The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2025

Conclusion: The Toyota Supra A90 Build is Taking Shape With a new exhaust, intake, and carbon fiber aero kit , this Toyota Supra A90 is already looking and sounding better. It's all designed, engineered, and manufactured in -house at AW Tuning's facility in the Philadelphia area. So these guys really backed their product up.

Toyota

Baua Electric

APRIL 15, 2025

The cargo area features a 12-volt power outlet, area light, a pair of tie-down points, and two shopping bag hooks, while a tyre repair kit and 12-volt battery are found beneath the floor. litres more than the manufacturers claim. At the other end of the vehicle is a 1.5-litre litre per 100km mark, or 1.3

Hybrid

Discover EV

JULY 24, 2025

Citroën has also packed the Shine Plus trim with a generous amount of kit. If your priority is comfort over sport, spaciousness over agility, and you enjoy quirky French design with decent kit levels, the e‑C4 X Shine Plus is a compelling and well-rounded EV – especially at its price point. Should I buy one?

Re-Charge

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Many modern lighting kits even let you change colors on demand, so you can switch things up depending on your mood. Some manufacturers offer sportier drive modes, but you can take things further with upgraded suspension for a firmer, more responsive feel.

Personal

EV Central

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

READ MORE: Smart #1 and #3 deliver compelling Volvo, Tesla and BYD rival READ MORE: How and where to buy a Smart in Australia we get the buying experience READ MORE: Rugged Smart #5 EV off-roader locked in for Australia in 2025 Mercedes-Benz looks after the design while Geely provides the architecture and manufacturing in China.

Mercedes

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Many manufacturers sell colored lenses for aftermarket lights. Vehicle Recovery Gear Having a basic vehicle recovery kit while off-roading is a must, especially when traversing through snow or ice. Make sure you get the appropriately sized winch for your vehicle as well as the right mounting kit.

Kits

Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2025

Developing broadband technology Samueli, who grew up in Los Angeles, was inspired to pursue a career in electrical engineering after building an AM/FM shortwave radio using a Heathkit electronics kit for a shop class, according to a 2021 Institute profile of Samueli.

San Jose

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Within the KliMEA project, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will study drive systems of heavy duty vehicles and fuel cell technology to find ways how future production of fuel cell components can be adapted to these expected new emissions requirements. Schematic representation of roll-to-roll MEA manufacture.

Kits

Teslarati

JUNE 13, 2025

SpaceX has achieved a major milestone, producing its 10 millionth Starlink kit. Starlink Production Ramp Soman noted in his LinkedIn post that the first 5 million Starlink kits took nearly four years to build, but the next 5 million kits were completed in just 11 months. Monumental accomplishment!”

Kits

Cars That Think

JULY 5, 2025

Tokyo Robotics ] Since 2005, Ekso Bionics has been developing and manufacturing exoskeleton bionic devices that can be strapped on as wearable robots to enhance the strength, mobility, and endurance of soldiers, patients, and workers.

San Francisco

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

That is why, so far, only petroleum-based materials have been suitable for manufacturing plastic components in automobiles that are subjected to particularly intensive wear. Our goal is to manufacture the seat cover completely from the same type of material so that it can be recycled. Such materials are not recyclable in most cases.

Kits

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Led by Bosch, the University of Stuttgart, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), a total of thirty companies will define the foundations for software-defined manufacturing (SDM) over the next three years in the SDM4FZI research project (Software-Defined Manufacturing for the Vehicle and Supplier Industry).

Manufacturer

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2019

To shorten the charging time of e-bikes—in particular during daily use in the city—Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Coboc GmbH & Co. The data evaluation results will then be made available to manufacturers and users in the form of graphics. Presently, charging of an e-bike battery takes about two to four hours.

Kits

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

A prototype plug-in hybrid retrofit kit is applied to a research vehicle’s rear wheels. A group at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), led by Dr. Charles Perry, who holds the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence, has developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit for almost any car.

Kits

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2019

With a new coating process, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have produced electrodes for lithium-ion batteries at record speed. Photo: Ralf Diehm, KIT). So far, manufacturing speeds have been limited to about 30 to 40 meters per minute. —Ralf Diem. Quicker coating requires shorter drying times.

Kits

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2020

In Germany, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has launched AgiloDrive, a project seeking to develop novel product kits and production technologies for electric motors for direct transfer to industry. This will allow cost-reducing scaling effects to be used for various product series and manufacturing technologies.

Kits

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

Ford has also started providing manufacturing expertise to help scientific instrument provider Thermo Fisher Scientific quickly expand production of COVID-19 collection kits to test for the virus. The go-fast project has created re-usable gowns manufactured from material used to make airbags in Ford vehicles. Gown production.

Manufacturer

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2023

MAHLE presented a new technology kit for electric motors that combines the advantages of its benchmark SCT (Superior Continuous Torque, earlier post ) and MCT (Magnet-free Contactless Transmitter) electric motors. It is therefore especially attractive for use in commercial vehicles.

Kits

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are working on a city bus platoon for Munich. Electrified towing buses require enormous amounts of electric energy to move the trailers along, said Professor Eric Sax, Head of the Institute for Information Processing Technology (ITIV) at KIT. —Nicole Rossel, ITIV.

Kits

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The new EPIC project coordinated by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is aimed at accelerating the drying of high-quality electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, increasing the energy efficiency of this process and, hence, reducing the cost of production. Photo: Ralf Diehm/KIT).

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is establishing a “Transformation Hub Electric Mobility” to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) with specialized knowledge in the process chain for manufacturing a combustion engine re-orient for electric mobility. Photo: Felix Wirth, KIT). —Janna Hofmann.

Kits

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2020

Scientists at KIT have developed and patented a process for minimally invasive technology to mine lithium in geothermal plants. Using the minimally invasive method developed by KIT, thousands of tons of lithium could be extracted from the German and French Upper Rhine trench every year. Jens Grimmer.

Kits

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Both academia and some first battery manufacturers are beginning to explore this approach. To address this issue, BASF and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have joined forces to investigate the formulation boundary conditions in multilayer battery coatings within a research project supported by public co-funding. —Prof.

Kits

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR will tackle this year’s Nürburgring 24-hour race featuring a complete body kit made of natural-fiber composite materials for the first time. Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR with new natural-fiber composite body kit: Racing cars with body parts made of renewable raw materials.

Kits

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

A total of 50,401 vehicles have been manufactured in Dresden since March 2017. After Zwickau, we are the second location in Europe to manufacture vehicles based on the new modular e-drive system. 3 is the first vehicle to be based on Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). The first conversions for the ID.3

Production

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed and successfully tested an innovative concept for simultaneous coating and drying of two-layered electrodes. KIT Scanning electron microscopy of a multi-layered electrode cross section: Different active materials are used for the layers and applied simultaneously.

Kits

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. The photoreactors have a low level of complexity, are readily manufacturable via mass fabrication techniques in polymers, and are easy to adapt to diverse photocatalysts.

Low Cost

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

As part of the THINKTANK Industrial Resource Strategies, researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have been working with Audi on the pilot project “Chemical Recycling of plastics from automotive manufacturing.” The material cycles closed in this way save valuable resources, energy, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Waste

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Five major European bus manufacturers—Daimler Buses (EvoBus), MAN, Solaris, Van Hool and VDL Bus & Coach—last week signed a joint Letter of Understanding at the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking’s (FCH JU) Stakeholders Forum in Brussels. —Gustav Tuschen, Head of Product Engineering at Daimler Buses.

Manufacturer

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2018

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Tongji University in Shanghai are researching standardizable methods for joint technology development in dispersed locations. —Professor Albert Albers, director of IPEK’s Institute for Product Development at KIT. However, development work tends to take place at one location.

Kits

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a company developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has hit a number of key milestones through multiple partnerships with customers, manufacturers, and fuel providers. These included Central Indiana Ethanol (as manufacturer), CountryMark (as distributor), and Co-Alliance Cooperative Inc. (as

Engine

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This compact Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) unit is a permanent synchronous magnet motor with a built-in inverter that significantly reduces cost (with a typical inverter costing around £3,000) and complexity of integration. Specifications. Input Voltage. 280-420.

Motor

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

While Freudenberg will offer scalable e-power systems in kit form with various power outputs, ZF will offer complete electric driveline systems of up to 360 kW continuous power. By reducing manufacturers’ development and project costs, our powerpack solutions will also help to lower the Total Cost of Ownership. Earlier post.).

Fuel

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2018

Low impact on the loading weight and volume due in particular to the compactness of the kit, which makes the vehicle similar to a classic combustion powered model. The kit is packaged with its power electronics unit for the conversion of fuel cell power for the battery. The kit utilizes the vehicle’s CAN bus. Integration.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

Wrightspeed is developing “Powertrain in a Crate” kits that are chassis-specific and can be installed locally where fleets operate, creating jobs and new technology opportunities for those supporting school bus, work truck and other fleets. Together, the companies intend to develop and sell repower kits to the addressable market.

Kits

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Aurora is leveraging the power of the Aurora Driver Development Program to structure the engagement with Volvo and maximize the combined team’s strengths in world-class vehicle engineering, manufacturing and support, and autonomous vehicle technology development.

Volvo

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division presented its latest eMobility kit, which now includes all-electric central drives, axle drives and eComponents. With our modular electric drive kit, ZF can provide customers with everything they need to electrify their commercial vehicles from last-mile delivery vehicles up to 44-ton truck.

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