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DOE to award up to $90M for integrated biorefinery projects

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $90 million in project funding focused on designing, constructing and operating integrated biorefinery facilities. ( DE-FOA-0001232 ). “Project Development for Pilot and Demonstration Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower” is a funding opportunity that will support efforts to improve and demonstrate processes that break down complex biomass feedstocks and convert them to gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, as well as plastics and

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2017 BMW i3, electric-car sales, VW diesel woes, charging-station funds: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

What electric car will get a 50-percent larger battery capacity for 2017—and a range of over 100 miles as a result? And, which completely non-green cars did we have a blast driving at high rates of speed around a Phoenix race track? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday.

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SAKOR Technologies develops innovative valve spring tester for SAIC Motor

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SAKOR Technologies, Inc., a recognized leader in the implementation of instrumentation products for dynamometer testing, has developed and supplied a new valve spring test system to SAIC Motor Corporation Limited. The new SAKOR test stand will be used for valve train development and testing and is expected to facilitate improvements in fuel economy.

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