.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

SAE International has released a new standard document that aids in mitigating risk for the storage of lithium-ion cells, traction batteries, and battery systems intended for use in automotive-type propulsion systems and similar large format (e.g., stationary, industrial) applications. —Ronald M.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2021

With the Soteria architecture, an energy burst resulting from a penetration event is stopped in a few microseconds by the retreating metallized foil current collector materials. When the Soteria BIG releases its safety certification standard, we expect SVOLT cells to be the first to pass. Only a tiny amount of heat is generated.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

The ICCT study finds that the United States’ share of cumulative global EV production decreased from 20% to 18% since 2010 and only 15% of the approximately $345 billion in global automaker EV investments are flowing to the US. In terms of annual EV production, Europe’s 1.1 Source: The ICCT. million nearly matched China’s 1.27

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Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2022

Last month, Tesla held a first delivery event for Gigafactory Berlin, the company’s plant in Germany. Giga Berlin’s path to its opening event had been rocky, thanks in part to a lot of red tape and controversies from groups that sternly opposed the facility. Tesla now has two vehicle factories outside the United States.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Tesla Cybertruck production specs are here, and they are quite a bit different from the figures that were announced for the vehicle back in late 2019. The production Cybertruck, as per Tesla’s official page for the vehicle , now has an overall length of 223.7 inches, a width of 79.8 inches, and a height of 75 inches.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Tesla Cybertruck production specs are here, and they are quite a bit different from the figures that were announced for the vehicle back in late 2019. The production Cybertruck, as per Tesla’s official page for the vehicle , now has an overall length of 223.7 inches, a width of 79.8 inches, and a height of 75 inches.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

As a result, the EV5 sets a new standard for design, performance and practicality while providing new levels of driver enjoyment and user experience. Scheduled for October, Kia will expand upon its global vision for electrification at the event.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2019

BMW Group Production is focusing increasingly on easy-to-use and effective virtual (VR) and augmented (AR) reality applications. In production, these images are powerful tools in numerous use cases in training and qualification, planning of workstations at the assembly line, or quality control. Workstation planning.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2014

At the 2 nd International Conference Automotive 48 V Power Supply Systems , held last week in Düsseldorf, Germany, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a major sponsor of the event, together with leading car makers and Tier 1 suppliers, argued the need for an internationally agreed 48V electrical standard. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

MAY 27, 2021

Along with the newly revised date of delivery, Rivian has updated several standard features for the all-electric truck and revised its Drive program. Rivian was set to begin delivering vehicles last year, but production was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New Standard Features, and Revised Add-Ons. Credit: Rivian.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

GM China held three “Consumer Fuel-Saving Challenge” events this year in which a small group of owners of specified models drove a defined route to find out who could achieve the best fuel efficiency. The series just wrapped up with the Beijing event, in which 10 owners of Baojun 630s equipped with 1.5-liter liter and 1.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2017

New analysis commissioned by Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit organization working with investors and companies, suggests that national fuel economy and emissions standards can help increase the viability and international competitiveness of domestic automakers and suppliers. The analysis, “ What’s Driving the U.S —Alan Baum.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

ASTM International is hosting a Workshop on PFAS in Atmosphere – Sources, Sampling, and Standards , to be held 1-2 November 2023, in Washington, DC. The event is sponsored by ASTM International’s air quality committee (D22) and will be held in conjunction with the committee’s November standards development meetings.

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Teslarati

MAY 21, 2024

Tesla Senior Manager, Semi program Dan Priestley recently spoke at the ACT Expo event in Las Vegas, Nevada. As could be seen in Priestley’s presentation, which was shared on YouTube in the Out of Spec Podcast channel, Tesla currently lists the Semi’s 300-mile Standard Range version with a tare weight of less than 20,000 lbs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2019

NextGenAM partners Premium AEROTEC, EOS and Daimler are building a pilot production line for a next-generation automated additive manufacturing (AM) process. The key for production is a scalable additive production chain, which is fully automated right through to the point where the printed parts are mechanically sawn off the build platform.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

SAE International has published the revised J2880_201406 Standard, superseding the older J2880_200810 Standard. Assists sanctioning bodies in the establishing a roadmap to increase green initiatives.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Per the terms of the agreement, leadership and members of the two organizations will work together to amplify their voices for greater reach, co-promote the development of technology standards, and offer recommendations for driving mass market adoption of autonomous vehicles. Cross-promoting, authoring, and publishing blogs and articles.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Nickel is a key material that Tesla needs for its high-powered batteries, such as the 4680 cells that are currently in pilot production at the company’s Kato Road facility in Fremont, California. But for our Standard Range vehicles and stationary vehicles, we’re using iron-based cathode,” Musk said. .

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

NIO held a product launch event that premiered the ES7, a smart electric mid-large SUV, and the 2022 ES8, ES6, and EC6. Brembo 4-piston front calipers are standard. Brembo 4-piston front calipers are standard. Air suspension is also standard across the range. 0 to 100 km/h acceleration is within 3.9

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

As well as the latest series-production models, the fleet of shuttles also featured three examples of the new BMW i7 xDrive60 (electric power consumption combined in WLTP cycle: 19.6 – 18.4 The production development process for the luxury sedan already made allowance for the next-generation high-security vehicle’s new protection concept.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 28, 2023

Scanning the news today, I came across a story about Infiniti's plans to unveil four new models, and while this could've been a standard news post, I decided it also worked as a QOTD. It seems a new QX80, based on the next-gen Nissan Patrol, is in the works.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 6, 2022

Tesla’s Product Design Director Javier Verdura lightly hinted toward the electric automaker creating its own branded gaming controller that could be used with the Arcade within its vehicles. In July at Tesla’s Plaid Delivery Event, Tesla did have a Tesla-brand controller available for video game demos.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

The Sail 3, built on Shanghai GM’s new-generation small car architecture, is the first model in its class that comes standard with a start-stop system, which reduces fuel consumption by 3-5% in heavy traffic. Safety cage construction protects occupants in the event of a collision. engines are available. Up to 5.7% Up to 5.7%

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Cars That Think

APRIL 9, 2024

The event highlights the array of educational opportunities, webinars, online courses, activities, and scholarships provided by IEEE’s organizational units, societies, and councils around the globe. Individuals can participate in IEEE Education Week by exploring dozens of live and virtual events. This event—to be held at 10 a.m.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Autotalks demonstrated the interoperability and conformance of its V2X solution to the latest Chinese C-V2X standard. The demonstration took place as part of the IMT-2020/CAICV/China SAE 2020 C-V2X “New Four Layers” event.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The first Fischer-Tropsch product has been successfully produced at ENVIA Energy’s GTL plant in Oklahoma City. These products are fractionated on site to produce premium wax, diesel and naphtha. The operations team will now focus on ramping up production to full capacity and preparing for the performance test run on the plant.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Standards organizations CEN and ETSI recently confirmed , at the 6 th ETSI workshop on ITS in Berlin, that the basic set of standards for Cooperative Intelligence Transport Systems (C-ITS), as requested by the European Commission in 2009, have now been adopted and issued.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The EV ARC 2020 is a transportable, solar-powered electric vehicle-charging infrastructure product. Deployment takes only minutes, and the chargers can fit easily inside a standard parking spot, preserving available parking. Each standalone station is equipped with a 4.28-kilowatt

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

The new affordable Kia EV3 and EV4 models are ready for production following the brand’s first EV plant upgrade. Kia EV3 and EV4 ready for production Following an eight-month transformation, Kia’s manufacturing plant in Gwangmyeong will resume operation next month. Two new electric concepts were unveiled at the event, the EV3 and EV4.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

Skoda Auto has launched series production of the second-generation Kodiaq, its SUV flagship model, at the plant in Kvasiny, Czech Republic on January 17. In preparation, the company has made considerable investments into modernising both the production line and welding shop.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

At the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, Mercedes-Benz will display publicly for the first time the pre-production version of the Mercedes-Benz GLC F‑CELL fuel cell plug-in hybrid. The road to series production goes by way of intense functional and fatigue tests of individual components and later also of the complete test vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Mining equipment and services provider Komatsu plans to utilize Proterra’s high-performance battery systems for the development of prototype machines this year before the expected commencement of commercial production in 2022. The collaboration represents Proterra’s entry into the underground mining equipment market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

As the first Mercedes-Benz model to be launched under the new product and technology brand EQ, the EQC features an all-new drive system development with compact electric drivetrains at each axle. In addition to the demanding standard test program. Series production of the EQC will start in 2019 at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

It will not only set new standards in cargo handling, but also in climate-friendly energy supply. The hydrogen-powered mtu fuel cell solutions supply electrical power as soon as the public power grid reaches its limits, for example for the on-board power supply of ships berthed in the port or in the event of other load peaks.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 31, 2023

As we prepare for what’s expected to be an eventful 2024, it’s also worth looking back on Tesla’s year in 2023 to highlight some of the company’s many major developments. Another busy year is coming to an end, closing yet another chapter in Tesla’s journey to advance sustainability.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2021

The XLH system represents the company’s first electrification product to be available for Ram Commercial, Stellantis’ line of commercial pickup trucks. The XLH system includes XL Fleet’s standard 3-year, 75,000-mile warranty, with extended warranty options available. XL Fleet Corp.

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