Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

Incubator programs allow DOE to assess new technologies for potential to be on-ramped to future MYPPs. As described in multiple DOE reports, the main barriers to widespread PEV commercialization are the cost; performance and life; and abuse tolerance of high?energy Specifically: the current cost of high?energy energy batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

million) to two UK fuel cell companies—ACAL Energy and ITM Power—to help deliver a step change reduction in the cost of the technology to about $35/kW. Production of advanced automotive fuel cell systems currently under development globally are forecast to cost approximately $50/kW at mass manufacture volumes. ACAL Energy.

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MAY 28, 2014

The study, which provides a joint industry analysis of how different types of batteries are used in different automotive applications, concludes that lead-based batteries will by necessity remain the most wide-spread energy storage system in automotive applications for the foreseeable future. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The researchers seek to reduce the cost of algae-based biofuel production. Currently, used algae-harvesting and lipid-extraction technology accounts for almost 30% of the total cost of algae-based biofuel production. LANL has submitted a provisional patent application for the technology.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

This data will also be used to map out a future network of electric charging points, to further extend range and improve the convenience of electric vehicles. This provides sufficient charge for between 20-40 miles of travel at a cost of between 40p to £1, depending on the tariff. External temperature. Average speed.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2023

Projects from this solicitation, which will be implemented over the next 1–3 years, will focus on lowering the cost of heliostats and heliostat technologies and creating new market opportunities for the heliostat industry. Low-cost heliostats offer significant renewable energy potential. Digital Twin and Industry 4.0

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Their advantages lie in their ease of application: eFuels can be used in combustion engines and plug-in hybrids, and can make use of the existing network of filling stations. As a maker of high-performance, efficient engines, we have broad technical expertise. —Porsche CEO Oliver Blume.

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APRIL 8, 2020

BETHE projects will work to deliver higher-maturity, lower-cost fusion options via three research categories: Concept Development to advance the performance of inherently lower-cost but less-mature fusion concepts; Component Technology Development that could significantly reduce the capital cost of higher-cost, more-mature fusion concepts; and.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The 2-cylinder engine is the first of a range that will expand to include 4- and 6-cylinder engines. Ricardo and Cooper Corporation of India launched of the first of a completely new range of Cooper engines at the Delhi Auto Expo. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The Faraday Battery Challenge is part of the UK government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), overseen by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to help transform the production of batteries for the future of electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected three projects to receive up to $8 million, aimed at reducing the costs of producing algal biofuels and bioproducts. They will also deliver biology-focused breakthroughs while enabling accelerated future innovations through data sharing within the research and development community.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2023

Working with partners, ORNL engineers are placing low-powered sensors in the reflective raised pavement markers that are already used to help drivers identify lanes. Increased energy consumption from autonomous vehicle (AV) sensors and computational load as well as upfront costs of sensors are barriers to broad AV adoption.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The objective of POWERFUl was to design engines for light-duty urban and micro-urban vehicles (segment A and B), capable of reducing CO 2 and criteria pollutant emissions. The main feature of the Spanish, French and Czech researchers’ work is the reduction in the engine’s weight and size, which results in a high specific power.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

The selections announced focus on eight approaches to improving vehicle efficiency: Advanced fuels and lubricants : Eight projects awarded to improve fuels and lubricants that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines. Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. Advanced fuels and lubricants. Grantee Description.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. medium-duty engine, as well as a 6.0L

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2016

The SIA conference was focused on clean compression-ignition engines of the future. Future RDE emissions legislation and fleet average CO 2 targets represent a challenge for automakers wishing to provide cost-effective light duty diesel vehicles. liter diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The objective of this area of interest is to develop and demonstrate both technology and supplier readiness for the production of electric traction drive systems that can meet specified technical targets, including cost of ≤$8/kilowatt (kW); specific power of ≥1.4 DOE is putting particular emphasis on meeting the cost target.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2017

If this gap does not close then there may be a need for regulatory intervention in the near future, to drive the viability compared to conventional fossil fuels. This is assumed to run on HFO with a two-stroke engine and a scrubber on board to ensure compliance with sulfur emissions regulations. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Overall, customers will be introduced to a different brand experience via Fisker’s unique mobile app platform, which may also include mobility options such as green ride-hailing, carpooling and vehicle sharing in the future. Our mission is to become the No. The $250 reservation may also be applied to the purchase of the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

Fulcrum is developing future projects that follow the same approach as Sierra with fixed feedstock costs, fuel offtake prices hedged against oil, plant performance guaranteed and a low-cost of production that provides attractive operating margins. million gallons of fuel each year.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

A committee of Stanford faculty and senior staff awarded the grants to researchers from a broad range of disciplines, including engineering, economics and psychology. This project explores the use of specially designed nanostructured polymers to make high-energy, low-cost, flexible and stretchable batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. The photoreactors have a low level of complexity, are readily manufacturable via mass fabrication techniques in polymers, and are easy to adapt to diverse photocatalysts.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

These projects will work to develop digital twin technology to reduce O&M costs in the next generation of nuclear power plants. Advanced nuclear reactors have the potential to provide reliable and low-cost clean power to millions of American homes.

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Charged EVs

JULY 1, 2024

Recently, Wildcat has shifted its strategy—the company will become a producer of cathode materials, while continuing its research and engineering activities. From a performance standpoint, it’s made from mostly abundant and available low-cost materials. We designed our US plant to keep costs very low.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2012

Unlike the majority of conventional fluorocarbon membrane materials which are expensive and require significant chemical plant to fabricate, ITM’s materials are low-cost hydrocarbons made by mixing together liquid chemicals to a particular recipe. DOE says that 2011 costs are $49/kW. Source: US DOE. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

REPAIR teams will develop technology that enables gas utilities to update their distribution systems at low cost and continue to reliably service commercial and residential gas delivery needs nationwide. This will lower the costs of rehabilitating pipelines. —ARPA-E Director Lane Genatowski. Carnegie Mellon University.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Researchers from the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences reported on the development of a route to improve bio-butanol production with a focus on: increasing butanol ratio in the solvent through metabolic engineering of Clostridia spp.; 2011) Current status and prospects of biobutanol manufacturing technology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

General Motors and Honda are establishing the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture—Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC, FCSM)—to mass-produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. Earlier post.). and president of Honda North America, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The team projects that reasonable estimates for production costs and loss of performance due to system implementation result in total energy storage costs roughly 5 times cheaper than those for 700 bar tanks, potentially opening doors for increased adoption of hydrogen as an energy vector. Antonelli et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

VTO focuses on a mix of near- and long-term vehicle technologies including advanced batteries, power electronics and electric motors, lightweight and propulsion materials, advanced combustion engines, advanced fuels and lubricants, and other enabling technologies. Reducing the cost of electric drive systems from $30/kW to $8/kW.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Their findings suggest that prismatic cells, which are able to further capitalize on the cost reduction from larger formats, can offer further reductions than those possible for cylindrical cells. Historical prices and future cost predictions for lithium-ion batteries. Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Low-cost 14V micro hybrid systems and full (strong) hybrid (i.e., The future of the market is particularly dependent on government policies, with that of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) being the most important driver. The EV market is smaller than projected by market leader Nissan-Renault.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Various water-splitting methods have been investigated previously, but the use of photocatalysts to split water into stoichiometric amounts of H 2 and O 2 (overall water splitting) without the use of external bias or sacrificial reagents is of particular interest because of its simplicity and potential low cost of operation.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

One of the key ways in which private businesses can engineer that change is by providing public charging stations. To put that in context, we need to explore the cost of charging an electric car at a public charging station, and see how businesses can reduce EV charging station costs. Everyone wins.

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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.) On a personal note, the bike riding in this area is incredible.

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Baua Electric

JULY 1, 2024

Recently, Wildcat has shifted its strategy—the company will become a producer of cathode materials, while continuing its research and engineering activities. From a performance standpoint, it’s made from mostly abundant and available low-cost materials. We designed our US plant to keep costs very low.

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