Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 7, 2012
The ABE fermentation process was discovered by the first president of Israel, chemist Chaim Weizmann, around the start of World War I in 1914, and allowed Britain to produce acetone, which was needed to manufacture cordite, used at that time as a military propellant to replace gunpowder. —Anbarasan et al. Binder, Harvey W.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2013
During the past two years, a deep budget problem in Cyprus led to a slowdown of the project with three projects selected for 2012–2014 extension of the original five-year agreement. Global gas use in 2012 was 117 Tcf.). The capital cost of the LNG plant was set at $1,200/tonne of nameplate capacity. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Noting that higher voltage (42V) batteries were tried—and failed—more than a decade ago, Pike said that at that time, converting all onboard electronics to the higher voltage was viewed as impractical, and the cost of DC-to-DC converters was prohibitive. Battery swapping gives way to battery financing.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Both companies will offer a range of electricvehicles for public sale from 2012. Their solution to the cost of thenew-generation batteries is to separate them from the car itself. UN walkout as Ahmadinejad calls Israel racist Review: Star Trek, at the Empire, Leicester. Walkout at UN conference after Iran.
Revenge of the Electric Car
DECEMBER 3, 2008
Once the capital costs of setting up the facility are recouped, about ten years in this case, all they have are maintenance and operational costs since the energy source is essentially free forever. The company plans test deployments of vehicles in 2009 and broad commercial sales in 2012. Rosegg said.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
A couple of drawbacks to consider might be the capitalization costs of building these stations and the batteries that they would have to have in stock. for 2012 Featured stories Feed Greenlings: What is regenerative braking? You could sit in your vehicle while the operation takes place. Battery swapping has its critics.
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