article thumbnail

DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

Green Car Congress

SAE Level 2 automation refers to a vehicle that combines automated functions, like acceleration and steering, but the driver must remain engaged with the driving task and monitor the environment at all times. The participating universities include: Colorado State University. Georgia Tech. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

article thumbnail

Boost Your Savings: Best US States for Electric Vehicle Incentives

Setec Powerr

Colorado Colorado offers a state tax credit of up to $4,000 for the purchase or lease of a new electric vehicle. Additionally, some Colorado utility companies offer discounted rates for electric vehicle charging during off-peak hours, helping to lower the overall cost of EV ownership.

article thumbnail

DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

Green Car Congress

The BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment funding opportunity is jointly funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office and Advanced Manufacturing Office. Partners include BASF and University of Georgia.

San Diego 321
article thumbnail

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

Green Car Congress

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. Colorado State University. Georgia Institute of Technology.

Carbon 333
article thumbnail

DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

Green Car Congress

Considered to be among the harshest and most extreme environments on the planet with low water and nutrient levels paired with high salt and ultraviolet radiation levels, the team seeks to understand how the carbon cycle plays out in this ecosystem. University of Colorado. University of Georgia. Dangl, Jeff. Emerson, David.

article thumbnail

UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

Green Car Congress

UPS currently operates 31 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia and runs CNG vehicles in 38 states in the U.S. In 2016, UPS invested $100 million in CNG fueling stations and vehicles.

Gas 150
article thumbnail

Ford MyEnergi Lifestyle adds home energy storage

Green Car Congress

The program originally set out to demonstrate how a typical American family can significantly lower its electricity costs while limiting its impact on the environment. The two families (the Berrys in Southern California and the Sattlers in Colorado) in the program have already begun to see savings.