Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Ideanomics’ Mobile Energy Group (MEG) is expanding its activities with heavy-duty electric trucks as part of an ongoing effort to identify commercial vehicle activities where significant pollution reduction can be achieved by eliminating fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

However, with improving maturity of technology, total cost of ownership, government incentives and regulations, there will be more than four million zero emission heavy vehicles deployed by 2030. —Zubin Sarkar, Head of Strategy, Business Development and Marketing at Siemens Commercial Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

As a result, we’ve sold more all-electric commercial EVs than any other vehicle manufacturer in North America to date. Lightning eMotors offers comprehensive leasing plans, which allow fleets to see total-cost-of-ownership savings from lower energy and maintenance costs, starting on day one of the lease.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Electrolyzers will use wind power to produce green hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

GAMOW teams will work to close multiple fusion-specific technological gaps that will be needed to connect a net-energy-gain “fusion core," once it is ready, to a deployable, commercially attractive fusion system. The vacuum technology needed to operate a commercial fusion power plant does not currently exist, however.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to their analysis, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , favorable assumptions for all involved process steps (30% thermochemical energy conversion efficiency; 3000 kWh/(m 2 a) solar irradiation, low CO 2 and heliostat costs) result in jet fuel production costs of €1.28/L kg CO 2 ‐equiv /L.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2018

Lightning Systems, a developer of electric powertrains for commercial fleets, introduced a new all-electric Low Cab Forward model for commercial and government fleets in the Class 6 segment. Service and maintenance will be performed by trained local service centers and nationwide service partners.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

Ford Pro will collaborate with global sustainability leaders Ecolab to speed up the electrification of its vehicle fleet, with a goal of transitioning to a 100% fully electric commercial fleet by 2030. Ecolab’s journey towards 100% fleet electrification will begin in California with the conversion of its sales and service fleet to EVs.

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EV Connect

MAY 4, 2023

The commercial fleet vehicle market is growing rapidly. ICE vehicles are dominated by moving parts, and maintenance and repair intervals revolve (pun intended) around replacing fluids. Conversely, EVs contain fewer moving parts, and software plays a much more important role.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

The project survey will include identifying barriers to standardizing, researching methods to implement battery system standards, and recommending potential paths to the commercial adoption of battery standards. The conversion process will also produce biochar, a soil amendment that can be used for agricultural purposes.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2012

A simple, maintenance-free Three-Way Catalyst will be the only required exhaust aftertreatment. EcoFit products, available to all commercial vehicle engine manufacturers, will achieve a lower overall cost of ownership and allow customers to differentiate from the competition’s through improved vehicle integration.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 27 projects for more than $37 million in funding to accelerate the technological and commercial readiness of emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technologies, which seek to generate renewable electricity from oceans and free-flowing rivers and streams. DOE Funding: $160,000.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

As FCEVs become increasingly commercially available, the Energy Department is focused on reducing the costs and increasing technical advancements of critical hydrogen infrastructure including production, delivery, and storage. Subtopics include Microbial Biomass Conversion. Subtopic 1a: Microbial biomass conversion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

The process is complex and requires high-maintenance catalysts and large economies of scale to be profitable. The GasTechno system features an energy-neutral recycle loop where unreacted methane is scrubbed and recycled until the desired conversion is achieved. Subject to certain assumptions, the process generates 6.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

To achieve this first objective, DOE intends to pursue parallel strategies: Advance options for diverse energy resources and conversion devices for power. watt commercial, and $3.10/watt Reduce the cost of plug-in vehicle battery technology to $300/kWh by 2015 and $125/kWh by 2022. watt utility, $2.37/watt

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected 33 small businesses to work directly with DOE national labs to accelerate the commercialization of new clean energy technologies. Element One will validate the performance of its sensors for commercialization in several different markets. Big Delta Systems, working with ANL. Wind Power.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Department of Energy commissioned the American Bureau of Shipping to conduct a study, recently concluded, to identify suitable reactors for a merchant ship and describe R&D challenges that would have to be overcome before nuclear-powered shipping could become a commercial reality. We needed to get the conversation started.”

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

However, the researchers note, despite much progress over the past decades, current thermoelectric energy conversion technology is not very cost-effective and is constrained by physical and material limitations, while Stirling engine technology is disadvantaged by high initial cost and problems with long-term reliability.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Although other crops will be considered, this program intends to focus on energy sorghum as a model system because of its potential for improvement through breeding, its resources for genetic analysis, its geographic adaptability, and its commercial utility. ARID project teams will work to overcome these key barriers to adoption.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Reducing the cost of electric drive systems from $30/kW to $8/kW. VTO divided the areas of interest in its upcoming FY 2014 solicitation into two main categories: technologies to meet the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge, and technology to reduce petroleum consumption through fuel efficiency improvements in passenger and commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. PERC estimates that operating costs of a propane fleet typically range from 5 to 30% less than a gasoline-powered fleet, when capital costs (vehicle and infrastructure) and operation and maintenance costs are all taken into consideration.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The evaluation will consider the impacts, processes, market effects and costs of the program, and will help to guide future program efforts. The demonstration vehicles include tree maintenance trucks and a telephone pole installation truck. The vehicles are manufactured by Anaheim-based Isuzu Commercial Truck of America Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

The purpose of this Phase III program is for the grantee to pursue commercial applications of work that derives from, extends, or logically concludes effort(s) performed under prior (Phase I/II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding agreements. saline water).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2009

The commercial viability of algae-based biofuels production is ultimately going to depend on economics. Generally these assessments have taken a first-order look at capital and operations and maintenance (O&M) costs. It is therefore challenging to estimate the costs of such systems with even a modest degree of confidence.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Incremental cost of dedicated alternative fuel vehicles. A range of off-road/non-road commercial work alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicles. The DOE funds are to be used to pay for the incremental cost to purchase new OEM vehicles or the retrofit, conversion or repowering of new and/or used conventional vehicles.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. Every time there is a conversion of energy from one form to another there are efficiency losses – a concept known as ‘energy vector transition’. The Conversation [link] accessed 4/6/2020.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Ford is showcasing the latest Transit and Transit Custom line-up powered by the Ford EcoBlue diesel engine ( earlier post ) at 2016 IAA Hannover Commercial Vehicle Show. Two years on from completing the renewal of its Transit line-up at Hannover 2014, Ford is Europe’s fastest-growing commercial vehicle brand. million km (3.4

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

In the same period, light commercial vehicles (LCVs) would drop 12.4 Conversely, it could make the RAV4 Hybrid even more popular – and help Toyota Australia pressure its Japanese head office to increase supply. billion in net fuel savings, vehicle maintenance, health benefits and greenhouse gas emissions between 2025 and 2050.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Its like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon. This means the more maintenance-free electrical systems of PHEVs offset the initial higher cost of batteries. You dont have to plug it in.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

And in fact, we’ve had good conversations with bp pulse and with Shell Recharge in our service territory. Charged : We write a lot about commercial fleet operators, and one topic that’s continually coming up is how getting utility service to a charging depot can be a big bottleneck. Charged : Let’s talk about capacity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2019

Durable and affordable higher-temperature heat exchangers could make energy conversion much more efficient, which in turn could reduce fuel consumption, system footprint, capital and operational cost, and emissions. Currently, the cost of recuperators of power systems operating in these conditions is prohibitive.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Standard chemical synthesis methods are adequate for demonstration projects, and perhaps early commercial efforts, that store modest amounts of music, images, text, and video, up to perhaps hundreds of gigabytes. Reading can be accomplished with any number of commercial sequencing technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

The selected projects range from improving manufacturing processes that reduce the energy needed to make components for aircraft and vehicles, to lowering the production costs of carbon fiber for a wide range of clean energy products. The projects selected for awards include: The Dow Chemical Company, Scale-Up of Novel Low-Cost Carbon Fibers.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Well, this is happening in the commercial space with trucks and buses. Now, the general consensus seems to be that having the [AC-to-DC] conversion happen off-board lightens the bus, and makes room for a bigger battery. But what’s really important is upfront cost, and we know that upfront cost is going to go down year over year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

This AOI is to address two major technical gaps in the performance of automotive aluminum alloys: Low strength among cost competitive automotive sheet alloys such as 5xxx and 6xxx series. High cost of high-strength aluminum alloys such as high performance 6xxx and 7xxx series.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. GM didnt say how much the machines would cost, but research chief Larry Burns said owners would spend one-third to one-fourth of the cost of a traditional vehicle. All Rights Reserved This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 30, 2023

Revel aims to promote EV adoption in cities by solving two interrelated problems: The company’s rideshare fleet generates demand to justify the cost of installing DC fast chargers, and its charging Superhub ensures that the fleet stays charged, while also offering charging to the public. We’re building sites that have 10 to 25 plugs.

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