Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2010

Cummins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD), a supplier of marine propulsion solutions, and Volkswagen have formed a partnership to develop and supply marine engines. Commitments include the joint development of marine engines that will comply with the future Tier 3 emissions standard. and Mercury Marine. Tags: Brief.

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Mariner Diesel South Carolina Mercury 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2009

The MDS Mercury in its pole mounting. GE Digital Energy’s MDS Mercury 3650 radios along with engineering services, network design, project management, and support services, will support the transmission of electric utility meter data over the AMS network from consumers’ homes and businesses to CenterPoint Energy’s data center.

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Houston Mercury Grid Energy 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

—Leonardo Simon, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Waterloo. million Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles on the road today have soy-foam seats, which equates to a reduction in petroleum oil usage of approximately 1.5 The newest addition is the engine cam cover on the 3.0-liter Duratec engine.

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1983 was the last year for those two cars, as well as for the rakish Ford Fairmont Futura coupe and its Mercury-badged sibling, the Zephyr Z-7. This engine was known as the Z22 , so its valve cover was entitled to a bit of Z-Car-referencing labeling. Meanwhile, the S12 Silvia would ditch the disco-ized 1970s look for 1984.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2009

million Series A round of financing led by venture capital firms Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and DFJ Mercury, both leading investors in early-stage clean technology companies. Tags: Brief. Glycos Biotechnologies , Inc. has closed a $5.0

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Mercury Renewable Financing Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

Ford Mustang, F-150, Focus, Flex, Escape, Expedition and Econoline as well as Mercury Mariner, Lincoln MKS and Navigator also use the sustainable material. Jerry Brown, Ford chief engineer of seat and restraint engineering. The latest example is the engine cam cover on the 3.0-liter liter Duratec engine.

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JULY 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company’s biomaterial researchers have engineered a patent-pending formula to use renewable soy oil to improve rubber car parts. Tags: Brief. By using renewable soy oil as a 25% replacement for petroleum oil, Ford researchers more than doubled rubber’s stretchability and reduced its environmental impact.

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Oil Ford Parts Mercury 225

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OCTOBER 9, 2009

BME utilizes natural strains of bacteria, avoiding for the moment the cost barriers of genetic engineering as well as the longer pathways to commercialization. Tags: Algae Algal Fuels Biorefinery. “We’re not squishing algae, we’re feeding algae to the bacteria to produce our target chemicals.” Kelly Ogilvie.

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Industrial Industry San Diego Energy 278

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

million received a year ago from groups such as Google.org and DJF Mercury. is commercializing lithium-ion battery technology developed in Professor Arumugam Manthiram’s Material Science and Engineering lab at The University of Texas at Austin. Tags: Batteries. This investment is combined with Series A funding of $5.8

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

It builds on the fuel efficiency “coaching” concept in the SmartGauge with EcoGuide cluster for the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and Mercury Milan Hybrid as well as the all-new 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid. When Ford of Europe engineers tested the feature, they achieved up to a 15% improvement in fuel economy using the Eco-Route.

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Fuel Economy Economy Ford Fuel 210

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Total Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales increased 33.5% EcoBoost provides customers up to 20% improvement in fuel economy and a 15% reduction in emissions versus larger-displacement engines. Total Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales decreased 15.4% Tags: Hybrids Sales. percent from the same period in 2008. versus a year ago.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

. $800 million will be used to expand DOE’s Clean Coal Power Initiative, which provides government co-financing for new coal technologies that can help utilities cut sulfur, nitrogen and mercury pollutants from power plants. Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Research. Geologic Sequestration Training and Research. $20

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Carbon Coal Mercury Arizona 150

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APRIL 1, 2010

As with any recommendation engine, Hohm will provide increasingly more accurate and relevant suggestions for energy conservation as its users contribute home energy input and feedback. Tags: Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Smart charging. Microsoft Hohm is available today for free to all US residential energy consumers.

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EV Smart Ford Charging North America 210

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Engineers have sought to increase the rate of energy recuperation, and therefore overall powertrain efficiency, with succeeding generations of regenerative/ hydraulic braking systems. Tags: Hybrids Vehicle Manufacturers Vehicle Systems.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 20, 2010

Read more about it in the San Jose Mercury News Article: Reservations for the all-electric Nissan Leaf start Tuesday. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News. Electric vehicles are powered by batteries instead of internal combustion engines. Tags: EV Economics Obama Energy Production News Nissan Leaf. ’ &#.

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2009

The manufacturer has already added full hybrid versions of the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan to its existing Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner hybrids. EcoBoost: This combines direct fuel injection with turbocharging for four- and six-cylinder engines. Tags: Ford Green cars Latest news Ford green car strategy.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

A 2.0litre, four-cylinder version is scheduled to go sale next year and follows in the footsteps of a 3.5l, V6 engine that is applied in the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO and the Lincoln MKS. engine included twin independent variable camshaft timing and this system has now been applied in the production 2.0l 2010 Mercury Milan and Milan Hybrid.

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MAY 18, 2009

Around $50million will go towards funding a competitive solicitation to characterise a minimum of 10 geological formations throughout the USA; while $20million will be used to educate a future generation of geologists, scientists and engineers. Tags: Latest news clean coal power initiative Green cars US Department of Energy.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. Tags: evdriven.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2010

liter EcoBoost Engine. The 2011 Ford F-150 is receiving an extensive powertrain overhaul, featuring four new truck engines, all coupled to a revised six-speed automatic transmission. Each engine delivers improved fuel economy. Through July, the F-Series accounted for 26% of all Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles sold, and 28.7%

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

That figure does not include damages from climate change, harm to ecosystems, effects of some air pollutants such as mercury, and risks to national security, which the report examines but does not monetize. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. The report was sponsored by the US Department of the Treasury.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

It developed turbocharged direct injection technology for diesel engines and has a wide range of TDI powertrains. After 40miles it reverts to a small four-cylinder internal combustion engine that creates electricity on-board to extend the Volt’s range to more than 300 miles. Faye Sunderland.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By See Chevy Volt for latest.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Engineers note: hybrids need "power batteries," PHEVs need "energy batteries.") At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids. Tags: evdriven. ") The performance, longevity and safety of lithium-ion batteries are improving rapidly.

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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. 6-speed and dual clutch), but especially EcoBoost, Kapp said.

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