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Burning ethanol creates more ozone than gasoline, worse in winter

Forget, for a moment, the difference between standard, corn-based ethanol and cellulosic ethanol. For this post, all that matters is how ethanol burns, not how it's created. According to new research conducted at Stanford, when an engine burns E85, the byproducts of that combustion are different than when pure gasoline is burned, and not always in a good way. Specifically, the researchers found that E85 creates more aldehydes concentrations – a precursor to ozone – than petroleum gas does. Outside temperature also affect the ... Read more →

Volkswagen and Stanford to expand technology collaboration at "CARS" Sam Abuelsamid

Volkswagen is no stranger to working with Stanford University, having collaborated with the Palo Alto school on the DARPA Grand Challenge competitions for autonomous vehicles. Volkswagen also ...

Tesla to collaborate with Stanford on car-buying innovation program Sam Abuelsamid

Since Tesla started delivering its battery-powered Roadsters to customers in mid-2008, it has followed a different retail path from other automakers. Instead of franchised dealers, the company is ...

Stanford students think PANDA is the answer to silent EVs/hybrids Sebastian Blanco

Laws and regulations to force hybrid and pure electric car makers develops vehicles that emit a noise to alert blind people to their presence are under consideration. If EVs will one day need to beep ...

Saudis invest in silicon nanowires, trying to bury battery breakthrough? Sam Abuelsamid

All right everyone, it's time to warm up your conspiracy theories. Back in December we reported on a potential breakthrough in battery technology from Stanford University's Professor Yi Cui. Dr. Cui ...

Battle hardened, robot-driven cars by 2030 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A scientist speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in San Francisco has predicted robot-driven cars that could drive humans around by the year 2030. Intelligent robot vehicles are likely to be used on battlefields even sooner though predicts Sebastian ...

Hydrogen vehicles, nuclear plants part of energy analysts' carbon-free plan 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Energy experts are meeting this week at Stanford University for the Global Climate and Energy Program, and the United States' role in a carbon-free world was the hot topic. Nobel laureate physicist Steve Chu says there is 500 to 1,000 years of energy left in the world, but it's fossil energy. ...


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