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The EQE SUV is produced in the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while the battery factory in nearby Bibb County supplies the batteries for this model as well as for the EQS SUV. The EQE SUV shares some aerodynamic design measures with its model family. The overhangs and the front-end assembly have been kept compact.
Li-Cycle has started commercial operations in its Alabama Spoke located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Alabama Spoke utilizes Li-Cycle’s patented and environmentally friendly technology to recycle and to process directly full EV battery packs without any dismantling through a submerged shredding process that produces no wastewater.
The company partnered with NASA experts in combustion and additive manufacturing (3D printing) at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama; Glenn Research Center in Cleveland; and Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Virgin Orbit air launches rockets carrying small satellites to space.
design language, stiffer body structure, better ride quality, reduced noise, vibration and harshness and advanced safety and convenience features. Friction reduction measures include a revision of the piston pin from a fixed-type to a full-floating design which cuts down on friction between the piston and cylinder wall. Theta II GDI.
This highly anticipated vehicle will be the first automobile in the world to incorporate this grade of steel, which is made at AM/NS Calvert in Alabama. ArcelorMittal’s co-engineering capabilities, which fostered the close collaboration between ArcelorMittal R&D and Ford’s design and welding experts played a pivotal role in this project.
EcoCAR is a collegiate automotive competition aimed at developing a highly skilled, domestic workforce by providing hands-on experience designing and building next-generation mobility solutions to meet our nation’s future energy and mobility challenges. University of Alabama. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Georgia Tech.
Mercedes-Benz has opened its new battery plant in Bibb County, Alabama, a few months ahead of the start of production of all-electric Mercedes-EQ vehicles in the United States. The opening of our new battery plant in Alabama is a major milestone on our way to going all-electric. Earlier post.)
Idaho National Laboratory will design, fabricate, and test anode materials for electrochemically reducing actinide and fission product oxides in UNF. University of Alabama at Birmingham will develop a single-step process that recycles UNF by recovering the bulk of uranium and other transuranics from UNF after dissolution in nitric acid.
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL). The challenge will span four years and after each year, teams will be evaluated on their vehicle design and process. McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS). Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) / Wilberforce University (Wilberforce, OH).
The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third. Teams also gave five scored presentations to more than 65 judges from government and industry, detailing vehicle designs and subsystems, team management and communications activities, and demonstrating the multidisciplinary aspect of their EcoCAR team.
Alabama Graphite Corp. Reduced loadings of active materials in the anode represent an undesirable engineering solution for battery design, AGC said, since it leads to domination of both weight and volume of current collector foils over that of active materials in a cell design. mAh/g and an irreversible capacity of 439.49
The projects, in brief: Black Warrior Basin: A strategic partnership of the University of Alabama, the Geological Survey of Alabama, Rice University, Schlumberger Carbon Services and Alabama Power is studying an area with multiple promising CO 2 storage reservoirs and seals.
MATHESON , the US affiliate of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation ( NSHD ), has signed a long-term supply agreement to meet hydrogen requirements for a 75,000 bpd refinery in Mobile, Alabama owned by Vertex Energy. Conceptual design of the HyCO Facility has been completed and engineering has been progressed.
DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) will manage the projects: Sand Thermal Energy Storage (SandTES) Pilot Design. Gaston Electric Generating Plant in Wilsonville, Alabama. These units usually are not designed to respond to major shifts in output. WE New Energy Inc.
million grant from the US Department of Energy to design and engineer an integrated carbon dioxide capture and conversion plant co-located at Nutrien’s Kennewick Fertilizer Operations plant in Kennewick, Wash. Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million
The project will focus on improving carbon fiber composite materials and the design and manufacture of hydrogen storage tanks. The University of Oregon, along with The University of Alabama, DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Protonex Technology Corporation, will develop and test promising new materials for hydrogen storage.
American Electric Power (AEP) will design, construct and operate a chilled ammonia process that is expected to effectively capture at least 90% of the CO 2 (1.5 Clean Coal Power Initiative Round III Selections include: American Electric Power Company, Mountaineer Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Demonstration. Earlier post.).
EcoCAR 3 challenges university students across North America to design, build and optimize eco-friendly powertrains over the course of the next four years. University of Alabama. Students must also consider cost and explore innovation, while retaining the vehicle’s performance, safety and consumer appeal. McMaster University.
West Virginia University took second place and University of Alabama finished third in the judged competition , which was held from 21–26 May 2023 in Orlando, Florida. The Team’s complex embedded system designs were impressive. They also notched top-3 finishes for their Project Management subteam and their DEI subteam.
It is the first Genesis model to be assembled in the United States at the brand’s Montgomery, Alabama manufacturing facility. Built upon the GV70 platform, the Electrified GV70 features a number of technologies designed exclusively for electric vehicles.
This project is designed to complement an earlier Mississippi agreement, which requires KiOR to build three plants in Mississippi before 2015. KiOR also has additional projects in various stages of development in Arkansas, Alabama and other southern states. Earlier post.)
Rounding out the top three are Virginia Tech in second place and the University of Alabama in third place. Teams have four years (2018-2022) to transform their vehicles from design concept into reality, building an energy efficient, connected and semi-automated vehicle for the car sharing market. Year One is for the big thinkers.
Evonik started up a biodiesel catalyst production facility in Mobile (Alabama, USA) with an annual capacity of 60,000 metric tons in 2009. Based on the successful use of the new production technology in the US, the plant in Argentina will follow the same design type.
The 2023 Corolla Cross Hybrid, along with the gas model launched in 2021, will be assembled in the US at the new Mazda Toyota Manufacturing plant in Huntsville, Alabama. Automatic High Beams are designed to detect preceding or oncoming vehicles and automatically switch between high beam and low beam headlights.
The chosen awards were selected as the best projects to stimulate the design and demonstration of a comprehensive system to handle the harvesting, collection, preprocessing, transport, and storage of sufficient volumes of sustainably produced feedstocks. Auburn University of Auburn, Alabama (up to $4.9 Earlier post.).
We are designing what plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles will be capable of in the future. The partnership is designed to explore ways to make plug-in hybrids more accessible to consumers, reduce petroleum-related emissions and understand issues related to connectivity between vehicles and the electric grid. Pepco Holdings.
MTMUS), built in Huntsville, Alabama. In the meantime, the Mazda CX-5, which has retained constant popularity since its launch in 2012, will see its design evolve and its model lineup enhanced through continuous product improvement. This model belongs to the Small Product group just like the Mazda3 and Mazda CX-30.
The 2021 Elantra showcases Hyundai’s latest ambitions, including a Sensuous Sportiness design identity, hybrid-electric vehicle technology, and segment-first wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity. The first Elantra Hybrid to be brought to market offers more than an EPA-estimated 50 mpg combined cycle. The 2021 Elantra gains 2.2
From 2014, Daimler and Nissan will also start the joint production of four-cylinder gasoline engines based on a Mercedes-Benz design at the Nissan plant in Tennessee. The international locations include the new engine plant at the BBAC joint venture in Beijing as well as the Romanian subsidiary Star Transmission.
Moreover, starting later this year, MAP associates will begin training programs designed to prepare them for the skills required for EV production. AEP will transfer component production for two different generations of engines to the engine plant at the Alabama Auto Plant (AAP). Indiana Auto Plant (IAP). Anna Engine Plant (AEP).
The 235-foot Bullet 580 is designed to carry a payload of up to 1,000 pounds at 20,000 feet and fly at speeds up to 70 knots with a cruising speed 30 to 35 knots. Airships have undergone surprisingly little evolution through history, and this is what makes the proprietary designs so desirable to government and commercial customers.
The program will provide nearly $5 billion over five years to help states create a network of EV charging stations along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors, particularly along the Interstate Highway System. These corridors will be the backbone of the new national EV charging network. NEVI Formula Program. 11,738,801. 11,320,762.
This US-owned and operated manufacturing plant in northern Alabama will be the first of its size in North America. million tons per annum) of spodumene ore through a plant designed to produce 1,150-1,200 tons per day (~350,000 tons per annum) of 5.5-6.0% This investment would allow Albemarle to process 8,000 tons per day (2.7
at 468, one that was designed to function as a gap filler and had rarely been used in the preceding decades. at 267–268; Alabama Assn., It located that newfound power in the vague language of an “ancillary provision[]” of the Act, Whitman, 531 U.S., Brown & Williamson, 529 U.S., at 159–160; Gonzales, 546 U.S., at , (slip op.,
The AP1000 is a 1,117 to 1,154 MWe pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant that is an extension of the older AP600 design. (It and Alabama Power’s Plant Farley nuclear facility near Dothan, Ala. It is considered a Generation III Advanced Light Water Reactor.)
The 2014 MDX was designed and developed in the US and will be built at the Lincoln, Alabama plant using domestic and globally sourced parts. The 2014 Acura MDX is scheduled to go on sale at US Acura dealers nationwide this summer and will be available in four grades.
awarded Technip a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit. The infield flowlines will be welded at the Group’s spoolbase in Mobile, Alabama. Pre-commissioning and testing.
Infrastructure Solutions will conduct site visits, provide design and engineering services, oversee qualified Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) partners to provide make-ready utility services and install chargers, coordinate UL (Underwriters Laboratories Inc.) —Chris Stoddart, President, New Flyer.
This will provide the information needed to understand how these blends burn compared to traditional petroleum-based fuels to help design cleaner, more efficient combustion engines. University of Alabama. University of Michigan. ignition delay) of alternative fuels.
Close collaboration between Infiniti and Mercedes-Benz at every stage of development, from advanced research and design to production, will ensure that vehicles within the scope of the project will clearly differ from each other in terms of product design and specifications. liter turbocharged gasoline 4-cylinder developed by Daimler.
EPA is soliciting applications nationwide for projects that significantly reduce diesel emissions and exposure, especially from fleets operating at goods movements facilities in areas designated as having poor air quality. Virgin Islands) will accept applications requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds.
Consortium members: Benedict College, Florida International University, Morgan State University (MD), Purdue University, South Carolina State University, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, University of California at Santa Cruz, and University of Texas at Dallas. $4
million for three projects that support research focused on designing landscapes that produce bioenergy feedstock while protecting air, soil, water, and wildlife resources and enhancing ecosystem services. This project will evaluate a specialized catalytic reactor designed to resist corrosion and extend catalyst life.
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