Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

The ability to replace costly platinum with a much lower-cost carbon-based catalyst could lead to more efficient fuel cells that can be affordably mass-produced. Traditionally, fuel cells employ expensive platinum-based electrocatalysts, which cost about $4,000 for a passenger car. From Gong et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

JULY 16, 2022

That severely limits the options available.”. Governments once dominated space because the cost of building and launching satellites was so great. In other words, there’s lots of relevant, unclassified data available for tracking submarines, and the volume is growing exponentially. One day this trend will matter.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Promote electric vehicle adoption by increasing access to charging infrastructure and supporting the development of plug-in electric vehicles that are as accessible, available, and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles. Duke Energy Ohio. City of Seattle. Clean Future, Inc. Confluence Environmental Center. Con Edison.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A full list by state of the all the projects is available here. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). 24,978,264. 53,510,209. Beacon Power Corporation (MA). Beacon Power 20MW Flywheel Frequency Regulation Plant.

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Plug in America

AUGUST 14, 2023

The IRA provides funds for a variety of activities from increasing solar and wind energy capacity and home improvements to save money on energy to installing EV charging and reducing the upfront cost of EVs. Ohio is becoming a hub for solar manufacturing. 5,200 jobs have been created in the state since the passage of the IRA.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. Sustainable, High-Energy Density, Low-Cost Electrochemical Energy Storage: Metal-Air Ionic Liquid (MAIL) Batteries.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 16, 2022

The problem is not availability of the minerals, but the time required to scale up production. We EVangelists have gotten used to smugly pointing to the steadily declining costs of batteries (and renewable energy). Farewell to falling prices. Will the raw materials shortage put the brakes on that trend? What’s the scarcest of them all?

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The credit is not available for Tesla vehicles acquired after December 31, 2019 and General Motors EV purchased after March 31, 2020. This would encourage automakers to shift their focus to producing more affordable and higher-volume EVs which would help get them into more driveways of average Americans. Effective Date: Jan 1, 2022.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The tax credits will now be available only for sedans priced at $55,000 or less, and for pickups, vans or SUVs at $80,000 or less. Marketing gurus tell us that luxury buyers don’t tend to be very price-sensitive—if you can afford an $80,000 car, a few thousand bucks one way or the other is unlikely to affect your purchase decision.

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