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BMW invesing 200 million. VW investing 60 BILLION.
BMW targeting doubling energy density of battery cells by 2030, with current i3 as basis
The BMW Group has pooled its years of experience with battery cells and extensive knowledge in the field in a new Competence Center in Munich. The purpose of the facility is to advance battery cell technology and carefully dissect the production processes. The new Battery Cell Competence Cent...
600 km with 80 kWh => 13.3 kWh/100 km
No way that is EPA, i dont even think WLTP, if they are using NEDC, then thats very misleading.
The Hyundai Ionic Electric has a rating of 15.6 kWh/100 km. SO how is BMW going to pull off 13.3?
BMW targeting ~600 km (~373 mile) range for electric i4 in 2021; 390 kW/530 hp motor
BMW will introduce the electric i4 (earlier post)—the Group’s first purely electrically powered model for the premium mid-range—in 2021. The i4 will feature the fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology (earlier post), which will debut in the BMW iX3—to be produced from 2020 onwards—followed by t...
And no mention of animal agriculture being the biggest emitter of methane (and other pollutants)?
https://www.cowspiracy.com/facts
Aerial methane survey finds a fraction of point sources responsible for more than a third of California’s methane emissions
An aerial methane survey conducted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), California Energy Commission (CEC) and NASA has found that just 10% of the point sources were responsible for 60% of the total methane emissions detected. Researchers believe that statewide, these relatively few sup...
35.5 kWh can be sufficient, as long as the car is very energy efficient and has good, lets say 100 kW, fast charging capability, if it has a decent price, it could be a succes. No mention of those metrics. When will it be available though?
Mazda unveils its first mass-production EV, the Mazda MX-30
Mazda Motor Corporation unveiled its first mass-production electric vehicle—the Mazda MX-30—at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show. The model adopts Mazda’s new e–Skyactiv system (motor, battery pack, inverter, and DC-DC converter), with a 35.5 kWh Li-ion battery pack. The motor, inverter, DC-DC con...
Electrified will mean (mild) hybrid also. Not EV only. But even that is a great step. Hybridization works, and more hybrids is a good thing to lower total fuel consumption.
Volvo Cars preparing to introduce all-electric XC40 SUV; focus on safety
Volvo Cars will introduce the fully electric XC40 SUV to the public on 16 October. The company says that, in true Volvo tradition, it is also introducing one of the safest cars on the road, despite a fresh set of challenges presented by the absence of an internal combustion engine. Regardless o...
"very lossy" is a bit of exegaration dont you think. Gears are somewhere between 94-97% efficient. That said, direct drive might be better, but it does require motors with more torque compared to motors with a reduction gear. There is always a trade-off. Personally, i'd like to see in-wheel motors.
Ricardo to present early results of development of scalable Electric Drive Unit at CTI Shanghai
Ricardo will present the early results of an R&D project to develop a scalable Electric Drive Unit (EDU) for future electric vehicles at the CTI’s 8th International Congress and Expo, to be hosted on 24-25 September 2019, in Shanghai, China. The scalable EDU being developed by Ricardo compris...
forest floor debris is neccessary for healthy soil and the place of many critters dependent on this "debris". Bad move.
Delta invests $2M for study of potential facility to produce aviation biofuel from forest floor debris
Delta Air Lines is investing $2 million to partner with Northwest Advanced Bio-fuels, LLC for the feasibility study of a biofuel production facility to produce sustainable aviation fuel and other biofuel products. The sustainable aviation fuel, expected to be produced in a facility in Washington...
I dont get why they made the EV 3 door hatchback. That body design is almost getting extinct in the Netherlands, eventhough it looks better than a 5 door hatcback, practicality will have you choose the 5 door. Almost seems like deliberate to not sell many? I dont like to think those conspiracies are real, but this just seems unwise. If the price is right though, I might consider this as a private lease.
MINI Cooper SE EV making show debut at IAA; MINI boosts electric range of Countryman PHEV up to 35 miles
The new MINI Cooper SE electric vehicle (fuel consumption combined: 0.0 l/100 km; electric power consumption combined: 16.8 – 14.8 kWh/100 km; CO2 emissions combined: 0 g/km) will make its show debut at the IAA in Frankfurt next week. Also highlighted will be the latest version of the MINI Coo...
SO basically they copied the Lightyear One prototype?
https://lightyear.one/
NEDO, Sharp, and Toyota to begin public road trials of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries
Japan’s NEDO, Sharp Corporation, and Toyota Motor Corporation plan to begin public road trials of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries from late July 2019. The trials aim to assess the effectiveness of improvements in cruising range and fuel efficiency of electrifie...
And animal agriculture is a greater contributor to climate change than all transportation combined (cars, motorcycles, trains, trucks etc.). Big impact with a small change (your diet).
Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions
Countries seeking to meet Paris Agreement targets on CO2 emissions must get a grip on the amount of pollution produced at city level, according to a new open-access study published in Science Advances by an international team of researchers from Europe and China. The researchers set out a fram...
a T8 twin engine with 400 hhp and T6 twin engine with 340 hp is great, but where is the T4 twin engine with a 1.5 - 3 cyl turbo and e-motor with about 200 hp and heaps of torque?
And while they're at it, maybe an E8? full electric.
Bold move to drop all diesels though.
Volvo Cars launches new S60 sports sedan; first Volvo car made in US; two PHEV models coming
Volvo Cars revealed the new S60 mid-size premium sports sedan at the company’s new—and first—US manufacturing plant in Charleston, South Carolina. The new Charleston plant was officially inaugurated concurrent with the reveal of the S60. The combined car launch and factory opening reinforce ...
Why always the complaining about weight? First of, we don't know how much it weighs. Seconds, just look at for instance a Rolls Royce, can you imagine how heavy those wheels/ brakes / tire combos can be in 21 inch. Yet they ride like nothing else. The weight really is not an issue, you just adjust the suspension accordingly.
Fisker’s Orbit electric autonomous shuttle to feature Protean Pd18 in-wheel technology
Fisker Inc.’s Orbit autonomous electric shuttle, will feature Protean Electric’s in-wheel eDrive technology, specifically, the Pd18 system with peak torque of 1,250 N·m and peak power of 80 kW (60 kW continuous). ProteanDrive motors use patented technologies, digital control, and are packaged...
Using electric vans however does not offset the enormous impact milk production has on the environment (water use, land use, manure problems, CO2 and Methane emissions, etc). Better to stop drinking cows milk, (your not a baby cow are you?), which will have a way bigger impact. Or they could start distributing plantbased "milks". Then it would be a real win.
UK milk delivery service orders 200 electric StreetScooter delivery trucks
Milk & More, Britain’s largest milk delivery service has purchased 200 electric StreetScooters (earlier post). The £6.5-million (US$9.1-million) investment in the StreetScooters makes the business one of the largest operators of electric vehicles in the country. The new electric fleet is the...
China also has a population 4.25 times that of the USA, no surprise they sell more electrified vehicles.
DOE: China’s plug-in vehicle sales more than 2.8x that of the US for 2017; 2.3% market share vs. 1.1%
Total plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales in China were more than 2.8 times that of the US in 2017—some 555,300 vehicles in China vs. US PEV sales of just under 200,000 (195,591), according to figures from the US Department of Energy (DOE). Source: DOE. Plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales...
Again no mention of animal agriculture being responsible for 18 to 51% of greenhouse gas emissions (methane!).
"Drop the meat, stop the heat"
-Arnold Schwarzenegger-
UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement
The eighth edition of UN Environment’s Emissions Gap report, released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, finds that national pledges only bring approximately one-third of the reduction in emissions required by 2030 to meet climate targets, with private sector and sub-national ac...
Better is to use seaweed to feed people, than to feed cattle. And stop eating animals.
www.cowspiracy.com
Woods Hole awarded $5.7M for seaweed-to-biofuels projects
Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have been awarded $5.7 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Macroalgae Research Inspiring Novel Energy Resources (MARINER) Program for two projects that develop tools and technology to advance the mas...
And to think that animal agriculture is an even greater source of air pollution (methane mainly) than ALL transportation combined, including these ships.
You can't be "green" when you eat animals.
www.cowspiracy.com
IHS Markit: 2020 low-sulfur requirements for marine bunker fuels causing scramble for refiners and shippers
On 27 October 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that beginning on 1 January 2020, the maximum sulfur content allowed in marine bunker fuel will be reduced from 3.50% mass by mass (m/m) to 0.50% m/m (35,000 ppm to 5,000 ppm)—five years earlier than many expected. (Earl...
Who has 500 mile days? really.
charge at home and you'll have a 200 mile range. with 60 mph avg speed, that means you'll be able to drive for 3 h 20 min. A break would be nice then.
More likely, you'll drive for 2 hours and top up the battery, and continue?
I'd think the avg. person doesn't do 500 mile days... ever.
Chevy Bolt offers EPA-estimated 238 miles of electric range (updated with Opel e-Ampera)
When the 2017 Chevy Bolt EV goes on sale later this year, it will be with an EPA-estimated range of 238 miles (383 km). Bolt will have an expected MSRP below $37,500 and before available federal tax credit of up to $7,500. Plenty of range, cargo space, technology and safety features make the B...
there are 750 million people in Europe, if there are 1 million immigrants coming in a year, that is only 0.13%. Certainly we can help the people that have to flee their homes from the terror of AQ and IS.
What really needs to stop is this bullsnazzle over oil. But that is why we are here on GCC
Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?
by Dalan McEndree for Oilprice.com President Putin’s recent moves in the Middle East—to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria through deployment of combat aircraft, equipment, and manpower and build-out of air-, naval-, and ground-force bases, and the agreement in the last week with Iran, I...
The biggest source of man's methane production is that of meat, dairy and egg production. let's start there, because it will have a far greater impact.
Go vegan!
Researchers engineer first low-methane-emission, high-starch rice; benefits for GHG control, food and bioenergy
Rice—the staple food for more than half of the world’s population—is one of the largest manmade sources of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Now, however, with the addition of a single gene from barley (SUSIBA2), a team of researchers in China, Sweden and the US has engineered a str...
Hydrogen sounds very promising, however, when given the choice, I would rather use water for drinking water for those who need it, than to use it to produce a "fuel".
Water could become the new oil with high prices. And you can't just tap into river water, that water already has a purpose, to be a river!
We need to use less potable water, specifically: meat, dairy, egg industry uses a LOT of water. Go VEGAN!
Monash “artificial photosynthesis” system achieves in excess of 22% efficiency for production of hydrogen from water
A team at Monash University (Australia) has developed an “artificial photosynthesis” system that delivers the highest efficiency reported to date—in excess of 22%—for the solar-driven conversion of water to hydrogen. A paper on the researchers’s work is published in the RSC journal Energy & Env...
1,520 kg, 3,351 lb: Light weight???
anything under 1000 kg is ok to be called light weight, but this?
Magna unveiling lightweight plug-in hybrid sportscar at Geneva show
Global automotive supplier Magna International Inc. will debut MILA Plus, an two-seat plug-in hybrid sports car, at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. The lightweight (1,520 kg, 3,351 lb) concept vehicle, the latest member of the MILA family of concept vehicles (earlier post), offers an all-electri...
@Bob: "Audi produces the high-voltage battery itself" as stated in the article.
Mobile high-tech laboratory is indeed not the way to go, use the tech, NOW.
Audi to offer new R8 e-tron EV on request; almost 2x pack capacity, 280-mile range with new Li-ion technology (update 1)
Audi is presenting the second generation of its high-performance R8 sports car at the upcoming Geneva show, featuring new V10 engines, newly developed quattro drive, and a new multimaterial Audi Space Frame (ASF) combining aluminum and carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP). The top of the ran...
I think this is awesome!
First the delta-wing, which I really hope will return. Now this. Absolutely against the mainstream. GREAT. Needs more hybrid power though. be it electric / flywheel / hydraulic / air whatever.
Really looking forward to Le mans this year. Let's see what the other manufacturers come up with.
Nissan unveils front-engined, front-wheel drive hybrid GT-R LM NIMSO Le Mans challenger
Nissan revealed its Le Mans challenger, the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO, during a commercial break for Super Bowl XLIX. Nissan interpreted the sport’s technical regulations in an innovative way, producing a front-engined, front-wheel-drive car that is powered by a V6 3.0-liter twin turbo gasoline engi...
I don't like where this is going, animals are beeing exploited enough (too much) already. Now we will start breeding animals for "renewable" fuels. INSANITY.
"production" of meat, dairy and eggs is more polluting than all transportation together (planes, trains, automobiles, ships etc). And therefore an easy means to reduce climate change. Get informed.
Thai researchers find waste chicken fat a good low-cost feedstock for renewable diesel
In a study investigating the effect of the water and free fatty acid (FFA) content in waste chicken fat from poultry processing plants on the production of renewable diesel (not biodiesel), researchers in Thailand have found that both higher FFA and water content improved the biohydrogenated di...
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