article thumbnail

DOE to Award Honeywells UOP $25M for Pyrolysis Oil to Renewable Fuels Demo Unit

Green Car Congress

RTP rapidly heats biomass at ambient pressure to generate high yields of pourable, liquid pyrolysis oil. launched a joint venture, Envergent Technologies , LLC, to offer technology and equipment to convert second-generation biomass into pyrolysis oil for power generation, heating fuel and for conversion into transportation fuels.

Oil 210
article thumbnail

Coskata Unveils Semi-Commercial Feedstock-Flexible Ethanol Facility; Springboard for Full-Scale Commercial Rollout

Green Car Congress

Actual production cost will vary, either below or above $1.00 Depending on the feedstock and with the cogeneration of bioelectricity or steam export, the Coskata process can result in up to a 96% reduction of CO 2 in the production of the fuel and is up to 7.7 We will have the lowest production cost of ethanol in the industry.

article thumbnail

HEI report identifies potential health consequences from new vehicle fuels and technologies; recommended actions

Green Car Congress

Rather than relying as extensively on oil as the source of energy to power vehicles—most of it imported to the United States and Europe from other countries—we will use increasing amounts of ethanol and other potentially renewable fuels as well as electricity. Steve Cadle, formerly at General Motors.

Fuel 170
article thumbnail

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! This is a major step froward in EV mass production.

article thumbnail

GM introducing new generation of modular 3- and 4-cylinder Ecotec engines; 11 variants from 1.0L to 1.5L

Green Car Congress

Similarly, Shanghai-General Motors in China drove validation of the new 1.4L naturally aspirated direct-injection engines that will be offered in the 2015 next-generation Chevrolet Cruze for the Chinese market. The first production applications include a 1.0L Efficiency-enhancing oiling system. turbocharged and 1.5L

Engine 261
article thumbnail

Chevrolet introduces new Cruze; new 1.4L EcoTec turbo, new 1.6L diesel coming to US in 2017

Green Car Congress

turbocharged direct injection engine (for North America) helps enable a General Motors-estimated 40 mpg (5.88 More information about the next Cruze diesel will be available closer to the start of production. Variable-flow oil pump enhances efficiency. A die-cast aluminum oil pan contributes additional structural strength.

Chevrolet 150
article thumbnail

Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

s “ Rover Dome ,” its 45,000-square-foot (about 4,200-square-meter) production facility. production center , set to open in August. There, more than 60 employees and two production lines will have the capacity for 100 conversions a year. Bronco , revived in 2021: Its entire production sold out in advance for two years.