Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

EnerG2, a manufacturer of advanced carbons for next-generation energy storage ( earlier post ), has begun production of nano-structured hard carbon for Li-ion battery anodes that it says can boost anode capacity by more than 50% over standard graphite. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The team in Oregon, will continue focusing on the development of vehicle safety systems, which are critical for delivering the safety standards for self-driving trucks today and in the future. We remain fully committed to this collaboration and to focusing on the shared goal of bringing highly automated trucks to series production.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The Governors of California, Oregon and Washington and the Premier of British Columbia signed a regional agreement strategically to align policies to reduce greenhouse gases and promote clean energy. Oregon will build on existing programs to set a price on carbon emissions. Continue deployment of high-speed rail across the region.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Lightning eMotors’ new and repowered products give us the flexibility we need to provide sustainable transportation systems to the Pacific Islands. Lightning is shipping the first vehicle to Soderholm next month, and demonstration vehicles will be available in Hawaii this summer for fleets to test drive.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. Partners: American Lithium Corporation, DuPont Water Solutions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2013

New geothermal power came on line in Kenya, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Turkey, and Mexico, as well as Oregon, Nevada and Utah in the United States. GEA President Craig Mataczynski of Gradient Resources has challenged the industry to reach 5% of total US electricity production. Ormat Technologies, and AltaRock Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2014

In response to legislation requiring the reduction of copper in friction formulations, Bosch has announced the use of its first copper-free ceramic material in the premium-grade QuietCast line of braking products. Similar legislation has been introduced in Rhode Island, Oregon and New York.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2019

The Sensors teams will develop ultra-low-energy distributed sensors to improve production efficiency in agriculture, boosting viability for bioenergy crops and reducing the energy and water requirements for agriculture more broadly. This would increase the overall energy efficiency of crop production. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

The announcement provides the opportunity to expand the use of non-food, energy crops for liquid biofuels and to help meet state mandated Renewal Portfolio Standards (RPS). Enrolled producers will receive establishment assistance and five years of annual production support under BCAP. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers BCAP.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Production of the 2014 model year Prius Plug-in begins in October with pricing taking effect when these models arrive in showrooms in November.The Prius Plug-in qualifies for a Federal Tax Credit of up to $2,500 in addition to the State of California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program (CVRP) which offers a $1,500 rebate. kWh Li-ion battery pack.

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JUNE 17, 2022

state to be covered by the electric automaker’s competitively priced insurance product. Nevada joins Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia as states that utilize Tesla Insurance, which bases rates on real-time driving behavior in all regions except for California due to Statewide restrictions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Region States Feedstocks Potential production capacity Land use.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

all have battery-electric vehicles in production. The first, a joint developed of utility Portland General Electric and Daimler Trucks North America called Electric Island , opened in 2021 in Portland, Oregon. The three manufacturers, which claim to represent approximately 70% of medium-duty and heavy-duty truck sales in the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2014

EnerG2, a manufacturer of advanced nano-structured materials for next-generation energy storage ( earlier post ) and NW Natural, an Oregon gas distribution company, are partnering to improve the fuel storage on board vehicles that use Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by using a new adsorbed natural gas technology.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030—akin to taking 15 million gasoline-powered cars off the road in one year—by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK-based research firm Cerulogy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Agilyx’s Anaerobic Thermal Reclamation (ATR) technology, developed by Kevin DeWhitt, the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Agilyx, converts ground waste plastic into ultra-sweet, synthetic crude oil, which can subsequently be refined either onsite via standard micro-refinery technology or at existing refineries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

A team led by researchers at Oregon State University has discovered novel nitrated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (NPAH) compounds produced by combustion sources or formed in the atmosphere that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their parent PAHs, which are known carcinogens.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2009

The agreed order shall include a schedule of major decision making and resource investment milestones; Develop by September 1, 2010, recommendations for forestry offset protocols as well as other financial incentives for forestry and forest products.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2024

Seven months after kicking off production of its Class 3 electric trucks in Mississippi, EV startup Mullen Automotive has secured fruitful environmental compliance and approvals from CARB and the EPA. starting at a suggested MSRP of $68,500. We shall see.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It also answers critical questions about why the door plug detached shortly after Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 took off from Portland International Airport in Oregon. has also indefinitely limited Boeing’s ambitious plans to increase production of all Max jets, miring the company in uncertainty. 31, the report said.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The vehicles will be powered by 11,210 UL-Listed charging stations in homes, and commercial and public locations in five US states: Arizona (Phoenix and Tucson), Washington (Seattle), Oregon (Portland, Salem, Corvallis and Eugene), California (San Diego) and Tennessee (Chattanooga, Knoxville and Nashville).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; Phase 2 standards for medium- and heavy-duty GHG emission standards. On standard systems, the air compressor and power steering pump run continuously, whether they’re needed or not.

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

People collaborating with robots has the potential to change a broad swath of manufacturing sectors, from defense and space to automotive and health, enabling the reliable and efficient production of high-quality, customized products. LanzaTech; Materia; SEVA; TowerJazz; Small: Able Industrial Products Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. mmBtu and $8.43/mmBtu. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2016

During the PFL 720 sessions at last year’s Congress, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai. Dr. Will James, Manager, Safety, Codes, and Standards at the US Department of Energy (DOE). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

It will be offered in one standard trim level, along with two option packages: a Premium Trim Package and a Rear Camera and Park Assist Package. Deliveries begin in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii in the third quarter.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Reformate enhances the energy content of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel; biofuels such as ethanol are fuel additives that are instead blended into a finished product to oxygenate fuel. Fuel produced from the pilot plant has been fleet-tested in a blend formulation in several standard configuration automobiles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

A new study by economists at Oregon State University questions the cost-effectiveness of current biofuels and says they would barely reduce fossil fuel use and would likely increase greenhouse gas emissions. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

received a $5-million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues. In July 2010, Gevo reported the successful production of isobutanol from fermentable sugars derived from cellulosic biomass. Earlier post.). DLA contract.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

Their company, Farmers’ Ethanol , plans to combine energy and food production within the same facility and by doing so create a business that can survive the wild fluctuations in commodity prices that plague today’s corn ethanol business. As in a traditional ethanol plant, corn will be used as a feedstock to make the ethanol. Earlier post.).

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The company is steadily signing up customers as it moves toward serial production. It’s been seeing increasing interest from US companies, so Rocsys recently opened an office in Portland, Oregon, a metro area where a lot of companies are already making the transition to electric transportation. Crijn Bouman: Yes.

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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules. This all translates into significant opportunity across the industry as manufacturers invest billions of dollars in scaling technology and production to meet demand, leading to new jobs in designing, manufacturing and servicing MHD EVs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Drive Oregon. Demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through public ride and drives for a wide variety of PEVs and short term extended test drives in key markets throughout Oregon and Washington. Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). Plug In America. Description. Description.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2011

In the second award, researchers from NETL, Oregon State University, and Zonge International will collaborate to develop a novel, low-cost method for monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of enhanced geothermal systems to ensure reservoir longevity and efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. Automakers and suppliers face greater quality control issues as production expands, and any perception of a reduction of quality would be magnified by the media.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Among the proposed changes were additional production lead time; a reduced compliance obligation (i.e., Europe has gasoline taxes over $4 per gallon and still finds the need to adopt aggressive performance standards for cars to reduce GHGs and oil use. Earlier post.).

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