Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2015

Global Bioenergies and its partner Audi ( earlier post ) announced that the first batch of renewable gasoline using Global Bioenergies’ fermentative isobutene pathway has been produced. The batch will be presented to Audi by Global Bioenergies during a press conference to be held in Pomacle on 21 May. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2016

LanzaTech has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off gases to produce 3 million gallons/year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Audi is celebrating progress on its e-gas plant under construction in Werlte, Germany with a topping-out ceremony. End products from the plant will be hydrogen and synthetic methane (Audi e-gas), to be used as fuel for vehicles such as the new Audi A3 Sportback TCNG. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2022

VW & Bosch team up to industrialize battery cell production in Europe. 5 Plus, Audi Q4 e-tron, Q4 Sportback e-tron, and the CUPRA Born in Zwickau. billion) to convert the factory into an exclusive EV-producing plant. 5 production starts at newly converted ICE to EV Zwickau plant appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Audi’s e-gas plant. Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Audi is presenting plug-in hybrid variants of the models A8, A7 Sportback, A6 and Q5 with an electric range of more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) in the WLTP cycle at the Geneva Motor Show. At the same time, with regard to recuperation, the drive system resembles that of the new battery-electric Audi e-tron.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

Audi A3 Sportback g-tron. Audi will introduce the compact A3 Sportback g-tron—which can be powered by the CO 2 -neutral Audi e-gas, synthetic methane generated from eco-electricity in the Audi e-gas project ( earlier post )—at the end of the year. The Audi A3 Sportback g-tron is fully bivalent—i.e.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Last week, Audi and its partner Global Bioenergies announced that the first batch of renewable isooctane—which Audi calls “e-benzin”—using Global Bioenergies’ fermentative isobutene pathway (sugar→isobutene→isooctane) had been produced and presented to Audi by Global Bioenergies. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

This technology has tremendous potential and needs to be freed from regulatory burdens and to be developed on an industrial scale to bring down costs. A pioneer of this technology, MAN Energy Solutions commissioned the Werlte-based methanation plant, in partnership with Audi, in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2014

Under the agreement, GBE will supply Audi with isooctane derived from isobutene produced at its new pre-commercial pilot system at the Fraunhofer CBP in Leuna. Under the agreement, GBE will supply Audi with isooctane derived from isobutene produced at its new pre-commercial pilot system at the Fraunhofer CBP in Leuna. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2022

Six models from the Volkswagen, Audi and CUPRA brands will now be manufactured in Zwickau based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). After Gläserne Manufaktur Dresden, we have now converted a second Volkswagen factory in Saxony to dedicated electric vehicle production. The plants in Emden (ID.4), 4), Hanover (ID.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Audi A3 TCNG for e-gas project. Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that “ The Porsche Mission E and the Audi e-tron quattro concept are nothing less than a quantum leap for our industry ”—both vehicles have an all-electric range of 500 kilometers (311 miles). Audi e-tron quattro. Audi will present an all-electric, luxury-class sport SUV in early 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2017

Researchers at the Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, with partners from the automotive industry (Audi, VW) and the petroleum industry (Shell, OMV) have launched the €1.46-million In total, 17 research institutes, 26 industrial enterprises, as well as three civil society organisations are involved in the P2X project.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

Incentives to convert owners of vehicles from a specific car brand to switch over are nothing new. The goal of electrification is to convert gas mileage into electric mileage – hopefully, electric mileage powered by renewable energy. If they already own an EV, there’s no work to convert them to electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

Global Bioenergies has successfully converted renewable resources first into gaseous isobutene via fermentation, which was then subsequently catalytically oligomerized into a mix of fuel-range liquid hydrocarbons, including iso-octane. Gaseous isobutene is one of the main building blocks of the petrochemical industry. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2018

Global Bioenergies (GBE), the company developing a process converting renewable resources into isobutene via fermentation ( earlier post ), and SkyNRG, world market leader in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), will collaborate to accelerate the commercialization of Global Bioenergies’ approach to process isobutene into a jet fuel blending component.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

Whereas the company’s primary focus has historically been to use industrial-grade or waste-derived sugars as feedstocks, the technological maturity of the process now allows consideration of a broader range of feedstocks, including non-biomass-derived sources of carbon. —Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Global Bioenergies is now entering the final phase of demonstrating its technology for converting renewable carbon into hydrocarbons. Global Bioenergies is partnering with Audi, earlier post.) It can also be converted into isododecane, a compound found in jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

In an event in Bern, Switzerland, Swiss National Council member and president of the Clean Fuel Now initiative Thomas Böhni filled up his Audi A2 with 100% synthetic diesel (Audi e-diesel) produced by sunfire GmbH to draw attention to the need to remove what he terms unjustified Swiss restrictions on synthetic fuels. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2015

Bpifrance granted Global Bioenergies a “Zero Percent Interest Innovation Loan” (Prêt à Taux Zéro Innovation) to adapt its isobutene process to certain specific industrial environments. Fifteen million tons of isobutene are derived from oil each year and converted into fuels, plastics and elastomers. million (US$1.6-million)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Global Bioenergies, the developer of a process to convert renewable resources into light olefin hydrocarbons via fermentation (with an initial focus on isobutene) ( earlier post ), signed a contribution agreement with the shareholders of Syngip B.V. to transfer all Syngip shares to Global Bioenergies S.A. Earlier post.)

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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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2018

Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler predicts that in 2030 some 30% of all newly registered passenger cars will be fully electric and 40% will be propelled by hybrid powertrains—i.e., 70% of all passenger cars will be using at least one electric motor as a source of propulsion.

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Plug In India

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

By Abhishek & Kamlesh ​ In this episode of Electric Car Watch, we will talk about the challenges facing electric car conversions and what the industry and agencies can do better to make it easier. Many of you want to convert your existing petrol/diesel cars into electric cars. Sounds utopian, right? That is a large market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2013

Currently, Volkswagen has 5 hybrids in production—the VW Touareg, the Porsche Cayenne S, the Audi Q5, the Porsche Panamera S and the VW Jetta—with the hybrid versions of the Audi A6 and A8 on the way, Schmidt noted, adding: In Europe first we launch the two BEVs, the up! DC/DC converter. With fuel consumption of 0.83

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The consortium has now selected the bio-isobutene process developed by the French industrial biotech Global Bioenergies for the conversion of wood-derived sugars into a high-performance gasoline. Global Bioenergies is also partnering with Audi on the production of bio-isobutene-derived iso-octane.( Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Germany’s VDA, an interest group for the country’s automobile industry, says that battery-powered vehicles are likely to see a decline from 524,000 units last year – more than any other European market – to 451,000 units this year. But peaks and valleys are par for the course in the auto industry, and EVs certainly aren’t immune to this.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

Power-to-gas, or e-gas as Audi calls it, converts surplus electricity into synthetic natural gas and utilizes the existing gas infrastructure. Alternatively, it is also possible to convert it back into electricity with the aid of gas power stations. Direct use can be made of natural gas in homes or to drive vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The analysts complemented this research with desk-based research of investor material and conference presentation from key industry players. CRU has developed a EV aluminum intensity model broken down into four categories: E-drive: encompassing housing for e-motors, DC-AC inverters, DC-DC converters, chargers, heat-pumps and reduction drives.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The research results are an important contribution to realizing highly active and stabile electrocatalysts for efficient electrochemical energy converters. As the world’s largest automotive supplier in the chemical industry, BASF currently offers innovative electrolytes and cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

The energy is drawn from the flywheel and converted back into electricity to power the traction motor, which helps accelerate the bus back up to speed, generating fuel savings of more than 20% at a significantly lower cost and weight (60 kg, 132 lbs) than battery hybrid alternatives. When the driver accelerates, the system works in reverse.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Audi is introducing a plug-in hybrid version of its A8 L luxury sedan. The Audi A7 Sportback and the Q5 50 TFSI e quattro and Q5 55 TFSI e quattro SUVs have been available on the market since September. The Audi A8 L 60 TFSI e quattro can drive on electric power up to a speed of 135 km/h (83.9 meters (17.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

founded in 2009 out of MIT ( earlier post ), is an emerging technology company headquartered working to develop the first fully active, regenerative suspension for the automotive, trucking, mass transit, and defense industries. Levant Power Corp., This effect is most powerful when the vehicle is traveling on poor quality country roads.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 2, 2023

While the Cross Country variants of the wagons had already been scrubbed, standard variants seem to be following them into the abyss — following the current industry trend of chasing margins, rather than offering a diverse array of automobiles catering to a broader clientele. is now absent the S60, V60, and V90.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

Amyris uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant-sourced sugars into renewable hydrocarbons for fuel and chemical applications; Solazyme has developed a technology that harnesses the oil-producing ability of microalgae to develop renewable oil products.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

million currently approved Euro 5 and 6 diesels in the country, according to the outcome of the “National Diesel Forum” held in Berlin today between the automotive industry and the German Federal and state governments. The automotive industry is also required to apply the European regulations concerning the introduction of RDE much earlier.

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