#Plug-in hybrids

[autoapuntes]

Llega a Puerto Rico el Dodge Hornet GT

Con la combinación distintiva del estilo deportivo de Dodge y con el mejor rendimiento estándar en su clase, FCA Caribbean presentó el nuevo vehículo de la marca en el segmento crossover utilitario compacto (CUV) de gasolina más rápido y potente de la industria, el Dodge Hornet GT. El nuevo vehículo de Dodge también estará disponible de manera híbrida enchufable a partir de septiembre,…

[entertainment-and-you]

Volkswagen Unveils 2025 ID. Code Concept, Plans Electric Domination in China

Beijing, China – Volkswagen made a bold statement at the 2024 Auto China show, unveiling the ID. Code concept car and outlining a future heavily invested in electric vehicles (EVs) for the Chinese market. The ID. Code, a large electric SUV with a sleek, futuristic design, offers a glimpse into Volkswagen’s upcoming design language and technologies tailored specifically for China. The concept…

[jcmarchi]

Real-World Traffic Demo Reveals Energy Savings - Technology Org

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/real-world-traffic-demo-reveals-energy-savings-technology-org/

Real-World Traffic Demo Reveals Energy Savings - Technology Org

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers determined that a connected and automated vehicle, or CAV, traveling on a multilane highway with integrated traffic light timing control can maximize energy efficiency and achieve up to 27% savings.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers took a connected and automated vehicle out of the virtual proving ground and onto a public road to determine energy savings when it is operated under predictive control strategies. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

In a demonstration, a plug-in hybrid passenger vehicle in electric mode was driven down a busy corridor in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The test vehicle and the timing of traffic lights along the longitudinal route were controlled by ORNL-developed computer algorithms.

“The energy efficiency of the transportation system and the CAV itself were optimized by avoiding idling, hard braking and accelerating as much as possible,” ORNL’s Jinghui Yuan said. “With integrated optimization strategies, CAVs can achieve significant energy savings.”

Two control strategies were implemented on the traffic signals and the CAV and integrated into a cyber-physical system. They were first tested in a digital twin-based traffic simulation and ORNL’s virtual proving ground, the Connected and Automated Vehicle Environment Laboratory.

Source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

BMW i16, 2020. A previously undisclosed proposal for a successor to the i8 has been revealed by BMW head of design, Domagoj Dukec. The car appears to be a more production-oriented version of the BMW Vision M Next concept from 2019. The project was cancelled to allow BMW M GmbH to concentrate on the XM SUV.

[superfastdriver]

Lexus NX 450h+

The new wave of PHEV cars. The top version of the model - F sport is just amazing 🤩.

[lilac-hecox]

Ian's got a new car and is nerding out about it. (Also not blue???)

[audible-smiles]

we spent eight fucking hours car shopping today but have finally returned with a new (used) car. it’s nothing exciting (I wish I could go electric but it’s just not practical right now) but it’s a make/model I’m familiar with, it won’t make me completely broke, there’s less than 60k miles on it, and I got the keys before I have to return my rental tomorrow. there was a solar eclipse while I was car shopping. we forgot to eat lunch in between dealerships. and I am still experiencing The Symptoms. surreal day.

[corvikari]

oh my gosh I actually posted something?! Crazy :0

(yes I know the quality of the vid is 🐕💩 but I am in the process of fixing it)

[skylobster]

I actually side with Toyota on this one, in spite of my passion for electric cars. Both our battery technology and our infrastructure need to be improved before we can go with a 100% electric automobile fleet. Meanwhile, I prefer plug-in hybrids as a bridge technology. Our plug-in charges at home, and handles most of our driving as an EV, carrying about 1/8 as much battery payload as a similar-sized full electric. And I don’t require major infrastructure changes in order to take a trouble-free vacation trip. And at least 75% of our miles are pure electric.

In terms of battery cost and resources used, 1 Tesla = 8 plug-in hybrids, for the same amount of lithium-ion batteries.

Or for fossil fuel consumption, 4 plug-in hybrids = 1 conventional automobile (assuming most of your electricity comes from non-fossil fuel sources)

Or for purchase cost, 1 Tesla = 1.5 - 2 plug-in hybrids. (Some other electric cars are quite a bit cheaper though)

NOTE: These are my own back of the envelope statistics. If you take repeated long trips, or your electricity comes largely from fossil fuels, a plug-in hybrid may not be much help. But the pure EV could look even worse by comparison.

[bmwandbenzusedcar]

BMW x5 40e M-Sport Year2019

[autoapuntes]

Toyota hace inversión adicional de $8B a planta de baterías en Carolina del Norte

LIBERTY, Carolina del Norte – Toyota anunció una nueva inversión de casi $8 mil millones que agregará aproximadamente 3,000 puestos de trabajo en Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC). Esto eleva la inversión total a aproximadamente $13.9 mil millones de dólares y la creación de empleos a más de 5,000, respaldando aún más el enfoque de múltiples vías de Toyota hacia la…

[mostlykind]

my new job is going to be hybrid and I have to figure out where on Earth to put a desk and monitor + laptop in our completely filled up home / room

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Nissan Epic, Era, Epoch & Evo Concepts, 2024. Presented at Auto China 2024, four NEV (New Energy Vehicle) prototypes. The two EVs and two plug-in hybrids, are a joint venture with local partner Dong Feng. The Epic is an EV SUV, the Epoch is an EV sedan, the Era is a plug-in hybrid SUV and the Evo is a plug-in hybrid sedan. They preview the future direction of Nissan's “In China, for China” strategy

[bakvrue]

ok fine i wanna know what izuku drives after he makes it to the top ranking uwu

Yall are gonna need one of these for all ur kids

But to celebrate getting to the top, and to drive to work he gets a green BMW i8 uwu

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

When tested on the commuter route, starting with a fully charged battery and driving in the mode selected by the PHEV, the Peugeot and the Renault emitted 1.2–1.7 times the official CO2 (33–50 gCO2/km). They still performed comparatively better than the BMW, which emitted over 100 gCO2/km (3 times the official value). Activation of the BMW’s “anticipatory” mode was needed (by programming the route into the satellite navigation system) to reduce commuting CO2 by around half to 67g/km (2 times the official value). The necessity to use the sat-nav to reduce CO2 to levels closer to the other PHEVs tested is not ideal, as driver’s may not use the sat-nav on known routes, resulting in unnecessarily high CO2emissions.

In city tests, PHEVs powered by the engine emit 5–7 times advertised CO2(..)

P.S. In fact, PHEVs are still ICE vehicles that still use gasoline...

[manualwheel]

Mazda launches plug-in hybrid variant of the MX-30