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JULY 16, 2010

The Engine Alliance (EA)—a 50/50 joint venture of General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp.— completed its 100 th GP7200 engine with employees and partners at a ceremony in Middletown, Conn. Center cut sketch of GP7200 engine. Center cut sketch of GP7200 engine. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). by Bill Cooke. M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Cap and Trade Disappointment.

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million) by Sweden’s Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation Initiative ( FFI ) to develop a biofuel engine intended for heavy commercial vehicles. VSE) on the further development of ethanol- and gas-fuelled industrial engines. Initially set to run from 2009-2012 with no definite ending year. Tags: Engines Fuels.

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MAY 5, 2010

Axial Vector Energy Corporation (AVEC) has developed a new hybrid electric drive train comprising a small axial-type, multi-fuel AVEC engine ( earlier post ), an AVEC generator/motor and an all new electric clutch. If the batteries are low in charge, the AVEC engine starts, engages the generator and stays on until the batteries are charged.

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In 2009, founder Mate Rimac began working from his garage on his vision of producing electric sports cars that could both be fast and offer excitement. Rimac also engineers and manufactures high-performance electric vehicle powertrain systems and battery systems.

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JUNE 13, 2010

The Drive to Green strategy is based on improving and optimizing the performance of traditional internal combustion engines and transmissions; continuing the roll out of hybrids; promoting electric vehicles; and supporting the development of hydrogen and other zero-emission products. liter VVT engine and 1.4-liter Advanced Powertrains.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Highly efficient at low engine revolutions, electric superchargers make it possible to downsize engines. CPT was advised on the transaction by Turquoise International (corporate finance) and Matthew Arnold Baldwin (legal & tax). HyBoost shows comparable performance to the conventional 2.0L Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

According to the US Energy Information Administration, shale gas, tight gas,and coalbed methane accounted for 50% of US production in 2009 and are expected to account for 75% of production by 2035.

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JULY 12, 2010

billion) over the next five years for the development of a new generation of more fuel efficient and lower emitting engines and vehicle technologies. This includes investment in production facilities for new lower carbon engines in Bridgend. Tags: Engines Europe Policy. Ford is investing £1.5 billion (US$2.26

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—Rick Bockrath, Vice President for Chemical Engineering at Global Bioenergies. After having completed a first stage that led to the initial proof of concept in 2009, the Company built a prototype in 2010. Since 2008, Global Bioenergies has been developing a fermentation process that targets gaseous isobutene.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

180 million for Clean Truck & Bus Vouchers (HVIP and Low NO x Engine Incentives) and the Zero- and Near-Zero Emission Freight Facilities Project. AQIP supports CVRP, the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP), and has been funding demonstrations for advanced emission reduction vehicle technologies since 2009.

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billion in FY 2009 to $16.8 More than $1 billion of the FY 2010 total was supplied by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Between FY 2002 and 2009, FFRDC expenditures increased an average of 5% each year, with the exception of a brief stall in FY 2006. billion in FY 2001 to $16.4

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Boot (2009). The fuel circuit, which is the most expensive part of the engine, can also be made much less expensively. Michael Boot conducted his research with the Combustion Technology group of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research was financed by STW technology foundation and DAF Trucks.

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MAY 31, 2012

Although the Company’s intent is to improve its operating efficiencies and to obtain additional financing, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain such financing on favorable terms, if at all, or to successfully further reduce costs in such a way that would continue to allow the Company to operate its business.

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Ford is also uniting regional performance engineering and racing teams as one global team under “Ford Performance”, delivering more new vehicles and parts, more quickly. Focus RS, which builds on a pedigree of driving excellence dating to the first Ford RS in 1968, was last introduced in 2009.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Standard automobile and small engines can run on biobutanol blended into gasoline at any ratio, according to Gevo. The company is focused on the development of advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals based on isobutanol and its derivatives using engineered microbes. In February 2009, Gevo, Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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” His investments enabled him to retire from his day job as a software engineer on January 7th, 2021, at the age of 39. DeBolt has supported Tesla since he saw the Roadster in 2009 and the early Model S prototype at the San Mateo Maker Faire. I currently hold 48,000 Tesla shares.” I try to stay physically fit.

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MAY 27, 2010

In connection with this financing, Gevo also announced that Dr. Ron Commander, head of the LANXESS Group’s Butyl Rubber Business Unit, will join the Gevo Board of Directors. Gevo and ICM, the Company’s strategic engineering partner, completed the retrofit of ICM’s one million gallon per year ethanol demonstration plant in St.

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DECEMBER 24, 2011

The financing was led by a combination of new and existing shareholders. Osum filed a commercial application and Environmental Impact Assessment for the 35,000 barrel per day Taiga Project at Cold Lake in December 2009 and is targeting regulatory approval in 2012. Canada-based Osum Oil Sands Corp. The placement will consist of 21.2

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million grant by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to begin engineering and development on a plant to produce jet fuel. million of its own capital to provide funding to complete the engineering and development. USDA awarded the first loan guarantee in 2009 to Sapphire Energy in New Mexico. In 2013, Fulcrum was awarded a $4.7-million

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

Thermoelectric material developer GMZ Energy ( earlier post ) has secured $14 million in Series C financing. With the new funding, GMZ will expand its engineering and go-to-market capabilities as the company moves into production of its thermoelectric technologies. —Aaron Bent, CEO of GMZ Energy.

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JULY 15, 2010

The Carbon Cycle Technology Alliance was formed in 2009 to address the simultaneous challenges of increasing the supply of secure fuels while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Alliance expects to complete the study in three to four months.

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MAY 27, 2009

Spirit Avert AG is seeking to raise CHF166 million (US$152 million) in financing to serve as the capital for mindset AG and its planned production of the E-Motion extended range electric vehicle for the European market. The company will report further details at the ordinary general meeting on 3 June 2009. The Mindset E-Motion.

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JULY 29, 2010

Gevo uses synthetic biology and metabolic engineering to develop biocatalysts (fermentation organisms) to make only isobutanol via fermentation at high concentrations—i.e., The company is focused on the development of advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals based on isobutanol and its derivatives using engineered microbes.

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Between 2009 and 2011, the Group is to invest a total of €4 billion (US$5.8 The investments are to be financed from the cash flow of the Chinese joint venture companies. In China, we will see clear double-digit growth in 2009 and expect to remain the market leader in the future. percent) in the first half of 2009.

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

Target features for the hybrid roadster include a 600 cc internal combustion engine and 20 kW continuous power electric motor powered by a Li-ion battery pack that delivers similar acceleration to the Spyder 990 RS roadster. The CTA currently employs more than 70 researchers and students, and expects to become self-financing as of 2011.

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JULY 8, 2011

One month after its IPO ( earlier post ), Global Bioenergies, a France-based startup that has engineered a series of bacterial strains that can produce isobutene, has received €475K (US$680K) in funding from the French innovation agency OSEO. million) in 2009 to support an earlier development phase of the isobutene process.

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The bioliq process thus allows for the economically efficient large-scale production of high-quality engine-compatible designer fuels. A 2009 study pegged the cost of biosynfuel from a large bioliq plant at around (US$3.0/gallon gallon US). Earlier post.).

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Earlier this year, the company announced it had received financing from France’s Total—which earlier had funded research on the technology at MIT ( earlier post )—and from a personal investment by Bill Gates. Patents for all liquid metal battery inventions were licensed from MIT. —Luis Ortiz, LMBC’s President.

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Standby: Sep 2009. Close: Oct 2009. Standby: Nov 2009. Close: Jul 2009. Close: Jun 2009*. Livonia Engine, Mich. Closed: May 2009*. Close: 31 Dec 2009. Close: 31 Dec 2009. Columbus, Ohio Close: 31 Dec 2009. On 31 March 2009, GM reported consolidated debt of $54.4 Powertrain.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

SAIC and GM began cooperation in 1997, when the two automakers formed Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) engineering and design joint venture. Through the end of November 2009, Shanghai GM had sold 2,973,411 vehicles.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

Horst Neumann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG for Human Resources, used the occasion to assert that Volkswagen will continue its systematic growth course in China, and will invest €4 billion (US$6 billion) in new products and production capacity expansion in China between 2009 and 2011. billion RMB (€3.18 billion, US$4.7

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

increase over FY 2009 actuals and a 7.4% When combined with budget authority from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and supplementals, and accounting for mandatory outlays, the DOE will have the capability of $31.165 billion in total outlays in FY 2011—a 30% increase over FY 2009 actuals, and a 7.8% 2010 est. 2011 prop.

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Increasing oil demand is requiring increasing imports; since 2009, China has been importing more than half of its petroleum needs. Additionally, in 2012 the Chinese Ministry of Finance announced it would provide annual subsidies up to two billion yuan ($323.6 Consumption of gasoline in China grew from 0.9

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JUNE 10, 2009

Projects under this funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000079 ) will be financed, in whole or in part, with funds appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Applications are due by 9 September 2009. This engine must be capable of meeting 2010 emission standards, and be commercially viable.

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JUNE 29, 2011

As of 2013, a new engine plant will produce 4-cylinder gasoline engines, which will be used in locally produced Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and vans. The planned technical capacity of this engine plant will be expanded to 250,000 units, of which up to 100,000 units per year will initially be utilized.

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Setzer has worked at Continental since finishing his studies in engineering management in Germany and France in 1997. He has been a member of the Executive Board of Continental AG since August 2009. In 2007, von Hirschheydt joined Continental as a project manager in the Mergers and Acquisitions department.

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