Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Second Sight Medical Products , in his right eye in 2004 and the subsequent Argus II implant in his left 11 years later. They couldn’t tell the difference between a bright day at the beach and being in a coal mine in Pittsburgh. Terry Byland did not encounter any problems with his 2004 Argus I implant. million at $5 per share.

New York City 145

New York City New York 2020 Companies 145

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Biofuel projects are going to have trouble getting financing from Wall Street this year because all of them have questions about the long term pricing of petroleum; most of them have concerns about the pricing stability of their feedstocks; and many of the cellulosic projects have concerns about the conversion technologies.

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Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ).

Plug-in 61

Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2015

Such fleet changes are likely to be brought about by increasing fuel prices, supply security, environmental footprint, and future regulatory pressures. Tropsch (FT) middle distillate synthesis process by Shell; (3) an alternative fuel synthesized from coal via the FT process by Sasol Corp.; —Moore et al.

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Fuel C1 Alternative Fuels Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2009

World-wide “peak oil” production is expected to occur from 2010 to 2025+ (by some experts estimate that we have already reached peak production since 2004). This along with increasing demand can cause large swings in price and availability. Dorner et al.

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Climate Change Production CO2 2009 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000. The target is to come in at the price of a midmarket car. This is like JFKs call for the moon shot," he says. "I

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Power and Associates 2004 report ]. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids. Car and Driver s Patrick Bedard writes amusingly but tellingly about this issue.

PHEV 37

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244