Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

In a comprehensive joint study, Henkel and RLE International have examined and validated the potential of high-performance structural foam for lightweighting in automotive body and closure parts. —David Caro, Head of Global Engineering, OEM Design, Automotive & Transportation at Henkel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

Hyliion, a developer of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles ( earlier post ), has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a new fuel-agnostic generator (KARNO) from GE Additive for its range-extended series-hybrid powertrain. —Thomas Healy, Founder and CEO of Hyliion.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

To put these startling developments in context, Charged interviewed more than a dozen executives, engineers and analysts from automakers, DC fast charging network operators, charging hardware firms and other businesses. It’s too early to offer a definitive answer to that question. That has yet to be proven.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

A process developed by researchers at Rice University is part of a USDA-funded $6.6-million San and his team also recently published a paper on their work on engineering E. But the Rice University process is definitely the winner. Butcher Professor of Bioengineering and a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2021

announced that commercial development work has commenced for the first phase of key design and engineering of next-generation vanadium redox flow-battery systems (VRFB Battery) for marine propulsion applications. VanadiumCorp Resource Inc. Champagne.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Further to the MOU announced on May 28 ( earlier post ), Ballard Power Systems has signed multi-year definitive agreements to support Azure Hydrogen’s fuel cell bus program for the China market. The definitive agreements require approval of the Chinese Government.

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Cars That Think

JULY 11, 2022

Cruise , the San-Francisco–based designer and operator of all-electric self-driving cars, employs nearly 2,000 engineers, including somewhere between 300 and 900 engineers with Ph.D. Here’s what Mohamed Elshenawy , Cruise’s executive vice president of engineering, told IEEE Spectrum about the company’s workforce.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

A team of engineers diligently set about designing several prototypes—13 in all—until the definitive model was produced. 150 employees from different areas have changed their usual workstation to put together the ventilators where parts of the SEAT Leon used to be assembled.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2020

The engine-gearbox unit produced using the additive laser fusion process passed all the quality and stress tests without any problems. Engineers in the Advanced Development department were able to carry out several development steps at once with the prototype. This considerably reduces assembly work and directly benefits part quality.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Airspace Experience Technologies ( ASX ), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and a definitive agreement to cooperate on creation of affordable, certified all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

A team led by researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is developing a lower-cost cast aluminum (Al) alloy capable of at least a 50 ˚C temperature increase over the current cylinder head alloys 319 and 356 for use in light duty engines. Earlier post.). Improved powertrain materials are a necessity for next generation ICEs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2023

ElectraMeccanica , a designer and assembler of electric vehicles, and Tevva , a manufacturer of electric medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, have entered into a definitive agreement, pursuant to which ElectraMeccanica and Tevva have agreed to combine by way of a British Columbia statutory plan of arrangement.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

DuPont will leverage its portfolio of proprietary Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) products to assist Vulcan with input and test-work during Vulcan’s Zero Carbon Lithium project Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS). As part of the project, DuPont will be developing and testing an integrated Direct Lithium Extraction Process for Vulcan’s brine.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

However, these concerns are not a definitive barrier for future production, the report says; innovations that would require research and development could help realize algal biofuels’ full potential. With proper management and good engineering designs, other environmental effects could be avoided, the committee said.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

If you needed a more definitive marker for the imminent end of the internal combustion engine, look no further than Wards 27 th annual 10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems. The list of powertrains (note we can’t say engines anymore) was fairly exhaustive—39 vehicles were evaluated with 18 of those electrified models.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2010

Ford Motor Company has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Volvo Car Corporation and related assets to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited. Left to right: Stephen Odell, CEO of Volvo Cars; Li Shufu, chairman of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited; Lewis Booth, Ford’s chief financial officer. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

MAY 11, 2022

Former Tesla 4680 battery cell production engineer James Herbermann has been named Vice President of Manufacturing at the American Battery Factory (ABF). The LFP cell is a major part of many automakers’ plans for future electric vehicles as more cell chemistries are being utilized to combat excessive demand.

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Teslarati

APRIL 30, 2024

It appears that Tesla is definitely being led by a “wartime CEO” once more. Earlier this month, former SVP of Powertrain and Energy Engineering Drew Baglino and Vice President for Public Policy and Business Development Rohan Patel announced that they were leaving Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

an emerging biochemical company applying metabolic engineering and microbiology innovations for the production of sustainable biochemicals, exchanged definitive agreements with Malaysian Bio-XCell for the establishment of an industrial biochemical plant and biotechnology R&D facility in Malaysia. Glycos Biotechnologies , Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2023

Volvo advocates for a three-pronged approach: battery-electric, fuel-cell electric and internal combustion engines. Decarbonization with internal combustion engines running on renewable fuels, especially with HPDI, plays an important part in sustainable solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Walmart signed a definitive agreement with Canoo to purchase 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles, beginning with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV), with the option to purchase up to 10,000 units. The LDV has a last-mile-delivery optimized cabin and customized cargo space.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The concept of the Ricardo Split-Cycle engine. The recuperated engine uses isothermal compression via cryogenic injection to enable significant exhaust to compressed gas heat transfer. Source: Neville Jackson. Click to enlarge. In an isothermal process, the temperature is constant.).

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2024

If you’re interested in a career in automotive journalism, here’s a piece of unsolicited advice – don’t get in the passenger seat of a Lucid Air Sapphire with the car’s development engineer for hot laps of a major racetrack shortly after eating lunch. Even in the Explorer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for Tennessee Lithium will be performed by Kiewit and Primero. As part of FEED, Kiewit and Primero are expected to complete a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for Tennessee Lithium by the end of 2022.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2022

As part of the project, they will collaborate on a series of configurations using the Hillcrest inverter in the Hercules electric propulsion system to test and work towards the end goal of demonstrating a powertrain containing an optimized Hillcrest inverter. liters and anticipated power density of ± 50 kW/L.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The nonlinear and linear parts are solved on classical and quantum hardware, respectively. Classiq will provide an efficient implementation of the linear problem definition into the quantum circuit and will generate optimized circuits for the different quantum functions within the HHL algorithm.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2021

If the process to raise capital through the PIPE is deemed satisfactory by the Board of Directors of Leclanché and the SPAC, the parties aim to announce a definitive merger agreement around mid-February 2022. Further details shall be provided at the time of the announcement of a definitive merger, expected by mid-February 2022.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2012

Omnitek has developed a kit that can be used to convert the globally popular Mercedes diesel engines OM904 and OM906 into natural gas engines. Omnitek’s proprietary diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion kit is used for bus and truck applications, as well as stationary applications. Reassembling engine. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The six-year agreement scales from 60,000 tons per year in 2023 to 100,000 tons per year from 2024 to 2027 (Guaranteed Take-or-Pay Quantity) subject to Sigma Lithium and LGES executing a mutually acceptable definitive agreement to implement the offtake.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

JAC ) will explore a potential engine joint venture to develop, build and market advanced diesel engines for commercial vehicles in China. The potential joint venture, if formed, would have a 50/50 ownership between Navistar, and JAC, a leading China-based maker of commercial and consumer vehicles and engines.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2014

Butamax’s patented corn oil separation technology is an integral part of a full retrofit to biobutanol production but can also be installed independently as a first phase of the conversion. Highwater said that it is working towards definitive agreements for Phase 2 for the potential installation of Butamax’ biobutanol technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This potential investment leverages Gevo’s innovative approach to producing sustainable aviation fuel, complementing other renewable fuels investments we are making as part of our higher returns, lower carbon strategy. —Mark Nelson, executive vice president of Downstream & Chemicals for Chevron. Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Mercedes-AMG naming system has long defined entry-, mid-, and high-level cars, but enthusiasts had plenty to say about the brand’s move to a hybrid four-cylinder engine in one of its most iconic current models. The V8’s sound was a significant part of the overall 63-level package, but it appears to be the only casualty in the shift.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2023

Working with partners, ORNL engineers are placing low-powered sensors in the reflective raised pavement markers that are already used to help drivers identify lanes. The sensors could also signal temporary lane shifts or closures in construction zones when high-definition maps might be out of date.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2021

Among the early adopters who own an EV, 82% say they “definitely will” consider purchasing another in the future, according to the inaugural J.D. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of these owners say they “definitely will” repurchase the same brand. Power US Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In October 2015, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) launched a broad, joint effort to co-optimize the development of efficient engines and low greenhouse-gas fuels for on-road vehicles with the goal of reducing petroleum consumption by 30% by 2030 beyond what is already targeted. How do engine parameters affect efficiency?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

This system level digital twin will be used, as part of the virtual product development process, in the design and optimization of the electrified powertrain. The definition of a digital twin for electrified powertrain sub-systems, including model hierarchy, data exchange, historical data management and standardized interfaces.

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