Green Car Congress

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 program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Total DOE award: $15,000,000.

Alternative Fuels 236

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Audi introduced the battery-electric Audi A3 e-tron US pilot program at TED2012 in Long Beach, California. Water flows around the 30 modules which constitute this battery; the waste heat is utilized to heat the vehicle’s interior. The Audi A3 e-tron can be recharged in about nine hours with a 230-volt household socket.

Audi 244

Audi Electric Vehicles Batteries Battery 244

Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2023

We’re also seeing interest for hybrids based on digestive materials. For instance, a farmer could take all his scraps and put them into a digester, make his own fuel and use that to run a hybrid tractor. Case New Holland brought out a methane-powered tractor that [runs on methane] made from farm waste. Garbage trucks.

Standards 73

Standards Market Volt Vehicles 73