Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2009

miles per gallon in an off-the-showroom floor, non-modified 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid, nearly doubling its EPA rating. Not only does this demonstrate the Fusion Hybrid’s fuel efficiency, it also shows that driving technique is one of the keys to maximizing its potential.” The Fusion Hybrid 1,000-Mile Challenge started on 25 April.

Fusion

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2013

Ford Fusion is the first global vehicle program from any automaker to use seat fabric made from recycled material, with the potential to recycle enough plastic bottles and post-industrial waste to make 1.5 In North America, 100% of the seat fabric in Fusion Hybrid contains recycled material. million yards of fabric annually.

Fusion

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

SimplexGrinnell, a Tyco International Company and provider of fire and life safety systems and services, recently ordered 200 Ford Fusion Hybrids as part of a company-wide effort to replace 25% of its sales fleet with hybrid vehicles. SimplexGrinnell’s fleet management company. It began on 22 April 2010 and runs through 1 July 2010.

Fusion

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

And scientists and engineers have continued to study the sun’s fusion process in hopes of one day using nuclear fusion to generate heat or electricity. Fission waste by-products need to be disposed of safely, and they remain radioactive for thousands of years. Among those interested parties is NASA. percent efficiency.

Fusion

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Interest in fusion energy is surging today in response to the world’s desperate need for abundant clean power. However, the standard deuterium-tritium (D-T) reaction at the core of conventional fusion reactors conceals big, long-term problems. They also produce little or no radioactive waste.

Fusion

Innovation News Network

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Institute for Fusion Energy and Nuclear Waste Management outlines Germany’s recent increase in funding for fusion research. The post Germany boosts investment in fusion research to enhance collaboration appeared first on Innovation News Network.

Fusion

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2015

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will award $60 million in funding to 23 new projects aimed at creating highly efficient and scalable dry-cooling technologies for thermoelectric power plants and developing prototype technologies to explore new pathways for fusion power. Colorado State University.

Fusion

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016.

2016

CN EV Post

MAY 21, 2023

What a waste of money fusion energy has always been 20 years away.

Fusion

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Ford’s Hermosillo Stamping and Assembly Plant in Mexico produces the Ford Fusion, Fusion Hybrid and Lincoln MKZ. By eliminating the coolant/water mixture, dry-machining eliminates the need to treat and dispose of an oily waste stream. Between 2000 and 2010, Ford reduced its global water use by 62%, or 10.5 Reducing water use.

Water

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2010

Lear also has developed new automotive fabrics—Lear ECO Fabrics—made from 100% recycled plastic bottles and polyester yarn that reduce landfill waste and conserve energy and natural resources. This multi-layer advanced seat comfort system is currently on the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. The Evolution Seat. Lear ECO Padding. Mandy Sarotte.

2002

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

Waste

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It seemed to me that recent improvements in reactor designs gave nuclear plants even more potential to deeply decarbonize societies at reasonable cost, while operating safely and dealing with nuclear waste in a responsible way. He believed machine learning could improve plasma performance for fusion.

Fusion

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

This application alone reduces petroleum usage by some 20,000 pounds per year, reduces CO 2 emissions by 30,000 pounds per year, and represents a sustainable usage for wheat straw, the waste byproduct of wheat. Ontario, for example, has some 30 million metric tons of available wheat straw waste at any given time. Duratec engine.

2010

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

4140 parts printed on the Production System platform not only eliminate the use of tooling and minimize material waste, but also represent a significant decrease in production time and part cost compared to conventional manufacturing methods. Sample applications include: Power Steering Joint.

Parts

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The process offers advantages such as reduced material waste, lower energy intensity, reduced time to market and just-in-time production. This project will analyze detailed data gathered during a powder bed fusion process to both control the manufacturing and predict the final properties of the manufactured parts.

Manufacturer

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

420 million for fusion energy sciences, $48 million below the FY 2015 Enacted level, to understand the behavior of matter at high temperatures and densities and to develop fusion as a future energy source, including funding for the U.S. contribution to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project.

Sustainable Transportation

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

The new concept was developed by MIT Energy Initiative and Plasma Fusion and Science Center research scientist Daniel Cohn and principal research engineer Leslie Bromberg. If run on pure methanol or ethanol derived from renewable sources such as agricultural waste or municipal trash, the net greenhouse gas emissions could even be zero.

MIT

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Ford Fusion Sport V6. Twin-scroll turbocharger designs have two exhaust gas inlets divided by split walls inside the turbine housing, with both gas passages controlled by a waste-gate. The waste-gate for the turbocharger uses a motor-driven electrical controller instead of being mechanically controlled. and Competition.

Hyundai

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Currently, greater amounts of aluminum must be produced than are needed because of manufacturing waste and scrap inefficiencies that increase energy consumption and lead to higher costs to end consumers.

Manufacturer

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

Fusion Petroleum Technologies , The Woodlands, Texas. Fusion Petroleum Technologies intends to develop seismic data software to complement existing software. DOE share: $1,692,269; recipient share: $471,801; duration: 36 months). DOE share: $1,111,920; recipient share: $277,979; duration: 27 months).

CO2

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2018

Dow Chemical Company will partner with SNL to reduce the thermal conductivity of insulating foam polyurethane products while using less polymer in its products in a project titled “Predictive Modeling of Polyurethane Foam Processes to Optimize Thermal Performance and Reduce Waste”.

Manufacturer

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2019

Heat exchangers are critical to efficient thermal energy use in a variety of applications, including electricity generation, nuclear reactors, transportation, petrochemical plants, waste heat recovery, and many more. The waste heat from the device can be harvested for residential heating.

Low Cost

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2014

Evaluating quantum dots as thermoelectric materials: Thermoelectric devices can convert waste heat from car engines, power plants, and other sources directly into electricity. Their findings will provide new insights into the politics of energy policy in the United States.

MIT

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

Waste heat recovery to shaft power or electricity production. Vehicle sensor fusion & processes for safety critical on-board software development. Key focus areas are: Integration of combustion engines and electric machines to reduce cost and increase utility. Fuel injection and variable valve & actuation systems.

Industry

Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2009

This weekend, the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is being put to the ultimate fuel-efficiency test. Already rated as the most fuel-efficient, mid-sized sedan in America, the Fusion Hybrid will need to average at least 57 mpg to achieve its goal. The 1,000-Mile Challenge starts at around 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, from Mount Vernon, Va.,

Fusion

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks. The team anticipates at least a twofold productivity improvement over current levels and a cost that can be competitive with gasoline. ACENT Laboratories).

Carbon

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

EcoLon post-consumer nylon carpeting is used as cylinder head covers in Ford Escape, Fusion, Mustang and F-150. According to the United Nations Environment Program, 5 billion metric tons of agricultural biomass waste is produced annually. Recycled post-consumer tires are used in seals and gaskets.

Ford

Plugs and Cars

APRIL 5, 2008

Imagine for a moment that the world had rejected wind and solar energy, and instead decided to wait for a hydrogen fusion research program to reach fruition. Fortunately for the world, wind and solar are growing rapidly, while hydrogen fusion research remains speculative at best. Where would we be today?

Hydrogen

Cars That Think

MARCH 25, 2024

To get around the wastefulness of continuous inkjets, others worked on developing drop-on-demand inkjet printers, where each orifice on the printhead emits one drop of ink at a time, avoiding the waste of a continual flow of drops. An HP Jet Fusion 5200 printed this lipstick holder [bottom].

Personal

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The team will develop a series of novel refractory complex concentrated alloys (RCCA) and their processing parameters for both laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing and advanced powder metallurgy manufacturing, as well as intermediate layer materials optimized for coating solutions.

West Virginia

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

In addition, Daimler showed how environment data from radar and camera sensors are merged by sensor fusion to form an environment model. The recommendations can help the driver approach the intersection smoothly, safely and without wasting fuel, and preferably without stopping.

Vehicles

EV Info

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

There are of course problems with nuclear power, the radioactive toxic waste which is only any use for nuclear weapons, which in itself makes it undesirable, but if stored is prone to leak. First we need to stop wasting funds in vanity projects like HS2 that should be killed now. Point 6: Jet Zero and Green Ships.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Reply ↓ ↑ report 14 Mikey G 3:10PM (4/23/2009) If Chrysler, Tesla, Fisker and the rest of these companies would stop wasting time developing 2 seater electric sports cars and start building the hybrids that people need for kids, groceries and everyday life for everyday people they would be much better off.

Dodge Circuit

Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 14, 2024

This is a guest post by Asha Anna Chris (email id: cadillac.marketing2024@gmail.com ) The fusion of cutting-edge technology with the timeless allure of luxury cars has ushered in a new era of driving experience. By leveraging AI, automotive companies can streamline their supply chains, reducing waste and ensuring timely delivery of parts.

Manufacturer

Cars That Think

JUNE 29, 2023

But here, and in an even more anonymous office park nearby, startup Zap Energy is trialing a prototype reactor that is already producing high-energy neutrons from nuclear fusion—if not yet enough to send power back into the grid. Zap isn’t the only fusion company fishing in aviation’s talent pool.

Fusion

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Install a Mr. Fusion on the back of the cars and everyone starts driving reeeeeal slow and careful. Nuclear waste is a problem much harder to solve than CO2, and dams have quite an impact in the environment. Neutral STINK @ Apr 19th 2009 6:48PM Screw this! Saving lives through nuclear power. :p

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