Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

NanoSteel, a leader in nanostructured steel materials ( earlier post ), announced the delivery of its first advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) to General Motors for initial testing. NanoSteel has conducted on-going research and development at the company’s R&D laboratory in Idaho Falls to build upon that foundational technology.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Spin, the micromobility subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, announced an exclusive international alliance with software company Tortoise to bring Spin S-200 remotely-operated e-scooters to cities in North America and Europe in 2021. The first S-200 fleet will be piloted in Boise, Idaho this Spring.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2016

Idaho National Laboratory. Tesla Motors, Inc. Other Battery500 Consortium members include: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (leader). SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Stanford University. University of California, San Diego. University of Texas at Austin.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The program is a strategic partnership between Coulomb and Ford, General Motors and smart USA. The ChargePoint America project will collect data characterizing vehicle use and charging patterns, and Purdue University and Idaho National Labs will analyze the data. Sacramento, Calif., and Washington DC.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2020

Co-Optima research has helped reveal limitations in conventional fuel metrics, such as research octane number and motor octane number, in predicting performance under certain ACI combustion conditions. Figure by Chao Xu, ANL. Fuel Metrics to More Accurately Predict Performance.

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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2022

“Ford Motor Company is committed to making Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) more sustainable and affordable for our customers by localizing the complex battery supply chain network, creating recycling options for end-of-life vehicles, and increasing U.S. Ford confirmed to CarsDirect that its communication was legitimate.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

This agreement further builds on our strong and long-standing relationship with State Farm to continue to deliver value for our mutual customers,” commented Alex Purdy, Director of Business Operations, Enterprise Connectivity, Ford Motor Company. The program’s policies take effect on or after February 27, 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

Improved Magnetic Materials for Motors. High-temperature, high-strength, lower-cost permanent magnets (PMs) are needed for traction motors for HEVs and PHEVs. Grant applications are sought to economically produce core material and magnet material with high resistivity that would improve motor efficiency and reduce fabrication costs.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Among the recent investments, DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy have supported more than $40 million in magnet, motor, and generator research. CMI, headquartered at Ames Laboratory, will be directed by Alex King, currently the director of Ames Lab.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

In December 2016, bench testing for the J2954 taskforce at Idaho National Laboratory demonstrated interoperability between the so-called Double D (DD) and Circular Topologies between 3.7 Nissan believes in the potential of wireless charging to help advance widespread acceptance of EV motoring. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Idaho National Laboratory has released the voluminous findings from its analysis of five large-scale PEV and charging infrastructure projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. SCAQMD/EPRI/Via Motors: PHEV vans and pickups. Chevrolet Volts: extended range electric vehicles (EREVs). Between 1 Jan. 2011, and 31 Dec.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

These magnetic powders will enable lower cost and energy efficient magnetic refrigeration and HVAC chillers, as well as other clean energy applications such as electric vehicle motors and wind turbine generators. Idaho National Laboratory.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Developed by scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory in the Department of Energy’s Critical Materials Institute (CMI), the technology provides insight into how to separate in-demand rare-earth elements cost-effectively, which could shift the industry to benefit producers in the United States.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The reactor would produce steam to spin turbines that would generate electricity to power motors. s plan to end its attempt to build the first SMR plant in Idaho, which would have used six reactors to generate 462 MW. After that, the companies plan to build a larger reactor for demonstration at sea in the early 2030s.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2011

A number of DOE labs, including Idaho National and Argonne National, have contributed to the body of work. In its final configuration, the TAC uses gas foil bearings, a high speed permanent magnet motor/alternator and labyrinth gas seals to reduce the rotor cavity pressure. Turbo-alternator-shaft design for the SNL S-CO 2 test loop.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

Two AC motors combined with the 2-speed Mack Powershift transmission deliver a combined 536 peak hp, with 4,051 lb-ft of torque. TEC Equipment Fontana, California, and Northwest Equipment Sales in Boise, Idaho, were the first two Mack dealers to achieve Certified Electric Vehicle Dealer status.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The technology uses unique, engineered catalysts that facilitate new reaction pathways to liquid motor fuels from biomass. (Livingston, NJ) up to $1,200,000: to develop a Biomass-to-Gasoline (BTG) technology that represents a fundamental shift in process chemistry and overall approach to creating biofuels. DOE Awards.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2016

USC will demonstrate the performance benefits of a SiC JFET cascade-based motor drive inverter through lab validation and provide system level efficiency and cost impact analysis. United Silicon Carbide (USC), working with ORNL. Envia Systems, working with LBNL.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a dimethyl ether-driven fractional crystallization process for separating rare earth elements and transition metals. The process has been successfully applied in the treatment of rare earth element-bearing permanent magnet leachates as an atom-efficient, reagent-free separation method.

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MARCH 4, 2022

Featuring twin electric motors, the Mack LR Electric offers 448 continuous horsepower and 4,051 lb-ft (5,492 N·m) of peak output torque from zero RPM. Mack has EV-certified dealers in California, Idaho and Montreal, Québec, and many more are working toward achieving EV Certification status. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2015

The membrane solvent extraction system, invented by CMI partners Oak Ridge and Idaho national laboratories, is the first commercially licensed technology developed through the CMI. These elements have a key function in permanent magnets used in cars, cell phones, hard disk drives, computers and electric motors.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

The baseline bench testing of the WPT Systems was carried out at both the DOE’s Idaho National Laboratories and TDK RF Solutions, evaluating the GA side and the VA sides. This allowed OEMs and Tier 1s alike to prove their vehicles and charging sub-systems were compatible with SAE J2954 requirements and guidelines.

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JULY 21, 2016

General Motors. Idaho National Laboratory. Tesla Motors, Inc. Duke Energy. Edison Electric Institute. Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). Eversource Energy. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. Hawaiian Electric. Hawai`i Electric Light. Maui Electric. Indianapolis Power & Light Company.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The stations will allow the fleets to lower their costs by buying fuel in bulk, access federal motor fuel excise tax credits, refuel at the times most convenient to their schedules, and model successful use of propane to nearby peers. The Treasure Valley Clean Cities Coalition’s Idaho Petroleum Reduction Leadership Project.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

Newly-formed American Motors did well selling efficient Ramblers starting in 1956, and Studebaker jumped in with its own small car for the 1959 model year : the Lark. Economy Motors was incorporated in 1959 , just in time to sell this car. There's a 1974 Texas registration sticker on the windshield.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 9, 2023

Headquartered in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, KORE mentioned it raised $75 million of an anticipated $150 million in a investment spherical in November 2022. Alternative traders integrated Nidec Motor Corp., Siemens Monetary Services and products and Quanta Services and products led the spherical.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2020

For example, rare earth elements are essential for the manufacturing of high strength magnets used in EV motors and offshore wind turbine generators. Project Title: Improvements to Cobalt Beneficiation from Domestic Ore at the Iron Creek Deposit, Central Idaho.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Now, researchers from the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, along with researchers from both the Idaho National Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory, are developing and testing a method that will predict the real-world fuel and electricity consumption of these vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In The impetus for this change came from a study by the US Idaho National Lab [ 2 ]. Smaller and lighter, it requires less liquid fuel.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Even more gasoline superusers drive General Motors vehicles than Fords—there are 22.1 Wyoming gasoline superusers and others in states like Idaho, Montana, and South Dakota are likely to have additional concerns about buying EVs. Rural driving requirements are different.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Portland General Electric, Toyota Prius by Hymotion, November 2008 (Portland, OR) Rick Durst Tom Heywood, 2005 Prius, by Galpin Motors Van Nuys, CA, December 2008 (Solana Beach, CA), contact jthomasheywood@yahoo.com 858-805-5779. Yayoi Fox, 2006 Prius, by Green Gear Car Co/Hymotion, November 2008 (Seattle, WA).

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