Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has awarded its Prize for the Environment to Ricardo, Ford Motor Company, Controlled Power Technologies and Valeo engineers for their paper HyBoost—An Intelligently Electrified Optimized Downsized Gasoline Engine Concept. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

The findings are presented in an open-access paper in Nature Communications. Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. In 2018, the country has 19% of the total BUA of large cities in the world.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

TRI ] A low-cost robot does extreme parkour including high jumps on obstacles 2x its height, long jumps across gaps 2x its length, handstand on stairs, and running across tilted ramps. [ In this paper, we present LEAP Hand, a low-cost, dexterous, and anthropomorphic hand for machine learning research. [

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

This common core also provides greater confidence in the robustness of prototypes, while minimizing the cost of variants further supports the development of 48V systems. SR machines are ideally suited to this concept of low cost development, while reducing the cost of production components.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. Sputtered Thin Films for Very High Power, Efficient, and Low-Cost Commercial SOFCs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2019

The Cornell team found that analyzing the captured images from a bird’s-eye view rather than the more traditional frontal view more than tripled their accuracy, making stereo camera a viable and low-cost alternative to LiDAR. Proposed two-step pipeline for image-based 3D object detection.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2016

A range of aftertreatment technology options are available to automakers seeking to achieve compliance with the impending EU Real Driving Emissions (RDE) regulations, according to the results of a Ricardo research project presented recently at the SIA Powertrain international conference and exhibition in Rouen, France. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

These projects will work to develop digital twin technology to reduce O&M costs in the next generation of nuclear power plants. Advanced nuclear reactors have the potential to provide reliable and low-cost clean power to millions of American homes. SSR-W is a low overnight-capital plant design, targeting a e build cost.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 16, 2023

The Mori3 is geared towards difficult-to-reach environments where the task isn’t always known ahead of time, such as outer space. With innovation, safety, and efficiency in mind, Torc Robotics has engineered autonomous vehicles that are revolutionizing our present and future. Thanks, Zhifeng!

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Paper ] We present FLEX-SDK: an open-source software development kit that allows creating a social robot from two simple tablet screens. Paper ] D'Manus is a 10 DoF, low-cost, reliable prehensile hand. Paper ] D'Manus is a 10 DoF, low-cost, reliable prehensile hand. TRI ] Thanks, Lukas!

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

The geological structure of the sediment-filled deep basin underlying the claims is a rich environment, according to the company; analysis of geological, geophysical and drill log data shows evidence of potential lithium-bearing aquifers. The company plans to test several potential lithium-bearing aquifers on the Property.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Inbiodroid is a startup "dedicated to the development of fully immersive telepresence technologies that create a deeper connection between people and their environment." Self-driving bikes present some special challenges, as this excellent video graphically demonstrates. CLEAR Lab ] Thanks, Zejun! VUB ] Thanks, Bram!

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

Together, the two companies will jointly develop plans to present the LanzaTech biotechnology to Harsco’s major steel mill customers and explore potential business relationships for installing and operating commercial facilities at selected sites throughout the world. The alliance agreement, signed 16 Aug.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Businesses may need to navigate complex regulatory environments, export controls, and trade policies that could affect their relationships with Chinese semiconductor suppliers. is china producing low cost semiconductoR ? Yes, China has been a significant player in the production of low-cost semiconductors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2014

Enhanced range of high voltage connection systems to meet the robust requirements of commercial vehicles: Delphi will show a new range of high voltage connectors and accessories that has been developed to handle high vibrations in harsh environments. Delphi presented its first generation Tech Truck at IAA in 2012.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It's less of a dig and more of an acknowledgement that getting mobile manipulators to usefully operate in semi-structured environments has been, and continues to be, a huge challenge. It might be effective when constrained to a research environment, but fundamentally, "platform" typically means "getting it to do (commercially?)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Professor John Goodenough, the inventor of the lithium-ion battery, and his team at the University of Texas at Austin have identified a new cathode material made of the nontoxic and inexpensive mineral eldfellite (NaFe(SO 4 ) 2 ), presenting a significant advancement in the quest for a commercially viable sodium-ion battery.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Schematic presentation of (a) a proton-exchange membrane (PEMFC) and (b) an alkaline membrane fuel cell (AMFC), both fueled either with hydrogen or directly with methanol (DMFC mode). An alternative is the alkaline environment of the AEMFC. Center for Transportation and the Environment. Gas Technology Institute.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Part of the evidence submitted to the EU Commission is a study— A Review of Battery Technologies for Automotive Applications —which found that there are at present no alternatives, either technically or economically, to lead-based batteries for the SLI (Starting – Lighting – Ignition) function in vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2015

HER in an acidic environment generally requires lower overpotentials than those in a basic environment. In the present paper, DFT calculations show that Cu-Ti bimetallic materials have similar HBE values as Pt, and therefore are promising non-precious metal HER electrocatalysts.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

At the tank.tech 2009 congress in Bad Gögging, Germany, Delphi’s Dr. Andrzej Kalina, engineering manager, evaporative emission control products, is presenting a technical paper co-authored by Jan Jasinski, group engineering leader, evaporative emission control products and titled, “Evaporative Emissions Control Strategies for Hybrid Powertrains.”.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2013

This Priority Area is targeted at applied research that will accelerate the development of promising algal strains and cultivation techniques that will result in increased algal biomass productivity in outdoor cultivation environments relevant to commercial scales.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

Delphi presented the work in a technical paper “Development of High-Pressure Common Rail Systems Incorporating Advanced Electronic Control Strategies for Future Heavy-Duty Vehicles,” at the 33 rd Vienna Motor Symposium last week. Currently in production, the system operates at 1600 bar.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

He devised a way to use low-cost components and energy-saving techniques to distribute Google’s programs across thousands of servers, instead of the traditional method of relying on a few powerful, expensive machines. he helped develop the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) , the first U.S. air defense system.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2012

and the remainder (30 to 40%) from burning fossil fuels, such as coal, to heat the kiln reactors to ~900°C.Here we show a new thermal chemistry, based on anomalies in oxide solubilites, to generate CaO, without CO2 emission, in a high throughput, cost effective, environment conducive to the formation of cement. The CO is produced.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. Film capacitors present an option for use as high voltage bus capacitors. Solar Technologies. Wind Technologies. Office of Nuclear Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2016

From an environmental and cost advantage, the Ballard report also concluded: Zenyatta graphite provides a clean carbon option for fuel cell components (i.e. If Zenyatta’s hydrothermal graphite can also be low cost compared to existing synthetic graphite, it will facilitate fuel cell cost reduction and market penetration.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Nail Down Interfaces Describe in detail all system and subsystem interfaces, be they physical (hardware) or nonphysical (such as software or indirect couplings between a system and its local environment). Does it really satisfy present-day business needs? But do you and your team members thoroughly understand and apply it?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

For future scenarios where vehicle technology costs were sufficiently competitive to advantage either hydrogen or electric vehicles, the increased availability of low-cost, low-CO 2 electricity/hydrogen provided more cost-effective CO 2 mitigation opportunities in the heat and power energy sectors than in transportation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Usually, the efficiency of present systems is largely limited by the active components used. The transistors will be built up on cost-efficient silicon substrates and therefore become extraordinarily attractive from an economic point of view.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2011

The resulting report reflects the major points of discussion, and presents a range of possible next steps for the consideration of policy makers and other interested individuals and entities. low cost is only achieved in large-volume, highly automated factories. With the release, MITEI cautioned that the report is not a study.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2010

The two leading technologies for NO x reduction in the oxygen-rich environment are ammonia selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and a lean NO x trap (LNT). However, they suffer from issues such as high cost and poor thermal durability. These perovskite catalysts are prone to deactivation by sulfur, a contaminant present in fuel.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

The company has been working with PNNL for nearly two years to demonstrate low-cost production of renewable natural gas from this feedstock. Hydrothermal Gasification of Biomass (Elliott presentation, 2006). Non-crop land can be used, so the process doesn’t compete with food production. doi: 10.1002/bbb.74. Part A, pp 563-566.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

Based on the work of the multidisciplinary team, with advice from a board of 18 leaders from industry, government and environmental groups, the report examined the future of natural gas through 2050 from the perspectives of technology, economics, politics, national security and the environment. It is clean and flexible.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

And it’s difficult to judge how well the actuators will perform just on these slides and the presentation, especially for dynamic motions. The following quote comes from Milan Kovac, who was on the autonomy team during the presentation. Most of those components ported quite easily over to the bot’s environment.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2009

Furthermore, these NPMCs may also present opportunities for ORR in direct alcohol, formic acid, and alkaline fuel cells. Markovic of Argonne National Laboratory note that: Little is currently known about the stability of novel non-precious metal oxygen reduction catalysts and their ability to survive in hostile electrochemical environments.

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