Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The SRI CTL plant design offers a lower CO 2 -emitting fuel then conventional diesel; a lifecycle analysis by SRI put conventional diesel at 389 gCO 2 /mile, conventional F-T coal-to-liquids diesel at 830 gCO 2 /mile; and the SRI synthetic fuel at 326 gCO 2 /mile (when using carbon-neutral electricity. Lifecycle GHG comparison.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Comparison of coal consumption and CO 2 emissions for co-production and separate production of liquids and power. Conventional CTL plant gasifies coal to produce a syngas which is then converted in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor to products. The liquids output capacity of CTL plants is 50,000 barrels/day. Source: Mantripragada and Rubin.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2020

a company focused on sourcing metals with the least environmental and societal impact, has released the results of a year-long study it commissioned into the impacts of sourcing metals to produce battery cathodes and wiring for electric vehicles (EVs). Canada-based DeepGreen Metals Inc., 94% less stored carbon at risk. 94% less land use.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The selected projects focus on advancing the development of a suite of post-combustion CO 2 capture and supersonic compression systems for new and existing coal-based electric generating plants, specifically: (1) supersonic compression systems; (2) small pilot-scale (from 0.5 FuelCell Energy Inc. Source: FuelCell Energy. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

The research firm Mordor Intelligence recently predicted that, worldwide, LED lighting will be responsible for cutting the electricity used for lighting by 30 to 40 percent over the next seven years. In a common type of motor controller, for example, pulses of direct-current electricity are fed to coils mounted on the motor’s rotor.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

In comparison, based on analysis work completed at NREL, the predicted PGP for ethanol produced via the thermochemical and biochemical pathways are $1.57 This syngas is then converted into methanol, and the methanol is converted to gasoline using the methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process first developed by Exxon Mobil. gallon ($0.37/liter).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2016

Like its production-bound sibling the e-tron quattro battery-electric vehicle, the h-tron concept is based on Audi’s second-generation modular longitudinal platform (MLB evo, earlier post ). 3-way power DC/DC converter. One of the key features of the h-tron quattro concept is the 3-way power DC/DC converter. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

Comparison of O 3. A) mesoporous two-line ferrihydrite (M2LFh), B) MSIO, C) CIO, D) g-Fe 2 O 3 , E) 5 wt % Fe/ZSM-5, and F) commercial MnO 2. In comparison to other iron oxide materials, it has a particularly high proportion of unsaturated and thus reactive iron centers on its surface. Mathew et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

The Federal and state governments also expect the manufacturers to use self-financed competitive measures to provide incentives for the change of pre-Euro-5 diesel vehicles to vehicles with the latest exhaust gas aftertreatment or electric vehicles. A main focus will be on electric buses. Rail transport.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2015

At SAE 2015 World Congress last week, Toyota presented a set of four technical papers describing some of the technology innovations used in its production fuel cell hybrid electric vehicle Mirai ( earlier post ). Boost converter. Toyota engineers achieved this by adopting a multi-phase converter and an innovative cooling structure.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 16, 2022

of the country’s overall greenhouse gas emissions. Electric tractors an Introduction. Electric tractors are a good option since they function on batteries and require less fuel, making cultivation more conservative and economical. Another achievement of electric tractors is the absence of smoke.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Electrical cars (EVs) are turning into more and more frequent as the sector transitions in opposition to sustainable transportation. The frequent adoption of electrical cars has been a pivotal step in lowering greenhouse gasoline emissions and preventing situation trade. This regulations safeguard all kinds of batteries, viz.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. Palo Alto’s government has set a very aggressive Sustainability and Climate Action Plan with a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below the 1990 level by the year 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

Although Chevy emphasizes the benefits of the 2500HD with the bi-fuel option as a full dual fuel vehicle with a combined range of up to some 650 miles, in more than 500 miles of driving over the course of a week, we used mainly only natural gas. The only reason we used gasoline was for comparison; it wasn’t necessary. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

in collaboration with Caltech, are testing the combination of a cool flame fuel reformer and a solid-acid fuel cell (SAFC) as the core components of a new electric auxiliary power unit (APU). The electric generator is being developed and produced by the Norwegian company Nordic Power Systems (NPS). SAFCell Inc., —Hartmann et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2010

Various combinations of commercially available technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and other light-duty vehicles over the next 15 years without compromising vehicle performance or safety, according to a new report by the National Research Council.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

As a comparison, 314 Exajoules is more than three times the annual energy supply in the United States in 2005, which is also a similar level of supply on the Continent of Europe according to various government and independent sources. Bioenergy technologies can generate electricity, heat and fuels from a range of feedstocks.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. It is important to realize that a fuel cell car is actually an electric car.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2010

This project will develop and evaluate a new process for converting biomass waste into diesel fuel. The biomass waste will first be converted into pyrolysis oil and then upgraded to diesel. can be converted to fuel in high yield in the proposed process. Essentially any biomass material or solid waste (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2009

integrating biological and thermochemical processing to produce biofuels and/or power could offer similar, if not lower, efficiencies and costs and very large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived fuel, according to a comparative analysis of 14 mature technology biomass refining scenarios.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

All diesel engines are equipped with an oxidation catalytic converter, a particulate filter and cooled exhaust gas recirculation. This represents an overall rise in power output and torque in comparison to the predecessor models, with major increases in some instances. The revamped Vito as a panel van. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 Similar to other start-stop technologies, additional enablers, such as electric power steering, accessory drive components, and auxiliary oil pump, might be required.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

For electric vehicles, the BBBA includes multiple proposed changes to IRC 30D, more commonly knows as the federal EV tax credit. Below is a summary table ( download a PDF version ) of the proposed changes to the EV tax credit for new 4-wheeled electric vehicles. Option to Convert the Tax Credit to a Time of Purchase Rebate.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

You can fill it up at the gas station, and you can plug it in to any 120-volt outlet. But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Until then, we also recommend you look at the FAQ at the Climate Progress Blog and the FAQ by Hybrids-Plus , an after-market converter of hybrid cars, for answers to many questions! Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) is the concept of using stored energy in a plug-in hybrids (or electric cars) battery to send power to the electrical grid when necessary.

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