Remove Automobile Manufacturer Remove Gas-Electric Remove Global Remove Ozone
article thumbnail

DOE HPC4Mfg program funds 13 projects to advance US manufacturing; welding, Li-S batteries among projects

Green Car Congress

A US Department of Energy (DOE) program designed to spur the use of high performance supercomputers to advance US manufacturing has funded 13 new industry projects for a total of $3.8 High-performance computing offers critical new insight into these phenomena, which in turn will accelerate the product’s entry into the market.

article thumbnail

House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Green Car Congress

The bill also establishes an interagency council to ensure an integrated federal response to adapting to the effects of global warming. The bill also modifies the Clean Air Act to require the development of greenhouse gas emissions standards for all other mobile sources—e.g., trucks, construction machines, ships and planes.

Climate 186
article thumbnail

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. By the mid-1980s, three quarters of the cars manufactured in Brazil were capable of running on sugarcane-based hydrous ethanol. 40 CFR § 80.27 Conclusion.