Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four research and development projects designed to bring next-generation biofuels on line faster and to drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass. The projects represent up to a combined $13-million Energy Department investment.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2014

Researchers at Stanford University, with colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other institutions, have developed a nickel-based electrocatalyst for low-cost water-splitting for hydrogen production with performance close to that of much more expensive commercial platinum electrocatalysts. Pennycook, University of Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2013

Nissan North America, $1.448 billion, January 2010: to retool its Smyrna, Tennessee assembly plant to manufacture all-electric automobiles in addition to existing Nissan vehicles, and to construct an advanced battery manufacturing facility.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

CAM is a key battery material consisting of components such as processed nickel, lithium and other materials representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. NCMA cathode material is a product that combines LG Chem’s best material technology and is characterized by its excellent stability and output.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The project aims to demonstrate that co-production of high volume commodity fuels and low volume, high value co-products enables profitable biorefineries at commercial scale. Technology collaborators also include the Renewable Bioproducts Institute at Georgia Tech and the University of Tennessee,Knoxville. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 10, 2022

A Stellantis-owned Jeep production facility in Illinois will be ceasing production and laying off over 1,000 workers as the automaker looks to cut costs ahead of its EV transition. The company has now specified that production at the plant will be completely halted by the end of February next year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2018

Selections for this investment focus on key early-stage technical challenges related to non-precious metal catalysts; fuel cell membranes; reversible fuel cells; and electrolyzers to produce hydrogen, as well as innovative concepts to improve efficiency and lower costs of hydrogen vehicle refueling infrastructure. 1,999,553. .: 2,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2016

and Purdue University, has launched the first project selected with a dual focus on decreasing the cost of manufacture and increasing design flexibility for automotive composites. High cycle time for production of continuous carbon fiber thermoplastic composites increases costs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2012

Research projects will also develop new processes and computational design methods to develop these materials, improve efficiency and reduce the costs of cleaner power generation systems. University of Tennessee High-entropy alloys (HEAs) have emerged as suitable materials for high-temperature applications in excess of 800 °C.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The joint venture will process Cathode Active Material (CAM), a key battery material that represents about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. Our work with POSCO Chemical is a key part of our strategy to rapidly scale US EV production and drive innovation in battery performance, quality and cost.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI), which will focus on growing US manufacturing of clean energy products and boosting US competitiveness through major improvements in manufacturing energy productivity. Earlier post.) University of Texas at Austin. 7,798,383.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

The 13 projects fall under two categories: Advanced Methods for Manufacturing (total $3 million, 4 projects) to improve the production and design efficiency of nuclear plant components including advanced concrete construction methods, near-net shape fabrication methods and joining processes that can be used in small modular reactor manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in the US and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Region States Feedstocks Potential production capacity Land use.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

In contrast, this reactor produces electricity as a byproduct of fuel production. remote oil wells burn natural gas as a by-product because it is not. electricity production (5 quadrillion. Synthetic Gene Circuits to Enhance Production. production. sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 20, 2010

Viewers of “ Who Killed The Electric Car? &# may recall it was a little more complicated than that… The first five states where the Leaf will be available are: California, Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington. Initially, the Leaf will be sold in California and four other states: Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon and Washington.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Develop a process to produce microalgae directly from CO 2 in air at high productivities, thereby decoupling algal growth from CO 2 sources. Develop a cellulosic butanol production process with high productivities, yields, and carbon conversion through novel metabolic engineering of two different pathways. OPX Biotechnologies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2016

For the first time, the report also considers how the cost of pre-processing and transporting biomass to the biorefinery may impact feedstock availability. New to the 2016 report is novel assessments of potential biomass supplies from algae, from new energy crops (miscanthus, energy cane, eucalyptus), and from municipal solid waste.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

substantial increase in production of fuel per acre of planted. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. Synthetic Crop for Direct Biofuel Production through Rerouting the Photosynthesis Intermediates and Engineering. biomass production. transferred into highly productive energy crops such as.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2014

One of the barriers to fuel cell commercialization is the high cost of the precious metal catalysts commonly used. —Liu et al. To make fuel cells less expensive, researchers have turned to natural hydrogenase enzymes for inspiration. In fact, the dihydrogen bond is the shortest of its type so far identified, the researchers report.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Hybrid Electric Buses Incremental Costs: For the incremental cost of making transit buses hybrid electric.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2024

Besides Indiana and Wisconsin, Ford’s insurance for commercial vehicles is also available in Arizona, Illinois, and Tennessee. The right commercial auto insurance can help them run efficient and productive fleets. Enter Ford Pro Insure. Introducing #FordPro Insure, from our subsidiary The American Road Insurance Company!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2023

Increased energy consumption from autonomous vehicle (AV) sensors and computational load as well as upfront costs of sensors are barriers to broad AV adoption. The project team plans to work with students to build a smaller microchip for the markers as a substitute for more expensive off-the-shelf products.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 21, 2024

“With pricing and margin compression, we’ve made the decision to adjust our product and technology roadmap and industrial footprint to meet our goal of reaching positive EBIT within the first 12 months of launch for all new models.” It will be built at the BlueOval City Electric Truck Center in Tennessee.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

By choosing the right product architecture, operators can serve more EVs with the same grid connection, delivering more efficiency and a better customer experience. Our product architecture enables the rectification unit, which would pull 300 kW from the grid, to deliver 150 kW to the four chargers. So that’s the company.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

It’ll be mostly driven by the cost of gas. “Customers have already been asking about the cars since the news broke about Nissan’s plans to build the car here in Tennessee.&#. The Tennessee factories will have capacity for 150,000 vehicles and 200,000 battery packs a year. Production begins in late 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute will focus on accelerating the development and adoption of advanced sensors, data analytics, and controls in manufacturing, while reducing the cost of these technologies by half and improving the efficiency of US advanced manufacturing. manufacturers and the nation up to 1.6

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Baua Electric

MAY 3, 2024

6K’s UniMelt production system is capable of producing multiple lithium-ion battery materials, including NMC, LFP, lithium salts and alkaline battery CAM. It aims to deliver IRA-compliant CAM at a lower cost than materials exported from China.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Unionized Ford workers in Louisville, Kentucky, and General Motors employees from Spring Hill, Tennessee, have voted no on the contract agreement reached by the United Auto Workers. & On Monday, production workers at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant and Louisville Assembly Plant voted against the tentative agreement. .&

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

GM’s last facility to see a walkout was the incredibly important Spring Hill Manufacturing located in Tennessee. billion for Louisville Assembly (with some slated for new EVs and hybrid models of existing cars); $1 billion in Kansas City Assembly; and $900 million set aside to maintain localized F-Series production.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 21, 2024

Every version of the Equinox EV offered in spring 2024 is powered by an 85 kWh battery that uses NMCA cells fabricated at one of the two joint-venture GM-LG Ultium cell plants in Ohio or Tennessee. All-wheel-drive versions add a second motor at the rear, giving a total combined power rating of 288 hp—at the cost of a lower range rating.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes for MW-scale SOFC Power Systems for Improved Stack Reliability, Durability, and Cost LGFCS will qualify a material and process solution for selected metallic components of an advanced integrated stack block. DOE: $200,000 Non DOE: $91,152 Total: $291,152 (31% cost share).

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2024

We have been working for nearly a decade on magnetic and other aspects of traction-motor design at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in Tennessee, a hub of U.S. The metric typically used to gauge these important qualities of a magnet is called the maximum energy product , measured in megagauss-oersteds (MGOe).

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 21, 2024

Ford said it invested $400 million thus far in the three-row SUV, and that the final cost of its shifted product plan could reach up to $1.5 It will be built in Tennessee and has previously been referred to by Ford CEO Jim Farley as the “ Millennium Falcon of pickup trucks.”

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 23, 2021

The BEVs also lower the system costs of a fully renewable system if the moment of charging is optimally chosen especially when combined with bidirectional charging. In recent years, the low cost of lithium has discouraged the miners from increasing production capacity which has now resulted in a lack of demand accelerates.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The cost of battery packs has been a significant factor in the adoption of these technologies, and recent developments show that we’re moving in the right direction as prices drop. In 2008, the cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) was $1,355, but by 2022, it had dropped to $153 per kWh. By keeping these manufacturing jobs in the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2022

GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, is deploying a fleet of electric freight vehicles on routes between the company’s inbound warehouses and its manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 2, 2024

The Fastest Acura SUV Ever Built The all-new 2024 ZDX is the first electric Acura and, as Quincy Tam, Acura product planner, says, it is “for their customers that are ready to take that next step into electrification.” Because of this we don’t address issues such as long-term reliability or total cost of ownership.

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