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Austin Heally EV Conversion
Electric Cars are for Girls
JANUARY 17, 2012
My son and I have decided after two overhauls to our Austin Heally 3000 MKIII to convert it to an EV. The car is dismantled and ready for a conversion
Austin Related Topics 
Maven deploying its first all-electric shared-use fleet in Austin; 20 Chevy Bolts
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2018
Maven is now offering its first all-electric fleet of cars for use in the gig economy; 20 Chevrolet Bolt EVs are available for freelance drivers in Austin, Texas to earn money on their own schedules.
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UT Austin team proposes novel approach to suppress polysulfide shuttle in Li-S batteries
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin are proposing a novel approach to suppress the “polysulfide shuttle” in Li-S batteries—a freestanding, three-dimensional graphene/1T MoS 2 (3DG/TM) heterostructure with highly efficient electrocatalysis for lithium polysulfides (LiPSs).
UT Austin researcher awarded $15M for switchgrass traits studies
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OCTOBER 22, 2015
A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin will receive two grants totaling $15 million to study switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ), with a focus on how it can become a sustainable source of bioenergy. Tom Juenger, a professor of integrative biology, will lead scientists from multiple institutions—including federal agencies, universities and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology—on two projects researching switchgrass.
Austin study teases out changes in behavior in wake of suspension of Uber and Lyft service
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AUGUST 14, 2017
Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Columbia University surveyed more than 1,200 people in Austin, Texas, to examine how their habits changed after Uber and Lyft pulled drivers out of the city due to a local law change. In May 2016, Austin voters blocked a ballot measure that would have allowed the companies to keep using their own background-check systems.
UT Austin team identifies promising new cathode material for sodium-ion batteries: eldfellite
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
The UT Austin cathode achieved a specific capacity that is only about two-thirds of that of commercial lithium-ion batteries.
UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE
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OCTOBER 22, 2014
A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico.
car2go Reaches 10,000 Registered Members in Austin
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
Daimler’s car2go mobility program has reached 10,000 registered members in its first North American city, Austin, Texas, after just more than four months since its public launch on 21 May 2010. Since the start of the car2go operations, more than 80,000 rentals have been completed throughout the greater downtown Austin area with average usage between 30 and 60 minutes per rental.
Ford Partners with Austin Energy and Centerpoint Energy to Prepare Austin and Houston Areas for EVs
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
Ford announced two partnerships with utilities in Texas— Austin Energy in Austin and Centerpoint Energy in Houston—to prepare those two regions for electric vehicles. Ford will work with Austin Energy and Centerpoint Energy to develop consumer outreach and education programs on electric vehicles as well as share information on charging needs and requirements to ensure the electrical grid can support the necessary demand.
UT Austin team devises new strategy for safe, low-cost, all-solid-state rechargeable Na or Li batteries suited for EVs
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DECEMBER 13, 2016
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, including Prof.
UT Austin team develops new family of high-capacity anode materials: Interdigitated Eutectic Alloys
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NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new family of anode materials that can double the charge capacity of lithium-ion battery anodes. The new family of anode materials, which the researchers dubbed the Interdigitated Eutectic Alloy (IdEA) anode, also saves time and materials by producing an anode using only two simple steps instead of the multiple steps traditionally required to mass-produce lithium-ion battery anodes.
UT Austin team demonstrates new approach to lithium sulfide cathodes for Li-S batteries
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DECEMBER 2, 2013
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Professor Arumugam Manthiram, have demonstrated that lithiated graphite can serve as a lithium donor in lithium-deficient cathodes used, for example, in high energy density lithium-sulfur chemistry batteries.
UT Austin researchers successfully spoof yacht at sea with false GPS signals
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JULY 31, 2013
A radio navigation research team from The University of Texas at Austin successfully coerced a 213-foot yacht off its course, using a GPS spoofing device.
UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production
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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
Source: UT Austin. A team of researchers from UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research completed measurements at 190 natural gas production sites across the United States.
UT Austin team achieves best reported full-cell hybrid Li-air battery cycling with new ordered catalyst
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JUNE 5, 2015
A team from the University of Texas at Austin led by Professor John Goodenough has achieved significantly enhanced activity and durability for the oxygen reduction reaction under alkaline conditions in a hybrid Li-Air battery using a new ordered Pd 3 Fe/C catalyst.
car2go completes pilot program, enters new agreement with the City of Austin’s Car-Share Austin Program; more than 21,000 registered members
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DECEMBER 20, 2011
car2go, the largest carsharing network in Austin, Texas, has completed its two-year car2go North America Pilot Program with the City of Austin. Under a newly signed agreement with the City of Austin’s Car-Share program, car2go will continue operations in Austin. car2go, developed by Daimler as the world’s first free-floating carsharing network, launched its first North American Pilot Program with the City of Austin and its employees in November 2009.
U Texas at Austin researchers rewire yeast for high lipid generation; 60x improvement over parent strains
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JANUARY 21, 2014
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have rewired the native metabolism of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for superior production of lipids (lipogenesis). The research has resulted in a technology for which UT Austin has applied for a patent. However, these alternative platforms do not always produce lipids directly from sugar as the UT Austin technology does.
Peer-to-peer car sharing service Getaround launches in Austin, Texas
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MARCH 7, 2012
Peer-to-peer car sharing company Getaround announced its official launch in Austin, Texas. Getaround will join the local “collaborative consumption” space in Austin. This announcement closely follows the company’s February launch in the greater Portland metropolitan area with a $1.7 million federal grant and expands its reach to four major cities.
AMD installs three Coulomb Technologies charging stations at Austin campus
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NOVEMBER 24, 2010
AMD has installed three Coulomb-manufactured ChargePoint electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at its Austin “Lone Star” campus for employees, and plans to install additional stations at its Sunnyvale campus in spring 2011. The Austin ChargePoint stations were supplied and installed by Verdek, the exclusive distributor for Coulomb Technologies in the Southern States.
ORNL, UT Austin team proposes optimization framework for hybrids; balancing fuel consumption, motor efficiency, battery capacity and life
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DECEMBER 22, 2014
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have developed an optimization framework for hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs and PHEVs) including fuel consumption, motor efficiency, and battery capacity and lifetime. Sample output.
Shell partners with UT Austin to pursue new solutions to unlock gas resources
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2011
Shell and The University of Texas at Austin signed a five-year agreement to invest $7.5 The agreement will also support students at The University of Texas at Austin, significantly enhancing the employability of students working on Shell-UT projects in the Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering and other departments at the university.
ExxonMobil invests $15M in University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute; renewable energy, battery technologies and power grid modeling
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AUGUST 3, 2016
ExxonMobil will invest $15 million as a leadership member of the University of Texas at Austin Energy Institute to pursue technologies to help meet growing energy demand while reducing environmental impacts and the risk of climate change.
UT Austin researchers significantly boost yield and speed of lipids production from engineered yeast; more efficient biofuel production
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MARCH 24, 2015
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have used a combination of metabolic engineering and directed evolution to develop a new strain of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica featuring significantly enhanced lipids production that could lead to a more efficient biofuel production process. In earlier work, the UT Austin team had already enhanced lipogenesis titers in Y.
University of Texas at Austin study measuring methane emissions released from natural gas production
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NOVEMBER 5, 2012
A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin, and including engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research, is conducting a major field study to measure methane emissions from natural gas production, about which little empirical data exist. He has submitted a disclosure of outside interest to The University of Texas at Austin in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.).
UT Austin study finds no direct connection of hydraulic fracturing to reports of groundwater contamination
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FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Hydraulic fracturing of shale formations to extract natural gas has no direct connection to reports of groundwater contamination, based on evidence reviewed in a study released by the Energy Institute at The University of Texas at Austin at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Faculty members from across The University of Texas at Austin campus participated in the research, which the Energy Institute funded.
Daimler Extending car2go Car-Sharing Program to Austin, Texas; Ramping Up in Germany
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MARCH 27, 2009
Two smart2go units in Austin. Daimler will bring its car2go mobility concept ( earlier post ) to the US in a pilot phase to start this fall in Austin, Texas with an initial fleet of about 200 smart fortwo mhd vehicles with start/stop functionality. Click to enlarge.
Sparrow Electric Car
Electric Cars are for Girls
JUNE 11, 2012
The Sparrow electric car was featured in Austin Powers 'Goldmember'. Groovy, baby
U Texas Austin team finds P2S5 electrolyte additive enables use of Li2S bulk particles for high-capacity cathodes in lithium-sulfur batteries; ~800 mAh/g
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DECEMBER 19, 2014
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, led by Prof. Arumugam Manthiram, have found that using phosphorus pentasulfide (P 2 S 5 ) as an electrolyte additive. enables the direct use of commercially available bulk Li 2 S particles as high-capacity cathode materials for rechargeable Li?S S batteries, without intricate synthesis or application of a high charging cut-off voltage that deteriorates the electrolyte stability and safety.
UT Austin team synthesizes molybdenum-antimony composite material for Li-ion anode; 3x the volumetric capacity of a graphite anode with better safety, but poor cycle life
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OCTOBER 17, 2011
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin report the synthesis of a molybdenum-antimony composite (Mo 3 Sb 7 –C) for use as anode material for a lithium-ion battery in a paper in the ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
UT Austin poll finds majority support development of natural gas and renewables; declining support for environmental issues
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APRIL 12, 2012
The University of Texas at Austin Energy Poll has found that US consumers strongly support increased production of energy from domestic sources, particularly natural gas and renewables. The University of Texas at Austin Energy Poll reflects the views of 2,371 Americans surveyed during 5-16 March 2012.
Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center
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FEBRUARY 7, 2019
Austin, Texas-based energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy.
PHEV Day 154, Thursday, 12 March 2009. On to Austin and AAEAA'rs
Spirit of DC - PHEV3A
MARCH 12, 2009
Ford announces electric vehicle partnerships
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
It will work with Austin Energy, in Austin, and CenterPoint Energy, in Houston, to develop educational programmes on electric vehicles and share information on charging needs and requirements to ensure the electrical [.]. Tags: Electric cars Ford Green cars Latest news Austin Energy Boulder CenterPoint Energy electric vehicle partnerships electric vehicles Texas
Car sharing to continue in Texas
Green Cars News
DECEMBER 20, 2011
The two-year car2go North America Pilot Programme in the state capital of Texas – Austin – has come to an end. Green cars Latest news Austin car sharing car sharing scheme Car2go Daimler TexasHowever, a new agreement has been signed to ensure that car2go will continue its operations in the city. Developed by Daimler, car2go is the world’s first free floating car sharing network and it launched [.].
Car club secures 10,000 members
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
The residents of Austin, Texas, have taken to the concept of a car club in their droves with 10,000 drivers signing up for the car2go mobility programme. Just four months after its launch on May 21, 2010, more than 80,000 rentals have been completed throughout the greater downtown Austin area with average use lasting between [.]. Tags: Green cars Latest news Austin car clubs car share clubs Car2go LIVESTRONG Texas
Charging Stations Away from Home
Electric Cars are for Girls
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Coulomb Technologies is setting up charging stations in several American cities, including Austin, San Francisco, Detroit, and Orlando. If you had charging stations at work or near work, I can see this being useful. Especially for only 23 dollars for an unlimited 6 month subscription
Top five things we learned this week…
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FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Banned Brexit number plates, more massive news for Leasing.com and an Austin Allegro meets a Nissan Skyline… it’s been all go this week
Texas steps up efforts to cut emissions
Green Cars News
MAY 6, 2010
A new mobility programme in Austin, Texas, that aims to reduce emissions in one of the fastest growing urban areas in the USA, has stepped up its efforts by signing a new partnership with a real estate firm. Tags: Green cars Green credentials Latest news Austin car sharing car sharing program Car2go Urbanspace
PHEV Day 152, Tuesday - 10 March 2009. The "Spirit" Moveth Onward First to Richardson Senior HS. before Austin - 43rd State Capital on PHEV3A
Spirit of DC - PHEV3A
MARCH 10, 2009
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MSNBC Plug-In Vote
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 24, 2006
Cities to seek plug-in hybrids Austin, Texas announces ‘soft orders’ for 600, but will carmakers build? By Miguel Llanos Reporter MSNBC Austin, Texas, on Tuesday spearheaded a nationwide partnership that will lobby carmakers to build a new green vehicle — plug-in hybrids.
Consortium Partners
Plug In Partners
MAY 10, 2006
Austin Energy is pleased to join with the Consortium alongside other utility companies in support of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Mr. Duncan serves as the Campaign Coordinator for Plug-In Partners, and Deputy General Manager of Austin Energy.
PIP Declares Victory
Plug In Partners
NOVEMBER 3, 2008
The Plug-In Partners national campaign was a natural fit for the Austin community, which has a long history of achievement on the energy and environmental fronts. We concluded as a community that there were three key reasons for Austin to take the lead in this national program.
Innov8 Transport thanks Elon Musk's attention-getting Hyperloop design
National Green Transportation
AUGUST 12, 2013
Austin Texas based startup, Innov8 Transport, welcomed today's unveiling of the Hyperloop system by Elon Musk, using the occasion to show off their own system, the Electric Dual-Mode Skyway.
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