Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2014
A study based on a spatial and longitudinal travel dataset by a team from Lamar University, Iowa State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that whether plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) have lower energy costs that conventional gasoline vehicles (CGVs) or hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) depends on charger coverage.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 8, 2010
It also finds that, while relying on subsidies for electric or hybrid vehicles is politically attractive, it is an extremely expensive and ineffective way to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the near term. The key to obtaining significant reductions in transportation-related GHG emissions is to increase the cost of driving.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2012
A study by researchers at Iowa State University has determined that the automotive industry has a very large potential to utilize biobased materials. Marketing the use of biobased materials being used in an automobile costs money and must be part of the consideration in the cost of using biobased parts.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2016
ORNL scientists Zach Sims, Michael McGuire and Orlando Rios, along with colleagues from Eck, LLNL and Ames Laboratory in Iowa, discuss the technical and economic possibilities for aluminum–cerium alloys in an article in JOM , a publication of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. At an alloy cost of less than $10.00/kg,
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Statewide Paratransit Bus Hybrid Program: Purchase 31 paratransit hybrid buses to replace 31 gas and diesel vehicles.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 11, 2012
Vorbeck is partnering with Hardwire LLC to integrate the new batteries into hybrid military vehicles and is collaborating with companies to incorporate the new technology in toys, tools, and commercial vehicles. Vorbeck, in collaboration with PNNL and Princeton, is working to rapidly bring this new technology to market.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
By creating a pathway to replace expensive elements like platinum for more common metals to serve as catalysts, teams also hope to greatly reduce the cost of the fuel cell parts needed to generate electricity from chemical sources. Iowa State University. Lead organization. Description. Colorado School of Mines. Anion Channel Membranes.
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