Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Researchers from Japan and Mexico have developed a one-step hydrotreatment process over catalysts containing Ni-Mo and solid acids for the conversion of vegetable oils (Jatropha, palm and canola) to renewable diesel and LPG fuels. Jatropha oil produced the highest yield (wt %) of renewable diesel (83.5%), with 4.9%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2010

An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations has formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels. and demonstrations will continue both at Sandia’s facilities in New Mexico and at a power plant project site in Bakersfield, Calif.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Oshkosh Corporation ran two Light Concept Vehicles (LCV) through the 43 rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race course in Mexico, 18-20 November; one crossed the finish line of the 1,061-mile desert course. The LCVs are powered by the Oshkosh ProPulse diesel-electric powertrain. Tags: Diesel Hybrids. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

The Toronto Transit Commission , the third largest transit agency in North America and the most heavily used system in all of Canada, purchased ten Proterra Catalyst E2 buses in support of the transit agency’s goal to convert its entire fleet of 1,926 buses to zero-emission buses by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Joule has pioneered a CO 2 -to-fuel production platform using engineered bio-catalysts continuously to convert waste CO 2 directly into renewable fuels such as ethanol or hydrocarbons for diesel, jet fuel and gasoline. This cleared the catalyst for commercial use at the company’s demonstration plant in Hobbs, New Mexico.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Aeromexico is using a 15% blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel, produced from camelina using process technology from Honeywell’s UOP, on flights on its Mexico City to San Jose, Costa Rica route, marking one of the first uses of renewable fuels in everyday airplane passenger service.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

Under the agreement, Tesoro will purchase crude oil from Sapphire Energy’s Green Crude Farm in Columbus, New Mexico, which recently reached a new milestone: continuous cultivation and crude oil production. This begins the first step of a commercial relationship to process Green Crude oil from Sapphire’s future commercial facilities.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Joule, a pioneer in producing liquid fuels from recycled CO 2 , and Red Rock Biofuels, a leading developer of renewable jet and diesel fuel bio-refineries using the Fischer-Tropsch process, announced that they intend to merge. The company is poised to begin construction of its first refinery located in Lakeview, Oregon in early 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2013

to 2.0l); and EA 288 (MDB diesel engines). The engine is built in a new factory in Silao, Mexico that is part of Volkswagen’s ongoing $5-billion investment in the North American market. The Beetle and Beetle Convertible 2.5-liter The EA888 is one of the Volkswagen Group’s three major engine lines: EA 211 (gasoline engines 1.0l

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Joule and Audi AG have entered a strategic partnership to accelerate the commercialization of Joule’s sustainable transportation fuels, Sunflow-E and Sunflow-D, for the global ethanol and diesel markets respectively. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Reiner Mangold, head of environmental product at Audi AG.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Joule has commissioned its first SunSprings demonstration plant in Hobbs, New Mexico ( earlier post ), where the company will prove its scalable platform for solar fuel production using a fraction of the land and capital investment required for algae-derived or agricultural biofuels. The initial output of the SunSprings plant will be ethanol.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

Vision Neue Klasse Vision sedan On the heels of announcing its record year in sales of all-electric vehicles last year, BMW says it is now investing $711 million (€650 million) to convert its main factory in Munich to exclusively produce electric vehicles by the end of 2027.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2013

This includes determining the optimal operating conditions for processing algae crude oil into American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)-certified diesel, gasoline and jet fuel. Once the study is finished, the companies will work together to complete the EPA certification process to register a new fuel product entering the market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. In parallel with the e-gas plant in Werlte, Audi also operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, USA, for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in collaboration with Joule.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Phillips 66 plans to convert its Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse, La., Alliance receives domestic crude oil from the Gulf of Mexico by pipeline and US tight oil by marine transport. to a terminal facility. The refinery suffered significant damage from flooding from Hurricane Ida in August.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Current products include gas oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, and petroleum coke. In 2011, the Alon Bakersfield Refinery resumed refining in numerous process units to convert gas oil produced by its affiliated refinery in Paramount, California into finished fuels. The existing refinery has been used as a petroleum refinery since 1932.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2014

Light olefins are key chemical building blocks that can be converted into transportation fuels, polymers and various commodity chemicals. Audi is already operating a research facility for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel with its partner Joule in Hobbs, New Mexico. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

Tesla was rapidly expanding its reach and portfolio, and the Volkswagen Group — hurt from the ‘diesel gate’ scandal — had committed huge resources to pivot to electric cars. Currently, the company has 56 facilities, including eight overseas in North America, Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Poland and China, and presence in over 20 countries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. Using existing technology, we can convert many of them into plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. We can add carbon filters to diesel trucks to get rid of black carbon—soot, which is another global health and climate problem.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

If you want to heat up a space that is cold, there are a number of options, from burning a fuel to directly converting electricity into heat (i.e. To convert between the two, the ratio is 1 W = 3.412 BTU / hr. A at 115 VAC, or 586 W, which works out to a COP of 3.0

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2009

From 2007 to 2008, the share of ethanol in global gasoline type fuel use was estimated to increase from 3.78% to 5.46%, and the share of biodiesel in global diesel type fuel use from 0.93% to 1.5%. Recent estimates indicate a continued high growth. Lifecycle impact of biofuels compared to fossil fuels for different environmental pressures.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

Chevrolet will add a new clean diesel engine to the US lineup in 2017, featuring a B20-capable 1.6L diesel already proven in Europe and other global markets. The current Cruze diesel has garnered a loyal following among customers seeking strong, clean and efficient diesel. The Ecotec 1.4L will be assembled in Flint, Mich.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI, a highly efficient, latest-generation V6 diesel engine, delivers 190 kW (258 hp) of power and 600 N·m (442.5 Making their world premiere in a diesel engine are active engine mounts in the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0 The plate has an integrated primary coil and an inverter (AC/AC converter). litre V6 TDI engine. TDI quattro.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2015

US Patent Nº 9,034,629 , issued on 19 May, covers both the cyanobacterium and the process for directly converting CO 2 into medium chain-length alkanes (C 7-11 ), which are in the diesel, jet fuel and gasoline ranges. Examples from the patent document of pathways for the production of medium chain-length alkanes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2010

Getrag has begun series production of the newest member of its Powershift transmission lineup, the dry dual clutch 6DCT250, at its plants in Irapuato (Mexico) and Modugno (Italy). The 6DCT250 transmission will first be introduced in the Renault Mégane and the Renault Scénic and for the NAFTA market in the Ford Fiesta.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2011

In stark contrast to the complex, energy-intensive processes required to produce biofuels from biomass, Joule is forging ahead with a platform for high-volume production of renewable, infrastructure-ready diesel and ethanol at stable, competitive costs. Joule Unlimited, Inc., —Bill Sims, President and CEO of Joule. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2012

Green Diesel. The hydroprocessing technology used in the Green Diesel process—and also used for Green Jet—is relatively mature, Rekoske noted. UOP is moving faster commercially on the Green Diesel side, with the Diamond Green project with Darling International and Valero Energy nearly complete. —Jim Rekoske.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

A deployment of this scale would generate up to 625 million gallons (~15 million barrels) of ethanol or 375 million gallons (~9 million barrels) of diesel per year, while consuming about 4 million tonnes of industrial waste CO 2 annually in the process. —Paul Snaith, President and CEO of Joule. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2015

These efforts include fuel testing and validation, lifecycle analysis and support for Joule’s production facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, where demonstration-scale production of ethanol is underway. This product will follow ethanol to market. Joule’s CO 2 -derived ethanol will address a global biofuels market of approximately 1.9

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

The company currently has a number of projects underway producing or developing—with its different technology partners—e-gas (methane) ( earlier post ); e-ethanol ( earlier post ); two versions of e-diesel from different pathways ( earlier post , earlier post ); and e-benzin (gasoline) ( earlier post ). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2014

This clears the catalyst for commercial use at the company’s demonstration plant in Hobbs, New Mexico. Solar fuels company Joule has developed a portfolio of bio-catalysts engineered to consume and convert continuously industrial waste CO 2 emissions directly to transportation fuels. cerevisiae , E. reesei , etc.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2016

Researchers from the University of New Mexico, Washington State University, and GM Global R&D have developed a novel approach to trap platinum atoms used in catalysts, preventing their agglomeration and the resultant reduction of catalyst efficiency. This is the primary reason catalytic converters are tested regularly for effectiveness.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Volkswagen, seeing the hybrid as complementary to the Jetta TDI diesel in attracting different, yet equally fuel-economy-conscious buyers, is initially targeting 5% of Jetta sales in the US for the new hybrid model. The Jetta Hybrid will allow VW to attract new customers who don’t consider TDI (diesel) as a legitimate rival to hybrids.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Additional battery energy is through regenerative braking, which converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee factory has begun production, and soon will be sending ID4 RWD and ID4 AWD models to dealers in Mexico, America and Canada starting next summer.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), a subset of the PEV, uses electricity plus a different energy source (at present gasoline or diesel) to run its second engine.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It also appears that auto dealers may be able to convert the credit into a cash-on-the-hood discount for their customers. According to RMI, the new tax credit makes owning an electric truck cheaper than owning a diesel truck in most use cases, and urban and regional electric trucks will become cheaper than legacy diesels as soon as 2023.

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