article thumbnail

Duke study finds methane levels 17x higher in water wells near hydrofracking sites

Green Car Congress

A study by Duke University researchers has found evidence of methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction via directional drilling and hydraulic-fracturing technologies. high levels of methane in well water collected near shale-gas drilling and hydrofracking sites. Source: Osborn et al. Click to enlarge.

Water 225
article thumbnail

Major truck OEMs form PACT to advocate for EV infrastructure development – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Vehicle OEMs are investing large sums to advance the transition to electric vehicles, even as they lobby governments to water down the emissions regulations that are forcing that transition. In 2022, the same three companies agreed to jointly invest some $550 million to build and operate a public charging network for heavy-duty EVs in Europe.

article thumbnail

Neah Power Systems pitching on-board formic acid reforming for automotive hydrogen fuel cell applications

Green Car Congress

is in preliminary discussions with a fuel cell company to license formic acid reforming technology for certain grid scale applications, and is also identifying appropriate automotive partners for the technology, opening up new Served Available Markets (SAM) that are very significant, according to CEO Chris D’Couto. Neah Power Systems , Inc.

Hydrogen 270
article thumbnail

Southern California Edison introduces clean energy proposal to meet state’s climate, air quality goals; >7M EVs (24%) by 2030

Green Car Congress

SCE describes its Clean Power and Electrification Pathway in a white paper. The company found that the clean power and electrification path is the most affordable and feasible approach to reaching California’s climate and air quality goals. Increasing electrification of commercial and residential space and water heating.

Clean 170
article thumbnail

Setting a new standard for battery leak testing

Charged EVs

Wetzig and his colleague, Maximillian Reismann, authored a white paper, “Methods for Leak Testing Lithium-Ion Batteries to Assure Quality with Proposed Rejection Limit Standards,” which was accepted and published by the SAE in April 2020. However, if there is a very small leak, the cell will function for a period of time.

Standards 106
article thumbnail

JPL's Plan For The Next Mars Helicopter

Cars That Think

AeroVironment (a company that helped to develop Ingenuity) got together and began to sketch out what a next generation Mars helicopter might look like. Bob) Balaram, Ingenuity Chief Engineer at JPL and one of the authors of a white paper on the Mars Science Helicopter. Crater: Mapping Subsurface Water Ice.

Water 136
article thumbnail

Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

Cars That Think

There's a white-paper phase. The white paper phase closed on January 31st. After the simulations are judged, approximately five teams will need to put their solutions to the test on the water off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the summer of 2023. Arthur Morrish, CEO of ASPIRE The challenge runs in three phases.