Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

The conversion work will be done at CSX’s Huntington, West Virginia locomotive shop. The prototype, designed and built by in-house CP engineers, made its first movement under its own power in late 2021.

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Hydrogen Kansas City West Virginia Fuel 370

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2023

West Virginia University took second place and University of Alabama finished third in the judged competition , which was held from 21–26 May 2023 in Orlando, Florida.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) . University of California, Davis (Davis, CA). University of Texas, Austin (Austin, TX). University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada). Each year, winning teams will be awarded prize money from EcoCAR sponsors to further support the their program.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Other: West Virginia University Research Corporation aims to focus on the expansion and transformation of the use of coal and coal-based resources, including waste streams, to produce products of high value to the 21st century energy and manufacturing ecosystem. DOE Funding: $1,204,129. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

The investments will include adding new production of hybrid transaxles (hybrid vehicle transmissions) at the Buffalo, West Virginia, manufacturing facility; expanding 2.5-liter million will be distributed as follows: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, KY – $120,960,000. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, WV – $115,300,000.

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West Virginia Toyota Hybrid Alabama 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

The Ohio State University has taken first place in the final year of EcoCAR 3, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2011

The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium (NAFTC) will hold its upcoming Electric Drive Vehicle First Responder Safety Training at the Tesla Motors headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Scheduled for 6-7 Dec.,

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Tesla Motors West Virginia Motor Motors 278

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

West Virginia University Research Corporation (Morgantown, WV). Tetra Tech, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA) Project 2. Texas Mineral Resources Corp (Sierra Blanca, TX). University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND). UPSHOTS, LLC (Forsyth, GA). Winner Water Services Inc. Sharon, PA).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2018

West Virginia University (WVU) researchers are opening a new facility to capture rare earth elements (REEs) from acid mine drainage (AMD) from coal mining. Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute and principal investigator on the project, is an expert in acid mine drainage.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2024

Additional OEMs that saw significant gains included overall market leader General Motors (GM), with a 14.1 States such as West Virginia and North Dakota saw EV adoption rates as low as 1.1 The BEV maker also saw a total market share of 4.2 percent, leading automakers like Volkswagen, Subaru, BMW, and a number of others.

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Sale West Virginia North Dakota Virginia 112

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award two consortia—one led by the University of Michigan and one led by the West Virginia University—a total of $25 million over the next five years under the US-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). The announcement of another $12.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2017

West Virginia University Research Corporation will use acid mine drainage solids as a feedstock for recovery of REEs and other useful materials. The solids are from Northern Appalachian and Central Appalachian bituminous coal seams in West Virginia. will use coal fly ash physically processed near Trapp, KY.

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Coal West Virginia North Dakota Virginia 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2012

The expansion will allow Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc. Toyota also builds engines in Kentucky and West Virginia. Angelo, Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Toyota will invest approximately $80 million its Huntsville, Ala. A new 300,000 sq. million per year.

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Alabama Toyota West Virginia Engine 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

Toyota also has engine plants in Alabama and West Virginia.The approximately $30-million project will create about 80 new jobs. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky (TMMK) currently assembles engines for the Avalon, Camry and Venza, all built at TMMK. million per year. —Steve St.

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Kentucky Toyota West Virginia Engine 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

Earlier this year, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama (Huntsville); Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada (Cambridge and Woodstock, Ont.); Innovative lighting technology (Toyota Motor Mfg., Hot water boiler linkage (Toyota Motor Mfg.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

In August 2022, GreenPower Motor Company moved into an 80,000-square-foot factory in West Virginia, where it manufactures the Type D BEASTs and other electric school bus models. The company aims to have 200 employees at the factory by the end of 2024 and wants to create up to 900 new jobs there.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2014

General Motors is continuing its partnership with the US Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory for the EcoCAR 3 collegiate advanced vehicle technology competition. Virginia Tech. West Virginia University. Pennsylvania State University. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. University of Alabama.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 17, 2022

The agency estimated that 9,560 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the first quarter of 2022 which is an increase of 7% compared with Q1 2021. Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, Deleware, and Kentucky had the highest percentage of fatalities (52%.). Credit: NHTSA.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

General Motors. West Virginia University Research Corporation. The battery and electrification projects under this funding opportunity support the National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries’ goal of maintaining and advancing US battery technology R&D leadership. Federal share. SUNY University @ Stony Brook. Optimizing for Near?Zero

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

West Virginia University (WVU) (bench-scale project) achieved 5% REE concentration at greater than 90% REE recovery using acid mine drainage solids from the Northern Appalachian and Central Appalachian Basins. The University will build and test the technology in their laboratory.

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North Dakota Coal Kentucky West Virginia 276

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In trials, GE’s sodium metal halide Durathon batteries ( earlier post ) have successfully powered GE Mining’s Scoop, an underground vehicle that transports mining materials, at Coal River Energy, LLC in Alum Creek, West Virginia. Click to enlarge.

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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. battery production.” ” I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The discovery was made in partnership with West Virginia University (WVU), the University of Kentucky (UK), Tetra Tech, and the XLight Corporation. Supporting innovative research and development to establish efficient, cost-effective REE extraction methods is critical to our country’s energy and national security.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

General Motors LLC. Ford Motor Company. General Motors LLC. West Virginia University Research Corporation. Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits. AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

Hydraulic pumps/motors and an accumulator (power storage unit) are added to gasoline, diesel, propane or CNG engines to store braking energy and use the captured energy to accelerate the vehicle, significantly saving fuel and brakes and cutting emissions.

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Hybrid Emissions West Virginia Colorado 275

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2012

The West Virginia University (WVU)-based National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium ( NAFTC ) has created a suite of modern technology products that put knowledge about specific electric drive and alternative fuel vehicles at the fingertips of first responders.

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Alternative Fuels West Virginia Fuel Vehicles 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

Toyota also announced an expansion of its joint venture plant, Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Once Corolla production begins in Mexico in 2019, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. By 2019, the Cambridge, Ontario plants will all be producing higher-value mid-sized vehicles, along with Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2012

has received sufficient transportation commitments to support development of its 1,230-mile Appalachia to Texas pipeline (“ATEX Express”) that will deliver growing ethane production from the Marcellus/Utica Shale areas of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio to the US Gulf Coast. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. Click to enlarge.

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Building West Virginia Pennsylvania Texas 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

During the program, General Motors will provide production vehicles, vehicle components, seed money, technical mentoring and operational support. The 17 designs range from systems using on-board hydrogen fuel cells to full battery-electric vehicles. Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV). Full Function Electric Vehicle (FFEV).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Motor vehicles equipped with defeat devices, which reduce the effectiveness of the emission control system during normal driving conditions, cannot be certified.

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EPA Diesel California 2015 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2009

The Ohio State University took first place out of 17 universities in the US and Canada that competed in the first major milestone of this three-year competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy, General Motors, and many others including the Government of Canada.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). General Motors. Work with development partners to design and construct both heavy rare earth and entirely rare earth free motor designs using a multi‐layered motor rotor design. West Virginia University Research Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

The RunWise hybrid drive system is built around the company’s proprietary Power Drive Unit (PDU); C24 Variable Displacement Bent-Axis Hydraulic Pump/Motors; and Composite Bladder Accumulators, all designed specifically for high power, high start-and-stop applications. The primary pump supplies the pressure to drive two hydrostatic motors.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The hybrid system employs an Eaton automated transmission with an integrated motor/generator (26 kW/ 44 kW peak) and a 340 VDC, 1.8 Eaton Corp. provided the hybrid propulsion systems for the vehicles, which were manufactured by Freightliner Corp. Earlier post.) kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. General Motors Corporation.

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Teslarati

JULY 11, 2021

These were the findings of motoring publication Car and Driver , which held a long-distance race between 11 EVs that are currently sold in the United States. . 4, Volvo XC40 Recharge, Polestar 2, and Nissan Leaf Plus.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Provide clear goals, committee independence About Sterling: Sterling drives a 2019 Tesla Model 3 Dual Motor AWD FSD and is an electric automobile enthusiast while employed as a vetting specialist for ConocoPhillips. He has also been the Secretary for the West Virginia EAA since 2017. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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