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Dearman-led consortium awarded $3.1M to develop waste-heat-recovery system using liquid air engine

Green Car Congress

The Dearman project is to deliver a production-feasible waste-heat recovery system for urban commercial vehicles, which offers life-cycle CO 2 savings of up to 40%; fuel savings of 25%, with the potential of up to almost 50%; and potential payback in less than three years. million) of which has come from the Technology Strategy Board grant.

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Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

Green Car Congress

Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell models ( earlier post ) are joining the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LNHE) project. Two hydrogen fuel stations are already open in London—one of which has public access—with a third to come as part of the LHNE project. The ix35 Fuel Cell. Click to enlarge.

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UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

Green Car Congress

The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment. Jaguar Land Rover (lead company), Ford Motor Company, IAV (UK), CPT, BP, University of Nottingham, Imperial College London. Plug-in Car Grant.

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Liquid Air Energy Network forms in UK; focus on transportation and energy storage

Green Car Congress

A new new forum for the advocacy and development of liquid air as an alternative technology to harness waste and surplus energy within power and transport—the Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN)—has formed in the UK. The main potential applications are in electricity storage, transport and the recovery of waste heat.

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Will an EV-Filled World Pass The Sulfuric Acid Test?

Cars That Think

Those heavy metals are key elements in lithium-ion batteries, electric motors, and other technologies crucial for the renewable transition. A lot of people, they take sulfur for granted.” Jean-Michel Lavoie, University of Sherbrooke In swept the fossil fuel industry’s waste to save the day. Sulfur has other roles, too.

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Peugeot E-Expert walk around and first drive

Drive Electric

Buying a vehicle like this outright can be very expensive even with the up to £8,000 pounds government grant applied. Lease vs buy.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Exclusive rights are granted to Harman Becker to manufacture the latest technology solutions for the worldwide vehicle OEM market. When a car is operating on the electric motor only, throttle and speed dependent synthesised sound projects an engine sound in front of the vehicle. We always seem to hear that one coming from a mile away.

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