Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2019

The US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT’s) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the opportunity ( FTA-2019-001-TPM-LOWNO ) for eligible applicants to apply for up to $85 million in competitive grant funds through FTA’s Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Bus Program.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

The battery pack alone weighs over 2,900 pounds—about the weight of a Honda Civic. Now I want to be clear: I am inspired by the Administration’s commitment to phasing out carbon emissions. Combustible, energy-dense petroleum is replaced by bulky batteries. Its gross vehicle weight rating is a staggering 10,550 pounds.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

The company is one of the first wholesalers to utilize the technology and comes as the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced plans in January to impose zero-emission requirements on TRUs sold or operated in California by 31 December 2029. —Jeff Wismans, national director of fleet operations at UNFI.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Projects will work to lower emissions by leading the expansion of EV charging stations to facilitate the transition from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric vehicles. AOI 3: Reducing the Cost of DC Fast Charging Equipment. Technology & Design Innovations to Maximize the Reduction Effect on DCFC Unit Cost Economics (Max-REDUCE).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The transportation sector was responsible for over 7 million tons of NO x emissions in the US in 2014, with 50% of this sector’s NO x attributed to heavy-duty on- and off-road vehicles and equipment. CO 2 and NO x certification test data for heavy-duty diesel engines certified from 2002 through 2019. Source of data: US EPA (2019).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the initial steps in the development of programs that will invest $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act in US port infrastructure while reducing air pollution. The Clean Ports Program will invest $3 billion in technologies to reduce harmful air and climate pollutants at US ports.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

An open-access editorial in the journal Nature Materials observes that the porposed new regulations for the European battery industry could actually make the electrification of transport harder. At the same time, the EU has proposed new regulations on battery technologies that aim to also make the industry more sustainable and less polluting.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Of that $37 billion, health costs added up to $24 billion in 2015; the $24 billion represents the monetized sum of harmful emissions responsible for an estimated 220,000 work-loss days, more than 109,000 asthma exacerbations, hundreds of thousands of other respiratory impacts, and 2,580 premature deaths. billion by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In commercial transport applications, fuel cell range extended vehicles emit no greenhouse gas or pollutant emissions and there is no impact to vehicle payload weight, power demands or refueling time compared to battery-only systems. —Thad Ewald, Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Cummins.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

At every price point and with multiple powertrains, we can put more people in cleaner automobiles across North America to have the greatest near-term impact on total carbon emissions. Toyota shared highlights of new internal research evaluating the environmental impact and cost of ownership between a PHEV and a BEV.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

The use of electric buses on urban routes reduced the emissions of pollutants into the air of Moscow by 40 thousand tons in 2020. Replacing one diesel bus with an electric bus reduces CO 2 emissions into the environment by 60.7 The production of electric buses in Moscow will significantly reduce their cost.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2022

.-07) led 61 of their colleagues in both the US Senate and House of Representatives in sending a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize ambitious clean truck standards ( earlier post ) that reduce NO x and greenhouse gas emissions and include requirements for the sale of zero-emission trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

Arrival’s zero-emission Van is purposefully designed to be an environmentally sustainable and economically efficient commercial electric vehicle, compared to traditional Vans. The vehicle is made from Arrival’s unique lightweight composite materials, which are designed to be recyclable, durable and lower in cost.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

The goal is to ensure that 100% of all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales be zero emission vehicles by 2050 with an interim target of 30% zero- emission vehicle sales by 2030. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks are a major source of harmful smog-forming pollution, particulate matter, and air toxics.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

Additionally, LNG engines are tuned to either emit low nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions—at the cost of higher methane emissions in some cases—or to incorporate NO x reduction technologies such as exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) or selective catalytic reduction (SCR). We know from Olmer et al. —Pavlenko et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

and the Port of Los Angeles are launching the Green Omni Terminal Demonstration Project, a full-scale, real-time demonstration of zero and near-zero emission technologies at a working marine terminal. million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Components include a 1.03

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

The locomotive will show the potential of hydrogen fuel-cell technology to reduce transportation air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The funds will be used to retire a Tier 0 diesel locomotive and to replace it with a zero-emission switching locomotive using advanced hydrogen technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In addition to being easier and cheaper to maintain, many EVs deliver better acceleration compared to gas-powered vehicles, and don’t pump harmful pollution into our air. —Gabe Shenhar, associate director of CR’s Auto Test Center. The full white paper will be published in the coming weeks.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a plan to mitigate statewide harm from more than 10,000 tons of smog-causing pollutants released in the state due to Volkswagen’s (VW) use of illegal “defeat devices” in diesel passenger cars. The National VW Environmental Trust provides California with $423 million for this purpose.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

In this approach the engine would provide comparable (or possibly greater) efficiency than a diesel engine while also providing around 90% lower NO x emissions than present cleanest diesel engine vehicles. Ethanol or methanol would be employed to increase knock resistance. —Cohn and Bromberg (2019). —Daniel Cohn.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

The zero-emission commitment from the school significantly lowers operating and fuel costs for the district to 50% of what it paid previously when charging its electric buses, as well as reducing the exposure of students and the local community to diesel particulate pollution. a gallon to power its vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2020

The new $44-million voucher project is designed to accelerate deployment of zero-emission off-road freight equipment used at goods-movement hubs, including ports, distribution centers, airports, and rail freight yards by bringing the cost of purchasing such equipment down.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Volvo Trucks will leverage best practices learned from the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project, its collaboration with South Coast AQMD and 13 other organizations to develop an end-to-end blueprint to successfully introduce battery-electric trucks and equipment into the market at scale.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2016

A new study by consultancy Roland Berger defines an integrated roadmap for European road transport decarbonization to 2030 and beyond; the current regulatory framework for vehicle emissions, carbon intensity of fuels and use of renewable fuels covers only up to 2020/2021. GHG abatement in road transport sector will cost approx.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

It is very likely that highly efficient “fully flexible” engines with hybridized solutions will be a big part of sought-after efficiency improvements, as well as emission/GHG reductions. Finally, it must be acknowledged that, in practice, people select their choice of powertrain based on numerous factors, including cost. Reitz et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The document provides high-level guidance for accelerating progress toward a zero-emission future while protecting and strengthening the ports’ competitive position in the global economy. The estimated cost of implementing the 2017 CAAP ranges from $7 billion to $14 billion.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2020

DEC considers PEJAs to be communities of color or low-income communities that experience a disproportionate share of environmental harms such as vehicle emissions and pollution. The funds were secured to mitigate damages from the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal through the federal settlement with Volkswagen.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As the second-most populous country in the world and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, India is making significant strides in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to combat climate change and reduce air pollution. One of the main advantages is the significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The researchers ultimately find that continued technological innovation is necessary and must be accompanied by cross-sector policies and changes to consumer behavior in order to meet Paris Agreement targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. They assumed mitigation is achieved through global economy-wide carbon pricing after 2030.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released its draft technology assessment of medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric trucks and buses. Battery electric transit buses are increasingly available from a variety of manufacturers and some school buses are commercially available. Heavy-duty (>14,000 lbs.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Major factors driving this growth include declining battery costs leading to more affordable EVs, expanded charging infrastructure, government incentives and standards, and corporate sustainability initiatives. For example, the US agreed to reduce emissions by 26% by 2025, and the EU by at least 40% by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Hydrogen-fueled electricity will offset the remaining five percent of emissions. Hydrogen is seen as having a substantial technological advantage over battery electric vehicles in heavy-duty applications due to those vehicles’ duty-cycles, especially in Canada’s extreme climate conditions. blue hydrogen).

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Electric Vehicles India

MAY 19, 2021

Union Cabinet approved PLI Scheme for battery storage to reduce EVs cost. The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Department of Heavy Industry to promote battery storage which helps in the reduction of the cost of electric vehicles. Let us know more about the PLI Scheme for battery storage. .

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

While electric cars will remain the largest electric vehicle market for the foreseeable future in terms of battery demand and market revenue generation, most transport sectors are facing a transition. Battery Demand From Non-automotive EV Sectors in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The hybrid drives combine a modern diesel engine with an electric motor and batteries to recover braking energy, reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by up to 25%. In addition, the ability to run under battery power only can reduce noise pollution in city areas and stations by 75% (20 dB(A)).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

The urgent need for introducing renewable energy into the mobility sector and the low energy density of state-of-the-art batteries call for alternative solutions to meet climate targets. They can also drastically reduce hazardous emissions during combustion (such as nitrogen oxide and soot emissions) compared to fossil diesel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

The UK House of Commons has released a new report on air pollution that calls for urgent action by national leadership to bring about a step change in how the problem of air quality is tackled. Air pollution cuts short an estimated 40,000 lives across the UK each year, costing an annual £20 billion (US$28 billion).

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