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BP invests $5M in mobile electric vehicle charging company FreeWire; intro at some retail sites this year

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kW or DC fast charging at 50 kW. Since 2006, BP Ventures has invested more than $400 million in corporate venturing and has 42 active investments in its current portfolio. BP Ventures’ portfolio is primarily focused on emerging technologies in oil and gas exploration and production and downstream conversion processes.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

They especially like the conversion vehicles because they’re different.”. A history that goes back GEVA has a history that very much involves the aforementioned conversions. The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I

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Electric Auto Association

They especially like the conversion vehicles because they’re different.”. A history that goes back GEVA has a history that very much involves the aforementioned conversions. The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I

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My 2007 Dream Project

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Since I live in Portland, Oregon, I went to a meeting with the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association and found out about several companies that provided drop-in electric conversion kits for existing cars. I'm currently working with Craig Loughlin out at Camp914 to purchase a 1976 Porsche 914 for the conversion.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Straubel ’s August 2006 preview of the company’s Roadster at a chapter meeting. “We When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. That was quite a conversion.” It’s a very strong spirit.”

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Genifuel Licenses High-yield Algae-to-Natural Gas Process from PNNL

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Genifuel grows aquatic biomass, such as algae, in shallow ponds or troughs, then harvests and processes the biomass for conversion using the PNNL technology. Elliott, DC (2008) Catalytic Hydrothermal Gasification of Biomass. Hydrothermal Gasification of Biomass (Elliott presentation, 2006). doi: 10.1002/bbb.74.

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Startup Siluria Technologies developing novel bio-templated catalysts for economic direct conversion of methane to ethylene; potential for transportation fuels

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Siluria was one of the highlighted companies at last week’s ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington, DC. In a presentation at the Spring 2006 AIChE national meeting, researchers from Mesoscopic Devices noted that today’s catalysts exhibit either high selectivity (>70%) coupled with low conversion ( 75%) with low selectivity.