Remove 2017 Remove Netherlands Remove Parts Remove Universal
article thumbnail

Maersk invests in Vertoro to develop green lignin marine fuels

Green Car Congress

Vertoro is a spin-off from a public-private partnership between Brightlands Chemelot Campus, DSM, Chemelot InSciTe, University of Maastricht (UM) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). Furthermore, these investments are part of the A.P. Lignin fuels have a promising potential when it comes to decarbonizing shipping.

Mariner 243
article thumbnail

Mærsk, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, BMW Group and others partner to explore blend of lignin and ethanol for sustainable shipping fuel

Green Car Congress

and Marks & Spencer are teaming up to explore LEO—a blend of lignin and ethanol—that could be part of the future solution for sustainable shipping. Mærsk and Wallenius Wilhelmsen have teamed up with the University of Copenhagen and major customers including BMW Group, H&M Group, Levi Strauss & Co.

BMW 150
article thumbnail

IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

Cars That Think

in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. Ferreira's first job, in 1981, was at the Institute of Power Electronics and Electric Drives at Aachen University , in Germany. He left in 1985 to join the Rand Afrikaans University, now part of the University of Johannesburg.

Power 72
article thumbnail

Study suggests lithium and cobalt for batteries may face supply risks by 2050

Green Car Congress

The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … However, the production of lithium will require substantial expansion, even if only parts of the presented scenario were to become reality. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier 2018.

Supplies 281
article thumbnail

Global Mobility Report finds world not on track to achieving sustainable mobility

Green Car Congress

The transport sector is not on track towards achieving sustainable mobility, according to the newly published Global Mobility Report 2017 (GMR). The GMR is the first study to assess the global performance of the transport sector and the progress made toward four main objectives: universal access, efficiency, safety, and green mobility.

Global 150
article thumbnail

Singapore LTA selects nuTonomy for trials of autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service; new AV testing center

Green Car Congress

As part of their proposal, Delphi aims to trial and operationalize a fleet of five shared self-driving vehicles for first-and-last-mile travel, with the potential to scale up the technology for self-driving shuttle services to serve an entire town. The Test Circuit is expected to be operational in the second half of 2017.

Singapore 150
article thumbnail

Are Autonomous Buses the Answer for Efficient Transportation and Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption?

Green Car Congress

In May 2017, Reno, Nevada, boasted that it is laying the groundwork for the industry’s first driverless bus program, launching a three-phase process to roll out a full fleet in its downtown area. Shuttles like these emulate systems currently used in the Netherlands. There are also significant implications for auto insurance.