Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

At Art Basel’s 2021 Miami Beach show, BMW M GmbH presented the new BMW Concept XM; the concept car looks ahead to the most powerful BMW M car ever to go into series production, which is set to begin at the end of 2022. The BMW XM will be available only as a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and exclusively as an M model.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Siemens Energy, Duke Energy and Clemson University have teamed up to study the use of hydrogen for energy storage and as a low- or no-carbon fuel source to produce energy at Duke Energy’s combined heat and power plant located at Clemson University in South Carolina.

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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. The tires contain a multitude of materials derived from recycled and biobased feedstocks.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The dual fuel system is available as an aftermarket upgrade for 2007 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. This system is installed on to the engine in less than 12 hours. The fuel tanks and connections are installed separately from the engine. The fuel system control unit constantly monitors the engine ECU and load conditions.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The recycling company seems pumped to welcome engineering interns in Nevada this summer. Two of the internships are a hybrid/remote setup in Reno, namely, the interns for software engineering and systems modeling. College students: We're hiring Engineering Interns this summer. The recycling company has 11 internships open.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of grant funding to implement projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. EPA anticipates awarding approximately $44 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) grant funding to eligible applicants.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of grant funding to implement projects which reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. Under this competition, EPA anticipates awarding between 40 and 70 assistance agreements.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas are home to a quarter of the US population and consume 30% of electric power generated in the US.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

concluded an agreement to acquire certain assets and the membership interests of Continental Diesel Systems US, LLC, to manufacture key fuel injection components for Navistar MaxxForce diesel engines. The company also will establish a dedicated research and development facility to support Navistar’s diesel power system components.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2009

This funding will be used to support Nexterra’s recently announced program to commercialize a new high efficiency biomass power system in collaboration with GE Jenbacher and GE Energy. Nexterra supplies biomass gasification solutions that generate heat and power inside-the-fence for customers at institutional and industrial facilities.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

Applications for the latter were sought in two areas of interest (AOI): AOI 1 – Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) Core Technology Research and AOI 2 – Core Technology Research and Development (R&D) in Support of Near-Term SOFC Power Systems Prototype Tests. Sputtered Thin Films for Very High Power, Efficient, and Low-Cost Commercial SOFCs.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 20, 2024

Here's one of those last-year cars , found in a car graveyard in Charlotte, South Carolina. Pontiac-badged J-Bodies were powered by various straight-fours ( the GM 122 , Family II and Quad 4 ) and 60° V6s at first. Starting with the 2003 model year, the only engine available in the Cavalier and Sunfire was the more modern 2.2-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2020

The X5 xDrive45e is built at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW Group’s largest global production plant. liter 6-cylinder TwinPower turbocharged internal combustion engine (replacing the previous generation’s 2.0 The combined power of the new PHEV drivetrain is 389 hp, a bump of 81 hp over the previous generation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced an award to NuScale Power LLC to support a new project to design, certify and help commercialize innovative small modular reactors (SMRs) in the United States. The award follows a funding opportunity announcement in March 2013. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

JUNE 5, 2024

The noted developer of marine technologies has launched its five initial outboards under its new Avator lineup of all-electric motors, and I got the chance to test each of them out in Charleston, South Carolina. Having spent over eight decades specializing in combustion engines, Mercury is admittedly new to the EV game.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines. Grant funds may be used for clean diesel projects that use: EPA-verified retrofit technologies or certified engine configurations.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2012

The US Energy Department (DOE) and its Savannah River Site (SRS) announced three public-private partnerships to develop deployment plans for small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) technologies at SRS facilities, near Aiken, South Carolina. SMR, LLC, a subsidiary of Holtec International; and NuScale Power, LLC. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

BMW 4-cylinder gasoline engine with TwinPower Turbo. BMW of North America is introducing the new TwinPower Turbo 4-cylinder engine (N20) to the X3 xDrive28i; the new engine replaces the outgoing inline 6-cylinder engine (N52) as the next step in BMW’s EfficientDynamics strategy. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. Florida and South Carolina. Delaware and Virginia.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2009

Daimler is also still considering sites in North Carolina, South Carolina and California, according to the memo, dated March 17. The MEDC memo notes that Michigan is at a competitive disadvantage compared to other states in terms of wages and benefits.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 19, 2024

Volvo just this week announced that the S60 will be discontinued , with 2025 the final model year for this South Carolina-built sedan. As we’ve underscored before with plug-in hybrids and EVs, when you’re not harnessing waste heat from an engine, the use of cabin heat comes at a pretty steep cost in terms of range lost.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Many trials with OEM vehicles have started up in 2012, and at least one vendor—Evatran, which markets its products under the marque “Plugless Power”—intends to bring a system to market in the first half of 2013. Evatran plans to have over twenty installations as part of the Apollo Trial Program.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2015

With a total system output of 230 kW/313 hp generated by a four-cylinder gasoline engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology, a synchronous electric motor integrated in the 8-speed Steptronic transmission, and a 9.0 Left: combustion engine. kWh battery pack can recharge from a domestic power socket, or the BMW i Wallbox Pure (3.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2016

The RII Track-2 awards support research while also requiring award recipients to invest in developing a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce—particularly of early-career faculty researchers. These four-year awards support 27 institutions in 18 eligible jurisdictions. Lead organization. Description.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

Successful achievement of the project goals is expected to enable the commercial deployment of natural gas-fueled Distributed Generation SOFC systems, which is an intermediate step toward viable SOFC technology for large-scale, coal-fueled, central power generation applications. The University of South Carolina. SOFC awards.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The 2023 BMW XM will be the most powerful production vehicle to come from its high-performance M division, where the M stands for Motorsports. BMW says the “twin-tailpipe exhaust system reduces back pressure for the V8 engine while generating the emotionally rich M-typical soundtrack accompanying the engine’s formidable power delivery.”

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 5, 2022

This was a chance for neuromodulation to step up," says Marom Bikson , co-director of neural engineering at the City College of New York and cofounder of the neurotech company Soterix Medical , which supplied stimulation gear to several research groups. What drives us is that there’s a tremendous unmet need," Charvet says. "

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 9, 2023

BMW battery engineers said the cells pack in 10-percent more active battery material versus its prismatic units, and boost energy density by 20-percent. An $810-million battery factory will spring up in South Carolina, in partnership with Japan’s Envision AESC.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Engineering E. This project seeks to develop an “electrofuels chassis” by using engineered E. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

The Hyundai Fuel Cell also won this year’s Wards “10 best engines” which is a first for this technology. Linde currently is operating hydrogen stations also for fuel cell forklifts, notably for the BMW South Carolina plant, where they are dispensing hydrogen—around the clock—at the rate of 700kg/day. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 9, 2023

BMW battery engineers said the cells pack in 10-percent more active battery material versus its prismatic units, and boost energy density by 20-percent. An $810-million battery factory will spring up in South Carolina, in partnership with Japan’s Envision AESC.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

If commercially successful, small modular reactors would significantly expand the options for nuclear power and its applications, and may prove advantageous compared to the Generation III+ nuclear plants in terms of economics, performance, and security. University of South Carolina - $1,366,626.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

In June, Plug In Carolina selected AeroVironment to supply, install and support a network of public electric vehicle stations in seven South Carolina cities. Eaton will also provide service to these stations through its national network of satellite manufacturing facilities and engineering service organization.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

Located in South Carolina, ZF Transmissions Gray Court, LLC will produce about 1.2 The new 9-speed transmission is specially designed for passenger cars with front-transverse engines. The higher top gear not only reduces fuel consumption but the lower engine revs improve comfort and reduce noise when cruising at high speed.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

second li-ion powered tzero. Could it be that BMW has seen the brilliance in AC Propulsion’s decades of electric drive system engineering and refinement and teamed with them in order to produce these 500 fantastic electric MINIs? AC Propulsion's 0-60mph in 3.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2018

—lead author Gang Wu, PhD, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering in UB’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. This could lead to wide-scale adoption of the technology in buses, cars and other modes of transportation, as well as backup generators and other sources of power.

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