Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Both six-cylinder engines have been modified and upgraded by adding an SCR catalytic converter. Due to the SCR catalytic converter, the Touareg 4MOTION V6 TDI BlueMotion Technology meets the EU6 emissions standard. With SCR, the amount of NO x in the exhaust is significantly reduced. Also new on the V6 TDI is a coasting function.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Projects will work to lower emissions by leading the expansion of EV charging stations to facilitate the transition from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric vehicles. Metropolitan Energy Center. Technology & Design Innovations to Maximize the Reduction Effect on DCFC Unit Cost Economics (Max-REDUCE). Project Description.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2018

Secondary air systems are used to reduce gasoline engine emissions by accelerating catalytic converter heat-up. The latter allows secondary air injection across a much wider engine map range and hence, at any given point in time, the precise air mass required for accelerating converter heat-up is injected into the exhaust system.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

Scaleo chip, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in automotive electronics, and IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) announced the “FlexHybrid powered by OLEA”, the first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) driven by OLEA microcontrollers. FlexHybrid has an all-electric range of 30 km (18.6 Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As such, it does not focus on the use of electricity nor hydrogen, which could be used in small, short-haul aircraft. Analysis conducted by BlueSky leveraging R&D efforts from the FAA Office of Environment & Energy (AEE) regarding CO 2 emissions contributions from aircraft technology, operational improvements, and SAF.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Six research institutions and seven industrial partners from Europe will participate in the new BioBoost project, aimed at converting residual biomass into energy carriers for the production of high-quality and engine-compatible fuels and chemicals as well as for the generation of electricity and heat.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2019

BMW’s new 7 Series features a number of powertrain changes, including a plug-in hybrid drive system with a new design offering an increased electric range, enhanced performance and lower consumption. The new BMW 7 Series is also available with gasoline and diesel engines using six, eight and twelve cylinders.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Internal-combustion engines typically convert only one-third of the energy stored in gasoline or diesel fuel into usable power. So the question for designers of range-extended electric vehicles becomes: How can onboard liquid fuel most efficiently be used to provide power to electric drive.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2020

The GREET (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation) tool provides a common, transparent platform for lifecycle analysis (LCA) of of the energy and environmental effects of a wide variety of transportation fuels and vehicle technologies in major transportation sectors (i.e., Green ammonia.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In a speech at the National Press Club, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that the success of China and other countries in clean energy industries represents a new “Sputnik Moment” for the United States, and will require a similar mobilization of innovation to enable the US to compete in the global race for the jobs of the future.

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Energy China Clean Cleaning 342

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $139 million in federal funding for 55 projects across the country that will support new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies (DE-FOA-0002197, earlier post ). Fully Fluorinated Local High Concentration Electrolytes Enabling High Energy Density Silicon Anodes. Enovix Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

Researchers at Washington State University, with colleagues at Kyung Hee University and Boeing Commercial Airplanes, have been developing liquid hydrocarbon/oxygenated hydrocarbon-fueled solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) for aviation (the “more electric” airplane) and other transportation applications, such as in cars. —Kwon et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

The generation system uses sunlight to convert natural gas and water into hydrogen and capture the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to prevent carbon emissions. STARS converts a record-setting 70% of solar energy into chemical energy. This is the equivalent of 25 gallons of gasoline or diesel fuel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2013

Relative changes in vehicle energy efficiency (VEE) (km/MJ) on ethanol/gasoline blends over those on gasoline for different blending levels. Several recent highly cited LCAs that have incorporated vehicle efficiency differences between gasoline and ethanol/gasoline blends could potentially be misleading.

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Fuel Energy Gasoline-Electric Gasoline 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

Hydrogen is set to be used in industry and in the future also in road traffic, finally heralding a shift away from gasoline and diesel fuel. The many millions of vehicles will need many millions of fuel cells to convert hydrogen into power, but as yet, Europe has no mass production facility that could cover this demand.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 22, 2023

Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. I’m now involved with deciding the kinds of vehicles to work on, technologies and components to design and test, and timelines,” the IEEE Fellow says.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2018

kWh battery in the hybrid vehicles is paired with either a gasoline engine or, for the first time, a diesel engine. kg/100 km, combined CO 2 emissions 0 g/km, weighted electrical consumption 13.7 l/100 km, combined CO2 emissions 42 g/km, combined electrical consumption 19.1-18.7 kWh/100 km). Earlier post.).

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Plug-in Mercedes Plug Hybrid 305

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

Synthetic fuels for passenger vehicles, commercial trucks or even marine applications could play an important role in achieving a near-zero emissions mobility, by using renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power, to create a closed CO 2 cycle when viewed from a holistic “well-to-wheel” perspective.

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Climate Fuel Emissions Engine 243

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The participants reported virtually no difference in driving experience compared to regular gasoline- or diesel-fueled cars. liter, 127 hp engine which can run on both 100% methanol (M100) and gasoline. The version used in the fleet test has a 50-liter methanol tank as well as a 10-liter gasoline tank. It features a 1.8-liter,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

G2X Energy, Inc. and Methanol Holdings Trinidad Limited (MHTL) announced that MHTL intends to partner with G2X Energy to construct the world-scale methanol-to-gasoline (MTG)-ready, methanol production facility being developed by G2X Energy in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Earlier post.).

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Trinidad Gasoline Louisiana Oman 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2014

Start-up Enogia and IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) are forming a strategic partnership for the joint development and marketing of a range of Rankine technologies to convert heat into electricity. The innovation is based on the use of highly efficient micro-turbines capable of producing 5 to 100 kW of electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2013

Following the introduction of the Bosch electric axle-split hybrid in PSA Peugeot Citroën diesel vehicles ( earlier post ), the two companies are now planning to develop a hydraulic hybrid powertrain for passenger cars. This energy can then be used to drive the car. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The Natural Bridge to an EV Escaping the High Price of Fuel The natural bridge from a gasoline-powered car to an electric vehicle is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). A 37-mile range EV Electric and Gasoline Power The 2023 Ford Escape PHEV is powered by a 2.5-liter Two gasoline engines—a 1.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The parts and materials resulting from this activity will also enrich the activities of Factory VO, as well as Re-Energy and Re-Cycle. to vehicle fleets and shared mobility players, such as the ZITY electric car-sharing service. RE-ENERGY: To offer solutions for the production, storage and management of green energies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The hybrid systems are converting Freightliner MT-55s with gasoline engines into cleaner and more fuel efficient delivery trucks and will reduce harmful emissions in Chicago as soon as they are deployed. The system from Lightning Hybrids is a patented, parallel hydraulic hybrid system that has no electric batteries.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2010

Four samples of the first proposed label design with the letter grade. From left to right: EV, PHEV, gasoline/diesel, gasoline/diesel. The proposed rule seeks public comment on label design options and related issues. EPA and DOT are proposing two new label designs for comment. Color is integral to the new schemes.

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Fuel 297

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

In December, the Patrick Administration awarded grants and announced new investments in three programs to support alternative fuel vehicles and related infrastructure across Massachusetts, including the launch of an electric school bus pilot. million in grants for eight electric school buses with vehicle-to-grid capability.

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Massachusetts Alternative Fuels Fuel Grant 261

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

CoolPlanet BioFuels, a start-up developing technology to convert low-grade biomass into high-grade fuels including gasoline, and carbon that can be sequestered ( earlier post ), claims it has achieved a conversion yield of 4,000 gallons gasoline/acre biomass in pilot testing using giant miscanthus, an advanced bioenergy crop.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding of $2,605,370 for clean transportation projects. will receive $1,211,370 to design and install a new system to pre-process solid food waste for use in two existing anaerobic digesters at a solid waste facility in Chino. The award recipients are: Environ Strategy Consultants, Inc.

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Los Angeles California Clean Cleaning 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

The Rüsselsheim Engineering Center will take on the global responsibility for the development of the next-generation of high-efficiency gasoline engines for all Groupe PSA brands (Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall). Modular multi-energy platforms. Market-introduction will begin in 2022. Methodologies: Test automation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2012

liter inline 6-cylinder engine and 8-speed Steptronic automatic transmission with an electric motor powered by a high-voltage Li-ion battery (cells from A123 systems, earlier post ) housed under the luggage compartment between the wheel arches. Electric motor. The ActiveHybrid 3 blends BMW’s TwinPower Turbo 3.0-liter Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Current case design block flow diagram of thermochemical gasoline from biomass-derived methanol and the methanol-to-gasoline process. This is a gallon ethanol equivalent on an energy basis (gee) price of $1.39/gallon Gasoline has a higher energy content than ethanol.) Source: NREL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2011

WTW total energy and fossil energy use. They found that with the energy-based allocation method, fossil energy use of FTD is less than that of petroleum diesel, and GHG emissions of FTD could be close to zero or even less than zero with CCS when forest residue accounts for 55% or more of the total dry mass input to FTD plants.

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Coal Diesel Energy Emissions 240

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

Phase 1: Renewable energy. Solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity is used as a renewable energy source in the Soletair system to produce electricity especially for the hydrogen production unit—the most energy intensive part in the system. The design of rWGS reactor and the catalyst is VTT in-house know-how.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The car’s electric motor delivers power output of 39 kW (51 HP) and maximum torque of 151 lb-ft (204.8 Conventional hybrid vehicles do not have torque converters to improve fuel economy because torque converters lose energy while transferring power to the drive wheels. The Sonata Hybrid is equipped with a Smartstream G2.0

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Hyundai 2020 Solar MPG 403

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP) for the design of the PU106A Hybrid Formula One Power Unit. The best Formula One engine will be the one that converts energy the most efficiently and this has direct relevance to road car powertrains of tomorrow. Earlier post.). liter V8 to better than 40% with the new 1.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota introduced its new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) RAV4 performance model with an estimated 302-horsepower, advanced all-wheel drive, sport-tuned suspension and exclusive design features. Notably, the RAV4 Prime uses regular-grade gasoline. liter four-cylinder Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine.

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