Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Establish Fuel and Feedstock Accounting Standards (FFAS) for rating fuels and feedstocks based on uncapped GHG emissions throughout their supply chains; while voluntary, FFAS ratings would provide a way to reduce refiners’ allowance requirements as defined by Part (1).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

The AuraGen power system is able to supply simultaneous DC and AC power without interruption; power from both the generator source and a battery source during times of high power demand; real-time battery temperature monitoring, with adjustment of charging rate; and seamless power with the engine off. Conduction paths and current flow.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2009

Proposed by John Heywood and colleagues at MIT in 2005, the basic premise of E85 boosting is that ethanol (or other lower alcohols) suppresses knock due to the large evaporative cooling effect it has on the air-fuel mixture when injected directly into the cylinder, supplemented by ethanol’s inherent high octane number. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

In a paper presented at the Materials Research Society Symposium in 2005, South et al. The new material under development by the Imperial-led team could be charged by plugging a hybrid car into household power supply, the researchers say. South, Robert H. Carter, James F. Snyder, Corydon D. Hilton, Daniel J. O’Brien, and Eric D.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Unlike the predecessor engine used through 2005 in the Audi A2, the new 1.4 Only the head loop, which also supplies the heat exchanger for the cabin heater, is active here. This thermal management concept quickly brings the 1.4 The stroke of 95.5 millimeters (3.8 in) is taken from the 2.0 millimeters (3.2 Cylinder spacing is 88.0

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2010

Audi presented the A8 parallel hybrid as a technology concept at the Geneva Motor Show. TFSI—which has been named “Engine of the Year” five times in a row since 2005—combines direct fuel injection with turbocharging and the AVS Audi valvelift system, which regulates the valve lift in two stages. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

The battery pack, which supplies 40 kW of a 180 kW total powertrain output, utilizes a broad maximum state-of-charge (SOC) window ranging between 20% to 80% pack charge, with full pack performance available between 30% and 70% SOC. The 266V, 1.3 If pack temperature rises above 37 ºC (98.6 At 42 ºC (107.6

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

Based on the optimized more compact fuel cell system presented by Mercedes-Benz in its F 600 HYGENIUS research vehicle in 2005 ( earlier post ), the newly designed stack module is around 40% smaller, but develops 30% more power output and cuts fuel consumption by 16%.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

Researchers proved the feasibility of this technology in December 2005 with the unveiling of the first-generation turbosteamer, which was based on a maximalist approach: they designed a dual-cycle system. The primary element was a high-temperature circuit that employed a heat exchanger to recover energy from the engine exhaust gases.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

In response to a Congressional mandate in 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) convened the Committee on Transitions to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels to assess the potential for vehicle and fuel technology options to achieve substantial reductions in petroleum use and GHG emissions by 2050 relative to 2005. Major Findings.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2020

HydroWing, in partnership with Tocardo, introduced the THyPSO (Tidal Hydrogen production, Storage and Offtake), a concept that creates green hydrogen from the sea, contributing to the wider global decarbonization of energy systems. Tocardo’s technology development started in 1999; the company produced its first prototype in 2005.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The concept of harmonizing specific aspects of the LCFS program with other low carbon fuel standard programs has been of interest for the staff since the inception of the program. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). We developed the framework for the LCFS in order for it to be easily exported to other jurisdictions with only minor tweaks.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. This concept is often called “additionality.” Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.

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DIY Electric Car

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

For more information about the concept of Peak Oil please visit [link]. of the money supply. By 2005 the Fed Funds Target Rate was 2.25% and then by the beginning of 2007 it was 5.25%. All of the recessions listed above were caused by oil except the early 2000 recession that was caused by September 11th, 2001. tightening?

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A problem leads to a startup In 2005, Clark, Kagan, and three others launched iTherm Technologies in South Burlington. “It That problem was lack of power supplies robust enough to withstand the demands of high-impedance induction heating, on which the magnesium molding technique depended.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

This concept is often called “additionality.” EPA, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential in US Forestry and Agriculture (2005). Field-to-Pump” maximizes rural development and job creation while minimizing feedstock supply risk, the burden on local water supplies, and the amount of energy necessary to process sugar into fuel ethanol.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2023

Several states have enacted laws that ban, or would appear to ban, discussing the concept in public schools and colleges, and even private workplaces. When she graduated in 2005, the nonprofit hired her to open the Washington location. To some ears, it sounds like an attack on the country and the local community. or New York City.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

But abundant documentation in the form of lab notebooks, patent filings, government reports, and office memos indicates that a series of observations led to the concept of the microwave oven, not a single eureka moment. The book suggested using toppings such as rye or whole wheat flour to supply color, which seems a bit disingenuous.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

The EDI + GPI concept was proposed by MIT researchers in 2005. Gasoline for the test was supplied by BP Australia with a research octane number (RON) of 95; the ethanol’s RON is 106. Earlier post.). Existing methods of using ethanol fuel—e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro concept shows its grille at the LA Auto Show. ” By contrast, the two motors on the rear axle of the Audi e-tron quattro concept provide discrete control, one linked to each rear wheel, without the use of a differential. . Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The study— Transforming US Energy Innovation —also found that it is very unlikely that the goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 83% below 2005 levels by 2050 can be met without both the increased ERD3 investments and policies that price carbon emissions. billion, a 92% increase over the FY 2009 appropriations.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Limiting factor: battery supply. They will be supplied by cell plants not only in Lordstown but also in Spring Hill, Tennessee; Lansing, Michigan; and likely two further locations to be announced. In July, GM unveiled the Celestiq concept to the world—and confirmed very low-volume production to start in model year 2025.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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