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MARCH 5, 2023

Volvo Trucks is delivering 20 fully electric heavy trucks to the logistics company DFDS in Gothenburg, Sweden. The delivery is part of a total order for 125 electric trucks that DFDS has placed with Volvo. Some of the new electric fleet will be used to transport goods to and from the Volvo Trucks assembly plant in Gothenburg.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Komatsu will exhibit a 20-ton-class electric hydraulic excavator equipped with a lithium-ion battery system for the first time at bauma2022. 20-ton class electric hydraulic excavator. 20-ton class electric hydraulic excavator. The machine is powered by a 451 kWh lithium-ion battery system from US-based Proterra.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Battery-electric AMG derivatives based on the new Mercedes Electric Vehicle Architecture (EVA) for luxury and premium-class vehicles. Extensive modifications to the drive, chassis, design and equipment will provide the hallmark AMG driving experience with all-electric drive. This is a P3 hybrid configuration.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A well-known automaker has placed an order with Rheinmetall Group subsidiary Pierburg for exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) modules, with a lifetime value of around €300 million. Part of the actuators will be produced at the Pierburg plant in Abadiano, Spain, with the company’s Berlin plant supplying the electric bypass actuators.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

is adding 53 all-electric transport refrigerated trailer units (TRUs) to its fleet located at the company’s Riverside, Calif. By operating the all-electric TRUs, UNFI anticipates it will save approximately 135,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year while reducing particulate matter pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Scandinavian transport operator Nobina has ordered 60 Volvo high-capacity electric buses which will enter service in Malmö, Sweden next year. It is immensely gratifying to receive yet another significant order for electric buses. In a short space of time we have taken orders for 220 electric buses from two of Sweden’s largest cities.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

CASE Construction Equipment introduced “Project Zeus”: the 580 EV, the construction industry’s first fully electric backhoe loader. Electric motors, on the other hand, have instantaneous torque and peak torque available at every operating speed. The 580 EV is the first formal entry into the electric equipment market for CASE.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

Power management company Eaton and Tenneco announced a joint development agreement between Eaton’s Vehicle Group and Tenneco’s Clean Air business group to produce an integrated exhaust thermal management system that will enable commercial truck and light vehicle manufacturers to meet upcoming emissions regulations.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 13, 2024

New research from Australian and Singaporean scientists have found a link between car exhaust and Alzheimer’s. This opens up a whole new argument in favour of the uptake of electric vehicles and the removal of fossil fuels. It was even on the mainstream news last night. It has long been.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

BMW unveiled the seventh generation of its 7 Series, including the first all-electric i7 XDrive60. The new V8 borrows technology from BMW Motorsport, and features a new exhaust manifold, external oil cooling, and further developed turbocharging. Earlier post.) Three models are available at launch, including the i7 EV.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2020

Volvo Penta has developed an electric driveline for leading fire service vehicle manufacturer Rosenbauer’s pioneering fire truck, enabling a new solution with zero exhaust emissions and significantly reduced noise levels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Wear and tear from brakes, tires and road surfaces will soon overtake car exhaust fumes as the leading source of fine particles released into the air by road traffic, according to a new OECD report. Heavy electric vehicles with long-distance batteries could compound the problem even as they slash emissions from engine exhaust.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Volvo Trucks delivered its first all-electric vehicles on 19 February: a refuse truck to waste and recycling company Renova, and a distribution truck to the logistics company DB Schenker and partner haulier TGM, operating in Sweden. The Volvo FL Electric trucks are part of a pre-series developed in collaboration with selected customers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Volvo Trucks unveiled Vera : an autonomous, electric vehicle that can operate with significantly less exhaust emissions and low noise levels. The driveline and battery pack are of the same type that are used in Volvo Trucks’ electric trucks. —Mikael Karlsson, Vice President Autonomous Solutions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

An electrically driven compressor for precise exhaust gas recirculation is also used. Then we modify the timing and pressure of the injection, among other things, and look at exhaust emission values and fuel consumption. This is done via exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). —Patrik Soltic.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2022

The health of residents living alongside a bus route in Gothenburg, Sweden, improved when hybrid buses were replaced by buses fully powered by electricity. In the fall of 2019, all-electric buses were introduced on bus route 60 in Gothenburg. The other half, who lived some distance away, made up the reference group.

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JUNE 8, 2023

The levels of these non-fuel-derived gases will likely remain unchanged, even as more drivers transition from gas-powered to electric vehicles. These emissions are independent of the vehicle energy/propulsion system and therefore applicable to all road vehicle types including those with battery-electric powertrains. Cliff et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

An actuator in the exhaust system, as fitted to the first SQ5 TDI, gives the V6 a sonorous sound. This offers the advantage since exhaust gas cleaning responds more quickly. The exhaust manifold benefits from improved insulation; the exhaust gas reaches the optimum temperature more quickly after a cold start. liters (0.2

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Parent company of Dodge, Ram, Jeep envisions an exhaust system for EVs Would identify battery thermal runaway, could help prevent resulting fire by treating gases Dodge Charger Daytona EV already makes the sound of an ICE exhaust system Exhaust systems remove the byproducts of internal combustion, so they might seem superfluous in electric.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

a Sumitomo Corporation Group company, jointly demonstrated a new waste heat recovery system based on a thermoelectric generator (TEG), which generates electrical power via exhaust gas heat. The TEG unit was installed in the exhaust pipe at the downstream of the catalyst. With the TEG, 1.9% of CO 2 emissions (i.e.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Combustion exhaust is directed to the fuel cell, which produces power while capturing and concentrating carbon dioxide for permanent storage. Using fuel cells to capture carbon dioxide from power plants can result in a more efficient separation of carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust with an increased output of electricity.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 8, 2024

The first all electric car from Dodge is rolling off the assembly line now and should be in showrooms shortly. The post Dodge Charger Daytona Starts At $59,595 With Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust System appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

will add 1,000 Chanje V8100 electric delivery vehicles to its fleet. The purpose-built electric vehicles will be operated by FedEx Express for commercial and residential pick-up and delivery services in the United States. FedEx has been using all-electric vehicles as part of its pickup-and-delivery fleet since 2009. FedEx Corp.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Auckland (NZ) Transport is beginning a 2-year trial of a 3-axle hydrogen fuel cell bus.The trial will assess operational performance how operating costs compare to diesel and electric buses of similar configurations. The bus carries 43 seated and 31 standing adults.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2023

Volvo Trucks has delivered its first heavy electric truck to Rabat, Morocco. The customer is the refuse collection company Arma, and this is the first heavy battery-electric truck from a global manufacturer to be in commercial operation in Africa.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 19, 2024

A prime example of this is companies quieting down exhaust noises and piping simulated sounds into the cabin. This has gradually evolved into automakers hiding the exhaust ports altogether, sometimes replacing them with plastic veneers that do nothing while looking the part. But Western shoppers have proven likely to tolerate it.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The EPFL system captures CO 2 directly in the trucks’ exhaust system and liquefies it in a box on the vehicle’s roof. First, the vehicle’s flue gases in the exhaust pipe are cooled down and the water is separated from the gases. Researchers at EPFL have patented a new concept that could cut trucks’ CO 2 emissions by almost 90%.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

To date, the technology has been evaluated with a close-coupled selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatment system with and without a 48-volt electric heater. Notably, using the same aftertreatment system with the addition of a 48-volt electric heater located upstream of the SCR further achieved a reduction in CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

The California Air Resources Board has adopted a first-in-the-world rule—the Advanced Clean Trucks ( earlier post )—requiring truck manufacturers to transition from diesel trucks and vans (Class 2b to Class 8) to electric zero-emission trucks beginning in 2024. By 2045, every new truck sold in California will be zero-emission.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 8, 2024

Electric vehicles don't make exhaust noise. For some, the lack of those sounds will be a problem Dodge's solution with the Charger Daytona will have a simulated V8 exhaust note. Some EVs will be performance cars. Performance cars with ICE powertrains often make very cool sounds. Do you think that's cool or lame?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Freight operator Dependable Highway Express (DHE) has received two Volvo VNR Electric trucks—the first battery-electric Class 8 trucks to join DHE’s fleet. The electric trucks will be added to DHE’s existing fleet of more than 500 Volvo trucks operating across North America. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

By the end of 2023, Bucher Municipal expects to deliver up to 80 fully electric sewer cleaner trucks to cities in Europe. The introduction of more zero emission zones in cities around the world is generating demand for fully electric trucks. Volvo Trucks goal is that electric models will account for half of its truck sales in 2030.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

Magnets in the pistons energize coils around the cylinder, generating electricity with an efficiency far above that of conventional engines and generators. The impact of a pure electric powertrain on payload, productivity and up-front costs, combined with limited charging infrastructure and restricted new vehicle choice, are real challenges.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The new Audi SQ5 TDI diesel features a powerful V6 engine with a mild hybrid systems and an electric powered compressor to ensure that maximum torque is available to the sporty SUV at just above idle. seconds on its way to an electrically limited top speed of 250 km/h (155.3 In the NEDC it consumes between 6.6 – 6.8

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AUGUST 14, 2023

The engine was also equipped with an electrically driven volumetric pump in the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) path which gives the freedom to set any desired EGR rate, independently from the pressure ratios across the turbocharger. EGR system consisting of an EGR cooler, an electrically driven EGR pump and respective piping.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The hydrogen Coradia Stream will maintain the high standards of comfort already appreciated by passengers of its electric version. The Coradia iLint is the first passenger train powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, which produces electrical power for traction.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2023

Volvo Trucks and mining company Boliden are joining forces to implement electric truck transport in underground environments. The Swedish mining group Boliden is becoming one of the first in the world to start using battery-electric trucks for heavy underground transport starting 2023.

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