Electric Auto Association

JULY 5, 2021

The outreach efforts of the Houston Electric Auto Association (HEAA), founded 34 years ago in the heart of American oil country, have not always been met with a positive response. “We We have a lot of Tesla drivers in Houston because the oil execs see them as a status symbol with cool technology.

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Oil Houston Golf Cart Aptera 98

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Or Become a Convert Another possibility is to convert your gasoline-powered engine to electric. However, the immediate costs for the conversion kits, accessories and installation service can range from $7,000 to $20,000, making it reasonable only if you plan to keep your car for a while. Drain and recycle used motor oil.

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Engine Buy Convert Dodge 77

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2021

The partnership involves using select conventional vessels from EPS’ existing tanker fleet that use MAN engines to be retrofitted, allowing them to be powered by methanol and ammonia which will be supplied by OCI. Also, EPS will construct newbuild vessels with MAN engines powered by the same two alternative marine fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. Jiang et al. Kuznetsov and P.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

At a ceremony in the SHI Geoje shipyard, Samsung Heavy Industries announced they have received Approval in Principle from DNV GL, the internationally accredited marine shipping registrar and classification society, in collaboration with Bloom Energy to proceed with a fuel cell-powered ship design for Aframax crude oil tankers (COTs).

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Gas Industrial Industry Mariner 281

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

To achieve this goal, the NYK Group has been expanding its fleet of LNG-fueled ships in response to the Group establishing the LNG-fueled vessel as a bridge solution to vessels propelled by future marine fuels such as ammonia or hydrogen. Confirmation of rules such as ship classification rules for safe use of ammonia fuel, etc.

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Concept Design Fuel Mariner 221

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

In its tally and projections, Pike includes conventional ethanol and biodiesel facilities targeting commodity-based feedstocks, such as corn starch, sugarcane, soy, palm oil, and rapeseed. thermochemical and hybrid conversion pathways are expected to increase over the remainder of the forecast period. —“Industrial Biorefineries”.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. Primary energy sources in model include fossil fuels (crude oil, natural gas, and coal); non-renewable non-fossil sources (nuclear); and renewable sources (hydroelectric, wind, solar, and biomass). Credit: ACS, Wallington et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2014

Cathay Pacific Airways has made a strategic equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy —a pioneer in the development and commercialization of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into sustainable aviation fuel ( earlier post )—as part of the airlines biofuel strategy and to help it achieve a target of carbon-neutral growth from 2020.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Converting a corn ethanol plant to produce biobutanol requires changes to the fermentation step (mainly a new microorganism) and to alcohol recovery from the fermentation. Butamax’s technology package will include the installation of novel corn oil separation technology. Source: Butamax. Click to enlarge. of the hydrocarbon gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

On Tuesday, US Senate Majority leader Harry Reid released the “Clean Energy Jobs 5 and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010”—the latest version of the energy bill to emerge from the Senate. Division B of the bill outlines two major transportation-related initiatives to reduce oil consumption and enhance energy security, including up to $3.8

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Mazda has reported an increase in Mazda6 sales to UK fleets that intend to convert the car to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Mazda6 LPG conversions have already joined the fleet of the LPG [.]. The car maker has also said it it set to receive more orders as more and more firms turn to green alternatives.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2012

Cobalt converts non-food feedstock such as woody biomass into renewable butanol for both chemicals and fuels, including jet fuel. Additionally, by 2016 the Great Green Fleet will be fully deployed using 50/50 blends of biofuels for ships and aircraft. processing facility. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Wright, Benjamin G.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will research, develop, and demonstrate polyalkylene glycol (PAG)- based engine oil technology which can reduce engine friction relative to conventional petroleum-based and synthetic oils. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices. Fleet efficiency. . $1,497,531. Ford Motor Company. 1,500,000.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Chesapeake is the second-largest producer of natural gas, a Top 15 producer of oil and natural gas liquids and the most active driller of new wells in the US. In addition, we are converting at least 100 of our drilling rigs and all of our planned hydraulic fracturing equipment to run on LNG. The convertible debt carries a 7.5%

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Gas Fuel Clean Cleaning 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

and Shell have successfully started production at the first demonstration plant converting plant sugars into gasoline and gasoline blend components, rather than ethanol. The demonstration plant has the capacity to produce up to 38,000 liters (10,000 gallons US) per year, which will be used for engine and fleet testing. Earlier post.)

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Production Gasoline Wisconsin Fuel Economy 230

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. Ettline Foods Corp. US Airways Inc.

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Pennsylvania Philadelphia PHEV Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

Bloomberg New Energy Finance found that approximately 225 million tonnes of biomass should be annually available by 2020 under the base case scenario for bioproduct conversion. The conversion yields for turning lignocellulosic biomass into ethanol, using the enzymatic hydrolysis technology, have improved dramatically in the past five years.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

million project to demonstrate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology for an all-electric heavy duty non-tactical vehicle fleet at Los Angeles Air Force Base. New Leaf, located in San Diego, collects used cooking oil from more than 1,500 restaurants and industrial kitchens and converts it into biodiesel.

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Los Angeles California Plug-in ZeroTruck 240

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Increased cultivation of corn for ethanol, its conversion into biofuels, and the storage and use of these fuels could affect water supply, water quality, air quality, soil quality, and biodiversity, the report found. non-ethanol biofuels. However, future movement toward cellulosic feedstocks could reduce some of these effects.

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Tax Credit Industrial Industry Tax 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. CNG-Hybrid Buses: Purchase CNG-Hybrid buses to replace Ford Diesel vehicles in the ART fleet. Tags: Emissions Fleets Fuel Efficiency Policy Power Generation.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Albany started a $10 million program to convert its fleet of 600 hybrid vehicles to plug-in electric vehicles and pledged to spend another $10 million to encourage gas stations to install ethanol pumps. They lay the foundation for an oil-free transportation system ; yet each technology suffers a key limitation.

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New York Gasoline-Electric Minneapolis New York City 100

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

The use of compressed or liquefied natural gas as a fuel for vehicles could help to displace oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but to a limited extent because of the high cost of converting vehicles to use these fuels. The interim report just published is intended to contribute to the energy, security and climate debate.

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions 240

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jenkins: Energy systems became globalized in the middle of the 20th century and then encountered global supply shocks, like the oil embargoes of the ’70s. Solar panels convert solar radiation to power linearly, in proportion to the amount of sunlight. But wind turbines convert wind to power at the wind speed cubed.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 104

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A PHEV can provide power to an entire home in the case of an outage; A fleet of PHEVs could power critical systems during emergencies. For people looking for the most effective way to end our addiction to oil, PHEVs have made sense because carmakers can build them now, with todays technology and using todays infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2012

Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. Really the question is can the feedstocks be procured at a price competitive to petroleum oil. RIMPAC and Green Fleet demo.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. Deffeyes, 2005 "The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C.

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Plug In Partners

DECEMBER 22, 2006

where plug-in hybrids were a prime topic of conversation. They also suggested that auto manufacturers leave space in hybrids for additional battery capacity so the vehicles can be converted to plug-ins as batteries develop. Below is a summary of current partners and fleet orders.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

It is hoped the technology will be rolled out to bus fleets across the country and further afield. The dual-fuel vehicle is a standard Optare Solo single-deck diesel midibus from the Anglian Bus fleet. In particular, the cost of conversion of a diesel bus to dual-fuel use is a small fraction of the cost of a new natural gas bus.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Second EV batteries (Used EV batteries that are no longer used in cars) are used at public EV charging stations, fleet depots, commercial buildings, and other EV charging locations for local energy storage. Making the conversion to electric vehicles is becoming more and more appealing as a result of all these causes.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Grid Charging 75

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. Treat all crude oils as part of the overall pool of transportation fuels. We did not shy away from controversy. We are not advocates. Harmonize global LCFS policies.

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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. In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. I am constantly promoting the positive experience I have with EVs.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 1, 2023

Consider long-term costs such as registration, insurance, fuel and oil changes, and keep a close eye on how much it will cost from start to finish so your money will be well-spent. Finally, ensure that a certain type of material or product is present for specific sections of the project, items such as tires, oil filters and brake pads.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

On the one hand, a shift to natural gas is promoted as climate mitigation because it has lower carbon per unit energy than coal or oil. After 150 years, a CNG fleet would have produced about 10% less cumulative radiative forcing than a gasoline fleet: a benefit equivalent to a fuel economy improvement of 3 mpg in a 30 mpg fleet.

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Climate Change Climate Gas Coal 270

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. In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. I am constantly promoting the positive experience I have with EVs.

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North America America El Paso New Mexico 52

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

Rebecca Boudreaux, Oberon’s president, oil was at $16 per barrel back then. Now, she says, the landscape has changed with the high price of oil. A full Oberon plant will consist of three stages: the production of syngas, its conversion to methanol, and the subsequent catalytic dehydration of methanol to DME. DME engine in 2015.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius. Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org.

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