Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2015

General Motors is partnering with DTE Energy to build a new 800-kilowatt solar array at its Warren Transmission plant that will be GM’s largest solar installation in Michigan. The facility is also landfill-free, meaning it reuses, recycles or converts to energy all waste from daily operations. DTE Energy will own the array on 4.25

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Concept diagram of an SMA heat engine for power generation from waste engine heat. million (subject to final negotiation with DOE) to support building a prototype thermomechanical waste heat recovery system using a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) heat engine to generate electricity from the heat in automotive exhaust. Source: GM.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2016

The LanzaTech facility will recycle industrial waste gases from steel manufacturing to produce a low cost ethanol intermediate: “Lanzanol.” LanzaTech captures the waste gas from refineries and manufacturing plants and feeds the CO-rich gas to microbes that consume the gas and produce ethanol. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. At Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.,

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thankfully, we are on track to reach full production schedules in the coming days at our assembly plants in Michigan, Kentucky and Illinois that were affected during the strike. 1 brand again and we want to build on that in 2024. It’s also imperative that we continue to attack cost and waste throughout our operations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Colorado State University will develop a novel, low-cost turbo-compression cooling system that utilizes the ultra-low-grade waste (less than 150°C) heat available in many industrial processes, the energy from which is not traditionally recovered. Michigan State University. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Temple University. 2,089,647.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2018

Toyota unveiled the second iteration of its hydrogen fuel cell electric Class 8 truck ( earlier post ) during the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars in Northern Michigan. builds on the lessons learned from the launch of the Alpha vehicle in 2017. Project Portal 2.0

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2011

The process leverages proprietary microorganisms and efficient bioreactor designs in a three-step conversion process—gasification, fermentation, separation—that can produce fuel-grade ethanol from virtually any carbon-based feedstock, including wood and wood waste, agricultural waste, energy crops, and municipal solid waste.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Clean Manufacturing – Further reducing the environmental footprint of Ford’s operations through renewable energy, sustainable water and wastewater management, waste management, and energy-efficient buildings.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2012

The process uses as its feedstock virtually any kind of nonfood biomass material—including wood, cornstalks and cobs, algae, aquatic plants and municipal solid waste—and produces gasoline, jet fuel or diesel fuel. For example, municipal solid waste plants may be smaller, and plants converting wood may be larger. Marker, T.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2011

The additional capital will enable Cobalt to build out its new 470,000 gallon per year demonstration plant in Alpena, Michigan, which will be the first cellulosic biorefinery for the production of the industrial chemical n-butanol. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park—creating 5,000 jobs. Ford Blue Oval City.

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Kentucky Tennessee Ford Building 397

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

DME is synthesized from methanol, whether produced from coal, natural gas or biomass such as harvested forestry wastes. Chemrec is currently building BioDME production plants in Sweden. Chemrec pioneered the Fuels-from-the-Forest biofuels biorefinery concept, which can produce BioDME. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2011

LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables low cost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain. The use of lignin opens up a new biomass waste stream for making economic renewable jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Michigan Fuel Forward project will work with a wide range of partners. The Michigan Fuel Forward project will work with a wide range of partners. Michigan's first responders, mechanics, and electricians. gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. Clean Energy. Clean Fuels Ohio.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

Earlier this year, the automaker created Ford Smart Mobility LLC, a new subsidiary to design, build, grow and invest in emerging mobility services using existing Ford innovations, products and technologies. Ford is collaborating with startups and tech companies to design and build mobility services. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2009

General Motors Company is investing more than $230 million in four GM plants in the greater Flint, Michigan area to support the production of the fuel-efficient 2011 Chevrolet Cruze and Volt extended range electric vehicle. The plants recycle more than 97% of the waste they generate. four-cylinder turbo engine for the Cruze.

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Volt GM General Motors Production 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

Assuming an average biorefinery size of 40 million gallons per year, USDA estimates it meeting the RFS2 advanced biofuels goals will mean building of 527 biorefineries, at a cost of $168 billion. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. million acres, 11.4%

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Renewable Standards Fuel Rhode Island 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected UOP, a Honeywell company, for negotiation of a $25 million award to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels. Life Cycle Analysis will be performed by Michigan Tech University. Source: UOP. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2016

In an on-demand world, patience has become less of a virtue; there now are more ways to rationalize how we spend our time—rather than declaring it “wasted”. Further, Flint, Michigan, is a reminder that water contamination is as pressing an issue for developed nations as it is for emerging ones.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Early last month, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA had issued a conditional commitment on a $105-million loan guarantee to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery in Nevada to produce renewable jet fuel from municipal solid waste. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Buses will be powered by an Azure Dynamics hybrid system of Michigan. Thunder Bay Transportation Authority – TBTA, Michigan: $2,590,000. Flint Mass Transportation Authority, Michigan: $2,200,000. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2020

billion investment in Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center for retooling and upgrades will position the facility to build EVs at scale. Ultium is flexible enough to build a wide range of EVs—cars, trucks and more—and is the heart of GM’s future EV lineup. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Aside from battery studies, the researchers say that NDP also holds promise for examining certain materials for solar cells and catalysts, including materials that are used to treat nuclear waste. This research is supported by the US-China Clean Energy Research Center for Clean Vehicles (CERC-CVC).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. The project will increase the use of natural gas, electric and hybrid electric vehicles in 13 sites throughout Michigan. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer. Total DOE award: $14,983,167.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

GM will invest more than $230million in four plants in the greater Flint, Michigan area that will support production of both the Volt range-extended vehicle and the fuel efficient 2011 Chevrolet Cruze. Tags: Chevrolet Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Chevrolet Cruze Chevrolet Volt Chevy Volt Flint Michigan general motors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

When our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor, no one believed we could build 30,000 planes and tanks in just one year. But it will take decades to shift most freight from trucks to trains, design walkable communities, shorten our commutes, and build better mass transit and high-speed rail networks. And no one asked what it would cost.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

In collaboration with the Department of Defense, the newest manufacturing institute will focus on building US leadership in smart collaborative robotics, where advanced robots work alongside humans seamlessly, safely, and intuitively to do the heavy lifting on an assembly line or handle with precision, intricate or dangerous tasks.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

There is significant potential for the expansion of bio-based automotive parts and components manufacturing in the US Great Lakes region, according to a newly-released study conducted by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), a nonprofit research organization based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2019

Heat exchangers are critical to efficient thermal energy use in a variety of applications, including electricity generation, nuclear reactors, transportation, petrochemical plants, waste heat recovery, and many more. HITEMMP projects include: Michigan State University. Michigan Technological University.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

In a challenge to the current prototype for ethanol production from waste cellulose, this team will focus on a recently emerging biotechnology for direct production of hydrocarbons from plant material. Savage, in collaboration with Greg Keoleian, Adam Matzger, Xiaoxia “Nina” Lin, and Suljo Linic, all from the University of Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

These protocols build on the established IEEE 802.11 Proof-of-concept demonstrations have been deployed in Michigan and California, but there are to date no widespread deployments. Wi-Fi connections from vehicles to roadside collectors have been used in probe data collection applications in Michigan. avoiding head-on crashes.

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Vehicles Ford Connect Connected 223

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Michigan State). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (UC UC Berkeley, Logos Technologies).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

Arches geologic province (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio) by building a geologic model and completing reservoir simulations necessary for large-scale CO 2 storage. Battelle Memorial Institute , Columbus, Ohio. In this project, investigators will develop a simulation framework for geologic CO 2 storage along the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

The company’s goal is to commercialize a class of catalysts that enable biodiesel producers to convert cost-effective raw materials such as waste vegetable oil, animal fats and residual corn oil into biodiesel. NextCAT says that its solutions deliver a cost savings of at least $1 per gallon versus the traditional biodiesel production process.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 7, 2022

Because electrical engineering uses a lot of mathematics, a subject Gelenbe liked, he figured he wouldn’t be wasting his time by studying EE. BUILDING A FIELD Gelenbe graduated in 1966 with a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Middle East Technical University , in Ankara. He kind of twisted my arm.”

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

million to support building additional hydrogen stations with FirstElement Fuel, reports Automotive News. The specs The CR-V e:FCEV is the first car to use the Japanese brand’s second-gen fuel cell module, codeveloped by General Motors and assembled in Michigan. Max power output is an estimated 92.2

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