Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2009

Pininfarina and Bolloré, which set up a 50-50 joint venture at the beginning of 2008 with the purpose of designing, developing, manufacturing and distributing an electric car, displayed the latest version of the Pininfarina BLUECAR at the Geneva Motor Show on the Véhicules Électriques Pininfarina-Bolloré stand. The BLUECAR. Click to enlarge.

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Pininfarina Polymer Recharge Solar 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2010

Other research has shown the efficacy of ozonolysis pretreatment in degrading the lignin polymer but also slightly solubilizing hemicellulose content of lignocellulosic biomass. Anushadevi Panneerselvam, Ratna Sharma-Shivappa, Praveen Kolar, Thomas Ranney (2010) Effect of ozonolysis on bioconversion of miscanthus to bioethanol.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Lignin is a complex chemical compound (a cross-linked amorphous phenolic polymer) and is the biomass component with highest energy content (9,000 - 11,000 Btu/lb compared to 7,300 - 7,500 for cellulose, Johnson 2002). The company plans to break ground on that facility during the first half of 2010. Jim Flatt, President of Mascoma.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Miljobil Grenland AS, the Norwegian subsidiary of Tata Motors, the company that bought out Jaguar and Land Rover in 2008, has awarded a contract to supply batteries for the Indica Vista electric vehicle project to South Korea’s Energy Innovation Group (EIG).

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Land Rover Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 36

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. awards are subject to FY 2010 to FY 2013 appropriations. Polymer-Based Materials for Harvesting Solar Energy. $16. University of Massachusetts. University of Arizona.

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Energy Energy Storage Conversion Solar 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

As Equus owners have enjoyed since its introduction in 2010, should a Tucson Fuel Cell require any service, a Hyundai dealer will pick up the vehicle and provide a loaner, then return their car after service to their home or business, at no charge. Honda’s current fuel cell-electric vehicle, the FCX Clarity, launched in July 2008.

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Tucson Honda Hyundai Concept 324

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

GM’s plastic post-isolation for automotive HVAC blower motors, featured in the 2010 Camaro, uses an integrally molded plastic mount instead of multiple rubber isolators to soften and quiet HVAC fan-motor vibrations, resulting in significant reductions in cost and development time plus a quieter vehicle interior for consumers.

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Design Engine Fuel Economy GM 210

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Leng says the journey started for him in 2008, when “I just serendipitously stumbled upon the fact that all the key technologies for making electric VTOL human flight practical were coming to a nexus.”. Leng started in his basement in 2010, spending his own money on a mélange of home-built and commercially available components.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. Hyundai will in months offer 2 models that will leap frog toyota and honda by years - it will be based on a lithium POLYMER battery thats lighter, cheaper, and maintains charge many times longer than NiCad batteries and all at a price half that of Volt.

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