Remove Atlanta Remove Conference Remove Industrial Remove Recharge
article thumbnail

Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

Cars That Think

The conference, hosted in Dallas by the U.S. South 8 swapped out the carbonate for some industrial liquified gases with low freezing points (a recipe the company won’t disclose). Developed by Emrgy in Atlanta, the turbines can change in height and blade pitch based on the flow of the water.

Li-ion 96
article thumbnail

Video Friday: Robots With Knives

Cars That Think

Greetings from the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Yokohama, Japan! In today’s edition of Video Friday, we bring you a dozen of the most interesting projects presented at the conference. Ames from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga.,

USA 116
article thumbnail

US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

The winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Emissions 256
article thumbnail

Alcoa and Phinergy enter joint development agreement for high energy-density aluminum-air batteries

Green Car Congress

Announced at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference in Atlanta, the partnership will collaborate on new materials, processes and components to commercialize the aluminum-air battery, which could significantly extend electric vehicle range.

Batteries 357