Green Car Congress

[...] a lot on our side to bring this confidence to the consumer and drive further adoption of electric vehicles. Automakers have responded to the challenging regulations and standards put before us. We [...]

[...] to be operational by the end of 2015. BMW is supplying batteries from its ActiveE and i3 electric vehicles, while Vattenfall has agreed to operate the storage system at its site for a period of ten [...]

[...] cells, operated at low temperatures, pose a technical barrier limiting their use in electric vehicles and aerospace applications. … Instead of a quasi-continuous behavior as observed at [...]

[...] ; extremes in either direction impact performance. Thus, the efficiency of battery electric vehicles can vary with ambient temperature due to battery performance—as well as the energy required [...]

[...] (DPC), a Delta Group company headquartered in Fremont, CA, is participating in a US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) $3.0-million [...]

[...] engine and boat manufacturers across the industry. The testing was also supported by The US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), and Argonne National [...]

[...] will continue to gain market share. Ultra-efficient diesel trucks, exemplified by the US Department of Energy’s SuperTruck program, are the preferred alternative in the long haul segment, [...]

[...] assemble the vehicle, and the number of 3-D printed parts. Judges from the U.S. Air Force, the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Small Business Administration, and the US Army Acquisition [...]

[...] optimized its new Astra equipped with the 81 kW/110 hp 1.6 CDTI diesel engine to deliver fuel consumption of 3.6 L/100km (65 mpg US), down 0.1 liters from before), which is equivalent to CO2 [...]

[...] from the rest of the powertrain and continues in coasting mode for a further reduction in fuel consumption. The new engine family is based on an all-aluminium core unit designed for ultra-low [...]

[...] actuation and new electro-hydraulic clutch actuation, enabling significant reductions in fuel consumption compared to earlier transmissions. The oil in the 7DCT300 is fill-for-life, which results in [...]

[...] manual delivers 50 N·m more torque, 25 bhp higher power, and a 20% cut in CO2 emissions and fuel consumption compared with the HDi 135. The new engine consumes 3.9 l/100 km (60 mpg US) of fuel, emits [...]

[...] nominally 5-10 kW-scale stack test for at least 1000 hours using full-size cells, operating on natural gas or simulated natural gas fuel, that would be envisioned in a commercial system. Potential [...]

[...] The world’s first carrier vessel for compressed natural gas (CNG) is to be powered by an integrated Wärtsilä propulsion system. (Earlier post.) The new [...]

[...] by Wärtsilä DF dual-fuel engines. The ship will be used to deliver gas to LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) fueled vessels in Northwest Europe. The newbuild contract is in direct response to the [...]

[...] leaders in the development, manufacture and distribution of vehicles powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) featuring advanced multi-fuel technologies such as Magneti Marelli’s powertrain control [...]

[...] California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for permission to build an estimated 25,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers at sites across its service area in Northern and Central California—8 times [...]

[...] Liechtenstein-based R&D company nanoFLOWCELL will present its new QUANT F electric vehicle at the upcoming Geneva show; the QUANT F is a further development of the QUANT E from 2014, [...]

[...] post.) In response, Pasquale Romano, CEO of ChargePoint—currently the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network—issued a statement charging that the PG&E proposal “creates a [...]

[...] Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and [...]

[...] and electric vehicles. Much effort is currently dedicated to development of lithium-ion batteries having greater energy density. These efforts include increasing the capacity of the anodes [...]

[...] ; the lack of need for an active battery cooling system; their cost advantages over lithium-ion batteries; and their high recyclability rate. The latest lead-carbon battery designs can operate [...]

[...] electrolytes for Li-ion batteries. Conventional alkyl carbonate electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries are flammable, and incidents of fires have been reported, usually due to thermal runaway. [...]

[...] small, decentralized power generating systems to market them as a shared power plant. Lithium-ion batteries still have high storage capacity at the end of their life cycle in electric vehicles. As a [...]