Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The United States is not building enough transmission lines to connect regional power networks. The goal is to keep the lights on at a low cost by utilizing an efficient mix of power plants. First, building such connections opens the door for competitors who may sell lower-priced power into their region.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Gevo will supply the ATJ from its hydrocarbon plant based in Silsbee, Texas. Queensland is looking to leverage carbohydrate-based feedstocks, abundant to its local agricultural sector, to support the build-out of renewable jet fuel production plants in the future.

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Australia Supplies Fuel Minnesota 150

Green Car Congress

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. It is a simple, low-cost approach that can be applied to a broad range of alloy systems with various working ions such as Li, Na, or Mg.

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Austin Lithium Ion Li-ion IDEA 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2016

b) Comparison of tensile strength and strain to failure (elongation) of Ti-185 alloy with other commercially available Titanium alloys. However, wide scale adoption of β-titanium alloys in transportation applications has been limited due to its high cost. a) Ultimate tensile and yield strength of Ti-185 for three STA conditions. (b)

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Fuel Economy Economy CO2 Low Cost 150

Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2023

make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. Mr. Jobs wanted to commit enough money to build an automated factory that would produce about 300 000 computers a year. So one key challenge for the design group was to use inexpensive parts and to keep the parts count low.

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