Remove Carbon Remove Renewable Remove Sustainable Transportation Remove Universal
article thumbnail

VW of America boosting research in US for electric mobility and sustainable transportation

Green Car Congress

(VWGoA) is boosting its automotive research in the United States to further accelerate electric mobility and sustainable transportation innovation. The hub team at UT’s Center for Renewable Carbon is developing recyclable alternatives to plastic parts and foils in the vehicle interior. Their focus: paper.

article thumbnail

President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

Green Car Congress

788 million for high energy physics, $22 million above the FY 2015 Enacted level, to understand how the universe works at its most fundamental level by discovering the most elementary constituents of matter and energy, probing the interactions among them, and exploring the basic nature of space and time. . Sustainable transportation.

article thumbnail

U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University fund 6 energy and biomedical projects; batteries, policy and fuels

Green Car Congress

Six research teams from the University of Michigan (U-M) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have won a share of $1.16 million in funding for renewable energy and biomedical technology projects in the third year of a joint program that teams up investigators from both schools.

Universal 231
article thumbnail

Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

Green Car Congress

If so, it is a valuable potential option for long haul transit in our quest for sustainable transportation. —James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Department of Automotive Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

Hydrogen 353
article thumbnail

UC Davis researcher finds ride-hailing EVs offer triple the emissions benefits of a personally owned EV

Green Car Congress

Replacing a gasoline-powered ride-hailing vehicle with an electric vehicle can deliver three times the carbon benefits of a personally owned electric vehicle, according to a study by a University of California, Davis, researcher of Uber and Lyft data. The paper is published in the journal Nature Energy.

Davis 239
article thumbnail

U Delaware team develops prototype efficient direct ammonia fuel cell for transportation

Green Car Congress

A team at the University of Delaware has demonstrated a direct ammonia fuel cell (DAFC) prototype with a peak power density of 135 mW cm -2 at 80 ?C. Transportation power sources using biofuels would have been a good complement to batteries, as biofuels replicate most of the desirable properties of petroleum-based fuels. Zhao et al.

Delaware 278
article thumbnail

California Energy Commission approves plans to invest nearly $500M in electricity R&D and alternative fuels

Green Car Congress

The approved 2014-2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which accounts for about 40% of California''s carbon emissions. EPIC is funded by electricity ratepayers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,