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Automakers and utilities reach agreement on plug-standard

Just days after General Motors put out the call to settle on a plug standard for electric vehicles, it appears that an agreement has been reached - in Europe at least. The plug design will be unveiled at a German technology fair on Monday by energy company RWE. The plug design uses three prongs and will support charging at up to 400V. For starters, Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota and Mitsubishi have all agreed to the new standard. It's not clear at this time if the same plug standard will be adopted by the task force ... Read more →

SAE Congress '08: the problems of fuel cell commercialization Sebastian Blanco

There was a panel discussion at this week's SAE Congress that I couldn't pass up. Titled "Fuel Cell Vehicle Panel: Challenges Remaining for Commercialization," the session was a bit of a brainstorm ...

SAE Congress '08: the scoop on Emitec's diesel particulate filters Sebastian Blanco

In a back corner of Cobo Hall during the SAE Congress this week, we came upon the Emitec booth featuring the company's line of diesel filters. We spoke with Markus Downey, an application engineer at ...

SAE Congress '08: Q&A with Dr. Patil of Compact Power Sebastian Blanco

About a month ago, we spoke with Dr. Prabhakar Patil of Compact Power, Inc. about CPI's lithium-ion battery technology. We didn't want to miss the chance to chat in person during the SAE Congress this ...

SAE Congress '08: EPA rep says 75 mpg required by 2030s to reach GHG goals Sebastian Blanco

Photo by psd. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0. At the SAE Congress this week, the director of the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Margo Oge, said that in order to cut ...

SAE Congress '08: Watch out, Mexico, the military's got the HY-DRA 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge There are a lot of booths here at the SAE World Congress that's going on in Detroit this week that promote one county or another. Poland's got one. There's a French diesel consortium something or other (will be looking into that tomorrow). And then there's the Mexico booth. This ...

SAE Congress '08: Panel projects 20% diesel, 10% hybrid by 2020 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

During a panel discussion at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit today, a group of industry executives projected that diesel engines with grab 20 percent market share in the US by the end of the next decade. BorgWarner CEO Tim Manganello also projected that hybrid ...

SAE Congress '08: Mahindra Scorpio hybrid SUV on the stand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge One nice thing about cars destined for expo floors is the fancy paint they sometimes get. The Mahinrda & Mahindra Scorpio hybrid SUV has been given such a treatment, as we discovered at the SAE World Congress in Detroit today. We'll be sitting down with Mahindra later this week ...

SAE Congress '08: The climate of change in the auto industry 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford's Derrick Kuzak It's interesting how the overall tenor of the presentations and speeches changes depending on which conference, which collection of auto industry people, one attends. You'd think there'd be some consistency, but the reality is that the auto industry is mighty varied. We shine a ...

SAE Congress '08: MTU's Challenge X green vehicle coming to Detroit 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The three-year Challenge X program from GM will end in May with a championship announcement in Washington, D.C. 17 student teams are adding biofuel, hybrid, PHEV and/or hydrogen fuel cell propulsion systems to the Equinoxes. Before the student get to find out who's re-engineered a Chevy Equinox ...

Chrysler VP talks about fuel efficiency at SAE luncheon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The theme of this year's Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress is "A Climate for Change" and the host company is Chrysler. Chrysler's VP of Regulatory Affairs, Deb Morrissett, spoke today at an SAE luncheon in Detroit in advance of the Congress next month. Morrissett spoke about the new ...


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