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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

million zero-emissions vehicle grant from the Federal Aviation Administration, the new Proterra battery-electric buses will replace these older CNG buses, resulting in the elimination 3.1 Since the Proterra electric buses have no combustion engine, riders will enjoy a quieter, smoother, exhaust-free ride. Funded in part by a $3.8-million

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

Startup ClearFlame Engine Technologies announced a partnership with Alto Ingredients, a leading producer of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients, to conduct pilot demonstrations of ClearFlame’s solution for diesel engines using low-cost ethanol in Class 8 trucks. In fact, it increases power by 25%.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

The program is partially funded by a $45-million grant in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds from the Transportation Electrification Initiative administered by the US Department of Energy. Earlier post.). A123 Systems has been developing the battery system for much of 2010 with Eaton.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2011

BMW will add further engines to the line-up in 2012, when the BMW ActiveHybrid 3 (using a powertrain similar to that of the ActiveHybrid 5, earlier post ) will also make its premiere. All the engines are well within the EU5 and US ULEV II limits. liter gasoline engine will be available in two output ratings.

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JULY 5, 2016

Recycling Technologies is industrializing a process—originally developed at the University of Warwick (UK)—to convert residual plastic waste into a low-sulfur hydrocarbon compound called Plaxx. Plaxx is created from residual mixed plastic waste that is not amenable to direct recycling and would otherwise go to landfill.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

liquid air) Dearman piston engine. Source: Dearman Engine Company. A new new forum for the advocacy and development of liquid air as an alternative technology to harness waste and surplus energy within power and transport—the Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN)—has formed in the UK. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

Six key elements of a thermoelectric waste heat recovery module for vehicle applications. Solid state energy conversion concepts that involve thermoelectric devices offer the promise of converting waste exhaust heat to electricity. Automotive thermoelectric waste heat recovery. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

Volvo’s DME technology will be available in a Volvo D13 13-liter engine, and the company’s I-Shift automated manual transmission will be standard on DME-powered trucks. The company will also introduce its own proprietary LNG engine—North America’s first fully integrated natural gas solution—in VNL day-cabs and sleepers next year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

A side effect of cleaning up diesel exhaust can be a drop in fuel efficiency and a need to do diagnostics of whether the systems are operating in their design states. million grant from the US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. million project funded largely by a $1.7 million project funded largely by a $1.7

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Michigan Diesel Emissions Energy 210

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APRIL 10, 2012

Exhaust Aftertreatment Materials. In order of priority, low temperature exhaust after-treatment catalysts are needed for the reduction of Oxides of Nitrogen (NO x ), Carbon Monoxide (CO), or unburned hydrocarbons (HCs) from internal combustion engines. Innovative Engine Boosting Technologies. Engine Friction Reduction.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

When engineers specify components that aren’t automotive-rated, they are then forced to spend time in extensive testing to make sure their vehicles don’t catch fire. But the problem is going to come in 2035 when they exhaust that 40%. Case New Holland brought out a methane-powered tractor that [runs on methane] made from farm waste.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time. onto and off the roof rapidly, if necessary.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

A patented combustion system achieves extremely low exhaust emissions that do not require expensive exhaust after treatment to meet stringent California Air Resources Board and EPA 2010 requirements. DOE and BIRD Grants. Earlier post.). Capstone Flexible Fuel Microturbine. The two-year project will total almost $3.8

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Another potential use of allowance value is to provide the general public a “dividend” related to the public’s having granted firms the right to make use of the waste-disposal services of the atmosphere through their emissions. Donovan is an engineer and attorney with over thirty-four years of international business experience.

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