A newly established partnership will see CMB.TECH and Ford Trucks collaborating on the conversion of Ford F-Max trucks to dual-fuel hydrogen trucks at CMB.TECH’s dual-fuel workshop in Antwerp, Belgium. With a view to scaling up the concept, the duo’s first converted trucks are scheduled for delivery in 2023. Drawing on company knowledge, CMB.TECH will be [...]
BERLIN/BRUSSELS, March 21 (Reuters) - The European Commission has drafted a plan to allow sales of new cars with internal combustion engines after 2035 if they run only on climate neutral e-fuels, as it tries to resolve a spat with Germany over moves to phase out combustion engine cars. The draft proposal, seen by Reuters [...]
French carmaker Renault recently announced a partnership with Saudi oil producer Aramco and China’s Geely Automobile Holdings. The agreement outlines that the three companies will become stakeholders in a new company dedicated to researching and manufacturing internal combustion, hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrain technologies. According to the joint statement, Renault and Geely will each hold an equal equity stake, and the company will have an annual production capacity of 5 million engines and transmissions. Reuters first reported on the [...]
Germany’s Transport Minister Volker Wissing on Tuesday suggested that synthetic fuels should still be allowed for use beyond the 2035 deadline proposed by the European Union to ban new vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. “Now the European Commission must deliver,” Wissing of the pro-business FDP said in a press conference, urging the EU’s executive to take a more flexible approach. His statement was met with surprise from the Environment Ministry, which stated that all ministries were in agreement regarding the [...]
The much-anticipated BMW iX5 Hydrogen models have been launched for testing. During the course of this year, the test fleet of cars will be deployed to numerous places around the world and be put to the test by different user groups. With these trials and demos, the development team will have the opportunity to obtain practical experience with the cars and explore the features of hydrogen fuel cell technology. Within the fuel cell, the hydrogen from the tanks reacts with the oxygen from the air to create the driving force. For this to take place effectively, a regular and consistent supply of both is [...]
All new cars and vans sold in the EU as of 2035 should not produce any CO2 emissions. What does this mean in practice? Check out our FAQ to find out. To reach its climate neutrality goal by 2050, the EU is taking action to reduce emissions from cars as road transport accounts for one [...]
JCB’s super-efficient hydrogen engine has won Dewar Trophy. Toyota Mirai H2 car will be part of the JCB fleet JCB is among the off-highway players that believe most in hydrogen. Whether it’s fuel cell research and development or a diesel engine converted to brown hydrogen. 100 million pounds for JCB hydrogen engines The British company [...]
Despite various Government legislation changes, Diesel-Gate and finally Government insistence that the industry moves exclusively toward Electric Drive Trains, we have been unable to commercialise any VNA solution so far. Whilst we continue to monitor the large engine automotive sector to achieve a successful exit, we need another, more stable and predictable marketplace of similar size. Following the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) decision on maritime emissions legislation, (see links below) we, in [...]
Like the previous economy test, the new WLTP procedure is lab-based but far more representativeof real-world conditions https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/dieselgate-latest-will-volkswagen-ever-come-clean/and general dissatisfaction with the real-world economy figures of new cars compared with their official figures, a long-awaited new emissions test came into force on September 1st, 2018. The Worldwide harmonised Light-duty vehicles Test Procedure (abbreviated to WLTP) is designed [...]
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The industry may be entering the age of electrification and automated driving, but larger numbers of vehicles using electric motors and driving themselves won’t slow the growth of turbochargers, says Craig Balis, chief technology officer of Honeywell Transportation Systems. The way Balis sees it, turbochargers complement hybrids that use a gasoline [...]
