Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2017

A team from the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, with colleagues from the University of Birmingham and Aarhus University, have developed a nanosized bio-Pd/C catalyst for upgrading algal bio-oil. The oil can flow through the palladium-decorated bacteria masses as it does through the carbon particles.

Waste 150

Waste Illinois Oil Universal 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2017

The tests, carried out with the cooperation of Waseda University, showed that using the buses to replace standard diesel buses could cut CO 2 emissions from daily operation by up to 60% for a medium-sized bus and by up to 42% for a small bus. Feb 2016 to Jan 2017. Overview of the field test. Small electric bus. Frequency. Charge time.

Diesel 186

Diesel CO2 Recharge Corporation 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2017

A new class of materials which are suitable agents for displacing oil in enhanced oil recovery operations has been developed by scientists at Swansea University (UK) and scientists at Islamic Azad University in Iran. Barron reported their find in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Barron is the Charles W.

Iran 150

Iran Oil Oil-Sands Universal 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

million) to six projects to further develop the UK’s low carbon vehicle capability. The Hybrid Integrated Urban Commercial Vehicle (HIUCV) is a lightweight Heavy Goods Vehicle designed for refuse collection in an urban environment. A hydrogen fuel cell version of the van is due to be launched in 2017.

Land Rover 231

Land Rover Carbon Vehicles Plug-in 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2019

Establish a mobility network in Sacramento that will provide an innovative environment for new and prospering companies, entrepreneurs, advanced technologies and investors. SMUD’s power mix is about 50% non-carbon emitting. Facilitate development of open-sourced standards and policies for connected and autonomous vehicles.

Sacramento 207

Sacramento California Vehicles Davis 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This FOA, issued in August 2017, is a $50-million funding opportunity for projects supporting cost-shared research and development to design, construct, and operate two large-scale pilots to demonstrate transformational coal technologies. University of Illinois. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Echogen Power Systems.

Coal 262

Coal North Dakota Illinois Universal 262

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD has launched a major global initiative towards carbon-free transport. It is now up to the transport sector to demonstrate how carbon-free mobility can be achieved. The preliminary results of the project will be presented at the next ITF Summit in May 2017.

Transportation 150

Transportation Global International Davis 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2017

For example, a team at the University of Surrey found that particulate pollution levels inside cars are up to 40% higher when the vehicle is stuck in a traffic jam or stopped at a red traffic light compared to free-flowing traffic conditions. Their paper is published in Atmospheric Environment. Earlier post.). —Leavey et al.

Pollution 186

Pollution St. Louis Cars Washington 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

NOVONIX Anode Materials LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NOVONIX Limited, was formed in 2017. It has developed process technology and experience in producing lower carbon intensity, high performance, synthetic graphite targeting the electric vehicle and energy storage sectors. Piedmont Lithium , Tennessee Lithium, $141,680,442.

Parts 459

Parts Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 459

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2018

An open-access paper on the work is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Long-term measurement data of the equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations and particle number size distributions (PNSD) from the Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory Chacaltaya (CHC; 5240?m Environ. , Wiedensohler, A., Andrade, M.,

Bolivia 247

Bolivia Transportation Global Climate Change 247

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to collaborate with Masdar, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Air Liquide, and Toyota distributor Al-Futtaim Motors in a joint research program to explore the potential of hydrogen energy use in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the creation of a sustainable, low-carbon society.

United Arab Emirates 150

United Arab Emirates UAE Toyota Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Diesel-powered commuter trains may expose their passengers to elevated levels of certain black carbon and ultrafine particles, especially in the coach directly behind the locomotive, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto. A paper on the study is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment.

Exhaust 150

Exhaust Diesel Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

The UK government has launched a £75-million (US$120-million) fund to speed the development of low carbon technologies for engines. The LUTZ project is being developed to explore the potential for intelligent mobility concepts within the urban environment. Earlier post.) The APC will channel £1-billion (US$1.6

Engine 240

Engine Energy Cars Climate Change 240

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2018

Via Mobility Services, a local nonprofit social enterprise, operates Boulder’s HOP transit route, a high-frequency shuttle service serving Boulder hotspots like the University of Colorado campus and Downtown Boulder. People in Boulder are very interested in reducing the carbon footprint in all that we do. —Natalie Stiffler.

Convert 320

Convert Diesel Battery Batteries 320

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

Now, researchers from the University of Nevada and Washington State University have developed a novel efficient biphasic tandem catalytic process (biTCP) for synthesizing cycloalkanes from renewable terpenoid biomass (such as 1,8-cineole). Cyclic hydrocarbons (i.e. Biphasic catalysis (i.e., —Yang et al.

Conversion 170

Conversion Fuel Range Oil 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

A new study, led by a team from The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York, has found that in 2010, about 2.7 Environment International. Ashmore (2017) “Preterm birth associated with maternal fine particulate matter exposure: A global, regional and national assessment,” doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.01.023.

Pollution 283

Pollution Global Africa 2010 283

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2018

Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes or modified graphene nanoribbons may be suitable replacements for platinum for fast oxygen reduction, the key reaction in fuel cells that transform chemical energy into electricity, according to Rice University researchers. electrons which are beneficial for electron-demanding reduction reaction. .

Fuel 150

Fuel Carbon China Hydrogen 150

Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

CRAWFORD EMPLOYER Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. TITLE ‘Professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering MEMBER GRADE Fellow ALMA MATERS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University, Columbus But her engineering path eventually led her back to agriculture.

Production 80

Production Columbus Illinois Universal 80

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2017

University of British Columbia (UBC) engineers have used polymeric scrap tire fibers (STF) to develop a more resilient type of concrete that could be used for concrete structures such as buildings, roads, dams and bridges, while reducing landfill waste. A paper on the work is published in the journal Materials and Structures. STF and 0.3%

Engine 170

Engine Polymer Canada India 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

This is the second EPIC investment plan and covers the years 2015-2017. The approved 2014-2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which accounts for about 40% of California''s carbon emissions.

Alternative Fuels 244

Alternative Fuels San Diego California Fuel 244

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

Using aberration-corrected environmental transmission electron microscopy (TEM) under an oxygen environment, we image the product morphology evolution on a carbon nanotube (CNT) cathode of a working solid-state Li–O 2 nanobattery and correlate these features with the electrochemical reaction at the electrode. Yang-Kook Sun and Chong S.

Batteries 150

Batteries Battery Lithium Air Li-ion 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2017

Of those 30 projects, Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Shawn Litster has been selected to receive $2 million in funding as principal investigator of his multi-institution team’s research project, “Advanced PGM-free Cathode Engineering for Higher Power Density and Durability.”.

Fuel 150

Fuel Carbon Fiber Low Cost Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2017

Researchers at Imperial College London, working with colleagues from King’s College London and University of British Columbia, have demonstrated a mechanism by which diesel exhaust particles directly affect the lungs to initiate symptoms such as a tightening of the airways and cough. Robinson, Mark A. Birrell, John J. Adcock, Michael A.

Exhaust 170

Exhaust Diesel Pollution Guinea 170

Cars That Think

MARCH 3, 2023

Auro ] Founded in 2014, Verity delivers fully autonomous indoor drone systems that are trusted in environments where failure is not an option. To achieve this, we created an identical representation of the environment that the TIAGo robot operates in the kitchen by using the Gazebo simulator. [

Maldives 108

Maldives France Environment Switzerland 108

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2017

Researchers led by a team from Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria have shown that singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) forms in the cathode of a Li–O 2 battery during discharge and from the onset charge, and that it is responsible for a major fraction of side products that cause fast ageing in the battery. V versus Li/Li +. 2017.36.

Li-ion 170

Li-ion Batteries Battery Recharge 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2017

lithium, sodium or potassium) on a copper–carbon cathode current collector at a voltage of more than 3.0 Cathodes consisted of a redox center (an S 8 or ferrocene molecule or an MnO 2 particle) embedded in a mix of electrolyte and carbon contacting a copper current collector. V versus lithium tend to be unstable if overcharged.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Sodium Austin Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In a new study, Harvard University researchers found more than 90% of potential new Canadian hydroelectric projects are likely to increase concentrations of the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) in food webs near indigenous communities. to 10-fold depending on time spent foraging in different environments.

Mercury 199

Mercury Canada Mariner Water 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Despite its substantial effects on human health, the economy, and the environment, pollution has been neglected, especially in low-income and middle-income countries, and the health effects of pollution are under-estimated in calculations of the global burden of disease. Landrigan, Philip J et al.

Pollution 186

Pollution Global 2015 Water 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

A team of researchers at Sandia’s Combustion Research Facility and the Technical University of Denmark have developed an optical setup for quantitative, high-temporal resolution line-of-sight extinction imaging in harsh optical environments. The work was published in a paper in the journal Applied Optics.

Fuel Economy 150

Fuel Economy Economy Emissions Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Exposure to air pollution on city streets is enough to counter the beneficial health effects of exercise in adults over 60, according to new research led by Imperial College London and Duke University. That should allow everyone to be able to enjoy the health benefits of physical activity in any urban environment. The unborn.

London 150

London Pollution Environment Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2017

Engineers have long recognized the power—and limitless availability—of hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe. Hydrogen occurs naturally in the environment, but it is almost always chemically bound to other elements—to oxygen in water (H 2 O), for example, or to carbon in methane (CH 4 ).

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicles Carbon 150

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Eventually, they’ll add equipment to spray tiny aerosol particles of calcium carbonate, the compound found in limestone, blackboard chalk, and Tums antacids. Even less is understood about the potential risks to people and the environment—could the particles deplete the ozone layer, for example, or significantly alter the weather?

Ozone 117

Ozone Solar Climate Change Climate 117

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2018

Startup Mattershift says it has achieved a breakthrough in making carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes at large scale. The paper is a characterization study of commercial prototype carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes consisting of sub–1.27-nm-diameter nm-diameter CNTs traversing a large-area nonporous polysulfone film.

Carbon 199

Carbon Fuel Polymer Austin 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

Methane and black carbon (soot) are the second- and third-most powerful climate-warming agents after carbon dioxide. Methane and black carbon (soot) are the second- and third-most powerful climate-warming agents after carbon dioxide. Lead author Drew T. Resources. Shindell, N. Borgford-Parnell, M. Haines, J.C.I.

Climate 150

Climate Pollution Carbon Colombia 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2017

The study looked into how air pollution—specifically black carbon—affects the bacteria living in the respiratory tract—the nose, throat and lungs. Black carbon, a major component of particulate matter, is produced through the burning of fossil fuels such as diesel, biofuels, and biomass. pneumoniae biofilm structure.

Pollution 150

Pollution Carbon North America Universal 150

Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Standardization: Being Nice To the Environment. According to a recent analysis, the number of electric vehicles sold in 2017 will generate 250,000 metric tonnes of battery waste. How standardization helps the environment. Standardization helps the environment. Standardization: India’s Position. Conclusion.

India 40

India Standards Batteries Battery 40

Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. About Joe: Joe has driven electric since 2017 with two BMWs: i3 REX and X5 40e. I thrive in a mentoring environment that provides space for me to grow. Let’s meet the candidates. What is your most effective contribution toward the adoption of EVs?

North America 68

North America America El Paso New Mexico 68