Cars That Think

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Iceland ran a pilot between 2015 and 2019, and this year it said the program was an overwhelming success, the BBC reported. Other countries that are trying out a shortened workweek include Australia, Japan, Scotland, and Spain, according to World Population Review.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Edfellite was first found among fumarolic encrustations collected in 1990 on the Eldfell volcano, Heimaey Island, Iceland.) Goodenough (2015) “Eldfellite, NaFe(SO 4 ) 2 : an intercalation cathode host for low-cost Na-ion batteries” Energy Environ. Sodium-ion intercalation batteries—i.e., Earlier post.) —Preetam Singh.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

Starting next year 34 emissions trading programs will serve as the primary vehicle to drive greenhouse gas reductions in Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand and 27 European Union members, along with California and Québec. South Korea’s program will begin in 2015.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Connected cars are expected to appear on European roads in 2015. The members of CEN are the National Standards Bodies of 33 European countries including all of the EU Member States, 3 EFTA countries (Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) and 2 EU candidate countries (Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

The A-Class F-CELL in Iceland. The company expects marketability as early as 2015. After the tour, the A-Class F-CELL will be replaced by Daimler’s next generation of fuel cell vehicles: the B-Class F-CELL ( earlier post ), Daimler’s first fuel cell vehicle produced in a small volume series, but under full series development processes.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

That’s around 16 times the GHG emissions of Iceland at that time, or the equivalent gas emissions of over 11 million vehicles in one year. By 2015, Norway already had 10,000 charging stations. Its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) back in the 1990s were around 51.7 million tonnes per year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

The European Commission has adopted two proposals to ensure that, by October 2015, cars will automatically call emergency services in case of a serious crash. The “eCall” system automatically dials 112—Europe’s single emergency number—in the event of a serious accident. A hat-tip to Tatiana!).

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

6TH PLACE: ICELAND, 58 POINTS (TIED FOR 7TH IN 2019) Claim to fame: sparse schmarse , just look at them numbers! Sure, 2x more people live within Seattle city limits than in all of Iceland’s huge expanses. 67 POINTS (1ST PLACE IN 2015-2019) Claim to fame: maybe sometimes it’s good to chill back for a year at #2. drumrollllll.

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