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IH2 technology licensed to India-based SunLight Fuels; liquid hydrocarbon fuels from bagasse

Green Car Congress

Sunlight Fuels Private Limited (Sunlight Fuels), headquartered in New Delhi, India, has entered into a second-stage Front End Loading (FEL-2) license agreement for IH 2 (Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion) technology with a Singapore-based affiliate of CRI Catalyst Company LP (CRI), a global catalyst technology company of the Shell Group.

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Stellantis Patents Fake Engine Vibrations for EVs

The Truth About Cars

Regardless of which camp you happen to staked your tent, parent company Stellantis has continued on with the premise and has likewise patented a system that creates fake engine vibrations to further the illusion of combustion-derived propulsion. The patented vibration device falls under the “Active Sound Enhancement” (ASE) umbrella.

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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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has successfully processed sweet sorghum hybrids from energy crop company Ceres, Inc. To process the soluble sugars that accumulate in the plants, the sorghum juice was first extracted from the stems and concentrated into sugar syrup by Ceres. The grant included a sub-contract award to Ceres. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge.

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Who knew?

Plugs and Cars

The units I found quite accidentally are Free Juice Bar dual-connector units. Free Juice Bar, as the name implies, dispenses electricity to cars without networks to join, credit cards to wave, or phone calls to release the precious, if not dear, electrons. Good for them. And one on Google's map.

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Raízen breaks ground on Iogen cellulosic ethanol facility in Brazil

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Iogen Energy, the original owner of the technology, has granted comprehensive licenses to both Raízen and Iogen Corp. Raízen Energia Participações S/A is a $12-billion joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell and Brazilian ethanol company Cosan S.A. This announcement is just the beginning of our partnership with Iogen.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The charge stations and installations were paid for with federal stimulus and California Energy Commission grants won by Coulomb. And if you're located in California, the California Energy Commission portion of the grant to Coulomb will pay for installation. Free Juice Bar explicitly sells charge stations to offer free power.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

Parking in these Coulomb charge stations is restricted to city-owned vehicles and Car Share companies under threat of towing. Only half the story about public charging is providing juice: enabling drivers to extend the range of their vehicles beyond their night-time "fill-up" at home when necessary and overcoming newbie "range anxiety."