Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2012

The spokes and other founder members are the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is one of three partners supporting the BP Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), a 10 year, $500-million program supporting BP’s Biofuels business.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

The University of Houston (UH) will develop a battery using a novel water-based, lithium-ion chemistry that makes use of sustainable, low-cost, high-energy, organic materials. Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will develop a new water-based metal hydride-air battery. Water-Based Flow Battery for EVs. Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

During pretreatment, acid, water, and heat work to remove non-cellulosic biomass from plant material. In total, the simulation tracked nine cellulose fibers, 468 lignin molecules, and 54 enzyme molecules in a rectangular water box. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Story by Michael Coates; photos from the manufacturers. Rivian also announced that the company has received approval from the federal government to begin construction of vehicles for consumer delivery and celebrated the first consumer vehicle coming off of the Normal, Illinois, assembly line. EPA with a 520-mile range.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

You need large auxiliary systems to remove the carbon dioxide and water, and it’s very hard to do this.” Because these “solid oxygen” cathodes are much lighter than conventional lithium-ion battery cathodes, the new design could store as much as double the amount of energy for a given cathode weight, the team says.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Monique closes her EV’s fueling port and heads onto the highway with enough stored energy to drive 640 kilometers (400 miles). There is only so much salt you can dissolve in a glass of water. Importantly, the nanofluids are engineered to remain suspended indefinitely, unlike other suspensions—for instance, sand in water.

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