Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Partially funded by the ARPA-E CIRCUITS program ( earlier post ), Transphorm is developing the technology for electric vehicle mobility and infrastructure power systems as well as industrial and renewable energy systems. We see this as an important milestone for the GaN power electronics industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. In the Crown Victoria, the proof of concept powertrain conversion systems improve fuel economy from 80%-200% from the base 4.6L

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Canada’s National Research Council (CNRC) showcased Canada’s first algal biorefinery demonstration project, a collaborative research effort between CNRC’s Algal Carbon Conversion (ACC) program, Pond Technologies and Votorantim Cimentos’ St Marys Cement.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This work, by Philip Arm, Mayank Mittal, Hendrik Kolvenbach, and Marco Hutter from ETHZ RSL, will be presented at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ( ICRA 2024 ) in May in Japan (see events calendar above). In this work, we explore pedipulation—using the legs of a legged robot for manipulation. Cool, right?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

earlier post ) announced the qualification of its first products, power diodes based on its EZ-GaN (Gallium Nitride) technology, at the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC): TPS2010PK – 600 V, 6 A, GaN diode in the industry standard TO-220 package. TPS2011PK – 600 V, 4 A, GaN diode in the industry standard TO-220 package.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

Teams also gave five scored presentations to more than 65 judges from government and industry, detailing vehicle designs and subsystems, team management and communications activities, and demonstrating the multidisciplinary aspect of their EcoCAR team.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The EPSRC Challenge Network in Automotive Power Electronics will bring together the academic and industrial communities to identify and to address the long-term challenges in the design, manufacture, deployment and operational management of automotive electrical-power conversion and conditioning systems.

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Cars That Think

MAY 6, 2022

Caltech ] On May 17th, the Furhat Conference on Social Robotics returns with a new lineup of experts who will share their latest cutting edge research and innovation projects using social robots and conversational AI. Registration for the conference is free and now open. Furhat Conference ] Thanks, Chris!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

A 1966 article in ACS’ Chemical & Engineering News described a General Motors press conference at which the automaker outlined research work being done on non-gasoline-based automotive power sources, with a heavy emphasis on the electrical. Electrovan—a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell-powered GMC van. 24, page 55).

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Electric Vehicles India

MARCH 16, 2023

Join India's most-exciting #eMobility expo and conference from 23 – 24 March 2023, at India Expo Centre & Mart. They have shared the link on their social media sites and official sites to register for a free pass to the event. The India eMobility Show goes live in just a week! Visit [link] to register now.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

I am flirting with a cliché here, I know, but the weather seemed to be a metaphor for how the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show media day drove perception of the automotive industry's health. All that said, the show felt busy enough to give me the feeling that perhaps the industry is moving in a more positive direction, post-COVID.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 13, 2024

For Chen’s contributions to the science and technology of photovoltaic energy conversion, the IEEE member received the 2023 IEEE Stuart R. The group is focusing on optimizing solar cell designs, including the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC), which is the industry standard for commodity solar panels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Global automotive Li-Ion battery production capacity is outstripping demand five-to-one as automakers refocus on hybrids and away from full electric vehicles, according to Dr. Menahem Anderman’s recently released xEV Industry Insider Report. Conversely, those of HEVs are in line with plans. million units in 2012 to about 4.1

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The group’s goal is to engage as many young professionals as possible in the conversation about how to get involved in the climate and sustainability sectors,” says Sajith Wijesuriya , CSTF chair. IEEE PES is hosting its Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Latin America in San Juan from 6 to 9 November.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2013

PNNL’s thermochemical conversion device is installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. The system converts natural gas into syngas—with higher energy content than natural gas—using a thermochemical conversion device installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. Photo: PNNL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2011

At the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Transphorm Inc. Transphorm says that its solutions cut energy waste by 20% and simplify the design and manufacturing of a wide variety of electrical systems and devices, including motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The conference was sold out; it was also essentially a PowerPoint-free zone; the basic format relied heavily on brief introductory remarks from sets of speakers representing the diverse stakeholders, followed by questions from attendees. We see it as an opportunity but it could also be a challenge of significant proportion. —Dan Ford.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

In a 2007 paper presented at the XI International Conference on Innovations in the Ferro Alloy Industry (Infacon XI), a team from the US EPA, the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT), and SINTEF Materials and Chemistry (Lindstad et al. In all cases, however, the production of ferroalloys is energy-intensive. Lindstad, S.E.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2022

While growing up in Germany, Heike Riel helped her father design and build furniture in the family workshop. Grove, who was a true technical and business leader in the semiconductor industry, and many people I admire have received this award.” To do this conversion, you need sophisticated technology,” Riel says. “We

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

actions’ will be the last fighting word in an industry that is becoming more geopolitically sensitive by the day. Speaking of Chinese customers, most—including offices, gamers, designers of smaller chips—probably won’t feel the controls. Certainly, much of the conversation has focused on the U.S. firms AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2022

The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. John Shegerian: When we got into the industry [in 2002], Al Gore had not yet won his awards for “ An Inconvenient Truth.” We spoke with Shegerian about e-waste’s effect on the future of our world and our privacy, and the role engineers can play in solutions.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 31, 2023

In a keynote address at the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design Monday, Nvidia chief technology officer Bill Dally revealed that the company has been testing a large-language-model AI to boost the productivity of its chip designers. Acting as a chatbot for engineers could save designers time, said Dally.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

Humanity is close to breaching the sustainability of Earth, and needs a technological revolution greater and faster than the industrial revolution to avoid “ a major planetary catastrophe ,” according to a new United Nations report. The reports estimates that incremental green investment of about 3% of world gross product (WGP) (about $1.9

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

While that paradigm of machine learning has driven a lot of economic value in consumer software, I find that that recipe of scale doesn’t work for other industries. In many industries where giant data sets simply don’t exist, I think the focus has to shift from big data to good data. Back to top.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

The Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, held this week in Washington DC, highlighted a range of developing pathways for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels for transportation. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Wessels Reederei signed a letter of intent with MAN Diesel & Turbo regarding the conversion of three of its fleet to dual-fuel gas operation. The retrofit enables dual-fuel operation and is the first such conversion of its type. million) for 10 such LNG-retrofits at the international Our Ocean 2017 conference in Malta recently.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. He works in the sustainable energy technologies industry and he is an advocate for change.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2014

The OSU team’s design achieved 50 miles per gallon gas equivalent (MPGGE) (4.7 For the past three years all 15 EcoCAR 2 teams have worked tirelessly to design the next generation of clean vehicles and we have seen exceptional outcomes. Conferences and other events Conversions Fuel Efficiency High Octane Fuels Hybrids Plug-ins'

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

Wendel Dreve and Marion Gilliland have dedicated the past five years to pursing their dream of transforming the corn ethanol industry. First, the industry is approaching the ethanol-to-gasoline blend wall of 10% ethanol, 90% gasoline in standard gas engines. All of these issues are contributing to excess capacity in the industry.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 27, 2023

Indeed, hyped-up product announcements at industry events like the Consumer Electronics Show (now CES ) and the Game Developers Conference have become regular features of the digital world. There’s also a parallel tradition—less flashy but no less important—of industry events that focus attention on digital infrastructure.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. He works in the sustainable energy technologies industry and he is an advocate for change.

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Cars That Think

JULY 7, 2024

Deepak Divan We start at a place where science lagged technology and the market by a significant amount in the early years of the power industry. This helped create the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1934 that forced more regulation on the electricity industry. Why did no one in the energy industry see this coming?

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Cars That Think

MAY 9, 2024

Not so fast: The real-world efficiency of commercial, space-qualified solar cells has progressed much more slowly than records set in highly controlled research experiments, which often use exotic materials or complex designs that cannot currently be mass-produced. Space Industry Experts Run the Numbers The U.S. See diagrams.]

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2017

Conversion to a single-fuel fleet could improve operational performance, efficiency and resiliency. Ultimately, the analysis concluded that the Coast Guard can experience significant operation, maintenance, infrastructure and logistics cost savings through integrating diesel outboard engine technology into future boat fleet designs.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

And sometimes you have less than six months or a year in this industry to do that. James Cortada You know, it's interesting because while I was at IBM, we had conversations about that. What I can say about the PC and the DASD was the fact that they didn't milk it for the very last dollar when they saw the handwriting on the wall.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

The very semiconductor technology that has transformed the lighting industry, gallium nitride (GaN), is also part of a revolution in power electronics that is now gathering steam. This conversion happens in your phone’s or laptop’s wall charger, in the much larger chargers and inverters that power electric vehicles, and elsewhere.

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