Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Volkswagen brand opened a new Wind Tunnel Efficiency Center in Wolfsburg, which is one of the most modern and efficient in the industry. The center, with a floor area of 8,800 m², is also certified for measurements in accordance with WLTP (Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedures). Click to enlarge.

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Wind MPH 2014 Climate 150

Cars That Think

MARCH 23, 2022

This group of wind-turbine fan blades, fresh from Siemens Gamesa’s new RecycleBlade manufacturing process at England’s largest such factory, await shipment to the various points around the globe where they will serve 20- to 30-year stints generating electricity at wind farms before they’re recalled and reincarnated. What’s Next?

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Wind Coal Taxi Light 101

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The applications, i.e. technologies, of particular concern as a result are electric vehicles, wind and solar energy, and lighting. The researchers investigated the sensitivity to these sources of uncertainty in depth for hybrid and electric vehicles and lighting. Increasing primary supply.

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Wind Light Solar Carbon 290

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Ford Motor Company is partnering with Wind Energy Corporation to deliver a new source of clean energy to its dealers. Under a pilot program exclusive to Ford, Wind Energy will install wind sail and solar panel systems at four Ford dealerships, a nearly $750,000 investment, to help power dealer facilities.

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Wind Ford Energy Power 239

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2019

When integrated with one of Dana’s numerous electrified axle solutions, the TM4 SUMO LD can be configured for light-commercial, minibus, and medium-duty truck and bus, as well as heavy-duty Class 8 hybrid vehicles. —Christophe Dominiak, chief technology officer for Dana.

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Light Commercial Vehicles Mariner 246

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2023

This includes dispensing with all decorative elements in the exterior and interior and manufacturing the cast light-alloy wheels from up to 70% secondary aluminum. This could generate more than 20 GWh of electricity from wind energy per year.

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Germany Production BMW Wind 426

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

With strong sales and continued customer demand, the Wind RWD becomes the base EV6 for the 2023 model year, replacing the Light RWD (2022 MSRP $41,400). The 2023 pricing reflects a $1,000 MSRP increase over the 2022 EV6 Wind. Entering its second model year, the EV6 CUV starts at an MSRP $48,500 (excludes $1,295 destination fee).

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Kia Wind Miles America 259

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

announced an agreement with Juhl Wind , Inc. to develop, install, and operate two utility-scale wind turbines (each rated at about 2MW) to generate electricity for the plant’s operations. The two wind turbines will supply up to approximately 10% of the plant’s electricity. Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc.

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Wind Ohio Honda North America 239

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

ABB has won an order worth around $1 billion from the Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT to supply a power link connecting offshore North Sea wind farms to the German mainland grid. million households with wind-generated electricity. This is the largest power transmission order in ABB’s history.

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Wind Connect Connected Power 250

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2013

The 500-megawatt (MW) HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) Light transmission connection is the highest capacity link of its kind, based on voltage source converter (VSC) technology, to go into commercial operation. As Ireland expands its wind power capacity, it can export surplus electricity to the UK, and can import power when required.

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Light Ireland Power Powered 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

Liquid Light unveiled its new process for the production of major chemicals from carbon dioxide, showcasing its demonstration-scale “reaction cell” and confirming the potential for cost-advantaged process economics. Further, Liquid Light’s process can sequester carbon when using energy sources such as solar, hydro, wind or nuclear power.

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Light CO2 Wind Renewable 230

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

NEOLINE’s decarbonized shipping service relies on wind energy as the main propulsion for its 136m cargo ships with 4200 m 2 of sails. Using a set of mobile decks (car-decks), its transport capacities are optimized to load various types of freight, from light to heavy or oversized, up to 9.8m

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Baltimore Power Powered Wind 545

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

ZF is presenting new electric drives for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. A new cooling concept and a new winding technology play the decisive role here. E-Motor Stator with new braided winding. The winding head alone is around 50% smaller than with conventional approaches.

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Commercial Vehicles Wind Cars 273

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Using these electric vehicles as a means of buffer storage allows the potential of wind farms and solar plants for carbon-neutral energy generation to be exploited to an even greater degree.

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Renewable Power Grid Charging Green 287

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

This system will be installed in the Eurus Tashirotai Wind Farm by Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation, and the four companies will begin a collaborative verification project around fall of this year.

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Toyota Batteries Battery Energy Storage 416

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

(TEAM) announced that their development partnership has continued to progress and the two have entered into an exclusive licensing arrangement for the use of NuVinci CVP (continuously variable planetary) technology in North America and Europe for electric and gasoline light vehicle applications. Earlier post.).

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Light Industrial Industry North America 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Apex is a leading clean energy company that develops, constructs, and operates utility-scale wind and solar power facilities throughout North America. Apex is planning to deploy the plug-in hybrid vehicles to its operations employees, who will have access to charging infrastructure being installed at operational wind and solar facilities.

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Fleet Clean Cleaning Energy 243

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Covering a total area of 15,000 sq meters, the plant generates its own energy with solar panels and other photovoltaic and wind power technologies, purchases additional energy from renewable sources and buys carbon credits to fully offset its CO 2 emissions. The adoption of Industry 4.0

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Carbon Manufacturer Italy Wind 243

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

And now, for today's great green concept, we present: Overhead highway lights powered by wind turbines, which are spun by the air turbulence generated as cars and trucks whiz past at speed.

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Wind Light Power Powered 91

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2020

Building on the UK’s leading electronics research, the resulting electric drive system exceeded the latest permanent magnet motor performance while simultaneously removing the need for both rare-earth magnets and copper windings, delivering a package both cost effective and recyclable at its end of life.

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Bentley Motor Motors Motoring 448

Cars That Think

APRIL 13, 2023

And recently, you wrote an article about the race to replace electricity with light inside computers, which is letting chips talk to each other with fiber optics rather than just using fiber optics to communicate between computers. Light, on the other hand, doesn’t work like that. So what’s going on? Cass: Okay, great.

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Light IDEA All-Electric Connect 55

InsideEVs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The figure is for the EV9 Light Long Range RWD model; the EV9 Wind and Land AWD variants are EPA-rated at 280 miles of range.

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EPA Miles Range Kia 91

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2010

has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and the Hawai’i Electric Light Company to supply a one-megawatt ALTI-ESS energy storage system for a test of wind energy integration. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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Wind Hawaii Energy Energy Storage 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2010

Saft is providing the Li-ion (lithium-ion) battery technology for ABB’s new SVC (Static Var Compensator) Light with Energy Storage—its latest development within the FACTS (Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems) family. SVC Light is a system that provides fast-acting reactive power compensation in high-voltage electricity networks.

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Li-ion Grid Light Supplies 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

It is an astonishing sample of light oil, which based on the results of the analysis performed, is comparable to the Siberian Light oil. All activities related to the wind down will proceed as safely and expeditiously as possible, the company said. The first oil was extracted.

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Oil Light Saudi Arabia Ukraine 231

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

—Richard Boardman, national technical lead for the DOE Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program’s Flexible Plant Operations and Generation Pathway. Industrial-grade hydrogen is commonly produced today by stripping it from natural gas molecules, emitting carbon monoxide in the process.

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Hydrogen Energy Production Clean 497

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2010

American Superconductor Corporation ( AMSC ), a global power technologies company, announced in conjunction with Global Wind Day 2010 on 15 June that it has achieved a significant milestone by supporting the production of more than 15,000 megawatts (MW) of wind power worldwide with its proprietary power electronic solutions.

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Wind Global Power Powered 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

SAE International is promoting “J2881: Measurement of Aerodynamic Performance for Mass-Produced Cars and Light-Duty Trucks”, a recommend practice detailing procedures to measure the aerodynamic performance of passenger vehicles, such as mass-produced cars and light-duty trucks intended primarily for individual consumers.

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Light International Wind Vehicles 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

Altair ProductDesign is partnering with Edison2 to assist in the design of the new Very Light Car 4.0 (VLC VLC 4.0), the next generation version of the innovative, light-weight, fuel-efficient vehicle entered in the Progressive Automotive XPRIZE in 2010. Earlier post.). The VLC 4.0 Click to enlarge.

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Light Cars Virginia Fuel Economy 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

kWh battery with 2WD, 18-inch tires), according to the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP). Hyundai Motor Company announced that its IONIQ 6 electrified streamliner will deliver up to 614 km (382 miles) of all-electric range per charge (77.4-kWh With WLTP-rated energy consumption as low as 13.9

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Hyundai North America All-Electric Wind 370

Electrek

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Kia is dropping the base “Light” trim level of their popular EV6 for 2023, resulting in a new base model price of $48,500 for their “Wind” trim level (plus $1,295 destination charge).

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Kia Price Wind Light 97

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2023

Despite its extremely compact design and light weight, the EVbeat does not skimp on performance. E-Motor Stator with new braided winding. Essential for this is the electric motor with a new cooling concept and a new winding technology. The winding head alone is up to 50% smaller than with conventional approaches.

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Volt Concept Vehicles Wind 195

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Hailing from Nissan’s electric Light Commercial Vehicle (e-LCV) expertise, it was engineered for capability, reliability and sustainability, with business owners in mind. Nissan has begun production of its all-new and 100% electric Townstar EV model to be sold across select European markets.

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Fully Electric All-Electric Nissan Production 370

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In Europe, Nissan revealed the next-generation compact Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV), the Townstar. With a fully electric powertrain in addition to a gasoline-powered option in van and combi (passenger) versions, the new Townstar brings a suite of 20+ technologies to the compact van offering.

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Gasoline-Electric Nissan Gasoline Fully Electric 418

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2022

To generate the renewable electricity needed to feed production of green hydrogen, Cepsa will develop a 3GW portfolio of wind and solar energy projects with an additional €2-billion investment. It also has one of the highest wind and solar photovoltaic power generation and production capacity in Europe, and at the lowest cost.

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Hydrogen Renewable Europe Green 397

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

nano (MMN) multiscale modeling framework to optimize high strength aluminum alloys and processes for vehicle light-weighting. Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Ford will collaborate to use high performance computing to model high-strength automotive aluminum sheet alloys in bending tests to infer rivet-ability for light-weighting.

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Energy CO2 Hydrogen Carbon 321

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Fusion, the power that drives the sun and stars, combines light elements in the form of plasma—the hot, charged state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei—that generates massive amounts of energy. Instead, you’re directly winding the conductor into the coil form. —Yuhu Zhai.

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Fusion Building Wind Power 418