Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

liter diesel engine (downsized from the usual 12-liter engine) as the genset to provide power for a lithium-ion battery pack located on the roof. The energy storage unit in the new Mercedes-Benz Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid is a lithium-ion battery with maximum output of 240 kW. The Citaro series hybrid uses a 160 kW, 4.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Engine downsizing through charge boosting is a well-recognized means of improving internal combustion engine fuel efficiency, by increasing the proportion of the drive cycle at which the powertrain operates within or close to the region of peak fuel efficiency of its operating map. 48V Diesel Fuel Efficiency'

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2009

This high energy density battery can also contribute to downsizing and weight reduction of portable devices. Panasonic will continue to refine its battery technology to deliver lithium-ion batteries combining safety with high capacity and use this technology to develop commercially viable green energy storage systems.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The positive results from this test indicate that we can downsize our battery pack, reducing cost and weight of the vehicle, and still achieve the 40 mile all-electric range needed for optimized typical driving. A liquid-cooled, 41 kWh lithium-ion battery pack operates at 700V and provides the energy storage.

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Hummer All-Electric Miles Range 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Overall volume of the fuel cell system was downsized by 20% compared to the previous system via modularization of bulky parts in the fuel cell system including fuel cell stack, balance of plant (BOP), inverter and high voltage junction box. Energy storage system. Hydrogen storage. Specifications. Fuel Cell Stack.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Overall volume of the fuel cell system was downsized by 20% compared to the previous system via modularization of bulky parts in the fuel cell system including fuel cell stack, balance of plant (BOP), inverter and high voltage junction box. Energy Storage System. Hydrogen storage. ix FCEV Tucson FCEV. Drive system.

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2015 Tucson Hyundai Fuel 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Downsizing a gasoline engine (e.g., AVL reasoned that merging turbocharged GDI with a mild hybrid function can result in excellent driveability even with the combination of strong downsizing and downspeeding. engine (green hatched area) is applied to charging the energy storage system rather than in directly delivering torque.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Today, we look at why more SUVs and crossovers don't offer hybrid powertrains, Faraday Future scales back production plans, and three battery energy-storage sites come online in California, including one from Tesla. All this and more on Green Car Reports. See the Lucid Air electric luxury sedan hit the road in this new video.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

We are funding innovative projects in a number of key areas which include internal combustion engine technologies, energy storage and management, lightweight structures and new propulsion technologies. BladeBoost - A Novel Rotary Supercharger for Ultra-Efficient Downsized Gasoline Engines. GKN Eco-Trailer. EDS TurboClaw.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2010

to eliminate turbo lag—in support of aggressive engine downsizing. The system can operate without a wastegate, using electrical energy storage to prepare for the next acceleration event. This takes advantage of recent developments in electric machine design, power electronics circuitry, and energy storage.

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Exhaust Energy Storage Gas-Electric Downsizing 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

This is to be achieved through the synergistic application of an extremely downsized gasoline engine coupled with electrified boosting and exhaust gas energy recovery; micro-hybrid functionality with stop/start, torque assist and regenerative braking; and a novel energy storage technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The Ricardo HyBoost concept is based on a downsized, highly boosted turbocharged direct injection gasoline (TDGI) engine giving improved fuel economy at low cost, linked to a 48V electrical architecture including a belt starter generator (BSG), DC-DC converter and a lithium-ion battery for energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

These projects include the extreme downsizing of internal combustion engines; efficient management and storage of heat energies; and weight reduction of engines through innovative new design concepts. Batteries Electric (Battery) Hybrids Motors Plug-ins'

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Augmenting its existing LC Super Hybrid program ( earlier post ), which deploys a downsized gasoline-electric powertrain, ALABC is working on advanced diesel-electric applications in development programs being undertaken with car makers including Ford and Kia. —Allan Cooper. Earlier post.) 48V Batteries Hybrids'

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Carbon Hybrid Battery Batteries 240

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Skeleton Technologies signed a distribution agreement with Sumitomo Corporation Europe with the aim of providing energy storage solutions for the rapidly growing hybrid electric and electric vehicle industry. Ultracapacitors play an important role for high power applications in the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Enhanced energy storage for both the BEV and REEV systems is achieved using Cummins’ high-density battery enclosures, which are compact and modular allowing for both on-roof and chassis integration. A power assist function is available from the battery pack whenever the system needs additional energy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Applications are sought to develop electrochemical energy storage technologies that support commercialization of micro, mild, and full HEVs, PHEVs, and EVs. Because of the ongoing emphasis on downsizing, these engines are expected to have high mechanical compression ratios, which should be considered. The second is a.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

These include: internal combustion engines; electric machines and power electronics; energy storage and energy management; lightweight vehicle and power train structures; and. Downsizing and downspeeding including more sophisticated charge air/boost systems. Energy storage. intelligent mobility.

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Industry Industrial Carbon Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2017

Silicon anodes can store up to 10 times more energy than conventional graphite anodes, but expansion and shrinkage during charge and discharge make them unstable. Coating the silicon nanoparticles with carbon to improve their stability and energy storage properties.

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Li-ion Waste Lithium Ion Battery 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

This results in a range of system level requirements from different manufacturers, dictated by vehicle targets and other issues such as battery state-of-charge and energy storage capability. The number of architectures under consideration for 48V systems is still growing, particularly across different vehicle classes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

The concept of “intelligent electrification” enables highly aggressive engine downsizing and down-speeding beyond what might normally be possible other than through more expensive hybridization approaches. Ricardo believes the above package is very competitive with other fuel economy solutions such as full hybridization.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Employing original Honda technologies, the fuel cell stack for this model was downsized by 33% compared to the previous version of the fuel cell stack yet delivers output of more than 100 kW, with an output density of 3.1 A li-ion battery provides energy storage. Earlier post.). kW/L—approximately a 60% improvement.

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Honda Fuel Miles Range 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Turbocharging and downsizing (TRBDS): increases the available airflow and specific power level, allowing a reduced engine size while maintaining performance. These vehicles have larger battery packs with more energy storage and a greater capability to be discharged. Turbocharging and downsizing: 26% for cars, 15% for trucks.

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2016 MPG Fuel Economy EPA 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Energy storage, electric drive systems, and fuel cell technology all seem to be poised to find a significant place in the automotive marketplace. High-research octane number (RON) fuels are known to enable more efficient, higher-performance SI operation via engine downsizing and boosting.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 1, 2009

To achieve this, the partners will look into the synergistic application of an extremely downsized petrol engine as well as exhaust gas recovery, electrified boosting, micro-hybrid functionality with stop/start, regenerative braking, a novel energy storage technology and torque assist. .

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Larry Burns, GM vice president for research and development and strategic planning: "Whether your concern is energy security, global climate change, natural disasters, the high price of gas, the volatile pricing of a barrel of oil and the effect that unpredictability has on Wall Street - all of these issues point to a need for energy diversity. (

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Another strikingly different concept evidenced by the PHEV is that it is essentially a large, portable battery that can store energy gathered during one part of the day, and then use it later to power not only itself but also the vehicle owner’s home. The PHEV provides the advantage in all these criteria.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 20, 2024

The plug-in series hybrids would have used dramatically downsized engines—a turbo-2 for the EQS—while halving the EV battery pack. 2024 Nissan Leaf According to a recent deep dive into EV cost of ownership , half of new 2024 EVs cost less over five years versus ICE models—despite depreciation, which was far greater this past year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Basically, one either replaces or adds to the vehicles hybrid battery for greatly increased energy storage capacity, adds a charger that plugs into a wall outlet, and arranges for the hybrid system to use more (or only) electricity and less (or no) gasoline for propulsion until the battery is mostly depleted.

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