MathWorks is proud to announce the MathWorks Modeling Award for Year Two of EcoCAR 2! The award will be structured to provide a cash prize to the team that best applies MathWorks tools in support of the Year Two competition deliverables. The teams must demonstrate how they have applied the core concepts of model-based design with MathWorks tools t
Where Are They Now: University of Victoria’s Jeremy Wise
One of the students behind the University of Victoria’s participation in advanced vehicle technology competitions (AVTCs) is Jeremy Wise. In 2008, Wise and UVic professor Dr. Dong decided that they would apply to EcoCAR:The NeXt Challenge. Building a team would create an opportunity for UVic engineering students to get some invaluable trainin
Citroen DS3 Cabrio review
by Lem Bingley Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Good: Roof is simple to use and works at speed, cosy when closed, roomy interior Bad: Poor rear vision when fully open, a bit too much bodywork to feel like a real cabriolet Price: from £15,045Someone, somewhere, is having a laugh. The Citroen DS3 I’ve been loaned in the middle of an arctic cold snap is finis
Renault Zoe electric car review
by Lem Bingley Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Good: Keenly priced, well equipped, quick and relaxing to drive Bad: Limited range, unimpressive steering and lumpy brakes Price: From £13,650 after the Plug-in Car GrantThe route that Renault has carefully programmed into the satnav of our Zoe electric car climbs up into the hills above the town of Cascais i
Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid review
by Lem Bingley Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Good: Extraordinarily versatile, very comfortable and indecently quick Bad: Small boot, disappointing long-range economy, heavy and pricey Price: from £43,775 after a £5,000 government grantOur route this afternoon ambles north from Glasgow, skirting the scenic banks of Loch Lomond before turning east towards
Ford COO Mark Fields: electrified vehicles could be up to 25{a67b19a8e4041d6038457dec885576a947415db4780439943e8d1e22adc8777d} of sales by 2020
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Ford, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End I was fortunate to get one-on-one chats with two top GM technology leaders (John Lauckner and Larry Nitz) at this year's Detroit North American International Auto Show, but no other automaker offered that opportunity. However, while I was resting and enjoying lunch in Ford'
Q&A: Larry Nitz says GM “committed to electrification as a long-term journey”
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End Anyone who still doesn't believe that General Motors is serious about advanced technology in general, and vehicle electrification in particular, hasn't yet learned that post-bankruptcy GM is a very different company run by different people with a different set of priorities, most of
No emission 2014 Silverado hits Chevy showrooms
Big trucks are not normally seen as green cars. That is the case for the 2014 Silverado, the best pickup truck uner the Chevrolet brand and the best-selling ride at General Motors. Green car lovers might actually rejoice to know that a green, zero-emission version of the Silverado is already available. So if you want to get one, you really do not h
Q&A: John Lauckner, General Motors chief technology officer
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, At Witz End John Lauckner, one of the masterminds behind General Motors' breakthrough Chevrolet Volt EREV, has a full bag of big responsibilities these days that he calls the "technology trifecta." First, he is GM's chief technology officer. Second, he's R&D vice
Lexus gives LF-CC a green light
The sleek LF-CC coupe by Lexus was first unveiled during the auto show in Paris last September. Just recently, Lexus announced during the motor show in Los Angeles that the LF-CC will head into production by 2015. Reports say that the carmaker has assigned an engineer to lead the project and look into the production engineering starting 2013. Accor
Honda set to release Hybrid Accord by 2015 in the United States?
It seems Honda is planning to move the production of the hybrid version of the Accord to the U.S. by 2015. A plug-in hybrid Accord assembled in Japan will be marketed in the U.S. by next year while it will be followed by a regular hybrid version before the end of 2013. The Accord Hybrid will be exclusively built in Japan but this may change by 2015
A lot of Leafs blowing around my LA neighborhood
The perfect plug-in for city folk? Where a plug-in electric car makes a lot of sense So, a new Chevy Volt ad finds the Volt telling its gas-guzzling parents that it’s electric. Even when the Volt is at the gas station converting gasoline into electricity, I wonder? Maybe. Nevertheless, it’s this EV focus that makes it so interesting how
Why does everyone lie about fuel economy?
40 mpgs in the real world? LOL! Of course consumers want a 60 mpg truck that costs the same as a 15 mpg truck The other day on GreenCarCongress I came across the latest Consumer Federation of America (CFA) study that suggests that the citizenry are on board with the government’s plans to increase CAFE standards through 2025. Comments to this