Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The program is designed to provide an improved understanding of the long-term cumulative effects of oil sands development. The monitoring of the snowpack and acid sensitive lakes is designed to assess the linkages between atmospheric deposition and impacts on water quality. PAHs, mercury, arsenic, etc.).

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Water 274

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Spent lithium-ion batteries contain hazardous materials like lead, cadmium, and mercury, which, if not properly disposed of, can leach into soil and water, causing significant ecological harm. They replace worn-out parts, giving these batteries a new lease on life for various applications.

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Battery Batteries Lithium Ion Energy Storage 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2013

Both approaches are essential parts of an integrated strategy for dealing with climate change. Designating Departments to serve as leads to oversee the annual creation of climate preparedness plans at home and abroad.

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Climate Change Climate Obama Clean 252

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2011

Ceder leads the CEDER (Computational and Experimental Design of Emerging materials Research group) at MIT, and has been pushing for the realization of the “Materials Genome” project to bring advanced automated computing environments coupled to databases to materials design. —Hautier et al. Earlier post.)

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Li-ion MIT Ni-Li Obama 220

Cars That Think

JULY 9, 2022

He was born in 1921 in Azerbaijan, then part of the Soviet Union, and moved to Iran at age 10. It was a comfortable, undemanding environment; I was not challenged internally. Part of the problem was the name—“fuzzy” is hardly proper terminology. Zadeh Date of Birth Feb. New York City, summer of 1944 Patents One U.S.

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New York City Iran New York MIT 105

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Honda’s “Green Path” approach, announced during a media tour of its operations in Ohio, seeks: To reduce or eliminate the use of substances of concern (SOCs) and scarce natural resources such as rhodium, palladium and platinum in the design and production of its vehicles. Design and production. SOCs are chemical (e.g., Earlier post.).

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Honda Green North America Manufacturer 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2013

ORNL’s current mission is to conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation’s leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security.

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Transportation Clean Cleaning Li-ion 316

Cars That Think

APRIL 2, 2022

began designing a graphics chip and a sound chip to sell to whoever wanted to make “the world’s best video game.” When the chip-development project started, the Commodore 64 was not at all what the designers had in mind. This article was first published as "Design case history: the Commodore 64."

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Engine Design Personal Production 117

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. San Jose Mercury News ).

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Lithium Ion 45

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

As part of an aggressive deployment strategy for improving fuel efficiency across its product line-up in the near-to medium-term, Ford will offer its first-generation turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) in 90% of its product lineup by 2013. Electrical loading optimization design. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy Economy Ford Downsizing 186