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JUNE 22, 2021

Rio Tinto will deploy the world’s first fully autonomous water trucks at its $2.6-billion The new vehicles, primarily used for dust suppression on site, will enhance productivity by enabling mine operations to track water consumption digitally and reduce waste.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

The pilot plant was designed and tested by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Research Centre of the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW). Biogas facilities produce renewable gas mainly by fermenting biological waste. The technology can also be applied to power-to-gas systems.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 14, 2024

Ford engineers in Cologne started researching the possibilities of using food waste to create auto part prototypes. They found that pruning olive trees created 7 million tons of waste every year and thought it would be an excellent material for their experiment. One major benefit is that these fibers are usually waste.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

In Italy, Eni and Hera signed a partnership agreement with the aim of converting used vegetable oil into renewable diesel for Hera’s waste collection vehicles. The agreement revolves around household waste vegetable oil, such as that used for frying, collected by Hera in around 400 roadside containers and about 120 collection centres.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A team of researchers from the Critical Materials Institute (CMI), a US Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, developed a novel way to extract rare earth elements from the high-powered magnets in electronic waste ( earlier post ). This copper can be recovered, or it can be reused in other operations.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

to convert organic waste to produce green hydrogen at a site in Richmond, California. The Raven SR Steam/CO 2 Reformation process also presents a valid alternative to electrolysis converting waste rather than precious and limited water resources for green hydrogen production.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Two sites, Böllinger Höfe and Brussels, are already producing all-electric vehicles. In 2029, all production sites will be producing at least one all-electric vehicle model. To achieve this, Audi plans to reduce the complexity of its vehicles where it does not benefit the customer. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

With the goal of boosting the circular economy, energy efficiency and emissions reduction, SEAT is currently working on the Life Methamorphosis project to obtain biomethane from previously selected waste and animal slurry from a farm in Lleida.

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MAY 18, 2019

Since 2010, SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, has improved its production-related environmental footprint by 34% on average with measures to emit less CO 2 and fewer volatile organic compounds, generate less waste and consume less water and energy. less waste. less waste. and 30.9%, respectively. and generated 34.2%

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Nueces County community has voiced environmental concerns about Tesla’s lithium refining facility, particularly concerning its water supply. Tesla Giga Berlin also sparked water supply concerns from nearby communities in Grunheide. . Water Supply Concerns. Nueces vs. Giga Berlin Water Supply Concerns.

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. If Ford meets the 30% goal, the amount of water used to make a vehicle will have dropped from 9.5 Reducing water use. m 3 (925 gallons US) in 2015.

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JUNE 3, 2022

a Sumitomo Corporation Group company, jointly demonstrated a new waste heat recovery system based on a thermoelectric generator (TEG), which generates electrical power via exhaust gas heat. km) via further optimization of the vehicle installation of the TEG unit. g/km) by optimizing the vehicle installation of TEG unit.

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MAY 27, 2022

Rice University chemists working with researchers at the Ford Motor Company are turning plastic parts from end-of-life vehicles into graphene via the university’s flash Joule heating process ( earlier post ). The lab has since adapted the process to convert plastic waste into graphene and to extract precious metals from electronic waste.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $11 million in funding for 7 projects in the fourth and fifth cohorts of the agency’s OPEN+ program: Energy-Water Technologies and Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. Rather than plugging in the vehicle as you would for a battery-electric car, hydrogen fuel cells rely on compressed hydrogen.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

a waste-to-fuels company, closed a $20-million strategic investment from Chevron USA, ITOCHU, Hyzon Motors and Ascent Hydrogen Fund. Raven SR plans to build modular waste-to-green hydrogen production units and renewable synthetic fuel facilities initially in California and then worldwide. Raven SR Inc., Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 3, 2010

Singapore’s largest waste management company, Sembcorp, is starting a one-year field trial to assess market acceptance, cost-effectiveness and customer satisfaction of the Mercedes-Benz Econic waste collection truck with Natural Gas Technology. This marks the entry of the natural gas truck into the Asia market.

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MAY 3, 2023

The facility is Toyota’s largest port operation handling import/exports for North America and processes about 200,000 vehicles per year. tons of renewable hydrogen per day which will fuel Toyota Mirai vehicles. Its customers are in the municipal solid waste, municipal wastewater, agriculture, and food processing industries.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. The company is investing €400 million in a new vehicle assembly at the main plant in Munich. By the end of 2022, each of our German plants will be producing at least one fully electric vehicle.

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APRIL 15, 2022

Just a few weeks since it was formally opened, Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin was faced with its first potential crisis: a water-polluting liquid leak. The substance was fully caught and gathered in a collection tank at Giga Berlin, and it was later pumped out by an approved waste disposal company. “No

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AUGUST 22, 2019

A closed thermal integration enables reuse of fuel cell waste heat for fuel evaporation thereby increasing efficiency. Methanol reforming converts a mix of methanol and water into a hydrogen-rich gas. Waste heat can be utilized for cabin/battery heating and fuel tank can be placed where chassis design allows it.

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MARCH 18, 2016

The four-year projet ORCNext , aimed at developing knowledge and design tools for next generation of Organic Rankine Cycles (ORCs), has concluded that waste heat recovery efficiency can be increased by 20 to 25% through appropriate cycle selection, efficient expanders, appropriate control and less oversizing of the heat exchangers.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Veolia says it intends to expand the trial to a real-world pilot program using Westminster Council waste collection vehicles. The company also says it plans to electrify its entire fleet of 1,800 refuse collection vehicles in the UK by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2019

From 2010 to the end of 2019, the environmental impact per produced vehicle is expected to drop by more than 37%. Five criteria flow into the assessment of environmental impact per vehicle: CO 2 emissions, Energy use. Generated waste. In the past two years alone, CO 2 emissions per vehicle were reduced by more than 10%.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2020

H2One’s lineup includes green hydrogen station H2One Station Unit for fuel cell vehicles, as well as the H2One Multi Station with a combination unit that provides electricity, hot water to buildings and for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2016

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have analyzed the water consumption for transportation fuels in the United States using an extended lifecycle system boundary that includes the water embedded in intermediate processing steps. Increases in population, energy and food demand now strain previously abundant sources of water.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base. The research showed that essentially any biocrude, regardless of wet-waste sources, could be used in the process and the catalyst remained robust during the entire run.

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APRIL 13, 2022

Cobalt is an important metal in the production of EV batteries, and the cobalt processed from Australia will be used in GM’s Ultium battery cathodes, which will power electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV, GMC HUMMER EV and Cadillac LYRIQ. The ore is then mixed with water to form a slurry for processing in the HPAL circuit.

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APRIL 23, 2014

million) in the latest round of IDP10 funding from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board to support the development of a heat-recovery system for urban commercial vehicles. Ambient or low grade waste heat is used as an energy source with the cryogen providing both the working fluid and heat sink. million (US$3.12 Earlier post. ).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At the 17 th Supercharging conference this week in Dresden, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will launch what it says is the first water-cooled electric supercharger developed for “quasi-continuous” boosting of commercial diesel engines, including those developed for off highway applications. tonnes gross vehicle weight.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The new Ford EcoBlue diesel engine production line at Dagenham Engine Plant will reduce water and energy consumption by more than 50%. Water usage per engine will be among the lowest at any Ford manufacturing facility worldwide, delivering an anticipated annual saving of 17.5 The all-new 2.0-liter

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APRIL 14, 2016

General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. Given its drive to zero waste, all of GM’s global facilities recycle their water bottles. Given its drive to zero waste, all of GM’s global facilities recycle their water bottles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

MAHLE is developing a modular fuel cell systems portfolio focused on commercial vehicles, based on its current range of components. This is helping to reduce technological barriers and improve the suitability of vehicles with fuel cell drives for the mass market. New opportunities are opening up for heavy-duty commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2018

The goal, set in 2010, aimed to reduce the company’s global carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30% per vehicle produced by 2025. metric tons from 2010 to 2017—equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions from more than 728,000 passenger vehicles driven for one year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2012

Borla will combine this with its diesel exhaust technology to create a low-cost, novel system that doubles as a device to extract potable water from diesel and other internal combustion exhaust. For the recovery of previously wasted energy from relatively low temperature (. industrial process streams, and solid oxide fuel cells.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Extended road testing of the vehicle is underway in Asia and represents a significant step towards the commercialization of e1’s onboard hydrogen generation technology. The M-Series units are methanol reformers that use water plus methanol to make hydrogen. Source: e1. —Dave Edlund, e1 CEO.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The Lanzador is a preview of the production vehicle that Lamborghini will present in 2028. —Rouven Mohr, Lamborghini's Chief Technical Officer Three factors and control systems are crucial to the concept car and future Lamborghini vehicles, the company said: Driving Dynamics Control. Active Aerodynamics.

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