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MAY 30, 2017

Ten years ago, lithium-ion cell maker A123 Systems was a hot startup and a much-publicized company. This author, in fact, profiled the company for IEEE Spectrum in the technology magazine's September 2007 issue. The six years that followed proved enormously painful for the Massachusetts company, however.

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Lithium Ion Companies Massachusetts 2007 101

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Contour Energy was founded in 2007 out of the collaboration of Caltech and CNRS, the French National Center of Scientific Research. The company is leveraging new fluorine-based battery chemistries, nano-materials science and manufacturing processes to develop advanced primary and next-generation rechargeable battery systems.

Li-ion 218

Li-ion Companies Energy Batteries 218

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MARCH 14, 2017

Immediately preceding the Chapter 11 filing, the company retrenched to a core R&D team by terminating approximately 80% of its personnel (several of whom have also entered into consulting agreements with the company to assist it in the sale of its assets), paused all factory operations, and stopped the marketing and selling of its products.

Companies 170

Companies Hybrid Energy Storage Batteries 170

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JUNE 29, 2022

The company’s customers are Polish and foreign manufacturers of vehicles based on electric drives, including buses, streetcars, trolleybuses and yachts, as well as companies from the industrial, power (traditional and RES), railroad and telecommunication sectors. has been in the market since 2007.

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Poland Clean Cleaning Power 305

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The Coca-Cola Company and Ford Motor Company are collaborating on the first interior fabric made from the same renewable material used to produce Coca-Cola’s PlantBottle Technology packaging. —Scott Vitters, general manager, PlantBottle packaging platform, The Coca-Cola Company.

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Fusion Ford Companies Energy 255

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

R33 Blue Diesel, an approved fuel made by Shell, has been available for trial and company car pool vehicles at the filling stations at the Bosch locations in Feuerbach, Schwieberdingen, and Hildesheim for some weeks now. In Germany, the CO 2 emissions of newly registered vehicles have fallen by one quarter since 2007. Earlier post.).

Renewable 170

Renewable Germany Diesel Fuel 170

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 7, 2024

I've been in the automotive media since late in 2007, and over the course of all that time, I've seen EV-focused startups come and go. I don't want ANY of these companies to fail. So, I ask of you -- will any of these companies fail? Some went and came back, even. If more than one does, who will go down first?

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Fisker 2007 Tesla Companies 104

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

Since the market launch of AVM in 2007 and MOD in 2010, both firsts for any automaker, Nissan has steadily expanded its safety technology offerings, which have become a cornerstone of autonomous drive technology development.

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Nissan Companies 2007 Automobile 199

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APRIL 6, 2011

WVO collects and removes water, food particles and other impurities from waste vegetable oil then ships the bio feedstock to a processing company that produces an 80/20 diesel/biodiesel blend (B20) that will be used to fuel hundreds of food delivery trucks at the US Foodservice-Columbia Division in Lexington, SC.

Fleet 199

Fleet Companies Waste Oil 199

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Intelligent Energy and the Suzuki Motor Corporation have created a joint venture company called SMILE FC System Corporation to develop and manufacture air-cooled fuel cell systems for a range of industry sectors. Under the terms of the contract, both companies will take a 50% stake in the joint venture. Earlier post.).

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Suzuki Corporation Motor Motors 250

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APRIL 28, 2012

Gen4 Energy, based in Denver, Colorado, was founded in 2007, and is working in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory, under the DOE Technology Transfer program, to develop an advanced design nuclear reactor referred to as the Gen4 Module (G4M). Earlier post.). —Bob Prince, CEO of Gen4 Energy.

Companies 225

Companies Energy Denver Colorado 225

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

One of the things WiTricity has been doing since the first public disclosure back in 2005 and then the formal formation in 2007 is taking this core of technology of magnetic resonance and applying it into practice. Maximum efficiency is achieved when the devices are relatively close to one another, and can exceed 95%.

Charging 356

Charging Companies Plug-in Kits 356

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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration estimates that US natural gas pipeline companies added about 2,400 miles (3,862 km) of new pipe to the grid as part of more than 25 projects in 2011. New pipeline projects entered service in parts of the US natural gas grid that can be congested: California, Florida, and parts of the Northeast.

2011 218

2011 Gas Miles Companies 218

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JUNE 15, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the first plans from individual companies for satisfying the misfueling mitigation conditions of the E15 partial waivers. Approved companies have now met all Clean Air Act requirements related to E15 and may legally—for CAA requirements—introduce E15 into the marketplace.

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EPA Companies Market 2001 240

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MARCH 3, 2011

Honda said yesterday it would recall 36,700 of its 2006 and 2007 Civic Hybrid models to replace a key component of the Integrated Motor Assist hybrid system. The company said the existing converters in the.

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Civic Hybrid 2006 DC 2007 76

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JUNE 1, 2009

The US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, approved Chrysler LLC’s request to sell substantially all of its operations to Chrysler Group LLC, the new company formed in alliance with Fiat SpA. Earlier post.). Chrysler’s Mexican, Canadian and other international operations will also be acquired by Chrysler Group.

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Chrysler Companies New York 2007 199

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MAY 21, 2012

The total number of verified (US EPA- and/or California ARB-verified) diesel retrofit devices (for both on-road and off-road diesel engines) sold in the US (including California) by MECA member companies in 2011 was 20,177, according to the Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA).

2011 247

2011 Diesel Companies 2009 247

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The Board of Directors of Alcoa has unanimously approved a plan to split the lightweight metals leader into two independent, publicly-traded companies. The globally competitive Upstream Company will comprise five business units that today make up Global Primary Products: Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminum, Casting and Energy.

2018 150

2018 Companies Saudi Arabia 2014 150

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

To settle this case, the company agreed to pay $253,300 to the Air Pollution Control Fund to support efforts to improve air quality, and to comply with all applicable CARB regulations. The original At-Berth Regulation, adopted in 2007, requires vessel fleets to reduce their diesel engine power generation while docked.

Oakland 321

Oakland San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles 321

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, announced the return of two indictments against six individuals and three companies for offenses involving federal renewable fuel programs, allegedly creating losses to victims totaling more than $100 million. —Robert G.

Indiana 239

Indiana Tax Credit Companies Tax 239

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

In 2009, Brazil’s Petrobras rose from the ninth to the fourth place in the ranking of the 50 largest listed energy companies in the world, according to calculations by energy consultancy PFC Energy. The calculation considered the companies’ market value in December 2009. trillion high of December 2007. trillion in 2009 from $2.8

Energy 186

Energy Companies Chevron 2009 186

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

EVO, a 2007 spin-out from Imperial College London, is backed by Imperial Innovations Group plc and by driveline company GKN. The EVO powered Alpha 1 SRF accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds and has a top speed of 230 km/h; the Omega 1.4 tonne capacity electric truck.

Motor 186

Motor Motors Motoring Companies 186

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The companies also plan to work together to speed commercialization of Sakti3 battery cells. Sakti3, led by Dr. Ann Marie Sastry of the University of Michigan, is commercializing high performance solid-state batteries that are produced using a novel manufacturing process that has been developed by the company. Sakti3, Inc.,

GM 218

GM Companies Batteries Battery 218

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AUGUST 27, 2015

In January 2015, Seeo was awarded a contract for technology assessment from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors. Under the contract, Seeo will deliver its DryLyte battery modules to USABC for testing under a 9-month assessment program.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Polymer Companies Buy 150

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Emerging Fuels Technology (EFT), a technology company focused on methods for producing synthetic fuels from feedstocks such as natural gas, flared gas, biogas, biomass, municipal solid waste, CO 2 and more, introduced its Maxx Jet and Maxx Diesel proprietary methods, which employ a unique catalyst system made for EFT by Haldor Topsoe.

Diesel 170

Diesel Fuel Waste 2007 170

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

the strategic investment arm of South Korea’s SK Group, was part of a $50-million investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy, a US-based waste-to-fuels company. aims to make an inroad into the Korean bioenergy market with SK Ecoplant, another SK group company, as a potential partner. was joined in the investment with a Korean private equity fund.

Waste 243

Waste Carbon Fuel Production 243

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MARCH 6, 2012

Virdia, formerly HCL CleanTech, a developer of cellulosic sugars, announced a number of major company milestones, including a new brand and CEO, its latest funding round, and a $75-million deal with the Mississippi Development Authority to build manufacturing plants in the state. Earlier post.)

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Mississippi Building Companies 2007 199

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FEBRUARY 22, 2009

Frost & Sullivan presented the “2008 European Automotive Powertrain Entrepreneurial Company Award” to e-Traction Europe B.V. The company recently won a contract for the conversion of 5 Volvo buses with e-Traction system for the Town of Apeldoorn (Netherlands).

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Companies Motor Motors Motoring 150

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MARCH 29, 2010

Private equity fund Pacific Road has agreed to acquire 10% of underground coal gasification (UCG) company Carbon Energy Limited from Australia’s national science agency CSIRO in an off-market trade. interest in the Company on 30 June 2008. Pacific Road Capital is a private equity manager which invests in the global mining industry.

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Carbon Companies Energy Coal 186

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

OCTOBER 12, 2006

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 hope everyone had a great 2006 and I wish you all the best for 2007.

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2007 NMG Kits Oregon 100

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Since its acquisition of Weda Bay in 2007, Eramet carried out extensive geological work and confirmed the potential of this world-class deposit whose mining operations started at the end of 2019. a Canadian company. Following Tsingshan’s investment, Eramet owned 43% of the company that controlled Weda Bay, and Tsingshan 57%.

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Production Batteries Battery Indonesia 396

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MARCH 26, 2019

Electric aviation technology company magniX and Harbour Air, North America’s largest seaplane airline, announced a partnership to transform Harbour Air seaplanes into an all-electric commercial fleet powered by the magni500, a 560 kW (751 shp) all-electric motor that delivers 2,814 N·m of torque. DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver.

All-Electric 281

All-Electric Seattle North America Building 281

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MARCH 29, 2014

The parts are at the center of the company’s ignition switch recall, which includes all 2005-2007 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5; 2003-2007 Saturn Ion; 2006-2007 Chevrolet HHR; 2005-2006 Pontiac Pursuit (Canada); 2006-2007 Pontiac Solstice; and 2007 Saturn Sky vehicles—about 1.367 million vehicles.

Extended Range 259

Extended Range Cadillac GM Saturn 259

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

From 2025, production at all Audi plants will be carbon neutral as part of the company-wide environmental program Mission:Zero. The companies that supply the battery cells are obliged to use only renewable energy sources for production. AUDI AG has owned the Belgium site since 2007. 2018 saw the birth of the Audi e-tron.

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Audi Production Belgium Hungary 195

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and engine supplier Cummins are the latest companies to be accused of hiding excess diesel-exhaust emissions.

Dodge 60

Dodge 2007 Diesel Emissions 60

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JANUARY 6, 2011

Powermat, a private firm, was founded in 2007 and offers wireless charging products for the home in a number of retail stores, including Best Buy, Target and Wal-Mart. The Chevy Volt will be one of the first applications, but we intend to expand it across our vehicle portfolio. We first developed the Volt concept car in 2006.

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Personal GM Commercial Charging 244

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MARCH 13, 2020

Preem’s goal is to become the world's first climate-neutral petroleum and biofuels company, with net zero emissions in its entire value chain before 2045, and production of renewable fuels is an essential part of that ambition. Preem was one of the first transportation fuel companies to begin the transformation towards renewable fuels.

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Renewable Diesel Fuel Production 221