Cars That Think

JANUARY 21, 2022

To transport a kilogram of cargo, commercial air freight services typically charge about US $10; space flight reaches $10,000. Now SpinLaunch , a company founded in 2015 in Long Beach, Calif., A carbon-fiber cable with a cross-sectional area of one square inch (6.5 What a ratio, what a cost.

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Carbon Fiber Long Beach Re-Charge Carbon 111

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2015 and as a world first, Fukuoka City has been taking on the challenge of producing and commercializing hydrogen from domestic wastewater sewage. Fukuoka City hydrogen production facility. For the Super Taikyu Race in Okayama, hydrogen is to be transported using large and midsize trucks of Toyota Transportation Co.,

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Mazda Hydrogen Toyota Transportation 387

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

The goal is to enable the widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and specifically to provide adequate hydrogen storage for onboard vehicle, material handling, and portable power applications that meet the DOE hydrogen storage targets. The estimated maximum period of performance for each award will be three years.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Low Cost Power 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

If the fossil fuel industry wishes to remain relevant, it must adapt and explore paths towards zero-carbon or low-carbon energy and carbon utilization strategies. Yedinak and Meidl argue that hydrogen, used as a zero-carbon energy carrier, has the potential to transform the global energy landscape. —Yedinak & Meidl.

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Hydrogen Carbon Production Carbon Fiber 170

Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2023

A little over six weeks after Falcon 9 launched SpaceX’s 26th Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) mission for NASA, Dragon departed the ISS on January 9th. ’ The Dragon 2 trunk is a tube-like carbon fiber composite structure covered by a skin of curved solar arrays and radiators.

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Tampa Carbon Fiber MPH Solar 144

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2016

Currently, carbon fiber (CF) reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites are used to make COPVs. Waterfall plot of the 2013 700 bar compressed hydrogen storage system cost baseline and 2015 cost status update. The cost reductions identified from the 2013 baseline to the 2015 update are shown. Click to enlarge.

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Hydrogen Polymer Vehicles Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2015

Local Motors will showcase the proprietary three-phased manufacturing process for 3D-printing cars during NAIAS 2015. Made from a carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic material by SABIC, the current model of the Strati takes approximately 44 hours to print 212 layers. Three-Phase Process: Print, Refine, Finish.

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Motor Motors Motoring Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2015

Boeing is working with the aviation industry to approve green diesel for commercial aviation by amending the HEFA (Hydroprocessed Esters And Fatty Acids) biojet specification approved in 2011. —Mike Sinnett, vice president, Product Development, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. IATA 2014 Report on Alternative Fuels.

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Diesel Green Energy 2014 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2015

While 700 bar compressed hydrogen storage provides a near‐term commercialization pathway, the performance of this storage technology falls short of the DOE onboard FCEV hydrogen storage targets, particularly for volumetric hydrogen energy density and system cost. The workshop will be held on 29 October 2015, in Dallas, Texas.

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Gas Fuel Hydrogen Alternative Fuels 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2015

At SAE 2015 World Congress last week, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai ( earlier post ). For the FCHV-adv, Toyota had used aerospace grade carbon fiber. 4(1) doi: 10.4271/2015-01-1175. Konno et al.

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Congress Toyota Fuel Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2018

In 2015, researchers at NREL and NASA developed and patented a device—the Internal Short Circuit—that creates these cell failures in predictable conditions. NREL/NASA Internal Short-Circuit Instigator in Lithium Ion Cells (228th ECS Conference, October 2015). NREL/NASA ISC design.

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International Li-ion Lithium Ion Manufacturer 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Pratt & Whitney will design a novel, high-efficiency hydrogen-power turbomachine for commercial aviation. The Hydrogen Steam Injected Intercooled Turbine Engine (HySIITE) concept is intended to eliminate carbon emissions and significantly reduce NO x inflight emissions for commercial single-aisle aircraft.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion 284

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2015

The LEAP-1B engine began flight tests on a modified 747-100 flying testbed on 29 April 2015. —Keith Leverkuhn, vice president and general manager, 737 MAX program, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The LEAP-1B is a product of CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between Snecma (Safran) and GE. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Carbon Fiber Fuel Engine International 150

Baua Electric

JULY 11, 2023

And quantity can also be reached best upcoming riding indisposed the price of the era, which depends upon valuable metals, precision production and dear carbon fiber-wrapped tanks. “First we need to reduce the price, then we can increase the volume,” Nakajima stated Tuesday at a briefing at the era.

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Kentucky Gasoline Toyota Hydrogen 40

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The vehicle can also be used to transfer the energy to another location—for example, from a solar charging station at work to the vehicle owner’s home or from a home solar set-up to a vacation dwelling or to a jobsite in a commercial setting. There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150