Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new family of anode materials that can double the charge capacity of lithium-ion battery anodes. By comparison, realized capacity in a graphite/copper composite anode is only ~ 150 mAh g -1. —Kreder et al. Kreder, III, Brian T.

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Austin Lithium Ion Li-ion IDEA 150

Teslarati

MAY 27, 2022

For the first time in more than nine months, SpaceX has rolled a new Starship prototype to its Starbase, Texas launch facilities in the hopes of kicking off qualification testing in the near future. NASASpaceflight Starbase Live).

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Installation Engine Texas Grant 143

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2009

to build and operate a pilot-scale algae-based integrated biorefinery that will produce ethanol, located at Dow’s Freeport, Texas site. Algenol submitted its formal request last week to obtain a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for financial support to successfully conduct the pilot. an 80% reduction from petroleum).

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Building Georgia Grant Carbon 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2011

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. Source: FEIS, Appendix V. Click to enlarge. The NETL study serves as a key input for analyses conducted by EPA and DOE.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

Comparison of proposed Keystone XL route to previously proposed project segment. Oil sands surface mining, given the vast aerial extent of the WCSB and that mining recovers 100% of the crude oil in place, is expected to have a relatively constant energy intensity long into the future. Source: Draft SEIS. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate 250

Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

It employs approximately 350 researchers, managers, and support staff (by comparison, Bell Laboratories before the AT&T breakup employed roughly 25,000). As for the future impact of PARC research—the sky’s the limit. This is perhaps ironic, since one vision of the office of the future was that it would be paperless. “I

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Future Engine Personal IDEA 145

EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Being built at a new Gigafactory in Austin Texas, first US Cybertruck deliveries are scheduled for production late in 2023, having been delayed on multiple occasions. As a visual and performance statement it naturally draws comparisons with the Cybertruck. Will it come to Australia? We’re watching on with interest.

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