Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2010

Honeywell and DuPont are forming a manufacturing joint venture to produce a the new refrigerant HFO-1234yf for use in automotive air conditioning systems. Among the concerns raised were: Cost. The refrigerant costs more to make and reportedly requires new plants, rather than conversion of a existing facilities. Earlier post.)

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JULY 6, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has offered a conditional commitment to Abound Solar , a manufacturer of low-cost, cadmium telluride, thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, for a $400 million, seven-year loan guarantee to expand its solar module manufacturing capabilities. and begun commercial operations.

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MAY 5, 2016

A new study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering has found that even large increases in lithium prices are unlikely to increase significantly the cost of batteries or battery packs for end users such as vehicle manufactures or consumers—although some manufacturers may see reduced profit margins.

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APRIL 12, 2012

These awards help to pay the difference between the cost of conventional gas- or diesel-powered vehicles and new ones that use propane or natural gas. Eligible vehicles meet all the emission requirements of the Air Resources Board and are fully warranted by their manufacturers. Daimler is the manufacturer of the vehicles.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

These projects will leverage national lab consortia launched under DOE’s Energy Materials Network (EMN) this past year ( earlier post ), and will support the President’s Materials Genome Initiative and advanced manufacturing priorities. —Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Friedman.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

With another major upturn in CFRP patent activity occurring in 2007, large-scale mainstream automotive use is likely by the mid-2020s. Other manufacturing costs need to be cut. Carbon fiber itself, at $28/kg for standard modulus fiber, represents just 22% of the cost of a final CFRP part.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 3, 2023

They include eliminating tier-based wages and benefits, double-digit wage increases, clearly defined pensions for all employees, the return of cost-of-living adjustments, and for companies to reintroduce medical benefits for retirees. It’s unlikely that the industry is interested in meeting all of the union’s demands.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Gas is still being consumed at rates generally above the 2007-2011 range. Electric power plants are dispatched based on their variable cost of operation, which is determined by both the price of the power plant’s fuel and the efficiency of the plant. For the same months in 2013, the average Henry Hub price was $3.68/MMBtu,

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

CY2023 also saw a total of 284,906 vehicles comprising PVs and two-wheelers being voluntarily recalled by their manufacturers (OEMs) to inspect for a likely defect, and carry out remedial work which may mean replacement of the affected component or update technology, free of cost, to the consumer.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2014

EEB is produced in a complex reaction mixture along with at least 2 high-value chemicals used as intermediates in several manufacturing sectors; the resulting biofuel is a mix of products from esterification of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) with ethanol. EEB can also be blended with gasoline or burned to produce electricity.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Any hit would most probably purpose vital disruptions for auto manufacturing in america. ” These days, UAW employees who had been rented later 2007 don’t obtain defined-benefit pensions. For years, the union gave up basic pay raises and misplaced cost-of-living salary will increase to aid the firms regulate prices.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2009

The new funding will provide $5,000 per truck toward the cost of retrofitting the vehicle with a diesel soot filter, with a goal of cleaning up an additional 580 trucks operating at the Port of Oakland over the next four months. 1 deadline, half of which came from voter-approved Proposition 1B funds.

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MAY 11, 2012

The program, created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), provides approximately $100 million annually to encourage the development and use of new vehicle technologies and alternative and renewable fuels to help attain the state's climate change policies. Earlier post.) Electricore Inc. Electricore Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Cost to manufacture is one of the main considerations. Other factors used to determine the best material for manufacturing parts for vehicles include: Part performance. Switching to biobased materials is a very complex process and is many times an optimal balance of the above considerations against the cost to manufacture.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

From October 2007 to April 2009, the average fuel economy of purchased new light-duty vehicles improved from 20.2 L/100km) in October 2007 to 21.3 mpg US (11.6 mpg (11 L/100km) in April 2009. During the same period, the volume of sales plummeted.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

The 13 projects fall under two categories: Advanced Methods for Manufacturing (total $3 million, 4 projects) to improve the production and design efficiency of nuclear plant components including advanced concrete construction methods, near-net shape fabrication methods and joining processes that can be used in small modular reactor manufacturing.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2009

In 2007 GM spokesman Scott Fosgard told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that by 2012 there will be about 10,000 hydrogen vehicles on the market from a variety of companies. Toyota aims to chop the present-day cost of fuel cell vehicles by 90%. I don't think so. In 5 years.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Key program goals, as defined by the Office of Fossil Energy and the US Office of Management and Budget, include: Cost of $175 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for a minimum 40,000 hour fuel cell stack. Cost of $700 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for an integrated fuel cell power block.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

I do not agree with the EPA or the 2007 Supreme Court ruling that gave the Agency that authority. However, passage of the Murkowski Amendment would have profoundly adverse effects on the national economy, national environment and energy security objectives, and the economically distressed automobile manufacturing industry.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

In 2007, the GT offered the first turbocharged gasoline engine with direct injection from Opel, a 2.0 Environment initiative: Opel/Vauxhall wants to expand its position as a manufacturer of alternative propulsions. This, in particular, includes a thorough review of the material costs. liter unit with 194kW/264 hp.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2009

NewPage Corporation is discontinuing work on the biofuels gasification project at the Escanaba, Michigan pulp and paper mill due to escalating costs. The plant, which would produce methanol and dimethyl ether from the gasification of kraft pulp black liquor, was announced in August of 2007 in partnership with Chemrec AB of Sweden.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 4, 2022

Lucid is a new entry in the electric vehicle (EV) market, but the company—founded in 2007—has some of the leading engineers on power train efficiency. What most people care about in an EV is range, and the brute force approach taken by many legacy manufacturers is to extend range by including a bigger battery. Ditto for the GM Hummer.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2012

In 2007, the global transportation sector accounted for approximately 25% of total energy-related CO 2 emissions&mdash almost 7 Gt, Of that, road transportation accounted for 5 Gt. Go upstream in the manufacturing process and capture 100% of the market. —Kodjak et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2010

However, the technologies would also increase vehicle purchase costs for consumers, sometimes by as much as several thousand dollars. Replacing spark-ignition engines with diesel engines and components would yield fuel savings of about 37% at an added cost of approximately $5,900 per vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2009

The contract will run for up to two years if all options are exercised with an estimated cost of about $8.5 EnerNex is an electric power engineering and consulting firm specializing in the development and application of new electric power technologies. They will engage their peers in meetings set to begin the week of 16 Nov.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

The cost of deploying a PSA system and associated refueling pump at a fueling stations will be on the order of $300,000 to $500,000, said Jeff Kissel, president and CEO of TGC during a briefing on the announcement—about one-quarter of the cost of currently installing a more conventional hydrogen fueling station in the US.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

In 2007, Vorbeck signed a worldwide license agreement with Princeton University for a patented method from the the Aksay Labs for manufacturing graphene at commercial scale.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

Through the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, established by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), the Energy Commission provides up to $100 million per year toward the development and deployment of low?carbon Background. The investment plan update also reserves $1.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

While most countries deal with only a small number of importers and manufacturers, New Zealand does not have a domestic vehicle manufacturing industry and imports a large number of used vehicles through several thousand importers. It is estimated that the scheme could have resulted in costs of up to $1,500 when purchasing a larger car.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 25, 2008

The Large Volume Manufacturers, the automakers with obligations under the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero Emission Vehicle Program, have made a joint comment about the staff proposed revisions that will be voted on Thursday March 27 in Sacramento. An accompanying chart shows the increases. But the explanation is disingenuous.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Lately, UAW employees who have been rented then 2007 don’t obtain defined-benefit pensions. For years, the union gave up normal pay raises and misplaced cost-of-living salary will increase to aid the firms keep an eye on prices. Their fitness advantages are much less beneficiant, too.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2013

The proposed standards for NMOG+NO x are fleet-average standards, meaning that a manufacturer calculates the weighted average emissions of the vehicles it produces in each model year and compares that average to the applicable standard for that model year. Costs and impacts. The standards differ by vehicle class and test cycle.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Environmental costs are often not shown on financial statements because the bearers of such costs can be either particular individuals or society at large, are often both non-monetary and problematic to quantify for comparison with monetary values. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge. billion in 2005.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Introduced in 2007, Epoch is the cell control logic enabling integration of electronics, firmware and software. Valence currently has two manufacturing facilities in China, both wholly-owned; each facility is 50,000 square feet and located next to each other. The second is the module/pack manufacturing plant.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Energy use per 2005 dollar of gross domestic product (GDP) declines by 46% from 2011 to 2040 in AEO2013 as a result of a continued shift from manufacturing to services (and, even within manufacturing, to less energy-intensive manufacturing industries), rising energy prices, and the adoption of policies that promote energy efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

And yet clean diesel, one of the cleanest choices for putting the US on the road to energy independence, hasn’t see any sort of incentive since the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. The survey is similar to surveys run by UMTRI on the same topic in 2006 and 2007. Are these sales incentivized? Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD). Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. The committee also separately derived a range of values for damages from climate change; the wide range of possibilities for these damages made it impossible to develop precise estimates of cost.

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