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SwRI D-EGR gasoline demo vehicle delivers diesel efficiency at lower cost; potential for LEV III/Tier 3 emissions

Green Car Congress

The D-EGR demonstrator is a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter D-EGR brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) at 2000 rpm 2 bar BMEP dropped 14.3% Power and torque curves for the stock LEA engine and the converted D-EGR engine. liter gasoline direct injection engine. from 385 g/kWh to 330 g/kWh in the D-EGR engine.

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New Canada-based cellulosic ethanol company launches; collaboration between Greenfield, Andritz and Novozymes

Green Car Congress

G2BioChem’s process design and patents, applied across the three phases of the planned demo plant. Other benefits of the process include: 90% of overall incoming C 5 /C 6 sugars are recovered after pre-treatment; 85% of recovered C 5 /C 6 sugars are hydrolyzed into fermentable monomers; 89% of the monomers are converted to EtOH.

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BYD's Auto Expo Presentation - Our Thoughts

Plug In India

We know that BYD already has showrooms in 24 cities, they have sold more than 700 units of the BYD e6 MPV - this guy (point to car) and have 2000+ bookings of the BYD Atto3 Globally they have sold more than 2 lakh Atto3’s in 2022 - Way more than Hyundai Ioniq5. What do we know about BYD India electric car operations so far?

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SpaceX set to launch NASA laser satellite, in-space manufacturing demo, and more

Teslarati

Momentus Space’s first Vigoride OTV, if successful, could pave the way for the most capable commercial space tug currently available, with up to 2000 meters per second of delta V (dV) – a way to measure the stamina of rocket propulsion. Several of those 50 or so payloads are particularly intriguing.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

The hard work came to fruition in Flight Simulator 2000 , which reached a technical milestone: It mapped the entire planet in 1-kilometer blocks. Scot Bayless, the studio manager overseeing the team, says an early demo left Bill Gates stunned. Microsoft worried that some consumers might view it as a low-cost PC alternative.

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