Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2010
To date, Ford Taurus, Mustang, F-150, Focus, Flex, Crown Victoria, Escape, Edge, Expedition and Econoline, as well as Mercury Mariner and Grand Marquis, Lincoln MKS, MKX, MKT and Navigator use the sustainable material. Soy foam is just the tip of the iceberg in the development of vehicle materials from natural resources. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2009
This application alone reduces petroleum usage by some 20,000 pounds per year, reduces CO 2 emissions by 30,000 pounds per year, and represents a sustainable usage for wheat straw, the waste byproduct of wheat. The 2010 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids feature 85% post-industrial yarns and 15 percent solution-dyed yarns.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 21, 2010
Ford Mustang, F-150, Focus, Flex, Escape, Expedition and Econoline as well as Mercury Mariner, Lincoln MKS and Navigator also use the sustainable material. The 2 million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles on the road today with bio-foam seats equates to a reduction in petroleum oil usage of approximately 1.5 million pounds.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2010
The US Department of Energy has selected six projects for funding that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers. The six projects were initially selected for a first-phase funding in October 2009 as part of a $1.4
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
Adding a metallic film to help reflect radiation skyward makes the emissions—and the cooling—even more effective. One group of researchers at the University of Colorado , Boulder, designed an emitter by embedding a polymer film with microscopic glass beads and coating the back of it with a thin layer of silver.
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