Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

A new addition to the Kia model line-up, the Optima Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) will be Kia’s first plug-in hybrid for global markets when it goes on sale in the second half of 2016, offering increased battery capacity and pure electric range. Earlier post.). Optima PHEV. The next-generation Optima PHEV will feature a 9.8

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

The goal of the project is to continue to develop a circular carbon economy that replaces the petroleum-based chemicals in consumer products with algae-derived and biodegradable polymers. The ethanol will be converted to sustainable aviation fuel at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility, in Soperton, Georgia. Comstock Inc.,

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2015

Hyundai expects the 2016 Sonata Hybrid to improve fuel economy more than 10%. The 2016 Sonata Hybrid features a downsized 2.0-liter liter Nu GDI four-cylinder engine paired with a six-speed automatic transmission that houses a more powerful 38 kW electric motor and clutch where the torque converter would normally be found.

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Fuel Economy Economy Hyundai Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2016

The current method to convert plants into biodegradable plastics imparts heavy metals into the process. As part of the IBM Research Frontiers Institute, scientists are combining expertise in informatics and polymers, and other materials, to prototype systems to extract, organize, analyze, and predict insights from materials datasets.

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Polymer Insight Universal Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2016

Currently, carbon fiber (CF) reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are used to make COPVs. A primary cost driver of the composite materials and processing is the synthesis and conversion of precursor polymer into CF. Polyacrylonitrile (PAN) is the current state of the art precursor material that is converted to high-strength CF.

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Hydrogen Polymer Vehicles Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2015

Global Bioenergies, a developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, and Cristal Union, the 4 th largest European beet producer, have formed IBN-One, a joint venture to build and operate the first plant in France converting renewable resources into isobutene.

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Renewable Global France Grant 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Hyundai Motor is introducing a hydrogen fuel cell concept version of its H350 light commercial van at the 2016 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show in Hannover. The powertrain study shows the potential for the company’s advanced hydrogen fuel cell technology in the light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

In subsequent years, Kuraray used its proprietary technology in the area of polymer chemistry and synthetic chemistry to develop resins, chemicals, fibers and textiles, and other products for use in a wide variety of end applications. Kuraray has overseas subsidiaries in 19 countries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2015

Hyundai lanched the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle—Hyundai’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle—along with the hybrid version of the seventh-generation Sonata, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid comes standard with seven airbags, including a new driver’s knee airbag.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2016

The new Stanford approach was inspired by ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO)—an enzyme involved in the first major step of carbon fixation, a process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted by plants and other photosynthetic organisms to molecules such as glucose. Aanindeeta Banerjee, Graham R.

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Molten Salt Carbon CO2 Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The GDL in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell provides a steady supply of gas to the catalyst layers, which are located on both sides of the ion exchange membrane and which convert hydrogen and oxygen into electrical energy and water. —Park et al.

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Fuel Carbon Fiber South Carolina Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2016

The storage battery operates over the range of 220 to 460 volts—a 3-way DC/DC converter in the engine compartment equalizes the difference compared with the fuel cell’s voltage level. 3-way power DC/DC converter. One of the key features of the h-tron quattro concept is the 3-way power DC/DC converter. Hydrogen storage.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This in turn raises temperatures inside the catalytic converter, and over time, this can accelerate catalyst deterioration. In addition, excess oxygen in the exhaust can inhibit proper functioning of the catalytic converter and lead to increased emissions of NO x. Phase separation of water and ethanol from gasoline.

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Gasoline Exhaust Water Fuel 230

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The new technique, reported in an open-access paper in the journal Plant & Cell Physiology , could help lower the cost of converting biomass into lower carbon biofuels and bio-products. Lignin is a polymer necessary to a plant’s health and structure; lignin also permeates plant cell walls and surrounds the sugars trapped inside.

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Light Polymer Production Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2016

At the upcoming 2016 K Fair—the leading global trade fair for plastics and rubber—in Düsseldorf from 19-26 October, BASF and Hyundai will showcase some of the new lightweighting and high-performance materials technology that went into the car. The new i30.

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Hyundai Concept Motor Motors 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In nature, the resilient lignin polymer helps provide the scaffolding for plants, reinforcing slender cellulosic fibers—the primary raw ingredient of cellulosic ethanol—and serving as a protective barrier against disease and predators. The model, built using GROMACS, consisted of a 61-unit lignin polymer submerged in a 2.1-nanometer

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Water Polymer Insight 2016 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The US Department of Energy has announced the 2016 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Topics, covering eight DOE research program organizations. DOE plans to issue the full Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) on 30 November 2015.

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Hydrogen Engine Fuel Electric Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

seconds of the 2016 A3 Cabriolet (1.8 The bottom shell of its housing is made of diecast aluminum, the top shell of polymer. lb), the power electronics in the engine compartment, which include a DC/DC converter for connecting to the 12-volt electrical system, are compact and lightweight. seconds—comparable to the 7.4

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Audi Plug-in Plug Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2018

A) SEM image of the CNT membrane surface, showing CNT tips emerging from the polymer. It consists of a carbon nanotube fixed within a flexible polymer sheet and aligned so that both of its ends are open. Dr. Freeman’s research is in polymer science and engineering specifically in mass transport of small molecules in solid polymers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

Carbon fiber currently is produced by converting a carbon-containing polymer precursor fiber to pure carbon fiber through a carefully controlled series of heating and stretching steps. ORNL began accepting license applications in March 2016. Jackson and several of her ORNL teammates joined LeMond Composites in 2016.

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Carbon Fiber Low Cost Carbon Manufacturer 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Overall, the number of hybrid models on sale in the US has declined (from 47 in 2015 to 31 in 2016), but average sales per model has increased (up to 11,194 in 2016). kWh Li-ion polymer pack from LG Chem provides the energy storage. The Ioniq hybrid powertrain consists of a new Kappa 1.6 Total system output is 139 horsepower.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

Virtually all technology pathways that convert biomass into a hydrocarbon fuel require a catalytic process. derived contaminants and catalyst poisons and development of catalysts that are tolerant of those contaminants; Development or improvement of catalytic processes for converting biomass to biofuels and bioproducts; and.

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Waste Renewable Conversion Carbon 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Overall, the number of hybrid models on sale in the US has declined (from 47 in 2015 to 31 in 2016), but average sales per model has increased (up to 11,194 in 2016). kWh Li-ion polymer pack from LG Chem provides the energy storage. The Ioniq hybrid powertrain consists of a new Kappa 1.6 Total system output is 139 horsepower.

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Hyundai Plug-in Hybrid Plug 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. Their outer skin is made from aluminum-coated polymer and this in turn brings weight advantages. The plate has an integrated primary coil and an inverter (AC/AC converter).

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Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

kWh Lithium Ion Polymer battery is located underneath the rear seat. Finally, the engineers eliminated the traditional 12-volt battery to reduce weight, instead, utilizing the high-voltage lithium-ion polymer battery. A more compact, lightweight, high-density lithium-polymer battery pack with a 13% increase in capacity to 1.62

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Hybrid Chicago Plug-in Kia 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The system consists of two polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzers in series with one InGaP/GaAs/GaInNAsSb triple-junction solar cell, which produces a large-enough voltage to drive both electrolyzers with no additional energy input. The prior record was 24.4%. Jieyang Jia, Linsey C. Seitz, Jesse D. Harris & Thomas F.

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