Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

” Sixty-six percent of respondents still supported the idea even if it added $3,000 to the price of a new car. 88% said is was important for the US to take action now to increase fuel efficiency. Tags: Brief. The two agencies are set to officially start the process for new clean car standards later this month.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

ARPA-E’s released its first Funding Opportunity Announcement on 27 April 2009, soliciting a broad range of ideas for transformational energy technology development.( Tags: Brief. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Efficient End Use of Energy. Low Carbon Fossil Energy Technologies. Energy Materials of the Future. Industrial Efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

That comes amid a shifting of the landscape, as industry executives, politicians and economists increasingly promote the idea that it is risky to rely solely on the United States to buy Canadian crude, especially as the oil sands grow in importance and demand for oil stagnates south of the border. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

A new report from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows the importance of all major nations taking part in global efforts to reduce emissions—and in particular, finds China’s role to be crucial. Even in this best-case scenario, reducing emissions comes with a steep price tag.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2010

Target automotive applications include: charge air coolers, exhaust mufflers, turbo air ducts, engine mounts, resonators, cylinder head covers, oil pans, EGR coolers, oil modules, thermostats, transmission components—such as front covers—and radiator end tanks where calcium chloride resistance is especially important due to road treatments.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2010

The basic idea of the new Diesel combustion illustrated in this paper is to control the heat release rate by a gradual supply of an almost homogeneous charge, without relying on exhaust gas recirculation to moderate the reaction. These results are very meaningful and represent an important step forward in the HCPC engine development.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

But in the near term, the most important approach to cut CO 2 emissions is expanding the use of hybrid electric vehicles. Times have changed, but the idea of developing vehicles that are both fun to drive and fuel efficient is alive and well. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Fuel Cells Hydrogen Vehicle Manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2010

The ‘Schaeffler Hybrid’ will not go into volume production; rather it serves as a vehicle of ideas. Another important aspect of this advance development project are the linked development activities of the Schaeffler brands. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Motors Plug-ins. INA, LuK, FAG, IDAM and AFT] —Prof.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2010

are: 5-HMF, together with its important derivatives, can be classified as novel biomass derived platform chemicals corresponding to those already established for fossil fuel based platform chemicals. Tags: Brief. —Zakrzewska et al. Among the perspectives offered by Zakrzewska et al. to the best of their knowledge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Further, nearly half (47%) believe lack of understanding about hybrids in general prevents people from buying them, and an even greater number (59%) have no idea what the distinctions are between different types of hybrids. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2009

Optimal use of clean energy is especially important in Alberta, the Canadian province with the highest amount of thermally generated power in Canada and also home to the majority of oil-sands production. The whole idea is to consume the wind power in the. Tags: Canada Plug-ins. system as much as possible.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

We have not written a paper on this particular idea. And in a transportation application, the mass efficiency is very important. We need to continue to find ways to combine our deep technical knowledge with others who can help take our ideas from concept to commercialization. Tags: ARPA-E Materials Waste Heat Recovery.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

The project builds upon the idea that air quality and climate change issues are linked through “one atmosphere”, an approach that demands coordination and multi-tiered approaches. How important are chemical processes occurring at night in determining transport and / or loss of nitrogen oxides, reactive VOC and ozone?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

This important grant provides us with secure funding over several years to develop the scientific understanding to meet the challenge of building lighter vehicles and aircraft with lower carbon emissions and better fuel economy. Tags: Aviation Materials. The work will build on the success of the original LATEST Portfolio Partnership.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

President Obama has specifically noted the importance of developing lithium-ion batteries to ensure that the United States plays a central role in producing the next generation of clean technology automobiles. Tags: Batteries. If successful in securing the required funding, the Kentucky facility could begin construction immediately.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2010

We recognize that policies aimed at creating alternatives to vehicle travel also have an important role to play in reducing petroleum dependence and GHG emissions. Without strong action, those numbers are expected to keep rising, but reducing the nation’s impact on global climate change and dependence on oil imports has proved problematic.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Noting the importance of a hydrogen infrastructure with sufficient density, the automakers—Daimler, Ford, GM/Opel, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Renault Nissan Alliance, and Toyota—in that LoU strongly supported building up a hydrogen infrastructure in Europe, with Germany as regional starting point, among other global starting points. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2009

In particular, one of the projects will explore the idea of using cheap and widely available magnesium oxide-based mineral silicates to trap carbon dioxide from industry flue gases via a process known as dry mineral carbonation. Tags: Brief. The by-products of this can be used as construction or landfill materials.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2009

The information from this first set of organisms has provided a rich source of novel enzymes and detailed biochemical pathways that can help scientists optimize processes of critical importance to areas of the DOE mission, such as biofuels production, bioremediation, and how carbon is captured and cycled in the environment. Dongying Wu et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Our results suggest that gas-aerosol interactions play an important role in methane’s GWP, and hence our larger value would allow better optimization of climate change mitigation policies. These effects may be important but are highly uncertain at present. Tags: Climate Change Climate models Emissions Policy. Drew Shindell.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

However, production subsidies, import tariffs and sustainability standards do. In his remark on ethanol policy, Stephen Colbert, a comedian, may have anticipated the paradox uncovered in this article when he stated, “The ultimate sacrifice is sacrificing the idea of sacrifice itself.” 32 (1): 4-32 doi: 10.1093/aepp/ppp010.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2009

Genome British Columbia is a research organization that invests in and manages large-scale genomics and proteomics research projects and science and technology platforms focused on areas of strategic importance such as human health, forestry, fisheries, agriculture, bioenergy, mining, and the environment. Carl Douglas.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

The Southern Ocean is one of the most important such regions. Carbon reaching the deep ocean depended partly on particle size and weight; more important, there seemed to be much less particulate matter reaching depth where the biomass was highest, e.g., in plankton blooms. Tags: Climate Change Geoengineering.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

This is long-term, high-risk [research], but obviously the payback is increasingly important ,” Daw said. Based on that input, the team moved to a different experimental design with the objective of cycling constant volume combustion—something that’s closer to the idea of a regular combustion engine. Tags: Engines Research.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The most common reason (45%) was that consumers wanted to wait until the technology is more proven in a few years; 33% said the 40-mile range was insufficient; 29% said they didn’t like the idea of plugging in and that it seemed like it would be too expensive; 28% questioned PHEV reliability; 25% questioned the quality of an electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2009

After all, those fluids protect the vehicle’s most important operating systems—the engine and driveline—and running them too high or too low simply wastes energy. This drive opens up our capability to collaborate and help with materials and development support to bring new ideas to market faster than ever. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The project also highlights the importance of collaboration, Pyle said. The Sapphire demonstration is integrating ideas about production, water management, algal oil and water separation, and the refining of products—some of the major cost barriers to the nascent algal fuels and chemical industry. Tags: Algae Algal Fuels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

It could easily take several years for mainstream car shoppers to get comfortable with the idea of electric vehicles. 81% of respondents stated that improved fuel efficiency would be an important factor when purchasing their next vehicle. Tags: Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Surveys. —senior analyst John Gartner.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

said Dr. Hansen this same week testifying to Congress and that’s not all he said. Dr. Hansen is giving us 12 months to get our act together: “ The next President and Congress must define a course next year in which the United States exerts leadership commensurate with our responsibility for the present dangerous situation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2010

Gaining Traction: The importance of transparency in accelerating the reform of fossil-fuel subsidies (Laan, 2010). The authors note that the US is an important test case for the idea that price-gap evaluations alone are not sufficient to capture the many ways that fossil energy is subsidized. Tags: Fuels Oil Policy.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

“The idea is for electric cars to take advantage of “off-peak&# hours of low energy demand late at night, when the lights are out and TVs are off, but power plants are still producing, explained Ed Kjaer, director of electric transportation at Edison.&#. Tags: Ford Inside Track miEV socal edison smart meters.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

If we can find a business model that creates food and energy we have two of those four very important items for everyone ,” said Dreve. “ The idea was to introduce various local, state, and federal officials to the concept as none were familiar with digesters in animal operations. Tags: Ethanol.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The opportunity to pitch ideas directly to 16 major vehicle manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers is the culmination of the LowCVP’s Technology Challenge; an industry initiative to help fast track innovations being developed by small- and medium-sized companies. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Green Car Congress appreciates EnerDel’s cooperation in sharing their process with our readers. Like many elements of the cell construction, the design and manufacture of the stack (figure 4) involves proprietary ideas. Tags: Batteries. There are 384 cells in the vehicle. Volvo C30 battery pack. . Volvo C30 eDrive.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , SAE World Congress Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day by Sebastian Blanco on Apr 22nd 2009 at 7:48PM Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Chicago Tribune ) DaimlerChrysler 12/22/06 [DaimlerChrysler Group research chief Thomas Weber] played down the importance for passenger cars of plug-in hybrid technology that is getting lots of attention in the U.S. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I GM Press Release ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ? Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s

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