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Dark Secrets at The Heart EV Supply chain We Often Fail to Address

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We all believe that an electric vehicle is much more eco-friendlier than a conventional gasoline car. Yes, They Are Greener But… On the surface, EVs are more ecological than gasoline cars because 70-80% of the pollution caused by automobiles comes from their tailpipe and EVs don’t have tailpipe emissions. The Real Problem.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture. Hîrceagã, M.,

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Ford E85 Direct Injection Boosting Study: A Less Expensive Alternative to Diesel

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Proposed by John Heywood and colleagues at MIT in 2005, the basic premise of E85 boosting is that ethanol (or other lower alcohols) suppresses knock due to the large evaporative cooling effect it has on the air-fuel mixture when injected directly into the cylinder, supplemented by ethanol’s inherent high octane number. Earlier post.)

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Audi offers two new 3-cylinder engines in refreshed A1: 1.0 TFSI and MDB 1.4 TDI diesel for A1 ultra

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Audi is now refreshing its A1 models, including the offer of six engines—gasoline and diesel—that are new or that have been intensively further developed. TFSI gasoline engine and the 1.4 level engine is the first three-cylinder gasoline engine in the history of Audi. TDI diesel. TDI follows the 2.0L Earlier post.)

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Discussion Paper Suggests Mechanisms for Addressing Biofuel GHG Emissions Under Cap-and-Trade Schemes; Avoiding the Renewability Shortcut and Moving Toward Carbon Management for All Transportation Fuels

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Establish Fuel and Feedstock Accounting Standards (FFAS) for rating fuels and feedstocks based on uncapped GHG emissions throughout their supply chains; while voluntary, FFAS ratings would provide a way to reduce refiners’ allowance requirements as defined by Part (1).

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BMW provides an update on waste heat recovery projects; Turbosteamer and the Thermoelectric Generator

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Researchers proved the feasibility of this technology in December 2005 with the unveiling of the first-generation turbosteamer, which was based on a maximalist approach: they designed a dual-cycle system. The primary element was a high-temperature circuit that employed a heat exchanger to recover energy from the engine exhaust gases.

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Details of the Audi Q5 Hybrid Quattro Li-ion battery pack

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The vehicle’s electric drive is mated to a 2.0L, turbocharged, direct injected four-cylinder gasoline engine. “The electrification of a conventional vehicle concept has a very big impact on nearly all parts of the vehicle. Combined weight of all hybrid components is less than 130 kg (286 pounds). Click to enlarge.

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