Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Vehicle fuel economy improvements have slowed globally, according to the latest report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI): Fuel Economy In Major Car Markets: Technology And Policy Drivers 2005-2017. per year between 2015 and 2017. —more than triple the improvement rate between 2016 and 2017. Source: GFEI.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

After a steady decline from 2010 to 2016, by almost 22 grams of CO 2 per kilometer (g CO 2 /km), average emissions from new passenger cars increased in 2017 by 0.4 grams more than in 2017. This is the first increase in average CO 2 emissions from new vans since the regulation came into force in 2011, following a sharp decrease in 2017.

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Teslarati

APRIL 14, 2022

A recent report from market trend analysis firm JATO Dynamics has revealed that Tesla’s strong sales in Europe, coupled with the introduction of more environmentally-friendly SUVs, have helped drive a 16% reduction in CO2 emissions among new vehicles sold across the region in 2021. km to 99g/km year-over-year. .

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

The analysis covered 23 markets in Europe and found a direct correlation between diesel car registrations and average CO2 emissions. The total value of CO2 emissions was on a steady decline from 2007, but started to slowdown in 2016 as the fall reduced from -4.1 g/km to 120.5 —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The average in-use emissions were calculated as 46 g CO2 per kilometer, accounting for the consumption of both fuels. CRI has joined 42 other stakeholders from across the EEA region to launch CO2 Value Europe, a new European association dedicated to promoting CO2 utilization.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2017

The team calculated that an area equal to only 4% of the Sahara Desert would be sufficient to bring atmospheric CO 2 concentrations back to pre-industrial levels in ten years, and that a wind speed of 1 km per hour would be sufficient to deliver that CO2 to those STEP (solar thermal electrochemical process (STEP) CNT plants ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2015

From 2017, Mercedes-Benz will offer in Europe the S- and E-Class as the first production passenger cars equipped with CO 2 air conditioning systems. It is the first automobile manufacturer to award not only development contracts but also to place production orders for CO2 air conditioning systems and their components. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2020

Audi introduced the “Aluminum Closed Loop” process at its Neckarsulm site back in 2017. The press shops in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm use recycled aluminum for parts of the model lines Audi A3, A4, A5, A6, A7 and A8 models, and also for parts of the Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback. Other sites will follow in due course.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

Average CO 2 emissions generated by new cars in Europe increased during 2017—the first rise in 10 years— according to a new analysis by JATO Dynamics. g/km in 2017, finishing at 118.1 g/km in 2017—far higher than the average CO 2 emissions of diesel and gasoline vehicles across all segments.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

The system was able to selectively convert CO2 to CO with an efficiency of 13.4% Mayer, Jingshan Luo, Michael Grätzel (2017) “Solar conversion of CO 2 to CO using Earth-abundant electrocatalysts prepared by atomic layer modification of CuO” Nature Energy 2, 17087 doi: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.87. using solar energy. Luterbacher, Matthew T.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

In June 2017, the plant network was opened officially by Jamie Hyneman, co-host of the “MythBusters” science television series. In the first campaign now completed, about 200 l of fuel were produced in several phases to study the optimum synthesis process, possibilities of using the heat produced, and product properties.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The WLTP became mandatory for all new car models from September 2017 and for all new cars from September 2018. The European Commission presented its proposal on the regulation in November 2017 as part of the clean mobility package. Background and next steps.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2018

metric tons from 2010 to 2017—equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions from more than 728,000 passenger vehicles driven for one year. As described in its 19 th annual Sustainability Report , Ford hit the target twice as fast as expected. The results are significant, with a global manufacturing CO 2 emissions reduction of more than 3.4

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 29, 2022

They can cut a lot of emissions — CO2 emissions as well as other types of pollution that cause cancer, asthma, and various other human ailments and death. This is why, since the Tesla Semi was unveiled in 2017, many of us have been eagerly awaiting […]. Large electric trucks are easy to get excited about.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Ulrich Schulmeister, Steffen Eppler (2017) “ Roadmap zum defossilisierten Antrieb ” VDA – Technischer Kongress 2017. Present studies suggest that the fuel itself (excluding any excise duties) could cost between €1.00 liter (US$4.47 gallon US) in the long run.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2017

Our study confirms the highly promising potential of a photothermocatalytic strategy for the conversion of CO2 and potentially opens new vistas for the development of other solar-energy-driven reaction systems. —Jinhua Ye. Dr. Jinhua Ye has been working on advanced photocatalytic materials for 20 years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

After a steady decline from 2010 to 2016 of almost 22 grams of CO 2 per kilometer (g CO 2 /km), average emissions from new passenger cars increased in 2017 and in 2018 (by 2.8 Zero- and low-emission vehicles must be deployed much faster across Europe to achieve the stricter targets that apply from 2020, EEA said. g CO 2 /km in total).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

g/km higher than in 2018, the delta was lower than the difference between the 2017 and 2018 results—where the growth was 2.4 Despite this positive change, their emission levels were still higher than the averages they recorded in 2016 and 2017. —Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics. g/km in 2018 to 111.1

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

The company is only second to Tesla in achieving the highest fuel economy and the lowest CO2 emissions amongst major automakers. Hyundai's Environmental Progress Between 2017 and 2022, Hyundai has successfully reduced its CO2 emissions from 311 g/mi to 302 g/mi and improved its fuel economy from 28.6

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

MFTBC introduced the eCanter, the first all-electric light-duty truck in series production in 2017, pushing the transport industry one leap forward in reducing worldwide CO 2 emissions. MFTBC believes that truly CO2-neutral transportation will only be realized through either battery-powered electric vehicles or hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Licht (2017). —Licht (2017). —Licht (2017). Click to enlarge. 2017.02.005. 2017.02.011.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Wietschel (2017) “CO 2 Mitigation Potential of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles larger than expected” Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 16493 (2017) doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16684-9. Resources. Jochem & M.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Since 2015 the company has made use of 250 gigawatt-hours of geothermal energy, reducing emissions of CO2 by 50,000 tonnes. Since 2017 Audi’s logistical rail transportation carried out with Deutsche Bahn has been largely carbon-neutral. The plant has an annual output of at least 82,000 megawatt-hours of thermal energy annually.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

2017), H 2 -assisted CO 2 thermochemical reduction on La 0.9 So, it is well-suited to the concentrated output stream from conventional fossil-fuel-burning power plants or those designed for carbon capture such as oxy-combustion plants. The research was funded by Shell Oil and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

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MIT Convert CO2 Carbon 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The recent productivity advances in Viridos’ technology are an opportunity to turn CO2 into renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuels, providing an essential component for the decarbonization of the heavy-duty transportation industry. —Vijay Swarup, vice president of Research and Development at ExxonMobil.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2017

kWh pack for the medium-sized bus), and provided regular service between All Nippon Airways facilities in Kawasaki and vicinity of Haneda Airport in Tokyo for the year from February 2016 to January 2017. Feb 2016 to Jan 2017. The buses were customized to run on Toshiba’s SCiB rechargeable batteries (52.9 Overview of the field test.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The eCanter is the series-produced all-electric truck developed by MFTBC as a solution to urban environmental issues such as noise, exhaust gas and CO2 emissions. In 2017, MFTBC introduced the eCanter, the first all-electric light-duty truck in series production in Japan. The eCanter, which falls under the 7.5-ton

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This is a big step forward in the design of devices for efficient CO2 reduction and testing of new materials, and it provides a clear framework for the future advancement of fully integrated solar-driven CO 2 -reduction devices. This work is supported by the DOE Office of Science. Gurudayal, James Bullock, Dávid F. Srankó, Clarissa M.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Daimler Trucks has been gaining experience with electric trucks since 2010 and since 2017 has had its first small series-produced all-electric truck on the market and in customers’ hands: the Fuso eCanter light-duty truck. —Martin Daum, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, responsible for Trucks & Buses.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

According to the GCP, global emissions from all human activities will reach 41 billion tonnes in 2017, following a projected 2% rise in burning fossil fuels. McKinley, Stephen Sitch & Pieter Tans (2017) “Towards real-time verification of CO 2 emissions” Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/s41558-017-0013-9. Andrew, Josep G.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2017

Jian Wei, Qingjie Ge, Ruwei Yao, Zhiyong Wen, Chuanyan Fang, Lisheng Guo, Hengyong Xu & Jian Sun (2017) “Directly converting CO 2 into a gasoline fuel” Nature Communications 8, Article number: 15174 doi: 10.1038/ncomms15174.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

Under current EU regulations, automakers have until 1 January 2017 to transition from R134a. However, R744 systems operate at pressures 5 to 10 times higher than R134a systems, necessitating development of high-pressure hoses, compressors and other components. This raises issues of cost, as well of durability.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

The European Parliament has voted to officially adopted a 175g/km CO2 short term and 147g/km CO2 long term target for manufacturer’s average emissions for Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

While the proposed China regulation for 2020 is more stringent than the glide path, the 2017 Brazil regulation is less stringent. Wallington, Heiko Maas, and Heinz Hass (2014) “Light-Duty Vehicle CO2 Targets Consistent with 450 ppm CO 2 Stabilization,” Environmental Science & Technology doi: 10.1021/es405651p. to 5% YOY to 3.5%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2013

The European Commission is to indicate its support for a 2017 deadline. The new UN-defined World Light Duty Test Procedure (WLTP) should come into force at the earliest opportunity, the text says. The WLTP better reflects the real conditions in which cars are used.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

McFarland (2017) “Catalytic molten metals for the direct conversion of methane to hydrogen and separable carbon” Science 917-921 doi: 10.1126/science.aao5023. The carbon produced—mostly graphite—accumulated as a fine powder at the top surface of the melt. Resources. Chester Upham, Vishal Agarwal, Alexander Khechfe, Zachary R.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The current sales plan is 400 Mirais in Japan by the end of 2015; 3,000 or more in the US by the end of 2017; and 50-100 units per year in Europe around 2016. The TFCS is more energy-efficient than internal combustion engines and emits no CO2 or substances of concern (SOCs) when driven. The system accelerates Mirai from 0–60 in 9.0

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