Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Farmbro is a member of XL’s Sales and Installation Partner network, the company’s go-to-market channel for selling and installing the thousands of electrification systems it has deployed in fleet vehicles throughout North America. Upon closing, the combined company will be named XL Fleet Corp.

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MARCH 2, 2022

Neste Corporation has signed definitive agreements for the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture with US-based Marathon Petroleum (Marathon). The joint venture will produce renewable diesel following a conversion project of Marathon’s refinery in Martinez, California (the Martinez Renewable Fuels project).

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JUNE 16, 2010

Alberta, Canada’s Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCMEC) Corporation is awarding more than C$37.5 ECB Enviro North America Inc. , ECB Enviro North America Inc. is a privately owned Alberta corporation formed in 2001 to design, build and operate biogas cogeneration facilities. million (US$36.6

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MAY 8, 2022

Livent Corporation agreed to double its ownership interest ( earlier post ) to 50% in Nemaska Lithium , a fully integrated lithium hydroxide development project located in Québec, Canada. Nemaska will further strengthen Livent's global footprint and is strategically located to serve growing lithium demand in North America and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

Despite the complexity, the powertrain is designed to be quickly installed by trained ABC technicians at their facilities throughout North America. ABC also liked that Lightning eMotors would be able to develop custom zero-emission repower kits for a variety of customers and vehicle applications, Cornell said.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Kia Motors Corporation previewed its global electric vehicle (EV) business strategy; the brand will launch seven new dedicated BEVs by 2027 across several vehicle segments. Over the same period, Kia is aiming for BEVs to account for 20 of the brand’s total vehicle sales in advanced markets, including Korea, North America and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2012

Waste Management also plans to convert its current commercial collection fleet to CNG as part of the company’s North American fleet conversion strategy. WM operates 17 CNG fueling stations in North America with plans to have nearly 50 operational by the end of 2012. This means fewer miles driven and fewer emissions.

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2022

. “We are committed to meet growing customer demand for green and sustainable solutions and achieve our long-term goal of net-zero emissions by 2050,” Executive Vice President for Corporate Development at Deutsche Post DHL Group, Pablo Ciano, said. Several of our divisions will thus benefit from this agreement with Volvo Trucks.”

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This US-owned and operated manufacturing plant in northern Alabama will be the first of its size in North America. Albemarle is finalizing the site selection for the lithium hydroxide conversion plant in the southeastern United States.

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JULY 27, 2011

Azure Dynamics Corporation has entered an agreement with Ford Motor Company whereby Azure will integrate its proprietary plug-in hybrid (PHEV) technology into the Ford F-Series Super Duty product line. The Ford F-Series Super Duty has a more than 50% share in the North American market. gasoline vs. diesel).

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

In collaboration with Keihin Corporation of Japan, a leading manufacturer of Original Equipement (OE) fuel systems, Prins developed an advanced sequential vapor gas injection system (VSI). million in new vehicle sales and conversions in 2020. Geographies. This is forecasted to grow to 1.4 CAGR, according to the forecast.

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AUGUST 20, 2015

This novel approach avoids costly, resource-intensive thermochemical gas-to-liquids (GTL) conversion methods, and offers a biofuel that does not utilize sugar or other plant-based feedstock. Conversion of methane to isobutanol provides economic and environmental advantages upon which the collaboration will look to build.

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MARCH 23, 2010

The company will be an engineering partner on each of six processes for biofuel production being evaluated under the program: fermentation, catalytic conversion, catalytic fast pyrolysis, hydropyrolysis, hydrothermal liquefaction, and a low-cost, one-step syngas-to-distillates process. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2012

SPX Service Solutions, a business unit of SPX Corporation ( earlier post ), and Aker Wade Power Technologies, LLC, a designer and manufacturer of advanced fast charging systems ( earlier post ), signed a letter of intent jointly to develop a new family of practical electric vehicle (EV) fast chargers for the global vehicle market.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Fifty percent of edge is now seeing AI as a workload,” says Pallavi Mahajan , corporate vice president of Intel’s Network and Edge Group. AI-generated content—such as a ChatGPT conversation or a DALL-E 2–generated image—can stall out from time to time as overburdened servers struggle to keep up.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Iogen Corporation announced that Brazilian ethanol giant Raízen Energia Participações S/A has started construction of a commercial biomass-to-ethanol facility using Iogen Energy’s advanced cellulosic biofuel technology. Iogen Energy is a joint venture between Raízen and Iogen Corporation. Earlier post.).

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JULY 21, 2009

The hybrid conversions were produced in Charlotte, N.C. The converted hybrids were developed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Eaton Corporation, which provided the hybrid-electric systems ( earlier post ). Tags: Conversions Fleets Hybrids. over the past six months.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Seven of the projects address the hydrogen and fuel cells research and development area including hydrogen production via microbial biomass conversion; low platinum group metal catalyst development for fuel cell applications; development of integrated intelligent hydrogen dispensers; and hydrogen delivery pipeline manufacturing.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Ford and Lear Corporation have introduced a new head restraint foam with 25% of the polyol replaced with soy. Seventy-five percent of Ford’s North American vehicles feature bio-foam in the head restraints, including the Ford F-150, Taurus, Explorer and Fusion.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Mazda Motor Corporation unveiled the all-new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV. Mazda announced it will offer the SKYACTIV-D diesel in North America from the second half of 2017. Mazda announced it will offer the SKYACTIV-D diesel in North America from the second half of 2017. gasoline, and SKYACTIV-D 2.2 diesel engines.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

BP Products North America Inc. In October 2007, the company pled guilty to a felony violation of the Clean Air Act and agreed to pay a $50 million fine for violations related to the explosion, the largest criminal fine ever assessed against a corporation for Clean Air Act violations. The plea is still under review by the US.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

metric ton reduction in green house gases per vehicle conversion, this has the potential to reduce more than 125,000 metric tons of greenhouse gasses over this ten year period. This minimum number does not include a premium that is anticipated for electric vehicles, so actual revenue opportunity would be more. Also, based on a 2.45

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2010

These activities will accelerate the ability to overcome several key barriers identified in the Algal Biofuels Roadmap, including: feedstock supply (strain development and cultivation); feedstock logistics (harvesting and extraction); and conversion (production of fuels and co-products). Low-cost one-step syngas to distillates.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation will begin offering retrofit versions of its Hydraulic Launch Assist (HLA) hybrid power system ( earlier post ) for refuse trucks later this year. Tags: Conversions Heavy-duty Hybrids Hydraulic Hybrid. The HLA system. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

The second tranche will be issued to allow Valero to maintain their tranche-one equity stake of 25% based on the conversion of any of the other currently outstanding Mission convertible securities. The agreement further provides a subsidiary of Valero the right to purchase up to 25% of Mission at A$0.45 The first tranche of 81.41

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JULY 15, 2010

BP and Verenium Corporation announced an agreement for BP Biofuels North America to acquire Verenium’s cellulosic biofuels business, including the facilities in Jennings, LA and San Diego, CA, for $98.3 This combination yielded an integrated, end-to-end cellulosic ethanol capability. Ingram modified the E.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

BP and Verenium Corporation have formed a 50-50 joint venture to develop and commercialize cellulosic ethanol from non-food feedstocks such as energy cane and energy grasses. Sue Ellerbusch, president of BP Biofuels North America. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 22, 2012

This project is led by Steven Holdcroft, Simon Fraser University, in partnership with Automotive Fuel Cell Corporation, Ballard Power Systems, Hyteon Inc., Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are being developed worldwide as clean energy conversion devices. GM Canada, and Hydrogenics.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Electrochaea GmbH, a European provider of renewable methane technology, has established a California-based US subsidiary, Electrochaea Corporation, to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its technology in North America. This gas can be directly injected into the existing natural gas grid or used immediately.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. infrastructures (e.g.,

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OCTOBER 3, 2009

ConocoPhillips will demonstrate new advancements that improve conversion efficiency and economies of scale for carbon capture systems at a petcoke-based 683-megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant adjacent to its existing refinery in Sweeny, Texas. Archer Daniels Midland Corporation. DOE Share: $2,696,556).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

General Motors presented an updated Viability Plan that accelerates and deepens the cuts in US brands and nameplates, dealers, manufacturing operations and employees intended to enable GM North America to breakeven (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry sales volume of approximately 10 million vehicles. Fritz Henderson.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Wessels Reederei signed a letter of intent with MAN Diesel & Turbo regarding the conversion of three of its fleet to dual-fuel gas operation. The retrofit enables dual-fuel operation and is the first such conversion of its type. TOTE ro-ro conversion in the US. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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JUNE 26, 2021

Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Northrup Grumman Corporation (Elkton, Maryland). Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin).

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JUNE 26, 2010

By contrast, making methanol, a liquid fuel, out of natural gas requires much less up-front conversion cost and could have an impact on oil usage and thus improve energy security, but would not reduce greenhouse gases. Modeling suggests that the integration of these markets would result in substantially lower consumer prices for US consumers.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

That’s progressive-corporate speak for charging vehicles when the demand for electricity is lower to ensure less energy is wasted. But we’ve seen some underhanded corporate shenanigans and a lack of support for these kinds of services in the past. & Smart devices have started to get a bad reputation in recent years.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Finally, lead-carbon batteries, like all lead-acid batteries, have a recycling rate of 99% in North America and Europe. However, unlike the other two cars, it does not have an electric supercharger but will rely solely on the starter/generator for initial torque assist on the engine.

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