Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

The transportation sector now generates the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions in the US—28.9% More than 90% of the fuel used for transportation is petroleum-based, which includes primarily gasoline and diesel. From 2016 to 2017, CO 2 emissions from the transportation end-use sector increased by 1.21%.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

One electric vehicle (EV) model for sale in the United States of America (USA) had 300+ miles of driving range on a full charge in 2016. That total has increased to 14 models in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Because of the pandemic, there was a substantial reduction in 2020 in vehicle miles traveled. Overall , vehicle miles traveled in 2020 were down 13% compared with 2019. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget Request provides $5.34 Sustainable transportation. Sustainable transportation funding requests include: Vehicle technologies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The energy intensity of a transportation mode is calculated by dividing the amount of fuel used by the number of passenger miles traveled and converting the result into a common measure—Btu (British thermal units) per passenger mile traveled. Energy intensities of flying and driving, in Btu per passenger mile.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

will offer dedicated liquid propane systems for 2016 Ford 5.0L This new liquid propane system will be offered in addition to Westport’s compressed natural gas (CNG) package for 2016 Ford F-150 trucks. Designed to transport passengers and cargo, the 2016 Ford F-150 offers a 5.0 Fuel pump life expectancy of 150,000 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2017

Transdev, a leading global provider of mobility services, and Delphi Automotive PLC have entered into a commercial partnership to develop a global, fully automated, mobility-on-demand (AMoD) transport system. In 2016, Transdev had a turnover of €6.7 Earlier post.). billion euros.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

metropolitan area, with oversight by the Federal Aviation Administration and North Carolina Department of Transportation. Currently, the majority of medical samples and specimens are transported across WakeMed’s expanding health system by courier cars. over distances of up to 12.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2015

Ford will offer the 2016 F-150 with an available gaseous-fuel prep package that enables 5.0-liter The 2016 Ford F-150 with 5.0-liter liter V6 engine, given the capability of the 2016 F-150 5.0-liter 2016 F-150 trucks running on CNG or propane will be able to tow the same amount as if they were running on gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Researchers at MIT report that the entrance of transportation network companies (TNCs)—specifically Uber and Lyft, which together have a 98% share of the market—in cities led to increased road congestion in terms of both intensity (by 0.9%) and duration (by 4.5%); an 8.9% —Diao et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2019

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco. Erhardt et al. Erhardt et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2021

These zero-emission electric vehicles will replace the existing gas-powered vehicles that are used to pick up, transport and drop off Helbiz electric scooters and bikes across each city. The new vehicles are capable of achieving 61 MPGe, compared to 13 MPG for gasoline-powered vans.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In a new study, IHS Markit forecasts that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) will by 2040 grow to an all-time high of around 11 billion miles per year (a 65% increase since 2017) in China, Europe, India and the United States—the key markets examined for the study—and will keep growing. IHS Markit, “Reinventing the Wheel.”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Bus Test Program, conducted by the Larson Transportation Institute’s Bus Research and Testing Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania, evaluates how well vehicles perform under conditions that simulate the rigorous duty cycles required of transit buses. With an overall score of 89.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

EDI) announced that its EDI PowerDrive 6000 PHEV drivetrain system has surpassed one million miles in a commercial fleet setting over the course of the last 18 months. The company has recently closed a new production order of the PowerDrive 6000 systems, with incremental deals expected to be completed by the end of 2016.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2016

Autonomous vehicles would have to be driven hundreds of millions of miles and, under some scenarios, hundreds of billions of miles to create enough data to clearly demonstrate their safety, according to a new report from RAND, a non-profit research organization. The most autonomous miles any developer has logged are about 1.3

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AUGUST 2, 2016

UPS has achieved its goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet one year earlier than planned, and marked more than 10 years of learning from its “Rolling Laboratory” of now more than 7,200 alternative fuel vehicles. —David Abney, Chairman and CEO, UPS. Partner, promote and report progress.

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Teslarati

APRIL 29, 2024

Under the new regulation, AEB systems in new cars must stop and avoid contact with vehicles in front of them up to 62 miles per hour. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Most automakers make cars with AEB systems under a 2016 voluntary agreement. Read the final version of the NHTSA AEB regulation below!

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2017

The aCar is designed for passenger and cargo transportation and is also of interest for the European automotive market. The vehicle is primarily intended for transporting passengers and cargo, with a total load capacity of one ton. The 20 kWh battery capacity gives the vehicle an electric range of 80 kilometers (50 miles).

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MARCH 3, 2015

UPS expects its ORION (On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation) routing system ( earlier post ) to reduce the distance driven by its drivers by 100 million miles annually when fully implemented in 2016. UPS’ ORION routing system uses data from customers, drivers and vehicles to reduce miles driven on delivery routes.

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

The company has more than 120 8-, 10.5-, and 12-meter buses operating across Asia on major OEM platforms including Ankai, Shaanxi, Xiamen Jinlong, Yaxing Motor Coach, Master Transportation, and now Foton. million miles traveled since 2015.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Based on the success of two Irizar 100% i2e electric buses that have been operating in London since June 2015, London’s largest transport operator, Go-Ahead, is incorporating the buses into its fleet and has signed an agreement with Irizar that includes service and maintenance. The second was delivered in July 2015.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

—Baruch Feigenbaum, lead author of the Annual Highway Report and assistant director of transportation at Reason Foundation. This edition of the Annual Highway Report uses state-submitted highway data from 2016, the most recent year with complete figures currently available, along with traffic congestion and bridge data from 2017.

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AUGUST 18, 2016

the largest heavy-duty transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, is adding the 2016 Cummins Westport ISL G Near Zero engine ( earlier post ) to its Xcelsior bus family. New Flyer has delivered over 6,000 natural gas transit buses that operate to ranges of over 350 miles without refueling.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

congratulated the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) as it welcomed its first battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit bus. million grant from the Federal Transit Administration’s 2016 Low and No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle Deployment Program. The route covers 13 miles and 700 feet in elevation change.

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JULY 16, 2023

Taking out over 55 kTonnes CO 2 e of Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions from global lubricants operations, reducing production-step carbon intensity by more than 45% since 2016. Optimizing delivery networks to reduce road transport by 1.3 million miles since 2021.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2016

Supported by partners, Clean City Coalitions and corporate sponsors, Alliance AutoGas is embarking on a 5300+ mile, 12-city, cross-country road trip—the Alliance AutoGas Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride —with its record-setting propane autogas F-150. Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Maven is working with Austin Energy, the Austin Transportation Department, and Rocky Mountain Institute to create infrastructure solutions leading to an all-electric future. Maven Gig vehicles are available for flat weekly rates that include the car, unlimited miles, insurance (minus deductibles) and maintenance.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

That same year, in my role as founding organizer of climate action group, 350 South Bay Los Angeles, I was able to bring my skills and experience to a wider community and make the case for our need to switch to 100% fossil free transportation to stave off the impending climate crisis. The Bolt debuts at the 2016 LA Car Show.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Honda also announced that the platform underpinning the Clarity Fuel Cell will also serve as the foundation for a next-generation Honda plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) that will launch nationwide by 2018, with more than triple the 13-mile all-electric range of the Accord Plug-In Hybrid Sedan.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2018

BMW is providing the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis with ten battery-electric, BMW i3 models for 18 months. The vehicles are 2015-2016 models, with battery technology that enables an everyday range of about 80-90 miles—suited for in-town driving, and enough for travel between Davis and Sacramento.

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MAY 19, 2009

The resulting new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016 (39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for trucks), or approximately 250 grams CO 2 /mile. These vehicle categories are responsible for almost 60% of all US transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions.

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MARCH 26, 2014

will build and operate a new, 213-mile (343 km), 16-inch diameter pipeline to transport carbon dioxide from the company’s St. The project is expected to be in service by the third quarter of 2016 pending receipt of environmental and regulatory approvals. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.

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JULY 13, 2017

Despite a plethora of alternative transportation modes—buses, trains, bicycles—city dwellers are driving more miles than ever, say University of Michigan researchers. Sivak and Schoettle say that a 19% increase in urban population from 2000 to 2016 can account for only 58% of the increase in urban distance driven.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The result is a range of up to 300 miles (483 kg) on 1.5kg of hydrogen and a top speed of 60 mph. The arrival of the company’s Rasa engineering prototype in 2016, sees Riversimple take a hydrogen-powered commuter car from the laboratory to the road in only 8 years.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

With its previously-unannounced Series A financing led by Capricorn in 2016, this brings the company’s total funding to more than $130 million. We envision a future where commuting by eVTOL is a safer, faster, and cost-competitive alternative to ground transportation. —Joby Aviation founder and CEO JoeBen Bevirt.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

million miles). For example, our locally CO 2 -neutral city bus eCitaro has been in series production since 2018 and electrifies public transport in many cities. Mercedes-Benz Trucks was the world’s first manufacturer to present a heavy-duty electric truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in 2016. The range of the 7.49-ton

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