Diesel Hybrid Electric Pickup Conversion Possible?
Electric Cars are for Girls
JULY 4, 2019
I have a 2007 Ford F250 crew cab with a diesel powertrain and four wheel drive. I would like to do either a hybrid CNG or hybrid electric conversion.
Omnitek selects DD 12.7L Series 60 and Cat C15 engine models for diesel-to-gas conversion project at Port of Seattle
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 4, 2013
L Detroit Diesel Series 60 and the Caterpillar C15 engine models for the beginning of the second phase of a Puget Sound Clean Air Agency pilot project , which includes the development of diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion kits for these engine models and obtaining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval. Earlier post.).
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Skygo receives EPA approval for dual fuel conversions of Cummins ISX engines
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
Skygo Fuel Systems ’ latest dual fuel (natural gas/diesel) conversion system has been approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The dual fuel system is available as an aftermarket upgrade for 2007 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines.
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End of an era: Mitsubishi likely to stop making the i-MiEV electric car
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 4, 2020
It was intended to be mass-produced, not a simple conversion, and widely available (at least in some markets). Although first put in test fleets in 2007. The Mitsubishi i-MiEV was, by many assessments, a pioneer as a dedicated electric vehicle.
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Omnitek Engineering selected for diesel-to-gas drayage truck conversion demo at Port of Seattle
Green Car Congress
JULY 11, 2013
Omnitek Engineering has been selected by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency for a pilot project to demonstrate its diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion technology for drayage trucks serving the Port of Seattle, Washington, in support of the Port’s Clean Truck Program.
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EPA updates rules to ease commercialization of alternative fuel conversion systems
Green Car Congress
MARCH 30, 2011
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules making it easier for manufacturers to sell fuel conversion systems—i.e., The updated final rule covers alternative fuel conversion of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines. Overview of Program Elements. Compliance submission.
ORNL team discovers mechanism behind direct ethanol-to-hydrocarbon conversion; implications for energy efficiency and cost of upgrading
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
Uncovering the mechanism behind the reaction helps support the potential economic viability of ORNL’s own direct biofuel-to-hydrocarbon conversion approach. This has renewed interest in the conversion of ethanol to hydrocarbon blend-stock and other industrial chemicals. The mechanism of ethanol conversion is still being debated. …
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EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2010
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems. The proposed rule would cover conversions of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, and would apply to all clean alternative fuels. Vehicle/Engine Age. Applicability.
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Paxocean, Hong Lam Marine and Bureau Veritas partner to develop design for ammonia bunker vessel
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 17, 2022
First established in 2007 in Singapore, PaxOcean offers a wide range of services covering integrated solutions, newbuilding, module fabrication, green recycling, repairs and conversion of conventional and renewable energy assets.
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Canada backs demonstration-scale algal biorefinery project in the oil sands; Algal Carbon Conversion
Green Car Congress
MAY 19, 2013
The Algal Carbon Conversion (ACC) Pilot Project is a partnership among the National Research Council of Canada (NRC); Canadian Natural Resources Limited, one of the largest independent crude oil and natural gas producers in Canada; and Pond Biofuels. Pond Biofuels’ validation facility at St Marys Cement kiln in Ontario. Click to enlarge.
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Study: Bio-Based Plastics Could Ultimately Replace Up to 90% of Total Global Consumption of Plastics in 2007
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2009
Replacement of up to 90% (270 Mt) of the total global consumption of plastics in 2007 with bio-based plastics is ultimately technically possible, according to new study by authors at Utrecht University, commissioned by the associations European Bioplastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE). Mt in 2007 to 2.33
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UGA team develops method for genetic engineering of Caldicellulosiruptor thermophilic bacteria; another pathway for efficient conversion of biomass to fuels and chemicals
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 24, 2012
Current methods for the use of lignocellulosic biomass as a substrate for microbial conversion to products of interest rely on pretreatment of the biomass with acids, alkali or organic solvents, often at high temperature and the addition of hydrolytic enzymes that partially digest the plant cell walls.
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New University of Cambridge laboratory focusing on next-generation energy storage and conversion
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2011
The laboratory will explore harnessing materials for energy storage and conversion in an effort to develop the next generation of batteries and fuel cells. The University of Cambridge’s Department of Chemistry recently opened the new Todd-Hamied Laboratory.
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186 Catilin Contributes Key Extraction, Sequestration and Conversion Technologies to NAABB Consortium Developing Algal Biofuels
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 15, 2010
Catilin and its partner, Iowa State University - Center for Catalysis (ISU-CCAT), will provide key extraction, sequestration and conversion technologies. Catilin, Inc., a biofuels catalyst technology company ( earlier post ), will embark a $5.3 Earlier post.).
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My 2007 Dream Project
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
OCTOBER 12, 2006
Since I live in Portland, Oregon, I went to a meeting with the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association and found out about several companies that provided drop-in electric conversion kits for existing cars. I'm currently working with Craig Loughlin out at Camp914 to purchase a 1976 Porsche 914 for the conversion.
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Think and Ener1 Supplying Electric Drivetrains and Battery Packs to Japan Post for EV Conversions; Potential New Line of Business
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2009
Electric vehicle manufacturer Think Global and Ener1, one of its battery partners, are supplying a fully integrated electric drivetrain powered by a lithium-ion battery system to Japan Post for the conversion of delivery vehicles as part of a comprehensive road-testing program. Tags: Conversions Electric (Battery) Fleets Japan.
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Electron sandwich doubles thermoelectric performance
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2018
Conceptual drawing of the superlattice in which spread electrons are confined to a narrow space to enhance thermoelectric conversion. One way to address this problem is to convert the wasted heat into electricity, known as thermoelectric energy conversion. This method yielded higher voltage but did not improve conversion rates.
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Saying Goodbye to my 2007 Dream Project
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
FEBRUARY 8, 2009
Best wishes to all doing EV conversions. I'm still active on the 914ev Google Group answering questions, so I'm not completely disconnected. Farewell 914EV. I learned more than I ever expected. Cheers, Tim.
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Puget Sound Clean Air Agency soliciting proposals for heavy-duty engine upgrade technologies
Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2013
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is soliciting proposals from qualified bidders to test engine upgrade and conversion technologies on older heavy-duty diesel trucks. The 2007 EPA heavy-duty compression ignition emission standard limits particulate emissions (PM) to 0.01 grams per brake horsepower-hour. grams per brake horsepower-hour.
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Enerkem receives approval from EPA for municipal-waste-to-cellulosic-ethanol fuel
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Under the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, 16 billion gallons of cellulosic biofuels are to be blended in the conventional transportation fuel pool by 2022. Enerkem is now registered for D3 Renewable identification numbers (RINs) credits.
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Success!!! The Ban on EV Conversions in Ontario, Canada is Over!!!
DIY Electric Car
JULY 15, 2010
The Ban on EV Conversions is Over!!! Yesterday (June 7, 2010), Electric Mobility Canada sent out an e-mail advising its Ontario members that MTO has lifted the ban, and has implemented an interim solution for the licensing of electric vehicle conversions. "EV conversions are: ? Ontario's Ban on Electric Cars.
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100 Roskill forecasts increasing dependence of Li market on batteries; switch from portable electronics to hybrids
Green Car Congress
MAY 20, 2013
Batteries accounted for 27% of global lithium consumption in 2012, up from 15% in 2007 and 8% in 2002. This is below the 2007 peak of US$6,500/t, but well above the US$2,000-3,000/t levels seen in the early 2000s. Galaxy Resources commissioned a new 17,000 tpy LCE mineral conversion plant in China in 2012.
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Project LIBERTY cellulosic ethanol plant comes online; corn waste as feedstock
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
Developed with the support of approximately $100 million in investments and research from the US Department of Energy, the facilities use biochemical conversion technologies such as yeast and enzymes to convert cellulosic biomass into transportation fuels.
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218 DOE awards $10 million to 5 projects for advanced biofuels and bio-based products
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 3, 2013
Two of these projects will develop cost-effective ways to produce intermediates from the deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass, while three projects will propose new conversion techniques to transform biomass intermediates into advanced biofuels and bioproducts. This work will be performed in collaboration with TeselaGen Biotech.
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DOE and Air Force issue RFI on Mil-Spec jet fuel production using coal-to-liquid technologies
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, is directed to report to Congress on the feasibility of potential technologies that could enable coal-based liquid fuels to meet the requirements of the DOD consistent with the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Section 526 (EISA 2007 §526, Public Law 110-140 ).
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ULEMCo delivers first hydrogen-diesel dual-fuel refuse trucks to Fife Council in Scotland
Green Car Congress
MAY 23, 2016
ULEMCo, the developer of a hydrogen-diesel dual fuel conversion system for commercial vehicles, has delivered its first hydrogen dual-fuel refuse vehicles to Fife Council in Scotland. Liverpool-based ULEMCo, owner of the dual fuel technology, carried out the conversion: two Heil Farid vehicles adapted to run on both hydrogen and diesel.
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UAW leaders seek advice from Detroit 3 crops to start out bargaining
Baua Electric
JULY 12, 2023
However Fain is looking for to win again nearly all concessions misplaced since 2007. Fain has promised higher conversation than era leaders. On Wednesday, he indicated the union received’t pick out a goal corporate, as is custom, however would in lieu negotiate with all 3 automakers directly.
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Bombardier (now Alstom) to convert AGC hybrid trains to full battery power
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
One of our first sustainable mobility solutions was a dual-mode Autorail à Grande Capacité (AGC) train, designed and developed by its Crespin site in France; the AGC was the world’s first hybrid train when it entered service in 2007. With 2,473 AGC train cars in operation today, the AGC is the largest regional fleet operated in France.
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508 HR Biopetroleum buys out Shells share in Cellana algae biofuels venture
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2011
In 2007, HRBP and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the international energy company, formed Cellana as a separate joint venture to build and operate a demonstration facility to grow marine algae and produce vegetable oil for conversion into biofuel.
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236 Aemetis to license InEnTec gasification technology to produce cellulosic ethanol; coupled with LanzaTech syngas-to-ethanol tech
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2017
The gasification technology complements Aemetis’ current license with LanzaTech for syngas-to-ethanol conversion, providing Aemetis with a complete technology solution to produce locally-sourced, low-carbon cellulosic ethanol. Cellulosic ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 80% compared to gasoline. per gallon, about $3.00
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Unplugged Performance unveils first ever Tesla Cybertruck aftermarket wheel
Teslarati
OCTOBER 26, 2022
UP CEO Ben Schaffer was having a late-night conversation with Selipanov about design. The design dated back to 2007 and predated Selipanov’s work with Lamborghini, Bugatti, and Koenigsegg. The CYBRHEX wheel is the result of that late-night conversation. Credit: Unplugged Performance. Credit: Unplugged Performance.
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70 HELMETH project targeting >85% efficiencies for power-to-gas; high-temperature electrolysis
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2014
The HELMETH (“Integrated High-temperature ELectrolysis and METHanation for Effective Power to Gas Conversion”) project, coordinated by Karlsruhe Institue of Technology (KIT) is targeting power-to-gas (PtG) system efficiencies of more than 85% through better synergies with existing process steps. Power-to-gas (e.g., The 3-year, €3.8-million
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EV gateway
Electric Auto Association
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
They especially like the conversion vehicles because they’re different.”. This go-kart, Garver explained, dates back to 2007, when chapter members built and electrified a very basic, homegrown version after a founding member thought it would be effective to show at outreach events. “So Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I
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80 Albemarle expands its biofuels catalyst portfolio with Catilin acquisition
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2011
Albemarle launched its Alternative Fuel Technology (AFT) division in 2007. Albemarle has successfully launched eight products within its GoBio portfolio for first, second, and third generation biomass conversion. Since then, Albemarle has grown into the world’s largest supplier of heterogeneous catalysts to the biofuels market.
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186 Fluid thermal processing of Mongolian oil sands
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2011
Direct thermal conversion can be a more feasible process to obtain bitumen-derived liquid products from oil-wet oil sand, they say. Studies on the chemical structural change of oil sand bitumen are indispensable to better understand the reaction behaviors of oil sand bitumen during fluid thermal conversion and improve their performance.
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218 New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels
Green Car Congress
APRIL 27, 2012
Business-as-usual’ projections of future conversion rates, based on historical rates over the past two decades, indicate that 6–9 Mha of peatland in insular Southeast Asia may be converted to plantations by the year 2020, unless land use planning policies or markets for products change. Chris Malins. Soares-Filho, Gregory P. Asner, Simon N.
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314 Sekab and Dyadic verify commercial scale performance of new enzyme mix to breakdown cellulose
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
AlternaFuel CMAX is a liquid cellulase (carbohydrase enzyme) preparation produced by the submerged fermentation of Myceliophthora thermophila that can effectively be used for the degradation of various lignocellulosic biomass substrates for conversion of biomass to glucose.
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Worldwide Prius Cumulative Sales Top 2M Mark; Toyota Reportedly Plans Two New Prius Variants for the US By End of 2012
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2010
In 2007, sales in Japan represented 21% of all Prius sales worldwide and in 2008, 26%. Conversely, North America accounted for 65% of worldwide Prius sales in 2007; 57% in 2008; 36% in 2009; and 26% for Jan-Sep 2010. In 2009, that share jumped to 52%, and for Jan-Sep 2010, the figure is 63%. Click to enlarge.
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Royal DSM and Rostekhnologii to cooperate on cellulosic biotechnology and functional materials
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2013
DSM and Rostec will explore a potential cooperation in the field of conversion of cellulosic biomass from forestry and agriculture to fermentable sugars for the production of biofuels and/or biobased chemicals as well as the manufacturing of bio-based products such as bioethanol, biogas and organic acids from sugars derived from cellulosic biomass.
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NREL and partners build pilot plant to co-process biomass streams with petroleum
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 14, 2016
This would significantly contribute to the Renewable Fuel Standard mandate set by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to produce 21 billion gallons of advanced renewable transportation fuels by 2022. There are 110 domestic fluid catalytic cracking units currently operating in the United States.
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150 DENSO partners with and invests in FLOSFIA to develop next-gen gallium oxide power semiconductor devices for electrified vehicles
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 5, 2018
Since 2007, DENSO has provided power control units (PCUs) for hybrid and electric vehicles. To use electric energy more efficiently, energy losses during the DC to AC conversion by the inverter must be reduced, and so DENSO is conducting R&D on low-loss power semiconductors.
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F&I places of work are dealing with extra money offer
Baua Electric
MAY 19, 2023
The Fed had stored its inside benchmark charge goal at 5.25 % all the way through 2007 till September of that hour, when it all started to fall to what would in the end be a 0-0.25 % goal via the tip of 2008. Conversely, the Fed’s goal charge had risen from 0 to 0.25 % from the beginning of 2022 to five to five.25
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EV gateway
Electric Auto Association
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
They especially like the conversion vehicles because they’re different.”. This go-kart, Garver explained, dates back to 2007, when chapter members built and electrified a very basic, homegrown version after a founding member thought it would be effective to show at outreach events. “So Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I
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Leyden Energy providing Li-ion cells with imide electrolyte for electric Dream Car
Green Car Congress
APRIL 17, 2011
was founded in 2007 under a uniform cell heat distribution technology patent acquired from chemical manufacturer Dupont. Once systems have been tested and perfected, the E2/SSI Electric Conversion Kit and the Interchangeable Leyden Battery Module will be the first complete EV conversion kit available for the public to purchase.
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