Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Michigan State University introduced an electric autonomous bus that will serve students, staff and faculty beginning early 2022 as part of the campus’ smart mobility ecosystem. The bus represents one of the largest electric autonomous transit vehicles to be deployed on US roadways to date. The bus’s 2.5-mile

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. Image: Thomas Karnowski/ORNL. So, where to find a larger, fine-grained vehicle dataset?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2020

Southwest Research Institute has launched a new automotive emissions aftertreatment catalyst testing facility, expanding the capacity and capabilities of its Universal Synthetic Gas Reactor (USGR) technology. The Catalyst Technology Center includes two new USGR systems, bringing SwRI’s testing capacity to six systems.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 9, 2023

Sutherland led the development of many of the technologies animators now use. Their groundbreaking research, conducted at the University of Utah , in Salt Lake City, and at their company, Evans and Sutherland , helped jump-start the computer graphics industry. military to develop technologies for aviation, radar, and rocketry.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

Liquid Light has signed a technology development agreement with The Coca-Cola Company. The objective of the agreement is to accelerate the development of Liquid Light’s technology which can make mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) from CO 2. Earlier post.) Additional details of the agreement are not being disclosed at this time.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

million contract to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to continue developing connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies to help passenger vehicles operate more efficiently and reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. The US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a three-year, $5.25-million

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2020

Scientists from ExxonMobil, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Imperial College of London have published in the journal Science joint research on potential breakthroughs in a new membrane technology that could reduce emissions and energy intensity associated with refining crude oil. —Thompson et al. Imperial College London.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery. The best-known wearable energy-harvesting tech today is, of course, solar, which pulls down electrons from sunlight or ambient light. But solar is just the opening gambit.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2023

A joint research team from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and collaborators have developed a stable artificial photocatalytic system that is more efficient than natural photosynthesis. The new system mimics a natural chloroplast to convert carbon dioxide in water into methane, very efficiently using light. over 24 hours.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

The global transportation of ammonia by pipeline and bulk carrier is already a well-developed technology. Researchers at Monash University in Australia are proposing a roadmap to renewable ammonia being produced in the future at a scale that is significant in terms of global fossil fuel use. Credit: Joule , MacFarlane et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has licensed its high-power wireless charging technology for electric vehicles to HEVO. megawatts (1,500 kilowatts) per square meter—eight to 10 times higher than currently available technology. It’s not just about charging your vehicle really fast.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $139 million in federal funding for 55 projects across the country that will support new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies (DE-FOA-0002197, earlier post ). Support mobility technologies such as connected and automated vehicles, as well as innovations in transit. Federal share.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

These awards show that the dependence on technology is understood and appreciated, rather than just assuming making movies is all about the creative teams.” Vanns, who now works at Disney -owned Industrial Light & Magic , in London, was an avid cinephile growing up. Their software is still being used today.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2023

The key aims of this work are to advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of Sparc Hydrogen’s PWS reactor and provide valuable data and information for the subsequent piloting phase. This testing has shown a hydrogen production and efficiency benefit from exposing certain photocatalyst materials to concentrated light and heat.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2022

SCOA first invested in Syzygy in 2019 and since that time, the companies have worked together to deploy its technologies. The Syzygy photoreactor technology is the culmination of more than 30 years of plasmonics and nanotechnology research out of Rice University. This technology has promise for producing zero-emissions hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2019

Volvo Buses and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have demonstrated the world’s first 12-meter autonomous electric bus. Plans are in place to test the bus on NTU campus and to extend the route beyond the university. The Volvo bus will soon begin trials on the NTU campus.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

Renewable chemicals company Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light. Liquid Light has developed proprietary process technology to make major chemicals from low-cost, globally-abundant carbon dioxide. The integration of the Liquid Light assets into Avantium is complete and effective immediately.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has reported the light-driven photoreforming of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin to H 2 using semiconducting cadmium sulfide quantum dots in alkaline aqueous solution. CdS is an inexpensive, visible-light-absorbing photocatalyst with a bulk electronic bandgap of around 2.4

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Innovation News Network

JULY 20, 2022

A nuclear technology, molten salt reactors (MSRs), once considered to power aircraft during the Cold War, is now on the cusp of lighting our homes. Here, the University of South Carolina’s Professor Ted Besmann details the concept, history, and future potential of MSRs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) announced up to $60 million in new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. ( DE-FOA-0002420 ) This funding opportunity supports priorities in batteries and electrification, advanced engine and fuel technologies, materials, and new mobility technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $47 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002920 ) to accelerate the research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of affordable clean hydrogen technologies. R&D needs for both applications have been identified with industry, university, and national laboratory expert stakeholder input.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Lumotive, a Bill Gates-funded startup developing LiDAR systems for autonomous vehicles, introduced a beam-steering technology which will significantly improve the performance, reliability and cost of LiDAR systems for the emerging self-driving car industry. —Lumotive co-founder and CEO, Dr. William Colleran.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

Henkel is partnering in a research and development project called SYMPA, sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. Computerized tomography of a MOFC, showing buildup of TiO 2 (light blue particles) in the triangular channels. Zepler Institute, University of Southampton.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 12, 2023

Here, in no particular order, are four such enabling technologies I spotted at CES 2023. Briefly, in the now-ubiquitous QLED technology, quantum dots are used to improve color quality by tuning light to precise wavelengths. If and when such technology shows up on retail shelves is up to TV manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2018

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have shed new light on the atomic-level mechanism of the sulfur embrittlement of nickel, a classic problem that has puzzled the scientific community for nearly a century. These are of broad technological importance. —Jian Luo. —Jian Luo.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Testing of the first 50 BMW i3 cars equipped with bidirectional charging technology is expected to start under real-world everyday conditions in early 2021. The bidirectional charging technology now being explored could lead to even greater benefits. The legal and regulatory parameters are being evaluated, too.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

a provider of real-time, predictive traffic signal information, as part of the University of Florida Transportation Institute’s I-STREET testbed. I-STREET was created in partnership with Florida Depart of Transportation’s (FDOT) Connected Vehicle Initiative to test connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2020

Credit: Princeton University. —Felix Heide, an assistant professor of computer science at Princeton University. Many of them rely on lidar or cameras using visible or near-infrared light, and such sensors preventing collisions are now common on modern cars. Image courtesy of the researchers. —Felix Heide.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today Anker is releasing its new SOLIX C800 Plus Portable Power Station , which we saw debut at CES 2024 and is the first power station with stowable camping lights that illuminates campsites and powers outdoor adventures. The SOLIX C800 Plus sports a compact 768Wh capacity with 1,600W of power output. hours via your car.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2017

The discovery was made by a joint research team led by Associate Professor Takashi Tachikawa (Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University) and Professor Tetsuro Majima (Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University). Their findings were published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

Researchers at Brunel University London are developing a new generation of ultra-light car parts that will reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. million) project is a partnership driven by Brunel Centre for Advanced Solidification Technology (BCAST), Jaguar Land Rover and others. The three-year, £7.5-million million (US$9.6-million)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2018

Light-weighting is critical for the future of our vehicles, not only to improve on fuel economy, but also to help improve vehicle performance. ALMMII was founded by Ohio-based manufacturing technology non-profit EWI, the University of Michigan, and The Ohio State University.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2023

The seven projects, each involving a group of companies working in partnership on green transport technology, will each benefit from industry support, together with a government grant. This project will explore and develop technology for inverters. The £77 million is made up of £38.4 million from Government, backed by a further £38.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

The Alcoa Foundation recently awarded a $400,000 grant to the Ohio State University (OSU) Institute for Materials Research in support of innovative design and manufacturing technologies that will enable the creation of lighter, more environmentally friendly vehicle structures. —Glenn Daehn.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2013

has reached an agreement with Tongji University in China on joint development of a bus priority control system to support the smooth flow of public buses. Additionally, approaching buses are detected by wireless equipment, and the timing of green lights or red lights are controlled for the buses to cross intersections smoothly.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2021

reflective, developed by engineers at Purdue University, has earned a Guinness World Records title for the whitest paint. Such paints are considered to be a potential technology for keeping cities cooler and reducing electricity use; buildings with a coating of this would need to rely far less on energy-hungry air conditioning.

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