Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In addition to the fuel savings, electric vehicles typically require less maintenance than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, which means lower maintenance costs. Fifty-five percent of respondents cited the initial purchase price of electric commercial vehicles as the top barrier.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

A core group of 15 commercial airlines has signed non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for negotiating purchases from two different producers of synthetic jet fuel: AltAir Fuels LLC and RenTech Inc. In June, the ASTM International Aviation Fuels Subcommittee having responsibility for jet fuel (D02.J0.01) ASTM Certification.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. The US Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center also has a tool which compares the annual emissions of an EV versus internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle on a national or state level.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2013

Colorado State University will retrofit two internal delivery trucks with fuel-efficient hydraulic hybrid systems, paid for by a grant from the Colorado Energy Office. Lightning Hybrids has been working on the hydraulic hybrid system, made and assembled in Loveland, since September 2008.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The company made an internal announcement on February 27th, 2024 which leaked to the press immediately via several Apple employees. Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

That’s why we’ve already doubled the number of alternative vehicles in the federal fleet, and that’s why, today, I am directing agencies to purchase 100% alternative fuel, hybrid, or electric vehicles by 2015. Obama was delivering a speech on energy policy at Georgetown University. —President Obama. —President Obama.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

JetBlue also announced plans to start flying with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in mid-2020 on flights from San Francisco International Airport. Since 2008, JetBlue has already offset more than 2.6 All of JetBlue’s purchased carbon offsets are audited, verified and retired on the airline’s behalf.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

Nestlé Waters North America has installed 32 Plug Power GenDrive hydrogen fuel cells, purchased in 2008, in its materials-handling fleet at their Dallas, Texas bottling facility.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

Australia-based Linc Energy Limited has signed a purchase agreement to acquire a 100% interest in 92,059 acres of coal tenement lease areas in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming USA from GasTech Inc, a company based in Casper Wyoming. Linc Energy has agreed to pay US$5 million for the purchase of the GasTech coal tenements.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order from Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. Internally, Nisshinbo has been working on different approaches to fuel cell catalysts for some time ( earlier post ), including a carbon alloy catalyst being developed in collaboration with Professor Jun-ichi Ozaki of Gunma University under a NEDO project.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Fleet managers are searching for the best ways to achieve both goals, thus driving further investigation of electric vehicles as an alternative to internal combustion engine vehicles, according to the report. In 2008, Pike notes, In 2008, the North America market accounted for 63% of global hybrid sales.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2018

his allocation will provide funding to help purchase, install, operate, and maintain new charging stations for battery electric vehicles. For hydrogen fueling stations, staff proposes funding up to 33% of the cost to purchase, install, and maintain a new hydrogen fueling station for fuel cell electric vehicles. $63 Background.

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Ozone Vehicles California Emissions 277

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

The study indicates that the traditional triad markets of Europe, North America and Japan and Korea will continue to stagnate, with automakers struggling to reach pre-2008 vehicle sales levels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The study, by the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, found that a minimum of $13.8 billion was invested by central governments and 100% government-owned enterprises in energy RD&D in the BRIMCS countries. Source: Kempener et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

If a cap-and-trade program includes offsets, regulated entities have the opportunity to purchase the “emission credits” generated by carbon offset projects to help them meet their compliance obligations. A regulated entity may consider purchasing offsets if the offsets are less expensive than making direct, onsite emission reductions.

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 25, 2022

NASA kickstarted its relationship with SpaceX in December 2008 when it awarded the company a $1.5 billion contract to develop the first versions of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket and deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). The second biggest contributor to SpaceX’s NASA revenue is Crew Dragon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

The first conversion of the partnership is already underway, a MY 2002 CNG Chevrolet HD 2500 provided by Denver International Airport. HHS has also purchased a totaled 2008 Chevy Silverado HD 2500 that will serve as a demonstration vehicle. The truck is used for runway checks and plowing. HHS system on the test stand.

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Fleet Hybrid Market Denver 252

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

In earlier projections, the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted an emission decrease for 2009 of 2.6%, which would have been the largest decrease in forty years. For industrialized countries, their reductions help them to meet their international obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.

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2009 India Emissions Global 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2010

The Orange Book is frequently used by prospective aircraft purchasers as a predictor of aircraft performance. EA launch customer Emirates began operating the aircraft in August 2008 and received its eleventh A380 on 2 July. Specific Fuel Consumption (SFC) improvement for the GP7200-powered aircraft.

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Engine Fuel France Connecticut 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

The company’s air system includes international air hubs in Cologne, Germany; Taipei, Taiwan; Shanghai; Miami (to serve Latin America), an intra-Asia hub in the Philippines; and UPS Worldport, the Louisville, Ky., In 2008, Scope 1 and 2 emissions were 13.2 million metric tonnes in 2008 from 1.9 million metric tonnes in 2007.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 20, 2023

VW, Ford, GM task deals Ghosn described how he won task deals from Volkswagen Team, Ford and a extra profitable wage to secured Basic Motors however determined to stick with the alliance following the 2008-2009 international monetary catastrophe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86

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JUNE 1, 2013

a more efficient internal combustion engine. Between 2008 and 2011, a period when Scuderi Group sold more than $75 million in securities despite not obtaining any revenue, Mr. Scuderi authorized more than $3.2 Scuderi Group sold securities pursuant to these PPMs from 2008 to 2012, raising approximately $75 million.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

A new study from the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs finds that reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation will be a much bigger challenge than many assume, and will require substantially higher fuel prices combined with more stringent regulations. Source: Morrow et al.

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APRIL 18, 2011

Fuel purchased in the US for international aircraft and marine travel accounted for an additional 123.1 Tg CO 2 in 2009; these emissions are recorded as international bunkers and are not included in US totals according to UNFCCC reporting protocols. The transportation end-use sector accounted for 1,745.5 Tg CO 2 Eq.

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2009 Emissions EPA Climate Change 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Companies that need additional allowances to cover their emissions can purchase them at regular quarterly auctions ARB will conduct, or buy them on the market. There are also provisions to develop international offset programs that could include the preservation of international forests. Proposed Regulation to Implement.

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California Climate Climate Change Gas-Electric 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

Patrón Highcroft races using E10, virtually the same fuel that consumers purchase at the service station. Johnny O’Connell races for Corvette Racing, a team that was the first to announce in 2008 that it would compete using cellulosic E85. O’Connell has started more American Le Mans Series races than anyone in its history, 103.

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Green Long Beach Alternative Fuels Oil 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2011

In November 2010, the Australian Government commissioned Garnaut to provide an independent update to his 2008 Climate Change Review. Substantial funds, rising over time, are directed towards innovation and the purchase of offset credits from rural Australia. Earlier post.)

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Climate Change Australia Climate Carbon 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2013

The Federal Aviation Administration estimates that in 2008, 248 million gallons of avgas were consumed in the US, contributing an estimated 550 tons of Pb to the air that comprise 57% of the national Pb inventory. Avgas 100LL, the most commonly used avgas, can contain up to 2.12 grams Pb per gallon (ASTM D 910). 1003231.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Data gathering for the Beijing study was completed in 2008. Rapid economic growth, growing mobility, increasing purchasing power, and rising demand for goods have made China one of the fastest growing—and one of the largest—auto markets in the world. Discussion Paper 2008-08, Cambridge, Mass.: Oliver, Hongyan He. “

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

Norway leads electric vehicle (EV) adoption, boasting the highest share of new EV purchases worldwide. This approach of virtually redesigning the tax structure within the auto industry also stands out amongst other countries, which mainly rely on direct subsidies to incentivize EV purchases over internal combustion engine cars.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2013

A new white paper published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) comparing official and “real-world” fuel consumption and CO 2 emission values for passenger cars in Europe and the United States shows that the average discrepancy between the values in Europe increased from less than 10% in 2001 to 25% in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption. Source: Policy package.

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Fuel Economy Fuel Transportation Engine 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

—Philip Sheehy, analyst for ICF International. Although plug-in electric vehicles are being purchased by California drivers at modest rates, electricity consumption is unexpectedly making contributions towards LCFS compliance in these early years of the program.

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California Carbon Fuel Standards 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) calculates that meeting the proposed Federal policy will require a 5.7% annual increase; meeting the EU targets for 2008-2015 requires a 2.5% Earlier post.) The agreement provides a framework to reach an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016. annual increase.

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