Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Simulation of injector. Graphic from GM, Edwards AMR 2014 presentation. Click to enlarge. As part of its 2014 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge ( ALCC ) awards of processor time (totaling more than 3 billion processor hours), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has awarded 15 million hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Titan supercomputer to a project led by General Motors, and 17.5 million hours on Titan to a project led by ORNL with Ford and Convergent Science

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Tesla seems finally to have resolved its copyright issues in China. Thanks to a local "trademark troll," the electric-car maker was initially forced to sell cars in China with no name. The issue had appeared to be resolved when a Chinese court ruled in favor of Tesla, but then last month, the company was slapped with a lawsuit. Now, Tesla says it.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2014

'Emissions from diesel cars are unlikely to be significantly reduced by the introduction of new Euro 6 standard, according to new research. Nitrogen oxide emissions from new Euro 6 standard diesel vehicles are up to six times higher than the designated limit, research from Dutch consultancy, TNO sh[.].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2014

'Rusatom Overseas, a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, and CNNC New Energy (China) signed a Memorandum of Intent to cooperate in the development of floating nuclear power plants. The next step in the implementation of the project will be establishment of a joint Chinese-Russian working group. Rusatom is currently building its first floating nuclear plant, the Akademik Lomonosov ; the second of the vessel’s two reactors was installed in February.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

'Volkswagen of America, Inc. introduced several e-mobility sustainability initiatives to commence with the US launch of the battery-electric e-Golf ( earlier post ). These begin with an investment in carbon reduction projects via a partnership with 3Degrees to offset emissions created from e-Golf production, distribution and from the estimated emissions produced from keeping the vehicle charged through the initial 36,000 miles of its life.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2014

'Solaris energy tobacco is optimized for seed production for energy applications, not leaf production. Click to enlarge. Boeing, South African Airways (SAA) and SkyNRG are collaborating to make sustainable aviation biofuel from Solaris, a new hybrid tobacco plant optimized for seed production for energy applications. This initiative broadens cooperation between Boeing and SAA to develop renewable jet fuel in ways that support South Africas goals for public health as well as economic and rural

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2014

'NASA has selected four proposals for advanced Li-ion and Li-sulfur energy storage technologies that may be used to power the agencys future space missions. Development of these new energy storage devices will help enable NASAs future robotic and human-exploration missions and aligns with conclusions presented in the National Research Councils NASA Space Technology Roadmaps and Priorities, which calls for improved energy generation and storage with reliable power systems that c

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Cathay Pacific Airways has made a strategic equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy —a pioneer in the development and commercialization of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into sustainable aviation fuel ( earlier post )—as part of the airlines biofuel strategy and to help it achieve a target of carbon-neutral growth from 2020. Cathay Pacific, which also has an option for further investment, is the first airline investor in the sustainable biofuel developer.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Siemens and Scania have been conducting joint research into the electrification of road freight traffic with a focus on optimizing the integration of the drive system and pantograph into the vehicle and on providing the necessary traffic control systems. Copyright: Scania. Click to enlarge. Siemens will conduct trials of its eHighway system ( earlier post ) in California on a two-mile (3.2 km) stretch of highway after installing a catenary system for electric and hybrid trucks in the vicinity o

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2014

'UQM Technologies Inc. continues to broaden its global customer base, with a UQM PowerPhase electric motor and controller systems being used to power an all-electric mini bus built by Inter Tan-ker Ltd. in Hungary. This is the first all-electric mini bus to be approved for use by the Hungarian National Transport Authority. The Inter Tan-ker mini bus, equipped with the PowerPhase HD Select 150 drive system, has a reported range of nearly 300 kilometers (185 miles).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Houston-based Biofuels Power Corporation ( BFLS ) has signed a letter of intent with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (Africa) (Pty) Ltd and Liberty GTL, Inc. to build a small-scale gas-to-liquid demonstration facility in Houston. The parties have established a non-binding target date to complete installation and commissioning of the GTL Pilot Plant on or before 31 December 2014.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

'Sales of diesel particulate filters (DPFs) for trucks and buses in California increased at the end of 2013 and in the first half of 2014 compared to the first half of 2013, according to the results of a survey released by the Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA). The total number of verified DPFs sold by MECA member companies for in-use, on-road, heavy-duty diesel vehicles operating in California in the first half of 2014 was 5,780 (includes both passive and active DPFs).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

'Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has completed and opened 27 natural gas fueling stations during the first half of the year, nine of which are truck-friendly America’s Natural Gas Highway stations. In addition, upgraded equipment and additional compression capacity have been added to 10 existing stations to keep pace with growing natural gas fuel demand. The company announced additional fueling and station development agreements, including: Raven Transport to expand fueling agreement by deploying 33 ad

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2014

'VTTI test display for adaptive road signs. Click to enlarge. Researchers at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) are in the early stages of investigating the development of adaptive stop and yield traffic signs. The concept is to replace conventional roadside stop and yield signs with an in-vehicle display that would automatically alert the driver of what actions to take, if any.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2014

'FuelCell Energy, Inc., which designs, manufactures, operates and services carbonate fuel cell power plants, announced a broadening and deepening of its existing relationship with NRG Energy including a $35.0-million investment in FuelCell Energy common stock by NRG Energy and the establishment of a new $40.0-million revolving construction and term loan facility by NRG Energy for FuelCell Energy to use for project development.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. announced that its 50-50 joint venture with Imperial Oil Limited has entered into additional firm take or pay agreements with strong, credit-worthy oil company majors sufficient to allow a planned expansion project to move forward by adding incremental capacity of 110,000 barrels per day (bpd) at the Edmonton Rail Terminal, Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada. ( Earlier post.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Fords 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine is powering 1 in 5 of the new Fords sold in Europe in the first half of this year, according to Ford figures. From January through June 2014, Ford sold approximately 120,000 1.0-liter EcoBoost vehicles, compared with 104,000 during the first six months of 2013—an increase of more than 15%. For the first half of 2014, 1.0-liter EcoBoost models made up 47% of all B-MAX multi-activity vehicles sold, 33% of Focus sales, and 30% of Fiesta sales.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2014

'Concept of hydrogen generation, storage and release using LOHCs. Click to enlarge. South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum, the world’s largest primary producer of platinum, launched a field trial of a methanol-fueled home generator system in an off-grid residential application. Ballard and Anglo American Platinum have partnered with Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, and The Department of Energy of South Africa to conduct the 12-month field trial.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

'A Kickstarter project is seeking $25,000 in funding for the development of a roof-mounted 8 GGE CNG-tank case for light-duty bi-fuel vehicles. Inventor Richard Wallace is seeking to co-fund its development with a matching $35,000 grant from the state of Pennsylvania. (Wallace is putting in the first $10k.). For my next personal daily driver, I want a bi-fuel ride—both gasohol (E10) & CNG fueled.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2014

'In a paper in the Journal of Power Sources , Yu-Sheng Su and Arumugam Manthiram from the University of Texas report that a composite cathode material of titanium disulfide (TiS 2 ) and sulfur delivered 252 mAh g ?1 more than that of pristine sulfur cathode (1334 mAh g ?1 vs. 1082 mAh g ?1 ). The increased capacity is not only due to the contribution by TiS 2 itself but also due to a better active-material dispersion and utilization, they found.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

'SG Preston (SGP) announced the planned development of a 120-million gallon per year renewable diesel facility in Lawrence County, Ohio. The SGP South Point facility will have a total investment of $400 million and reportedly will use Honeywell’s UOP technology. Pre-engineering studies for the facility are expected to begin in September 2014, with commercial operations targeted for 2017.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2014

'In a recent survey, the majority of responding drivers from the US, the UK and Australia, the majority responding indicated that they had a positive initial impression of self-driving-vehicle technology, and had high expectations about the benefits. However, according to Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), the respondents also expressed high levels of concern about riding in vehicles equipped with this technology; secu

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2014

'CD-adapco announced the successful completion of a project to develop advanced Li-ion battery stimulation tools to enable faster design and development of advanced electric drive vehicle power systems. This project, which began in August 2011, was co-funded by the US DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office, and was part of the competitive Computer Aided Engineering of electric drive Batteries ( CAEBAT ) activity launched by DOE in 2010. ( Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2014

'Prestolite E-Propulsion Systems (PEPS), a 50/50 joint-venture between Prestolite Electric Beijing Limited and TM4 Inc., has received an order for more than 200 SUMO HD electric powertrains from Foton, one of Chinas largest bus manufacturers. These systems will equip 12- and 18-meter buses. PEPS has been working closely with Foton over the last 18 months in a trial period under which the SUMO HD systems outperformed the competition.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

'The tailings storage facility at Imperial Metals Corporation’s Mount Polley mine was breached , early Monday morning, releasing an undetermined amount of water and tailings in the early morning of 4 August. The cause of the breach is unknown at this time. Mount Polley is an open pit copper/gold mine with a developing underground project, located in south-central British Columbia, Canada.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) have been awarded $2 million over the course of two years to fund studies on hybrid fuel cells from the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). ( Earlier post.). Argonne was one of 13 projects aimed at developing new fuel cell technology as part of ARPA-E’s Reliable Electricity Based on Electrochemical Systems (REBELS) program.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

'The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new vehicles sold in the US in July was 25.6 mpg (9.19 l/100 km)—up 0.1 mpg from the value in June and just 0.1 mpg shy of the revised record value set in May, according to the monthly tracking report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2014

'A team at George Washington University led by Stuart Licht has developed a relatively efficient electrochemical process for the production of ammonia from water and nitrogen, without the need for an independent hydrogenation step (and thus the associated carbon-intensive steam reforming of methane as the hydrogen source). The process, reported in the journal Science , electrolyzes air and steam in a molten hydroxide salt with a nanostructured iron oxidederived catalyst (nano-Fe 2 O 3 ).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2014

'The next generation Chevrolet Volt will debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January, Global Chevrolet Chief Marketing Officer Tim Mahoney said today. Mahoney made the announcement during the Center for Automotive Research Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan. Volt sales were up 13% in July to 2,020 units; more than 65,000 have been sold since it was introduced in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

'During the Advanced Powertrain forum at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Steve Kiefer, GM’s vice president of global powertrain, said that GM will introduce more diesel-engined passenger vehicles in the US. For the US market, GM currently offers only a 2.0L turbo diesel for the Cruze and the 6.6L V8 Duramax for the Silverado and Sierra HD pickups.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

'Enzyme company Dyadic International, Inc. signed a collaboration agreement with Compagnie Industrielle de la Matière Végétale ( CIMV ), a developer of processes for the production of biofuels and bio-based chemicals, to commercialize second-generation biofuel and bio-based chemical technology. Dyadic utilizes an integrated technology platform based on its patented and proprietary C1 microorganism, which enables the development and large scale manufacture of low-cost enzymes and other proteins f

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AUGUST 5, 2014

'Rate performance of the composite cathode at different C rates ranging from 0.05C to 1C. Credit: ACS, Liang et al. Click to enlarge. A team at Stanford University led by Prof. Yi Cui recently reported in a paper in the journal ACS Nano the development of a three-dimensional (3D) electrode structure for Li-sulfur batteries that simultaneously achieves both sulfur physical encapsulation and polysulfides binding.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2014

'The US National Science Foundation has issued a solicitation ( 14-591 ) for up to $22 million in awards under its Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program. DMREF is the primary program by which NSF participates in the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) for Global Competitiveness. ( Earlier post.) MGI aims to deploy advanced materials at least twice as fast as possible today, at a fraction of the cost.

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