Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

The home, located on the West Village campus of the University of California, Davis, is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting. The home is also three times more water-efficient than a typical US home. Photo by Dorian Toy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. F of warming.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2012

POET–DSM Advanced Biofuels, LLC , is scheduled to start production in the second half of 2013 at one of the first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants in the United States. Earlier post.) Up to 25% of corn crop residue left in the field will be collected; the rest will be left behind to fertilize the soil and prevent soil erosion.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

In January, Dearman announced that it had completed its shakedown testing milestone at the end of 2013 at Imperial College, London, and was moving into a three-month program of tests and performance mapping. Earlier post. ). The IDP10-funded project will cost £3.25 million (US$5.46 million), £1.9 million (US$3.19 million (US$4.37

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2015

Researchers at the Skoltech Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES), a partnership between the MIT Materials Processing Center and Lomonosov Moscow State University, are focusing on the development of higher capacity batteries. Fuel cells, coupled with electrochemical electrolysis, have potential to serve that role. earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

10/kWh ($333/kg H 2 stored ). Related to this, DOE seeks by 2020 to develop novel precursors and conversion processes capable of reducing the high-volume cost of high-strength carbon fiber by 25% from $13 per pound to ~$9 per pound. 8/kWh ($266/kg H 2 stored ). . $8/kWh 8/kWh ($266/kg H 2 stored ). kWh/kg system (5.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2009

Because the carbon produced during the steam reforming step is subsequently burned under the airflow, the process is not sensitive to the gradual loss of conversion efficiency exhibited by the conventional process. In 2011 the current round of SUPERGEN will begin to come to an end, with the final projects ending in 2013.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

In addition, if too much of a planet-scale computer’s mass is concentrated in one place, “it could implode under its own weight,” says Anders Sandberg , a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute. In truth, Simon had been speaking only to himself for the entire conversation. It had to be done.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

While they store a high amount of energy compared to the other designs, their power output is comparatively low. Conversely, high coating thicknesses for the electrodes produce a high energy density. It can store energy recovered from brake applications and supply considerable power for full- load boosting. liters (1.0

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. No announced plans.

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