AE Biofuels subsidiary receives $1.88M grant to accelerate cellulosic ethanol plant
AE Biofuels, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned advanced ethanol subsidiary AE Advanced Fuels Keyes, Inc. (AE Keyes), has been awarded a $1.88 million matching grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to accelerate the commercial implementat…
Chevrolet Malibu Eco: Keeping GM’s hybrids on the highway
Shaping up to be a great highway hybrid?
Hybrid choices are a good thing
Are hybrid cars only for the city? New hybrid offerings, such as the Hyundai Sonata hybrid continue to test that assumption, as have Honda hybrids since the beginning.
And the upc…
ECO Start/Stop Tech Reaches Mercedes’ S Class
When Mercedes’ new S350 Bluetec diesel flagship was introduced earlier this year, it debuted without the company’s ECO start/stop technology. According to Mercedes fan page Benz Insider, however, next year’s S350 diesels will get ECO as standard equ…
SABIC Innovative Plastics teaming with IAV GmbH to develop EV & hybrid powertrain solutions with advanced lightweight thermoplastics
SABIC Innovative Plastics is collaborating with IAV GmbH to develop advanced thermoplastic solutions that can replace metal in electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid powertrain components. Specifically, the two companies are targeting new ways to optimize ve…
Primus Green Energy to produce biojet fuel
Israel Corp. unit reports biomass fuel breakthrough
Globes.
Primus Green Energy Ltd., a US subsidiary of Israel Corporation’s renewable energy unit IC Green Energy Ltd., has developed a gasification-based process to convert agricultural biomass i…
Hub Group’s First-Quarter Income Rises
Logistics firm Hub Group’s first-quarter income improved on higher intermodal activity.
ARPA-E to award up to $130M in fourth round of funding; focus on biofuels, thermal storage, rare earth alternatives, grid controls, and solar power electronics
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will make up to $130 million available to develop five new program areas including biofuels, thermal storage, rare earth alternatives, grid controls, and solar power el…
CSX Reports Jump in 1Q Income, Revenue
CSX Corp.’s first-quarter profit jumped 30% on higher prices and demand, the railroad said.
Chevrolet introduces 2013 Malibu ECO with eAssist
Chevrolet Malibu ECO PowerFlow screen. Click to enlarge.
Chevrolet has introduced the 2013 Malibu ECO, its most fuel-efficient midsize sedan yet. The Malibu ECO features GM’s eAssist light electrification technology (earlier post), which is …
Is China the future or the end of the US auto industry?
First high speed trains, now electrification
Technology transfers plus supply chains advantage Chinese auto industry
When it comes to the future of the auto industry, it’s all about Asia and no country looms larger than China. Yet, is China’s growing a…