Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2011

BMW will add further engines to the line-up in 2012, when the BMW ActiveHybrid 3 (using a powertrain similar to that of the ActiveHybrid 5, earlier post ) will also make its premiere. Design features. In spring 2012, BMW will launch three further engines for the series. l/100 km (57 mpg US) and CO 2 emissions of 109 g/km.

BMW 275

BMW 2012 Engine MPH 275

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Ground was broken in September 2012, and the topping-out ceremony was celebrated in December. Earlier post.). This gives it a total range of some 1,300 kilometers (808 miles).

Gas-Electric 296

Gas-Electric Gas Audi Water 296

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Pierre Sames, Germanischer Lloyd’s Head of Research and Rule Development, examined the potential use of fuel cells in shipping, the use of renewable energy to produce hydrogen for use as fuel, the economics of the technology and looked at two concept designs for fuel-cell driven, hydrogen-fueled vessels. Germanischer Lloyd.

Hydrogen 294

Hydrogen Emissions Fuel Industrial 294

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

By 2012 Audi plans to lower the fuel consumption of its model range by 20% compared with the 2007 level. The energy recovery system already uses deceleration phases to convert kinetic energy into electrical energy. Audi also employs a number of measures to minimize driving resistance and optimize aerodynamics. Start-stop.

Audi 150

Audi 2012 Fuel Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Six research institutions and seven industrial partners from Europe will participate in the new BioBoost project, aimed at converting residual biomass into energy carriers for the production of high-quality and engine-compatible fuels and chemicals as well as for the generation of electricity and heat.

Conversion 225

Conversion Energy Kits Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

Hydrogen Energy California (HECA), which is owned by SCS Energy LLC, is developing and designing the new plant, the polygeneration process of which will demonstrate the co-production of fertilizer and hydrogen-based electric power. With oil fields as the CO 2 injection site, HECA will enable oil production to be increased, while storing CO 2.

Coal 210

Coal Oil California Hydrogen 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers have known that 51142 makes hydrogen by drawing upon sugars that it has stored during growth. They also convert the abundant nitrogen in the atmosphere to a form that is essential for all plant life on the planet. Organisms such as cyanobacteria made life on the planet possible by producing the oxygen for the atmosphere 2.3

Insight 150

Insight Production Hydrogen Water 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2010

Ballard’s CLEARgen fuel cell system will convert by-product hydrogen into clean load-following electricity that will partially offset power demand at the bleach plant. Once produced, the bleach can be safely and easily stored, transported and used for water purification and disinfection or any number of other applications.

Hydrogen 170

Hydrogen Fuel Powered Power 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2012

What it does is take whatever carbon is available, and stores it in the form of a polymer, which is similar in its properties to a lot of petroleum-based plastics. Now, the researchers are focusing on finding ways to optimize the system to increase the rate of production and to design bioreactors to scale the process up to industrial levels.

MIT 225

MIT Carbon Waste Polymer 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2012

The inverter converts DC generated by the cell stack into AC. The hot-water storage tank stores heat exhausted from the power generator as hot-water. A desulfurizer removes the sulfur odorant in the utility gas to prevent the cell stack and other parts from deterioration. The system eliminates annual CO 2 emissions of about 1.9

Gas 199

Gas Toyota Exhaust Motors 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

The brake energy recovery system converts the vehicle’s kinetic energy into stored energy by compressing nitrogen gas in a storage device called an accumulator. This stored energy is then released during acceleration to reduce the energy required from the engine to propel the vehicle. tons to the weight of the truck.

Hybrid 246

Hybrid Diesel MPH Oil 246

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2014

The process is designed to be used downstream from multiple sugar production pathways: sugar, starch and cellulose. Light olefins are key chemical building blocks that can be converted into transportation fuels, polymers and various commodity chemicals. Synthetically produced gas is used here to store electric surplus energy.

Audi 199

Audi Global Gasoline-Electric Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

The results also provide molecular details into how the catalytic material converts electrical energy into the chemical bonds between hydrogen atoms. Such a protein helps tie two hydrogen atoms together with electrons, storing energy in their chemical bond in the process. DuBois, 2012. —Pool et al. Pool, Michael P.

Hydrogen 225

Hydrogen Production Water Gas-Electric 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 66 research projects to receive a total of $130 million in funding through its “OPEN 2012” program. Select projects in OPEN 2012 include: ARPA-E OPEN 2012 selections: Advanced Fuels. Methane Converter to Electricity and Fuel.

2012 240

2012 Energy Lithium Sulfur Conversion 240

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2012

In a keynote address to the SAE 2012 World Congress on 25 April 2012, Anthony Levandowski, Business Lead for Google’s Self Driving Car Project provided an overview of Google’s autonomous vehicle program and requested that the auto industry partner with Google on the implementation. Steve gets a taco and the hour-long commute.

Google 284

Google Legal 2012 Nevada 284

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

The electricity for driving the electric motor is stored in a 26.5 In coming up with this design, developers applied experience they gained in numerous design studies. The new Touareg Hybrid is already on the market; in 2012 a hybrid version of the Jetta will debut, then in 2013 the Golf Hybrid and Passat Hybrid will launch.

Concept 256

Concept Gas-Electric Lithium Ion DC 256

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The Hybrid Integrated Urban Commercial Vehicle (HIUCV) is a lightweight Heavy Goods Vehicle designed for refuse collection in an urban environment. The HIUCV will be designed to significantly exceed legislative and Government requirements for greener vehicles. Dennis Eagle Ltd (lead company), MIRA Ltd, Magnomatics Ltd, MTL Group Ltd.

Land Rover 231

Land Rover Carbon Vehicles Plug-in 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2013

The 2012 Chevrolet Volt produces 273 lb-ft/370 N·m.). During regenerative braking, the system converts the vehicle’s momentum to electrical power and stores the energy in the battery pack. The electricity is stored in the vehicle's high-voltage propulsion battery for later use. V-6 in the SRX. Powertrain.

Extended Range 244

Extended Range Cadillac 2014 Range 244

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

Trees are natural carbon sinks; they absorb carbon dioxide by photosynthesis, some of which is stored as carbon compounds in the wood—both during growth and even after harvesting, in the form of some wood products. —Jones and O’Hara (2012). Underground, forest soils and root structures store even more carbon.

Carbon 150

Carbon Personal Store Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2016

Hybrid pioneer Audi, the first manufacturer to have won the Le Mans 24 Hours with an energy recuperation system, used a flywheel energy storage system from 2012 to 2015. The energy stored by the system is generated by an MGU (Motor Generator Unit) at the front axle. The transmission is a new design as well. Hybrid drive.

Audi 150

Audi 2016 Hybrid Diesel 150

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

But before such a sweeping revolution can occur, it will be necessary to overcome an enormous obstacle: that of conveniently and inexpensively converting the countless hours of existing recordings, regardless of whether they’re mono, stereo, or multichannel surround sound (5.1, and so on). Our 3D Soundstage technology bypasses this.

Convert 145

Convert Personal Standards Available 145

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

Earlier in 2012, the microgrid included: 30 MW natural gas cogen plant. In addition, the microgrid can more efficiently manage real-time demand, supplying and storing energy at a lower cost with less pollution than a conventional grid. MW of fuel cells in operation. MW of Solar PV installed, additional 2 MW planned.

Energy Storage 231

Energy Storage San Diego California Energy 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid. With seating for five, the 2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid is expected to achieve a manufacturer-estimated 87 mpge (miles per gallon equivalent) in combined driving and 49 mpg in hybrid mode, or 2.7 Changes include: Completely new battery design. Click to enlarge. L/100km equivalent and 4.8

Prius 244

Prius Plug-in 2012 Plug 244

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

2012 Camry Hybrid. The 2012 Camry again offers three powertrain choices, all of which have been enhanced for 2012 to provide better fuel economy and more responsive performance: a revised 2.5L, 4-cylinder gasoline engine; an enhanced 3.5-liter Under the hood of the 2012 Camry Hybrid. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

Fuel Economy 199

Fuel Economy Camry Hybrid Economy 2012 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

It has been purposefully designed for efficiency and, together with many other optimizations of the race car, such as aerodynamics, helps save energy. If the best teams, as last was the case in the 2012 season that saw only brief safety car periods, covered 378 laps, then Audi’s high-performance TDI engine would have 317.52

2006 294

2006 Audi 2014 Engine 294

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

students a simple question: “What is the most efficient and practical way possible to convert chemical-bond energy into useful work?” As this happens, the molecules within the mixture collide faster and faster, until they at last break apart and re-form into different molecules, releasing the energy stored in their chemical bonds.

Fuel 145

Fuel Store Gas-Electric Energy 145

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

e-tron quattro hybrid system at the front axle (ERS-K – Energy Recovery System Kinetic, a system to store kinetic energy). Hybrid system with an electric turbocharger in the internal combustion engine (ERS-H – Energy Recovery System Heat, a system that stores energy converted from heat). Optimized flywheel energy storage system.

Audi 278

Audi Hybrid Energy Storage Diesel 278

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

The in-city range increase comes from regenerative braking, which converts kinetic energy into electric energy when applying the brakes or coasting, and stores it in the battery. A Smiling Face The Fiat 500 line-up is all about being cool, having unmistakable Italian design and fun.

North America 84

North America Los Angeles Clean Cleaning 84

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater).

Emissions 256

Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The Mirai uses the Toyota Fuel Cell System (TFCS), which features both fuel cell technology and hybrid technology, and includes proprietary Toyota-developed components including the fuel cell (FC) Stack, FC boost converter, and high-pressure hydrogen tanks. FC Boost Converter. The system accelerates Mirai from 0–60 in 9.0

Prius 296

Prius Toyota Hydrogen Carbon Fiber 296

Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

This is, after all, how all the energy stored in wood, coal, oil, and natural gas originally got here: It was transmitted 150 million kilometers through space as electromagnetic waves—sunlight—most of it millions of years ago. rectifier and antenna , reflects how each element converts the electromagnetic waves into direct-current electricity.

Powered 145

Powered Power BBC Solar 145

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

The system recovers energy normally lost during braking and stores the energy in a 340 VDC Li-ion battery pack. When electric torque is blended with engine torque, the stored energy is used to improve fuel economy and vehicle performance and is suited for stop-and-go applications. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Eaton 261

Eaton Commercial Hybrid Fuel 261

Driivz

MARCH 31, 2021

Solar and wind are the easiest to locate, scale, and convert to energy. Unfortunately, solar and wind energy aren’t always available due to fluctuating weather conditions – however, advances in battery technologies are making it easier to store them for “a rainy day.”. Renewables Depending on the Weather. Renewables & EV Charging.

Renewable 71

Renewable Energy Powered Power 71

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Aerodynamically-optimized design with a drag coefficient of 0.25, the electric e-tron quattro drivetrain delivers up to 370 kW of power output. The two suppliers (LG and Samsung SDI, earlier post ) with which Audi works have each specialized in a particular design. Pouch cells and prismatic cells are more versatile. Second life.

Audi 150

Audi PHEV Fuel Diesel 150

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Along with Hyundai and Honda who also have sold FCEVs, since 2012 there have been 14,225 fuel cell cars sold in the United States, nearly all of those in California. The Lexus design cues take the Mirai upscale, which poses the question—why is it not part of the Lexus line? The 2nd gen Mirai mimics a Lexus look.

Toyota 80

Toyota Hydrogen Lexus Gasoline-Electric 80

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

The second hybrid system is a motor on the front axle utilizing brake recuperation to convert kinetic energy into electric energy. Intelligent management of electricity was a focus of the racing engineers who designed the 919 Hybrid. The aerodynamics have been analyzed during some 2,000 hours of wind tunnel testing since February 2012.

Porsche 290

Porsche Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Carbon Fiber 290

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

Unlike LNG, it does not require cryogenic temperatures; it is handled and stored like propane, with tank pressures of only 75 psi (vs. It can safely be stored on-site for extended periods of time. Founded in 2011, Oberon Fuels has developed a patented, skid-mounted, modular design for DME production. 3,600 psi for CNG).

Volvo 270

Volvo 2015 Production North America 270