Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The Volkswagen and BASF international “Science Award Electrochemistry 2016” goes to Dr. William Chueh from Stanford University. Dr. Martin Ebner received his PhD in Material Science at the ETH University Zurich. However, a major prerequisite for success in the volume market is more powerful battery concepts. Dr. William C.

Universal 150

Universal Lithium Ion Energy Storage Insight 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Institute of Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart have developed a demonstrator multi-fuel free-piston linear generator (FPLG, or Freikolbenlineargenerator, FKLG in German) as a range extender for electric vehicles. 35 kW free-piston linear generator module.

Universal 285

Universal Range Motor Motors 285

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Enovix Corporation. Marquette University. Exelon Corporation. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Group14 Technologies Inc.

Lithium Ion 236

Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

The collaboration with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the University of Nottingham and Clean Air Power will initially target search and rescue vessels. Hybrid Marine Power will act as a consultant, providing legislative impact analysis alongside their experience of marine safety standards and the wider industry.

Mariner 221

Mariner Hydrogen Clean Cleaning 221

The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2024

Ford has announced its new dealership training platform for the United States , noting that it will utilize artificial intelligence to better familiarize sales teams with product knowledge, corporate history, while likewise making them better at engaging with customers. But it has gradually been seeping into other industries.

Dealers 104

Dealers Ford Universal United States 104

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The new Concept You show car is an example of coming designs based on the SPA. —Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research and Development at the Volvo Car Corporation. Concept You is an excellent example of this. —Peter Horbury, Vice President Design at the Volvo Car Corporation. Click to enlarge.

Volvo 246

Volvo Concept Engine Future 246

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The BIC will leverage Indiana’s public and private sector assets in advanced battery technologies to create a center of excellence that will meet the research and development, rapid prototyping and contract manufacturing needs of industry, academic and military customers. After receiving $15.6

Indiana 231

Indiana Batteries Battery Eaton 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The selected projects vary in levels of maturity and industry-readiness—from concept definition (focused on specific experimental proof or detailed analysis) to proof-of-concept (requiring physical experimental validation). AK Steel Corporation. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Organization.

Manufacturer 150

Manufacturer Waste Universal Dallas 150

Cars That Think

JUNE 18, 2024

Vannevar Bush and the Funding of Science & Engineering Beginning in 1940, and with the ear of the president and leading scientific and engineering organizations, Vannevar Bush promoted the importance of supporting all aspects of research, including in universities, the military, and industry.

Engine 115

Engine Universal IDEA Personal 115

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2022

ALLEN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM LYDIA KAVRAKI Rice University Houston “For foundational probabilistic algorithms and randomized search methods that have broad impact in robotic motion planning and computational biology.” IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google, LLC MELBA CRAWFORD Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. IEEE FRANCES E.

Engine 63

Engine Los Angeles Austria San Diego 63

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2015

The Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department of the University of Illinois at Chicago has entered into an agreement with New Energy Innovations, Inc. The concept entails the embedding of a series of air pumps in the road. New Energy Innovations is a privately held corporation. Click to enlarge.

Chicago 150

Chicago Power Powered Illinois 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has launched a new basic research program on automotive Lithium-ion batteries with a consortium of 22 universities and corporations. Asafa Corporation, Inc.; Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota Central Research Institute, Inc.;

Lithium Ion 150

Lithium Ion Energy Japan Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2016

The Japan Federation of Hire-Taxi Associations and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to study on areas for collaboration, so as to develop and introduce the Japanese taxi of the future. Popularize taxis that feature universal design (UD) principles and can easily be used by all.

Taxi 150

Taxi Japan Toyota Concept 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. Many of these R&D efforts can be applied across both the energy and the industrial sectors. AOI 1 (Subtopic 1.1): CO 2 Capture and Compression from Industrial Sources.

Carbon 236

Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. Captis Aire LLC, “Renewable Blending Components to Enable 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)”, $2,000,000.

Production 225

Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for the capture carbon dioxide from industrial sources for storage or beneficial use. Steven Chu, Science Large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage selections (by amount of DOE award) include: ConocoPhillips. University of Utah. Archer Daniels Midland Corporation.

Carbon 210

Carbon Industrial Industry Coal 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Of those selected, approximately 43% of OPEN 2018 projects will be led by universities, 35% by small businesses, and the remainder by large businesses, non-profit organizations or federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). Georgia Tech Research Corporation. University of California, San Diego.

Engine 247

Engine San Diego Polymer Lithium Ion 247

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

First, ST Engineering has launched the Singapore Autonomous Vehicles Consortium to facilitate and to strengthen collaboration between industry partners and institutes of higher learning (IHL) to develop AV standards as well as accelerate the application and adoption of AV technologies in Singapore.

Singapore 150

Singapore Engine Vehicles Asia 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The Energy Innovations Small Grant Program provides funding to small businesses, non-profit organizations, individuals, and academic institutions to conduct research that establishes the feasibility of new, innovative energy concepts. The program provides up to $95,000 for hardware projects and up to $50,000 for modeling concepts.

Gas-Electric 230

Gas-Electric California Gas Energy 230

Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2021

in mechanical engineering from University of Minnesota. The first half of my career was mostly in early-concept development, like working with demonstration-type vehicles in ARPA and other industry challenges…. "I got my mechanical engineering BE from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology , and both my master's and Ph.D.

General Motors 94

General Motors Minnesota GM Motor 94

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

Michigan Technological University and Westport will address natural gas engine emissions and efficiency improvements by demonstrating the feasibility of compression ignition of directly injected natural gas. A Compression-Ignition Mono-Fueled NG High-Efficiency, High-Output Engine for Medium and Heavy-Duty Applications.

Gas 191

Gas Vehicles Exhaust Engine 191

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2014

Rusatom Overseas, a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM, and CNNC New Energy (China) signed a Memorandum of Intent to cooperate in the development of floating nuclear power plants. The concept takes advantage of two mature technologies: light-water nuclear reactors and offshore oil and gas drilling platforms.

Power 305

Power Powered Energy MIT 305

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Philip Wong , an IEEE Fellow, professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University, and former vice president of corporate research at TSMC. In this industry, it usually takes about 20 years from [demonstrating a concept] to introduction into manufacturing,” says Samavedam. “It

Universal 102

Universal Georgia California Carbon 102

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

However, the concept and application of electric vehicle/grid integration has been studied extensively by numerous research groups and automakers for more than 10 years. In conjunction with the university and NRG Energy, Honda will investigate the potential of V2G technology to benefit the grid, vehicle owners and society.

EPRI 334

EPRI Grid Plug-in Electric Vehicles 334

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The activities cover the whole value added chain, from GaN power device development to industrial application. In this connection, particularly the University of Padua contributes with its comprehensive experience in GaN device reliability and failure mechanisms. The joint project has a total budget of €5.6 million (US$7.6

Austria 199

Austria Power Powered Convert 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

The EPoSil concept uses dielectric elastomer transducers to generate electrical energy from wave motion. A German consortium involving four companies and and two universities is developing dielectric elastomers (electroactive polymers) for the conversion of mechanical energy—in this case wave power—into electrical power.

Polymer 207

Polymer Power Powered Convert 207

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

Delphi and nuTonomy were shortlisted from several participants which submitted proposals for autonomous mobility-on-demand concepts under the Request for Information (RFI) issued by LTA in June last year. Besides mobility-on-demand services, LTA is also exploring SDVs for other public transport applications, such as self-driving buses.).

Singapore 150

Singapore Transportation San Francisco i-MiEV 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

In announcing their partnership, FPL Group and Duke Energy called for a wide variety of organizations to commit to greening their vehicle fleets, including corporations, governments, universities and other agencies. This commitment will provide the transportation industry the evidence that a robust market for PEVs exists.

Fleet 231

Fleet PHEV Energy South Carolina 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

UTRC’s objective under this program was to develop a conformable modular tank concept based on topology-optimized structures, and state-of-the-art materials and manufacturing technologies. David Parekh, corporate vice president, Research, and director, UTRC.

Gas 150

Gas Connecticut Vehicles Ireland 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

The College of William and Mary and its Virginia Institute of Marine Science have formed a collaborative research initiative with a number of corporate partners—notably StatoilHydro—to investigate a new technology to produce biofuel from the algae growing naturally in rivers and the Chesapeake Bay.

Mariner 186

Mariner Arkansas Maryland Virginia 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2009

This syngas can then be used for industrial process heating applications, converted into electricity, or synthesized into fuels or chemicals. The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that NC State University had won a 4-year, multi-million dollar award to advance an integrated algae-to-biofuels technology.

Energy 247

Energy Coal Convert Concept 247

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

If we expect our industry to thrive well into the future, we have to provide solutions. GM and Carnegie Mellon University demonstrated this when the “Boss,” our fully autonomous Chevy Tahoe, won the DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007. Autonomous driving Connected vehicles Driver Assistance Systems Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)'

Cadillac 262

Cadillac 2017 Vehicles Fusion 262

Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2022

But the corporates fighting over it recently cranked up their clashing. Rights to use frequencies have not been sharply defined, and the overlapping permits generate controversy,” says Thomas Hazlett, a Clemson University economist who writes about bandwidth battles (and once served as FCC chief economist).

United Arab Emirates 108

United Arab Emirates United States United Kingdom 2002 108

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc.,

Commercial 247

Commercial San Jose San Francisco San Diego 247

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The US Department of Energy announced $35 million in awards for 12 projects that find new ways to harness medium-voltage electricity for applications in industry, transportation, on the grid and beyond. BREAKERS projects include: Drexel University, Ultra-Efficient Intelligent MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breaker – $4,413,913.

Grid 207

Grid Transportation Industrial Industry 207

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2015

GM performed well ahead of the overall industry in China, which was up an estimated 7.5% Electric Networked-Vehicle) concept—designed, engineered and built in Shanghai—at the Society of Automotive Engineers in China last year. GM’s sales were up 12.0% from the previous high of 3,160,377 vehicles sold in 2013.

General Motors 150

General Motors 2014 China Sale 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2010

Awards under this category focus on research and development of concepts and components that could be part of a CSP baseload system. Infinia Corporation – Kennewick, WA – up to $3.0 Infinia Corporation is developing a large-scale thermal energy storage solution that can be used with solar dishes. PPG Industries, Inc.

Solar 240

Solar Power Powered Molten Salt 240