Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Audi has presented the activesphere crossover study with electric drive and quattro. From the first generation, this family also features air-spring suspension with variable ground clearance and a visually offset floor assembly with underride guard elements as a significant design feature. The Sportback rear of the 4.98

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 10, 2023

Luxury German car manufacturer Wiesmann has revealed three unique Limited Edition Design Concepts, inspired by the recently unveiled ‘Project Thunderball’.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2023

The Ligier JS2 RH2 was officially presented to the public for the first time as part of the 100 th anniversary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In the project, Bosch Engineering oversaw the overall vehicle design and played the key role in developing the concept for engine and tank system, and a comprehensive multistage hydrogen safety system.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2022

The Volkswagen brand released design sketches of the ID. AERO concept vehicle, a fully-electric limousine planned for the Chinese automobile market. Stylistically, it also follows the unmistakable design language of other Volkswagen electric vehicles, such as the ID.4 For example, the exterior design of the five-meter-long ID.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2023

At its Global Technology Day in Friedrichshafen, ZF presented the electric concept vehicle EVbeat, which is designed for maximum compactness, low weight, and maximum efficiency in real operation. Despite its extremely compact design and light weight, the EVbeat does not skimp on performance. EVSys800 e-drive.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Honda unveiled the e:N2 Concept, the concept model for the second set of its e:N Series models, the Honda-brand EV model series in China, at the Fifth China International Import Expo in Shanghai, China. This was realized based on the dynamics technologies of Honda, including outstanding vehicle stability and crisp handling.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

Kia presented its all-electric compact SUV, the Kia EV5, at the Chengdu Motor Show in China. The company had unveiled a concept version of the EV5 at Kia Chinese EV Day in March. The Kia EV5 was created to redefine the compact SUV genre with a form shaped by Kia’s unique design philosophy Opposites United. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Ram Truck brand introduced its Ram 1500 Revolution Battery-electric Vehicle (BEV) Concept at CES 2023. Based on the company’s STLA Frame platform, the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept features a body-on-frame design that incorporates the battery pack efficiently.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

Lamborghini unveiled the Lanzador electric concept at Monterey Car Week—a vision of a future purely-electric fourth series production Lamborghini. The concept for the fourth model is not just a technical demonstrator but also a refined laboratory on wheels in terms of sustainable materials.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2020

Audi presented the Q4 e-tron concept at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show as a preview of the first compact electric SUV from Audi. With the Q4 Sportback e-tron, the brand is now presenting the second model of the product line that will go into production in 2021 as an SUV Coupé, and will be the Audi brand’s seventh electric model.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Nissan revealed its new Nissan Ariya Single Seater Concept—a high-performance exploration, development and demonstration project of how the all-electric Nissan Ariya crossover ( earlier post ) powertrain could be used in a bespoke single-seat racing car chassis.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

At IAA Mobility in Munich, Germany, Continental unveiled its new tire concept Conti CityPlus. To achieve higher overall energy efficiency, the concept tire includes a range of modifications designed to reduce tire deformation during braking and acceleration.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2023

2all concept car. The electric vehicle features front-wheel drive, range of up to 450 km, innovative technological features such as Travel Assist, IQ.LIGHT or Electric Vehicle Route Planner and a new Volkswagen design language. Volkswagen will present the production version of the ID. 2all for the European market in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. On the other hand, a photoreactor must be present—i.e. An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Joule. Kant et al.

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EV Specifications

JULY 26, 2022

MINI has presented the MINI Concept Aceman - an initial preview of its future model generation's new design. The design-based and technological innovations from MINI showcased in.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

ZF is presenting new electric drives for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. These include the compact design of the drives, power electronics, and a resource-saving use of materials, which also makes the production of the drives more sustainable. A new cooling concept and a new winding technology play the decisive role here.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

PEUGEOT is presenting the 400 hp hybrid Concept 508 PEUGEOT SPORT ENGINEERED at the upcoming Geneva motor show. A derivative of the PEUGEOT 508 HYBRID sedan, the concept delivers high performance with low emissions. PEUGEOT SPORT was given the task of developing this new model line.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

The BMW Group has presented a number of innovative micromobility solutions to the public in the past, including the BMW Motorrad X2City, the Personal Mover Concept and the BMW Vision E³ Way elevated road concept. Concept DYNAMIC CARGO. The modular design principle paves the way for many more use cases, too.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The MINI brand presented the MINI Vision Urbanaut—a digital concept vehicle intended to provide an example of MINI’s possible future directions. The MINI Vision Urbanaut uses three curated MINI moments—“Chill”, “Wanderlust” and “Vibe”—to present a wide range of possible usage scenarios.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2023

Porsche unveiled its latest concept study, the two-seat Mission X. The wheels of the concept study feature elaborate details: the rear axle is fitted with almost transparent aeroblades, which are designed like turbines for better cooling of the brakes. This ‘e-core layout’ centers the mass in the car.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2022

The traction motor can run indefinitely with high performance due to its new cooling concept. The new item will be presented for the first time at IAA Transportation in September 2022 in Hanover. In 2021, MAHLE presented a wear-free and scalable traction motor for passenger cars that runs very efficiently over a wide rpm range.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

At the 9 th edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, SEAT announced the creation of a new strategic business unit focused on urban mobility and presented its new e-Kickscooter concept and its first electric e-Scooter concept. The e-Scooter concept is equipped with a 7 kW motor with a peak rate of 11 kW (14.8

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2017

MINI will present the new MINI Electric Concept design study at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt am Main. Designed for use in urban areas, this concept car offers a window into how pure-electric day-to-day mobility might look in the years ahead. MINI will present an all-electric series-production model in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2020

Porsche has presented an innovative alternative to conventional bucket seat upholstery with the concept study “3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat”. 3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat concept study: modular structure with individual layers (full-bucket seat, base substrate, 3D-printed comfort layer, perforated Racetex cover).

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) presented Mitsubishi Moonstone, the new full-electric concept Crossover made in collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors. A result of the thesis project of the seventeen students of the Master Course in Transportation Design a.y.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division presented its latest eMobility technologies ahead of IAA Transportation 2022. eWorX, ZF’s electrified commercial vehicle Power Take-Off (PTO) system for driving on-board work equipment, has also been presented offering emission-free city and urban operation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

MAHLE Powertrain is working with White Motorcycle Concepts (WMC) to develop a fully electric three-wheeled motorcycle suited to the requirements of police, emergency first responders and last-mile delivery fleets. Existing electric motorcycles have been designed with the retail market in mind, and can be both expensive and slow to charge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2022

Polestar, the pure-play electric performance car brand, revealed the Polestar O 2 concept car, a hard-top convertible roadster. The driving experience in the Polestar O 2 is designed to be lively, light and full of confidence. This is a taste of what we can design and engineer with the talent and technology we have in-house.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

Mercedes-Benz presented a new sports car study, the Vision One-Eleven. The extremely (aero)dynamic mid-engine sports cars are considered design icons of their era, not least due to their distinctive gullwing doors and eye-catching orange-and-black paintwork. Earlier post.) They were also prototypes for testing polymer-based bodyshells.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2019

Kia will present a potential solution for smart-city mobility at CES 2019 with its SEED Car concept. The concept has been designed to make urban driving easy, fun and safe, while exploring how Kia could make the final mile of any journey possible with a personal mobility device.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

DEUTZ presented its latest developments in the field of sustainable off-highway drive systems at CONEXPO in Las Vegas. The solutions are configured using the DEUTZ Advanced Configurator, a modular product design toolbox. The new DEUTZ D 1.2 hybrid engine combines a highly compact three-cylinder diesel engine with a capacity of 1.2

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Automobili Lamborghini, a member of the Volkswagen Group, unveiled its new design concept for a future Lamborghini electric super sports car: the “Lamborghini of the Terzo Millennio”, developed in collaboration with two MIT laboratories. Now we are presenting an exciting and progressive concept car. Innovative materials.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2021

Porsche has presented the Taycan Cross Turismo—an expansion of Porsche’s first all-electric sports car range. The car’s throttle characteristics have also been designed specially for off-road driving in terms of power delivery and control precision. The shift operations of the latter are optimized to ensure maximum traction.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

As part of its 2022 Annual Media Conference, Audi is presenting the next model in its future electrically powered A6 Luxury Class: the Avant. The production-oriented A6 Avant e-tron concept car now illustrates the synthesis of pioneering drive technology and Audi’s traditional design world: the Avant (i.e., the wagon format).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Following the market launch of the eActros for heavy-duty distribution transport in 2021, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is presenting the eActros LongHaul ( earlier post ) for the first time at the IAA Transportation 2022 in Hanover. The first prototypes have already undergone testing and will next be tested on public roads this year. That means 1.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2014

The international media launch of the BMW i8 in Los Angeles will include the presentation of a solar carport concept developed by BMW Group DesignworksUSA for the use of renewable energy. It combines high-grade technology for generating electricity from solar power with an innovative design that complements the BMW i models.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2021

Two years after unveiling the BMW i Hydrogen NEXT concept car, BMW will present the BMW iX5 Hydrogen at the IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich in September. Model-specific design elements 3D-printed.

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