Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2021

LanzaTech UK and direct air capture technology company Carbon Engineering have partnered on a project to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) using atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Our findings highlight the promising opportunity of using polymer/metal interfaces for the rational engineering of active sites and as a general tool for controlling selective transformations in supported catalyst systems. —Zhou et al. We can create gasoline, basically.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual Automotive Trends Report , which shows that model year (MY) 2021 vehicle fuel economy remained at a record high—but flat with MY 2020 fuel economy—while CO 2 emission levels reached a new record low. Estimated real-world fuel economy and CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

University of Delaware engineers have demonstrated an effective way to capture 99% of carbon dioxide from the ambient air feed to an hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cell (HEMFC) air using a novel electrochemical system powered by hydrogen. It’s risky, but we managed to control this short-circuited fuel cell by hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

Researchers from Istituto Motori - CNR in Italy and Eni report in a paper in the journal Fuel that blends of hydrocracked fossil oil (HCK) and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as diesel fuels deliver fuel consumption (FC) and CO 2 savings based on the NEDC cycle. All fuels were FAME-free. —Napolitano et al.

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Diesel Engine Fuel CO2 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

BMW i Ventures has invested in Prometheus Fuels ( earlier post ), a company removing CO 2 from the air and turning it into zero-net carbon gasoline that it will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year. to C 2 fuel products such as ethanol.

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Gasoline Carbon Conversion BMW 321

Teslarati

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Tesla had the lowest tailpipe CO2 emissions for 2021, a new report published by the U.S. The EPA released its annual Automotive Trends report, and findings reveal that Tesla is leading the way with the lowest tailpipe CO2 emissions and the highest fuel economy of all large manufacturers.

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Fuel Economy CO2 Economy EPA 101

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

GlobalData’s analysis suggests that low oil prices will lead to a longer waits for the reduced fuel costs offered by electric vehicles (EVs) to amortize their higher purchase prices. However, the amount of time taken to make up that price differential depends on the cost of fuel. —Mike Vousden, Automotive Analyst at GlobalData.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

With the support of a grant from the Department of Energy, Miao Yu, the Priti and Mukesh Chatter ’82 Career Development Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will develop a novel porous material capable of capturing even very small concentrations of CO 2 in the air and collecting the gas for further use.

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CO2 Carbon Grant Solar 305

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The assistant professor and William Marsh Rice Trustee Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has proposed the development of a modular electrochemical system that will provide “a sustainable, negative-carbon, low-waste and point-source manufacturing path preferable to traditional large-scale chemical process plants.”.

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Conversion Fuel CO2 Polymer 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For the last 18 months, a fleet of 6 methanol-fueled versions of the Geely Emgrand 7 cars have been in Iceland. The participants reported virtually no difference in driving experience compared to regular gasoline- or diesel-fueled cars. liter, 127 hp engine which can run on both 100% methanol (M100) and gasoline. Earlier post.).

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Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2020

Representatives of the Lufthansa Group and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zürich), with ETH spin-offs Climeworks and Synhelion , have signed a joint Letter of Intent for a possible cooperation to accelerate the market launch of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF).

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Solar Conversion Fuel CO2 269

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven. The initial plan is to make the fuel available at regular filling stations over the course of the year, starting in Germany. Every bit of CO?

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Gasoline Renewable CO2 Gasoline-Electric 393

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

a leader in propulsion efficiency, announced at SAE International’s WCX the results of their collaborative study on the effectiveness of Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) in reducing nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series diesel engine. Cummins Inc. and Tula Technology, Inc.,

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Diesel CO2 Emissions Engine 370

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based renewable fuels to replace fossil fuels in existing internal combustion engines. The end product is a transportation fuel suited for aircraft, ships as well as heavy and light road vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Recent research in electrocatalytic CO 2 conversion points the way to using CO 2 as a feedstock and renewable electricity as an energy supply for the synthesis of different types of fuel and value-added chemicals such as ethylene, ethanol, and propane. Their paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

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Conversion Universal CO2 Engine 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

When Tula’s software strategies were implemented, an additional 11% of CO2 was eliminated compared to industry-leading hybrid powertrains. FEV, an international engineering partner to the auto industry, joined forces with Tula to develop this study. liter 4-cylinder 48-volt light commercial vehicle in challenging real-world conditions.

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Diesel CO2 Emissions Hybrid 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

United Airlines Ventures (UAV) and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) announced a collaboration with Houston-based biotech firm Cemvita Factory to commercialize the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) intended to be developed through a new process using carbon dioxide and synthetic microbes.

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CO2 Houston Companies Climate Change 259

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

SUVs are typically heavier than other cars and have more powerful engines and larger frontal areas—all features that increase fuel consumption. CO2/km, which is about 7 % above the 2020 target of 147 g CO 2 /km. In 2019, average emissions of new vans were 158.0

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2019 CO2 Emissions Europe 259

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This corresponds to the emissions of more than 89,900 km driven by a diesel truck and represents 85% of CO2 savings compared to a traditional diesel engine. For us at DHL Freight, sustainable fuel solutions are a key lever to change the fuel mix and ultimately reduce carbon emissions in road freight.

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CO2 Diesel Climate Carbon 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

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Water CO2 Solar Convert 418

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2023

The consortium of Abu Dhabi-based Masdar, TotalEnergies, Siemens Energy and Marubeni announced that the Masdar-led initiative focused on green hydrogen to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is actively working with licensors to certify a new production pathway for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from methanol.

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Fuel Energy CO2 Waste 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Brayton cycle is named after 19 th century engineer George Brayton, who developed this method of using hot, pressurized fluid to spin a turbine, much like a jet engine. For this test, the engineers heated up the CO 2 using an electrical heater, fairly similar to a home water heater. Importance of advanced power electronics.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The S 580 e has a combined fuel consumption, weighted of 1.0-0.6 Alongside the CO2 improvement, the S 580 e also has advantages over its predecessor with respect to its eutrophication (EP) and summer smog (POCP) potential. charging with European power mix) or 36.2 percent (hydroelectric power) lower CO? kWh/100 km.

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Mercedes CO2 Emissions PHEV 243

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

At the International Engine Congress in Baden-Baden (Germany), Liebherr-Components AG and US-based Tula Technology presented the results of their joint study on heavy machinery. For this study, Liebherr Machines Bulle SA provided its D966 engine that operates in a variety of applications, such as mobile or maritime cranes and wheel loaders.

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Diesel CO2 Congress Engine 259

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, collaborating with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), have developed a mild and scalable synthesis route for a molybdenum carbide nanoparticle that can convert CO 2 into fuel. Hydrocarbons are basic fuel stock. x analogue.

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Hydrogen Emissions CO2 Fuel 221

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

WinGD (Winterthur Gas & Diesel) has received type approval for the biggest and most powerful LNG-fueled engines yet built. Earlier this month, the container ship successfully tested the connection with its fuel supply vessel, a ship specifically designed to bunker the Group's LNG-powered 23,000 TEUs. CMA CGM Jacques Saadé.

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Engine Power Powered Asia 269

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

According to a new study by Bosch, the use of e-fuels—synthetic fuels based on renewable energy—in Europe by 2050 as a scheduled supplement to electrification could save up to 2.8 Bottom: Fuel pathways. In addition, synthetic fuels can be designed to burn practically soot-free. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Thirty-seven globally prominent scientists representing the International Journal of Engine Research have published an open-access editorial addressing the future of the Internal Combustion Engine, and stressing the importance for continued development of more efficient and even lower-emitting technologies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2022

The carbon negative chemicals synthesis directly from the air project has been awarded £250,000 by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council through the Adventurous Energy Research for a Sustainable Net-Zero scheme. Its value could offset the cost of direct air capture. —Dr Duyar.

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CO2 Carbon Universal Store 337

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

effectively a ban on internal combustion engines. Enabling drivers to recharge their vehicles across the member states will be ensured by the related revision of the deployment of an alternative fuels infrastructure (AFIR).

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CO2 Alternative Fuels Legal Cars 284

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

While engineering photosynthetic hosts to convert CO 2 into high-value products is sensible, dependence on sunlight limits its tractability and scalability. Their paper is published in the journal Joule. Most of us naturally associate biological CO 2 conversion with photosynthesis in plants and algae. each gram of acetogenic M.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The federal government’s tough new fuel efficiency standard has been endorsed by Hyundai – but with provisos. And it wants the $100 per gram fine proposed for exceeding CO2 emissions limits under the governments preferred ‘Option B’ version of the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) reduced. 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The liquid CO 2 would then be delivered to a service station and where it will be turned back into fuel using renewable energy. The project is being coordinated by the Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering group, led by François Maréchal, at EPFL’s School of Engineering. 2019.00143.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2020

The work, presented in a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offers a unique, highly efficient, and inexpensive route for solar fuels synthesis. The researchers think that it could be recycling smokestack carbon dioxide into clean-burning fuel within 5-10 years.

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CO2 Carbon Solar Hydrogen 349

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

Cummins has developed an E-85-specific engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 80% compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck. It delivers the power (up to 250 hp / 186 kW) and peak torque (up to 450 lb-ft / 610 N·m) of gasoline and diesel engines nearly twice its 2.8-liter

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Engine Emissions CO2 Gasoline 319

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2020

Power management company Eaton has expanded its portfolio of valvetrain solutions for diesel off-highway vehicles to help OEMs reduce emissions and improve fuel economy. This technology enables precise valve lift control through HLA, coupled with engine braking capability, which in turn helps reduce emissions and improve fuel economy.

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