Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

These insights led to the development, testing, refinement and now commercialization of the Trace Grocery, BrightDrop’s first product purpose-built for online grocery and retail order fulfillment. The BrightDrop Trace Platform, including Trace Grocery, is available today. Concept rendering.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2021

AMPLY Power is working with Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions to expand fleet electrification offerings, including the first commercially available combination solar canopy and overhead electric vehicle charging solution covered by a power purchase agreement (PPA) leasing and financing model. PIDE Canopy Mount connecting to BYD bus.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2019

An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has designed size-optimized platinum nanoparticles for catalysis in fuel cells that exhibit specific and mass activities twice as high as the best commercially catalysis available today (Tanaka commercial Pt/C).

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Source: Reaction Design. Reaction Design is introducing the first volume of the industry’s most well-validated available Model Fuel Library, the result of seven years of research and validation under the Model Fuels Consortium ( earlier post ). —Bernie Sanders, CEO, Reaction Design. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2019

Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emission drivetrains for commercial fleets, announced new battery-electric powertrain options for the Ford F-59 Model to support its customers with delivery and food truck applications. This powertrain is the fifth powertrain now available in the Lightning product line.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Motors designed in-house will support front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive and performance all-wheel drive applications. Ultium-powered EVs are designed for Level 2 and DC fast charging. This allows engineers to optimize battery energy storage and layout for each vehicle design.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Lightning Systems, a developer of zero-emission powertrains for commercial fleets, has received an Executive Order from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the Lightning Electric Transit Bus Repower, with HVIP approval expected within the next several weeks. All Lightning products are available today.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

STG+ (Syngas To Gasoline +, the plus standing for the multiple end products yielded by the process) essentially improves upon commercial methanol synthesis processes and ExxonMobil’s methanol to gasoline (MTG) process, combining them into a single-loop process that converts syngas directly to gasoline. Primus Green Energy, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Lightning Systems designs and manufacturers all-electric powertrains for commercial fleets: from Class 3 Ford Transit vans to Class 6 work trucks and Class 7 and 8 city buses. All Lightning products are available today. The vans delivered to Freebee went into service almost immediately after delivery.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2020

This FOA seeks to develop advanced technologies that can progress the present state of small-scale solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) hybrid systems using solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) technologies to a point of commercial readiness for hydrogen production and power generation. Thus, SOFC systems available today are heavily subsidized.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

The Velabit addresses the cost, safety and design challenges of autonomous solutions while delivering strong sensor performance. Baraja LiDAR is the only system available today using randomly modulated continuous wave technology that completely blocks interference from other LiDARs and environmental light sources.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 15, 2023

If you go back far enough, a bunch of the initial funding for quadrupedal robots that enabled the commercial platforms that are available today was tied into the idea of robotic pack animals. Boston Dynamics’ BigDog and LS3 were explicitly designed to haul heavy loads (up to 200 kg) across rough terrain for the U.S.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Iveco, the Iveco Group brand that designs, manufactures and markets light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, has received an order for the supply of 178 S-Way CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) trucks to the Post & Parcel Germany division of DHL.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Maritime electrification startup Navier has hit a significant milestone today by reaching commercial production of its flagship electric hydrofoiling boat and delivering the first model to a customer. years after unveiling the initial prototype design. years after unveiling the initial prototype design.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 2, 2023

Today, a robotics startup called Figure is unveiling “the world’s first commercially viable general purpose humanoid robot,” called Figure 01. Working with DRC Atlas, NASA’s Valkyrie , and most recently Nadia , IHMC has established itself as a leader in robot design and control. The warehouse makes it easier on us,” says Adcock.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

In addition to performance, system designers benefit from significant power advantages over previous technologies and small footprint packaging for space-challenged automotive electronic control unit (ECU) designs. Fully AEC-Q100 qualified Artix-7 XA7A100T FPGAs are available today for mass production.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 30, 2024

Joining the dozen or so companies already on this quest is Persona AI , founded last month by Nic Radford and Jerry Pratt , two people who know better than just about anyone what it takes to make a successful robotics company, although they also know enough to be wary of getting into commercial humanoids.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Companies like Google, Tesla and Uber are still testing, whereas our self-driving vehicles are commercially available today. Unlike city streets, a factory floor is a controlled environment, which makes it an ideal place to introduce self-driving vehicles at scale. Clearpath previously raised US$11.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

BONDERITE M-NT 8453 is designed to outperform other available pre-treatments in its compatibility with the new thermal treatment processes being introduced by automakers to achieve elevated levels of strength from aluminum alloys. This flexibility makes it a highly versatile and efficient solution for high-volume applications.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2024

The challenge—in which 3,800 teams from 100 countries participated—was to “design and build a safe, quiet, ultra-compact, near-VTOL personal flying device capable of flying 20 miles [32 kilometers] while carrying a single person.” Assessing Hoverbikes’ Risks Safety concerns are just as big a hurdle to making hoverbikes available for sale.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Drexel University aims to design a significantly more efficient, fast, low-cost, compact, and reliable circuit breaker for medium-voltage direct-current (MVDC) power system. The breaker is designed to protect MVDC systems from electrical faults and expected to respond in 500 microseconds.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Most solid electrolytes in use today are too unstable, inefficient and expensive to be commercially viable, the authors said. Some of the best solid electrolytes available today are made with rare elements like germanium, a kilogram of which costs about $500. Sendek, Evan R. Antoniuk, Ekin D.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Through the development of patented alloys, NanoSteel has created a new class of steel that allows automotive engineers and designers to reduce weight through the use of thinner, higher strength gauges while maintaining the structural integrity needed for safety. Terms of the GM Ventures investment were not disclosed. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 26, 2015

SABIC’s design concept is aerodynamically optimized to deflect air by accelerating airflow through and across the top and sides of the roof fairing. The CFD data helped reveal opportunities to alter the design for improved airflow and reduced drag. —Scott Fallon, general manager, Automotive, SABIC’s Innovative Plastics.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2012

milliohms, the CAP-XX module offers the best power density available today, the company claims, and the energy necessary to support frequent start cycles in all weather and traffic conditions. With 150F at 14V, and an ESR of 4.5 CAP-XX Supercapacitors for Automotive Applications.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2012

The batteries also feature the company’s patented PowerFrame grid technology, which reduces premature failure and resists corrosion up to 66% more effectively than other grid designs. AGM batteries to meet European sizes (H6, H7, H8) are available today.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2018

TradeLens is a blockchain-enabled shipping solution designed to promote more efficient and secure global trade, bringing together various parties to support information sharing and transparency. The TradeLens APIs are open and available for developer access and feedback from participants in the platform.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2010

The Runwise hybrid drive system is built around the company’s proprietary Power Drive Unit (PDU), C24 Variable Displacement Bent-Axis Hydraulic Pump/Motors, and Composite Bladder Accumulators—all designed specifically for high power, high start-and-stop applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

The membrane-less design enables power densities of 0.795?W?cm That is about three times as much power per square centimeter as other membrane-less system—a power density that is an order of magnitude higher than that of many lithium-ion batteries and other commercial and experimental energy-storage systems. Credit: Braff et al.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 14, 2024

However, if you know anything about the Lucid’s design and innovation philosophy, it’s easy to see it’s one of, if not the best, in developing in-house technologies, especially in terms of overall efficiency. Some of the competition is under 3 (miles/kWh).

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The design allows drivers to deploy the system at the push of a button, allowing drivers to sidestep some of the disadvantages associated with installing snow chains. Tire wear is supposed to be comparable to what’s available today and owners should be able to easily recognize when it’s time to buy some new rubber without special training.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

As a part of the first cycle of investment, Volkswagen’s “Electrify America” program is earmarked to spend $300 million, with the most focus on the installation of hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at multi-family residences, workplaces, highway rest-stops, commercial and retail sites, and municipal lots and garages.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The electrification of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and fleet vehicles, is gaining significant momentum globally. According to a report by Smart Energy Decisions , there were more than one million electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial and government fleets in the United States as of 2021, up from just over 300,000 in 2019.

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Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2024

The office workspace at the new H2HQ was recently redesigned for its teams working from research and development to commercialization planning and sales of hydrogen-related products and technologies. The microgrid is designed to support the campus’ energy needs, allowing it the ability to operate off-grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

The investment will allow Velodyne to rapidly expand the design and production of high-performance, cost-effective automotive LiDAR sensors, accelerating mass adoption in autonomous vehicle and ADAS applications and therefore accelerating the critical, transformative benefits they provide. Velodyne LiDAR, Inc., Earlier post.).

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JUNE 18, 2014

First, to design and build the “Mach-I” prototype vehicle maintaining donor vehicle architectural space and using commercially available or demonstrated materials and processes while delivering a 22% reduction compared to the baseline vehicle. Mach-II design and CAE is underway now. How light could you make vehicles? …

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $20 million to spur the development of high-speed industrial motors and drives, using high power-density designs and integrated power electronics to increase efficiency. The inverter must use WBG devices that exist either commercially or on a custom basis, and can use any topology.

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