Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

In New York, General Motors and Honda announced a long-term, definitive master agreement to co-develop next-generation fuel cell system and hydrogen storage technologies, aiming for the 2020 time frame. 2011 Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) —Dan Akerson, GM chairman and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

New Zealand is implementing revenue-neutral changes to its road user charges (RUC) system as of 1 August 2012. On the other hand, gasoline, CNG and LPG powered vehicles pay for road use through fuel excise duty charged directly on the fuel they use. An increase in gasoline excise duty and road user charges of 1.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

Kior said that if it is unsuccessful in finalizing definitive documentation with Khosla on or before 1 April 2014—i.e., KiOR developed a proprietary catalytic process to produce cellulosic gasoline and diesel from lignocellulosic biomass. Once inside the reactor, the biomass interacts with the proprietary catalyst. “The

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Public comments on this proposed framing document must be received on or before 29 October 2012. Program Definition and Management. Is the mission statement, “to enable U.S. How can DOE activities best support leadership in plug-in electric vehicle innovation? In PEV manufacturing? In PEV deployment?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2012

On the split-cycle engine, the definition of effective compression and expansion ratios are not clearly obvious. For the study, the SwRI team applied the Miller cycle to a spark-ignited, stoichiometric, gasoline-fueled version of the SSCE with downsized compressor cylinder in 1D cycle simulation software. —Branyon and Simpson.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2012

There are a number of over-arching R&D challenges in the area of pyrolysis, starting with the lack of a standard definition of what constitutes an acceptable bio-oil feedstock product. This partially stems from the lack of a clear definition of what constitutes product quality.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

The revised statutory requirements for RFS2 also include new definitions and criteria for both renewable fuels and the feedstocks used to produce them, including new greenhouse gas emission (GHG) thresholds for renewable fuels and the incorporation of indirect land use change effects. Earlier post.). Biomass-based diesel. Advanced Biofuel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

The ZEV Regulation has been amended multiple times since its inception (most recently in January 2012 and October 2013) to reflect the pace of ZEV development, the emergence of new ZEV and near-ZEV technologies, and the need to provide clarifying language in an increasingly complex regulatory system. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Regulated party definitions. Staff has identified a couple ways to enhance the regulated party definitions so that more fuel producers and suppliers can become regulated parties. Earlier post.). Among the amendements currently under consideration are: Opt-In and Opt-Out Provisions. Approval of new or modified fuel pathways.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Fuel-grade isobutanol may be used as a high energy content, low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) gasoline blendstock and oxygenate, which will be compatible with existing refinery infrastructure. The global market for chemical-grade butanol is approximately 1.1 BGPY, based upon volume data from SRI, Gevo said. Earlier post.)

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Nissan also expects to sell a lineup of electric vehicles globally by 2012. In an interview Monday, Mr. Ghosn said Nissan decided to accelerate development of battery-powered vehicles because of high gasoline prices and environmental concerns, not just because of the need to meet stricter fuel-economy standards. Toyota ( TM ).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Comparison of GHGenius, JACOBS, TIAX, and the new PRELIM gasoline greenhouse gas (GHG) estimates using base case estimates and variations from the scenario analysis. Base case greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions estimates and gasoline and diesel production from refining 100,000 bbl of different crudes. Credit: ACS, Abella and Bergerson.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2016

Bush set a goal of commercializing cellulosic ethanol production by 2012; and President Obama set a goal of one million electric vehicles by 2015. This conceptualization differs from the colloquial definition of hype, which often implies the setting of implausible expectations, which is typically thought to be undesirable.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2012

Existing LCA studies of oil sands-derived fuels are not sufficient to characterize the emissions performance of the industry due to their reliance on limited (and often low quality) publicly available data, inconsistency in boundary definitions, and limited transparency of the majority of studies, Bergerson et al. responsible for 71?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

These include differences in processing configuration, technologies used in the production facility, key parameters such as algal biomass productivity and oil content, the system boundary definition, the co-products that are produced, the methodology used to value co-products, and the end-product (i.e., the functional unit) being assessed.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

KMI) and El Paso Corporation on Sunday announced a definitive agreement whereby KMI will acquire all of the outstanding shares of EP in a transaction that will create the largest midstream and the fourth-largest energy company in North America with an enterprise value of approximately $94 billion and 80,000 miles of pipelines.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

In remarks during the briefing, Bill Fay, Group Vice President & General Manager, Toyota Division, noted that the RAV4 EV is an important element of Toyota’s plan to meet the Phase 3 requirements of California’s ZEV mandate ( earlier post ) for the 2012-2014 timeframe. Compared with the gasoline-powered RAV4, at 0.35 —Bill Fay.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The team made measurements of black carbon (BC) with a high-sensitivity laser-induced incandescence (HS-LII) instrument and a single particle soot photometer (SP2); measurements were conducted upwind, downwind, and while driving on a highway dominated by gasoline vehicles. —Liggio et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has posted the proposed Advanced Clean Car (ACC) package of regulations in advance of the Board’s meeting on 26 January 2012 to consider adopting the new rules. Amend Manufacturer Size Definitions, Ownership Requirements, and Transitions. Earlier post.). Certification fuels.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

mpg in 2016, GM’s short term answer is to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engine technologies. The number of flex fuel models will grow from 17 in 2010 to 28 in 2012 and will account for 50% of GM’s production. GM expects the number of vehicles sold with direct injection to double between 2010 and 2012 to 1.2

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

In the new Technical Regulations, a large number of principal definitions, which concern the powertrain, body dimensions, safety and aerodynamics, were re-determined. of displacement while the permissible maximum size of gasoline engines used by LMP1 race cars was 2L (turbo engines) or 3.4L (normally aspirated engines).

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

So Tesla knew it had to set up its own fast-charging network, which it started to do in the fall of 2012, actually. They know it will take a little bit longer than a gasoline car because your gasoline stop. Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts. in a Tesla.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

So Tesla knew it had to set up its own fast-charging network, which it started to do in the fall of 2012, actually. They know it will take a little bit longer than a gasoline car because your gasoline stop. Like gasoline cars, the EPA range rating, which is sort of the one that everybody quotes, has two parts. in a Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2009

A bipartisan group of US legislators, led by Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-17), have introduced legislation that would require half of all light-duty vehicles (LDVs) made or sold in America by 2012, and 80% by 2015, to be “fuel choice-enabling” vehicles. By definition, the flex-fuel vehicles can handle any blend level up to 85%.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2012 the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which regulates fuel economy, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which regulates greenhouse gas emissions, proposed new unified standards for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions over the years 2017 to 2025. Background. to 41 mpg by 2021 and 48.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2013

First reported to the US Coast Guard by BP in September 2012, the oil sheens raised public concern that the Macondo well, which was capped in July 2010, might be leaking. The team’s gas chromatography analysis of BP’s cofferdam samples definitively showed that it was not the sole source of the leak as there were no olefins present.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

At the time of the press release, I could not find a definitive picture. If electric vehicles are going to stand a chance against petro-based cars, standards are a must. This is a major step froward in EV mass production. Update: The plug depicted above is not the agreed upon standard. Sorry for any confusion. More on Electric Cars: It’s On!

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

Nissan’s consumer research shows that “there are definitely more than 100,000 in the United States who want&# their next car to be an electric, Palmer says. “We’re excited about being able to market a car that will never use a drop of gasoline.&#. Production begins in late 2012. Dealers excited.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Opel is launching three new engine families and 13 new engines between 2012 and 2016, renewing 80% of its engine portfolio. liter gasoline and diesel engines, together with next generation five- and six-speed gearboxes. They will be joined by the end of this year by a new small-displacement gasoline engine family.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. The car is expected to cost around $40,000.

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