WiTricity is working with General Motors (GM) to test an advanced wireless charging system prototype for electric vehicles. The companies are working together to test WiTricity's Drive 11 park and charge system, designed for maximum ...
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Hyundai and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are extending their fuel cell vehicle confirmation program, originally from 2013 through 2015, to its second phase, from 2016 through 2017. The program involves Hyundai providing a number of ...
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Automaker Ford has invested $182.2m in technology firm Pivotal to speed up cloud-based software development. Headquartered in San Francisco, Pivotal is a cloud-based software company accelerating digital transformation for enterprises. ...
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Honda will showcase its new fuel cell sedan Clarity at the New York International Auto Show. The five-passenger, hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan, to be released later this year, features the most advanced technology available on ...
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Ford Motor has opened the door to its treasure trove of electrified vehicle technology patents for its competitors to assist the progress of research and development on that front. More than 650 electrified vehicle patents and around ...
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The Sierra Club is joining Ford Motor Company and SunPower’s Drive Green for Life program to help more Americans move toward emissions-free driving. Drive Green for Life offers Ford customers who own electrified plug-in vehicles, ...
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Ford Motor and Samsung SDI, an affiliate of Samsung Group, have announced research on different levels of hybrid technology that can could be produced in high volume, and used in non-hybrid vehicles to achieve greater fuel savings. ...
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Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Car Group has expanded its hybrid vehicle line-up with the launch of the new Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid with R-Design. The new vehicle is a revamped version of Volvo's V60 Plug-in Hybrid, which is ...
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Plug-in hybrids will lead the pack among e-vehicles in the race to produce cleaner, more efficient vehicles, according to KPMG International’s 2014 Global Automotive Executive Survey. The rise of alternative powertrain technologies ...
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Ford Motor Company announced today the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a first-of-its-kind sun-powered vehicle with the potential to deliver the best of what a plug-in hybrid offers – without depending on the electric grid for fuel. ...
Volvo has completed a research project into inductive charging for electric vehicles, with a senior executive expressing the wireless technology has “great potential”. Partnering a consortium of companies, including Volvo, ...
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Volvo Car Group has successfully completed a research project on inductive charging for cars and buses on a Volvo C30 Electric car. The results showed that technology for transferring energy through an electromagnetic field has a great ...
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Volvo has developed a method of storing energy in car body panels that could make conventional hybrid and electric vehicle batteries a thing of the past. The three-and-a-half year project –funded by the European Union and comprising ...
Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo Car Group has developed a new concept for lightweight structural energy storage components, in a bid to enhance the use of energy for future electrified vehicles. The new component includes carbon ...
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German driveline and chassis technology specialist ZF is developing an advanced active suspension system able to convert kinetic energy into electricity. Dubbed ‘GenShock’, the active suspension system is being co-developed in ...
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