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JULY 29, 2019

Phase II awards range from $975,000 to $1,150,000, with a duration of two years. SarTec Corporation is developing a continuous hydrothermal catalytic system to process waste grease into green gasoline, jet, and diesel fuels that performed near to or better than the analogous petroleum fuels and passed all ASTM fuel specifications.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Projects to be funded include: Ultra Lightweight Gas Turbine Range Extender for Electric Vehicles. Total project cost is £2,206,784, with the TSB providing £1,103,392. The small size, multi-fuel capability and potential low cost of the ULRE could also help speed adoption of electric vehicles.

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JUNE 18, 2013

At the company’s 61 st Automotive Press Briefing in Boxberg, Germany, Bosch senior executives outlined the company’s view on the general future of automotive technology—“ efficient and increasingly electrical ”, and provided a thumbnail of the way they see—and thus are developing products for—sector-specific technology trends.

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

IDTechEx’s latest master electric vehicle report “ Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042 ” finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to more than 74 million by 2030. Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042”.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Gas chromatograph traces of conventional 87 octane gasoline (top) and CoolPlanetBioFuels drop-in gasoline produced from corn cobs. CoolPlanetFuels’s proprietary biofractionator modules can produce a range of high-value hydrocarbon fuel components at low cost. Source: CoolPlanetBioFuels.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

This is far from certain, they acknowledge in a new NextSTEPS whitepaper, as hydrogen faces a range of challenges, from economic to societal, before it can be implemented as a large-scale transportation fuel. —“The Hydrogen Transition”. Hydrogen fueling infrastructure has been a major challenge.

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JANUARY 18, 2014

in electric vehicles (PEVs). As described in multiple DOE reports, the main barriers to widespread PEV commercialization are the cost; performance and life; and abuse tolerance of high? Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Motors for Electric Traction Drives. burn and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)?diluted

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JUNE 9, 2014

Already a commodity chemical, formic acid is a raw material for a variety of products, and is available at low cost in bulk quantities from a variety of suppliers. Although it must be handled safely, unlike more traditional fuels, such as gasoline, formic acid is not flammable in 85% concentration.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. Toyoda positioned EVs for short-distance travel and fuel cell cars for longer ranges.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The DOE Fuel Cell Technologies Office also issued a separate solicitation for work a broader range of hydrogen production technologies. ( More specifically, the portion of the cost goal apportioned to production is. DE-FOA-0000826 ). Hydrogen Hydrogen Production Solar Solar fuels'

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding nearly $55 million for 24 projects to develop and deploy advanced vehicle technologies, supporting the Energy Department’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge to make plug-in electric vehicles as affordable to own and operate as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. 2,215,560.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

INEOS Bio, a subsidiary of INEOS, the world’s third-largest chemicals company, has started a feasibility study for a plant in the UK to convert locally generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon neutral road transport fuel and clean electricity, using the INEOS Bio technology process. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0001055 ) for light-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) fueling infrastructure financing strategies within the context of an early market introduction. Installations of public access dispensing have been sited at existing retail gasoline stations.

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MAY 16, 2012

The model estimates sales of 40 vehicle technologies, including conventional and hybrid ICE, plug-in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, battery-electric vehicles, and a range of hydrogen vehicles. Among the other initial findings of the study are: Low-cost batteries (Bat+) help all vehicles: H2Vs and PEVs as well as BEVs.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

The X Mini 70cc rotary gasoline engine. As the engine does not have poppet valves and the gas is fully expanded before the exhaust stroke starts, the engine also has potential to be quiet. Click to enlarge. The cycle has a theoretical efficiency of 75% using air-standard assumptions and first-law analysis. —Alexander Shkolnik.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2013

DE-FOA-0000821 ) to support research and development efforts for hydrogen delivery technology for fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) refueling. Proposed compressions systems must be oil free or include, and sufficiently demonstrate, the ability to perform gas cleanup which results in hydrogen that is compliant with quality standards.

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JUNE 14, 2010

million gallons US) of carbon-neutral road transport fuel and generate more than 3MW of electricity for export from over 100,000 tonnes per year of biodegradable household and commercial waste. This would provide the biofuel requirement of around 250,000 vehicles per year running on E10 and the electricity needs of 6,000 households.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The UK-based micro-hybrid specialist Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will contribute its TIGERS (turbo-generator integrated gas energy recovery system) technology ( earlier post ) to the recently announced Vehicle Integrated Powertrain Energy Recovery (VIPER) project ( earlier post ). HyBoost also includes our VTES electric supercharger.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

The US Department of Energy will award more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of a range of advanced vehicle technologies. This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium. UChicago Argonne LLC. Zoltek Companies, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) is developing a 48-volt version of its 12 volt electric supercharger based on its variable torque enhancement system known as VTES. At 48 volts, a VTES electric supercharger will transform 7kW of battery power into a highly boosted charge of air for downsized gasoline and diesel engines.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Technical topics for this FOA—which span the range of DOE interests from fossil to nuclear to renewable and low-carbon energies—include two hydrogen- and fuel-cell-related topics: fuel cell-battery electric hybrid trucks and in-line quality control devices for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The first hydrogen TTO is focused on durable, high activity electrocatalyst with low platinum content and low cost for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications. Conventional polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology requires high content of platinum electrocatalyst, which raises manufacturing costs.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Light-duty vehicles (LDVs) in the US may be able to reduce petroleum use by 50% by 2030, and by 80% by 2050; and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80% by 2050, according to the newly published results of a two-year study by a committee convened by the National Research Council. Vehicles operating on electricity. Source: NRC.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

The European Union-funded PowerDriver project—a two-year, €3-million (US$4-million) research project initiated in February 2012 to turn exhaust gas waste heat into electricity using thermoelectric generator (TGEN) technology—has completed simulation work on on a potential automotive application.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The second round was focused specifically on three areas of technology representing new approaches for advanced microbial biofuels (electrofuels); much higher capacity and less expensive batteries for electric vehicles; and carbon capture. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity. The grants will go to projects in 17 states.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Through a competitive process, two committees of faculty and senior staff awarded the grants to Stanford researchers from a broad range of disciplines, including engineering, physics, economics, business, communication and education. Self-Regenerating Fuel Cells Running on Natural Gas. Precourt Institute for Energy grants. PIs: John D.

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Electric Vehicles India

JANUARY 2, 2023

The future of electric vehicles (EVs) looks bright. In recent years, we have seen significant advancements in battery technology, which has led to longer range and faster charging times for EVs. Future of Electric Vehicles 2023.

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APRIL 18, 2018

H2@Scale recognizes and applies hydrogen’s multifaceted utility as a connectivity tool to improve the efficiency and resiliency of the electrical grid and of the transportation sector, and to realize gains in the various industries using or producing hydrogen that can enable cross-sector benefits.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

The areas of interest outlined in the notice of intent (NOI) fall into two broad categories: technologies to advance plug-in electric vehicles; and technologies to improve fuel efficiency, including dual-fuel, fuel properties (e.g., Some specific goals include: Cutting battery costs from their current $500/kWh to $125/kWh.

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APRIL 5, 2011

In Germany, renewable electricity generation will be 35 percent by 2020, and 50 percent by 2050. Why then do we not have the same clarity of goal for the electricity generating industry here in the USA? The same can be said for the electricity companies that generate power in the USA. cents/kWh, with a range from 29.20

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JANUARY 24, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a $35-million funding opportunity (FOA DE-FOA-0001224) ( earlier post ) covering a broad spectrum of its Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) portfolio with topics ranging from research and development (R&D) to demonstration and deployment projects. 2 to 5 awards between $1M and $3M.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Faced with worldwide emissions regulations and rising gas prices, the small engine market is migrating from mechanical carbureted systems to cleaner, more efficient electronic control and electronic fuel injection (EFI). by 2015, are expected to reduce harmful emissions from small gasoline engines by 95%, compared to 1997 levels.

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JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. Electric vehicle coalition.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

A brief moment in EV history passed us by about a decade ago, when the little-known VIA Motors introduced their lineup of VTRUX hybrid-electric vehicles. Each vehicle would use the VIA plug-in powertrain which turned the existing gas engine into a range extender. This sort of topic is the very reason Abandoned History exists.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2015

In their study, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology they found that—compared to gasoline—the GHG savings from miscanthus-based ethanol ranged between 130% and 156% whereas that from switchgrass ranged between 97% and 135%.

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JUNE 14, 2010

For $100 million in one year, we’ll demonstrate how to rapidly reduce use of oil in transportation with safe, warrantied retrofits of tens of millions gas-guzzlers. We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. In the key area of transportation, we submit our Drive Star proposal.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

“Betting on Science – Disruptive Technologies in Transport Fuels” selected 12 innovations in electrification and genetically modified biofuels, as well as existing fuel sources that will have the most immediate impact on emissions and on the gasoline and diesel markets. by 2014) and also examines different global markets. Marine scrubbers.

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