Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Increased efficiency in all of the new Ecotec engines is achieved in part through lower engine friction, which was reduced by up to 16% using new technologies such as a variable-displacement oil pump. Additional engine features include: A precision sand-cast engine block with cast-in-place iron liners. Forged steel crankshaft.

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2013 Oil-Sands Chevrolet Sodium 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

liter I-4 engine’s fuel pump supplies the engine’s 2,900-psi high-pressure common-rail injection system. A variable displacement two-stage oil pump provides high oil pressure under high speed and load, but switches to a low-pressure mode for improved fuel economy during typical driving conditions. The FCA US 3.6-liter

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Jeep 2018 Plug-in Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

The MSG process, under license from Idaho National Laboratory, uses a combination of molten sodium salts (sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide) to convert a carbon feedstock and water into hydrogen. Oil sands operators use Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) to produce hydrogen from natural gas.

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Molten Salt Hydrogen Oil-Sands Idaho 303

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Monique closes her EV’s fueling port and heads onto the highway with enough stored energy to drive 640 kilometers (400 miles). Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is pursuing as part of a drive to ease the military’s deployment of all-electric supply vehicles by 2030 and of EV tactical vehicles by 2050.

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Lithium Ion Battery Batteries Li-ion 145

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The electric car features three different battery options, two different Lithium-based (LI) systems – A123Systems and Enerdel as well as a Sodium-Nickel battery Zebra (Mes-Dea). market for sustainable “green” energy purchases. It features ABS brakes, dual airbags, and is designed to meet all European and U.S.

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Manufacturer Electric Cars Cars i-MiEV 34