Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2020

One consortium will conduct R&D to achieve large-scale, affordable electrolyzers, which use electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. This R&D will complement and help support large industry deployment by enabling more durable, efficient, and low-cost electrolyzers. —Assistant Secretary Simmons.

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Hydrogen Fuel Affordable Energy Storage 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP). EV Market Stimulation in Divested Economies. Rural Reimagined: Building an EV Ecosystem and Green Economy for Transforming Lives in Economically Distressed Appalachia. A Solid State Technology Enabled Compact, Modular Design to Reduce DC Fast Charging Cost and Footprint.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2020

Validating the use of low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber for compressed hydrogen and natural gas storage tanks will help expand technology choices for ground transportation. Significant cost reduction is especially difficult for the type of carbon fiber used in CSG tanks and this project addresses that challenge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Element 1 designs hydrogen generators that significantly reduce the cost profile of delivered hydrogen. Lack of affordable hydrogen at the point of use has been one of the most significant factors limiting the growth of the global hydrogen economy. —Dave Edlund, President and CEO of Element 1.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2023

The SAF and LCAF products will contain no sulfur, while produced utilizing 100%, low-cost renewable power, and utilizing integrated carbon capture within the process. TOPSOE’s MTJet technology, incorporated with Topsoe’s SynCOR Methanol technology, achieves economies of scale with each future production phase.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Vehicle Technologies Office funds a broad portfolio of early-stage research to develop new affordable, efficient and clean transportation options to enable industry to accelerate the development and widespread use of a variety of innovative transportation technologies. a 2015 baseline of 36 miles per gallon).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

The plant will produce cleaner gasoline from low-cost natural gas, captured bio-methane from farms and landfills, and mitigated flared gas from the Permian basin. The TIGAS technology enables us to cut both the production cost and the lifecycle carbon footprint of everyday fuel by 50%.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2016

However, wide scale adoption of β-titanium alloys in transportation applications has been limited due to its high cost. The cost of β-titanium alloys can be lowered by replacing the expensive β stabilizers such as Mo, Cr and V (in full or in part) by low cost Fe such as the case in Ti–1Al–8V–5Fe (Ti-185) alloy introduced in 1960s.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

Despite the enhanced gasoline engine performance the vehicle achieves near diesel levels of fuel economy, but with lower production costs. The additional cost to the vehicle manufacturer is estimated between €750 and €1,500 (US$1,000 to $2,000). This power and torque is more comparable with VW’s larger 1.8-liter

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Lead Acid Low Cost Hybrid Batteries 231

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2019

Projects will focus on novel, innovative materials and designs that decrease the size and increase the power density of electric drive systems by a factor of eight, while achieving cost reduction and performance improvement targets for more affordable electric drive systems. Covetic steel is one approach that can achieve this.

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Vehicles Fuel Economy Alternative Fuels Motor 252

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2018

and Renmatix, the leader in affordable cellulosic sugars, announced a joint development agreement to evaluate the commercial feasibility of creating renewable jet fuel by integrating Renmatix’s Plantrose Process ( earlier post ) with Gevo’s GIFT technology and alcohol to jet process ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

VTO research pathways focus on fuel diversification, vehicle efficiency, energy storage, lightweight materials, and new mobility technologies to improve the overall energy efficiency and affordability of the transportation system. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

2 at low voltages of 1.837 and 1.951 V, respectively, for overall alkaline seawater electrolysis at room temperature with very good durability. That requires substantial amounts of energy and drives up the cost. Zhifeng Ren, corresponding author for the paper, said speedy, low-cost production is critical to commercialization.

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Hydrogen Water Commercial Houston 284

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The technology we’ve developed is capable of cleaning wastewater and producing a low-cost, low-emission fuel from it. Graforce’s plasmalysis is an important contribution to low-emission fuel production while boosting the economy and efficiency of biogas and power-to-gas plants.

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Water Waste Audi Hydrogen 271

Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2016

Whereas fuel cost used to be a major driver for fleet managers, the lowering of oil prices and the availability of low-cost natural gas has reduced this concern, Navigant notes. Similar ratios have been identified in other world regions; further, as economies grow, the truck population is forecast to increase.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2013

The new partnership brings together automakers, government agencies, gas suppliers, and the hydrogen and fuel cell industries to coordinate research and identify cost-effective solutions to deploy infrastructure that can deliver affordable, clean hydrogen fuel in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2017

Polysulfide-Blocking Polymer Membrane Separators for Rechargeable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries The advanced energy economy will be a dominant market force in the 21st century, one driven by US demand but asymmetrically low domestic supply without immediate action. Reaction 35, LLC. NanoSonic, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Grid balancing and resilience is not a challenge borne out of our transition to a net-zero carbon economy. They not only afford us some of the cheapest energy we can produce but also a route to the low-carbon power necessary to achieving global decarbonization targets. Localized balancing is not a new problem.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

When including purchase price (broken out as a five-year loan at 6% interest plus 10% down-payment) in the scenario, the HEV and ICE drivetrains lead in terms of affordability, with EVs and low-cost FCVs behind. Source: Lux Research. Click to enlarge. —Lux Research.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The steel industry cannot afford to wait for the 2040s to start its transition. The next ten years could see a massive expansion of steel capacity to meet demand in growing economies, such as India. Moreover, Brazil is expected to have one of the lowest costs for hydrogen production by 2030, according to research by BloombergNEF.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The system will significantly reduce electrical power draw from batteries, thereby extending the fuel economy and driving range of electric and hybrid vehicles. Sheetak’s mission is to replace compressors and provide a clean, efficient and affordable solution for a variety of cooling applications.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Rebounding economy in North America and, to a lesser degree, Europe. Demographically, e-bicycle riders have been shifting toward younger populations, the report says.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 23, 2022

“It should be…” These will be affordable EVs, according to Renault Group engineering boss Gilles Le Borgne. “You know the Renault brand is a pop brand, a popular brand, and we need to make mobility affordable. Renault brand chief operating officer Fabrice Cambolive confirmed both will be global models.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This leaves Torotrak’s technologies that improve the internal combustion engine’s performance well positioned as affordable, mainstream solutions in the mass car markets. M-KERS can recover up to 70% of braking energy for around a third the cost of battery electric hybrids, the company says.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2011

Affordable grid-level energy storage is the linchpin for massive deployment of renewable energy on the electric power grid. The approach being pursued by LMBC mixes the economies of scale in electrometallurgy with use of earth-abundant elements to achieve affordable electrical energy storage.

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MIT Batteries Battery Energy Storage 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). In the USA, the demand is being driven by the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 10, 2023

is china producing low cost semiconductoR ? Yes, China has been a significant player in the production of low-cost semiconductors. Chinese semiconductor companies often compete on cost, and this has made them key players in providing affordable solutions for various applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2012

Among the findings of the two-year study are that—if technology hurdles and infrastructure challenges can be overcome—economically competitive low-carbon fuels and improvements in fuel economy will result in substantial reductions in GHG emissions. For light-duty CNG, leveraging liquid ICE fuel economy technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

The companies integrated their development teams and shared hydrogen fuel cell intellectual property to create a more affordable commercial solution for fuel cell and hydrogen storage systems. —Mark Reuss, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain“.

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EV Match

JULY 15, 2021

We at EVmatch know that in order to make an EV lifestyle possible for more people, we have to create convenient, practical, affordable ways for people – regardless of where they live or work – to fit EV charging into their daily lives. The Game Plan and Timeline. Once again, we would like to thank the CEC for this award.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

Developing Robust all-Solid-State Li Battery with a Ceramic Electrolyte and Interfacially Engineered Lithium Metal Anode A next generation of a low cost and high energy density advanced solid state rechargeable lithium battery will be developed through the proposed project for use in the next generation of PHEV and EV rechargeable batteries.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Both the massive and the toy-size vehicles are about selling Australians on the transformative potential of green hydrogen—hydrogen gas produced from renewable energy—to decarbonize their fossil-fuel-based economy. And green hydrogen is the centerpiece of its clean-economy growth plan.

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Australia Hydrogen Green Renewable 145

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Initial cost estimates suggest that the Flybus system could be available at a fraction of the cost of an electric hybrid, whilst simulation results indicate fuel savings comfortably in excess of 10%. The result is a system which exhibits very low levels of power loss.

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Hybrid Fuel Fuel Economy Energy Storage 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Description. Federal funding. Description.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The successful market implementation of these materials in vehicles requires that they be low cost and available in sufficient abundance to make a compelling business case. For this reason the focus of this AOI includes the development of low-cost approaches to the manufacturing of both magnesium and carbon fiber.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

If anything their low speed performance will be even better, while still delivering very significant fuel economy benefits and CO2 reduction. There will be no torque deficit or other tradeoffs from essential engine downsizing and higher gearing, which now dominates the development of internal combustion engines. Micro-mild hybrids.

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Volt Hybrid Downsizing Lead Acid 207

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

VTO is seeking projects in this area not represented by, or similar to, current R&D projects at DOE) that focus on the following key barriers: Cost Reduction. The components to enable electric drive vehicles must be more affordable. board charger must be offset by the cost savings in operational costs as seen by the customer.

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