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DOE Awards $1M to UT Dallas to Develop New Filtration Membranes for H2 and CO2 Separations

Green Car Congress

Chemistry professors John Ferraris, Kenneth Balkus and Inga Musselman are creating a class of mixed-matrix membranes based on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)—crystalline compounds with specialized metal clusters that act as molecular sieves.

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Are supercars going green?

Green Cars News

In recent weeks, news stories have broken about a Ferrari hybrid supercar in development as well as the launch of the McLaren P11 Supercar, which features a diesel V8 engine and regenerative braking. Tags: Green cars Latest news Ferrari green supercars McLaren Ronn Motors Ronn Motors Scorpion supercars.

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Fourth-Generation Bentley Continental GT to be revealed in June

Baua Electric

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 17 May 2024, 13:04 PM The new-generation Bentley Continental GT will be using the brand’s new Ultra Performance Hybrid powertrain packing a whopping 772 bhp and 1,000 Nm. The Bentley Continental GT will use a hybrid engine bringing a small electric motor with the V8 engine.

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Why the LaFerrari points to a greener future

Green Cars News

Is isn’t often that a hyper sportscar which emits 330g/km of CO2 and has a rumoured top speed of around 220mph is featured on this website, however we are making an exception for Ferrari’s new model. When the wraps finally came off the €1million LaFerrari yesterday at the Geneva Motor Show one of the biggest [.].

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today we could be using lead-acid EVs, lead-carbon-acid EVs, or nickel metal hydride or lithium-ion hybrids. There is significant cause vs. effect debate on CO2. The problem for the left is that NG is still a carbon based fuel (note: you are a carbon based lifeform and exhale 12 liters of CO2 a minute.). We have oil!

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Proposed Changes to the Federal EV Tax Credit Passed by the House of Representatives

EV Adoption

And many of these vehicles are large SUVs and trucks, with near or above 100 kWh battery packs which produce significant CO2 emissions in their mining and manufacturing process. A better approach in our view would be to have an MSRP cap of perhaps $40,000 to $45,000. 3,500 Bonus Credit for Minimum 50 kWh Battery (2027).