The Dow Chemical Company announced the transfer to Dow of collective assets from HPL (High Power Lithium). HPL was spun out from Professor Graetzel’s laboratory at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland) in 2003 and is focused on the development of nano-structured metal oxide energy storage [...]
The Government of Canada will invest up to C$77.75 million (US$74.5 million) over seven years in Terra Grain Fuels’s (TGF) wheat ethanol facility to support the production of ethanol in Saskatchewan, sustain job creation and help stimulate the economy.
The Terra Grain Fuels ethanol plant, near Belle Plaine, [...]
Dana Holding Corporation has developed a Long heat exchanger designed to extend battery life in hybrid and electric vehicles. The technology recently made its debut on Tesla Motors’ 2010 all-electric Roadster Sport.
Lithium-ion battery life is dependent on maintaining optimum operating temperatures. Dana’s heat-exchange technology cools the Roadster’s battery by [...]
Temperatures across China’s Yangtze River Basin could increase from 1.5 to 2 °C (2.7 to 3.6 °F) over the next 50 years, while extreme weather events will also become more frequent, according to the largest river basin climate vulnerability assessment yet done. Some 400 million people depend upon the [...]
November 11, 2009
The Ultimate “Me-Too” Machine.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo
(Posted 11/10, 7:30am) Detroit. We are about to be inundated with ads for the new cross wagons from a variety of manufacturers. No, not “crossovers” - the term that has managed to creep into the American car-buying consumer public’s consciousness after [...]
The formal incorporation of the joint venture in China between Antonov, the UK transmission specialist and Chonqing Landai Industry Co Ltd for the production of the Antonov TX6 automatic transmission has been completed and a certificate of incorporation has been issued by the Chinese authorities. (Earlier post.)
Antonov’s initial [...]
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. is developing and shipping diesel hybrid vehicles to the US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) National Automotive Center (NAC), with funding support through the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), and project administration through Alion.
Quantum developed the Clandestine Extended [...]
The INEOS Bio waste-to-ethanol process, originally developed by BRI. Click to enlarge.
INEOS Bio, a subsidiary of INEOS, the world’s third-largest chemicals company, has started a feasibility study for a plant in the UK to convert locally generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes [...]
Engineers from the University of Sunderland (UK), in collaboration with Shanghai’s Shen Li High Technology, ComeSys Europe and AVID vehicles, have launched ECO2Trans, a project to convert two buses to a fuel cell, battery and capacitor combination.
Sunderland’s Dirk Kok, Mark Armstrong, Maggie Ren and [...]Chrysler’s new powertrain strategy is relying on the rapid transfer of Fiat Group technology for Multiair; Gasoline Direct Injection; turbocharging and alternative fuels to support rapid downsizing and improvement of [...]
by Jeff Curtis and Jack Rosebro
Cross-section of COMPAC seawater-lubricated stern tube bearing system for ocean-going vessels. Source: Thordon Bearings Click to enlarge.At last week’s Ocean Innovation 2009 conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Craig Carter, Director of Marketing and Customer Service at Thordon Bearings [...]
October 28, 2009
The UAW’s true colors exposed again for all to see.
By Peter M. De Lorenzo
(Posted 10/27, 11:30am) Detroit. Well, that was special. Just when the new “kumbaya” era of management-union cooperation looked to be actually taking hold [...]
