Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2015

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has purchased Gevo’s renewable Alcohol-to-Jet fuel (ATJ) ( earlier post ) for aviation use at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH. Through testing initiatives, partners such as Lufthansa and the U.S. —Patrick Gruber, CEO.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This three-year commitment represents a $450-million investment in expanding the company’s alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicle fleet as well as supporting infrastructure. The investment in CNG fuel systems expands UPS’ relationship with Agility Fuel Solutions and supports UPS’ fleet sustainability efforts.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Originally conceived of as a propulsion system for generation-after-next (N+2), the BLI system could increase fuel efficiency by 4-8% more than the advanced engines airlines are beginning to use. The highly experimental tests have required years of preparation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

The Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise EmiSSions (ACCESS) research involves flying the DC-8 as high as 40,000 feet while an instrumented NASA Falcon HU-25 aircraft trails behind at distances ranging from 300 feet to more than 10 miles. —Ruben Del Rosario, manager of NASA’s Fixed Wing Project. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2019

Midwest (Chicago and Cleveland). Prices in Chicago were higher than prices in Cleveland and the Midwest regional average in every week during 2018. Of the cities for which EIA collects data, Cleveland’s gasoline prices were the second lowest in the country for 25 weeks and the lowest for 2 weeks. gal to $2.91/gal gal to $3.01/gal

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

EcoBoost technology combines smaller overall size with turbocharging, direct injection and variable valve timing to deliver significantly improved performance and fuel economy. Ford says its EcoBoost engines deliver up to 20% better fuel economy than larger-displacement gasoline engines. liter three-cylinder; 1.5-liter, liter and 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

Source: Cleveland and O’Connor. A comparison of estimates of the energy return on investment (EROI) for refined fuel produced from conventional crude oil and from oil shale. This conclusion holds for both the crude product and refined fuel stages of processing. Cleveland and O’Connor. Cleveland and O’Connor.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

Roughly 80% of the current recovered harvest in the US would need to be re-allocated for the production of bioenergy crops to meet current renewable fuel targets with existing technology, according to a new study using satellite data led by researchers from the University of Montana. Cleveland, Sasha C. —Smith et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Based on the average cost of fuel in the US, the eMLU is expected to save $150,000-$200,000 in combined diesel fuel and maintenance savings. Winnebago Specialty Vehicles is showcasing an all electric, zero-emissions chassis at the Mobile Health Clinics Forum, 14-17 September 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2018

Of particular interest is the fact that with regard to the much-discussed diesel exhaust emissions, particulate matter and not nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), both of which are produced by burning diesel fuel, have a negative effect on vascular function. —Thomas Münzel.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Ford Motor Company began production of its EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) at Cleveland Engine Plant No. EcoBoost technology combines turbocharging and direct gasoline injection to deliver up to 20% improved fuel economy, 15% fewer CO 2 emissions and superior driving performance compared with larger displacement engines.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Ford Motor Company is investing $155 million at its Cleveland operations to build a new more fuel-efficient V-6 engine for the 2011 Mustang. The investment and jobs at Ford’s Cleveland Engine Plant No. Cleveland Engine Plant No. The all-aluminum dual-overhead cam (DOHC), 3.7-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2012

for a technology demonstration of a high performance “green” propellant alternative to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine. The use of hydrazine fuel for rockets, satellites and spacecraft is pervasive. NASA has selected a team led by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation of Boulder, Colo.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The technology combines smaller engines with turbocharging, direct injection and variable valve timing—as well as Ford’s proprietary EcoBoost engine management software—to deliver improved fuel efficiency along with performance. Ford’s global EcoBoost engine family now includes the 1.0-liter liter three-cylinder; 1.5-liter,

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Teslarati

JUNE 8, 2022

The proposal, titled “Equitable Free Vehicle Fuel Stations,” sets its sights on electric vehicle charging stations. Ben Moss of Richmond County, Mark Brody of Union County, and George Cleveland of Onslow County filed House Bill 1049 on Wednesday. Kidwell, together with his colleagues, Reps.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

But the cheapest cities for EVs were Atlanta, Chicago, and Cleveland, while the cheapest cities for gasoline cars were Houston and Dallas. EV already costs less than $1,000 a year to “fuel,” assuming standard average driving amounts. There was some crossover, however.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2013

The casthouse takes chips and solids from an existing Alcoa wheel machining plant on the same campus in Barberton, as well as from Alcoa’s Cleveland forging plant, and recycles them into aluminum billets. Aluminum wheels reduce the overall weight of the vehicle, which improves fuel efficiency and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

million to four industry and academic teams for additional research into ideas to reduce aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise in aircraft that could enter service between 2030 and 2035. NASA is awarding $16.5 The teams first studied the ideas from October 2008 to April 2010. Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research, or SUGAR, $8.8

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The investment positions Aleris to meet anticipated significant growth in North American automotive demand as the industry pursues broader aluminum use for the production of lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Aleris operates more than 40 production facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

The unique Geared Turbofan architecture of the PurePower engine allows for aluminum alloys to be used in the Pratt & Whitney designed fan blades, making the engine lighter, as well as more fuel and cost efficient. Aviation Engines Fuel Efficiency Materials Weight reduction' We’re going where no materials scientist has gone before.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2013

2 nd Generation UHB Ratio Propulsor Integration : Continued development of a geared turbofan engine to help reduce fuel consumption and noise. Low Nitrogen Oxide Fuel Flexible Engine Combustor Integration : Demonstration of a full ring-shaped engine combustor that produces very low emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

In addition, it has a 100-year history in aluminum metal powder production, primarily for rocket fuel, paint and other products. Alcoa is piloting the technique in Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Alcoa has deep expertise in metal alloy development having invented most of the aluminum alloys used in aerospace today.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Daimler Buses North America (DBNA) unveiled the new-generation diesel Orion VII transit bus, now equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions technology, at the Bus & Paratransit Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Daimler Buses put a total of seven test buses through extensive durability testing.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Alcoa is piloting the technique in Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Alcoa has a long history in metal alloy and powder development, having invented more than 90% of the aluminum alloys used in aerospace today and with a 100-year history in aluminum metal powder development for rocket fuel, paint and other products.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2016

Work performed under the contract could potentially increase spaceflight transportation fuel efficiency by 10 times over current chemical propulsion technology and more than double thrust capability compared to current electric propulsion systems. A prototype 13 kW Hall thruster during testing at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.

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Solar Cleveland Electric Electrical 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2014

A better understanding of the cool flames’ chemistry might help improve internal combustion engines in cars, for example by developing homogenous-charge compression ignition, which could potentially lead to engines that burn fuel at cooler temperatures, emitting fewer pollutants such as soot and nitric oxide and NO x , while still being efficient.

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Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2022

The following testimony by Mr. Benford was presented by Clean Fuels Ohio on April 4, 2022 to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Ohio Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry. In light of the current spike in gasoline prices, the savings on fueling costs with EVs are even greater.

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Electric Auto Association

JULY 7, 2021

Green Energy Ohio (GEO), promoting sustainable energy policies, technologies, and practices for many years, recently organized a state-wide electric vehicle (EV) tour of Ohio that began in Cleveland on June 7 and ended in Columbus on June 11. Vehicles present included: Ford Mustang Mach-E ( Beau Townsend Ford ) VW ID.4

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The enriched uranium fuel they use must be kept secure. For more than 60 years, photovoltaic cells , fuel cells , or radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) have provided power to spacecraft. lattice confinement fusion (LCF), a type of fusion in which the nuclear fuel is bound in a metal lattice. There are currently about.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will send an Orion spacecraft into orbit, the systems will be checked out, the solid-fuel boosters will be jettisoned, and a liquid-propellant rocket will kick Orion into an elliptical high orbit, reaching an apogee of 110,000 kilometers. They will wring fuel from primeval ice.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The 2023 Kia Niro hybrid is the class leader in fuel economy. The Niro hybrid has an EPA estimated fuel economy of between 49 and 53 miles per gallon, depending if equipped with 16-inch or 18-inch wheels, delivering a driving range of up to 588 miles. Running on 87 octane, the 1.6-liter Ready to roll.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, first appropriated in the fall of 2008, will provide about $25 billion in loans to companies making cars and components in US factories that increase fuel economy at least 25% above 2005 fuel economy levels. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Fuel Efficiency Policy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2009

The testing will be conducted throughout 2009 and early 2010 at wind tunnel facilities at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. It’s a journey driven by a need to sharply reduce fuel consumption in future aircraft. The efficiency from bypass air created by this fan system drove the GE36’s significant fuel savings.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Remote Area Modular Monitoring for Critical Facilities, $300,000 Embedded Planet, Cleveland, Ohio Simulation Tool for Energy-Efficient Connected and Automated Vehicle Control Development, $600,000 Hyundai America Technical Center, Superior Township, Mich. TerraPower LLC, Bellevue, Wash. El Centro, Calif. Sandia National Laboratories.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. It would also fund stationary fuel cells to provide primary and emergency back-up power for the bus maintenance and storage facilities.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 11, 2023

Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative. Fuel Costs It proved pretty much impossible to get accurate “fuel” consumption information for both trips since several charges were done at privately owned charging points with no cost displayed. In the UK the EV6 averaged 3.8

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Ford is hosting the cinema events in celebration of the new 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid, the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in America and the official vehicle of the hit television show. Ford’s new 2010 Fusion will deliver the best-in-class fuel economy of any midsize sedan in America. May 7-9, 2009 from 9:00 a.m.

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