Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Toray Industries will open Automotive Center Europe (AMCEU) in August 2018 near Munich, Germany, as part of strengthening of R&D function related to the Green Innovation (GR) Business in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

In May 2016, OPM and Hexcel announced an initial strategic investment from Hexcel of $15 million. This method is a free-form, tool-less additive manufacturing process which produces uniform, near isotropic properties with build fidelity and nearly limitless design possibilities.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 19, 2024

When we first connected with CAKE as a retailer, we fell in love with their products, the design, the craftsmanship, and the story behind CAKE. A special work-focused line of CAKE’s electric motorbikes, designed for utility and commercial operators CAKE began making waves in the world of two-wheeled electric mobility all the way back in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

The team reinforced aerospace-grade unidirectional carbon fiber laminate interfaces with high densities (>10 billion fibers per cm 2 ) of aligned carbon nanotubes (A-CNTs) that act as nano-scale “stitches”. Their results are published this week in the journal Composites Science and Technology. Resources. Hallander, L.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2016

At the upcoming 2016 K Fair—the leading global trade fair for plastics and rubber—in Düsseldorf from 19-26 October, BASF and Hyundai will showcase some of the new lightweighting and high-performance materials technology that went into the car.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2014

This new lightweight energy absorber is part of the mutable vehicle head concept Galea, but it can just as well be integrated into other front end systems. Their modular design allows short replacement times and an individual vehicle design. Galea fiber composite vehicle head. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 26, 2022

When at the dealer, make sure to lift the hood and get a look at the beautiful Trofeo red and black engine with its carbon fiber bits, which by far is the most attractive you will see. A smooth design. Its design, which debuted in 2016, went through a refresh in 2021 with revised front and rear fascias.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit this week, Ford delivered first proof of that focus with the reveal of the new Ford GT carbon-fiber supercar, as well as the new F-150 Raptor based on the new aluminum F-150 and the Shelby GT350R Mustang. Aerodynamics.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

Toyota said that it is expecting annual volume of 50-100 cars/year in 2015 and 2016. Tanks with a three-layer structure made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and other materials are used to store hydrogen at a very high pressure of 70 MPa (70 megapascals, or approximately 700 bar). Toyota Mirai at Geneva 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM’s fuel-economy plan through the 2016 model year focuses on a reduction in vehicle mass and aggressive investment in advanced materials, such as high-strength steel, carbon fiber and aluminum, enabled in part by our industry-first aluminum welding technology. Earlier post.). —2012 Sustainability Report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

For example, IDTechEx expects that lithium-metal and solid-state batteries, axial flux motors, and carbon fiber materials will play an important role in eVTOL markets. OEMs need to design large EVs from scratch and manufacture at volume to realize economy-of-scale savings. Electric Buses - 12 GWh.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Twenty-one years later, in 2015, the IEEE member founded Psyonic , which designs and builds advanced, affordable artificial limbs. Akhtar earned an additional master's degree in electrical and computer engineering and a doctorate in neuroscience in 2016 but has not completed his medical degree. Akhtar is the CEO. and a Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

These three geographical areas will each have approximately 50 stations by 2016 and plans to expand this cumulatively to a multiple hundreds by 2020 and thousands in the decade thereafter. In terms of cost, Freese noted, most of the expensive parts are not entirely unique to fuel cells. —Jesse Schneider. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

With each of these colors there are options of contrasting colors and wood, carbon fiber or diamond-cut aluminum trim. The driver’s seat has a surprise for you: it vibrates as part of the lane departure and rear parking warning systems. The XT5 has a low dash design that nicely incorporated the 8.0-inch

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Faurecia has won a JEC World 2016 Innovation Award for its “one-shot” manufacturing process for visible composite parts; the approach combines structure and aspect in a single part. Faurecia will receive the award on 8 March at the JEC World 2016 trade show in Paris.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

In 2016, ZF and Venturi formed a technology partnership for the FIA Formula E. As part of their partnership, ZF supplied the Monaco-based Venturi team with shock absorbers for its cars and developed a new transmission for season four. The casing for the inverter is made entirely of carbon fiber reinforced plastic.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Two tanks with a three-layer structure made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic and other materials are used to store hydrogen at 70 MPa (approximately 700 bars or 10,000 psi). Middle layer: carbon fiber reinforced plastic (structural element). Like the Prius, Toyota designed the Mirai to be immediately recognizable.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2018

NREL/NASA ISC design. Cell designers, battery developers, and researchers need these devices to be able to better understand the cell internal shorting phenomena and its implications on cell and battery design. Broadly, the ISC is fabricated into a target cell, then activated by melting the wax. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

Graphene—sheets of carbon just one atom thick—is significantly lighter and stronger than standard carbon fiber. BAC chose to test the use of graphene on the rear wheel arches due to the size and complexity of the part, to thoroughly test the manufacturing process and how the material fitted in with the car.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2015

The testing is the next major milestone in a two-year program that will culminate in engine certification in 2016 and delivery of the first Boeing 737 MAX in 2017. The LEAP-1B engine is the exclusive powerplant for the Boeing 737 MAX family and is part of the most extensive ground and flight test certification program in CFM’s history.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

The valve-drive module in the cylinder head is designed to be light and rigid. The common rail system develops an injection pressure of up to 200 bar; the toothed belt for valve timing and auxiliary drive is designed to last for the engine’s lifetime. Like the crankcase, the cylinder head has its own cooling circuit. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

In Formula E, the teams and manufacturers are allowed to develop the powertrain consisting of the motor, transmission, parts of the suspension and the respective software. The engineers primarily focused on designing the motor-generator unit (MGU) for greater efficiency.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

The state has recognized hydrogen-powered cars as part of its drive to zero-out tailpipe emissions (and the resulting dangerous smog) for three decades and helped support the development of vehicles and infrastructure. The Lexus design cues take the Mirai upscale, which poses the question was why is it not part of the Lexus line?

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Single motor driving the rear wheels 182 horsepower 221 pound-feet of torque Power Output: 128 kW Three carbon-fiber reinforced hydrogen tanks with a three layer structure Hydrogen tank capacity: 5.6 The Lexus design cues take the Mirai upscale, which poses the question—why is it not part of the Lexus line?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. Aerodynamically-optimized design with a drag coefficient of 0.25, the electric e-tron quattro drivetrain delivers up to 370 kW of power output. Audi e-tron quattro concept SUV. Second life.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. We will soon discuss this need in detail. But use of petroleum will continue.

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