article thumbnail

TU Eindhoven students develop EV that captures CO? while driving

Green Car Congress

TU Eindhoven student team TU/ecomotive has developed a sustainable electric passenger car that captures carbon dioxide while driving. By storing the captured CO? The car can capture 2 kilograms of CO? This means that ten cars can store as much carbon dioxide as an average tree. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke.

Carbon 435
article thumbnail

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

In a region known for long, dark winter nights, Polar Night Energy is building a system in the city of Tampere that can heat buildings with stored solar energy — all day, all night, and all winter long. This means that storing and distributing energy is as important as its generation. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

Store 93
article thumbnail

Audi and partners piloting project to turn faulty car glass into new windowpanes for the Audi Q4 e-tron

Green Car Congress

Faulty car windows often go in the recycling bin when the cracked part cannot be fixed. A closed material circuit does not yet exist for damaged car glass. Using an innovative recycling process, the car windows are first broken into small pieces. That plate glass is then turned into a new car window.

Audi 369
article thumbnail

Hyundai is going all in on hydrogen, and relying on food waste to make that happen

Baua Electric

But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. Rather than plugging in the vehicle as you would for a battery-electric car, hydrogen fuel cells rely on compressed hydrogen.

Waste 52
article thumbnail

Shell to build one of Europe’s biggest biofuels facilities for SAF and renewable diesel; 820,000 tonnes/year

Green Car Congress

Once built, the facility will be among the largest in Europe to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel made from waste. A range of certified sustainable vegetable oils, such as rapeseed, will supplement the waste feedstocks until even more sustainable advanced feedstocks are widely available.

Renewable 317
article thumbnail

EPA orders rare earth mine in California to correct hazardous waste violations

Green Car Congress

The US Environmental Protection Agency ordered Molycorp Minerals, LLC, to pay a $27,300 penalty for improper management of hazardous waste at its San Bernardino County mine and mineral processing facility. Lead-iron filter cake is the largest hazardous waste stream generated by Molycorp.

Waste 186
article thumbnail

Dearman-led consortium awarded $3.1M to develop waste-heat-recovery system using liquid air engine

Green Car Congress

The Dearman project is to deliver a production-feasible waste-heat recovery system for urban commercial vehicles, which offers life-cycle CO 2 savings of up to 40%; fuel savings of 25%, with the potential of up to almost 50%; and potential payback in less than three years. Earlier post. ). The IDP10-funded project will cost £3.25

Waste 246