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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

REV, a Vancouver, Canada company that converts Ford fleet vehicles into highway capable battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles ( earlier post ), has become the first Hymotion plug-in conversion kit dealer in Canada. It is now offering the Hymotion L5 plug-in conversion system for Toyota Prius owners in BC.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Mascoma Corporation has entered into a feedstock processing and lignin supply agreement with Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), a division of Chevron USA, Inc. Mascoma will then convert the feedstock to cellulosic ethanol through its proprietary process, which produces lignin as a by-product.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

million in cash proceeds and the conversion by Total Gas & Power USA, SAS of $5 million from an outstanding senior unsecured convertible promissory note. Amyris uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant sugars into a variety of hydrocarbon molecules. The transaction included $37.25

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JUNE 30, 2015

and Total Energies Nouvelles Activités USA (a wholly owned subsidiary of Total S.A.) per share, with an additional $37 million of outstanding convertible debt being restructured to eliminate Amyris’s repayment obligation at maturity and provide for mandatory conversion to Amyris common stock. Amyris, Inc. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 14, 2010

We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. And the first plug-in cars mass-produced in the USA in a century will go on sale this fall. Using existing technology, we can convert many of them into plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

ABC Companies, a leading provider of motorcoach sales and support in the USA and Canada, has finalized an agreement with Lightning Systems, a Loveland, Colorado-based developer of zero-emission electric drivetrains for commercial vehicle fleets.

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JULY 8, 2015

Dawson (Eta Devices, USA): Resonate Award recipient for innovations solving key power challenges in the cellular communications industry. Milliron (University of Texas at Austin, USA): Resonate Award recipient for leveraging nanomaterials to improve the carbon reduction capabilities of smart windows.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

Going forward, the car will be built and sold in Europe, in China, and later also in the USA. Zwickau plays a key role in the system changeover to e-mobility: For the first time, a large car manufacturing plant is being entirely converted to e-mobility, with investments running at some €1.2 Following the ID.3,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

Sundrop Fuels will convert sustainable forest residues and thinnings as feedstock combined with natural gas into bio-based “green gasoline” by using a commercially-proven production path that integrates gasification, gas purification, methanol synthesis and a methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process. Sundrop Fuels, Inc.,

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DIY Electric Car

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

According to the Electrification Coalitions Roadmap, if the Light Duty vehicle class was converted to Electric power we would see the amount of imported oil go to zero. Start your Electric Car Conversion project today!! We hold the power to reduce future recessions in our own hands. About the Author.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

Boeing Australia represents the company’s largest operational footprint outside of the USA, with almost 3,000 employees working at 28 locations. Assessment of appropriate production systems and technology types that will match with local infrastructure.

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MARCH 22, 2011

The conversion of biomass to cellulosic ethanol is the most efficient and productive use of biomass to create a high-octane, environmentally friendly transportation fuel, according to a perspective paper published in the Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. Conversion pathways. Source: Datta et al. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

is working with CHOREN , a Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) technology company, to optimize energy crops for thermochemical conversion to advanced low-carbon biofuels. The results will be used to identify the most relevant compositional traits, and later, to select the plants and traits that improve conversion and maximize fuel yields.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

The Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH 2 ) is an advanced pyrolysis technology which utilizes low pressure hydrogen together with a proprietary catalyst to cost-effectively converts biomass directly into renewable gasoline, jet and diesel hydrocarbon blendstocks. —Nick Gerritsen. In July, PetroAlgae Inc.,

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Green Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

However, if you love skateboarding and thought of how to convert a skateboard to electric, there are DIY electric skateboard conversion kits available in the market today. Things to remember when buying skateboard conversion kits. The best electric skateboard conversion kits. Maxfind M5 Drive Kit. Mellow Drive.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

On-sale in the USA from late 2021, the Hummer lobs with super-expensive launch pricing and immense capability courtesy of a 745kW tri-motor powertrain. Since 2020 Toyota and mining giant BHP have been testing a LandCruiser 70-Series converted to electricity by Tembo e-LV locally. Less expensive and powerful Hummers will launch later.

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DECEMBER 23, 2016

Iowa State University will bring its expertise in biorenewable technologies and pilot plant operations to the country’s 10th Manufacturing USA Institute. The so-called autothermal process increases the rate that biomass can be converted to products, allowing construction of smaller and simpler reactors suitable for modular systems.

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JUNE 4, 2013

Using advanced biochemical analysis and X-ray imaging techniques, researchers from the University of York, University of Portsmouth and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the USA have determined the structure and function of a key enzyme used by the gribble ( earlier post ) to break down wood. —Kern et al. Marcelo Kern, John E.

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MARCH 8, 2009

It seeks to identify and evaluate paths by which biomass can make a large contribution to energy services in the USA and determine how we can accelerate biomass energy use. forest conversion) resulting from land-use considerations. Professor Lee Lynd, Dartmouth College. The emissions analysis does not account for carbon sinks (e.g.,

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Plug-ins can be moving the USA to regain its energy independence with good ole homegrown American, if not Arizona solar, electrons! Particularly to the Plug-in Hybrids Electric Vehicle (PHEV) like the Toyota Prius before them as well as converting internal combustion engines into pure Electrics!

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JULY 31, 2014

The JV company—Anhui M&G Guozhen Green Refinery CO, Ltd—will employ PROESA technology licensed by Beta Renewables to convert 970,000-1,300,000 metric tons per year of agricultural residues into cellulosic ethanol, glycols and by-products such as lignin in Fuyang City (Anhui Province, PRC).

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 2, 2009

EV Jerry” and the “Spirit of DC” Plug-In Hybrid EV All Around America educational tour are nationally recognized, because “Spirit" runs on electricity, and can convert to hybrid propulsion. Convert a car to electric today, or buy an electric EV next year. The "Spirit" is busy promoting plug-ins at America’s schools.

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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. In the USA, the demand is being driven by the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Thom Mason, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director.

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AUGUST 10, 2015

The projects will address technical challenges in three areas: advanced controls; crosscutting power take-off (PTO), which converts mechanical motion into electrical power; and innovative structures. ADVANCED CONTROLS. the Wave Carpet developed at CalWave (UC Berkeley). the Wave Carpet developed at CalWave (UC Berkeley).

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JANUARY 4, 2020

DNV GL USA, Inc aims to develop a new, corrosive-resistant, multi-layered coating (metallic and polymeric) used to repair and protect natural gas pipeline repair welds, to reduce natural gas emissions caused by corrosion. Modular System for Direct Conversion of Methane into Methanol via Photocatalysis. AOI 2A: Multifunction Catalyst.

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JULY 2, 2014

Hythane Company performed laboratory emissions testing at an EPA-certified testing laboratory in Texas on the Cummins QSK50 engine/generator set (genset) intended for subsequent drilling applications in the USA. These blends were patented in 1990 for spark- and compression-ignition engines.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The “smart” buoys, based on integrated patented hydrodynamics, electronics, energy conversion and computer control systems, capture and convert energy from the natural rising and falling of waves into low-cost, clean electricity. The OPT PowerBuoys are point absorbers, with a linear generator for a power take-off system.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2011

The Zero Mass Withdrawal, Engineered Convection and Wellbore Energy Conversion project will evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of technologies that circulate reservoir fluids to increase heat extraction. Terralog Technologies USA, Inc. Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), up to $997,000.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius. Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Adding up the savings Tapping into the commercial vehicle market with plug-in hybrids is a smart strategy for converting the entire automotive market to electric vehicles. The 100 m.p.g.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Conversely, high coating thicknesses for the electrodes produce a high energy density. Under a venture with the motto “From Road to Grid”, Audi is therefore currently working on a concept to convert old batteries into stationary energy stores. The plate has an integrated primary coil and an inverter (AC/AC converter).

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JUNE 11, 2009

That’s just not another expert Greenius opinion my friends, that’s what is going on in Gainsville, Florida right now after they became the first city in the USA to enact a feed-in tariff law. Convert your Prius to a plug-in hybrid and rock the world. Plug In Conversions Corp. NO PURCHASE!

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Bob Carter, Group Vice President and General Manager, Toyota Division, Toyota Motor Sales, USA has said that in the future, the expanded Prius family will likely outsell Camry. The new Power Control Unit combines the inverter and DC/DC converter into one unit. New EV and ECO modes added. Camry Hybrid and Prius family.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Ah NiMH battery and a variable-voltage system in which a boost converter boosts the operating voltage of the system to a maximum of 520 V DC. The 144V output from the battery is boosted to 520V DC maximum before conversion to alternating current. Click to enlarge. Maximum hybrid system output is 73.6 L/100 km). (The volts x 6 cells).

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AUGUST 3, 2009

However, unlike most couples traveling the highways of the USA during the summer, they wanted to do it in an environmentally-friendly way that would also help benefit charitable organizations and draw publicity to environmental efforts in each region of the country that they would visit.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.)

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JULY 17, 2015

There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today. In fact, the Idaho National Labs reported to the US Department of Energy that the present fleet of Chevrolet Volts in the USA has been shown to use about 80% electricity and 20% gasoline when averaged over the year. Already the Chevrolet Volt is moving us in that direction.

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