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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2016
LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
MARCH 24, 2016
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a production method they estimate will reduce the cost of carbon fiber as much as 50% and the energy used in its production by more than 60%. Details of the cost analysis will be shared with the prospective licensees.
Clean Fleet Report
DECEMBER 1, 2021
The EPA rates the 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray fuel economy at 15 city/27 highway/19 combined. Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewer’s driving experience. With a twist of a couple latches off comes the removable carbon fiber roof, letting in the open air.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 12, 2012
The top two awards, one of $9 million to a project led by Dow Chemical, and one of $8.999 million to a project led by PolyPlus, will fund projects tackling, respectively, the manufacturing of low-cost carbon fibers and the manufacturing of electrodes for ultra-high-energy-density lithium-sulfur, lithium-seawater and lithium-air batteries.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.
Clean Fleet Report
JULY 4, 2022
A conversation starter. We did not have an i4 eDrive40 to test, but in summary, it is like the M50, except it’s less expensive, slower, only has a single motor driving the rear wheels, and is more of a long-range economy vehicle. The i4 has the enormous double kidney grille that has become a conversation starter.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 28, 2015
Intake and exhaust variable cam timing (VTC) is deployed to provide an excellent balance of high power, torque, fuel economy, and emissions. Conversely, high gear (9 th ) has been optimized for fuel efficiency during steady-state highway cruising. The front floor panels are constructed of carbon fiber core.
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