Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2012

The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched a new competition for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology to drive down costs by supporting practical experience in the design, construction and operation of commercial scale CCS ( CCS Commercialization Programme ) with £1 billion (US$1.6 billion [US$10.4

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AUGUST 30, 2016

In current commercial practice, the precursor—polyacrylonitrile, or PAN—is chemically modified and optimized to maximize the mechanical properties of the end product. ORNL researchers succeeded in developing a viable high-volume process using commercially-available low-cost textile-grade acrylic fiber precursor materials.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

With no moving parts, the HCS-100 operates at a fraction of the cost of, and is more reliable than, current mechanical compressors. The ability to cost-effectively and reliably compress hydrogen will play an important part in accelerating the adoption of FCEVs and other vehicles such as fuel cell powered trucks and buses.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 13, 2024

We believe the Tesla Semi will deliver a substantial reduction in the cost of cargo transport, while increasing safety and making it really fun to operate. That was back in 2016. In 2021, Musk even talked about Tesla building an electric van with a solar-powered deployable roof. Tesla has talked about it several times.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 27, 2023

They’re still really hard in a research context, which is usually where things have to get easier before anyone starts thinking about commercialization. Based on what we’ve seen of commercial humanoid robots recently, this seems like a huge challenge. First, though, some company history. It is imagining an “iPhone of robots.”

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JUNE 12, 2023

The company is building these shipping container systems, which work like giant batteries that store energy as heat and pressurized air , rather than a chemical reaction (Cheesecake’s name is derived from a nerdy acronym for their technology.) Batteries have a powerful spigot, but that comes at the cost of a small tub.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

UTRC’s modular tank could substantially improve upon the conformability level of existing technologies at a cost of approximately $1,500, considerably less than today’s tanks. UTC, based in Farmington, Connecticut, provides high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2015

Consumer Watchdog has petitioned the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reject a PG&E proposal for a major buildout of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure on grounds that it will raise costs for ratepayers while stifling innovation.( Earlier post.). —Consumer Watchdog petition.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

million to advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for application in commercial power generation plants. The first ( DE-FOA-0001229 ), is to support research projects that will improve the reliability, robustness and endurance of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC), stack, and system technology that is nearing commercial viability.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2021

million to three aerospace consortiums to develop a new “commercial low Earth orbit destination.” Northrop Grumman Keeping It Simple Starlab, from Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin, is a free-flying commercial space station concept. The unit cost is just the cost of fuel. So what might a new station look like?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

As a part of the first cycle of investment, Volkswagen’s “Electrify America” program is earmarked to spend $300 million, with the most focus on the installation of hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at multi-family residences, workplaces, highway rest-stops, commercial and retail sites, and municipal lots and garages.

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MAY 21, 2015

Global Bioenergies, a developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, and Cristal Union, the 4 th largest European beet producer, have formed IBN-One, a joint venture to build and operate the first plant in France converting renewable resources into isobutene.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. Alder Fuel’s approach to scaling SAF integrates commercial fast pyrolysis technology into existing refinery infrastructure. Comstock Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

Over the past three years, GM and Honda have been collaborating on next-generation fuel cell and hydrogen storage systems, aiming at commercialization in the 2020 time frame. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) —Mark Reuss, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain“.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2018

The paper is a characterization study of commercial prototype carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes consisting of sub–1.27-nm-diameter The difficulty and high cost of making CNT membranes has confined them to university laboratories and has been frequently cited as the limiting factor in their widespread use.

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MAY 19, 2009

The resulting new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016 (39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for trucks), or approximately 250 grams CO 2 /mile. The proposal under consideration would also include a harmonized CAFE standard for MY 2016.

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APRIL 27, 2016

Moriya also noted that Honda is focusing on continuous cost reduction and quality control to further widespread commercialization of the fuel cell vehicle technology. Cost, productivity, efficiency and fuel economy now offer the highest focus for technology investment, he said. Intelligent Energy.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Also at IAA, MAN gave a preview of the CNG technology in trucks with a TGM distributor chassis; the CNG trucks are due in the market in 2016. The hybrid concept in the TGX is designed to optimize the TCO (total cost of ownership). MAN has an established line of CNG-powered buses.). TGX Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Commercial active systems control dynamics through a counteracting force from an actuator, for example, hydraulics and voice coil. Cost, parasitic weight, and narrow-band effect on vibration and shock have limited their widespread adoption. Joints, for example, use antagonistic muscle contractions to vary joint stiffness continuously.

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JUNE 1, 2018

Launched in 2016, CESMII focuses on bringing innovative smart manufacturing solutions to the marketplace to increase energy productivity, economic performance, and workforce capacity. manufacturing competitiveness, sustainability, and innovation. Penn State University. University of Louisville.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2016

An improved titanium alloy—stronger than any commercial titanium alloy currently on the market—gets its strength from the novel way atoms are arranged to form a special nanostructure. b) Comparison of tensile strength and strain to failure (elongation) of Ti-185 alloy with other commercially available Titanium alloys.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 8, 2024

In 2016, Musk released ‘ Tesla Secret Master Plan Part 2 ‘. Tesla did build the solar roof, but it hasn’t been the success it thought it would be—at least for now. We believe the Tesla Semi will deliver a substantial reduction in the cost of cargo transport, while increasing safety and making it really fun to operate.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Specifically, EEI provided information on the total cost of ownership for electric trucks, and some applications may see attractive long-term cost.” Specifically, EEI provided information on the total cost of ownership for electric trucks, and some applications may see attractive long-term cost.”

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MARCH 15, 2017

On 25 October 2016, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California approved a proposed 2.0-liter Access initiatives like ride‐and‐ drive events, and an additional approximately ~$16 million spent on the operational costs of running Electrify America (e.g., liter Consent Decree. Background.

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DECEMBER 20, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will issue , on behalf of the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), a FY 2016 Vehicle Technologies Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement, with an estimated $56 million of total program funding, in the January 2016 timeframe.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2015

The pickup will feature a double cab and will be targeted both at personal-use and commercial customers. Nissan is the world’s second-biggest 1-ton pickup truck maker and has been building and selling 1-ton pickups for more than 80 years. Production of Renault’s 1-ton truck will begin in 2016 at Nissan’s plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Loan guarantees can be an important tool to commercialize innovative technologies because these projects may be unable to obtain full commercial financing due to the perceived risks associated with technology that has never been deployed at commercial scale in the United States. The solicitation can provide up to $4.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Another of the five goals is for the Department of the Navy to reduce petroleum use in its 50,000 strong commercial fleet by half by 2015. The lifetime energy cost of a building or a system, and the fully burdened cost of fuel in powering those, will be a mandatory evaluation factor used when awarding contracts.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

At the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover in 2016, Mercedes-Benz displayed its concept for a heavy-duty electric distribution truck for urban areas: the Urban eTruck ( earlier post ). The scope ranges from groceries to building supplies and raw materials. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Accordingly, ARB is coordinating the goals of the ACC’s component regulations programs to lay the foundation for the commercialization and support of these vehicles. The standard targets a reduction of about 36% for cars and about 32% for trucks from MY 2016 through MY 2025. As the technology. of new sales by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The US Department of Energy has announced the 2016 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Topics, covering eight DOE research program organizations. Electric drive vehicle batteries. SiC MOSFETs for electric drive vehicle power electronics.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

The conversion process builds upon the solar thermal electro-chemical process (STEP) introduced by GWU Professor Stuart Licht and his colleagues in 2009. In lithium-ion batteries, the nanotubes replace the carbon anode used in commercial batteries. Earlier post.) times above that of sodium-ion batteries with graphite electrodes.

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APRIL 8, 2014

DOE will continue to focus on significantly increasing the amount of cost-competitive electric power from renewable resources across the nation by further accelerating the development and commercialization of these technologies. watt commercial, and $3.10/watt watt utility, $2.37/watt watt residential scale.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

The mechanical complexity and high cost of most lidar sensors—which not long ago would have added tens of thousands of dollars to the price of each vehicle—no doubt helped shaped Musk’s views. We and others at our company, Analog Photonics , which spun out of MIT in 2016, hope to break this impasse.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2012

The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), California’s non-profit grid operator, released its new five-year (2012-2016) strategic plan. In order to facilitate timely integration of these resources, the ISO welcomes independent transmission developers in helping build it, consistent with federal policy.

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JULY 30, 2023

Like many universities of the day, it did not concern itself with intellectual property, believing such matters to be confined to the commercial world. No one at Asahi Chemical knew how to build production batteries at commercial scale, nor did the company own the coating or winding equipment needed to manufacture batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

At full build out, Pasha will be the world’s first marine terminal able to generate all of its energy needs from renewable sources. The total cost of the project is $26.6 Data collection and analysis to track energy efficiency improvements and cost savings will take place over the subsequent two years.

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