Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods. Chemical plants on dedicated platforms then process part of the hydrogen, combining it with nitrogen to make ammonia, or with carbon dioxide to produce substitutes for fossil fuels.

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Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric 92

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

VTO focuses on a mix of near- and long-term vehicle technologies including advanced batteries, power electronics and electric motors, lightweight and propulsion materials, advanced combustion engines, advanced fuels and lubricants, and other enabling technologies. Broadly, VTO program activities are focused on achieving: Saving 1.4

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Vehicles Fuel Economy Carbon Fiber Plug-in 246

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

Classification of potential electrical storage for stationary applications. published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries.

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Li-ion Energy Storage Grid Carbon 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The nearby traction power substation will be switched off when the WESS is operating.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Two hydrogen buses are set to hit the streets of Sunderland as part of a unique research and development programme bringing international expertise to North East England. The AMAP team purchased two second-hand, battery-powered electric buses which have been stripped down for new technology to be put into the rolling chassis.

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Hydrogen Fuel Energy Storage Carbon 44

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $30 million in funding for 21 innovative projects as part of the Creating Innovative and Reliable Circuits Using Inventive Topologies and Semiconductors (CIRCUITS) program. SiC-Based Direct AC-AC Power Converter for Motor Drives.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Fortunately, another technological revolution is well underway, in the automotive industry, which is being transformed by advances in power electronics, electric motors, and energy storage. It also converts AC back to DC, in order to store electrical energy in the battery.

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Hybrid Engine Commercial Gas-Electric 106

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

In April, Axion Power International Inc received an order from Norfolk Southern Corp (NS) for PbC lead-carbon batteries for use in an all-battery-powered switcher locomotive. Earlier post.)

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Lead Acid Hybrid Battery Batteries 225

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Detroit News ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Postal Service Minivan - Click above for high-res gallery Chrysler is celebrating Earth Day today by unveiling the first four of what will be a fleet of 250 battery-powered minivans for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) as part of the USPS Earth Day celebration. Postal Service.

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