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Novamont launches joint venture for European BDO plant using Genomatica’s process

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JANUARY 22, 2012

This follows the announcement on 18 August 2011 of a letter of intent between the companies. Novamont, a leading producer of biodegradable bioplastics, will consume the BDO for its own internal use to meet the increasing demand for its biopolymer products that incorporate BDO as a key monomer. Earlier post.).

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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APRIL 23, 2024

IEEE Life Fellow Sergio Benedetto Vice President, Publication Services and Products Sergio Bregni Benedetto is a professor emeritus at Politecnico di Torino, in Turin, Italy. He has received numerous international awards throughout his career, including the 2008 IEEE Communications Society Edwin Howard Armstrong Award.

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EIA: More than 1 billion gallons of renewable drop-in diesel/jet produced worldwide in 2014

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Currently, HEFA fuels are also approved by ASTM International for use in jet engines at up to a 50% blend rate with petroleum jet fuel. There are currently 10 plants worldwide that produce renewable diesel, one of which is ENI’s former petroleum refinery in Venice, Italy. There is also civilian interest in non-petroleum jet fuel.

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New enhanced quasi-dimensional combustion model for HSDI diesel engines

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AUGUST 4, 2011

A team at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena, Italy) has developed and validated a quasi-dimensional combustion model applicable to any type of high-speed direct-injection (HSDI) diesel engine. International Journal of Engine Research 12: 311-335 doi: 10.1177/1468087411401285. —Perini and Mattarelli. Resources.

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GE progressing on next generation engine for Boeing 777X Aircraft; 10% fuel improvement

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JULY 9, 2012

The dual annular combustor emits no more than 40% of the hydrocarbons allowed by today's international standards. In 2011, the GE90 engine experienced its most successful year and accumulated airline and freighter operator commitments for 400 engines, surpassing the 250 engine commitments record from 2007.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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JANUARY 14, 2024

Saracco also taught courses on technology forecasting and market impact at the University of Trento in Italy. There he led network management research and helped design Italy’s first electronic exchange and data network. Saracco left the museum in 2011 to join EIT Digital as the president of its Italian branch in Trento.

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Boeing, South African Airways and Mango celebrate Africa’s 1st commercial flights with sustainable aviation biofuel from tobacco

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JULY 15, 2016

Airlines around the world have conducted more than 2,500 passenger flights using various forms of aviation biofuel since it was approved for commercial use in 2011. Italy-based Sunchem Holding is an industrial research and develop company operating in the sector of genetic and recombinant DNA applied to plant for energy purposes.

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Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The company made an internal announcement on February 27th, 2024 which leaked to the press immediately via several Apple employees. Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008.

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EEA report suggests road charges for heavy-duty goods vehicles should reflect varied health effects of pollution in different countries

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MARCH 4, 2013

The amended Eurovignette Directive (2011/76/EU) relating to the charging of HGVs for use of major European motorways prescribes that from 2013, Member States may include air pollution costs in any charging structure for roads under the Trans? Costs are also high in Luxemburg, Germany, Romania, Italy and Austria, at around €0.08/km

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VM Motori Awards CGI Block and Bedplate Contracts for New 3.0L Diesel to Tupy

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OCTOBER 9, 2010

Independent engine manufacturer VM Motori SpA of Italy has awarded. Following pre-machining of the cylinder blocks and bedplates at Tupy, final machining and engine assembly is performed in a purpose-built manufacturing facility at VM Motori in Cento, Italy. liter V6 diesel engine.

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Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Ford commissioned the survey, conducted by the consultancy The Futures Company, to better understand the opinions and attitudes of Europeans across a range of mobility issues—from car sharing to green driving to the future of the internal combustion engine. In 2011, Ford Motor Company spent €4.1 billion (US$5.2

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Ernst Young Survey Finds Roughly 60% of Chinese Consumers Would Consider Purchasing a Plug-in Vehicle

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APRIL 23, 2010

The global survey included China, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Japan. This percentage is nearly five times that of US, Germany, UK and Japan survey respondents. In China, Ernst & Young canvassed the views of 1,000 vehicle owners and those that plan to purchase within three years from across China. Mike Hanley.

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Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

magnitude Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011, setting off the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. At the 1895 International Geographical Congress, Rebeur-Paschwitz proposed setting up a worldwide network of seismological stations. Subduction along this plate triggered the 9.0-magnitude

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Sponsors of SAE Study Conclude HFO-1234yf Can Be Used As Low-GWP Global Replacement Refrigerant in MAC Systems

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

A two-year Cooperative Research Program conducted through SAE International to investigate the safety and environmental performance of the low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant HFO-1234yf for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems has finished its study. he report is the third SAE report to evaluate the new refrigerant.

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Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

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MAY 24, 2011

Electric Vehicles—Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011. The “ Electric Vehicles—Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011 ” conference and exhibition will take place in Stuttgart, Germany 27–28 June. These second generation engines retain piston-driven, internal combustion technology. Second or third generation?

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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ZAP Acquires 51% Stake in China’s Jonway Auto in Focus On China EV Market; Plans Acquisition of Other 49% in Second Phase

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

According to the terms of the definitive agreements, ZAP has the right to acquire the remaining 49% of Jonway Auto at the same valuation by 30 March 2011 or at a then current valuation after that date. Jonway’s 3-door SUV has been CE approved in Italy by its European partner for the European market. Earlier post.)

China

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Ram Truck to offer factory-built CNG pickup

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MARCH 6, 2012

A 5-year/100,000-mile powertrain limited warranty covers the HEMI V-8 and transmission, and adds internal engine components specific to CNG: the upgraded valves, the valve seats, fuel injectors and rail and the specially designed spark plugs—all part of the factory installed manufacturing and production processes.

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Bosch overview of global diesel markets; optimistic about US, China

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AUGUST 7, 2013

The European countries with the highest sales of diesel vehicles are Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. The resulting increase in internal trade and transportation of merchandise will also lead to a significantly more prominent role for diesel, Bosch says.

Diesel

Diesel Global Market China

Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

By delivering the migrants there, the masters of the Maltese vessels, and perhaps the European rescue authorities involved, may have violated the international law of the sea, which requires ship masters to return people they rescue to a safe port. billion) a year internally on managing migration, not counting national-level spending.

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Daimler Investing 600M in Center of Excellence for Compact Vehicles; To Begin Limited Series Production of A-Class E-CELL EV in 2010

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

The first vehicles of the successor generation to the current A- and B-Class will roll off the assembly lines in Rastatt from the end of 2011. The most important markets for the compact vehicles from Rastatt are Germany, Italy, France and the UK, Daimler said. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Dr. Rodrigue sits on the international editorial board of the Journal of Transport Geography and the Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport , and acts as the Van Horne Researcher in Transportation and Logistics at the university. Natl Book Network, 2011. According to the study, a parking search, ranging over 4.5 Shoup, Donald.

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Mercedes to begin production of A-Class E-CELL

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

The German company will enlarge its Rastatt plant with an investment of €600million with the first vehicles of the successor generation of the A- and B-Class models to roll off the assembly line from the end of 2011.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

From an official point of view, COP 15 is to be informed by the most recent report from the UNFCCC’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), published in 2007. Without a clear and ambitious number, the whole agreement will be in danger ” [ 8 ].

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U. of Wisconsin RCCI combustion work progressing; modeled 53% gross indicated efficiency in a light-duty engine could result in 2x fuel savings compared to SI gasoline

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MAY 31, 2011

SAE 2011-01-0357. presented at SAE 2011 World Congress, reported on RCCI operation at load of 2 and 4.5 The ERC team will present a paper on injection effects in low-load RCCI combustion (SAE 2011-24-0047) at the upcoming 10 th International Conference on Engines & Vehicles, September 2011, Naples, Italy.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. The International Energy Agency, for example, now considers 4°C and 6°C scenarios as well as 2°C in their latest analysis. a year from now to 2050. —PwC report. a year, from now to 2050.

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IEC publishes two EV charging standards; global consensus on plugs and sockets

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

The IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) has published two new International EV charging standards: IEC 62196-1 and IEC 62196-2. The two IEC International EV Standards reflect a global consensus on the plugs and sockets that are needed to charge EVs. —Ronnie Amit, CEO and General Secretary of the IEC.

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New hybrid carbon/sulfur cathode material enables high-energy, high-power Li-sulfur battery; “matching the level of engine-driven systems”

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MAY 16, 2014

The team will present a paper on their work at the upcoming 17 th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries in June in Como, Italy. 2011) “The sp 2 Nanocarbons: Prototypes for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,” in Raman Spectroscopy in Graphene Related Systems , Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. Dresselhaus, G. and Dresselhaus, M.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

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JULY 21, 2012

Honeywell’s UOP—a major international supplier and licensor of technology for petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries—has also been an early leader in developing technologies for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Toyota working on all-solid-state batteries as mid-term advanced battery solution; prototype cell with 400 Wh/L

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JUNE 12, 2014

An internal combustion engine and Toyota’s targeted “Sakichi battery” are added for reference. Hideki Iba and Chihiro Yada (2014) “ Invited Presentation: Innovative Batteries for Sustainable Mobility ,” 17 th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB 2014). Ragone plot showing various types of secondary batteries. Batteries'

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Novamont launches joint venture for European BDO plant using Genomatica’s process

Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

EIA: More than 1 billion gallons of renewable drop-in diesel/jet produced worldwide in 2014

New enhanced quasi-dimensional combustion model for HSDI diesel engines

GE progressing on next generation engine for Boeing 777X Aircraft; 10% fuel improvement

Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

Boeing, South African Airways and Mango celebrate Africa’s 1st commercial flights with sustainable aviation biofuel from tobacco

Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

EEA report suggests road charges for heavy-duty goods vehicles should reflect varied health effects of pollution in different countries

VM Motori Awards CGI Block and Bedplate Contracts for New 3.0L Diesel to Tupy

Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

Ernst Young Survey Finds Roughly 60% of Chinese Consumers Would Consider Purchasing a Plug-in Vehicle

Taking the Measure of the Earthquake That Destroyed Tokyo

Sponsors of SAE Study Conclude HFO-1234yf Can Be Used As Low-GWP Global Replacement Refrigerant in MAC Systems

Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

ZAP Acquires 51% Stake in China’s Jonway Auto in Focus On China EV Market; Plans Acquisition of Other 49% in Second Phase

Ram Truck to offer factory-built CNG pickup

Bosch overview of global diesel markets; optimistic about US, China

Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Daimler Investing 600M in Center of Excellence for Compact Vehicles; To Begin Limited Series Production of A-Class E-CELL EV in 2010

Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

Mercedes to begin production of A-Class E-CELL

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

U. of Wisconsin RCCI combustion work progressing; modeled 53% gross indicated efficiency in a light-duty engine could result in 2x fuel savings compared to SI gasoline

PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

IEC publishes two EV charging standards; global consensus on plugs and sockets

New hybrid carbon/sulfur cathode material enables high-energy, high-power Li-sulfur battery; “matching the level of engine-driven systems”

UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

Toyota working on all-solid-state batteries as mid-term advanced battery solution; prototype cell with 400 Wh/L

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