2012, Gasoline and Ozone

FCA recalls 850,000+ gasoline vehicles due to problem with catalytic converters

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MARCH 14, 2019

Fiat-Chrysler of America (FCA) will recall more than 850,000 gasoline-powered passenger cars and SUVs due to a problem with their catalytic converters. NO x emissions in California are the most important contributor to ambient ozone and a key contributor to fine particulate matter pollution (PM 2.5 2012: Q2 2019.

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BASF opens its largest European production plant for mobile emissions catalysts; LD gasoline and diesel and HD diesel

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JULY 18, 2014

The emissions catalysts produced there will be used by manufacturers of light duty gasoline vehicles and light and heavy duty diesel vehicles to meet more stringent Euro 6/VI emissions regulations. Among the advanced technologies that will be produced at the ?roda

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Diesel Gasoline Emissions Poland

NOAA, partners find about 98% decline in VOCs concentrations in LA Basin over last 50 years despite 3x increase in use of gasoline and diesel

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AUGUST 9, 2012

In California’s Los Angeles Basin, levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollutants have decreased by about 98% since the 1960s, even as area residents now burn approximately three times as much gasoline and diesel fuel. This indicates that the main VOC source in the LA basin is likely gasoline vehicle emission. Warneke, C.,

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Los Angeles Gasoline Ozone 2002

Study finds that environmental impact of corn-ethanol E85 is 23% to 33% higher than that of gasoline; environmental problem-shifting

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MARCH 16, 2012

Environmental impacts of gasoline and E85. eutrophication; ET = ecological toxicity; FEC = fossil energy consumption; WU = water use; LO = land occupation; “The rest” includes acidification; smog formation; ozone layer depletion; and human health effects. Process flow diagrams for E85 and gasoline. GW = global warming; Eut.

Gasoline

Gasoline Water Emissions Minnesota

Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

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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). Credit: ACS, Tessum et al. Click to enlarge. the contiguous US).

Gasoline

Gasoline Emissions Gasoline-Electric Pollution

California 2017 GHG inventory shows 1.2% total drop from 2016; transportation sector emissions up 1%

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AUGUST 14, 2019

Emissions from gasoline used in on-road vehicles are the main driver of that increase. The percent of biodiesel and renewable diesel in the total diesel blend have shown a significant growth in recent years, going from 1% in 2012 to 18% in 2017. MMTCO 2 e (6%) from 2013 to 2017.

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2017 2016 Transportation Emissions

Study uncovers role of longer-chain unburned hydrocarbon emissions from diesels in London air pollution; calls for regulatory shift

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

The study found that 60% of the winter primary hydrocarbon hydroxyl radical reactivity in London is from those diesel-related hydrocarbons; the authors predicted that the longer-chain HCs contribute up to 50 % of the ozone production potential in London. Dunmore et al.

London

London Pollution Diesel Emissions

Berkeley study identifies diesel as main source of vehicular secondary organic aerosols

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Contribution of gasoline and diesel exhaust to SOA over 0% to 50% diesel fuel use. The new findings contradict previous research focused on the LA Basin which concluded that gasoline vehicles contributed more to the production of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) than exhaust from diesel vehicles. Gentner et al. Click to enlarge.

Diesel

Diesel Los Angeles Exhaust Gasoline

Researchers report on potential long-range atmospheric emissions impacts of increased ethanol fuel use in North America

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JULY 28, 2012

Ethanol is emitted to the atmosphere by both natural and anthropogenic processes; examples of the latter include industrial processes, biomass combustion and use as a biofuel mixed with gasoline. This is accompanied by a modest regional decrease in surface ozone (of order 1%). Millet, Eric Apel, Daven K. Henze, Jason Hill, Julian D.

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North America America Emissions Fuel

California ARB LEV III Concept Targeting Fleet-Average SULEV-Level Emissions Performance from New Vehicles by MY 2022

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

The majority of California residents live in areas that do not meet permissible air quality levels for regulated air pollutants—mostly due to exceedances in atmospheric concentrations of ozone and particulate matter. Vehicles that are engine certified include incomplete gasoline vehicles and those powered with diesel engines.

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Emissions Fleet California Vehicles

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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JUNE 8, 2015

—Jones and O’Hara (2012). TSI (gasoline) and Golf Mk VII 1.6 For the lithium-ion batteries, Volkswagen developed an in-house model in cooperation with suppliers on the basis of the current state of the art as of 2012. ozone depletion potential (ODP). photochemical ozone creation potential. Click to enlarge.

Carbon

Carbon Personal Store Emissions

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Starting in 2012, the program will cover electricity generation, including imports, and large industrial sources and processes with annual GHG emissions at or above 25,000 MTCO 2 e. The initial cap level in 2012 will be set at the level of emissions expected in 2012 from sources covered at the start of the program.

2015

2015 Transportation Fuel Emissions

National Academies release third review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The National Academies have released a third review of the 21 st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP); the review follows the Phase 1 and Phase 2 reviews by the National Research Council in 2008 and 2012 ( earlier post ) and assesses the progress the partnership has made. These new targets need to be set for the research efforts.

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MPG Miles 2009 Fuel

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FCA recalls 850,000+ gasoline vehicles due to problem with catalytic converters

BASF opens its largest European production plant for mobile emissions catalysts; LD gasoline and diesel and HD diesel

NOAA, partners find about 98% decline in VOCs concentrations in LA Basin over last 50 years despite 3x increase in use of gasoline and diesel

Study finds that environmental impact of corn-ethanol E85 is 23% to 33% higher than that of gasoline; environmental problem-shifting

Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

California 2017 GHG inventory shows 1.2% total drop from 2016; transportation sector emissions up 1%

Study uncovers role of longer-chain unburned hydrocarbon emissions from diesels in London air pollution; calls for regulatory shift

Berkeley study identifies diesel as main source of vehicular secondary organic aerosols

Researchers report on potential long-range atmospheric emissions impacts of increased ethanol fuel use in North America

California ARB LEV III Concept Targeting Fleet-Average SULEV-Level Emissions Performance from New Vehicles by MY 2022

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

National Academies release third review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership

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