Remove Arizona Remove Convert Remove Electric Vehicles Remove Wind
article thumbnail

LLNL-led team to use microorganisms to separate and purify rare-earth elements; biomining

Green Car Congress

Rare earths bearing core sample drilled at La Paz, Arizona. By cultivating new and translating existing bioengineered REE-converting bacteria and proteins, we will deliver platform biotechnologies for REE separation and purification with high commercialization potential.

Kentucky 259
article thumbnail

Delphi Technologies invests in innovative capacitor start-up PolyCharge

Green Car Congress

Inverters are key system elements in vehicle electrification, converting electricity from a DC source (i.e., the battery) to alternating current (AC) for use, for example, by the motor in a hybrid or battery-electric vehicle. PolyCharge’s technology delivers on both of these objectives.

Tucson 236
article thumbnail

Molycorp to increase supply of rare earth materials to Hitachi Metals; the two call off US joint venture plans

Green Car Congress

Rare earth materials and permanent magnets are utilized in a wide range of products, but are critical enablers for many clean energy technologies such as hybrid and electric-drive vehicles, wind turbines, and lighting as well as for consumer electronics, IT and communications systems, and defense systems.

Supplies 240
article thumbnail

Flash Drive: 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup

Clean Fleet Report

GMC recently invited members of the automotive press to Phoenix, Arizona, where we went through a two-day crash course in what makes the Hummer tick. If you have driven any electric vehicle, you know the acceleration is quick, with manufacturers trying to outdo each other with the shortest time to 60 or 100 mph.

Hummer 96
article thumbnail

Road Test: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV

Clean Fleet Report

The 2023 GV60 joins the 2023 Electrified G80 AWD sedan as the first two all-electric vehicles from Genesis. When coasting or braking, the regen system converts kinetic energy into electric energy and returns it to the battery. The GV60 has limited wind and road noise partly due to the low 0.29 Genesis style.

article thumbnail

"Spirit of DC" is in GroovyLand. aka Groveland, California, Friday, 23 January 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Michael Malloy of Big Oak Flat will join Jerry Asher of Bisbee Arizona to talk about the benefits of Going Green. Mr. Malloy will speak about the benefits of Biofuel and the environment and “EV Jerry” Asher will speak about electric vehicles and bring his “SPIRIT OF DC” Prius for the audience to experience. “EV

DC 36
article thumbnail

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. converted into a fuel mixture that is comparable to diesel or. The team will. field trials.

Energy 294