Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

F fire, General Motors’ engineers added trunk, back seat and underbody fires to test the pressure relief valves’ ability to sense heat on all sides of the tank. Some aftermarket CNG-conversion kit manufacturers conduct only a barrier test. In addition to placing the tank about four inches above a steady 800 ?F

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2015

The lignin and C 5 sugars are removed via filtration while the C 6 sugars are routed downstream for conversion. Board, General Motors Overseas Corporation Board, OnStar, LLC Board of Directors, and GM Technologies, LLC Board of Directors. xF Technologies Inc., Biomass Diesel Fuels'

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Bright eSolutions will offer clients expert guidance on a variety of strategies in the field of EV/PHEV vehicle development, from EV powertrain integration and conversions, to aerodynamics and lightweighting, to battery cell engineering. Conversions. General Consulting. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins. Energy Storage.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2009

Under the agreement, CleanFUEL will distribute IMPCO’s bi-fuel Sequent system, a dual-propane and gasoline fuel system certified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), for conversions of light duty General Motors and Ford vehicles to run on propane. less than gasoline/diesel per gallon. 2008 and 2009 3.5L

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2011

The conversion of biomass to cellulosic ethanol is the most efficient and productive use of biomass to create a high-octane, environmentally friendly transportation fuel, according to a perspective paper published in the Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. Conversion pathways. Source: Datta et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

Estimates of potential for gasoline consumption reduction in the US light duty fleet in 2020 and 2035 relative to 2007. Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. million barrels per day of gasoline-equivalent) with near-zero lifecycle CO 2. million barrels gasoline equivalent per day.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. medium-duty engine, as well as a 6.0L

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company. This project will enable diesel-like efficiency and increased maximum power output in a gasoline engine by using a secondary fuel to suppress engine knock under high load. Advanced power electronics and electric motor (PEEM) technology. General Motors LLC.

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Many US drivers now have a vague idea that General Motors is doing something with electric vehicles. The company has committed $800 million to that conversion. Production of the gasoline Equinox at CAMI will end in April, and the first Zevo 600s should come off the lines seven months later, in November.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

General Motors LLC. Reactive Force Field and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of conversion processes will help identify promising precursors. Research and develop novel adsorber technology to address hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emissions for Low Temperature Gasoline Applications. University of Pittsburgh.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

On January 28 GM announced that it plans (aspires) to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035, ending production of its cars, trucks and SUVs with diesel- and gasoline-powered engines. If you think about General Motors, we are strong in the middle of the country. Mary Barra, CEO – General Motors.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) has been selected for negotiation of an award for a project to explore new high-pressure lean burn combustion that can enable future gasoline engines to achieve 20-40% improved fuel economy. Team members include the University of Wisconsin (principal investigator), Caterpillar, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2010

NO x conversion profiles. Researchers from the General Motors Global Research and Development, Chemical Sciences and Materials Systems Lab have developed and demonstrated the use of strontium-doped perovskite oxides as efficient platinum substitutes in diesel oxidation (DOC) and lean NO x trap (LNT) catalysts. Credit: Kim et al.

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Exhaust Diesel GM Conversion 199

EV Connect

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Last year saw the first full conversion of a gas station into an electric charging station in the U.S. The Surge of Fast Charging Our continued dependence on gasoline has been prolonged by the limitations of technology, but this is quickly changing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The Coskata process can produce more than 100 gallons of ethanol per ton of dry, ash-free biomass material at a cost competitive with expected gasoline prices—around $1.00 times more energy positive compared to conventional gasoline, according to an evaluation by Dr. Michael Wang at Argonne National Laboratory. Earlier post.). “We

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

The two-mode hybrid technology in the ML 450 HYBRID is derived from the fundamental work undertaken by the Global Hybrid Cooperation, which brought together research and development work undertaken by Daimler AG, BMW Group, General Motors and Chrysler. The second electric motor is used for the booster function and recuperation.

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New York Hybrid Mercedes SUV 150

The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

A brief moment in EV history passed us by about a decade ago, when the little-known VIA Motors introduced their lineup of VTRUX hybrid-electric vehicles. In short order, VIA Motors was established as a separate entity from Raser Technologies in 2010. This sort of topic is the very reason Abandoned History exists.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

For this baby-blue Rover, the conversion includes a powerful electric drive unit from a. That’s three times the output of the Buick-based Rover V-8 that first powered these trucks in 1979, and nine times that of the anemic 50-hp gasoline engine the Rover boasted at its birth, in 1948. The results could pass for brand-new frames.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner. And were gratified that General Motors recognizes this study as validation of its decision to evolve to the electrification of transportation. Using the average U.S.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 21, 2009

Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. I never liked automobiles because I don’t like burning gasoline. January 2009 | Conversations The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal).

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EV1 Los Angeles Hydrogen GM 100

Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It really takes a conversation to convince a lot of people. I have been actively establishing relationships with Lexus, Kia, Hyundai, General Motors, BMW, Volvo, Ford, and way too many eBike companies to mention. What is your most effective contribution toward the adoption of EVs? What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

contains no rare earths, in a prototype electric motor. Research, TECO Westinghouse Motor. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. superconducting wind generators more practical for.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

Using information gleaned from these studies, HCI successfully converted a Chevrolet S-10 pick-up truck to a “tri-fuel” vehicle, which utilized gasoline, natural gas, and hydrogen/natural gas blends. These blends were patented in 1990 for spark- and compression-ignition engines.

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Fuel Power Powered Colorado 210

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California. Sherwood and Guzyk say that if the board adopts the new rules at its January 22 and 23 meeting, it likely will force them to shutter their business, which just had its grand opening last month at Green Motors on San Pablo Avenue. Photograph by Chris Duffey.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. So, Im going to go out on a limb here and say bags of Frito snacks will soon be coming to stores near you with a lot less gasoline, noise and dirty emissions. (2 based Tesla Motors Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

In designing the second-generation system, GM engineers built on the knowledge and data gained from the first-generation Volt. Schematic lever diagram showing the gearing of each of the two propulsion motor-generators to a common main transmission shaft using an individual planetary gear set. liter range extender engine.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

RTI International will work with ADM, Albemarle and ConocoPhillips to develop a novel single-step catalytic biomass pyrolysis process with high carbon conversion efficiency to produce stable bio-crude oil with low oxygen content. The R&D seeks to be a major contributor to future-generation direct-solar fuel technologies.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Then they are driving by electric car conversions every day and not seeing them.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. Thats less than Ford ( F , Fortune 500 ) ($7 billion at the beginning of April), but more than General Motors ( GM , Fortune 500 ) ($1.3 More Will the Motor City shakeup work?

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