Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2023

Designed and engineered at Bridgestone’s Americas Technology Center in Akron, Ohio, the new tires were produced at the company’s Aiken County Passenger/Light Truck Radial Tire Plant in Graniteville, South Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2014

The newly selected projects are in five areas: energy storage; power electronics and electric motors (PEEM); advanced combustion engines; materials technologies, and fuels and lubricant technologies. Miltec UV International, LLC. Advanced combustion engines (Area of Interest 3). The Ohio State University. Technology.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. Hodges continued that line of research at UC Berkeley, which he joined in 1970 as a professor of engineering.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Ford Motor Company reported that it has built its two-millionth EcoBoost engine since the launch of the line in 2009. With customer demand exceeding its initial projections, Ford now expects EcoBoost production to exceed its global diesel engine production. Ford’s global EcoBoost engine family now includes the 1.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

A compact, quiet-running 650cc 2-cylinder engine replaces the previous 2.4L 4-cylinder engine; charging capability remains the same, as does the electric range. The smaller engine will improve fuel economy, however. liter internal combustion engine (ICE) served as the genset engine.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

Honda opened its new $124-million wind tunnel facility in Ohio, ushering in a new era of development testing capabilities for Honda and Acura products, as well as the company’s race vehicles. The new Honda Automotive Laboratories of Ohio (HALO) facility, located at the independent Transportation Research Center Inc. Investment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

International Battery (IB), a US manufacturer and developer of large-format lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, has been chosen as the battery system provider for the first-of-its-kind Community Energy Storage (CES) systems, developed by S&C Electric Company for American Electric Power (AEP).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Engineers at NASA Glenn are testing a new boundary layer ingesting (BLI) inlet-fan combination—the first of its kind ever to be tested. Originally conceived of as a propulsion system for generation-after-next (N+2), the BLI system could increase fuel efficiency by 4-8% more than the advanced engines airlines are beginning to use.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

The results of this open-access study are published in the International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering. A Greyrock Flare Gas-to-Fuels conversion process at an Ohio oil well was used as the base case for this LCA.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

This allows engineers to optimize battery energy storage and layout for each vehicle design. The pack also allows engineers to deliver vehicles with an optimized weight distribution and a lower center of gravity to improve ride and handling. billion joint venture plant that GM and LG Chem plan to build in Lordstown, Ohio.

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Teslarati

JUNE 5, 2022

billion to add over 6,200 union jobs to its manufacturing plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri. Ohio: Ford plans to invest $1.5 billion in Ohio, creating 1,800 union jobs at Ohio Assembly Plant. Ford Blue is dedicated to the company’s internal combustion engine businesses. Ford plans to invest $3.7

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

To be successful, universities will need to recruit a diverse team of students and faculty, spanning many engineering disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, computer and software engineering, as well as communications, marketing and project management. The Ohio State University. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Disneyland will phase out the gasoline engines in its Autopia vehicles “within the next 30 months,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Honda preparing EV hub in Ohio Honda has been cautious about EVs, but last week it revealed that it might potentially ramp up its EVs in a way that might outpace all but Tesla in U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Their paper was presented at the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2012 Fall Technical Conference by Marcello Canova, assistant professor at OSU; lead author was Philipp Skarke, from the University of Stuttgart Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering. —Skarke et al.

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Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2022

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. There is no heavy engine block in front of the EV passenger cabin. Vehicle safety is very important to me and many others.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Virgin America launched CFM International’s advanced LEAP engine ( earlier post ) with an order to power 30 new Airbus A320neo aircraft. The 60 airplanes were announced in January of this year and the engine orders have a combined value of approximately US$1.4 billion at list price. billion at list price.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 7, 2024

In June, Honda and LG Energy Solution (LGES) broke ground on a new EV plant in Jeffersonville, Ohio. Canada has enacted a plan to ban the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035 , dubbed the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, and following in the footsteps of the European Union (EU) and U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Engineers at The Ohio State University have developed a new welding technique—Vaporized Foil Actuator Welding (VFAW)—that consumes 80% less energy than a common welding technique, yet creates bonds that are 50% stronger. A diagram showing vaporized foil actuator welding, a technique developed at The Ohio State University.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Ford Motor Company began production of its EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) at Cleveland Engine Plant No. Approximately 250 employees are returning to the plant to build the new engines. The first EcoBoost engine in the family—the 3.5-liter A V-6 EcoBoost engine will be available for the F-150 in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The Mobile Lung Unit features: The world’s first portable, battery-powered, full-body, 32-slice CT scanner, BodyTom, featuring an innovative internal drive system that can be easily transported. Motiv Power Systems all-electric/zero-emissions EPIC chassis, removing the need to idle an engine.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2013

GE Aviation, in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati Research Institute (UCRI), has created the GE Aviation Research Center at the company’s world headquarters in Evendale, Ohio. The scope of this agreement marks a first in Ohio between a leading aerospace company and a leading university research institute.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2015

The new institute pairs leading carbon fiber producers and suppliers—such as Materials Innovation Technologies, Harper International, and Strongwell—with key end users such as TPI for wind turbines and Ford, Honda and Volkswagen for automobiles. Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; Owens Corning; Phoenix Integration; PolyNEW, Inc.;

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

liter hybrid engine and the all-new 10-speed modular hybrid transmission can tow up to 5,000 pounds—the same as a properly equipped 2019 Explorer with 3.5-liter liter EcoBoost engine. liter gas engine—and is projected to save taxpayers between $3,500 and $5,700 per vehicle in fuel costs annually.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2016

GE Aviation has announced eight new factories in eight years to respond to record engine orders. By year’s end, GE and CFM International (the 50/50 joint company of GE and Safran) will have more than 15,000 commercial engines on back order. Investment in the aviation industry over the past decade has been remarkable.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2015

Honda staged the North American debut of the Honda FCV fuel cell vehicle at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS); the company also announced US availability for the FCV in 2016. Honda also announced plans to introduce new VTEC Turbo engines to be built in Ohio and debut later in 2015. New VTEC Turbo Engines.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. Crawford is a professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University , in West Lafayette, Ind. She then pursued a Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

A $70-million endorsement of the company’s customer Red Rock Biofuels, received as a grant from the US Department of Defense to construct a 1,100 bpd biomass-to-liquids plant in Oregon using Velocys technology ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

Researchers at Ohio State University are working in collaboration with the inventor to understand the science behind a new flash-processing treatment that produces steel at least 7% stronger and with 30% greater elongation than published results on martensitic advanced high-strength steel. Steel is what we would call a mature technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2015

Acura unveiled the production model of the next-generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The signature side intake and floating C-pillar collects air to feed the mid-mounted engine and directs airflow over the rear deck to increase downforce. NSX at the reveal. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2009

Basic rendering of an open rotor engine. Following several months refurbishing a special NASA test rig, GE Aviation and NASA this summer will begin a wind-tunnel test program to evaluate counter-rotating fan-blade systems for open rotor jet engine designs. Source: GE. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). The refurbished NASA test rig.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 10, 2021

After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. He worked in managerial positions in New York, Ohio, and Virginia, then became AEP's chief executive in 1976 and served in that role until he retired in 1991. Robert Worth Electrical engineer Life senior member, 93; died 16 May.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

As it confirmed Friday, it will be able to make hundreds of EVs per day at its revamped Marysville Auto Plant, in Ohio—potentially adding up to a level that surpasses the 2023 U.S. It also makes Honda hybrid systems and engines in Ohio. it will be a benchmark for EV production methods and establishing a regional supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

GE Aviation has acquired the assets of Morris Technologies, and its sister company, Rapid Quality Manufacturing, precision manufacturing companies operating in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio. Terms were not disclosed. Morris Technologies and Rapid Quality Manufacturing are parts of our investment in emerging manufacturing technologies.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

They are all connected in common cause to accelerate the adoption of EVs, either due to the belief that EVs are simply better than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, or because EV adoption would, on balance, reduce carbon emissions and help tackle climate change. I named the chapter “Drive Electric Dayton (DED).”

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Teslarati

JUNE 2, 2022

billion into the development of new electric and combustion engine vehicle projects, including new versions of the gas-powered Mustang and Ranger pickup. Ford Motor Company announced today it would invest $3.7 The investment will add an additional 6,200 UAW jobs to three of its factories located in the midwest.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2010

Chris Dyson and Guy Smith won the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge in the #16 Castrol Mazda Lola coupe, setting a new race record. The all-new Mazda AER (Advanced Engine Research) engine is based on the MZR-R. The camshafts, water pump and oil pump are internally driven by gears.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Pinto Energy LLC (Pinto), a developer of smaller scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facilities, will build a 2,800 barrel per day (bpd) GTL plant at Pinto’s 80-acre industrial site to the east of Ashtabula, Ohio. Pinto has chosen Ventech Engineers International LLC (Ventech) as the project’s EPC Contractor.

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