Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Wrightspeed, the leading manufacturer of range-extended electric vehicle (REV) powertrains for heavy-duty applications, and The Ratto Group, a Santa Rosa, California-based refuse, yard waste and recycling collection and processing company, unveiled the first commercial application of a range-extended electric refuse truck.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 16, 2011
The project, coordinated by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), will start in early 2012. The BioBoost project concentrates on dry and wet residual biomass and wastes as feedstock for de-centralized conversion by fast pyrolysis, catalytic pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization to the intermediate energy carriers oil, coal or slurry.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 9, 2014
The Certificate of Conformity allows engine conversions to proceed in 49 States and covers 166 Mack E7 engine/model/power variations; the Mack E7 is a popular engine for waste collection companies. Furthermore, we look forward to finalizing the development of the Detroit Diesel Series 60 and Caterpillar C15 engine conversion kits.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 14, 2013
The truck also includes a Rankine cycle waste heat recovery system; electronic controls that use route information to optimize fuel use; tires with lower rolling resistance; and lighter-weight material throughout. Parasitic power reductions addressed cylinder kit friction and cooling pump power. Source: Cummins. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2015
liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. —Derek Rotz, principal investigator for SuperTruck, Daimler Trucks North America.
Green Car Congress
JULY 21, 2013
We also produce a huge amount of waste and we are looking at schemes that convert biomass into hydrogen. So as well as producing a clean fuel we would be reducing the amount of waste we put into landfill. —Kit Malthouse, London Deputy Mayor for Business and Enterprise and Chairman of the London Hydrogen Partnership.
Cars That Think
JUNE 4, 2022
The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976. At nearly the same time the Apple I became available, also in kit form. No biological organism can live in its own waste products,” Kay said. “If Alvy Ray Smith. “No
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