Clean Fleet Report

MAY 2, 2025

According to ESG Dive, Damon co-founded the nonprofit firm WaterEquity , which funds projects and companies dedicated to sustainable development, especially those that focus on water stewardship and climate resilience. is an avid collector of expensive things.

Cleaning

The Truth About Cars

JULY 21, 2025

The same thing happens on a boat in rough waters. If a person has spent most of their life driving a combustion engine car, their brain anticipates acceleration after the rev of the engine, a warning that they are about to experience a change in speed. Other studies claimed it was engine noise that was the determining factor.

Environment

DIY Electric Car

JUNE 23, 2025

Durability & Environmental Stress When you embed a motor in the wheel, it’s exposed to heat, cold, water, potholes—whatever Mother Nature and bad roads can throw at it. Sealing & Protection: If water or debris sneaks in, kiss reliability goodbye. Do you need air or water cooled motors? In-Wheel Motor Challenges 1.

Motoring

Cars That Think

MAY 2, 2025

And heres a bit more on how it was done, mostly with arms from Universal Robots. [ University of Bath ] Whenever I see a soft robot, I have to ask, okay, but how soft is it really? So its always cool to see actually soft robotics actuators , like these, which are based on phase changing water. University of Pennsylvania ]

Environment

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2021

Ricardo has developed a hydrogen-fueled research engine which could offer a renewable, economic and durable technology solution to accelerate zero-carbon emissions in heavy duty trucks, off-highway machines and marine vessels. —Adrian Greaney, Director of Technology and Digital at Ricardo Automotive and Industrial EMEA Division.

Hydrogen

Cars That Think

AUGUST 6, 2025

Nigerians trust each other so little that a university guesthouse I stayed in had its name printed on the wall-mounted air conditioner units to discourage theft. A Nigerian engineer explained to me that many people prefer that to disclosing their bank-card information on the Uber platform. But Nigerians trust mobile payments.

Nigeria

Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2025

Norwegian University of Science and Technology ] via [ GitHub ] Thanks, Kostas! Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute ] Micro-robots that can inspect water pipes, diagnose cracks, and fix them autonomously—reducing leaks and avoiding expensive excavation work—have been developed by a team of engineers led by the University of Sheffield.

Powered

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2022

Researchers from the University of Michigan and McGill University in Canada report photochemical syngas synthesis using a core/shell Au@Cr 2 O 3 dual cocatalyst in coordination with multistacked InGaN/GaN nanowires (NWs) with the sole inputs of CO 2 , water, and solar light. Image credit: Roksana Rashid, McGill University.

Water

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Researchers have developed a nickel-stabilized, ruthenium dioxide (Ni-RuO 2 ) anode catalyst for proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolysis. The Ni-RuO 2 catalyst shows high activity and durability in acidic OER for PEM water electrolysis. Boyang Li of the University of Pittsburgh is co-lead author of the paper.

Water

Cars That Think

AUGUST 5, 2025

The process for selecting a site for a new nuclear plant in the United States is an arduous and complex process that blends engineering feasibility, environmental science, safety, emergency planning, economics, and public trust, all while complying with regulations and guidance. RELATED: U.S.

Tennessee

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The team is back in the lab to find a fix. Desalination. doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2021.115513.

Water

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2020

Researchers at the University of Southampton have transformed optical fibers into photocatalytic microreactors that convert water into hydrogen fuel using solar energy. Zepler Institute, University of Southampton. This as an ideal example of chemical engineering for a 21 st century green technology. Potter, Daniel J.

Water

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

Water

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2023

Researchers led by engineers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have proposed a low-cost, cactus-inspired nickel-based material to help split water more cheaply and efficiently. Nickel, however, is not as quick and effective at breaking down water into hydrogen. who led the study. who led the study.

El Paso

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

MAN is testing both the use of a fuel cell and an H 2 combustion engine. When in use, fuel cells do not cause any climate-damaging emissions, as they only emit water vapor. Cooperation with universities is also planned. Initial talks on this are already underway with the Bavarian state government.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2019

Researchers at the University of have developed an unusually rapid method to deliver cost-effective algal biocrude in large quantities using a specially-designed jet mixer. The team’s results were published in an open-access paper in a new peer-reviewed journal, Chemical Engineering Science X. corn), microorganisms (e.g.,

Utah

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Empa, together with FPT Motorenforschung AG Arbon, Politechnico di Milano, lubricant manufacturer Motorex and other partners, is exporing the use of DME as a fuel for heavy-duty engines. A DME test engine has been in operation on a dynamometer in Empa’s Automotive Powertrains Technologies Laboratory. Image: Empa. —Patrik Soltic.

Engine

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.

Universal

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

Rice University researchers have created an efficient, low-cost device that splits water to produce hydrogen fuel. The platform developed by the Brown School of Engineering lab of Rice materials scientist Jun Lou integrates catalytic electrodes and perovskite solar cells that, when triggered by sunlight, produce electricity.

Low Cost

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Testing was also conducted at the DTNA Detroit engineering facility to demonstrate engine efficiency by achieving 50.2% engine brake thermal efficiency. liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. mpg (19.26

2009

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MAY 17, 2021

A team of researchers led by Loretta Roberson, associate scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, has installed the first seaweed farm in Puerto Rico and US tropical waters. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution and an affiliate of the University of Chicago.

Puerto Rico

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The University of Bath and SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre are collaborating on a project to identify the most efficient conditions for the optimum performance of gasoline particulate filters (GPFs), to help minimize vehicle impact on the environment.

Universal

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Auburn University researchers are leading a $2-million US Department of Energy Co-Optima project ( earlier post ) that will evaluate renewable butyl acetate (BA) as a bio-based fuel additive that can be blended with diesel fuel to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions.

Universal

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Vulcan Energy Resources will collaborate with DuPont Water Solutions,a leader in water filtration and purification, to test and to scale up Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) solutions for Vulcan’s Zero Carbon Lithium extraction process. Earlier post.). Stringfellow and Patrick F.

Carbon

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, have a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion. Energy and water are interconnected in the production of renewable fuels. —Zhao et al.

Water

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2020

Scientists have long known that platinum is by far the best catalyst for splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen gas. A new study by Brown University researchers shows why the precious metal works so well—and it’s not the reason that’s been assumed. Lindgren et al. Surprisingly, we find that the G ?

Water

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2022

BASF and the Catholic University of the North (UCN) in Antofagasta, Chile, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote research, development and innovation in mining. Óscar Benavente Poblete, UCN Department of Metallurgical and Mining Engineering (DIMM).

Chile

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Scottish Enterprise, Transport Scotland and the Hydrogen Accelerator, based at the University of St Andrews, have appointed Arcola Energy and a consortium of industry leaders in hydrogen fuel cell integration, rail engineering and functional safety to deliver Scotland’s first hydrogen powered train.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A University at Buffalo-led research team has developed an efficient platinum group metal (PGM)-free catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEM fuel cells that consists of atomically dispersed nitrogen-coordinated single Mn sites on partially graphitic carbon (Mn-N-C). and Harbin Institute of Technology.

Universal

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A new study, led by academics at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, has used semi-artificial photosynthesis to explore new ways to produce and store solar energy. They used natural sunlight to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen using a mixture of biological components and manmade technologies. —Sokó? Katarzyna P.

Water

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

Hyundai

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) will award $38 million to 12 projects that will work to reduce the impacts of light-water reactor used nuclear fuel (UNF) disposal. Upon discharge from a nuclear reactor, the UNF is initially stored in steel-lined concrete pools surrounded by water.

Molten Salt

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

OPEN solicitations are an open call to scientists and engineers for transformational technologies across the entire scope of ARPA-E’s energy mission. Pinnacle Engines will electrify its four-stroke, spark-ignited, opposed-piston engine to improve fuel efficiency and reduce its cost.

Engine

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2020

Researchers at the University of Michigan, McGill University and McMaster University have developed a binary copper?iron —Zetian Mi, U-M professor of electrical engineering and computer science, who co-led the work with Jun Song, professor of materials engineering at McGill University.

CO2

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University with collaborators at the University of Oregon and Manchester Metropolitan University have developed a seawater-resilient bipolar membrane electrolyzer.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2021

Chemical engineers at UNSW Sydney and University of Sydney have developed a hybrid plasma electrocatalytic process for the production of sustainable (“green”) ammonia. Non-thermal plasma activates water and air, producing NO x dissolved in solution as an intermediary for ammonium’s electrochemical synthesis.

Green

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The multi-disciplinary nature and challenges of HKT design requires expertise from a range of scientific and engineering fields working together concurrently. The University of Michigan. The University of Michigan proposes the RAFT concept as a solution for hydrokinetic energy harvesting. University of Washington.

Mariner