Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2022
The Rice lab of chemist James Tour introduced flash Joule heating in 2020 to convert coal, petroleum coke and trash into graphene. Rice University chemists working with researchers at the Ford Motor Company are turning plastic parts from end-of-life vehicles into graphene via the university’s flash Joule heating process ( earlier post ).
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
This fact is due in large part to SO 2 and GHG emissions from coal-fired power plants.Although the costs of damages from vehicle-associated emissions are significant, the damage reductions that can be gained through electrification are small compared to the total cost of owning and operating a vehicle. Source: CMU Policy Brief. Chester, P.
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2009
Limited fossil fuel resources. However, Winterkorn said, VW, and the German auto industry in general, abandoned the early advantage and work in electromobility. And the auto industry doesn’t hold back on announcements. Does it ever make sense ecologically to operate a car with power from a coal-fired plant?
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
Such integrated systems produce both hydrogen and electricity using renewable resources and allow electricity produced in off-peak periods to be stored as hydrogen used for energy requirements such as peak electric power or for fueling vehicles (e.g. transit buses or other heavy duty vehicles).
Cars That Think
JANUARY 17, 2023
auto industry jobs could rise by 150,000 by 2030 if battery electric vehicles sales reach 50 percent by 2030 and the vehicle market share of U.S.-assembled It believes that there will be a net loss of 275,000 auto industry jobs by 2040, with most of the drop off coming between 2030 and 2035.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 23, 2022
This can be accomplished by building upon the above EV and ICE vehicle policy recommendations, coupled with 100 percent methane capture, retiring all coal-fired electric generation as well as converting the US electric grid with 80 percent clean energy by 2030. and elsewhere, enough can even be manufactured to meet California’s need in time.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 7, 2023
economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. In addition, the lack of relevant legal or industry expertise is increasingly worrisome. Mike Love of Toyota is at the podium at a meeting of the California Air Resources Board, with chair Mary D.
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