Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
The unthrottled nature of the compression ignition process provides high engine efficiency while achieving compliant exhaust emissions with conventional, low-cost aftertreatment. This—in addition to the opposed engine architecture—could increase fuel efficiency by 40-50% over the comparable spark-ignited gasoline engine, Achates said.
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 18, 2013
A new system that allow the drive to hand over the controls of the car to a computer has been successfully trialled by Oxford University. Tested on a Nissan LEAF electric car, the new Auto Drive system uses low cost sat nav technology, coupled with cameras and lasers to recognise the road its travelling along. [.].
Green Cars News
JUNE 23, 2009
No, this isn’t April Fool’s Day - scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage in the form of carbonised chicken feathers. The feathers comprise of keratin, a natural protein that forms hollow tubes.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2012
Other silicon anode projects supported by the DOE includes those being done by Amprius, Angstrom Materials and NC State University. Consequently, the market may be poised for the entrance of a first wave of higher-energy density—and lower-cost—automotive Si-C cells in the 2014 or 2015 timeframe.
Green Cars News
DECEMBER 21, 2010
Low cost hydrogen fuel could be a step closer thanks to a discovery by scientists at Edinburgh University. Researchers at the university have uncovered key details about the atomic structure of chemical catalysts that use light to split water molecules into their component parts-hydrogen and water.
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
High energy batteries at a low cost – that’s the aim of a new project sponsored by the European Commission and headed by TU Delft.
Green Cars News
APRIL 29, 2009
Designed to operate as a ‘Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle’ (PHEV), the development team retained the existing conventional front-wheel-drive system of the Combo but added an electric drive, powered via Exide’s low cost advanced lead acid batteries, to the rear wheels.
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