Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2017

smart has unveiled the smart vision EQ fortwo, embodying a new vision of urban mobility and individualized highly flexible, efficient local public transport: the autonomous concept vehicle picks up its passengers directly from their chosen location. Shared: The smart vision EQ fortwo is a new vision of car sharing.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Within the framework of the initiative, the E-Mobility Group is bringing together the main players—e-truck customers, power grid operators, energy suppliers, charging hardware manufacturers and charging software providers—thus promoting shared infrastructure solutions for truck customers within the network.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Parker’s objective is to validate that series-produced electric vehicles—as part of an operational vehicle fleet—can support the power grid by becoming a vertically integrated resource, providing seamless support to the power grid both locally and system-wide. —Prof.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The BMW Group is developing future generations of battery cells at the new Competence Center, focusing on customer-relevant aspects, such as improving energy density, available peak output, service life, safety, charging characteristics and performance at varying temperatures, and reducing battery costs.

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Baua Electric

JULY 14, 2024

When the electricity used for electrolysis comes from renewable sources like solar or wind power, the hydrogen produced is known as green hydrogen. Challenges and Future Prospects While hydrogen energy storage offers many benefits, there are challenges to address: Cost : Producing, storing, and transporting hydrogen can be expensive.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2013

Power supply, building systems, intelligent power grids, and information and communication technologies will interact optimally. Between now and 2030, the district will evolve into an intelligent city of the future, with 20,000 residents and 20,000 additional jobs. The goal is to make the whole system “smarter.”.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

US $5 PER KILOGRAM Cost of green hydrogen today. And the Norwegian company H2Carrier recently received approval in principle for its concept for an industrial-scale floating production unit to make green ammonia at sea. Experts call this Power-to-X (PtX). Conventional, or gray, hydrogen: $1.50

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Germanischer Lloyd’s concept hydrogen-fuel cell container feeder vessel is fueled by liquid hydrogen. In his presentation Dr Sames set out GL’s design concept for a zero-emission container feeder vessel (above). The GL design concept proposes using wind energy to produce LH 2. Source: GL. Click to enlarge. Germanischer Lloyd.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

A 1-liter 2-cylinder Grail Engine using Pulstar pulse plugs is expected to yield 100+ mpg without batteries or power grid [Note: Using a commuter vehicle weighing 1,600 lbs/726 kg]. Exhaust valve management allows the engine to independently configure (Intake Compression) to (Power Exhaust) ratios. Matthew Riley.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

This is necessary because power generation from renewable energies depends on availability of sun and wind and can therefore only be controlled to a limited extent. For this reason, network operators utilize so-called electricity balancing to ensure that the power grid remains stable, despite increasing integration of renewable energies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2010

In the future we may see the development of generation facilities, such as large wind farms or nuclear “farms” capable of producing five to 10 gigawatts (GW), but located far from urban centers of demand. The report also points to the cable system’s potential to enhance the safety, reliability and efficiency of the existing AC power grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Audi presented the Audi prologue concept car, featuring a mild hybrid powertrain with a 48V electrical subsystem. AWC technology provides energy from a floor plate which is connected to the power grid and which can be embedded on or into the asphalt. Earlier post.) speed tiptronic selector lever.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Through the “living storage” of the replacement batteries, they are creating a business case that, in this form, can only be achieved together by an automotive manufacturer and a power supply company. enercity is responsible for marketing the storage facility on the primary balancing power market. Battery health.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2013

Academia and research partners are very strongly involved in energy storage related projects, indicating a large bias towards more fundamental research activities for future energy storage solutions that are investigated in publicly funded R & D projects in the field. —“Paving the way to electrified road transport”.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) are two-way communication technologies that involve the flow of electricity between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. These technologies are part of the broader concept known as smart charging or bidirectional charging. Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) Technology: 1.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

Siemens proposes giving up a fixed target for renewables and focus on reducing CO 2 emissions in the future instead. The country should give greater priority to high-efficiency combined cycle power plants and wind power, the company suggests. —Peter Löscher. The Three-Point Plan.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Deepflex researchers will design concepts for light-weight, flexible risers that allow for safe installation, will be capable of faster and easier repair than conventional risers and provide a stronger product that is less apt to rupture. DOE share: $701,733; Recipient share: $175,434; Duration: 2?years.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) are technically ready; what is still to be determined is the required confidence in hydrogen’s future for investors, fuel suppliers, automakers and consumers, they suggest. However, they note , “ the trends are encouraging and the hydrogen enterprise has never been more serious and focused. Transition issues.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each. CalSEED is administered by New Energy Nexus.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2024

And welcome to Fixing The Future , our bi-weekly podcast that focuses on concrete solutions to hard problems. Today on Fixing The Future , we’re doing something a little different. We’re getting these green buses in. As I say, these power adapters that convert AC to DC, they get more efficient. Stephen Cass: Hi.

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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Today the VtoG concept is a respectable topic in respectable circles. Here's an example from Spectrum Online : Can plug-in hybrid electric vehicles keep the electric grid stable? By John Voelcker First Published October 2007 Google , a former CIA director , the Natural Resources Defense Council , a U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The Audi Sport quattro concept. At the upcoming 2013 IAA in Frankfurt am Main, Audi will present the Audi Sport quattro concept show car—a coupé plug-in hybrid with a system output of 515 kW (700 hp). The Audi Sport quattro concept can cover up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) on electric power alone. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The BMW Concept ActiveE. BMW has introduced the Concept ActiveE, the latest electric vehicle project under BMW Group’s initiative to produce vehicles that explore solutions to minimize environmental impacts while preserving the kinetic driving experience for which BMW has long been known—the i Megacity Vehicle initiative.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The scheme could be one way of addressing concerns that modern power grids couldn’t endure widespread electric vehicle usage while helping to position the involved companies in an industry that’s being heavily incentivized by the government. The companies are hoping to sell the concept as a way to help “decarbonize” the energy grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The plug-in full hybrid BMW Vision EfficientDynamics all-wheel drive concept car is powered by a 1.5-liter, The purpose of the high-performance concept study was to visualize the dynamic performance typical of a BMW against the backdrop of future demands in sustained mobility, according to the company. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Medium-voltage DC circuit breakers could enable significant improvements in the United States’ electrical system, transforming how electricity is delivered and managed across the entire power grid, as well as critical applications in industry, transportation, and resource production.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

ELEVATE , led by Professor Rob Thring at Loughborough University, will develop better materials for energy storage devices such as batteries and supercapacitors, along with better diagnostics for fuel cells, as well as work to improve integration between devices, vehicles and power grids.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

VIZZION, Volkswagen has already presented four concepts. With the MEB, vehicle concept and design can be structured in a more flexible way than ever before: the spectrum ranges from compact cars to SUVs and MPVs. The single-speed gearbox transfers the power from the motor to the rear axle. With the I.D., CROZZ, the I.D.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

The scalable nature of nuclear plants built around the B&W mPower reactor would provide customers with practical power increments of 125 MWe to meet local energy needs within power grid and plant site constraints.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

It will address a number of issues from the data transfer between the driver, vehicle and electric filling station to the power grid. At its core is the question of how the transportation systems of the future should look. This money is a smart investment in the future. Electromobility is not an abstract technology issue.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

GENI: Green Electricity Network Integration ($36.4 Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. photosynthesis, the process used by green plants to capture. Content QM Power and its partners will develop a new type of electric.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2015

This concept, the researchers notes in their paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , also serves as a guiding design that can be extended to other metal-redox flow battery systems. The solar flow battery could thus bridge a gap between today’s energy grid and sources of renewable energy.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ]. Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it? Were non-profit; theyre private companies.

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