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Iowa State researchers developing low-cost thermochemical process to produce sugars from biomass for bio-fuels and -chemicals; pyrolytic molasses

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Iowa State University (ISU) researchers have developed technologies to efficiently produce, recover and separate sugars from the fast pyrolysis of biomass. ” Low-cost sugars from biomass are a key enabler for many production pathways for bio-based fuels and chemicals. ISU’s Robert C. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Iowa

Iowa Low Cost Fuel Chicago

President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

9 Universities and Labs: Colorado School of Mines; Michigan State University; Michigan Tech University; The Ohio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Michigan; University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee; Wayne State University. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.;

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Obama Illinois Chicago

DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

Clemson University will develop a lightweight, multi-material passenger vehicle body structure, addressing challenges in joining dissimilar materials. SUNY University @ Stony Brook. Penn State University. Penn State University. University of California, San Diego. University of Illinois at Chicago.

Li-ion

Li-ion Emissions Lithium Sulfur Lithium Ion

EPA awards $4.5M to advance air monitoring technology

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2016

million to six research organizations to develop and to use low-cost air pollution sensor technology, while engaging communities to learn about their local air quality. While recent advances in technology have led to the development of low-cost air pollution sensors, they have not been widely tested, especially under field conditions.

EPA

EPA Denver Hawaii Low Cost

Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

Credit: The University of Hong Kong. The largest greening BUAs are Pearl River Delta (PRD), Tokyo, Yangtze River Delta (YRD), Miami, Beijing, Chicago, Seoul, Tianjin, São Paulo, and Osaka. By 2050, the global population is expected to soar to 9.7 billion, with 68% of the population living in urban areas.

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Global 2001 2018 Green

NIST, partners create new international standard to improve sustainable manufacturing

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2016

A public-private team led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a new international standard that can “map” the critically important environmental aspects of manufacturing processes, leading to significant improvements in sustainability while keeping a product’s life cycle low cost and efficient.

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Standards Manufacturer International Seattle

Opinion: Automatic Emergency Braking Mandate is Misguided Overreach

The Truth About Cars

MAY 6, 2024

Here's why: The technology, as good as it is, doesn't seem fully ready for a universal mandate. For example, Friday afternoon I went to lunch and on the drive home I was trying to slide across a few lanes of Chicago's famed Lake Shore Drive, navigating some slower traffic as I approached my exit. At least not yet.

MPH

MPH Cars Buy Chicago

32.5M hours of supercomputer time to aid GM, Ford engine projects with Oak Ridge Lab

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Bernardi (University of Illinois). Chicago / Argonne National Laboratory. The results will provide scientific advances required for improved predictive models for combustion design. 75,000,000 (Oak Ridge). 69,000,000 (LBNL). Knight (ANL).

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Engine GM Ford 2014

New Self-Assembled Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Anodes for Li-ion Batteries Offer More Than 5X The Reversible Capacity of Graphite Anodes

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2010

The synthesis process is simple, low-cost, safe and broadly applicable, they say, providing new avenues for the rational engineering of electrode materials with enhanced conductivity and power. The paper also acknowledges the contributions of Alexander Alexeev at Georgia Tech and Igor Luzinov from Clemson University. Resources.

Li-ion

Li-ion Carbon Lithium Ion Georgia

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

(DOE funding $75,161,246, total project value with cost share $150,322,492). In partnership with a consortium of local research institutions, this project deploy smart grid systems at partners’ university campus properties and technology transfer laboratories. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. 24,063,978. 48,127,957. .

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Energy Wind

European power-to-methane company Electrochaea opens California subsidiary

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Electrochaea employs a patented biocatalyst (BioCat) to convert low-cost and stranded electricity and CO 2 into pipeline-grade renewable gas. The core of the power-to-gas (P2G) technology is the proprietary biocatalyst that can be deployed in a simple and cost-effective energy conversion system.

California

California Companies Power Powered

ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Low Cost e-mode GaN HEMT Gate Driver IC: Enables Revolutionary Energy Savings in Variable Speed Drives for Appliance Motors. Marquette University. Marquette University will develop a small, compact, lightweight, and efficient 1 MW battery charger for electric vehicles.

Convert

Convert Power Powered DC

Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Microsoft Flight Simulator: A History youtube.com A passion for flight Bruce Artwick studied electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, yet he found time to pursue a dream many teenagers think about but few fulfill: He learned to fly. New versions landed on best-seller charts.

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Building Seattle 2000 Peru

A Quantum of Sensing—Atomic Scale Bolsters New Sensor Boom

Cars That Think

APRIL 29, 2022

Quantum technology relies on quantum effects that can arise because the universe can become a fuzzy place at its very smallest levels. The above quantum sensor for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses only low-cost materials. Cerca Magnetics wearable MEG helmets can, the company says, safely be worn by even an active child.

Universal

Universal Light MIT London

ICCT report assesses domestic fuel efficiency performance of US airlines for 2010; Alaska Airlines on top, Allegiant on the bottom

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

at FAA’s National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research ( NEXTOR ) at the University of California, Berkeley, to evaluate an airline’s fuel efficiency relative to both the mobility (straight-line passenger miles between origin and destination) and access (airports served and/or flight frequency) it provides.

2010

2010 Alaska Fuel Miles

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. Chicago Tribune ) DaimlerChrysler 12/22/06 [DaimlerChrysler Group research chief Thomas Weber] played down the importance for passenger cars of plug-in hybrid technology that is getting lots of attention in the U.S.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A very low cost EV is taking a golf cart transaxle or whole GC rear/seat and weld, ect a MC front end, frame, title to it, change the batteries from 6vdc to 12vdc to double the voltage and use larger dia VW Rabbit tires and you can have a nice 1- 3 person MC trike that goes 45-55mph and 50+ mile range.

Oregon

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid

EV Driven

Iowa State researchers developing low-cost thermochemical process to produce sugars from biomass for bio-fuels and -chemicals; pyrolytic molasses

President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

DOE awards $60M to 24 R&D projects to accelerate advancements in zero-emissions vehicles

EPA awards $4.5M to advance air monitoring technology

Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

NIST, partners create new international standard to improve sustainable manufacturing

Opinion: Automatic Emergency Braking Mandate is Misguided Overreach

32.5M hours of supercomputer time to aid GM, Ford engine projects with Oak Ridge Lab

New Self-Assembled Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Anodes for Li-ion Batteries Offer More Than 5X The Reversible Capacity of Graphite Anodes

DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

European power-to-methane company Electrochaea opens California subsidiary

ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

A Quantum of Sensing—Atomic Scale Bolsters New Sensor Boom

ICCT report assesses domestic fuel efficiency performance of US airlines for 2010; Alaska Airlines on top, Allegiant on the bottom

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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