Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2023

This small-scale bench test was built around a traditional universal testing machine. An internally funded SwRI project modified a commercial tribology testing machine to more effectively analyze the friction and wear associated with lubricants formulated for electric vehicles.

DC 284

DC Long Beach Conversion Engine 284

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2012

Foss built the first hybrid tugboat, Carolyn Dorothy , and has successfully converted a second vessel, Campbell Foss , to a hybrid at its shipyard in Rainier, Oregon. Both of these vessels use the AKA energy management system to provide Green Assist tug services to customers in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California.

Mariner 239

Mariner Los Angeles Hybrid Energy 239

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

An international team led by researchers at UCLA and Caltech has demonstrated that altering the form of platinum nanoscale wires from a smooth surface to a jagged one can significantly reduce the amount of precious metal required as a catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells and thus lower the cost.

Commercial 150

Commercial Power Powered Long Beach 150

Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Late on December 13th, tugboat Scorpius likely departed Port of Long Beach with SpaceX drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) in tow – a fairly airtight confirmation that a SpaceX launch is just a handful of days away. SpaceX successfully launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission on November 24th.

Long Beach 145

Long Beach Turkey Mariner 2019 145