The Truth About Cars

MAY 22, 2023

But otherwise, the LC 500 convertible feels as fresh as ever. Usually, convertible versions of sports coupes suffer from chassis flex and wind/road noise and the like, but this car doesn’t, at least for the most part – you might get some chassis flex when hitting a severe enough bump, but it’s rare.

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Lexus Convert Carbon Fiber Exhaust 97

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2020

The Swedish start-up Liquid Wind recently launched a second crowdfunding campaign and has already raised 1,000,000 SEK (US$102,000). Liquid Wind is developing its first commercial-scale eMethanol facility in Sweden and plans to establish 6 facilities by 2030 before expanding internationally. eMethanol Production Process.

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Commercial Wind Carbon Sweden 221

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

TFSI engine produces 96 kW (131 PS) and generates 200 N·m (147.5 The cylinder head, injection system, turbocharger and catalytic converter were modified accordingly for the CNG engine. When the fuel is burned in the engine, it only releases as much CO 2 as the biomass from which it was produced bound while growing.

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Audi Gas Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 504

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2023

Honeywell’s UOP eFining is a methanol-to-jet fuel (MTJ) processing technology that can convert eMethanol to eSAF reliably and at scale. The simplicity of eFuels is that they are produced from air and water for use in existing engines. —Renato Pereira, CEO of HIF USA

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Global Chile Hydrogen Fuel 199

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JUNE 16, 2022

million award from ARPA-E ( earlier post ), has developed a reactor and catalysts to convert CO 2 and hydrogen from water into syngas for use in the Fischer-Tropsch process. Future plants are slated to use hydro-power, wind-power and rapidly maturing concentrated solar, which utilizes heat from direct sunlight.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In addition, around half the vehicles that will be on the road in 2030 have already been sold—most with gasoline or diesel engines. First, apply electricity generated from renewable sources to obtain hydrogen from water. Combustion engines powered by carbon-neutral synthetic fuels are therefore a crucial path to explore.

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Renewable Climate Fuel Gasoline-Electric 300

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The stator contains the copper windings that the electricity flows through—and this is where the majority of electrical losses occur. a high proportion of the electrical energy is converted into mechanical energy. This creates more space for the cooling channel next to the flat wire winding phases. © Fraunhofer ICT.

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Polymer Motor Motors Motoring 322

Cars That Think

MAY 31, 2024

The tubes wind through servers, absorbing heat through cold plates, and return the warmed liquid to tanks in a cooling distribution unit. Chilldyne optimized the cold plate using corkscrew-shaped metal channels, called turbulators, that force water around them “like little tornadoes,” maximizing the heat absorbed, says Harrington.

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Li-ion Water Phoenix Waste 87

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The company will showcase a number of its technologies, including hybrid and electric vehicle testing; high voltage battery testing and simulation; and the smallest AC regenerative engine dynamometer available in the industry. The new Small Engine AC Motoring Dynamometer is the smallest available on the market today. Earlier post.).

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Ford Engine Hybrid Batteries 239

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The multi-disciplinary nature and challenges of HKT design requires expertise from a range of scientific and engineering fields working together concurrently. Multidisciplinary engineering efforts with extensive modeling, iterative optimization, control co-design, and experimental validations will mitigate identified technical risks.

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Mariner Universal Grid Water 418

Drive Electric

JUNE 25, 2023

With a growing emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and dependency on fossil fuels, two promising technologies have emerged as potential alternatives to internal combustion engines (ICE): Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). Energy efficiency: FCEVs are more efficient than traditional combustion engines.

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Hydrogen New Zealand Gas-Electric Cars 98

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2019

Mainstream Engineering Corporation is developing a hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process to convert food wastes to renewable diesel and jet fuels that will improve yield and quality, and reduce aqueous byproducts to advance commercial adoption. Awards include: Accustrata Inc. Awards include: Accustrata Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Comstock proposes to build a pre-pilot scale system to demonstrate a novel new pathway to convert its biointermediates from forestry residues and other forms of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, gasoline, and marine fuel at dramatically improved yield, efficiency, and cost. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

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JULY 16, 2014

gasoline unit that is the first member of a new family of 14 highly efficient engines to be launched by 2015. With a thermal efficiency of 37%, the engine delivers a combined-cycle fuel consumption of 4.1 Mass-produced gasoline engines on average have a thermal efficiency of between 30 and 35%, Toyota said.). A 4-cylinder, 1.33-liter

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2014 Engine Toyota Hybrid 273

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

However, the resulting bio-oils are typically high in oxygen, water, solids and acids. The zeolite catalyst then converts these hydrogenated products into light olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons in a yield as much as three times higher than that produced with the pure pyrolysis oil. earlier post.). Credit: Science , Vispute et al.

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Oil Convert Hydrogen Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2013

million to seven research teams—six from Stanford and one from Carnegie Mellon University—to advance research on technologies for renewable energy conversion to electricity or fuels and for capturing CO 2 emissions and converting CO 2 to fuels. Advanced water-splitting. High-efficiency thin-film solar cells.

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Conversion Carbon Fuel Energy 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2022

The money will help projects further develop their greenhouse gas removal technologies, which include a machine that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air, a plant to convert household waste into hydrogen for use in the transport industry, and a system to remove carbon dioxide from seawater. Biohydrogen Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstration”.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Waste 305

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2013

Photosynthetic processes used by plants or algae use sunlight to convert atmospheric CO 2 to energy-rich metabolites (carbohydrates, lipids, or hydrocarbons) which can be processed into transportation fuels. Solar photovoltaic (PV) devices harvest and convert sunlight directly to electricity. Wind Energy.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Transportation Fuel Production 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

In the ecoPtG project, the researchers and engineers are developing an alkaline water electrolyzer with an output of 100 kW. Solar and wind energy generation depends on the weather and is subject to significant fluctuations. By converting electricity to gas, solar and wind power become storable.

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Gas Power Powered Commercial 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2010

H 2 and O 2 are produced by deforming a ZnO fiber or BaTiO 3 dendrite in water via oxidation-reduction reactions. They then applied the PZEC effect to generate hydrogen and oxygen via direct water splitting. The mechanism of the water decomposition via the PZEC effect relies on the piezoelectric properties of the materials.

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Water Waste Hydrogen Energy 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2010

The ability to convert electrical energy into hydrogen reducing equivalents is fundamental to an enormous number of processes. He received a Master of Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and completed the US Navy Nuclear Power Engineering School. Earlier post.).

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Water MIT Affordable Connecticut 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

UK-based ITM Power has been awarded a grant by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to undertake a £100k (US$160k), 12-month engineering feasibility study of producing synthetic methane using carbon dioxide from industrial processes and hydrogen produced by electrolysis.

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Hydrogen Power Powered Companies 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2018

The system replaces a conventional starter pinion and is driven by a belt connected to the engine crankshaft. This is made possible by a water-cooling system that protects the motor, and particularly the power electronics, from overheating. Earlier post.). liter fuel per 100 kilometer in real driving situations.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

liter turbo engine that is mounted longitudinally at the front; this is the most powerful production four-cylinder in the world. They underline the high-end engineering competence of the Affalterbach-based developers. A two-speed electric motor positioned on the rear axle supports the 2.0-liter

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Mercedes Hybrid Engine Exhaust 259

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Electrical energy can readily be converted into hydrogen via electrolysis. Renewable or green hydrogen involves producing hydrogen from renewable sources for example via electrolyzers powered by solar and wind. ANU Direct Water Electrolysis – $1,235,407. ANU Solar Hydrogen Generation – $1,637,303.

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Hydrogen Renewable Australia Universal 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Testing was also conducted at the DTNA Detroit engineering facility to demonstrate engine efficiency by achieving 50.2% engine brake thermal efficiency. liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. mpg (19.26

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2024

Hydrogen is the most abundant substance in the universe, and a crucial element in the creation of our most precious resource: water. Recently, industry has turned to green hydrogen, created by running an electric current through water with an electrolyte. Put this in a car and you have a fuel-cell electric vehicle.

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Future Auto South Korea Hydrogen 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

DG) that converts natural gas and biomass to renewable liquid fuel and power. GE Aviation has already entered into a multi-year agreement with DG to purchase up to 10 million gallons annually of DG’s low CO 2 emissions jet fuel for production and development testing of GE jet engines. Earlier post.).

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Environment Energy Renewable Alternative Fuels 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Wind turbines are the first significant component of the Audi e-gas project.

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Audi Gas Hydrogen 2013 370

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

The funding will be used to market the company’s electric motor—the Hunstable Electric Turbine (HET)—across the electric vehicle (EV) industry as well as the micro-mobility (scooters), robotics, wind turbine and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industries. Numerous discoveries morphed into a new electric motor.

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Commercial Motor Motors Motoring 207

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2016

For Round 1, the small businesses and laboratories will collaborate on advancing a number of clean energy technologies, including water, wind, bioenergy, solar, buildings, vehicles, fuel cells, geothermal technologies, and advanced manufacturing. KWJ Engineering, working with LANL/ NREL. Water Power. Wind Power.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion 150

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

” “We are investing in new projects to convert wind energy into hydrogen, and our net zero strategy is expected to trigger around £90 billion in private sector investment, driving the creation of high-wage, high-skilled jobs as we unite and raise the bar across the country. part of the mission.” The UK will invest £9.4

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Building Standards Charging Petrol 98

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

Power-to-Liquids, PtL) using a multistage process ( SynKWS ), in cooperation with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) – Institute of Combustion Technology Stuttgart; the University of Stuttgart IFK; and the University of Bayreuth – Chair of Chemical Engineering. In conventional energy systems, power generation follows the energy demand.

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Power Powered Hydrogen Renewable 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

The layout with the combustion engine at the front and Electric Drive Unit on the rear axle offers numerous advantages. In addition, electrification helps to maintain or even exceed today’s high AMG performance level in the future, even with smaller combustion engines.

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Mercedes Hybrid Batteries Battery 448

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

The high-resolution E3SM earth system model simulates the strongest storms with surface winds exceeding 150 mph—hurricanes that leave cold wakes that are 2 to 4 degrees Celsius cooler than their surroundings. The E3SM project will soon convert to an “open development” project.

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Water Grid Climate North America 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The magnets—and thus the rotor—follow the rotating alternating current field in the stator windings. The engine is referred to as synchronous because the rotor turns at the same rate as the magnetic field of the stator. The stators with move-in winding ensure a particularly powerful magnetic field.

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Mercedes Concept Wind Batteries 259

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine. Earlier post.)

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