Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Dramatic improvements in battery technology, coupled with the existing electric drivetrain in predominantly diesel-electric freight trains in the US, pave the way for a rapid conversion to battery-electric freight rail and with substantial cost savings.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The vehicles are part of a large-scale order for 56 units of the battery-powered city bus which is series-produced in Mannheim, Germany. The consultancy team at Daimler Buses eMobility Consulting are assisting ESWE in the conversion of their fleet to electromobility solutions.

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Green Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Electric bicycles are getting more popular, and if there’s something in you that wants to turn your conventional bike into an ebike, don’t worry because all it takes is to find the best electric bicycle conversion kit. These conversion kits work just like how you turn traditional skateboards into electric skateboards using conversion kits.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

ALTe is targeting fleet vehicles such as delivery trucks, vans and shuttle buses and even potentially taxis and limos, in the light- to medium-duty vehicle classes—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Earlier post.) We are focusing on those kinds of things to drive costs down. —John Thomas.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Due to the conversion to renewable energy sources in Germany, smart grids and large-scale energy storage technologies are getting ever more important. Batteries Power Generation Solar Wind' Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2014; the utility-scale storage system is planned to enter service in 2015.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

Ideal Power Inc., developer of a power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), received a purchase order for ten of its PPSA-enabled 30 kW battery converters from Coritech Services, a provider of custom engineering solutions for a variety of applications including electric vehicle charging.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

kWh/liter—about 10 times the capacity of Li-Ion batteries. Specific energies and energy densities including conversion losses. With its huge energy storage density, POWERPASTE is also an interesting option for cars, delivery vehicles and range extenders in battery-powered electric vehicles, Fraunhofer suggests.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The European yard tractor incorporates Balqon Corporation’s proprietary electric vehicle drive system, which encompasses complete power management, propulsion, and power conversation systems and includes drive trains and energy systems (i.e., batteries and a charging system).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Subsequent conversion of the entire fleet of 54 Coradia Lint vehicles is under consideration. The hybrid drives combine a modern diesel engine with an electric motor and batteries to recover braking energy, reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by up to 25%.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

US Hybrid Corporation, a global supplier of medium- and heavy-duty electric and hybrid powertrain power conversion components, executed a global licensing agreement with United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in January of this year to commercialize UTC’s proven Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell technologies. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The eVito Taxi is powered by a 70 kW Zytek electric drive system, driving the front wheels through a custom designed Vocis/Graziano transmission. A 38 kWh Valence Li-Ion battery power pack installed in a weatherproof enclosure beneath the floor allows the internal space of the taxi to remain unaffected by the electric conversion.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

Of these, 16 are vehicle-related, encompassing projects developing batteries, power electronics and improved combustion engine technology including on-board reformers, and two are specifically hydrogen fuel cell-related. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 162 projects to receive about $26.6 Earlier post.) 154,802.00.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

The inverter—which converts DC power from the traction battery to AC power that drives the motor—is a key part of the electric drive chain. This conversion comes from a complex sequence of switching events which reconstruct an AC signal from the DC output of the battery.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

The PHEV’s traction drive system is used to charge the battery, power the vehicle and enable its mobile energy source capabilities. —Dr. Gui-Jia Su, Senior R&D Staff Member, Lead Engineer of Power Electronics. IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2009), pp. FY08 prototype test setup. 2009.5316496.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Lead author Aniruddh Mohan and colleagues wanted to develop a method that evaluated the life-cycle costs and benefits for two battery-powered ridesource fleets and a gasoline-powered one. The analysis indicated that electrified fleets had 40-45% lower greenhouse gas costs per trip compared to the gasoline-powered version.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

Wrightspeed and Matthews Specialty Vehicles are teaming up to develop, convert, and deliver battery-powered and range-extended electric buses, trucks, and specialty vehicles with industry-leading performance, efficiency, and total cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Because the use of natural gas for transportation requires compressing, liquefying, or conversion, it is important to determine the best use of natural gas as a transportation fuel. The WTW analysis focused solely on the fuel-motive power cycle, disregarding the vehicle cycle—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2012

The California Energy Commission has selected Satcon Technology Corporation, a leading provider of utility-grade power conversion solutions for the renewable energy market, along with A123 Systems, Renewable Energy Services (RES), and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to receive a $2 million grant to develop and demonstrate methods to (..)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The battery-electric system makes it possible to circumvent traffic jams or flexibly extend the previously firmly defined routes beyond the existing overhead wiring network. The switch to battery-powered operation is seamless, meaning – as opposed to diesel backup generators—without disrupting the journey.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The company is collaborating with Quantron AG, a specialist in the field of commercial vehicle conversion. Electric commercial vehicles that are powered solely by batteries are not suited for everyday operations, partly because of longer charging cycles and limited range.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

The small-scale trial involves a LandCruiser 70 Series single-cab ute that has been converted to a battery-electric vehicle by Toyota Australia’s Product Planning and Development division in Port Melbourne. The trial will take place at a BHP Nickel West mine in Western Australia.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In countless customer conversations, however, Mercedes-Benz found that there were always questions about charging infrastructure—particularly in larger fleets: can all vehicles be charged simultaneously at the depot? The eCharging Planner creates an individual result for each user.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2023

As a result, the new architecture based on the wide band-gap semiconductor materials makes it possible to reduce energy losses by 30% during conversion, and to reduce heating by the same amount, making it easier to cool the conversion system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2016

This very interesting project represents a unique opportunity to test the fuel cell technology for conversion of energy to our electric powertrains in a challenging customer operating environment. The trucks will run in distribution service with distances of almost 500 km (311 miles).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2014

The complete drive system, with a mid-mounted motor, display, remote and battery, powers e-bikes and pedelecs. Conti eBike System at a glance: Display, integrated control unit in the left handle, Motor, battery (downtube and carrier variants). Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2019

BorgWarner introduced its Onboard Battery Charger (OBC), adding to the company’s impressive portfolio of technologies for plug-in hybrid and pure-electric vehicles. This technology uses silicon carbide technology and is best-in-class for power density, power conversion efficiency and safety compliance, the company says.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ports of Auckland first started looking for a battery-powered tug in 2016. This made an ideal candidate for conversion to the first full-size, fully electric port tug. There are also high levels of redundancy built into its power systems. —Tony Gibson, CEO of Ports of Auckland.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2009

of the world’s fleet in 2015 will be driving at least part of the time on battery power only, according to the forecast. Just as Li-ion batteries are relatively untested in real-world transportation applications, plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles are an unknown as a mass consumer offering.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Conversely, fossil fuel spending will drop by around a third. By 2027 half of new cars sold in Europe will be battery-powered and the same will be true five years later in China, India and North America. The historically significant change in energy needs is largely down to rapid electrification and its inherent efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2014

In electronic devices, WBG semiconductors can eliminate up to 90% of the power losses that currently occur during AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC electricity conversion, and they can handle voltages more than 10 times higher than Si-based devices, greatly enhancing performance in high-power applications.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2022

Depending on the customer application and energy infrastructure considerations, hydrogen-powered vehicles can absolutely complement battery-powered electric vehicles in accelerating our carbon-neutral journey.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2016

HY4 is based on an efficient battery-powered electrical aircraft concept developed by the company Pipistrel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

Volkswagen is also highlighting its spectrum of efficiency and electrification solutions all the way to further optimized battery-powered propulsion as in the new e-Golf and the coming new MEB-based electric vehicles exemplified by its series of I.D. New e-Golf. The compact 1.0 TGI engine with 66 kW / 90 PS. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2015

This technology recharges the battery when it drops below a certain level and permits the vehicle to be refueled with 1.8 Symbio FCell provides mobility solutions based on the conversion of hydrogen to using PEM Fuel Cell systems, with power rating from 5 kW to 300 kW.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2021

DC-DC converters take energy from the direct current high voltage battery which powers the propulsion of the electric vehicle and convert it for use by the low-voltage direct current which powers vehicle lights, fans, pumps, wipers, and electronic control units.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Dominion Virginia Power has added two plug-in electric hybrid cars and two hybrid-powered bucket trucks to its fleet as part of its efforts to determine the impact of plug-in vehicles on electricity demand and to find ways to conserve energy and reduce vehicle emissions.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 19, 2021

SEA Electric has signed a contract to convert 10,000 school buses to battery power over the next 5 years.

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