Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2011

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. At APEC, startup Transphorm Inc. At APEC, startup Transphorm Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2021

To achieve this, areas that could be explored include community-level electric vehicle (EV) demonstrations, EV infrastructure and charging, and advanced engines and fuels that reduce emissions.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 3, 2023

Questions & Answers from our friends at Earth Talk Is it possible to retrofit an old car with an Electric Vehicle drivetrain? It is definitely possible to retrofit an old internal combustion engine car with an electric vehicle (EV) drivetrain, but the process can be complicated and expensive. — Jerry M.,

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JUNE 5, 2023

Bioethanol is being produced converting carbon-based agricultural feedstock such as sugar cane, bagasse, grain, barley, potatoes. 4 Compressed air Another source of energy for vehicles is the compressed air. 5 Hydrogen Hydrogen is a fuel that can be used in two ways in a vehicle. . #5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The addition of the 92 trucks increases the FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles by more than 50%, from 172 to 264. The hybrid conversions were produced in Charlotte, N.C.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

O-Flexx says that its technology—protected by several patents—significantly increases conversion efficiency.The company collaborates with a partners from the industry—such as MAHLE—as well as research institutions such as the University of Duisburg-Essen, Vienna University of Technology and several Fraunhofer institutes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. It’s under the hoods of the 250 million vehicles we drive today. Using existing technology, we can convert many of them into plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. We’re happy we’re well on our way with plug-in cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2019

Australia-based biotechnology company Circa Group, which produces its bio-based solvent Cyrene from waste cellulose, is participating in a project to develop the first UK industrial scale capability to reclaim and reuse the most valuable components of end-of-life electrical vehicle (EV) batteries. straw, bagasse, sawdust).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

Transphorm’s solutions cut energy waste by 50% today 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. —Umesh Mishra, CEO of Transphorm.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The prototype catalyst thrifting strategy developed under this subtopic must be capable of reducing PGM loading by 50% in the proposed automotive emission control system application with conversion performance and durability comparable to current production catalyst systems. For reference, the average loading for three-way catalysts is 1.1

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2015

A trans-European collaboration aims to develop a novel energy efficient climate control system to help reduce the energy used for passenger comfort in electric vehicles by at least 50%. Both objectives will help make the electric vehicles much more energy efficient and marketable. The aim of the €6.7-million

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The team will apply atomic layer deposition technology to fabricate and modify the catalyst at the atomic level, with the goal of more than doubling catalyst lifetime, improving selectivity and conversion efficiency at reduced costs. Bio2Electric, LLC d.b.a. EcoCatalytic Technologies. Colorado State University. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly. On the roof of “Factory 56” there is a photovoltaic system which supplies the shop with self-produced green electricity. However, today’s production grids are powered by alternating current—which has to be converted.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

If CNG were to be eventually used in hybrids, the advantage of the electric generation/EV option shrinks. Because the use of natural gas for transportation requires compressing, liquefying, or conversion, it is important to determine the best use of natural gas as a transportation fuel. —Curran et al. Curran, Robert M.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

750,000 to research value-based design options for the standardization of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) batteries. Anaergia Services of Carlsbad received $395,121 to demonstrate a process which will convert green waste into renewable natural gas. The California Energy Commission has awarded Electricore, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2015

This FOA also includes demonstration topic areas that will help to accelerate adoption of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies with specific interest in mobile hydrogen refuelers; fuel cell powered range extenders for light duty hybrid electric vehicles; and a Communities of Excellence topic featuring hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

Volkswagen is also highlighting its spectrum of efficiency and electrification solutions all the way to further optimized battery-powered propulsion as in the new e-Golf and the coming new MEB-based electric vehicles exemplified by its series of I.D. The compact 1.0 TGI engine with 66 kW / 90 PS. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

The newly funded APC projects include: Project: Integrated, Intelligent Energy Management Systems for Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Partners: Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc. Project: Development of a Multi-Chamber Catalytic Converter. million) in total project support.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery), energy conversion coefficients among different energy forms and sources, system boundaries, and so on. The combination of 12 kinds of biofuel production approaches and 6 kinds of advanced powertrains for passenger vehicles results in more than 20 scenarios (shown in the figure below).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

Increased availability of magnesium can enable vehicle weight reduction and improvement in fuel efficiency. This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. Zoltek Companies, Inc. 10,000,000.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods. The upshot is that a portion of the green electricity will have to be converted to other types of energy appropriate for specific applications.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The second round is focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels, carbon capture, and batteries for electric vehicles. Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

in electric vehicles (PEVs). The components to enable electric drive vehicles must be more affordable. The additional content which includes the motor, inverter, converter, and on?board miles in passenger vehicles and 435,000 miles for heavy?duty competitive waste heat recovery technologies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The second round was focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels (electrofuels); much higher capacity and less expensive batteries for electric vehicles; and carbon capture. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. Engineering E. coli; Product: Isooctane.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As of 2022, production will be carbon-neutral at all company-owned van factories worldwide from 2022 and only use electricity from renewable energy sources. Customers, fleet operators and vehicle body builders can already choose from four battery-electric models: the eVito panel van, the eSprinter, the eVito Tourer and the EQV.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS project teams will accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of efficient, lightweight, and reliable power converters, based on wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. The Eaton team has targeted the data center sector, as it is quickly becoming a major consumer of electricity in the United States. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

an $800,000 grant to demonstrate Axion’s proprietary PbC battery technology ( earlier post ) in a variety of electric vehicle types including: hybrids (HEVs); plug-in hybrid electric (PHEVs) used in commuter, delivery and other vehicles; and EVs , including converted (from combustion engine operation) EVs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. The initiative also includes garbage trucks, also known as refuse collection vehicles. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The areas of interest outlined in the notice of intent (NOI) fall into two broad categories: technologies to advance plug-in electric vehicles; and technologies to improve fuel efficiency, including dual-fuel, fuel properties (e.g., The advance notice (DE-FOA-0001053) is to alert interested parties of the coming FOA.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Select OPEN 2021 projects include: Synteris. Cornell University.

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APRIL 2, 2021

We have been talking about electric vehicles for a while. You shall find the importance of electric vehicles , advantages, disadvantages, other technical aspects, electric vehicle reviews, project ideas, and more here on this blog. Electric Vehicle Related Business Opportunities.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. So why haven’t FCEV becoming as prolific as other electric cars?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2022

However, Benchmark points out, known domestic Chinese spodumene and other hard rock resources are low-quality, a key reason why there has been an increasing reliance by Chinese converters on Australia for supply instead. Associated opex and ramp up times are also commonly underestimated.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Waste-to-fuel. The production of transport fuel from waste is a nascent technology, largely in the lab and pilot stages of commercialization at present. The use of synthetic biology to convert sugars to diesel has advanced significantly in the past one to two years, and it is close to commercial viability. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

And the new press shop is an important milestone on our “Way To Zero” journey, through which we are aiming to reduce the environmental impact of our production by 2025 in areas such as energy usage, CO 2 emissions, waste and the use of water by 45% per vehicle compared with the baseline year 2010.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The Hybrid Integrated Urban Commercial Vehicle (HIUCV) is a lightweight Heavy Goods Vehicle designed for refuse collection in an urban environment. The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Methane Converter to Electricity and Fuel. Bio2Electric will develop a small-scale reactor that converts natural. Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. provide not only liquid fuel but also electricity, increasing the. electricity production (5 quadrillion.

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