Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 23, 2020
In 2019, 409,801 commercial vehicles were registered in Germany, of these, 38,620 semitrailer trucks. Figure: wbk, KIT). As a project partner, the Thin Film Technologies (TFT) group of KIT studies moisture absorption by the PEM. So far, they have not been subject to any CO 2 reduction requirements.
Green Car Congress
MAY 8, 2020
In Germany, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has launched AgiloDrive, a project seeking to develop novel product kits and production technologies for electric motors for direct transfer to industry. —Professor Jürgen Fleischer, Head of the wbk Institute of Production Science of KIT. Photo: Schaeffler).
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
The new EPIC project coordinated by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is aimed at accelerating the drying of high-quality electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, increasing the energy efficiency of this process and, hence, reducing the cost of production. Photo: Ralf Diehm/KIT).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 8, 2017
Volkswagen is offering an incentive of up to €10,000 (US$11,815)—depending upon the model purchased—for the purchase of Euro 6 vehicles in Germany if an older diesel vehicle (Euro 1 to Euro 4 standards) is scrapped at the same time. Applications for the incentives can be made with immediate effect to Volkswagen dealers in Germany.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
In an open-access paper published in Scientific Reports , a team from Fraunhofer ISI and KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) has presented the first systematic overview of empirical findings on the electrification of vehicle mileage based on on actual PHEV (plug-in hybrid) and BEV (battery-electric vehicle) usage for the US and Germany.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 28, 2021
Under the AgiloBat project ( earlier post ) researchers in Germany have developing an agile production system for flexible battery cell production in terms of format, material, and quantity. Within the AgiloBat2 research project, KIT researchers and our partners from science work on enabling agile production in Germany.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
In the past fiscal year, e-troFit nominated Voltabox AG as the supplier of the battery unit for conversion kits for buses and trucks. The retrofit solution is being expanded to other widely used bus and truck models as planned, and is also being rapidly marketed in markets beyond Germany. —Andreas Hager, CEO of e-troFit GmbH.
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