Green Car Congress
JUNE 15, 2009
A consortium is seeking US stimulus funding available through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program to convert 20 hybrid diesel-electric buses to hybrid dimethyl-ether (DME)-electric propulsion. a developer of fuel injection equipment for DME-fueled vehicles.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
billion in federal stimulus funding for engineering, design and construction on the state’s high-speed train system (earlier post) —generating an investment of $9.1 The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board unanimously approved an application for more than $4.5 billion when state matching funds are added.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2009
says it will pursue funding opportunities arising from the $2 billion allocated for advanced battery technology in the new economic stimulus package. mPhase is developing a “smart” reserve battery, the Smart NanoBattery, which is a primary battery typically designed for a special purpose such as emergency or military use.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 8, 2013
A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have designed a new kind of adaptive material with tunable transparency and wettability features. Wyss Institute and SEAS postdoctoral fellow, and lead author of the study. —Xi Yao.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
Two factors are driving the recovery, notably low automotive inventory that will result in new car growth next year, combined with stimulus packages designed to benefit the ailing car sector while favoring the switch to electric and hybrid cars, which are typically more expensive than equivalent internal combustion-driven models.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
The FOA modifies a much smaller and earlier-issued FOA by incorporating a supplemental $300 million appropriated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (the stimulus bill) for the Energy Policy Act (EPACT) of 2005 Section 721 to fund a competitive grant pilot program to be administered through the Clean Cities Program.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 6, 2010
Optimal three-segment vehicle design and allocation for various scenarios. The study found that life cycle cost and GHG emissions are minimized using high battery swing (above 60%) and replacing batteries as needed, rather than designing underutilized capacity into the vehicle with corresponding production, weight, and cost implications.
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