Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

Nyobolt, the developer of ultra-fast charging niobium-based battery technology ( earlier post ) has partnered with UK designer Callum to showcase its advanced battery technology in an Elise-inspired electric sports car that can charge in six minutes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2023

The team has designed and tested the major components of the motor, and shown through detailed computations that the coupled components can work as a whole to generate one megawatt of power, at a weight and size competitive with current small aero-engines. The motor under design is a 1-MW, air-cooled, outer-rotor, Halbach-array PMSM.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2023

The AP300 SMR design is scaled from the advanced, proven AP1000 reactor and is the only SMR truly based on an N th -of-a-kind operating plant. This also directly translates into a simplified design, lower CAPEX and smaller footprint. Like the AP1000, the AP300 is designed to operate for an 80+ year life cycle.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

The other projects include efforts to bring a microreactor design closer to deployment, tackle nuclear regulatory hurdles, improve operations of existing reactors, and facilitate new advanced reactor developments. The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $22.1 This funding opportunity is administered by DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (NE).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2023

Aircraft manufacturers designing “More Electric Aircraft” (MEA) are looking to convert the flight control systems from hydraulic to electric to reduce weight and design complexities. Offering a compact design and low weight and profile, these high-reliability power devices help reduce the size and weight of MEAs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2023

Bridgestone Americas held the world debut of its new Turanza EV grand touring tire, the company’s first replacement tire designed specifically for premium electric vehicles and the first to feature Bridgestone ENLITEN technology. New structural components that help provide balanced ride comfort, excellent steering feel and controlled noise.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

Infinitum, creator of the air core motor ( earlier post ), introduced Aircore Mobility, a next-generation, axial flux propulsion and traction motor designed to sustainably power passenger and commercial electric vehicles, as well as aviation, marine, construction, agricultural machines and auxiliary applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2023

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 is also again placing greater focus on design. Volkswagen will present the production version of the ID.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2023

REE Automotive revealed P7-C, a Class 4 chassis cab offering a new cabin design built on REE’s P7 modular electric platform. P7-C was developed based on direct feedback from ongoing customer evaluations of proof-of-concept vehicles and is designed to meet fleet owners’ specific needs. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

RN22e offers racetrack-ready performance by refining and optimizing Hyundai’s market-leading E-GMP and packaging it in an IONIQ 6-based streamliner design. By adapting IONIQ 6’s streamliner design, RN22e will leverage the new EV’s aerodynamic features. Motor total max torque. 740 N·m (front & rear combined). Charging time.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 31, 2025

Piedmont-Palladino describes architectural design as a long process of doing, undoing, and redoing, deciding which ideas can stay and which must go. Piedmont-Palladino writes lovingly of a not-too-distant past, where this design process was captured in a buildings plans. The design process is no longer etched into the page.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept features four-wheel steering with up to 15 degrees of articulation and is designed to offer greater vehicle maneuverability while parking at low speed, on tight off-road trails, and increases the vehicle’s steering response at high speeds.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2023

Compared to current piston diesel engines, the XTS-210 design reduces size and weight by nearly 80%, while maintaining comparable power output. This announcement builds upon a $9-million development contract from the US Army to develop a prototype core engine based on the XTS-210 design for military applications. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Tesla says the connectors were designed with power and signal requirements for more than 90 percent of typical connections, offering the ability to increase operational efficiency, reduce manufacturing costs, and increase the potential for manufacturing automation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Earlier this month, Stadler signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the design and delivery of four zero emission hydrogen FLIRT trains for California. Stadler has sold 2,000 units in 21 countries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2022

The design of the hydrogen, ammonia and power units will be optimized for efficient serial construction at SHI’s shipyards. The stable production of energy also offers a fundamental basis for production of all Power-2-X fuels, where especially hydrogen and ammonia are considered a future energy source to replace traditional fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

The vehicles are designed from the ground-up with safety, sustainability, and comfort in mind, and have been thoroughly tested by drivers across the country. A strengthened door on the driver’s side for additional protection, and an ergonomically designed driver’s cabin and cargo area for safe, and easy movement inside the van.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2023

VinFast launched the VF 3, a mini electric car model designed specifically for the Vietnam market. The VF 3 represents VinFast's initial endeavor in developing a small car model designed dedicated to the distinctive characteristics and driving patterns of domestic consumers.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 3, 2025

The most successful semiconductor companies know that the increasing complexity of integrated circuit (IC) designs is straining our traditional design rule checking (DRC) methods. To outpace this design complexity, major semiconductor companies constantly look for effective tools from its ecosystem partners.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2023

Through ZF’s new joint development agreement for advanced fuel cell air compressors with Liebherr, ZF will support a wide range of vehicle platforms with a modular, compact and scalable design. Durability across the compressor’s life cycle, even in the most demanding heavy-duty commercial vehicle applications, is a key focus.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

The new model builds on the great reputation of the first-generation KONA Electric and is designed and engineered to lead the competition with its many outstanding features. KONA Electric will play a major role alongside our IONIQ models in reinforcing Hyundai’s EV leadership. kWh) 2WD Power 160 kW Torque 255 N·m Standard Range (48.4

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Designed to meet the duty-cycle, performance and packaging requirements of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses, the fuel cell technology is available in 135 kW single and 270 kW dual modules. Cummins revealed its fourth-generation hydrogen fuel cell engine at IAA. 135 kW fuel cell system.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2023

The broadened relationship provides significant benefits to both companies, including conducting complementary cell development and manufacturing activities at both Solid Power and the BMW Group to further advance all-solid-state cell design and manufacturing know-how.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2023

The reactor is being designed to allow testing of new and improved photocatalysts as they are developed and also to slot into a linear Fresnel CS field. Kick-Start is an initiative designed to support innovative Australian start-ups and small businesses in accessing CSIRO’s research expertise and capabilities to foster growth and development.

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2025

[link] — TESLARATI (@Teslarati) March 11, 2025 In the past, Scaringe has talked about the electric vehicles industry’s growth and how EV automakers need to offer different designs to help it expand. In Rivian’s case, nature lovers were attracted to the company’s designs and features.

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MARCH 17, 2025

On Monday, Tesla’s VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy and Senior Design Executive Franz von Holzhausen told manufacturing industry veteran Sandy Munro that Tesla is targeting a battery pack of under 50kWh for the Cybercab , with “close to” 300 miles of real-world range.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2022

LiveWire’s scalable ARROW architecture with proprietary battery, motor, charging, and control systems debuts on the Del Mar model and was designed at LiveWire Labs in Mountain View, California. kWh pack that powers the bike is the central component of the Arrow architecture, and first clean sheet, in-house design from LiveWire.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The Plug-designed, -engineered and -manufactured liquefaction system is for the first phase of Nikola’s Arizona hydrogen hub, with a potential to scale up to 150 TPD. The agreement anticipates 125 TPD volume by the end of 2026, with 80% under a take-or-pay contract.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

The design proved successful in generating hydrogen gas without producing large amounts of harmful byproducts. The team started their design by controlling the most harmful element to the seawater system—chloride—said Joseph Perryman, a SLAC and Stanford postdoctoral researcher. —Marin et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2023

Astroinno battery pack The Astroinno battery pack adopts sandwich-structure double-sided liquid cooling technology and a minimalist design approach, which reduces the number of structural parts of the battery pack by 45% and lowers the weight of structural parts by 32%. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2023

Most of the hydrogen stations deployed so far were designed for hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles, said Ahmed. Including deployments in the Middle East and Africa, a total of 30 countries in the region have deployed hydrogen stations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

The focus of the research project “MaSSiF – Material Innovations for Solid-State Sulfur-Silicon Batteries” is the design, construction and evaluation of lightweight and low-cost sulfur-based prototype cells with high storage capacities. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing nearly €2.9 million in funding.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2023

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. We have relied on all our experience as a racing car constructor and created a custom-made carbon monocoque.

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MARCH 12, 2025

It has unveiled its first two featherweight models, inspired by British automotive icons and designed with real-road performance and the overall driver experience in mind. A new niche EV brand, Longbow, has emerged into the public eye, hailing itself as the first-ever British electric sports car manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

A complete system featuring a compact design, Rheinmetall’s new coolant system saves precious installation space. Designed for both 400- and 800-volt applications, it delivers up to 8 kW of nominal cooling output and up to 11 kW of heating for battery-powered and hybrid systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

Volkswagen is now providing further details on the drive, running gear and convenience features of the sedan designed for long-distance driving. The power unit with the internal designation APP550 was developed by Volkswagen Group Components in Kassel and is also produced there. The world premiere of Volkswagen’s new all-electric ID.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2023

CTR took an integrated design approach to optimize the recovery of lithium, and I’m pleased to report our team has delivered impressive results ahead of schedule. Designing an efficient, modular engineering framework means we can replicate these modular facilities at each project stage to scale up faster and more cost-effectively.

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