Design and Illinois

Successful completion of Illinois Basin - Decatur CCS project; CO2 from ethanol plant

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2021

ADM and the University of Illinois announced the successful completion of the Illinois Basin - Decatur Project (IBDP), a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project designed to evaluate and test the technology at commercial scale. This is one of two CCS projects located adjacent to ADM’s corn processing plant in Decatur, Illinois.

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IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery with a solid electrolyte. The team’s lithium-air design is the first lithium-air battery that has achieved a four-electron reaction at room temperature. —Kondori et al.

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Ed Morse Car bolsters Illinois footprint

Baua Electric

JUNE 1, 2023

All of the dealerships Ed Morse Car has bought in the ones states had been home manufacturers — and that’s through design, Morse mentioned. The post Ed Morse Car bolsters Illinois footprint appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Ed Morse Car ranks Disagree. retailing 14,832 unutilized automobiles in 2022.

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Univ of Illinois team mixed metals with perchloric acid to create stable, efficient catalyst for water splitting

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have mixed metal compounds with perchloric acid to create a stable, efficient electrocatalytic material for the oxygen evolution reaction in acidic media. —Hong Yang, a co-author and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Illinois. —Kim et al.

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IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

Researchers at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed an electrolyzer capable of converting carbon dioxide into propane in a manner that is both scalable and economically viable.

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U of Illinois researchers develop new capabilities for genome-wide engineering of yeast

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2017

This selection process was greatly aided by the Illinois Biological Foundry for Advanced Biomanufacturing (iBioFAB), a robotic system that performs most of the laboratory work described above in an automated way, including selection of promising yeast strains. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB), which is led by Zhao.

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Researchers develop room-temp 1,000+ cycle rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Researchers from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a room-temperature solid-state lithium-air battery that is rechargeable for 1,000 cycles with a low polarization gap and can operate at high rates.

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DOE to invest $32M in computer design of materials

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will invest $32 million over the next four years to accelerate the design of new materials through use of supercomputers. Seven projects will be supported, three led by teams at DOE National Laboratories and four by Universities.

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Lion Electric produces first proprietary Li-ion battery pack

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2023

The news comes as Lion has also recently celebrated the start of production at its US vehicle manufacturing facility in Joliet, Illinois. Lion Electric designs and manufactures all-electric class 5 to class 8 commercial urban trucks and all-electric buses and minibuses for the school, paratransit and mass transit segments.

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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

The vehicles are designed from the ground-up with safety, sustainability, and comfort in mind, and have been thoroughly tested by drivers across the country. A strengthened door on the driver’s side for additional protection, and an ergonomically designed driver’s cabin and cargo area for safe, and easy movement inside the van.

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Ozinga Energy and Ingevity to field adsorbed natural gas bi-fuel pickup

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

Ozinga Energy has purchased an ANG-equipped Ford F-150 and installed a dedicated, low-pressure fueling appliance at its headquarters in Mokena, Illinois. Designed for 900 psig operating pressure, the cylinders are spun closed around Ingevity activated carbon monoliths. The Ford F-150 is fitted with the 5.0L

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DOE to award $590M to renew four existing Bioenergy Research Centers

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2023

Continued investment in these centers is designed to yield a range of important new products and fuels derived directly from non-food plant biomass, such as switchgrass, poplar, energy cane, and energy sorghum.

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Covered Rivian R1T refresh spotted driving in California

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APRIL 14, 2024

Credit: u/xforce650 | Reddit Some expect Rivian to launch refreshed R1T and R1S vehicles sometime this year, though the automaker hasn’t made any official statements about the re-design. Rivian recently celebrated a production milestone of 100,000 units , after unveiling its forthcoming R2 and R3 vehicles last month.

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Univ of Illinois researchers exploring concepts for safe, self-healing Li-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are applying new materials and concepts integrated within the battery cell to enable a variety of critical features including fail-safe or autonomic shutdown, self-healing of battery performance, and greatly extended lifetimes. Photo credit: Marta Baginska. Click to enlarge.

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Rivian R1EVS to join fleets in the mining industry

Teslarati

APRIL 22, 2024

“The Rivian R1T is widely acclaimed for its on and off-road capabilities, and its robust design and adaptability make it the ideal candidate to meet the many challenges mining presents. The Group also recommends assessing the BEVs’ battery design and considering energy storage systems for the vehicles working in the mine.

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Univ. of Illinois study argues regulatory hurdles hindering commercialization of new biofuels; biobutanol case study

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

Regulatory hurdles are hindering the successful commercialization of emerging liquid biofuels, according to a new study by University of Illinois law professor Jay P. Slating, a regulatory associate with the University of Illinois Energy Biosciences Institute. Wisconsin Law Review ; Illinois Public Law Research Paper No.

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DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL). The challenge will span four years and after each year, teams will be evaluated on their vehicle design and process. Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA). McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS).

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Judge rules against Tesla insurance over ‘inflated’ premiums

Teslarati

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Seligman also dismissed a breach of contract claim from plaintiff Ricky Stephens, an Illinois resident, offering him a chance to make changes before moving forward. Tesla Insurance data has driven changes to vehicle design: Elon Musk What are your thoughts? Tesla Insurance has since launched in 12 U.S.

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Tesla boosts its data collection team with hiring ramp for Prototype Vehicle Operators

Teslarati

APRIL 9, 2024

Prototype Vehicle Operators will be tasked with operating a Tesla vehicle in designated areas for data collection. ” Shifts for the job involve rather irregular hours, at 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Prototype Vehicle Operators will be working from Sunday to Thursday or Tuesday to Saturday.

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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of the American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, a $4-million competition designed to advance technologies and techniques to support direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – SelectPureLi.

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Stanford engineers build first computer based on carbon nanotube technology; “imperfections-immune design”

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The Stanford paper describes a two-pronged approach that the authors call an “ imperfection-immune design.”. This ‘imperfections-immune design’ (technique) makes this discovery truly exemplary. To eliminate the wire-like or metallic nanotubes, the Stanford team switched off all the good CNTs.

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Rivian launches PPF wraps for R1T with limited-time discount

Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2024

The wrap also gives the paint a satin finish, and the automaker says that the Stealth wrap has been designed to enhance each of its paint colors. Earlier this month, Rivian celebrated the production of its 100,000th vehicle at its plant in Normal, Illinois , just as the automaker shut down the plant for retooling.

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Rivian schedules Normal Factory shutdown in April

Teslarati

MARCH 27, 2024

Rivian plans to shut down production at its factory in Normal, Illinois, between April 5 to 30, 2024. Rivian plans to retool its Normal Factory during the shutdown. Rivian’s Normal Factory shutdown is well-timed. Rivian expects 2024’s production to be flat year over year at 57,000 units.

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DOE awards $10.6M to ROGUE to engineer energycane, Miscanthus to produce oil for biodiesel, biojet fuel

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6-million, —ROGUE Director Stephen Long, an Ikenberry Endowed Chair at Illinois. —Li-Qing Chen, an assistant professor of plant biology at Illinois.

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U-M leads new DOE-funded research center for ceramic ion conductors; MUSIC

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

million research center, led by Michigan Engineering and funded by the US Department of Energy, will focus on understanding an emerging branch of science involving mechanical and chemical phenomena that affect advanced battery designs.

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NASA awarding $6 million to 3-year ULI project to develop approach to electric aircraft fueled by liquid hydrogen

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2019

The Center for Cryogenic High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft (CHEETA) project is led by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The award to the University of Illinois was one of three in the second round of ULI funding , which will provide a total of about $15 million over three years.

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John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The box’s design was a simple LC circuit, consisting of a capacitor and an inductor. The Spurlock Museum/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bell Labs used one of the boxes to demonstrate the transistor’s portability. Bardeen brought his box to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, when he joined the faculty in 1951.

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Navistar settles air quality violations in California for $2 million

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2020

has paid $2 million to resolve allegations that it altered heavy-duty vehicle engines from their certified design, potentially causing excess diesel emissions and negatively impacting air quality. These design changes by Navistar differed significantly from what was approved for sale. Truck manufacturer Navistar Inc.

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IKEA US and Electrify America to install ultra-fast public and fleet charging at more than 25 IKEA retail locations

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2022

For its EV delivery fleet, IKEA selected Electrify Commercial, Electrify America’s business unit designed to help deliver turnkey electric vehicle charging solutions, to provide more than 225 individual chargers across the sites. The first locations are expected to open in late 2022 and be completed by the end of 2023.

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DOE announces finalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Team SelectPureLi: “A Redox Membrane for LiOH Extraction”. During the next 12 months, these teams will fabricate and test their designs and present their prototypes to a panel of expert reviewers. Rice University – Team LiSED: “Lithium Selective ElectroDialysis”.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation. The integrated design, development, and production of highly complex systems, leveraging software, can speed ideas from the lab into commercial production, reduce costs, and shorten production lifecycles. UTRC; Wolf Robotics. Boeing; Caron Engineering Inc.;

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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

A firefighter from the Illinois Fire Service Institute demonstrates occupant extraction best practices for EVs by cutting interior structural components of a GMC HUMMER EV Pickup. First responders are being taught to look out for orange-colored wiring that indicates high voltage. EV safety doesn’t begin at the point of a collision.

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DOE awards Magna a grant to develop and ‘auto qualify’ advanced motor; 1/2 the cost, 8x power density

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In partnership with the Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Wisconsin-Madison, Magna is applying its powertrain, electronics and full-vehicle expertise to deliver an automotive-grade, non-permanent magnet, high-performance electric motor that aims to achieve increased power density and reduced cost compared to current e-motors.

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UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2019

University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. —Professor Jordi Cabana (University of Illinois at Chicago). The study is published RSC journal Nanoscale.

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LanzaTech going public via SPAC

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

LanzaTech will continue to be based in Chicago, Illinois, and led by Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, Chief Executive Officer of LanzaTech, and other key members of LanzaTech’s executive leadership.

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DOE Lab, partners find high concentrations of rare earth elements in American coal basins

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has found high rare earth element (REE) concentrations in coal samples taken from the Illinois, Northern Appalachian, Central Appalachian, Rocky Mountain Coal Basins, and the Pennsylvania Anthracite region.

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DOT and DOE announce nearly $5B over 5 years for new national EV charging network; $615M in FY2022

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The program will provide nearly $5 billion over five years to help states create a network of EV charging stations along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors, particularly along the Interstate Highway System. These corridors will be the backbone of the new national EV charging network. California. 56,789,406. Connecticut. 29,315,442.

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DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This FOA, issued in August 2017, is a $50-million funding opportunity for projects supporting cost-shared research and development to design, construct, and operate two large-scale pilots to demonstrate transformational coal technologies. University of Illinois. DOE funding: $741,194 Non-DOE: $188,333 Total: $929,527.

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Rivian in talks with Illinois about incentives ahead of R2 production

Teslarati

MARCH 9, 2024

Rivian is now in discussions about a new incentive arrangement with the state of Illinois, after the electric vehicle (EV) maker unveiled its upcoming R2 SUV earlier this week, now set to be built within the state. The post Rivian in talks with Illinois about incentives ahead of R2 production appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Wal-Mart, Anheuser-Busch, DHL to test Tesla Semi: 1,200-plus reservations?

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 11, 2017

An Instagram post by an "outdoor living design and construction firm serving the Chicago Southland" seems to confirm a total of 1,230 reservations for Tesla's new all-electric truck. Elemental Landscapes of Illinois posted a screenshot of its reservation for three Tesla Semi trucks, showing a reservation number EO000001230.

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Rivian CEO expanding duties to include product teams

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to a regulatory filing and internal memos cited in a report from Automotive News , all Rivian product teams will now report directly to Scaringe, including workers in areas like software, autonomy and design. “Nick will be advising through 2024.” “Nick will be advising through 2024.”

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Audi of America and Arcadia offer renewable energy subscription with e-tron or e-tron Sportback lease or purchase

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

In select markets within Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, Arcadia’s platform connects qualifying customers to community solar projects in their area. It was joined last year by the e-tron Sportback, which blends the utility of an SUV with a coupe-like design.

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Transphorm to demonstrate 99% efficiency power switching with a 1200V GaN power transistor at ISPSD 2022

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Our 1200-volt GaN FET will enable excellent performance with greater designability and cost effectiveness than SiC solutions. We aim to bring to market an ultra-high voltage, reliable GaN product that will give customers more choice when developing power systems. We see this as an important milestone for the GaN power electronics industry.

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Standard Lithium completes proof-of-concept of lithium extraction & crystallization; better than battery-quality lithium carbonate

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The plant utilizes the company’s proprietary LiSTR technology and is designed to process continuously an input tail brine flow of 50 gallons per minute (gpm; or 11.4 Conversion of the lithium chloride to carbonate using a conventional process is ongoing, and is being performed by a third-party OEM/vendor in Plainfield, Illinois.

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Successful completion of Illinois Basin - Decatur CCS project; CO2 from ethanol plant

IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

Ed Morse Car bolsters Illinois footprint

Univ of Illinois team mixed metals with perchloric acid to create stable, efficient catalyst for water splitting

IIT researchers develop electrolyzer that converts CO2 to propane

U of Illinois researchers develop new capabilities for genome-wide engineering of yeast

Researchers develop room-temp 1,000+ cycle rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery

DOE to invest $32M in computer design of materials

Lion Electric produces first proprietary Li-ion battery pack

Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

Ozinga Energy and Ingevity to field adsorbed natural gas bi-fuel pickup

DOE to award $590M to renew four existing Bioenergy Research Centers

Covered Rivian R1T refresh spotted driving in California

Univ of Illinois researchers exploring concepts for safe, self-healing Li-ion batteries

Rivian R1EVS to join fleets in the mining industry

Univ. of Illinois study argues regulatory hurdles hindering commercialization of new biofuels; biobutanol case study

DOE, GM, Mathworks launch EcoCAR Electric Vehicle Challenge; 15 universities selected

Judge rules against Tesla insurance over ‘inflated’ premiums

Tesla boosts its data collection team with hiring ramp for Prototype Vehicle Operators

DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

Stanford engineers build first computer based on carbon nanotube technology; “imperfections-immune design”

Rivian launches PPF wraps for R1T with limited-time discount

Rivian schedules Normal Factory shutdown in April

DOE awards $10.6M to ROGUE to engineer energycane, Miscanthus to produce oil for biodiesel, biojet fuel

U-M leads new DOE-funded research center for ceramic ion conductors; MUSIC

NASA awarding $6 million to 3-year ULI project to develop approach to electric aircraft fueled by liquid hydrogen

John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

Navistar settles air quality violations in California for $2 million

IKEA US and Electrify America to install ultra-fast public and fleet charging at more than 25 IKEA retail locations

DOE announces finalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

DOE awards Magna a grant to develop and ‘auto qualify’ advanced motor; 1/2 the cost, 8x power density

UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials

LanzaTech going public via SPAC

DOE Lab, partners find high concentrations of rare earth elements in American coal basins

DOT and DOE announce nearly $5B over 5 years for new national EV charging network; $615M in FY2022

DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

Rivian in talks with Illinois about incentives ahead of R2 production

Wal-Mart, Anheuser-Busch, DHL to test Tesla Semi: 1,200-plus reservations?

Rivian CEO expanding duties to include product teams

Audi of America and Arcadia offer renewable energy subscription with e-tron or e-tron Sportback lease or purchase

Transphorm to demonstrate 99% efficiency power switching with a 1200V GaN power transistor at ISPSD 2022

Standard Lithium completes proof-of-concept of lithium extraction & crystallization; better than battery-quality lithium carbonate

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