Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2015

The new C5 FUEL yeast delivers fermentation and ethanol yields that set a new standard for conversion of biomass sugars from pretreated corn stover, converting up to 97% of the plant sugars into fuel, the researchers said.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2024

For decades, however, engineers have been tantalized by the virtues of motors based on an entirely different principle: electrostatics. And, perhaps even better, they would use only cheap, plentiful materials, rather than the rare-earth elements, special steel alloys, and copious quantities of copper found in conventional motors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2011

James Liao of UCLA, has for the first time produced isobutanol—an alcohol that is more attractive for transportation use than ethanol—directly from cellulose using a genetically engineered microbe. Plus, it may be possible to use isobutanol directly in current engines without modification. Earlier post.) —James Liao.

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