#Turbocord EV Charger A Portable Faster Solution Given that electric cars are slowly becoming more popular it was only a matter of time before makers of accessories for these vehicles began innovating to remain competitive.
On the other end of the cord is the coupler that plugs into the car.
But enough romanticizing urban bus commutes. In reality buses are slow (the slowest bus lines in New york city average 3. 4 miles per hour),
Though fuel economy varies depending on the type of bus and the route, an average bus in D c gets a paltry 3. 76 miles per gallon (mpg),
and that up from 2. 96 mpg in 2005! Considering that D c. buses cumulatively travel nearly 50 million miles each year,
cleaning up bus fleets is a critical way to reduce the burden of air pollution, fuel costs,
Benefits of commuting on electricity Though electric buses are not newhe first was introduced in Berlin in 1882lder models frequently required wires to hang over each bus route, marking bus paths through city streets.
I remember hearing loud pops as sparks flew from an intersection of overhead electric bus wires near my bedroom.
The expected operating cost-per-mile of an electric bus in New york is $0. 20 to $0. 30 cents,
or natural-gas powered bus. Electric buses are also nearly silent, require less maintenance, and can improve air quality through reducing emissions compared to their all-diesel counterparts.
No wonder why companies like Volvo and BYD are beginning to take advantage of the many reasons why cities are shifting bus fleets to rely on electricity instead of diesel.
state and federal policies are helping the transition to cleaner bus fleets. The U s Department of transportation recently announced the availability of $24. 9 million to put more zero-emission buses into service across America,
These incentives are important for helping further develop electric bus technology by reducing the upfront costs that remain a barrier to the widespread adoption of electric and fuel cell buses.
of which may partner with bus manufacturers on proposals, on a competitive basis. FTA officials said its Low
or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program (Lono), established under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act,
A previous example of this was the National Fuel cell Bus Program, which invested in the research, development and testing of alternative fuels and related equipment,
#Cadillac ELR Regen On Demand Technology Wins Award Cadillac, in developing the ELR extended range electric vehicle,
stands out so much for its design it was awarded recently the Green Car Journal 2014 Green Car technology Award.
As for what this is specifically, Cadillac described Regen on Demand by saying that ike most regenerative braking systems in hybrid and electric vehicles,
Unique to the ELR extended range electric vehicle, Regen on Demand also allows a driver to instantaneously engage
said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal and Carsofchange. com, in a statement. ver-increasing efficiency is crucial to our driving future,
yet efficiency itself is not an attraction for a great many car buyers. Cadillac Regen on Demand is inspired an example of how technology can increase efficiency
and Ram Truck 3. 0-liter Ecodiesel engine D
#New Sensor Easily Detects Greenhouse gases Scientists have created a highly sensitive portable sensor to test the air for the most damaging greenhouse gases.
Tittel says a smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.
#Remote Start Functionality for its Blink Electric vehicle Charging Stations Car Charging Group, Inc. archarging, the largest owner, operator,
and provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, announced that it now offers remote start functionality for its Blink EV charging stations via the Blink mobile application (pp.
About Car Charging Group Inc. Car Charging Group, Inc. is a pioneer in nationwide public electric vehicle (EV) charging services,
enabling EV drivers to easily recharge at locations throughout the United states. Headquartered inmiami Beach, FL with offices in San jose, CA;
New york, NY; and Phoenix, AZ; Carcharging business model is designed to accelerate the adoption of public EV charging.
#Is This The Perfect Electric car Tire? What does it take to create a special electric vehicle tire particularly one up to the standards of BMW's new i3?
Fairy dust? Scratching your head and patting your tummy at the same time? It is a question Bridgestone the world's largest tire manufacturer set out to answer recently
when the German automaker approached it about designing a range of tires that it is the exclusive supplier of for this luxury electric car.
Bridgestone said its answer to the perfect electric car tire question came in the form of theologic technology
'The BMW i3 is very much a car for the future'said Franco Annunziato CEO and President of Bridgestone Europe in a statement.
Developing a unique tyre for this unique vehicle was therefore an enormously challenging but also rewarding experience.
However it becomes an even more critical factor in an electric car. Which is why we have put all our knowhow skill
#CHINA AND UC DAVIS PARTNER TO PUT ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES ON A FASTER TRACK In a landmark international collaboration on clean vehicle adoption, the University of California, Davis,
and the China Automotive technology and Research center will work together to help speed the commercialization of plug-in and fuel cell electric cars in China and the U s. under an agreement signed Sept. 6 in Tianjin, China.
the world largest new-car market. Primary UC Davis partners are the Institute of Transportation Studies and the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.
The California Air Resources Board, the world leader on clean vehicle policies, and the National Development and Reform Commission, a major Chinese government agency, have supported the agreement
The memorandum of understanding was signed during the 2014 International Forum on Chinese Automotive industry Development. iven the great importance the Chinese government now attaches to the development and commercialization of new energy vehicles
the department chief in charge of vehicles at NDRC said at the ceremony. s a platform for Sino-U s. exchanges and cooperation in the field of new energy vehicle policies,
The collaboration will help expand the global market for zero-emission vehicles, or ZEVS, by providing intellectual support for design of ZEV policies and analysis of consumer markets, including demand for charging stations,
S. ZEV Policy Lab will strengthen cooperation between California, the current leader in ZEV sales and the United Stateslargest new-car market,
and China, the global leader in new-car sales. his agreement is an important milestone in coordinating global efforts to accelerate clean vehicle commercialization,
and policy initiatives that will bring new energy vehicles to market not only in China and the United states,
S. ZEV Policy Lab will train advanced vehicle researchers and leaders in California and China, inform Chinese regional and central government officials on California ZEV and related vehicle policies,
and exchange information between California and China regarding lessons learned. e have been working with China on air
about the new initiative. e commend China for its commitment to further reduce emissions by greatly expanding the purchase of battery electric and fuel cell powered vehicles.
ARB policies such as the ZEV and Advanced Clean Cars program and the groundbreaking Global warming Solutions Act (AB 32) have informed government action around the world.
and the Plug-in Hybrid & Electric vehicle Research center at ITS-Davis. The lab will be led by ITS-Daviswang and CATARC executive in charge of new energy vehicles, Deputy Director Zhixin Wu.
In July, the central government mandated that electric cars make up at least 30 percent of government vehicle purchases by 2016.
The Chinese government also recently announced new financial incentives for electric car purchases. About ITS-Davis, C-CET, the Policy Institute,
the Institute interdisciplinary scientific research and policy analysis supports California state and U s. government policy development on advanced clean vehicles, fuels and land use planning.
and other research institutions on research aimed at developing a sustainable market for plug-in vehicles.
Air conditioning & Energy solutions and Vehicle Components and is one of the world leading producers of flat panel TVS, mobile devices, air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators.
The zero-emissions all-electric buses replace diesel-powered trolleys the highest polluting TARC vehicles. erobus changes the game for public transportation in downtown
and entertainment. he vehicles with free wi-fi onboard arrive at stops frequently#from every 10-18 minutes depending on the
Since 2010 Proterra Inc. of Greenville S. C. has produced 38 of these type of vehicles
to see this newest fleet of Proterra vehicles providing high performance zero-emission service in Louisville.
In fuel costs alone each electric bus will save TARC an estimated $10000 per year. Main-Market Zerobuses circle between 10th and Campbell streets.
"We have the location of the different vehicles, even the location of passengers-anonymously-but we can see the flow of passengers inside the terminal.
assembly-line machines do their own'thinking'A major consumer of time and money in the manufacturing of aircraft, motor vehicles,
and in automobiles, for making car bodies. XPRESS has shown that the time for setting up production lines can be reduced by up to 50 percent,
Brain injuries suffered in a car crash during a business trip in Dubai have left the 47-year-old unable to work.
And I was rolling inside the car somewhere, I don have any picture of that anymore,
says Mark van Gils, the VTT/TBICARE project coordinator. o what we are doing is to develop robust,
By 2020, it is expected that up to 20%of worldwide automobile production will include electrical powertrains the machinery that powers
and propels electric vehicles. urope car-makers need a smart and reliable way of producing this product to meet both the quantity
and even personal transportation vehicles such as electric wheelchairs. he system will be developed further to easier integrate with many more systems and programs,
#Water-friendly hydraulic technology to make heavy machinery greener Bulldozers, diggers, tractors: these heavy machines all apply the same basic hydraulic powers for their trays and claws.
#Materials and drives for High & Wide efficiency electric powertrains-Reducing dependency on rare earth materials Presently, drives for Fully Electric vehicles and Hybrid electric vehicles develop their highest efficiency of around 935%within a speed range of usually 1
Hi-Wi projects is the developing an advanced electric traction motors for electric vehicles. The Hi-Wi acronym comes in fact from the project target of developing an electric architecture with both a higher efficiency and a wider application range
so that the vehicle can operate efficiently in all operating conditions. With the anticipated growth of the electric and hybrid vehicle market, the demand for permanent magnets that are central to this technology is certain to grow dramatically.
This has led already to a sharp increase in price for rare-earth metals (such as Neodymium (Nd),
Considering the resource distribution of rare-earth metals, European car manufactures have to face the problem of restrictive and vulnerable supply chains for rare earth metals
New technologies used in Hi-WI project guarantee several important improvements over current motor and vehicle architectures,
and will need less cooling, leading to cheaper electromotors and therefore cars. The motor architectures and the innovative materials studied in Hi-Wi project have the potential to reach way beyond the electronic vehicle market.
Permanent magnet machines have a paramount importance in many other fields. Just to mention one, they are at the core of the electric generators used in all wind generators.
meaning that large trucks will no longer be needed to carry them into the field. The project also stimulated substantial knowledge transfer.
and a large portion of these goes into the production of vehicle tires. Once the products reach the end of their useful life
or carmakers and athletics could recycle these products, make EPMT from them, incorporate them into their existing products
#SARTRE#ROAD TRAINS: Hands-free driving hits the highway Known as"road trains,"a truck driven by a specially trained driver leads a procession of cars
or other trucks that automatically follow steering and braking instructions being transmitted wirelessly from the escort vehicle.
With their hands and feet completely free, drivers can read, eat, talk on the phone,
catch up on work, write letters or watch television, if they so wish. If the lead vehicle has to turn,
speed up, slow down or even brake suddenly, the action is sent instantaneously to the following vehicles, which copy the actions automatically and safely without the need for the driver to do anything.
The following cars constantly measure the lead vehicle's location speed and direction, and immediately adjust to any changes no matter how slight."
"Platooning"or"convoying, "as the road trains are known also, directly addresses the three cornerstone issues of transportation:
environment, safety and congestion. With the vehicles drafting a few metres behind each other, SARTRE short for"Safe Road trains for the Environment"can cut fuel consumption by up to 20%.
%Because the sensor-based system reacts faster than people who are the cause of 87%of traffic accidents SARTRE provides safety benefits.
since vehicles can travel very close together or drive long distances at night when roads are used less.
and the freedom of a privately owned car that can leave the road train at any time.
successfully created a road train comprised of a lead truck followed by three cars travelling up to 90 km/hour entirely autonomously with a gap of no more than 6 metres.
By end of 2012, the SARTRE team hopes to add a fourth vehicle to the train,
Still unresolved are questions about how the vehicles would respond if the lead truck has an accident, the ideal distance between vehicles,
and whether dedicated routes would be established, like traditional public transportation. An EU-wide legal framework will have to be developed to allow road trains to operate throughout Europe.
The system's biggest advantages may lie in its adaptability and relatively low cost.""SARTRE's underlying technology can be integrated into vehicles within a few years in a cost-effective manner,
"said Eric Chan, chief engineer of Ricardo, a UK-based transportation technology company that is leading the project."
which would allow SARTRE vehicles to use existing highways.""Project details Participants: United kingdom (Coordinator), Sweden, Spain, Germany FP7 Proj.
High-strength steel alloys are particularly interesting for carmakers, allowing them to reduce car weights through thinner sheets.
They also help conserve resources: lighter, fuel efficient vehicles mean less overall steel use and ultimately less fuel consumption (by some estimates, up to 0. 2 litres per 100 km) and carbon emissions.
There are other areas where these ultra-strong steels could be used, like high temperature energy production, where they resist oxidation
milling, lathing or fashioning it into parts and tools for different uses from car panels to precision medical instruments to moving parts in a paintball gun.
and parts that go into our aircraft, cars, machine parts, says project coordinator Jan Willem Gunnink of UK-based Delcam.
and can be used by existing vehicles and aircraft without modifications of their engines or of fuel infrastructure.
In China, the company has said even it will offer electric cars. People watch TV SHOWS and movies in cars too.
It's the video, Li says, that will carry the company's devices forward. That may or may not offer a path to success. Remember:
"I think it's as important as the automobile was in changing the design of cities or how the printing press altered communication.""
Justin Bieber manager, Scooter Braun; and the William Morris Endeavor Entertainment talent agency. True Ventures principal Adam Dugelli was impressed with Splice founders
and ordinarilyâ##like a well-tuned car engineâ##they burn fuels including fats and sugars in modest quantities to keep the cells functioning.##
##The cell is like a car and the mitochondria are the engine##Jin explains.####What we re doing inside cells is like putting the car s transmission into neutral by uncoupling it from the transmission.
Then you step on the gas so the engine runs full throttle but the car doesn t move.##
##If too much of the fuel in the cell is fat you keep burning it until the fuel gauge reaches empty.
They used the Childhood Autism Rating Scale-Second Edition (CARS-2) to help rate child behavior because of the instrument s flexible usage guidelines.
Another advantage of the CARS-2 as well as subtests of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children selected for cognitive assessment is that the behavioral observations
After returning to the United states Johnson Harrison tallied precise quantifications of the CARS-2 score
The average CARS-2 score for the autism group was 28 percent higher (at 37.75) than the average for the global delays group (at 27.15) a statistically significant difference.
In addition Tanzanian children diagnosed with autism scored in similar ranges on the CARS-2 as compared to children with autism in the United states. The autism group also had significantly more DSM-V autism symptoms than the global delays group suggesting that the assessment measures
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls insufficient sleep an epidemic and says it linked to vehicle crashes, industrial disasters,
and therefore less-polluting vehicles. ne of our wildest dreams for the nanomaterials we are developing is that they could be used to make the super-strong lightweight cables that would make possible the construction of a pace elevatorwhich so far has existed only as a science-fiction ideabadding says.
The concept was inspired by the industrial assembly lines that churn out vehicles and electronics. A critical part of any assembly line is the mobile assembly carrier onto
which powers the car. The only byproduct is water unlike gasoline combustion which emits carbon dioxide a greenhouse gas.
Most of these vehicles will run on fuel manufactured at large industrial plants that produce hydrogen by combining very hot steam and natural gas an energy-intensive process that releases carbon dioxide as a byproduct.
In 2015 American consumers will finally be able to purchase fuel cell cars from Toyota and other manufacturers.
Although touted as zero-emissions vehicles most of the cars will run on hydrogen made from natural gas a fossil fuel that contributes to global warming.
That goal is achievable based on my most recent resultshe researchers also plan to develop a water splitter than runs on electricity produced by solar energy. ydrogen is an ideal fuel for powering vehicles buildings
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or an electric car powered by energy stored in its chassis or a home where the dry wall and siding store the electricity that runs the lights
It doesn t make sense to develop materials to build a home car chassis or aerospace vehicle if you have to replace them every few years
because they go dead. estover s wafers consist of electrodes made from silicon that have been treated chemically so they have nanoscale pores on their inner surfaces
There have also been recent press reports of several major efforts to develop multifunctional materials or structural batteries for use in electric vehicles and for military applications.
Tittel says a smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.
or of cars driving by to power your smartphone. That s the concept researchers at the Georgia Institute of technology are developing using
#Car paint with graphene gets ice off radar domes Rice university rightoriginal Studyposted by Mike Williams-Rice on December 18 2013ribbons of ultrathin graphene combined with polyurethane paint meant for cars can keep ice off of sensitive military
He found the solution in a Houston auto parts store. bought some polyurethane car paint
On a car it lasts for years. So when we combined the paint and GNRS and coated our samples it had all the properties we needed. ab samples up to two square feet were assembled using a flexible polymer substrate polyimide
now that they re being produced in industrial quantities. ow we re going to the next levelhe says noting that GNR films made into transparent films might be useful for deicing car windshields a project the lab intends to pursue.
which light is polarized as it reflects off the surface of a lake or the hood of a car.
But NEIL also makes associations between these things to obtain common sense information that people just seem to know without ever saying##that cars often are found on roads that buildings tend to be vertical
or cars come in a variety of brands and models. And it begins to notice associations##that zebras tend to be found in savannahs for instance
and clunkyâ##if you wanted to cloak a car for example in practice you would have to completely envelop the vehicle in many layers of metamaterials in order to effectively hieldit from electromagnetic radiation.
and say it could open the door to better batteries for phones cars and other gadgets.
s LEDS become brighter for example as they are used in vehicle front lights they also tend to get warmer
or vehicle is stable it resists unwanted changes in direction. On the other hand if it is maneuverable it has the ability to quickly change course when desired.
and the Journal of the American Chemical Society. rom electric vehicles to solar and wind power applications for better lithium-based battery technologies are countless.?
and electric vehicles and to provide the bursts of power required to adjust of the blades of giant wind turbines to changing wind conditions.
#Nanoribbon material keeps gases captive Rice university rightoriginal Studyposted by Mike Williams-Rice on October 11 2013an enhanced polymer could make vehicles that run on compressed natural gas more practical and even prolong the shelf life of bottled beer
and make it impermeable to gastour says. his becomes increasingly important as automakers think about powering cars with natural gas.
so slowlyâ##centimeters per secondâ##that it was able to react with the water in a inder gentlermanner. f youâ##re driving your car at 5 miles per hour
A team has developed a programming language for chemistry that it hopes will streamline efforts to design a network that can guide the behavior of chemical-reaction mixtures in the same way that embedded electronic controllers guide cars robots and other devices.
rate paving the way for a more lightweight material for cars and electronics. Weighing in at two thirds less than aluminum magnesium is the lightest structural metal.
for widespread use in renewable energy storage portable electronics and electric vehicles. Supercapacitors are made generally of highly porous carbon impregnated with a liquid electrolyte to transport the electrical charge.
#Our vehicles don t fight the hurricane; we use the hurricane to take us places#says Kamran Mohseni professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Florida.
The aerial and underwater vehicles just six inches long and about the weight of an ipod Nano can be launched with commands from a laptop hundreds of miles from the eye of a hurricane.
and ocean that can give the vehicles a free ride toward their destination. Once in the vicinity they can be powered off to wait for a particular current of wind or water.
The new vehicles which can be launched hundreds at a time also reduce the cost of hurricane reconnaissance.#
A landing strip to test the aerial vehicles isn t necessary Mohseni just tells them to crash picks them up
The carbon fiber shell of the aerial vehicles is wafer-thin but resilient. With proper funding the vehicles could be tested in a real-world hurricane in two or three years.
In instances where many are lost#as in a hurricane#the data gained outweighs the cost of the lost vehicles Mohseni says.
Production costs would drop if the vehicles were mass-produced. The vehicles also are smart. A cooperative control algorithm allows them to form a network
and learn from the data they take in for example by adjusting their course when needed. This feature makes them useful for applications beyond hurricanes.
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#Humancar aims for a healthy planet with healthy drivers At first glance it might look a bit like an elongated pedal car for kids,
The vehicle converts the rowing motion of the driver and any passengers into rotational thrust to charge a battery and power the vehicle in conjunction with an electric motor.
So not only is it healthy for the planet it is healthy for the occupants too.
And as an added bonus the vehicle can also be used store energy and act as a backup power generator to provide electricity to the home.
row your car...Humancar aims for a healthy planet with healthy drivers History The Humancar is the brainchild of Chief Scientist/Engineer Charles Samuel Greenwood P. E.,who first hit upon the idea for a human
powered car some 40 years ago. Sitting in a traffic jam in Silicon valley in 1968 Greenwood noticed the many overweight commuters sitting in their cars breathing in noxious exhaust fumes.
He was inspired to create a modest modification to vehicles that would reduce the need for conventional fuel,
while at the same time providing exercise. Searching for a full-body workout Greenwood eschewed a bicycle-type mechanism in favor of the rowing-like mechanism
This was a research keletoncar that was built to test the concept of a human powered vehicle
Humancar aims for a healthy planet with healthy drivers NEV The innovative vehicle is dubbed an NEV because it falls into the U s. Department of transportation Neighborhood Electric vehicle (NEV) classification for low speed vehicles.
The car includes seating for four, with rowing handlebars for each passenger. It can be powered by one, two, three or four people, the battery-powered electric motor,
To make the most out of the power generated the vehicle also incorporates a regenerative braking system
Because steering using the rowing handles would be too difficult to control the vehicle is steered by"Body Steering"(read leaning into turns.
The Body Steering driver's seat of the Humancar The vehicle custom CPU operates off trigger buttons on the center brake handle to engage functions such as regenerative power,
The vehicle is suited especially to generate the power required to operate these devices. An all-weather foldout ragtop roof is also available for commuting in the rain.
Team Building With much of the interest in the Humancar focusing on the environmental and physical health advantages of the car,
According to its developers the car engenders feelings of teamwork and social bonding amongst the occupants.
controls and motors and all these components can be upgraded without needing to replace the entire vehicle.
Electricity generation The Humancar isn just a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle either. It can also function as an exercise-based human electric power station
or in vehicle-to-grid (V2g) mode to feed electricity back into the grid. A report on CNN showed four people rowing for a couple of minutes generated enough electricity to power a PC for well over an hour.
So if you don need to go anywhere you can jump in the car for some exercise that will generate electricity for your home
system used in the Humancar vehicle and is small enough to fold up and fit in a large suitcase.
or able to take the full plunge on the Humancar vehicle. Already the company has received more than 200 orders for the current Imagine,
The vehicles will be priced at US$15 500 each. For the moment the Humancar is limited to non-highway or eighborhoodroads,
With the majority of car trips people make falling into the short, local variety the Impulse PS could well be a viable,
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