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United announces investment in, commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy; CO2-to-SAF

Green Car Congress

The company began construction on a CO 2 -to-fuels demo in Tucson, Arizona in 2021. At the Tucson site, they are using electricity from the Arizona grid, which gets an increasing amount of power from local solar panels. Commissioning of the facility has already begun, and it is set to begin operation this July.

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E-fuel, biofuel are promising choices

Baua Electric

But much more promising has been ordinary analysis into conversion of cellulose into biofuel the use of anaerobic micro organism. PHILIP MOORE , Tucson, Ariz. No doubt, current e-fuel analysis is promising. The science seems to be there, and the scalability is technically conceivable.

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Hyundai On Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles: Critiquing Its Claims

Green Car Reports

Every so often, Hyundai posts an entry on its "Hyundai Like Sunday" blog, which promotes itself as "Truth, Candor and Conversation." Two months ago, the company''s Elizabeth Chun offered some thoughts on its upcoming 2015 Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell compact crossover.

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The EV Curveball

Revenge of the Electric Car

I have stuck by that promise, and am now the proud owner of a newly converted 2005 Hyundai Tucson electric vehicle. Very simply, the Tucson travels far enough for my daily needs (about 50 miles), and it can travel up to highway speeds (75+). The first question anyone asks after turning 16 is ‘Did you get your license yet?’

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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

The Tucson Electric Vehicle Association in Arizona showcased conversions and self-built vehicles. Bloss referenced an article on the front page of the ‘Muskegon TImes’ with the headline “ Electric vehicle road rally aims to educate the west Michigan community on going green.”. DEED road rally in Juneau, Alaska.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Tucson, Arizona). Bio-based Insecticides from Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, $100,000. FIVSIM – An Accurate And Efficient Code for the Industrial Simulation of Flow Induced Vibrations, $1,500,000. Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia).

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Thursday - 1 October 2009. Reporting Out on the Tour de AZ; "Spirit of DC" Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around ARIZONA -- a new PHEV3A

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Per our brief conversing on EV educational tour this afternoon, here's a more descriptive outline of the Tour de AZ: "Spirit of DC" PHEV3Al Tour helpfully with lots of team building to provide needed coordination with some 15 county seats of government as starters per Listing of Arizona Counties as follows: 1. Tucson, Pima Cty 4.

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