Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. Optimized gear ratios enabling improvement in fuel economy. Portland, Ore.;

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2013

Green Button Gamer , based in Boston, Massachusetts, won the Safety Innovation award and Augusta, Georgia-based Fuel Economy Coach received the Fuel Efficiency Innovation award. DOE awarded New York City-based Dash the Judges’ Prize and MyCarma , headquartered in Troy, Michigan, the Popular Choice prize.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

This order for 32 units follows an order last year from the Boston-area transit company for 35 units that were commissioned in September 2015. The ERS has demonstrated improvements of 25% in fuel efficiency, and significantly reduced tailpipe emissions. Earlier post.) Those vehicles have recorded close to a total of one million miles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2011

The first taxi was delivered to Boston Cab Dispatch in December 2010. liter I-4 engine that gets EPA-estimated 21 mpg city and 26 mpg highway, an estimated 30% improvement in fuel economy compared with traditional taxis. The Ford dealership, Packey Webb Ford, of Downers Grove, Ill.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

Kiessling Transit purchased a pilot vehicle equipped with the hybrid system through Lightning Hybrids’ Boston-based dealer, National Fleet Hybrids, in 2013. The pilot vehicle’s fuel consumption was closely monitored during the pilot program. Driver feedback also confirmed vehicle performance benefits.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The PHEV Ram 1500 pickups are part of a national demonstration fleet of 140 vehicles that will be used during the next three years to evaluate customer usage, drive cycles, charging, thermal management, fuel economy, emissions and impact on the region’s electric grid. Earlier post.). Albany, N.Y., and Charlotte, N.C.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

The testing process compares fuel economy performance from the vehicle in its original condition with the performance using XL Hybrids’ charge-sustaining hybrid system. XL Hybrids was founded by MIT alumni and is based in Boston. The company had been targeting a 20% reduction. engine and 6-speed transmission.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2015

The book I was reading on the plane (Sustainable Energy, by David JC Mackay) suggested that my portion of the energy for the round-trip plane ride from Boston and back would amount to roughly 12,000 kilowatt-hours. Carbon guilt weighed heavily on my mind as I approached the car rental counter at the Salt Lake City Airport.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Metro and commuter rail were modeled after the San Francisco Bay Area’s (SFBA) Bay Area Rapid Transit and Caltrain while the LRT modes are modeled after San Francisco’s (SF) Muni Metro and the Boston Green Line. In terms of GHG emissions, large aircraft on a total g CO 2 e/PKT basis outperforms Boston light rail (the Green Line).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Boston, Mass. GM also reaffirmed its commitment to improve the fuel efficiency of its vehicle fleet, meet or exceed new federal fuel economy and emissions regulations, and push ahead with advanced propulsion technology. The Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain, midsize crossovers with highway fuel economy of 32 mpg.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 6, 2006

The result is an 80+ mile-per-gallon vehicle—with even greater fuel economy possible using biofuels. With gas prices now near $3 per-gallon, plug-in hybrids offer the potential for a consumer to save on their fuel charges as an ‘electric’ gallon of gas is less than $1.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2020

Inspired by naturally occurring processes, a team of Boston College chemists used a multi-catalyst system to convert carbon dioxide to methanol at the lowest temperatures reported with high activity and selectivity. Methanol is a promising renewable fuel that can be adapted to the current liquid fuel infrastructure.

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Green Cars News

MAY 6, 2009

Ford’s new 2010 Fusion will deliver the best-in-class fuel economy of any midsize sedan in America. Boston, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Tampa, Washington, D.C. Grand prize winners will be notified on May 17, 2009. May 7-9, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and May 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. May 14-16, 2009 from 9:00 a.m.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2017

The Chanje vehicles have demonstrated greater than 50 MPGe fuel economy in city and highway driving when tested by independent third-parties. A 70 kWh liquid-cooled battery can charge at up to 7.2 The dual motor system delivers a peak 148 kW and 564 lb-ft (764 N·m) of torque. FDG and Chanje co-created the product.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

Bird Cage Liners article this morning: Asking carmakers to comply with California’s rules would be tantamount to forcing a cancer patient to “finish chemo and then go run the Boston Marathon,&# General Motors Corp. All I ever heard them do was badmouth the small Honda car I drive and complain about CAFE fuel economy standards.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

If accompanied by aggressive efforts to get drivers out of their cars, compact growth programs could reduce auto-based 2030 CO 2 emissions by as much as 25% over and above any emissions reductions attributable to higher fuel economy standards. Changing circumstances could alter the model’s projections—e.g.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. It was a Manufacturing Failure, as GM NEVER planned to build the car in Volume, so No Economies of Scale were ever achieved. If no one wants your car (because people think it sucks), then no one will buy it, regardless of how good the fuel economy may or may not be.

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