Remove Colorado Remove Cost Of Remove Hydrogen Remove Maintenance
article thumbnail

Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

Charged EVs

His new company, ZeroAvia, is developing an aircraft powertrain energized by hydrogen fuel cells. Miftakhov to learn about the technical and business aspects of hydrogen-electric aviation and his company’s ambitious plans for the future. You can use hydrogen and CO 2 capture to create liquid fuel and then burn it.

article thumbnail

ARPA-E announces $11M for innovations in energy-water processing and agricultural sensing technologies; fourth, fifth OPEN+ cohorts

Green Car Congress

OSU’s technology would be modular, portable, scalable, and deployable at a fraction of the cost of existing treatment systems. This novel integration of sensing and imaging technologies could provide a low-cost solution to precision sensor-based digital agriculture.

Water 170
article thumbnail

DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

Green Car Congress

Colorado School of Mines. Tritium, an isotope of hydrogen with a short half-life, is a fusion fuel and must be continuously generated, recovered, and recycled in any tritium-fueled fusion power plant. These innovations could reduce the cost of HTS conductors by a factor of 30. Princeton Fusion Systems. Stony Brook University.

Fusion 249
article thumbnail

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. State of Colorado Department of Transportation.

Purchase 191
article thumbnail

US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. This grant would allow ConnDOT to upgrade the upcoming purchases of buses and would fund the incremental cost of a hybrid bus compared to a conventional bus.

Emissions 256
article thumbnail

Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota BZ4X EV

Clean Fleet Report

It joins the line-up of cars and SUVs powered by hybrid, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell technology that have made Toyota the world leader in electrified vehicles. Complimentary Maintenance Two years/25,000 miles. Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

Toyota 97
article thumbnail

Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The customer will only pay a monthly fee about $240 (US Dollars) which includes a full maintenance service agreement; carbon offset payments and in some countries even all electricity used, and insurance. Considering the cost of batteries, these are disposable cars. Then I recall that my laptop batteries barely ever last four years.