Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2011

Bridgestone is expanding its Ecopia EP422 tire line from 5 to 29 sizes in 2011 for a full power line, ranging from 15- to 18-inch tires, fitting vehicles from the Toyota Prius to the Lexus ES, Chevy Malibu, Nissan Altima and Honda Odyssey minivan.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

France’s Blue Solutions is already selling solid state batteries for buses with a charging time of four hours, but is developing a new product for cars that uses a polymer electrolyte and ultra-thin lithium metal anode, aiming to have a charging time of less than 20 minutes and enabling a range increase of about 30% to nearly 1,000 km.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Like most OEMs ramping up EVS, Honda struck an LG battery deal (after also signing deals’ with GM and CATL). Known as a gel polymer electrolyte, the material contains silica, nanoparticles and liquid electrolytes. They can even reignite days after the flames are extinguished. Trail Blazers—Safety Features in Li-Ion Batteries.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

The South Korean automaker is among a small group of companies embracing hydrogen fuel cell technology, with GM, Toyota, and Honda among them. But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Now we hope to extend that leadership with the launch of our new direct injection, turbocharging and lithium-polymer hybrid technologies, all of which will be a part of the 2011 Sonata lineup launching early next year. Hyundai is also the only automaker to top 30 mpg for cars and trucks combined in the report. Manufacturer Cars/Trucks mpg US.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Blue Solutions uses a polymer electrolyte and ultra-thin lithium metal anode, aiming for a charging time of less than 20 minutes with a range increase of about 30% to nearly 620 miles, or 1,000 km. Other players include Chinese battery leader CATL, LG Energy Solution, Solid Power, and Honda.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

The new Ecopia EP100 is the first aftermarket product in the Ecopia tire line for the North American market, and is a summer replacement tire fitment for popular fuel efficient, hybrid and electric vehicles including the Mini Cooper, Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid, Nissan Versa, Toyota Corolla and a selection of other conventional vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Recent studies have shown that synthetic and bio-derived polymers which contain carboxy groups, such as polyacrylic acid (PAA) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), demonstrate promising characteristics as binders for Si-based anodes. The project was supported by the two universities as well as by a Honda Initiation Grant and a grant from NASA.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

To create the largest impact, the researchers concluded, emphasis should be placed on the largest producers of vehicles; the five largest producers of automotive vehicles in the United States are General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler, and Honda. Cost to manufacture is one of the main considerations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Also at the LA Auto Show, the new Honda FCEV Concept made its world debut. The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. HONDA FCEV CONCEPT. The Honda FCEV Concept. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The winning consortium, led by EWI and headquartered in the Detroit-area includes the following members: 34 Companies: ABS; AEM; ALCOA Technology; Boeing; Comau; Easom Automation; EWI; Fabrisonic; Flash Bainite Steel; GE; Honda North American Services; Huys; Infinium; Inc.; ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.; UTRC; Wolf Robotics.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Paper ] via [ Freeform Robotics ] Honda is exploring how our all-electric prototype Honda Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) could address the challenges of labor shortages, safety and security, and emissions reductions to bring new value to airfield operations. The tire is a normal bike tire with an inner tire. BruBotics ] The U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

The XL1 is aggressively optimized for efficiency in all areas of its design and technology—from materials (carbon fiber reinforced polymer monocoque); to powertrain (0.8L two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 Materials and weight.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

kWh Li-ion polymer that can recharge in less than three hours with a Level-Two charger. kWh Li-ion polymer pack, the HEV a 1.62 Hyundai is identifying Ford’s Fusion Energi and the Honda Accord plug-in hybrid as its PHEV competitors in the mid-size sedan segment. km) of all electric range and a 9.8 kWh Li poly pack. Competition.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

GM continues to explore third-party licensing for its Ultium EV architecture, batteries and propulsion systems, along with its Hydrotec fuel cell technology developed with Honda. This facility features a fabrication line with polymer mixing, slurries, a coating machine and a cell assembly room.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

The hybrid aircraft uses a combination of a ~7 kW Honda 4-stroke piston engine and a 10 kW electric motor/generator, coupled through the same drive pulley to spin the propeller. The hybrid power system in the Cambridge demonstrator is based on a Honda engine, in parallel with a custom lightweight motor. Paul Robertson, project leader.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2018

The Ioniq line-up—similar to Honda’s Clarity—offers three electrified versions based on a single, dedicated vehicle platform. The Honda Clarity line includes fuel cell, battery-electric and plug-in hybrid versions.) kWh lithium-ion polymer battery. The PHEV has a 3.3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2015

The envelope’s material is a polymer composite, which provides desirable characteristics of a monocoque design. The envelope’s polymer composite provides desirable safety characteristics of a monocoque design. HCA was proposed and developed by Dr. Tovar and collaborators with the support of Honda R&D Americas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

This is the opposite of the approach taken by Toyota with its Mirai fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ) and Honda with its new FCV Concept ( earlier post ). The Group is not—unlike Toyota, Honda and Hyundai—announcing production dates and initial markets for its fuel cell vehicles. Earlier post.). The Fuel Cell Stack.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 24, 2022

58 kilowatt-hour (kWh) lithium-ion polymer battery. kWh Lithium-ion Polymer battery. kWh Lithium-ion Polymer battery. News: Honda Prologue EV. All models have SUV utility. 220 miles driving range. Single 125 kW electric motor. 168 horsepower. 258 pound-feet of torque. RWD: SE, SEL and Limited. 303 miles driving range.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

“What about the Honda Insight?&# I’m ready for Li-Polymer batteries! (I I was never kept informed of the progress of my order, and promises of communication were never realized. The guy I handed the money to asked why I chose the Toyota EV over the others, and I said that the Rav was the ONLY EV in production today.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Honda, Applied Materials). The use of hollow fiber membranes allows high surface area, and the selective incorporation of MOFs into the polymer matrix will improve throughput and selectivity, helping to reduce capture costs. Stanford University. Novel Battery : The All-Electron Battery: a quantum leap forward in energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2015

Honda CR-V. inches to reduce its weight to 72 pounds (33 kg), while a lightweight polymer oilpan and aluminum-alloy screws and fasteners also trim mass. These fuel economy figures better all non-BEV compact SUVs on the market, while offering comparable cargo volume—30.4 cubic feet behind the rear seats and 66.5 Toyota Prius v.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Hyundai will in months offer 2 models that will leap frog toyota and honda by years - it will be based on a lithium POLYMER battery thats lighter, cheaper, and maintains charge many times longer than NiCad batteries and all at a price half that of Volt.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The modular, front-wheel-drive battery electric car has dent-resistant polymer-plastic body panels mounted on an aluminum frame and a steel chassis. The Think Global would definitly be classified as a mini-car, several size classes smaller than a compact car like the Honda Civic or Ford Focus.

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