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However, total transportation energy demand in California could be reduced 30% relative to 2005 levels in 2050 through improving overall vehicle efficiency (which includes the use of advanced electric-drivetrains such as plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). Click to enlarge.

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Now, researchers at Imperial College London have shown that bioethanol production from bamboo in China is both technically and economically feasible, as well as cost-competitive with gasoline. In its development of biofuel policy, China’s 10 th five-year plan (2001–2005) proposed a biofuel industry to utilize surplus grain stocks.

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APRIL 20, 2017

Velodyne LiDAR announced its new fixed-laser, solid-state Velarray LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensor, a cost-effective yet high-performance and rugged automotive product in a small form factor. The design consolidates components and results in significant advances in sensor miniaturization, reliability, and cost reduction.

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DECEMBER 24, 2021

In addition to carbon black, Monolith’s innovative methane pyrolysis process creates cost-effective clean hydrogen. Title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. Leading tire manufacturers including Goodyear and Michelin expressed their support for the DOE’s conditional approval and Monolith’s technology. Data: Monolith.

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To aid in the rollout of all of this infrastructure, funding is made available to commercial EV charging station projects. This funding is critical to the deployment of EV charging stations as it can cost anywhere from a few thousand to hundreds of thousands of dollars for installation per site. Station Locations.

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The report, Opportunities for hydrogen in commercial aviation , which had technical input and funding from The Boeing Company, finds that growing hydrogen industry momentum could provide an opportunity to introduce hydrogen for niche airport applications (such as ground support equipment) as early as 2025.

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The study was commissioned by a coalition of fuel suppliers and automotive companies with a view to identifying a roadmap to 2030+ to identify GHG abatement options at the lowest cost to society. GHG abatement in road transport sector will cost approx. 150-200 (US$172-229) per ton of CO 2 e avoided. 34 Mton CO 2 e (WTW).

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Torc is an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck AG, responsible for commercializing a Level 4 autonomous system that will be offered to trucking customers. Founded in 2005 at the birth of the self-driving vehicle revolution, Torc has 16 years of experience in pioneering safety-critical, self-driving applications.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

It will help SGMW keep up with the strong demand for its Wuling brand mini-commercial vehicles. The Qingdao plant opened in June 2005. In addition, mini-commercial vehicles manufactured at the facility are being sold in a growing number of GM markets worldwide. The project, which represented investment of RMB 1.1

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Simultaneously, the dual factors of high jet fuel costs and industry commitments to halve 2005 CO 2 emissions levels by 2050 are driving the search for alternative solutions to fossil-fuel based propulsion and energy sources, Airbus said. As by-products, hydrogen fuel cells could enable aircraft to generate their own water supplies.

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

SGCE) for the demonstration and commercialization of the Group’s Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology, primarily for Biomass-to-Liquids (BTL) and Waste-to-Liquids (WTL) applications. The recently signed JDA formalizes the commercial relationship between the parties and provides $5.9 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Although the SAE World Congress has been running panel sessions on fuel cell vehicle commercialization since 2005, this year was the first in which three participating automakers—Toyota, Hyundai and Honda—had fuel cell vehicles that customers can buy now or within a year. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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The proposed rule would reduce 41 million tons of methane emissions from 2023 to 2035—the equivalent of 920 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, or more than the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from all US passenger cars and commercial aircraft in 2019. billion a year. billion a year.

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JULY 31, 2010

The VärmlandsMetanol plant will be the first full-scale commercial biomass-to-methanol plant. In a 2005 paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , Yin et al. However, the capital cost for syngas generation made in this way will be very high. Investment for the plant will be about SEK 3 billion (US$416 million).

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AUGUST 1, 2016

billion pkm in 2005 to 3009.74 He and Qiu estimate the overall demand of Chinese residents’ travel transport, and explore the effects on health outcomes and the economic costs by replacing a proportion of transport with cleaner travel modes. thousand deaths, and save economic costs about 63.14 —He and Qiu. billion - 501.09

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Velodyne evolved after founder/inventor David Hall developed the HDL-64 Solid-State Hybrid LiDAR sensor in 2005. Since then, Velodyne LiDAR has provided real-time 3D vision systems used in a variety of commercial applications including autonomous vehicles, vehicle safety systems, mobile mapping, aerial mapping, and security.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

The project will run two years, relying on biology to rapidly and cost-effectively screen natural enzyme diversity for the best performing enzymes. Novozymes has already reduced the cost of enzyme production for biofuels by 90%. million (2001-2005). Development of a Commercial-Ready Enzyme Application System for Ethanol: $12.3

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MARCH 30, 2011

MY 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and < useful life mileage. EPA expects the streamlined approach to result in a cost savings for many converters. MY 2010, 2011, 2012 and < useful life mileage. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing. Certification application. Intermediate age. Compliance submission. Outside useful life.

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On a stand-alone basis, all light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles have the potential to reduce per-mile GHG emissions by at least 40% in 2050, relative to 2005 average fleet levels. However, projected 2050 transportation demand, relative to 2005, counteracts per-mile GHG reductions.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2009

An analysis of sales- and activity-weighted fuel efficiency for new jet aircraft from 1960 to 2008 shows that while aircraft efficiency has doubled since 1960, advancements in the efficiency of commercial aircraft have stagnated in the last two decades. During the 1990s however, efficiency gains dropped to less than one percent annually.

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DECEMBER 15, 2015

The portions of these resources that become economically recoverable in the future will depend on crude oil and natural gas market prices, as well as the capital and operating costs and productivity within the countries. Chad’s oil production was 78,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2014, down 55% since 2005. Bcf/d from 2005 to 2014.

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Ever since concluding an agreement on business collaboration in 2005, Toyota and Subaru have been deepening their cooperation in various fields, including development, production, and sales. These and other issues present a growing number of challenges related to costs, supply, and ways of selling.

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MAY 1, 2013

The new module is a complementary product offering to the existing U-Charge product line, which has been available since 2005. At the core of the P40-24 is Valence’s lithium iron magnesium phosphate (LiFeMgPO 4 ) cathode material, which has been deployed in more than 250,000 modules since Valence first commercialized the technology in 2005.

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Spirit’s problems have also at times limited how fast Boeing can produce Max planes, its most popular commercial jet. That crisis cost Boeing about $20 billion. Boeing sold Spirit to an investment firm in 2005, part of a campaign to cut costs and focus more on final assembly of planes.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Clean energy technology company LanzaTech has been awarded funds from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to perform research focusing on novel, low-cost routes for the production of jet fuel (JP-8) from carbon monoxide (CO) rich sources. —Dr Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaTech’s chief executive.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

SGI), a privately held company developing and commercializing genomic-driven solutions to solve a range of global challenges, has purchased from Febit Holding GmbH the worldwide rights to three families of patents and patent applications related to key synthetic genomic technologies. Synthetic Genomics Inc.

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Their mining and processing comes at an environmental cost , and China holds a near-monopoly stake in them. El-Refaie originated the GE program in dual-phase materials in 2005. The peak efficiency of the GE motor was 94 percent, on a par with the best motors used today in commercial EVs. It’s not only about GE. “A

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WiTricity, the MIT spin-off commercializing strongly coupled magnetic resonance wireless charging technology for EVs as well as consumer devices, industrial, medical and military applications ( earlier post ), has work underway to deliver wireless charging systems capable of delivering 10s of kilowatts for plug-ins, compared to the current 3.3

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The H-Prize, enacted by Congress, authorized the Department of Energy to create a program to award competitive cash prizes that will advance the commercial application of hydrogen energy technologies by dramatizing and incentivizing accelerated research. light duty automobiles, forklifts or tractors).

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SAIC Mobility Europe, a division of China’s largest vehicle manufacturer, SAIC, is introducing the Maxus light commercial vehicle brand. The Maxus EV80 is being made available to over 200 major fleet operators in Europe that are interested in reducing their carbon footprint and vehicle operating costs by running zero emissions vehicles.

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APRIL 26, 2011

This effort will focus on the downstream processing of isobutanol to paraffinic kerosene (jet fuel) for jet engine testing, airline suitability flights and advancing commercial deployment. However, Gevo projects that its isobutanol production process will provide a cost-effective source of biomass-derived isobutanol. Gevo, Inc.,

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Emissions in 2011 were 526 million metric tons (9%) below the 2005 level. The commercial sector fell slightly (0.3%). Factors influencing the decrease included: In 2011, transportation-related carbon dioxide emissions fell primarily due to higher fuel costs, improvements in fuel efficiency, and a reduction in miles traveled.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

This investment would both reduce the amount of energy needed to run the American economy and the price of energy for US consumers, lowering overall energy costs by some $494 billion a year, according to the analysis. billion tons by 2020, 22% below 2005 levels, and to 4 billion tons, or 33% below 2005 levels, by 2030.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to their analysis, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , favorable assumptions for all involved process steps (30% thermochemical energy conversion efficiency; 3000 kWh/(m 2 a) solar irradiation, low CO 2 and heliostat costs) result in jet fuel production costs of €1.28/L kg CO 2 ‐equiv /L.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

EIA added a premium to the capital cost of CO 2 -intensive technologies to reflect current market behavior regarding possible future policies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Total US energy-related CO 2 emissions remain below their 2005 level through 2035. It does not assume any revolutionary or breakthrough technologies.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

Thales selected the GS Yuasa cells for the 787 in 2005. The multi-year, multi-million dollar contract was an historic first as it marked the first commercial aviation application of Li-ion technology. In the first phase of the contract, GS Yuasa delivered prototypes to Thales starting in spring, 2005; mass production started in 2007.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Specifically, the audit found, the mandate to demonstrate the commercial application of integrated biorefineries had not been met and DOE was not on target to meet its biofuels production capacity goal. The annual production capacity was to be derived from 10 demonstration-scale and commercial-scale projects funded by the Program.

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