Green Car Congress
JANUARY 9, 2015
The new institute pairs leading carbon fiber producers and suppliers—such as Materials Innovation Technologies, Harper International, and Strongwell—with key end users such as TPI for wind turbines and Ford, Honda and Volkswagen for automobiles. Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; TPI Composites, Inc.;
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2012
Vilsack highlighted the announcement with a visit to Michigan State University, a grant awardee. Fiscal year 2012 awards include: University of Arizona, $36,000. Arizona State University, $350,000. University of Georgia, $345,689. University of Florida, $496,996. University of Florida, $497,851.
Cars That Think
JULY 31, 2022
the John Bardeen professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana , and the creator of the first LEDs. One use is for exterior lighting on automobiles, where the long life and small size of LEDs permit car designers to combine lower assembly costs with more unusual styling.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
For several years, the automobile industry has grappled with a straightforward question: Is it possible to produce a powerful, efficient, and mass-producible synchronous motor that contains no rare-earth elements at all? I call it the perversity of nature,” jokes Matthew Kramer , Distinguished Scientist at Ames National Laboratory , in Iowa.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2012
A study by researchers at Iowa State University has determined that the automotive industry has a very large potential to utilize biobased materials. Their report, “Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation”, was developed for the USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses. —“Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation”.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 24, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s analysis earlier this year shows that well-managed cellulosic sources of biomass can actually take more CO 2 from the air, and sequester it in the soil, than is released through combustion in automobiles. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2010
states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). For example, automobile firms have an incentive to invest in energy efficiency because consumers value fuel efficiency. Coverage: In 2012–50% of emissions. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. Midwestern Accord covers six U.S.
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