Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Lima Energy Company, a subsidiary of USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation in Washington, DC, has signed a contract to supply up to 80 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of its “Ultra Clean Synthetic Crude” (UCSC) to Husky Energy’s Lima, Ohio Refinery over ten years. The Lima Refinery currently supplies about 25% of Ohio’s total gasoline needs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2013

million in its Toledo Machining Plant in Perrysburg, Ohio, to increase capacity of the torque converter the plant is machining for the nine-speed transmission. Chrysler Group LLC will invest $19.6 With this announcement, the company’s total investments in its US operations since June 2009 increase to more than $5.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2022

A study by a team from The Ohio State University and Ford is providing insight into the deactivation mechanism of rhodium in three-way catalysts (TWC) for automotive emissions control. Rising prices for the three precious metals—especially rhodium—has spurred a sruge in the theft of catalytic converters from parked vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 9, 2021

In this second part of a two-part interview with Sam Spofforth of Drive Electric USA and Clean Fuels Ohio, I talked with Sam about converting mainstream automobile buyers to electric powertrains and zero emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Battelle researchers have developed a mobile catalytic pyrolysis unit that converts biomass materials such as wood chips or agricultural waste into bio-oil. As currently configured, the Battelle-funded unit converts one ton of pine chips, shavings and sawdust into as much as 1,300 gallons of wet bio-oil per day.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2011

Greenstar Recycling has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture (JV) with Vadxx Energy , LLC to convert recovered plastic into synthetic crude oil using Vadxx’s thermal depolymerization process.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

CADO completely converts wet ethanol (and other alcohols) into targeted hydrocarbons in a simple reactor system at moderate temperatures and near atmospheric pressure without adding hydrogen. Possibly debottleneck processes to increase throughput with little additional costs other than for feedstock.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The goal of the project is to demonstrate the feasibility and economic viability of biomass production from dedicated energy crops in eastern Ohio. Its deep rhizome structure and broad adaptation make it a potentially attractive crop for converting reclaimed mine land to a source of biomass for electricity or liquid transportation fuel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The newly developed tire cord will be exhibited at the International Tire Exhibition and Conference, one of North America’s largest tire-related exhibitions and conferences, in Akron, Ohio from 13 to 15 September.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 21, 2023

This 1986 Land Rover 110 is right-hand drive, has been converted to run a 200tdi engine, has just 27,500 kilometers on the clock, and has a manual transmission. The Ohio-based seller asks $30,000 for this safari-ready rig. Today, we give you a beast to gawk at. There is some surface corrosion. Give it a look see here.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

A “well-to-wheel” life cycle assessment (LCA) by a team from synthetic fuels producer Greyrock ( earlier post ), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has determined the potential reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutant emissions from the use of synthetic fuels directly converted from flare gas.

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Teslarati

JUNE 5, 2022

billion to add over 6,200 union jobs to its manufacturing plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri. The traditional automaker plans to convert 3,000 temporary employees into permanent full-time workers with immediate health benefits on the first day of employment. Ohio: Ford plans to invest $1.5 Ford plans to invest $3.7

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Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2022

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. I love that my EV is so efficient: EVs convert over 77% of the electrical energy from the grid to power at the wheels.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2021

This initial project will be followed by additional projects in British Columbia and Ohio. Under the terms of the agreement, Energy Vault agreed to provide 1.6 gigawatt hours (GWh) of gravity energy storage to support DG Fuels across multiple projects, with the first project slated for 500 megawatt hours (MWh) in Louisiana.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2023

The project will convert 27 bus routes that serve low-income areas and expand Metro’s apprenticeship program, including promoting transit careers for residents in underserved communities. The Ohio Department of Transportation will receive $29.3 billion in American transit buses and the infrastructure that supports them.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

With the right technology, it’s possible to convert wastewater into renewable power, along with chemicals, fertilizers, and reusable water. They are based out of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Virginia.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The D3MAX process converts both five- and six-carbon sugars in wet cake to cellulosic ethanol. Starch, cellulose, xylose and arabinose are all converted to cellulosic ethanol with higher yields, lower energy consumption, and lower capital cost per gallon than other cellulosic ethanol producers, according to the company.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In response to a shift in consumer demand toward SUVs and trucks, the Company discontinued compact car production and retooled plants in Illinois, Ohio and Michigan to make full use of available capacity to expand the Jeep and Ram brands. Plant investment details. FCA would invest $1.6

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

An Ohio State University team has demonstrated the successful operation of Coal-Direct Chemical Looping (CDCL)—which chemically harnesses coal’s energy and efficiently contains the carbon dioxide produced before it can be released into the atmosphere. The technology is now ready for testing at a larger scale.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2019

The project includes participation from eight additional institutions: the Air Force Research Laboratory, Boeing Research and Technology, General Electric Global Research, The Ohio State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Arkansas, the University of Dayton Research Institute, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

As for Honda, it has already said that it will manufacture batteries with LG Energy Solution in Ohio starting in 2025. It also plans to convert its Honda plants in Ohio with the goal of building EVs based on the company’s new Honda e:Architecture in 2026, Automotive News writes.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Velocys enables modular gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants to convert unconventional, remote and problem gas into valuable liquid fuels. Southwest Airlines also recently signed an agreement with Red Rock Biofuels LLC (RRB) to purchase low carbon renewable jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

The available 8L90 transmission is based on the same eight-speed automatic that will be offered on the supercharged 2015 Corvette Z06, but with unique clutch and torque converter specifications matched to the torque capacity of the Stingray’s LT1 6.2L The 8L90 is built at GM’s Toledo, Ohio, transmission facility. New 8L90 8-speed.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2011

General Motors Powertrain plants in Ohio and Indiana that make transmissions for Buick and Chevrolet models with eAssist fuel-saving technology will get the bulk of a new $129-million investment. For plants in Toledo, Ohio, and Bedford, Ind., eAssist is GM’ light electrification technology ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2013

Once harvested and processed, camelina oil and meal will be chemically converted to a variety of adhesives, coatings and composites. Ohio State University, $6,510,183. This project will convert lignocellulosic biomass to infrastructure-compatible renewable diesel, bio-lubricants, animal feed and biopower. Ceramatec, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The analysis used the Ohio State University EcoCAR, a student prototype PHEV, as the basis for the preliminary fuel economy evaluation. This value represents the upper limit for waste heat recovery systems to convert thermal energy from the exhaust gases into mechanical energy. ASME ICEF2012-92018).

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Ohio-based AMP Electric vehicles will no-longer convert gasoline cars to electric, it announced yesterday. Instead, the company announced on a conference-call yesterday, it aims to focus on converting medium-sized commercial vehicles to all-electric operation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

based in Gahanna, Ohio. GBL’s Clostridium fermentation platform converts a wide range of sustainable feedstocks into green chemicals such as n-butanol, acetone, and through chemical synthesis, derivatives of butanol and acetone used by a growing global consumer and industrial products customer base.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2021

A common farm weed could make a jet fuel with fewer production-related environmental impacts than other biofuels, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at The Ohio State University. The study was published recently in the journal Applied Energy.

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EV Central

AUGUST 8, 2023

The headline acts are an EV triple-threat, with the brand unveiling a new electric city car called the PEAR, an EV ute called the Alaska, and a high-performance BEV convertible called the Ronin. It too will arrive in 2025, and is priced from US$45,400, or around $70,000 AUD.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2013

The converted 2013 Chevrolet Malibu uses a front-wheel-drive system powered by a Magna E-Drive motor with a 90 kW electric drive unit to supply the propulsion for the converted Malibu. The Ohio State University took third place overall after demonstrating its series-parallel hybrid electric vehicle. in May 2014.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 7, 2016

Maybe a convertible version? An Ohio man is now in the process of building what might become the ultimate Toyota Prius—at least for muscle car enthusiasts. What would be your ultimate Toyota Prius hybrid? One that brings fond memories of bygone performance to middle-aged friends and neighbors?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

The vehicle will be capable of being stowed, launched and recovered by multiple host platforms, including littoral combat ships, Virginia-class submarines and Ohio-class guided-missile submarines. Once converted to electricity, water vapor is the only emission. Refueling takes only minutes.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Manufactured at Schaeffler’s recently expanded Wooster, Ohio campus, the US center for the company’s advanced E-Mobility development, the modular hybrid transmission offers the following drive modes: ICE (internal combustion engine) drive; electric drive; ICE + e-drive for max performance; and recuperation.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

The newly created position given to Dr. Pyun will be instrumental as LGES ramps efforts to improve its battery production facilities by converting them into smart factories with data-centric operations. The other Ultium Cell manufacturing plants are being constructed in Ohio and Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Acreage in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania will be designated to grow giant miscanthus, a sterile hybrid warm-season grass that can be converted into energy to be used for heat, power, liquid biofuels, and bio-based products.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Pinto Energy LLC (Pinto), a developer of smaller scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facilities, will build a 2,800 barrel per day (bpd) GTL plant at Pinto’s 80-acre industrial site to the east of Ashtabula, Ohio.

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