Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2018

million barrels per day (b/d), at the beginning of 2018, according to EIA’s most recent US Fuel Ethanol Plant Production Capacity report. Total listed, or nameplate capacity, of operable ethanol plants increased by 5%—more than 700 million gallons per year—between January 2017 and January 2018. billion gallons (1.04

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Researchers from the US university of Nebraska-Lincoln have made a shocking discovery that a modern highway’s guardrail and concrete block road partitions are not strong enough to withstand the impact of a large battery-electric pick-up truck travelling at 60mph (97km/h).

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F-150 Nebraska Colorado Universal 80

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2018

Molecular-dynamics simulations, performed by professor Jian Wang’s group at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, showed the 9R phase and nanograins result in high strength and work-hardening ability and revealed the formation mechanisms of the 9R phase in aluminum. Zhang (2018) “High-Strength Nanotwinned Al Alloys with 9R Phase” Adv.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2018

Seed oil components of an ornamental flower could provide a direct pathway for designing a new class of environmentally friendly lubricants. violaceus plant’s biology and genetic makeup, researchers at Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, China, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln noticed the February orchid seed oils were unusual.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The Urban Air Initiative (UAI), the Energy Future Coalition and the states of Kansas and Nebraska have petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to correct what they call the agency’s flawed models that limit the use of higher blends of ethanol. Two test fuels fail to comply with today’s standard.

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