Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2011

Data collected during a major 2010 state-federal atmospheric research project show that the first-in-the-nation regulation requiring ocean-going vessels to use clean fuel when near the California coast has been extremely effective in reducing sulfur dioxide pollution from ships, according to the California Air Resources Board (ARB).

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APRIL 19, 2013

A study by a team of researchers from France and the US found that the origin of volatile hydrocarbons, other than methane, present in city air is mainly gasoline-powered vehicles. times greater than in Los Angeles due to the greater overall volatile hydrocarbon pollution in the latter city. Borbon, A., Gilman, W. Chevaillier, A.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

in the air had higher rates of stroke deaths and shorter life expectancies, according to preliminary research to be presented in Honolulu at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2019, a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science and treatment of cerebrovascular disease.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

ARB will hold a one-day workshop to discuss ARB staff’s preliminary thoughts and sources of information upon which to base the proposed standards and test procedures on 18 May, 2010, in El Monte, California. This second workshop will go into more detail in several areas related to criteria pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions.

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JULY 6, 2012

Unlike its competitors in the heavy-duty on-road space, Navistar relied on advanced EGR technology for 2010 compliance instead of SCR. However, EPA 2010 regulations call for 0.20 Navistar expects the In-Cylinder Technology Plus (ICT+) technology to be available beginning early 2013. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Effective January 2010, Brazilian diesel fuel vehicles will be required to run on a 5% biodiesel blend, up from 4% at present. billion liters (634 million gallons) in 2010. The announcement was made last Friday by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and is expected to raise biodiesel production levels to 2.4

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JANUARY 12, 2013

Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. Although EVs have a greater GHG reduction benefit than CNGVs, they may increase life-cycle emissions of criteria pollutants, simply because coal is heavily involved. Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.]

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EV Match

DECEMBER 22, 2020

New EV models have been hitting the market every year since 2010. Driving an EV is a significant step you can take on an individual level to reduce carbon emissions and air pollution. New EV Models Keep Coming. 2020 saw the Tesla Model Y, Polestar 2, Porsche Taycan, Mini Electric, Kia Soul, and more hit the roads.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are collaborating in the $20-million CalNex research project to examine the nexus between air pollution and climate change. 2010 CalNex Science and Implementation Plan. CalNex is the culmination of three years’ preparation.

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Climate Change Climate Pollution California 210

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

We present dynamometer test results and emission models from fully aged aftertreatment systems installed on heavy-duty on-road engines to offer several compliance paths that are technologically and economically achievable by model year (MY) 2024 without significant changes to today’s engines or aftertreatment.

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MAY 8, 2014

year period, by region, for cities present in both versions of the AAP database. About half of the urban population being monitored is exposed to air pollution that is at least 2.5 A total of 851 cities in 72 countries are present in both the 2011 and 2014 versions of the database, with air quality data for different years.

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JULY 1, 2019

The report shows how thes massive changes on the horizon caused by automation, connectivity, decarbonization and sharing, represent an opportunity to move towards a transport system that is more efficient, safer, less polluting and more accessible than the current one centered on private car ownership. —Biagio Ciuffo, lead author.

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MAY 24, 2017

Based on a three-year study of toxic and environmentally relevant pollutants from gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines, Swiss researchers have concluded that some GDI engines emit just as many soot particles as unfiltered diesel cars did in the past. Further, the GDI particles carry numerous carcinogenic substances. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 19, 2013

However, they also found that decreases in emissions of these pollutants appear to be slowing down and may have leveled off. 2010) in motor vehicle emissions for major urban areas in the US. 90% in Los Angeles, Houston, and New York City, between 1990 and 2010. The main goal of this study is to evaluate long-term trends (1990?2010)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Based on on-road measurements in their study, a team from the University of California Berkeley has estimated that, as of 2010, light-duty (LD) gasoline vehicles were responsible for 85% of CO; 18% of NO x ; 18% of organic aerosol (OA); and 6% of black carbon (BC) emissions from on-road motor vehicles in the United States.

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JUNE 3, 2014

trillion Mexican pesos), taking into account the value to society of 55,000 avoided early deaths from air pollution and the reduced climate impact from lower emissions of black carbon. The new proposal would update NOM 044 to rely on EPA 2010 and Euro VI standards beginning in 2018, leapfrogging an intermediate step in the process.

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MARCH 22, 2018

The LCFS adopted in 2009 by the California Air Resources Board requires petroleum refineries and fuel importers to reduce the carbon intensity of the fuels they sell in California by 10% by 2020 relative to 2010. million gasoline-powered cars from the state’s roads in one year. Malins (2018) Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 23, 2015

The number of sold electric vehicles of all types rose from 760 in 2010 to more than 70,000 in 2014, with the trend continuing in the first half of 2015, according to the report. Registrations of BEV and PHEV in the EU from 2010 to 2014. The choice of models went from 3 to nearly 30 in the same period. Source: Thiel et al.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

Ettore Musu from the University of Pisa presented a CFD study of concept at the SAE 2010 Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting in San Diego. SAE 2010-01-2107. In the study presented at SAE PFL, a turbocharging system with overall efficiency of 50% was considered for the inlet and outlet pressure. —Musu et al.,

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

According to the report, apart from being inaccessible to many of the world’s most vulnerable, the transport sector today is plagued by high fossil fuel use, rising greenhouse gas emissions, air and noise pollution, an alarming number of road fatalities, and a reluctance to embrace digitalization. —GMR 2017.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have produced a spatially and temporally explicit life cycle inventory (LCI) of air pollutants from gasoline, ethanol derived from corn grain, and ethanol from corn stover for the contiguous US (the lower 48 states). The researchers included a sixth pollutant, ammonia (NH 3 ).

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APRIL 15, 2017

These hydrates are potentially explosive and are largely responsible for the initial failure to contain the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that rocked the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The coated surface attracts liquid hydrocarbons that are already present in the flowing petroleum, creating a thin surface layer that naturally repels water.

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

has fully characterized a key chemical reaction that affects the formation of pollutants in smoggy air in urban areas. When applied to Los Angeles, the laboratory results suggest that, on the most polluted days and in the most polluted parts of LA, current models are underestimating ozone levels by 5 to 10%.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Unlike its competitors in the heavy-duty on-road space, Navistar relied on advanced EGR technology for 2010 compliance instead of SCR, as did the others. However, EPA 2010 regulations call for 0.20 Navistar touted the advanced EGR approach as being more cost-effective than SCR.

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Emissions EPA Production 2012 186

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

In a presentation at the US Department of Energy’s 2010 Direction in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research Conference in Detroit (DEER), Cisternino described the results of an internal study that used both testbed experimental engine work as well as vehicle tests using an Opel Corsa equipped with a BAS-enhanced 1.3-liter

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MAY 24, 2012

Source: Malikopoulos 2010. The ultimate goal, he says, is to exploit fully existing propulsion technologies in terms of fuel economy and pollutant emissions. maximizing fuel economy, minimizing pollutant emissions, and maximizing engine acceleration). Click to enlarge. —Malikopoulos et al. Malikopoulos, Andreas A.,

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Net petroleum imports as a share of total US liquid fuels consumed drop from 49% in 2010 to 38% in 2020 and 36% in 2035 in AEO2012. million barrels per day in 2010. The natural gas share of electric power generation increases from 24% in 2010 to 27% in 2035, and the renewables share grows from 10% to 16% over the same period.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Since 2010, significant changes have been made to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) research enterprise. Recognizing this as a priority, in 2010 the Agency’s Office of Research and Development embarked on a series of steps to advance the evolution of its research programs.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

These increases in ozone could make it more difficult for the United States to meet Clean Air Act standards for ozone pollution at ground level, according to a new international study. Tropospheric ozone is an important source of the hydroxyl radical, an oxidant that breaks down most pollutants and some greenhouse gases.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

On its tenth anniversary, the EEA’s TERM report presents an overview of transport’s impact on the environment, built on an analysis of 40 policy-relevant indicators. Among 32 EEA countries, only Germany and Sweden are on track to meet their 2010 indicative targets for biofuels use.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Compared to the 2010 “Business as Usual” scenario—which includes all adopted emission control measures for the South Coast—NO x levels must be reduced by 65% and by 75% to meet the 2023 and 2032 ozone standards, respectively. Background. grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr).

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JANUARY 15, 2012

Current 2010 USEPA emissions standards for NO x and PM are set at 0.20 Diesel particulate filters (DPF) and urea-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) exhaust after-treatment systems thus have emerged as feasible strategies to meet the 2010 USEPA regulations. g/bhp-hr and 0.01 g/bhp-hr, respectively.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Engine developers can use this information to validate computer models and design advanced engine combustion strategies that will improve fuel economy for consumers while also lowering tailpipe pollutant emissions. The work is a significant contribution to the Engine Combustion Network established in 2010 by Lyle Pickett at Sandia.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2010

Source: Kawamura et al 2010-01-2175. The research team published a paper on their efforts in conjunction with the recent SAE Powertrains Fuels & Lubricants meeting, but without an oral presentation at the conference. Strategy for approaching current and future performance targets. Click to enlarge. —Kawamura et al.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

On the contrary, ICE vehicles present inherent limitations. Additionally, ICE vehicles contribute to environmental concerns, emitting greenhouse gases and contributing to air pollution. While sales were negligible in 2010, 2022 saw over 4,25,000 electric 4-wheelers sold in the country, marking a significant milestone.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 30, 2024

On the contrary, ICE vehicles present inherent limitations. Additionally, ICE vehicles contribute to environmental concerns, emitting greenhouse gases and contributing to air pollution. While sales were negligible in 2010, 2022 saw over 4,25,000 electric 4-wheelers sold in the country, marking a significant milestone.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2011

Ford had previewed the small EcoBoost turbocharged gasoline direct injection unit, and had confirmed it for production, at Auto China 2010 in Beijing. A study by Delphi Powertrain presented at the SAE 2010 World Congress in Detroit concluded that a 3-cylinder turbocharged gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine—such as the 1.0L

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