Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a new multi-state program that the principals expect will invest some $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2019

The study finds pavement conditions on both urban Interstates and rural Interstates are deteriorating, with the percentage of urban Interstate mileage in poor condition increasing in 29 of 50 states. —Baruch Feigenbaum.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

HyAxiom, a Doosan company based in East Hartford, Connecticut, was established in 2014 as a result of Doosan Group’s acquisition of the fuel cell business of UTC Power. HyAxiom Inc., a developer fuel cell systems, Shell, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), DNV and Doosan Fuel Cell Co.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

This brief study analyses, for each individual state, the changes from 2008 to 2018 in the use of coal (one of the two most polluting energy sources) to generate electricity. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The four projects selected to receive funding include the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.; University of Connecticut. Studies suggest GE’s alternative environmentally friendly gas mixture g 3 (green gas for grid) as a promising potential replacement for SF 6. Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga.;

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Teslarati

MARCH 10, 2022

Tesla has had a permit for a new Service Center from the East Hartford, Connecticut Planning and Zoning Commission revoked after a local dealership voiced concern regarding direct-to-consumer sales laws. The East Hartford PZC voted to approve the Tesla Service Center, which would be located at 300 Connecticut Boulevard, last April.

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Teslarati

MAY 10, 2022

LeasePlan USA, a self-proclaimed “Car-as-a-Service” company, released the results of its EV Readiness Index study in the United States. Only two states scored above 2 points in the Laws & Incentives portion of the study: California with a perfect 5 and New York with 3. Connecticut – 11.25 – 2, 1, 1, 3, 3.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2021

The team members are affiliated with an additional 16 organizations: Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System; University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez; University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; C.A.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

22 cpg from the October 2013 study. cpg) and Connecticut (67.70 41 cpg from the October 2013 study. 52 cpg from the October 2013 study. 93 cpg from the October 2013 study. 93 cpg from the October 2013 study. Connecticut has the highest diesel taxes, at 79.30 Diesel taxes, January 2014. Source: API.

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Tax Fuel Tax Connecticut Alaska 240

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories, Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut, Storrs have now analyzed detonation formation in hydrogen/methane air mixtures, quantifying the effect of non-thermal reactions on the mechanism of detonation. The results are published in the journal Combustion and Flame.

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Hydrogen Engine Connecticut Fuel 273

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2023

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated high-performance metal-supported solid oxide fuel cells (MS-SOFC) with an integrated high entropy alloy (HEA) internal reforming catalyst (IRC) for transportation applications using ethanol and methanol as fuels. —Hu et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2020

Drivers there and in the surrounding states of New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont drove at least 80% fewer miles after shelter-in-place directives began. The study acknowledges that the emissions benefits of stay-at-home orders could go away once normal activity resumes.

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Fuel Tax Tax Emissions Rhode Island 243

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

National Grid: Northeast Electric Highways Study. The project will explore how private sector fleets can establish an integrated network that leverages existing industrial and commercial real estate assets while providing greatest benefit to municipalities and communities.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2014

By gaining a better understanding of how these parameter uncertainties affect outcomes, the VERIFI researchers, along with colleagues at the University of Connecticut, are seeking to create cleaner and more efficient engines. However, this approach has been studied extensively and is advantageous from a computational point of view.

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Cleaner Engine Connecticut Diesel 210

Teslarati

AUGUST 26, 2022

Chief Jeff Christiansen studied the costs of other vehicles and even looked at fixing up older police vehicles before considering buying a Tesla. This has been proven true for the Westport Police Department in Connecticut. Many police departments across the U.S. Note: Johnna is a Tesla shareholder and supports its mission. .

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Purchase Tesla Vehicles Missouri 98

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The base regional unit for the study was the metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Only areas with populations of more than 50,000 were included in the study. There are substantial purchase incentives in California, Colorado, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Washington. regulation, purchasing incentives), local policy (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2015

The scientists analyzed medical test records for more than 300,000 people living in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut. The study will be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 64th Annual Scientific Session as a poster presentation and published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

million to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GRI) Research Board announced that eight Research Consortia will be funded for the next three years with a total of $112.5 Lead Institution: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Lead Investigator: Nancy N.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

Researchers from Trinity College (Connecticut), North Carlina State University (NCSU) and General Motors (GM) have developed a model to improve the clarity of the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) transmissions needed to realize an intelligent transportation system. Lead author of the study is Dr. Lin Cheng of Trinity College in Connecticut.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

an analyst at the Nuclear Innovation Alliance think tank, who wasn’t involved with the DOE study. On the state level, no fewer than 12 —California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont—all have their own conditions restricting new nuclear construction.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2022

This was why in this year’s USA EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark , the global engineering firm made it a point to include the Supercharger Network in its study, even if the system had to be scored quite differently due to it being specifically designed for Tesla’s electric cars. . Credit: umlaut.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

ExxonMobil signed an agreement with REG in January 2016 to study the production of biodiesel through fermentation of renewable cellulosic sugars from sources such as agricultural waste. In 2016, ExxonMobil announced its partnership with Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Degradation and Performance Studies of ALD-Stabilized Nano-Composite SOFC Cathodes Michigan State University aims to demonstrate the best-performing, most-stable, intermediate-temperature SOFC cathodes using optimized atomic layer deposition (ALD) overcoats to stabilize cathode performance. The University of Connecticut.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The University of Michigan-Dearborn, with partner Oakland University, will use a miniature ignition screening rapid compression machine—an experimental apparatus used to study ignition properties—to gain a better understanding of the ignition and combustion characteristics (e.g., ignition delay) of alternative fuels.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Study Ranks Best and Worst Places To Drive Electric. Connecticut. The cost of buying and running an EV varies depending on where you live. That shouldn’t surprise anyone since it parallels what we know about conventional car ownership. The Top 10 states to own an EV are: Massachusetts. California. Rhode Island. Where the plugs are.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2013

In collaboration with the Alberta Energy Research Institute, a study focused on advanced CO 2 capture technology for use with gasification. In cooperation with DOE, Air Products designed and constructed a CO 2 purification system in support of oxyfuel technology development at a boiler-simulation facility in Connecticut.

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Oil Hydrogen CO2 Production 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2020

A new study finds that from April to July American households spent an extra $6 billion to power their homes after a 10% rise in residential electricity use during the pandemic. In July, it was $50 above normal per household for California and Connecticut residents. The average bill from utilities serving one-fifth of U.S.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Peter Bao-Sen Luh Professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut Life Fellow, 71; died 28 November Luh was a professor of electrical and systems engineering at the University of Connecticut in Storrs from 1980 to 2020. He was an active member of UConn’s Chinese bible study group for more than 40 years.

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Engine 2003 Connecticut Universal 66

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2013

Researchers at the University of Connecticut report that a new catalyst material using tin (Sn)-doped indium oxide (ITO) nanoparticles (NPs) as a high stability non-carbon support for platinum (Pt) NPs is a very promising candidate as a next-generation catalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Credit: ACS, Liu and Mustain.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

Volts are expected to arrive at dealerships in Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, as well as the balance of Texas and New York in the first quarter of 2011. The program allows the utilities to study charging station installation process, vehicle charging, and customer feedback.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 4, 2022

I think that adds greatly to the likelihood of [Rhode Island’s] success,” says Morgan Higman , a clean energy researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Just two nuclear power plants (Millstone in Connecticut and Seabrook in New Hampshire) pump out more than a fifth of the region’s electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2012

Three projects will study the stability and durability of cathode materials when exposed to varying levels of humidity and contaminants expected in commercial deployment. University of Connecticut. Four of the selected projects will pursue advances in cathode performance, enabling higher efficiency, lower cost systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

The partner states are California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont. The action plan also suggests conducting a collective study to evaluate the effectiveness of various local, state, and national ZEV incentives to inform state and local government policy. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

University of Connecticut researchers will mitigate electrochemical poisoning of the cathode by identifying, fabricating, testing, and validating cost-effective formulations and designs to capture airborne gaseous species entering SOFC power generation systems operating from 600–900 °C.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2011

University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. The failure mechanism of the new TBC/bond coat architecture will also be studied to further improvement of TBC lifetimes. The model will be able to accurately predict the heat load and deposition rates in a cooled turbine stage (vane and rotor). DOE share: $497,223; recipient share: $124,535).

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Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2023

The competition “allows students to take an idea, a passion, and turn it from a simple prototype to a fully deployed solution,” says Stephanie Gillespie , associate dean of the University of New Haven’s engineering college , in Connecticut. Gillespie is the current EPICS in IEEE chair. I’ve learned so many things.”

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 31, 2022

In 2020, after performing a comparative study of network providers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, umlaut adapted its testing methodology to the US market , where testing took place in EV hotspot California in early September 2020. The testing experts: umlaut.

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