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Maximum Efficiency Comes From Bioelectricity Not Ethanol For Powering Vehicles

How can we maximize our "miles per acre" from biomass? Researchers writing in the online edition of the May 7 Science magazine say the best bet is to convert the biomass to electricity, rather than ethanol

10 May 2009

Turning Biomass Into Electricity More Efficient Than Using Ethanol for Vehicles

A new study suggests that biomass used to generate electricity could be more efficient than converting the biomass to ethanol for internal combustion engines

10 May 2009

Work Needed to Save Recycled Car Parts From Being Destroyed

All across the world, governments are implementing early vehicle retirement programs that are intended to help struggling automakers. Additional analysis of the potential ramifications of these proposed programs is needed

10 May 2009

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Testing Wind Power and an Electric Vehicle

Aircraft propellers aren’t the only things spinning at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). The Metropolitan Airports Commission has installed 10 wind-powered electricity generators and purchased an electric-powered utility vehicle for use at the airport

10 May 2009

Argonne National Lab Researchs Win Award for New Battery System

Three scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have won an Excellence in Technology Transfer Award for a battery system expected to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as America's dependence of imported oil

10 May 2009

Researchers Develop New System For Storing Hydrogen For Hydrogen Powered Vehicles

Sandia researchers have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system. The system stores 3 kilograms of hydrogen and is large enough to evaluate control strategies suitable for use in vehicle applications

7 May 2009

Ford To Spend $550 Million to Build New Global Small Cars, Electric Vehicle at Michigan Plant

Ford Motor Company said today it is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a lean, green and flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford's next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market

6 May 2009

New Center to Make Methane a Commercially Viable Fuel

A new center to develop technologies for converting methane gas and other hydrocarbon and fossil resources into readily transportable and higher-value liquid fuels is being established at the University of Virginia under a new $11 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy

5 May 2009

Senior EPA Official Speaks At DuPont Seminar

DuPont Automotive invited U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Director Christopher Grundler, of EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, to speak at a recent seminar. Grundler reviewed recent policy changes from the new Obama administration and updated industry leaders on EPA regulatory activities

5 May 2009

Bio-Based Hybrid Race Car to Compete in Shell Eco-Marathon

A student project team at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in
Stockholm, Sweden built a racing car incorporating the one-component resin system Tribest. This environmentally sound product is part of the body of the bio-based urban hybrid concept car that is entering in the Shell Eco-marathon

5 May 2009