Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is establishing a “Transformation Hub Electric Mobility” to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) with specialized knowledge in the process chain for manufacturing a combustion engine re-orient for electric mobility. Photo: Felix Wirth, KIT). —Janna Hofmann.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2021

For batteries to fit into narrow and crooked spaces and to store more energy for e.g. electric mobility, flexibly adaptable cells are required. So far, however, lithium-ion battery cells have been produced in standardized formats and rigid systems. —President of KIT, Professor Holger Hanselka.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Voltabox AG secured a long-term framework contract with e-troFit GmbH as the preferred supplier of high-performance battery systems for e-troFit’s conversion solutions for diesel buses. After this initial concept phase, the modification can take place within a few weeks. —Andreas Hager, CEO of e-troFit GmbH.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Enter Jeep’s CJ Surge 4×4 electromod concept. Revealed at Las Vegas’ Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show, the Surge is a bright orange exploration of how Jeep could offer its enthusiast customers battery-electric vehicle (BEV) parts kits applications. It will, as ever, grind the gears of purists.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

In addition, Volkswagen Motorsport will develop new motorsport concepts for the ID. family on the basis of the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB), on which numerous electric production vehicles will be based. as a technological pioneer, the MEB will in future be the second, production-related pillar in Volkswagen’s motorsport program.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen is showcasing two electric concepts. BUZZ CARGO,in its auto show debut, is an electric panel van concept based on the MEB toolkit that offers up to 340 miles of range on the WLTP cycle. The electric Cargo e-Bike concept, in its North American debut, carries a 463 lb payload. Like all I.D.

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EV Central

JULY 14, 2022

Hyundai has laid bare its plans for a high-performance electrified future, unveiling two ‘rolling lab’ concepts – RN22e and N Vision 74 – that will feed the Ioniq 6 N and beyond. Hyundai N Vision 74 concept.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Skoda will launch three all-new electric models by early 2026, including a large seven-seat SUV previewed by this spectacular Vision 7S concept. Skoda Vision 7S large electric SUV concept. Clearly, Skoda’s not holding back in pushing forward with an electric future. billion ($8.2 Halo large SUV previewed with Vision 7S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

BUZZ CARGO concept—the first commercial vehicle to be based on the new I.D. Family and the modular electric drive kit (MEB). The models can be delivered with different battery sizes according to the vehicles’ intended use and budget. BUZZ CARGO concept is positioned in the size class beneath the Crafter.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

The vehicles are near production concept cars and have not gone on sale yet. Buzz will also be used for future autonomous mobility concepts such as ridepooling – an e-shuttle service of Group subsidiary MOIA that can be booked via an app. The electric Bulli is thus also a part of the future of inner-city transport.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

Equipped with the drive system components of the latest Volkswagen electric vehicles, the concept vehicle is based on a T1 Samba Bus produced in 1966 and comprehensively restored. A 45 kWh lithium-ion battery is responsible for supplying the electric motor with power. The battery is charged via an AC charger with charging power of 2.3

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Baua Electric

MARCH 24, 2024

At its annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, Stellantis’ Jeep brand has presented four new concept off-roaders. Among them, the lone plug-in concept among them was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe Willys Dispatcher plug-in hybrid concept that, according to the brand, provides “a mix of where the Jeep brand’s been and where it’s going.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries. Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

billion) investment in the future-oriented areas of e-mobility and digitalization for its German plants. labor), the Board of Management announced that the Volkswagen brand’s German plants will develop and produce electric vehicles and components based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). Volkswagen will invest €3.5-billion

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EV Central

JANUARY 25, 2024

The all-new Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear concept has been unleashed, revealing the Blue Oval is plotting a faster all-electric Ford F-150 Raptor. To raise its body out of harm’s way a high-lift kit was added that also includes a new long- travel suspension that’s needed to soak up 200km/h landings over rocky terrain.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The designers have rigorously transferred the styling of the 2017 concept car to the 2022 full-production version. The new model line is based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). The battery supplies a 150 kW (201 horsepower) electric motor that is integrated in and drives the rear axle. Buzz and ID.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The aim of the three-year project is to develop an agile and digitalized production system complete with modular product concept for innovative electric motors. Digitalization and automation are key to the sustainable factory of the future and generate opportunities for us and our customers along the entire value chain. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2013

Concept of the IntLiIon project. Bosch and partners Pro Design Electronic GmbH, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have launched a new €4.3-million million) project to improve battery performance in hybrid and electric vehicles with smart battery management.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Her research focuses on material and electrode designs for solid-state batteries. She explored a novel glassy-type lithium ion conductor that may lead to new design principles for solid-state batteries. However, a major prerequisite for success in the volume market is more powerful battery concepts.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will accompany project work by studying demand, acceptance, and impacts. The project is to result in a model concept for efficient public passenger transit with autonomous buses in Baden-Württemberg. The State Ministry of Transport will fund RABus with €7 million.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

We announced our emob partnership with Rosenbauer in 2019, and we have gone from concept to start of production in record time. We see a growing demand for electric solutions in the market today and—through collaboration and pilot projects, such as this one—we aim to meet this demand and the expectations of the future.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The K5 Blazer-E is a functional proof of concept of the upcoming Electric Connect and Cruise package Chevrolet Performance plans to sell in the second half of 2021. Chevrolet first previewed the eCrate conversion concept with the Chevrolet eCOPO Camaro in 2018 ( earlier post ), followed by the Chevrolet E-10 in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

The 26-tonne truck, based on the MAN TGM, incorporates batteries that can be installed under the cab and on the side of the frame, providing a range of up to 200 km. MAN will incorporate the findings of these practical trials in the development of its future product portfolio of series-produced electric trucks. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

The Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage Ulm & Karlsruhe ( CELEST ), the largest German research platform for electrochemical, comprising research into Li-ion batteries, post-Li technologies, fuel cells, and redox-flow batteries, has begun operation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This planning round bears a clear signature: We are taking a very systematic approach to electric mobility and will be much more focused in future. We are consistently prioritizing our resources for future-oriented products and services that are highly attractive and relevant to the market. e-tron GT concept.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

The move came as Dodge revealed plans to launch the “world’s first battery electric muscle car.” We got our first look at the model with the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT “Banshee” concept shown in 2022. Dodge’s EV concept included features like a Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust to replicate the sounds of the SRT Hellcat.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Over the next five years, BASF will be investing a three-digit million Euros sum for battery-related activities. This new facility with an investment volume of more than $50 million is scheduled to supply the market with cathode materials for the production of high-performance lithium-ion batteries from mid-2012.

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Baua Electric

MAY 1, 2024

For the Hydrogen HQ, Toyota has started building a flexible microgrid that will incorporate a 230-kw solar system, a 1-megawatt proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel-cell generator, a 325-kw solid oxide fuel-cell system, and a 500-kwh battery storage system. That kit and the fuel-cell modules themselves are coming from Toyota’s Kentucky plant.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Volkswagen is presenting a fully autonomous, electric Microbus concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Buzz is built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). Pilot”) and a new generation of display elements and controls, the concept conceptually follows the new Volkswagen brand strategy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

a concept vehicle presaging the first of a new fleet of Volkswagen electric cars and highlighting Volkswagen’s vision for the future in a number of areas, including autonomous driving and a new Open Space concept for the interior. will be the first Volkswagen built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 20, 2024

Riding on the electrification and premiumisation trend in the passenger vehicle industry, Remsons plans to enhance its product portfolio with new products such as sensors and infotainment systems as well as tyre mobility kits. The boot space in four-wheelers is limited when there is CNG or batteries.

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EV Central

JULY 12, 2024

Surprisingly spacious inside, cute styling, acceptable range of 305km from its 42kWh battery (a 355km range 49kWh version’s also confirmed for us), V2L and solid included kit all help Inster’s cause. Genesis X Gran Racer VGT Concept Genesis X Gran Racer VGT concept. Genesis Neolun concept – the purple pimp palace.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

This is the opposite of the approach taken by Toyota with its Mirai fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ) and Honda with its new FCV Concept ( earlier post ). Fuel cell technology is running in comepetition with long-range battery electric vehicles. kWh battery pack and an additional electric motor in the rear. Ulrich Hackenberg.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

In recognition of the miletone, BMW used a light installation to transform its Group headquarters—the world-famous “Four-Cylinder” in the north of Munich—on the evening of 18 December 2017 into a battery. Series production of the fully-electric BMW i3, one of the most-awarded vehicle concepts in the world, began in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2013

In cooperation with four other companies, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is developing flexible technologies for the series production of lightweight electric motors under the “ ProLeMo ” project (website scheduled to go live 15 August). At the end of the project, KIT will set up a complete demonstration manufacturing cell.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

Some of these real-world offspring, like the Apple Lisa computer and the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printer, took many of their root concepts from PARC; others, like the Ada computer language and the Intel 1103 dynamic RAM chip, are less closely related. As for the future impact of PARC research—the sky’s the limit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2016

At CES 2016, Volkswagen unveiled the battery-electric BUDD-e van. Equipped with a 101 kWh battery pack supporting a range of up to 373 miles (600 km) on the NEDC, the BUDD-e concept is the first vehicle based on Volkswagen’s new Modular Electric Platform (MEB) designed specifically for plug-in vehicles. inches wide and 72.2

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