Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Researchers at MIT, with colleagues at the University of Minnesota, have provided evidence and theoretical rate coefficients for new pathways in the low-temperature oxidation of hydrocarbons. The new pathways lead to the conversion of KHPs [?-ketohydroperoxides] Credit: ACS, Jalan et al. Click to enlarge. —Jalan et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. Chrysler Group LLC. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices. valve train vs. bearings). Zoltek Companies, Inc. 10,000,000.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I think that, along with similar efforts by consultancies like the Rhodium Group and Energy Innovation , we provided important real-time information for stakeholders inside and outside the negotiations as to what its likely impact would be and whether it was strong enough. The tools built in the ’70s and ’80s were not cut out for that.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 93

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

An international team of researchers led by Quanguan Pang at Peking University and Donald Sadoway at MIT reports a bidirectional, rapidly charging aluminum–chalcogen battery operating with a molten-salt electrolyte composed of NaCl–KCl–AlCl 3. But this particular salt, it happens, is very good at preventing that malfunction.

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Molten Salt Low Cost Recharge MIT 186

Cars That Think

MARCH 24, 2022

At UCLA, she designed one of the first systems for analog-to-digital conversion of electrical activity from the nervous system. While Judy Estrin was a student at Stanford in the 1970s, she was a member of Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf’s group that helped develop the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2017

UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion. Spangler professor of chemical and biological engineering at UW-Madison, is working closely with ExxonMobil’s scientists to build a stronger understanding of the basic chemical transformations that occur during biomass conversion into diesel and jet fuels.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel Wisconsin 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

New research by MIT scientists suggests that carbon nanotubes could be used to create elastic energy storage systems with energy densities that could be three orders of magnitude higher than those of conventional steel springs, and comparable to Li-ion batteries with potentially more durability and reliability. Hill et al. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

Since projects were not assigned from above, the researchers formed their own groups; support for a project depended on how many people its instigator could get to work on it. The group thought it should have a computer of its own. And MAXC gave PARC experience in building computers that would later stand the center in good stead.

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Cars That Think

MAY 28, 2024

Almost all the content is taken directly from talks I attended or conversations I had with fellow attendees. Russ Tedrake of Toyota Research Institute (TRI) and MIT pointed to the recent Diffusion Policies paper as showing a similar surprising capability.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Building Computing Energy Gadgets Investing Smart Grid Transportation Travel ADVERTISEMENT Books that Matter Know Your Eco-Labels Hurray for the Bad Economy! The EV discussion groups take this up and, with huge amounts of optimism, tell us that we will soon have the ability to instantly charge our electric cars at home or on the highway.

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