Demo and Engine - EV Driven

ClearFlame Engine Technologies partners with Alto Ingredients to demo ethanol-fueled MCCI in heavy-duty diesels; high efficiency, low emissions

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

Startup ClearFlame Engine Technologies announced a partnership with Alto Ingredients, a leading producer of specialty alcohols and essential ingredients, to conduct pilot demonstrations of ClearFlame’s solution for diesel engines using low-cost ethanol in Class 8 trucks.

Diesel

Diesel Emissions Engine Fuel

ClearFlame Engine Technologies completes on-road demo of Class 8 truck with Cummins X15 running E98 ethanol

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a a startup developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), successfully completed an on-road demonstration of its proprietary technology that enables a heavy-duty truck diesel engine to operate on low-carbon and carbon-negative fuels, including 100% renewable plant-based fuels.

Engine

Engine Diesel Exhaust Fuel

RecycLiCo’s demo plant testing produces bulk quantities of battery-grade lithium carbonate

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2023

RecycLiCo Battery Materials has achieved another milestone in its demo plant testing efforts, successfully producing bulk quantities of battery-grade lithium carbonate from an industrial feed of cathode scrap.

Carbon

Carbon Battery Batteries Lithium Ion

Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

billion vehicles with combustion engines in the world today. As a manufacturer of high-performance and efficient engines, Porsche has extensive know-how in the field of fuels. The potential of eFuels is huge. There are more than 1.3 Many of them will still be on the road for decades.

Chile

Chile Fuel Porsche Wind

Synhelion starts construction of DAWN demo plant to produce solar fuels

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Synhelion has developed a solar thermal process for the production of syngas, which is then used in standard industrial processes to synthesize liquid fuels, such as kerosene, gasoline, or diesel, that are compatible with conventional jet engines and internal combustion engines.

Solar

Solar Fuel Germany Industry

IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

—Brian Cull, Senior Intelligent Transport Systems Engineer, Highways England. IPG’s Flameless Ceramic Turbine is a 100kW modular generator. Up to 8 turbines fit in a 20ft shipping container, forming a deployable power solution for EV charging companies that can be scaled to match demand in any location.

Grid

Grid Clean Cleaning Powered

SwRI D-EGR gasoline demo vehicle delivers diesel efficiency at lower cost; potential for LEV III/Tier 3 emissions

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

Specific BSFC improvements from the D-EGR engine relative to baseline engine. Overall, the engine offered a 13.1% liter gasoline direct injection engine. Terry Alger, assistant director in SwRI’s Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division. from 385 g/kWh to 330 g/kWh in the D-EGR engine. mpg) and a 9.2%

Gasoline

Gasoline Emissions Diesel Exhaust

Amyris sugarcane-derived biojet to fuel Azul Embraer 195 with GE CF34-10E engines in demo flight during Rio+20

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

Azul Airlines, Embraer and GE announced that Amyris’s renewable jet fuel sourced from Brazilian sugarcane has successfully passed all required testing and will be used during a demonstration flight on an Azul E195 aircraft powered by GE’s CF34-10E engines. More than 1,000 CF34-10E engines are in service with 48 customers. Amyris, Inc.,

Engine

Engine Brazil Fuel Chevron

Emirates operates demo flight with 100% SAF in one engine

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

Emirates has operated a demonstration flight on a Boeing 777-300ER, powering one of its engines 100% with Neste’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). It is the first demonstration flight in the Middle East and North Africa in which one of the aircraft engines was powered by 100% SAF.

Engine

Engine Africa Fuel Maintenance

ClearFlame’s genset technology progresses through phase one trials

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2023

A power generator demo unit genset, relying on a first use of FuelAdaptive engine technologies patented by ClearFlame Engine Technologies, has successfully progressed through phase one trials. The pilot demo marked the first ever genset demonstration for our company. Earlier post.)

Illinois

Illinois EPRI Clean Cleaning

PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

Scientists and engineers led by the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted the research to show that the process is robust enough to handle many kinds of raw material without failing. —Michael Thorson, a PNNL engineer and project manager. Biowaste to biofuel conversion process.

Diesel

Diesel Waste Convert Washington

Cummins ETHOS 2.8L optimized E-85 engine demonstrates 50-80% reduction in CO2 emissions in medium-duty truck

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

demo truck. Cummins has developed an E-85-specific engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 80% compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck. It delivers the power (up to 250 hp / 186 kW) and peak torque (up to 450 lb-ft / 610 N·m) of gasoline and diesel engines nearly twice its 2.8-liter

Engine

Engine Emissions CO2 Gasoline

Renault takes Level 4 EV SYMBIOZ demo car on the road

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The automaker has now embodied many of the elements of the show car in a demo vehicle that is currently performing road tests to demonstrate under real-life conditions the benefits of such a car. The SYMBIOZ demo car is capable of reaching SAE Level 4 autonomy (“mind-off”). The SYMBIOZ demo car is equipped with a 72 kWh battery pack.

Cars

Cars Connected Connect Personal

Yamaha and Sumitomo demo on-board thermoelectric generator for CO2 reduction

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

The TEG, which is installed in a part of vehicle exhaust system, can reduce CO 2 emissions by reducing alternator load by generating electrical power from unutilized waste exhaust gas and also by early warm-up of engine by heated coolant through the TEG unit at engine start.

CO2

CO2 Exhaust Waste Gas-Electric

European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2020

Officially launched on 1 May 2020, the project will last 4 years and will be split into several phases: May 2020: Contract finalization and start of engineering development. The project’s total budget is close to €15.2 million, of which €10.5 million will be contributed entirely by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 program.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Gas Powered Power

Schaeffler demo vehicle hits 2020 CAFE targets without electrification; 15% cut in fuel consumption; 48V hybrid system for 2025

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2014

Schaeffler Efficient Future Mobility North America demo vehicle in Detroit. Further, a latching valve stores hydraulic pressure and provides automatic vehicles with energy for a faster start-up after the engine has been stopped. Click to enlarge. —Prof. Peter Gutzmer, CTO at Schaeffler AG. 48 Volt System.

Hybrid

Hybrid 2020 Fuel Volt

RecycLiCo Battery Materials Advances to lithium recovery stage of demonstration plant project

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Since its commissioning earlier this year, the Demo Plant has verified a 163% increase in actual leach processing capacity over the 500 kg/day planned capacity and 99% leach extraction efficiency of lithium-ion battery cathode waste material using RecycLiCo’s patented closed-loop process.

Lithium Ion

Lithium Ion Battery Batteries Waste

DAIHEN leverages WiTricity wireless charging technology for solar-powered mobility demo in Japan

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2020

DAIHEN supplies the system on an OEM basis to AGV and mobile robotics manufacturers, and directly to advanced manufacturing engineers for custom factory automation projects.

Japan

Japan Solar Golf Cart Powered

US Navy destroyer completes largest demo of shipboard renewable fuel; 20,000 gallons of 50:50 algal oil/F-76 fuel blend

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Foster (EDD 964) reconfigured to provide the Navy an at-sea, remotely controlled, engineering test and evaluation platform without the risk to personnel or operational assets. This demo, the largest to date, is a major milestone for us. The SDTS is a decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer ex-Paul F. How can we have an impact?

Oil

Oil Panama Fuel Alternative Fuels

California ARB awards $7M for ultra-low NOx heavy-duty diesel truck demo project with Achates opposed-piston engines

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

The project will build and install diesel-fueled two-stroke compression-ignition Achates Power Opposed-Piston Engines into Class 8 demonstration trucks that will be road-road ready in 2019 and operate in fleet service in California in 2020. This program will demonstrate the first diesel engine to comply with the state standard.

California

California Engine Diesel 2017

Primus Green Energy synthetic gasoline demo plant hits 720 hours continuous operation

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Primus worked with top-tier engineering firms to optimize the design of the demonstration plant to eliminate the technology risks of scale-up, which in the past have been a major obstacle for competitors in the alternative fuels space. Primus’ demonstration plant is designed as a scaled-down version of the first commercial plant.

Gasoline

Gasoline Green Energy Alternative Fuels

ORNL demos 20 kW bi-directional wireless charging on UPS PHEV truck; 11" air gap, >92% efficiency

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

The project leverages ORNL’s expertise in vehicle systems integration as well as power electronics engineering. There’s no off-the-shelf solution that can deliver 20 kilowatts across an 11-inch air gap with these efficiencies. —Omer Onar.

Charging

Charging PHEV Grid Energy Storage

Linamar introduces Agilit-e rear axle hybrid power unit for OEMs; FWD Cadillac SRX converted to AWD plug-in hybrid as demo

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

The ECU, which is discrete in this first demo application, will be subsequently integrated into the main unit. Switching from the hybrid AWD mode to engine-only mode is a definite let-down.). The vehicle’s conventional engine will take control at highway cruising speeds where these engines operate at their peak efficiency.

Hybrid

Hybrid Plug-in Cadillac Convert

First production of isobutene from wheat straw at demo scale; OPTISOCHEM

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Global Bioenergies reported that runs using wheat straw hydrolysate provided by its partner Clariant were successfully performed in its Leuna demo plant, leading to the production of cellulosic isobutene for the first time at this scale. million by the Bio Based Industry- Joint Undertaking (BBI-JU) as part of the H2020 program.

Production

Production France Polymer Conversion

MIT proof-of-concept demo of ionic wind propulsion for aircraft

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Ion-drive engines are just one much-needed option to improve the efficiency and environmental impact of aircraft engines, alongside tweaks to fuel and design. In part, that was because their idea was just one of several being explored to achieve flight—with others betting on the success of gliders, airships and even kites.

MIT

MIT Wind Concept Convert

Zhongling Hangke New Energy to acquire 20% of Reg Technologies; proceeds supporting RadMax demo rotary engine

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2013

developer of axial vane rotary engine technology ( earlier post ), has entered into a subscription agreement with an affiliated company of HK Zhongling Hangke New Energy Investment Holding Group Limited for a C$1,188,000 (US$1,116,000) private placement under which Zhongling will purchase up to 9,900,000 units of Reg Tech priced at C$0.12

Engine

Engine Energy Gasoline Hydrogen

Global Bioenergies successfully scales up renewable isobutene process in Leuna Demo plant

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2017

Global Bioenergies has succeeded in producing isobutene by fermentation at the scale of the Leuna Demo plant (a 5,000-liter fermenter), with run length and performances exceeding those performed on the pilot plant in Pomacle (a 500-liter fermenter).

Global

Global Renewable Commercial 2016

Global Bioenergies successfully moves its C3 process to demo scale; isopropanol and acetone from renewable resources

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2018

The C3 process, which enables the production of renewable isopropanol and acetone, is the second process reaching demo plant scale in Global Bioenergies’ portfolio. The next phase, at demo plant scale, was subcontracted to Bioprocess Pilot Facility (BPF) located in Delft in the Netherlands.

Renewable

Renewable Global 2017 Netherlands

JAEA and MHI begin hydrogen production demo project using High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR)

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

(MHI), have been contracted by Japan’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, part of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), to conduct a Hydrogen Production Demonstration Project Utilizing Very High Temperature, and from this fiscal year initiated a program to produce hydrogen using a High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR).

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Production Engine Gas

Converted hydrogen fuel cell refuse vehicle on trial in Ruhr region as part of HECTOR

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

Before the demo vehicle—a DAF CF 340 front loader with a Millennium XXL 40 body from Terberg HS—could be used to collect commercial waste, a conversion from standard diesel propulsion to hydrogen was required. Almost the entire original powertrain—engine, fuel tanks and exhaust system—was removed from the DAF truck.

Convert

Convert Hydrogen Parts Fuel

Global Bioenergies obtains €4.4M loan to complete financing of demo plant, begins construction

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

million) loan from a consortium of four French banks—BNP Paribas, Société Genéralé, CIC and Bpifrance—to complete the financing of its demo plant. The demo plant’s operation will begin in 2016 under the supervision of Global Bioenergies GmbH, a Leipzig-based, 100%-owned subsidiary of Global Bioenergies SA. million (US$4.7-million)

Financing

Financing Global Installation 2008

Canadian startup launches INDIEGOGO funding campaign for low-cost electric self-charging solar tricycle produced in Pakistan

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The team has not yet produced a working demo for their concept. The simple engineering design is low maintenance due to having a minimalized drive train as the hub motor (1 kW brushless motor) is directly attached to the rear wheel. The VEGAN is a lightweight multipurpose hybrid electric-self-charging solar tricycle.

Pakistan

Pakistan Low Cost Solar Carbon Fiber

Gevo to proceed to jet engine testing of its renewable jet fuel from isobutanol with approval of ASTM alcohol-to-jet task force

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

The ATJ task force consists of technical experts from a wide stakeholder group including jet engine manufacturers, governmental bodies, fuel manufacturers, third-party testing laboratories, academics and airframe manufacturers investigating the requirements for a third major pathway to renewable drop-in jet fuel: the conversion of alcohols.

Renewable

Renewable Fuel Engine Conversion

GMZ Energy announced successful demo of 200W automotive thermoelectric generator

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2014

GMZ Energy built the TEG as a part of an ongoing vehicle efficiency research program sponsored by the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and administered by the Department of Energy (DOE). The unit generated an output power well in excess of its 200 watt design goal.

Energy

Energy Waste Exhaust United States

Wärtsilä to begin long-term, full-scale testing of ammonia as marine fuel in four-stroke engine

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä, in close customer cooperation with Knutsen OAS Shipping AS and Repsol, as well as with the Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre, will commence the world’s first long-term, full-scale, testing of ammonia as a fuel in a marine four-stroke combustion engine. Earlier post.)

Mariner

Mariner Fuel Engine 2000

Vocis launching demo EV with 2nd generation multi-speed transmission; projected 15% improvement in vehicle efficiency

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

During the coming month, UK-based transmission engineering and control specialist Vocis will launch an electric demonstrator vehicle fitted with the second generation of its multi-speed eDCT transmission for electric vehicles. 2nd generation eDCT prototype unit, with both motors mounted at the same end of the transmission. Source: Vocis.

Vehicles

Vehicles Motors Motor Motoring

Tesla confirms incredible Optimus hand demo was teleoperated

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A Tesla Senior Staff Software Engineer has confirmed that the remarkable new demonstration of Optimus’s new hand was teleoperated. In a follow-up post on X, Tesla Senior Staff Software Engineer Julian Ibarz noted that catching a ball with Optimus’ previous hand was almost impossible. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

Tesla

Tesla Installation Engine Parts

Production of biosynthetic lubricant oil begins at demo plant

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Independent testing not only shows biosynthetic oils to be among the highest-rated products for protecting engines and machinery; they are also bio-based, biodegradable, non-toxic and do not bioaccumulate in marine organisms.

Oil

Oil Production Mariner Low Cost

I took a Tesla Cybertruck Demo Drive — Here’s what I learned

Teslarati

AUGUST 15, 2024

Upon learning that Tesla was offering Cybertruck Demo Drives across the United States, I decided to sign up for one. I decided to book the Demo Drive at the West Chester, Pennsylvania , Showroom just outside of Philadelphia. According to the employee I took my Demo Drive with, they had delivered 300 units so far.

F-150

F-150 Tesla Pennsylvania Tundra

US Army, Lockheed Martin complete 2nd autonomous convoy demo; more vehicles, higher speeds

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2014

The AMAS CAD II convoy of driverless trucks. Click to enlarge.

South Carolina

South Carolina Kits Mariner Vehicles

Sakuú opens new battery printing and engineering facility in Silicon Valley

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

Sakuú , developer of the first 3D-printed solid-state battery ( earlier post ), has opened a multi-faceted engineering hub for its battery platform printing initiatives in Silicon Valley. Sakuú’s new facility is 79,000 square feet and will be used as the company’s flagship engineering hub.

Engine

Engine Battery Batteries Polymer

EPRI and partners to stage public demo of Open Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Platform software

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2014

and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. .; BMW Group; Chrysler Group LLC; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Company; Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.; Mitsubishi Motors R & D of America, Inc.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. developed the first phase of the system platform for this program.

EPRI

EPRI Grid San Diego Sacramento

Rolls-Royce successfully tests mtu 250 kW fuel cell demo system for blackout case and peak power

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

This will be ensured by two mtu fuel cell systems and two combined heat and power plants with mtu Series 4000 hydrogen engines. In the future, most of the electrical and thermal energy required in the port will be generated directly on site from hydrogen in a CO 2 -neutral manner.

Power Grid

Power Grid Fuel Powered Power

Audi begins initial engine testing of Global Bioenergies, Fraunhofer e-gasoline

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2018

galons US), the largest batch yet produced—of synthetic Audi e-gasoline for initial engine tests. The e-fuel production capacity will be significantly increased in 2019 with the addition to the Leuna Demo plant of a dedicated fuel production unit, which will allow the production of renewable gasoline batches.

Audi

Audi Gasoline Global Engine

ClearFlame Engine Technologies partners with Alto Ingredients to demo ethanol-fueled MCCI in heavy-duty diesels; high efficiency, low emissions

ClearFlame Engine Technologies completes on-road demo of Class 8 truck with Cummins X15 running E98 ethanol

RecycLiCo’s demo plant testing produces bulk quantities of battery-grade lithium carbonate

Haru Oni e-fuels demo plant in Chile officially opens

Synhelion starts construction of DAWN demo plant to produce solar fuels

IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

SwRI D-EGR gasoline demo vehicle delivers diesel efficiency at lower cost; potential for LEV III/Tier 3 emissions

Amyris sugarcane-derived biojet to fuel Azul Embraer 195 with GE CF34-10E engines in demo flight during Rio+20

Emirates operates demo flight with 100% SAF in one engine

ClearFlame’s genset technology progresses through phase one trials

PNNL biocrude-to-diesel demo passes 2,000-hour catalyst stability milestone

Cummins ETHOS 2.8L optimized E-85 engine demonstrates 50-80% reduction in CO2 emissions in medium-duty truck

Renault takes Level 4 EV SYMBIOZ demo car on the road

Yamaha and Sumitomo demo on-board thermoelectric generator for CO2 reduction

European HYFLEXPOWER project to demo first integrated power-to-X-to-power hydrogen gas turbine

Schaeffler demo vehicle hits 2020 CAFE targets without electrification; 15% cut in fuel consumption; 48V hybrid system for 2025

RecycLiCo Battery Materials Advances to lithium recovery stage of demonstration plant project

DAIHEN leverages WiTricity wireless charging technology for solar-powered mobility demo in Japan

US Navy destroyer completes largest demo of shipboard renewable fuel; 20,000 gallons of 50:50 algal oil/F-76 fuel blend

California ARB awards $7M for ultra-low NOx heavy-duty diesel truck demo project with Achates opposed-piston engines

Primus Green Energy synthetic gasoline demo plant hits 720 hours continuous operation

ORNL demos 20 kW bi-directional wireless charging on UPS PHEV truck; 11" air gap, >92% efficiency

Linamar introduces Agilit-e rear axle hybrid power unit for OEMs; FWD Cadillac SRX converted to AWD plug-in hybrid as demo

First production of isobutene from wheat straw at demo scale; OPTISOCHEM

MIT proof-of-concept demo of ionic wind propulsion for aircraft

Zhongling Hangke New Energy to acquire 20% of Reg Technologies; proceeds supporting RadMax demo rotary engine

Global Bioenergies successfully scales up renewable isobutene process in Leuna Demo plant

Global Bioenergies successfully moves its C3 process to demo scale; isopropanol and acetone from renewable resources

JAEA and MHI begin hydrogen production demo project using High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR)

Converted hydrogen fuel cell refuse vehicle on trial in Ruhr region as part of HECTOR

Global Bioenergies obtains €4.4M loan to complete financing of demo plant, begins construction

Canadian startup launches INDIEGOGO funding campaign for low-cost electric self-charging solar tricycle produced in Pakistan

Gevo to proceed to jet engine testing of its renewable jet fuel from isobutanol with approval of ASTM alcohol-to-jet task force

GMZ Energy announced successful demo of 200W automotive thermoelectric generator

Wärtsilä to begin long-term, full-scale testing of ammonia as marine fuel in four-stroke engine

Vocis launching demo EV with 2nd generation multi-speed transmission; projected 15% improvement in vehicle efficiency

Tesla confirms incredible Optimus hand demo was teleoperated

Production of biosynthetic lubricant oil begins at demo plant

I took a Tesla Cybertruck Demo Drive — Here’s what I learned

US Army, Lockheed Martin complete 2nd autonomous convoy demo; more vehicles, higher speeds

Sakuú opens new battery printing and engineering facility in Silicon Valley

EPRI and partners to stage public demo of Open Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Platform software

Rolls-Royce successfully tests mtu 250 kW fuel cell demo system for blackout case and peak power

Audi begins initial engine testing of Global Bioenergies, Fraunhofer e-gasoline

Stay Connected