Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050). —Karplus et al.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 22, 2011
A three-year study by a team of researchers based at MIT has concluded that fundamental changes are needed in the US energy-innovation system. The study was carried out at the MIT Industrial Performance Center and involved faculty and students from nine MIT departments. Business as usual is unsustainable over the long run.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2010
A new MIT report outlines a system-oriented set of coordinated policies to help the light-duty vehicle sector reduce petroleum-based consumption and its accompanying global warming emissions. The study was supported in part by the MIT Energy Initiative. Taxes on motor vehicle fuels should be increased by $0.10 Heywood et al.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 3, 2021
But with Moore's Law cranking along at a steady pace, there was every reason to think that the cost of computing power would come down sufficiently within a decade or so. Here I'll pick up the story as adapted from my narrative in A Biography of the Pixel , published this month by MIT Press. George and Marcia Lucas divorced in 1983.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 11, 2021
He was therefore perfectly positioned to be the author of the definitive corporate history of the company he used to work for, in a book entitled IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon , which was published in 2019 by MIT Press. So it's nearly impossible to get the cost of manufacturing and sales down to a competitive level.
EV Adoption
MARCH 15, 2021
GM To Develop Solid State Batteries With SolidEnergy Systems – General Motors has signed a deal with a Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinout for joint development of next-generation electric vehicle batteries that are expected to cut the cost of the technology by 60%. – March 12, via Commercial Appeal.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Earlier this month, researchers from MIT said they had developed a process that within three years could lead to electric car batteries able to recharge in as little as five minutes. Which scheme wins may depend (in addition to financing hurdles) as much on our driving habits and patience as on advances in technology.
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