Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Lockheed Martin revealed yesterday that its Skunk Works team is working on a new compact fusion reactor (CFR)—the size of a Class 8 trailer rather than a building—that could be developed and deployed in as little as 10 years. There are several patents pending that cover their approach, the company said, although the team has yet to publish scientific papers on its approach.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Some home owners use home solar-power systems to charge their cars, cutting their transportation-related emissions to negligible levels. However, home solar charging really hasn''t entered the mainstream yet, with photovoltaic solar installations costing as much as $25,000 and local incentives inconsistent to nonexistent. DON''T MISS: In 10 Years.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the 5 winners of the 2014 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, including biotechnology companies Amyris and Solazyme, Inc. Solazyme received the award for Greener Synthetic Pathways for its tailored oils produced from microalgal fermentation. Amyris received the Small Business award for its renewable hydrocarbon farnesane for use as diesel and jet fuel.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Within the next two years, three different hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles will be offered to California buyers in small numbers. The 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell has been available to lease since June, and journalists will be able to drive the new Toyota fuel-cell vehicle in November, just before the Los Angeles Auto Show. That Toyota will hit the.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Clean Diesel Rebate program, public and private school bus fleet owners are eligible to apply for funding to replace school buses that have older, dirtier Diesel engines. Many of the nation’s school buses use diesel engines, which are durable and long-lasting. EPA has implemented standards that require diesel engines to be more than 90% cleaner, but many older diesel school buses remain in operation and predate these standards.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Tesla Motors and its supporters have rallied numerous times against attacks on the electric-car maker''s company-owned stores, but a Michigan bill banning its online direct-sales model has made it into law--almost. HB 5606 was passed early this month by the state legislature, with late language added that prevents Tesla from selling cars directly.
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Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'For more than a year, Tesla Motors has promised to open battery-swapping stations. It first demonstrated the technology over year ago, but little progress has been seen since then. Instead, the electric-car maker has aggressively expanded its Supercharger network of DC fast-charging stations. Apparently, though, it hasn''t forgotten battery.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Swedish and Chinese researchers have fashioned a novel nano-alloy composed of palladium nano-islands embedded in tungsten nanoparticles supported on ordered mesoporous carbon as an efficient fuel cell catalyst. In a paper in the journal Nature Communications , they reported that despite a very low percentage of noble metal (?palladium:tungsten=1:8), the hybrid catalyst material exhibits a performance equal to commercial 60% platinum/Vulcan for the oxygen reduction reaction in a fuel cell.
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'California''s rules requiring six automakers to sell specified numbers of zero-emission vehicles starting in 2012 have had a substantial impact. But a meeting to be held one week from today may determine whether required volumes of emission-free cars--likely battery-electric vehicles--are cut for a second group of automakers. The California Air.
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'For a long time hydrogen has been mooted as the fuel of the future for our cars. And yet a number of issues with it have so far prevented that future from becoming a reality. One of the major issues with hydrogen is that it is difficult to store; because of its low boiling point of -252.8°C, i[.].
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Internal combustion lays low today. We''ve got 10 questions on hydrogen fuel-cell cars for Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota, Tesla Motors'' first battery-swapping site, and proposed changes to California''s zero-emission vehicle mandate. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We''ve got more information on the Tesla Model S dual-motor all-wheel drive.
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Ah to be a Nissan engineer. What fun. You can play with the firm’s existing range and create your own vehicles to suit your needs. At least that’s engineers at the carmaker’s Technical Center in Stanfield, Arizona do. A team from the plant have been toying with the fully electric LEAF to creat[.].
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'In the interest of reducing carbon emissions to reduce climate change, regulators around the world are forcing carmakers to boost the fuel efficiency of their upcoming products--substantially. This requires investments in new technologies and production of more efficient models at a more rapid pace than some automakers feel is justified--and in.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'France-based DEINOVE and US-based MBI have formed a technological partnership to demonstrate the effectiveness of the DEINOVE’s DEINOL technology for producing biofuels based on lignocellulosic biomass (2G biofuels) using MBI’s AFEX (ammonia fiber expansion) pretreatment system. DEINOL uses Deinococcus bacteria to break down the complex sugars contained in pre-treated lignocellulosic biomass and then to convert them into ethanol in a single operation, replacing the microorganisms that are tradi
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Nissan Motor Corporation has begun testing in Japan of a system to use electric vehicle technology to help power grids cope with peaks in demand. Nissan is using Nissan LEAF EVs paired with the LEAF to Home power supply system ( earlier post ) for demand response testing at several of its sales outlets run by subsidiary Kanagawa Nissan Co., Ltd. to assess the effectiveness of EV batteries when used for energy management.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2014
'Vanner introduced its next-generation Increased Accessory Power II (IAP II) component system at this year’s APTA Expo conference in Houston, Texas. IAP II is a customizable electric distribution platform that provides power distribution from the hybrid system to accessory components such as electric air conditioning systems, electric air compressors and electric power steering systems.
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