Remove 2000 Remove International Remove Motor Remove Porsche
article thumbnail

Winterkorn says Volkswagen developing 10-speed DCT and high-performance diesel; plug-in hybrids offer great potential

Green Car Congress

At the International Vienna Motor Symposium Prof. These would range from highly efficient internal combustion engines and natural gas systems all the way to hybrids and electric vehicles. Since 2000, the group has reduced the fuel consumption of its TDI and TSI engines by more than 30%. Source: Prof. Click to enlarge.

Plug-in 345
article thumbnail

Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion. The biggest issues for EVs were reportedly failing electric drive motors, unreliable charging, and trouble with battery packs. Data is accrued primarily on model years from between 2000 and 2023.

article thumbnail

Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. He had all these charts and graphs showing the power going into the motor. He was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914.

EV1 52
article thumbnail

GKN Driveline introducing eAxle for mass-market C-segment vehicles

Green Car Congress

GKN Driveline has developed an eAxle module—derived from the technology used in cars such as the Porsche 918 Spyder and BMW i8—that will enable C-segment vehicles to offer buyers a plug-in hybrid option with improved performance and a reduction in CO2 emissions of more than 50%. A two-staged geartrain with a gear ratio of 12.5

Market 150
article thumbnail

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

EV Central

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N But as our European correspondent John Carey suggested , it’s less than half the price of a Porsche Taycan GTS ($248,300) and, having track tested both, can confirm the cheaper Hyundai’s a more thrilling track machine. Only options are a Vision Roof (panoramic glass) costing $2000, and matte paint for $1000.

Hyundai 52
article thumbnail

Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

Cars That Think

In just two decades, the share of the global lighting market held by gallium-nitride-based light-emitting diodes has gone from zero to more than 50 percent, according to a study by the International Energy Agency. The data came from the International Energy Agency, Statista, and other sources.

Green 115
article thumbnail

How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., The project was given the internal moniker “4004.” in Rochester, NY. San Jose, Calif.,

IDEA 128