Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Hyundai Motor Company has completed development of its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicle—the Tucson ix Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV)—and will begin testing next year with an eye toward 2015 mass production. The SUV has a full-tank range of 650 kilometers (404 miles)—equal to that of a gasoline-powered car.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In comparison, the corresponding percentage in 2000 was only 0.9%. The years examined were 2015 through 2019. The results indicate that, between 2015 and 2019, e-commerce retail sales per capita increased every year, with the increases averaging about 12%, while the annual changes in traditional sales hovered near zero.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

According to the latest annual life-cycle study from the Automotive Science Group ( ASG ), the all-new lightweight aluminum 2015 Ford F-150 leads the full-size light-duty truck competition in all environmental and economic performance areas; accordingly, ASG selected the F-150 as its Best Full-size Truck of 2015.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2009

An executive at Sinopec’s institute for economic and technology research predicted that China’s oil demand will increase by up to one third by 2015 as car ownership grows fast from its current low base. Demand could hit 500 million-530 million tonnes by 2015 and 570 million-620 million tonnes by 2020, he told a conference in Beijing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

In a new, comprehensive study, a team from Argonne National Laboratory, Stanford University and UC Davis ITS has estimated the well-to-wheels (WTW) GHG emissions of US production of gasoline and diesel sourced from Canadian oil sands. This finding agrees with previous work. —Cai et al. Hao Cai, Adam R.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

This analysis compares the costs of usable energy when we buy gasoline and electricity for driving and natural gas for keeping warm. Gasoline-powered vehicles. Gasoline-powered vehicles. Combustion of a gallon of gasoline (that includes ethanol) releases 120,333 Btu of energy. All-electric vehicles. per 100 kWh.

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APRIL 20, 2017

g of CO 2 /km reduction (-1.2%) compared to 2015 constitutes the smallest annual improvement recorded over the last decade. million new passenger cars were registered—an increase of almost 7% compared to 2015. of new sales, followed by gasoline vehicles (47%), and alternatively fueled vehicles (3.3%, including electric vehicles).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2015

According to a new lifecycle analysis by a team at Carnegie Mellon University, a battery electric vehicle (BEV) powered with natural gas-based electricity achieves around an average 40% lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction when compared to a conventional gasoline vehicle. —Tong et al. 5b01063.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

The new six-cylinder in-line gasoline engine M 256 features a 48 V electrical system. The M 256 is the first member of a new family of premium gasoline engines that have for the first time been systematically designed for electrification from the outset. Mercedes-Benz is investing a total of around €3 billion (US$3.3 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2013

The E200 NGD can run on either gasoline or natural gas; benefits of running the car on natural gas include a 20% reduction in CO 2 emissions compared with comparable operation using gasoline, and much lower fuel costs. liters of unleaded gasoline (NEDC combined) for every 100 kilometers (37.3 Benz gasoline engines.

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Mercedes Gas Gasoline MPG 311

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. g/km—in model year 2016. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2016

Based on Ford June sales figures, Fusion Energi (the plug-in hybrid variant) sales jumped nearly 40% in LA compared to June 2015. By comparison, the total midsize sedan segment is down nearly 5% in LA through May, according to IHS Automotive data. The Fusion Hybrid sold 2,542 units in June 2016, up 50% from 1,691 units in June 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. From 2009, led by the Ministry of Industry and Information, the pilot work of methanol gasoline implement is Shanxi province started.

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APRIL 28, 2015

MLIT and METI will use the proposal as a basis for revisions to relevant laws and regulations, with a target for completion in spring of 2015. This represents a 26% increase in fuel economy from 2012 values, and a 23% increase from the 2015 standard of 14.5 km/L (42 mpg US, 5.6 l/100 km) in 2022, compared to 14.2 mpg US, 7.0

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JULY 26, 2017

The two companies entered into a Development Agreement and a Development License Agreement in November 2015. In comparison to other renewable jet fuels, Gevo’s ATJ has the potential to offer the optimal solution in terms of operating cost, capital cost, feedstock availability and scalability. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 6, 2014

Comparison of global passenger vehicle fuel consumption standards normalized to NEDC L/100km. 100km (34 mpg US) in 2015. annually—between 2015 and 2020. Comparison of overall and annual average fleet fuel consumption reduction rates under proposed or enacted standards across regions. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy China Economy Fuel 239

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. in emissions from on-road vehicles. —Adam Fowler.

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Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

So we’ve had Ram ProMasters since the 2015 model year, replacing the Dodge Sprinter van based on a design from previous owner Mercedes-Benz. liter V6 gasoline engine, but the new EV is still quite pricey. Nissan never offered its e-NV200 compact electric van here (and the gasoline NV200 itself is now gone too). Got all that?

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

(FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, will debut an upgraded Subaru Impreza compact 4-door and 5-door models on the US market later this year as part of its 2015 lineup. The 2015 Impreza offers improved fuel economy, strengthening its position as offering the highest fuel economy of any gasoline All-Wheel Drive car offered in the US.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

This would be almost 90 times the equivalent figure for 2015, when EV sales are estimated to have been 462,000, some 60% up on 2014. This would be equivalent to nearly 8% of global electricity demand in 2015. However, that cost comparison is set to change radically in the 2020s. Although some 1.3 per year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

By 2015, the report finds, corn ethanol could show greenhouse gas emissions of 40,068 gCO 2 eq/GJ (HHV)—a 25% reduction from the 2005 level of 53,466 gCO 2 eq/GJ and a 37% reduction from the 1995 level of 63,977 gCO 2 eq/GJ. By comparison, gasoline shows full lifecycle GHG emissions of 88,764 gCO 2 eq/GJ in 2015, up 2.5%

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Primary energy consumption over the vehicle’s entire life cycle is cut by 14% in comparison to its predecessor. This corresponds to the energy content of around 2,400 liters (634 gallons) of gasoline. l/100 km (38 to 40 mpg US) in comparison to 7.3 —Professor Dr Herbert Kohler, Chief Environmental Officer at Daimler AG.

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Mercedes Emissions CO2 MPG 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2015

g CO 2 eq/MJ for gasoline blendstock, 5.0 g CO 2 eq/MJ for gasoline blendstock, 10.2 g CO 2 eq/MJ for gasoline blendstock, 10.2 As reported in a 2015 paper by Rahman et al. As reported in a 2015 paper by Rahman et al. g-CO 2 eq/MJ-gasoline derived from California’s Kern County heavy oil. for diesel, and 5.1

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

During the period from 2010 to 2015, JRC—involved in the process from the beginning—tested the various versions of the new test cycle and test procedure on a number of vehicles that were also tested under NEDC conditions. Moving from NEDC to WLTP did not have much impact on NO x from gasoline vehicles and CO from diesel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2011

The current European regulation on cars and CO 2 strives to achieve a 130 g/km average figure by 2015. Automaker targets for 2015 are differentiated on the basis of the weight of the vehicles they produce in 2015 compared with the average weight of the vehicles the entire industry will produce over the 2011-13 period.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

CO 2 emissions of the C 180 in comparison to its predecessor [t/car]. Over the entire lifecycle of the C 180, the lifecycle analysis yields a primary energy consumption of 521 gigajoules (corresponding to the energy content of around 16,000 liters of gasoline); an environmental input of approx. Source: Mercedes-Benz. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline. Often referred to as a “drop-in” fuel, reformate is an ingredient in gasoline and jet fuel that can be added during the regular refinery process. Source: Cool Planet.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A study of emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicles in an urban near-road environment in Toronto over a wide range of weather conditions (February 2014 to January 2015) found that—other than for NO x and CO—the GDI engines had elevated emissions compared to the Toronto fleet. Naomi Zimmerman, Jonathan M.

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Environment Emissions Exhaust 2014 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In addition, they measured emissions from several gasoline vehicles (Euro 5 and 6) and Euro 5 diesel vehicles. Comparison between limit values for NO x , PM and CO 2 from EU type approval regulations (black clouds) to emissions in “real life” city traffic from the average Euro 6 diesel passenger car on the Helsinki city cycle.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

To meet the cap by 2015 requires an “infeasible” 40% new vehicle fuel consumption (FC) reduction per year in 2011?2015 2015 ( 400 MPG by 2015) to overcome the inertia of the higher-emitting older vehicles in the fleet. Biofuel plays a large role in North America, enabling the relaxation of the near-term (2015?2025)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2015

Both engineered methanotrophs present a unique series of challenges for commercial scale up, noted Intrexon in a presentation at the 2015 BIO World Congress in July. Expressing a heterologous pathway for product generation places additional metabolic burdens on the cell, as carbon is diverted from primary to exogenous metabolic pathways.

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JANUARY 12, 2013

In February 2012, the China State Council approved its first national ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5 , which will come into effect by the end of 2015. 2020),” which plans to achieve accumulated sales of 500,000 new-energy vehicles (including hybrids and EVs) by 2015, and 5 million by 2020. Earlier post.] Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 24, 2013

The partners anticipate that the ALABC advanced lead-carbon battery and CPT switched reluctance motor-generator technologies can appear in the next generation of cars from 2015 onwards, when tighter CO 2 emission limits are imposed. Click to enlarge. —Nick Pascoe, CPT chief executive. Batteries Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Vehicle Systems'

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JULY 1, 2009

Our engineers are working to reduce the fuel consumption of gasoline and diesel engines by up to one third. By 2015, we expect to see a sales volume of some 500,000 electric vehicles worldwide. Comparison of drive concepts for diesel engines, with reductions in fuel consumption. A diesel-powered car in 2015 will only burn 3.6

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MAY 2, 2012

litres of gasoline equivalent per 100km. —“Global Fuel Economy Initiative Plan of Action 2012-2015. to have 20 countries in various stages of implementation by 2015 by which time the tool will be self-implementing and ready for global rollout. Global Fuel Economy Initiative Plan of Action 2012-2015. Policy support.

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Fuel Economy Economy Global Fuel 231

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MAY 9, 2015

TFSI gasoline engine with an electric biturbo ( earlier post ) that delivers 441 kW (591 hp) and 650 N·m (479.4 By comparison: The new Ford Shelby GT 350 will feature a naturally aspirated 5.2L The 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat’s supercharged 6.2-liter lb-ft), with acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1

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MAY 27, 2015

For non-Class 8 trucks (pick-up trucks, parcel delivery trucks, and box trucks), BEVs reduce emissions significantly (31–40%) compared to their diesel or gasoline counterparts. More specifically, we evaluate the relative comparison of different ways of using natural gas for different types of MHDVs. —Tong et al.

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