Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2021
Rice University scientists and their colleagues at C-Crete Technologies have optimized a process to convert waste from rubber tires into graphene that can, in turn, be used to strengthen concrete. The Rice lab flashed tire-derived carbon black and found about 70% of the material converted to graphene. —James Tour.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JULY 9, 2012
As Portland, OR gears up for yet another screening of Revenge, local EV'er and filmmaker J Bills recounts the scene at the Portland premiere back in November: Here in Portland, we still talk about the last time Chris Paine rolled through town with a movie; an early screening of 2006’s seminal “Who Killed the Electric Car?”
Green Car Congress
JULY 7, 2010
million to six research projects to help find ways of converting CO 2 captured from emissions of power plants and industrial facilities into useful products. Converting captured CO 2 into products such as chemicals, fuels, building materials, and other commodities is an important aspect of carbon capture and storage technology, the DOE said.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2010
ReVolt Technology, LLC, a company that is developing rechargeable zinc-air batteries ( earlier post ), has been approved to receive a package of loans and tax credits from Oregon and Portland authorities totaling approximately $6.8 Charging of metal-air cells converts hydroxyl ions to oxygen in the air electrode, releasing electrons.
Porsche 914 EV Conversion
MARCH 29, 2008
I spent over seven hours on my feet at the Portland Better Living Show displaying the 914. He's documented much of the work needed to get a fifth generation ('92-'95) Civic converted to electric. Yesterday was a long day. My throat was hoarse at the end of the day from answering the same questions many times.
Electric Cars are for Girls
MARCH 17, 2011
I get asked this question quite a bit: Why not take a light, aerodynamic hybrid - like a Prius - and convert it into an all-electric car?
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
The project will develop a new device called the Galloping Hydrokinetic Energy Extraction Device that will convert fast-moving river currents into an oscillating motion that will drive a dielectric elastomer generator (DEG). The goal is to develop an optimal generator for current energy conversion. DOE Funding: $160,000.
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