Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

The study, which provides a joint industry analysis of how different types of batteries are used in different automotive applications, concludes that lead-based batteries will by necessity remain the most wide-spread energy storage system in automotive applications for the foreseeable future. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. Understanding the future of personal mobility requires an integrated analysis of technology, infrastructure, consumer choice, and government policy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2023

As part of Coke Canada Bottling’s Toward a Better Future Together environmental sustainability action plan, the 6x4 Volvo VNR Electric trucks will contribute to the company’s goal of reducing carbon emissions from direct sources and supplied energy by 46.2%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

Diesel vehicles have had a rough time penetrating the US light-duty vehicle market, reflecting outdated negative perceptions, higher fuel prices for diesel than for gasoline, the cost of complying with stringent US emission standards, and rapidly improving gasoline engines. —Isenstadt and German (2017). Background.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S. —Bruce Belzowski. Alternative powertrain sales.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $8 million for nine cooperative projects that will complement existing H2@Scale efforts and support DOE’s Hydrogen Shot goal to drive down the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% within the decade. Award amount: $1,157,219). Topic 2: Applied Risk Assessment and Modeling for H2@Scale Applications.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. The team expects future vehicle efficiency gains to reduce emissions to ?350 transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors and GE Renewable Energy signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate opportunities to improve supplies of heavy and light rare earth materials and magnets, copper and electrical steel used for manufacturing of electric vehicles and renewable energy equipment.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The aim is to establish an SDS as a standard module for all Group brands in future. We will continue to use synergies across all Group brands to reduce the cost of self-driving vehicles, high-performance computers, and sensors. This will make the brand for light commercial vehicles the first user of the SDS from Volkswagen Autonomy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2018

In 2020, battery-electric vehicles will be a cheaper vehicle option than fuel cell electric vehicles for the majority of the light duty fleet (79-97%), according to a new study by a team at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO). Costs are adjusted to reflect real-world range. —Morrison et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

General Motors and POSCO Future M announced the second phase of their Ultium CAM joint venture, an investment projected to exceed US$1 billion to increase production capacity of cathode active materials (CAM) in North America and integrate precursor materials production. Currently, CAM and pCAM processing is highly concentrated in Asia.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 10, 2024

nanometer light is the precise and costly process of blasting flying droplets of molten tin with the most powerful commercial lasers on the planet. This is more than enough to drive not one but many next-generation lithography machines simultaneously, pushing down the cost of advanced chipmaking. Moving to a much shorter, 13.5-nm

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The new units provide both C-V2X Direct and Network (4G LTE) connectivity enabling short-range and long-range communications that support a range of applications such as emergency vehicle preemption, transit bus priority, red-light running alarms and school zone speed warnings, among others. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

The team also developed synthetic depot charging load profiles for heavy-duty trucks from real-world operating schedules, and found that charging requirements are met at common light-duty EV charging rates (?100?kW Commercial heavy-duty trucking operations are motivated to reduce operating costs. kW per vehicle).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Various water-splitting methods have been investigated previously, but the use of photocatalysts to split water into stoichiometric amounts of H 2 and O 2 (overall water splitting) without the use of external bias or sacrificial reagents is of particular interest because of its simplicity and potential low cost of operation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

Customer interest is growing quickly in Con Edison’s PowerReady program, which offers incentives covering up to 100% of the infrastructure costs of installing new chargers. As its gasoline-powered vehicles are retired, the company plans to reach 80% electrification of its light-duty fleet by 2030 and 100% by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2023

This testing has shown a hydrogen production and efficiency benefit from exposing certain photocatalyst materials to concentrated light and heat. Sparc Hydrogen has received funding of $28,688 through the CSIRO Kick-Start Program to contribute towards the costs of the prototype testing.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

Compliance with future emissions standards such as Euro 6b (from 9/2014) and Euro 6c (from 9/2017) will call for further improvements in engine combustion processes. The fast-response, high-precision solenoid injector technology prepares the ground for future Euro 6c applications, the company says.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

5GAA C-V2X use cases showcased at the Berlin event included: Traffic Management Solutions: Signal Phase and Timing (SPaT) and Red-Light Violation Warning (RLVW) to Vehicle. Waiting at the red light is not only time consuming, but idling, braking and accelerating release more pollutants.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

Researchers at Monash University in Australia are proposing a roadmap to renewable ammonia being produced in the future at a scale that is significant in terms of global fossil fuel use. C and pressures above 200 bar to be facile, and therefore the capital cost of plant and equipment is substantial. Generation 2.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

will end assembly of the Passat sedan in Chattanooga with model year 2022 as part of the plant’s transformation to build future electric vehicles. 4 SUV next year, our future in Chattanooga looks brighter than ever. Pricing for the 2022 Passat Limited Edition starts at $30,295 MSRP with a destination cost of $995.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2014

Similarly, the study found, delaying the ZEV mandate is estimated to reduce upfront costs, but cause an even greater reduction in the present value of benefits. Even using pessimistic assumptions about future costs of electric drive technologies, the study showed no net benefit to delaying or weakening ZEV requirements.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

This solution has the advantage over the electro-hydraulic solution because it removes the complexity and cost of the electro-hydraulic pack, Vocis says. The vehicle was subsequently modified, now accommodating a Vocis eDCT with two 25 kW traction motors and the capability to accept two 35 kW motors in a future upgrade. Source: Vocis.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The main focus will be on expanding the SUV range—in particular in the A/A0 class—as well as on modernizing part of the light commercial vehicle portfolio. We will continue to invest in the future to become the leading automotive group in both ecological and economic terms – with the best and most sustainable products.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In this report, MECA provides our assessment of technologies being commercialized by component suppliers, including MECA members, to help their customers comply with future lower NO x standards. These advances have brought higher compliance margins and lower certification levels while still meeting future GHG standards.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

However, although the state has made considerable progress decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the rate of emissions decline appears to be slowing, due in part to a spike in transportation emissions attributed to an increase from light-duty vehicles. million MTCO 2 e of the 4.9

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. In 2010 China had only about five light-duty vehicles per 100 people, while India had less than two per 100 people; this compares to about 75 vehicles for every 100 people in the United States. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

The report, “ Advancing Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Adoption ,” calls on policy makers to “future-proof” electric vehicles and charging infrastructure to ensure that the US is poised to take advantage of V2G’s benefits, including enhanced critical infrastructure resilience and emergency preparedness. Develop a national V2G Roadmap.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We still have a number of challenges before this technology becomes practical for real-world use, but eventually it would substantially reduce the size and cost of future high-energy particle colliders for exploring the world of fundamental particles and forces. First they are boosted to nearly the speed of light.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

To collect data during the demonstration period to provide insights into the performance, operations, and costs of this technology. Demonstration and validation of this technology will establish a platform for widespread commercialization in the immediate future.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors and GE Renewable Energy signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate opportunities to improve supplies of heavy and light rare earth materials and magnets, copper and electrical steel used for manufacturing of electric vehicles and renewable energy equipment.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Occupying 30 acres at the U-M’s North Campus Research Complex, the novel test environment will include approximately three lane-miles of roads with intersections, traffic signs and signals, sidewalks, benches, simulated buildings, street lights and obstacles such as construction barriers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2018

A new analysis of the cost of current (2017) direct hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by a team from the Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory and Strategic Analysis found the lowest estimated system cost to date for high annual production rates. The analysis is published in the Journal of Power Sources. Thompson et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Developing cost-effective technologies to improve new vehicle fuel efficiency and achieve or exceed corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards of 144 gCO 2 /mi (61.6 mpg) for light trucks by 2025 (54.5 mpg light duty average, or 4.3 Some specific goals include: Cutting battery costs from their current $500/kWh to $125/kWh.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

We are actively seeking partnerships with automakers, tech and charging companies, other private and public sector entities, as well as our communities and customers, to find innovative ways to drive toward an electric vehicle future. —Brett Carter, executive vice president and chief customer and innovation officer, Xcel Energy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In the future, public charging at publicly accessible stations along central transport routes will also be an important aspect—a comprehensive charging infrastructure maximizes the operating range of battery-electric trucks. The third area deals with the optimization of the total cost of ownership (TCO).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2014

Applications are invited for completely novel materials-based approaches, not previously supported through the program, to meet the onboard light-duty vehicle storage system target of 40 grams of hydrogen per liter system volume at operating pressures of 350 bar or less.

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