Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

Chevrolet, OnStar and leading national first-responder organizations have launched the first automotive manufacturer-sponsored training program to educate first responders nationwide on electric vehicle technology. in Houston, and at the NENA conference, 5-10 June in Indianapolis. Tags: Brief. in Chicago.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The agreement is part of the Commonwealth’s broad initiative to encourage development and deployment of electric-vehicle technology. and with the City of Houston and Houston-based Reliant Energy. .; and with the City of Houston and Houston-based Reliant Energy. Tags: Brief. Washington D.C.;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

The recovery act grants were awarded to the following organizations: Houston-Galveston Area Council: $9 million for a revolving loan program to clean up trucks at the Port of Houston through replacements and retrofits using SmartWay-verified technologies. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2010

CIRI) and Houston-based. Laurus Energy develops underground coal gasification (UCG) projects in North America using proprietary Ergo Exergy UCG Technology ( earlier post ). Laurus Energy is headquartered in Houston and has offices in Montreal; Edmonton, AB, and Sheridan, WY. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Tags: Brief. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.;

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2010

Using innovative seismic-based technologies developed with funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a Kansas drilling company has discovered an untapped, 10-foot-thick oil zone in a developed Colorado reservoir. —Chandra Nautiyal, Project Manager at DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

More than 2,200 units are already in service, with an additional 850 firm orders in backlog from cities such as New York City, Seattle, Houston, Ottawa and Puerto Rico. Houston Metro is placing an additional order for 80 Orion VII diesel-electric hybrid buses for 2010 delivery. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

The challenge kicked off on Saturday, 27 March with 48 vehicles testing on the Houston, Texas street course. The Prototype entries included 28 vehicles powered by combustion engines, five by fuel cell/hydrogen technology, two by solar power, and two by diesel fuel. Tags: Brief. mpg US (0.538 L/100km). Click to enlarge.

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MAY 21, 2010

Daimler Buses North America (DBNA) unveiled the new-generation diesel Orion VII transit bus, now equipped with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) emissions technology, at the Bus & Paratransit Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

Michigan Technological University (Houghton, Michigan) has been selected for negotiation of an award for a project to develop experimentally validated Diesel Particulate Filter and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) models that support future vehicle On-Board Diagnostics and advanced control systems. Tags: Engines Fuel Cells.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 28, 2022

Artemis , powered by the Space Launch System rocket, is America’s first attempt to send astronauts to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, and technology has taken giant leaps since then. I have a name for missions that use too much new technology—failures.” There are, of course, newer technologies on board. Who hasn’t?”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

The loan, which originated through the Department’s loan guarantee program office, was issued as part of the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program, a $25-billion program authorized by Congress as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. and with Houston-based Reliant Energy. Tenneco, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2010

Boston-Power’s battery technology platform is based on a flat, oval-shaped prismatic cell design with external dimensions equivalent to two conventional 18650 lithium-ion cells. Johnson Space Center, located in Houston, Texas, for possible integration into an advanced space vehicle as part of the Lunar Lander project.

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Boston Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 230

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of Houston have tuned the catalytic activity of dealloyed bimetallic nanoparticles to produce a more reactive form of platinum that could be used to make less expensive, more efficient fuel cells. Tags: Catalysts Fuel Cells.

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JUNE 27, 2010

The Houston, British Columbia demonstration plant will produce approximately 18 million gallons of gasoline, 6 million gallons of distilled water, and will generate its own electric power. (In Tags: Brief. The synthesis gas is then processed through a series of catalytic steps, with the end products being gasoline and distilled water.

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JULY 10, 2010

Unitel Technologies, Inc., a process engineering and design firm ( earlier post ), has filed a patent application for a new technology for making biofuels from microalgae that focuses on the production of fatty acids rather than the extraction of algal oil. Unitel has built up a diversified portfolio technology programs.

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

Houston Chronicle. INRI has performed prototype performance testing in its internal development lab, in the Texas A&M Offshore Technology Research Center’s wave tank, and most recently, in actual ocean trials conducted off the coast of Freeport, TX. Ocean Energy: Global Technology Development Status (IEA, March 2009).

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The technology is able to process diverse carbon-based feedstocks, including sorted municipal solid waste, construction and demolition wood, as well as agricultural and forest residues. Enerkem’s technology can convert one tonne of raw material (dry base) into 360 liters (95 gallons) of cellulosic ethanol. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

The Air Products SMR will feature technology advancements to maximize facility energy efficiency and emission reductions. Additionally, in the US Gulf Coast, Air Products has a second and larger hydrogen pipeline system of more than 300 miles reaching from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

Houston-based Ingrain , a provider of digital rock physics services to oil and gas companies worldwide, is now using a Carl Zeiss SMT AURIGA CrossBeam workstation to improve the analysis of shale rock’s porosity and permeability in order to more accurately predict the shale’s suitability for the commercial extraction of oil or gas.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

and operatorship); BP (26.25%); Eni (26.25%); VIC (15.625%); Opicoil, a Houston-based subsidiary of Taiwan’s CPC (20%); and Universe Gas and Oil (4.375 %). Tags: Brief. This existing infrastructure is expected to allow rapid and efficient development of CBM to production. interest in the contract.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

forklifts) that have emerged as key early markets in which fuel cells can compete with conventional power technologies. A variety of technologies will be developed and deployed, including polymer electrolyte, solid oxide and direct-methanol fuel cells. Sysco of Houston (West Houston, TX).Sysco million (six awards).

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state. Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

Michigan Technological University : Selected for negotiation of an award for a project that will develop experimentally validated diesel particulate filter and selective catalytic reduction models to support on-board diagnostics and advanced control systems.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc. CDTI ) has received a diesel emissions reduction technology development grant under the New Technology Research and Development (NTRD) program from the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) totaling $960,971. Tags: Diesel Emissions Heavy-duty.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

EM-MWD electromagnetic (EM) telemetry system was initially developed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and E-Spectrum Technologies of San Antonio, Texas, under a four-year, cost-shared agreement. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

Gulf Coast Corridor (Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Atlanta). Joint 2006 study by the Center for Clean Air Policy and Center for Neighborhood Technology. Tags: Policy Rail. Pacific Northwest Corridor (Eugene, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver BC). Chicago Hub Network( Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, St.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. “Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. They had the technology in their hands and they destroyed it.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

CalCars PRIUS+/Ron Gremban, Fall 2004 Ron Gremban, CalCars team; initially with EnergyCS technology (not used in redesigned conversion) Marin County, CA info@calcars.org 2. Philippi Family by CalCars and Maker Faire Team, May 2007 (Houston, TX), contact philippi at houston.rr.com Nilar, Inc. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Much of the technology needed is still a distant dream ?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Even so, most next gen EV manufacturers are focused on lithium ion (and to a lesser extent NiMH) as the core technology to power their cars. The new Lithium Ion batteries are expected to last the life of the car (depending on how they are used), are easily recycled and do not contain the heavy metals of previous technologies.

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