Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Navistar International Corporation has reached a development agreement with EcoMotors International in support of the company’s opoc (Opposed-Piston, Opposed-Cylinder) engine architecture. Waste heat recovery by generating electricity. Cutaway diagram of the opoc engine. Click to enlarge. Electrically Controlled Clutch.

International 218

International Engine Fuel Economy Diesel 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2014

GMZ Energy’s proprietary platform technology enables the low-cost manufacturing of bulk thermoelectric materials. The unique properties of half-Heusler materials combined with proprietary module fabrication techniques enable scalable, low-cost manufacturing of half-Heusler modules yielding a cost per watt below $1.00

Power 287

Power Powered Energy Waste 287

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The IRMA certification builds on this requirement as it encourages comprehensive, third-party assessments of mining practices while advancing a range of issues including health and safety, waste management, and compliance with local and international laws. GM’s Ultium battery system requires 70% less cobalt.

GM 186

GM Supplies Nickel Lithium Renewable 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Reducing EMbodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Manufacturing Institute announced approximately $35 million to support research and development (R&D) that will enable US manufacturers to increase the recovery, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of plastics, metals, electronic waste, and fibers.

Manufacturer 207

Manufacturer Iowa Waste Plugin 207

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Ultra-Low Volume Change Silicon-Dominant Nanocomposite Anodes for Long Calendar Life and Cycle Life. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Waste Not, Want Hot? Solid Power Inc.

Lithium Ion 236

Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2016

LanzaTech has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off gases to produce 3 million gallons/year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9 Earlier post.).

Carbon 186

Carbon Diesel Audi Fuel 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

has started site construction for Phase 2 of its first waste-to-fuels project, the Sierra BioFuels Plant (Sierra). Sierra will be the nation’s first commercial-scale plant converting a municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstock—i.e., The prepared MSW is gasified using a ThermoChem Recovery International gasification system.

Sierra 170

Sierra Fuel Tahoe Convert 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

The findings of their study, published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition , suggest that cell-free biosystems could produce hydrogen from biomass xylose at low cost. Angewandte Chemie International Edition doi: 10.1002/anie.201300766. The method can be performed using any source of biomass.

Virginia 331

Virginia Hydrogen Production Low Cost 331

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2021

—Kumar Galhotra, Ford president, Americas and International Markets Group, Ford Motor Company. In the future, Ford will introduce Ford Intelligent Power, which can use the truck to power homes during high-cost, peak-energy hours while taking advantage of low-cost overnight rates to charge the vehicle in time for your morning drive.

F-150 526

F-150 Ford Extended Range Electric 526

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). Kreutz used what he called a bifurcated climate regime—i.e., their CO 2 (e.g. ~90%)

Transportation 231

Transportation Convert Waste CO2 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium. This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. 10,000,000. .

Carbon Fiber 268

Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles 268

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2022

The consortium will showcase these systems at both Damon and Moment Energy’s new facilities in Vancouver BC, demonstrating manufacturing scale-up of components, assembly systems and targeting design for a near zero waste production operation. However, the cost of producing MEAs is high and the durability is often poor.

Canada 304

Canada Li-ion Emissions Vehicles 304

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Commercial and residential building heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems accounted for 14% of the nation’s total energy consumption in 2013, and about a quarter of that energy is wasted by heat leaking through windows.

Building 150

Building Low Cost Waste Commercial 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

Professor Tang discovered a new way to greatly streamline the process of manufacturing simvastatin, thereby reducing waste. His approach also uses a low-cost feedstock. Buckman International Inc., Simvastatin is an important drug for treating high cholesterol. Cytec Industries, Inc., of Woodland Park, N.J.,

2012 236

2012 Green Los Angeles Memphis 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

TorqStor units are based on a 200 kJ energy storage capacity with a peak power rating of 101 kW and internal flywheel speed of approximately 44,000 rev/min (subject to a total gear ratio of 22:1). —Ricardo VP of Innovation David Rollafson. Click to enlarge.

Energy Storage 225

Energy Storage Las Vegas Energy Production 225

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. RTI International and partners at POET Research, Inc. The pilot will consist of a low cost, easy to operate, air blown gasifier coupled with LanzaTech’s second generation bioreactor (2GBR).

Production 225

Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The idea is to take as little energy as possible from the internal combustion engine. The more energy there is available at low cost, the more it will be used. Waste heat recovery. Renault Trucks has developed a system to recover the waste heat contained in exhaust gases. —Claude Covo, project director.

2015 247

2015 Vehicles Solar Waste 247

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2010

The Carbon Trust has created a consortium of British businesses led by Axion Energy, a division of the Axion Group , to pioneer the development of an advanced, commercially viable pyrolysis process to turn municipal and wood waste into transport biofuel. The Carbon Trust is investing £7 million (US$10.6

Carbon 210

Carbon Transportation Oil Waste 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2010

The university has applied for an international patent on Cyclox. This substance is released in great quantities as a waste product in the paper industry, among others. The Eindhoven researcher wants to try and develop an industrial process for making cyclohexanone from waste lignin on a large scale and at low cost.

Diesel 199

Diesel 2009 Waste Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The first hydrogen TTO is focused on durable, high activity electrocatalyst with low platinum content and low cost for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications. Conventional polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology requires high content of platinum electrocatalyst, which raises manufacturing costs.

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Engine Fuel Electric Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2016

The advancements of Cummins Westport in compressed natural gas internal combustion and after-treatment technology has helped our customers meet stringent clean air requirements, powered by low cost natural gas. —Wayne Joseph, New Flyer Executive Vice President, Bus.

2016 150

2016 Engine North America Los Angeles 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2009

an environmental services and waste recycling company with operations in both China and Australia, is the founding commercial partner to the AFC and has the right to commercialize the technology for China. is to provide environmental and waste recycling services in China and Australia. Sancon Resources Recovery Inc.,

Commercial 199

Commercial Grant China Australia 199

Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In the last two decades of the 20th century, we identified thousands of toxic waste dumps and worked to ensure that people were not in the pathways of exposure to poison. They pollute less than vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine. That ended in 1984 when the North River sewage treatment plant opened.

Renewable 98

Renewable Energy Fuel New York City 98

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

This quality control device will help to drive down the costs of fuel cells by reducing waste and improving the process efficiency of roll-to-roll manufacturing of polymer electrolyte membranes. High Loading Lithium-Ion Electrode Architecture for Low Cost Electric Vehicle Batteries Ballast Energy, Inc. 149,871.44.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Battery Powered Engine Lithium Ion 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2012

Borla will combine this with its diesel exhaust technology to create a low-cost, novel system that doubles as a device to extract potable water from diesel and other internal combustion exhaust. For the recovery of previously wasted energy from relatively low temperature (.

Exhaust 246

Exhaust Water Industrial Industry 246

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

coal, biomass, or waste—is heated in the absence of molecular oxygen to produce a solid containing char and ash and volatile gases. lower cost) and gasification/F-T processes (e.g., Our most recent successful biomass project involves the design and construction of a recirculating fluid catalyst demo plant for RTI International.

Gasoline 150

Gasoline Coal Convert Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

Together, our inventions achieve what lithium-ion has yet to do—meet the ultra-low cost targets of the grid and transportation industries. By 2020 our battery costs will be less than $100 a kilowatt-hour (kWh). Those inactive materials are expensive and wasteful. Earlier post.). Flexible and modular.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Lithium Ion 2020 Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2015

Local Motors is 3D printing and assembling a Strati—the first 3D-printed car—live from the show floor at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Earlier post.). The winning design was submitted by Michele Anoè who was awarded a cash prize plus the opportunity to see his design brought to life.

Motor 150

Motor Motors Motoring Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The BTG process can utilize many types of lignocellulosic feedstocks such as wood, grass, agricultural waste, or other forms of solid waste. High conversion efficiency maximizes product yield to reduce feedstock consumption, and energy-efficient process design keeps operating costs low. Engineered Catalysts. ARPA-E Award.

Gasoline 170

Gasoline Convert Waste Conversion 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The successful market implementation of these materials in vehicles requires that they be low cost and available in sufficient abundance to make a compelling business case. For this reason the focus of this AOI includes the development of low-cost approaches to the manufacturing of both magnesium and carbon fiber.

Li-ion 231

Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2011

The hydride beads would then pumped to a hot cell where waste heat from the engine exhaust is used to drive the hydrogen into a small buffer volume. The hydrogen buffer is maintained at a pressure suitable for the internal combustion engine ICE or fuel cell and which is sufficient in volume to be able to restart the vehicle.

Hydrogen 262

Hydrogen Commercial Transportation Polymer 262

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Cyclonatix, Inc is developing an industrial-sized motor/controller to operate with either DC or AC power sources, for applications in electric vehicles, solar-powered pumps, HVAC&R, gas compressors, and other commercial and industrial machines which require high efficiency, variable speed/torque, and low cost.

Clean 371

Clean Cleaning Energy Solar 371

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

These include: Next-generation internal combustion engine. While there are significant requirements for infrastructure and incentives to bring about the widespread electrification of vehicles, improvements to the internal combustion engine could be quickly deployed and assuage many of the voices currently clamoring for change.

Transportation 262

Transportation Supplies Emissions Fuel 262

Cars That Think

JULY 19, 2022

Also, there’s a lot of waste. His Small Radiosondes on a Great Mission project was showcased in May at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair held in Atlanta. It costs about US $28 to make and uses low-cost materials, most of which can be found around the home, such as a metal pin and a tiny plastic tube.

Solar 96

Solar Light Texas Universal 96

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. High-temperature, high-strength, lower-cost permanent magnets (PMs) are needed for traction motors for HEVs and PHEVs. Solar Technologies.

Fuel 210

Fuel Motor Motors Motoring 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

plans to develop a novel membrane system from Osmoses’ proprietary polymer composition that can produce enriched oxygen from air for integration into modular gasification systems for low-cost hydrogen production. The team intends to demonstrate high-purity (greater than 98% by volume, preferably above 99.5%

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2022

The add-on electronics package introduces a suite of low-cost solutions designed to mitigate collisions with hazards while deterring theft, abuse, and misuse of rental scooters. GEKOT will integrate its technical solutions package into Razor electric scooters soon to be deployed on the campus of Oakland University.

Michigan 435

Michigan Oakland Grant Detroit 435