Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2022

The California Air Resources Board approved the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) rule. The rule establishes a year-by-year roadmap so that by 2035 100% of new cars and light trucks sold in California will be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects continued robust growth in US energy production, emergence of the United States as an energy exporter, and a cleaner S electric power generation mix. Light-duty vehicle miles traveled increases by 20% in the Reference case, growing from 2.9 trillion miles in 2018 to 3.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2019

Researchers at MIT and the Ford Motor Company have found that depending on the location, lightweight conventional vehicles could have a lower lifecycle greenhouse gas impact than electric vehicles, at least in the near term. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Wu et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has published a discussion draft of a. The approach described is designed to meet simultaneously federal air quality standards; achieve greenhouse gas emission reduction targets; reduce petroleum consumption; and decrease health risk from transportation sources through 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released the proposed scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious target in North America. Mobile Source Strategy (Cleaner Technology and Fuels Scenario). Earlier post.) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced that California Climate Investments in zero-emission vehicles have reached $599 million since 2013, putting hundreds of thousands of ultra-clean cars, and entire fleets of zero-emission trucks and buses on California roads and highways. School buses: 29 electric school buses.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

2015 Investment Plan Update covers the sixth year of the program and reflects laws, executive orders, and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, petroleum dependence, and criteria emissions. in electric vehicles. in electric vehicles within the state, and the potential for emerging needs (including medium?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2014

For the topic of future road mobility these are the development of alternative and decarbonized fuels and energy carriers; and higher powertrain efficiency leading to cleaner mobility and reduction in resource demand. Natural gas offers the possibility to overcome the blend wall discussion. Click to enlarge. Liquid Air.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

The California Air Resources Board today approved a $373-million funding plan that covers all investments in advanced technologies for fiscal year 2015-16, from zero-emission heavy-duty trucks and buses to rebates for low- and zero-emission passenger vehicles. The remaining $5.5 million is held for administrative overhead and a reserve.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

In light of the rapid changes taking place in the automotive industry, the new vision takes a longer-term perspective and sets out how Mazda will use driving pleasure—the fundamental appeal of the automobile—to help solve issues facing people, the earth and society. Earlier post.). Yamasaki, Y., Umahashi, S., Uesugi, Y.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Ranges in passenger occupancy can easily change the relative performance of modes, with large aircraft performing better than light rail in some of the areas investigated. Samples of the findings include: Off-peak urban diesel buses has the largest energy consumption and GHG emissions per PKT, followed by the three light-duty vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

Five technology paths for very-low-NO x and GHG emissions from heavy-duty natural gas engines. The “Pathways to Near-Zero-Emission Natural Gas Heavy Duty Vehicles” report, authored by GNA on behalf of Southern California Gas Co. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Background. grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr).

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Four California state agencies and the independent power grid operator have released a new plan and vision for California’s energy future in advance of the Air Resources Board consideration of a first-in-the-nation rule requiring that a third of California electricity come from renewable sources by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

This study sheds light on the urban passenger transport sector in China, which accounted for around 20% (188 MtCO 2 ) of the total carbon emissions of the transport sector in 2016, and aims to answer whether the CO 2 emissions from the urban passenger transport sector can reach its peak before 2030 and how to reach the peak. 2019.110913.

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EV Connect

APRIL 29, 2024

Overall, the transportation sector accounts for 29% of greenhouse gas emissions. Today, there are 2,442,270 electric vehicles (EV) on the road and 2024 will be a record year in terms of EV adoption where over 10% of new car sales will be EVs. By working together, we can create a greener, cleaner future for generations to come.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The California Air Resources Board released the draft proposed first update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan, which guides development and implementation of California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. The Air Resources Board is required to update the Scoping Plan every five years. Transportation.

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EV Life

APRIL 14, 2023

By switching from a gas to an electric vehicle, the average American can reduce their individual carbon footprint by over 25%, helping the U.S. Motor Vehicle Emissions at a Glance: California produces more than 1,000 tons of pollutants and more than 534,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions every day. air pollution in the state.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

billion venture capital fund over the next 10 years, Chesapeake NG Ventures Corporation (CNGV), dedicated to identifying and investing in companies and technologies that will replace the use of gasoline and diesel with natural gas and natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels. Chesapeake Energy Corporation plans to create a $1.0-billion

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. emissions are less important because of the low contribution of light duty vehicles to national PM 10 and PM 2.5 Earlier post.]

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

For the average driver, every tank of gas burned costs $18.42 A separate analysis using the social cost of carbon estimated the annual climate benefits from the transition to cleaner vehicles through 2050. in hidden health and climate costs. Maine: $513 million. Rhode Island: $407 million. Vermont: $347 million.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

The global energy supply became 6% cleaner from 1971 to 1990,in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. The world must slow the growth of energy demand as well as make its energy supply cleaner, the IEA said. In 2012, sales of hybrid-electric vehicles passed the one million mark. tCO 2 /TJ (2.39 tCO 2 /toe); in 2010 it was 56.7

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Unbeknownst to many, manufacturing new automobiles exacts a toll on our ecosystem—increased energy consumption and escalating greenhouse gas emissions further exacerbate the situation. Material’s Transformational Dance: The recycling process dances through material separation and recovery, transforming aged cars into valuable resources.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

million to help 17 New York State companies develop and commercialize innovative new transportation technologies intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, decrease reliance on fossil fuels, and create jobs. Hauppauge) uses software and sensor devices to create more efficient traffic flow by controlling traffic lights.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

The material can also be used for air-cleaner devices or as a filter in ventilation or air-conditioning ducts in offices and houses. Ozone is formed when nitrogen oxide from exhaust is irradiated with UV light and releases an oxygen atom, which reacts with an oxygen molecule (O 2 ) to form an ozone molecule (O 3 ).

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 25, 2019

Buying a new car is always a significant investment, often involving plenty of research and testing beforehand, and buyers will likely give new, upcoming electric models a similar treatment. Switching to an electric car can save you more than just fuel costs. Enjoy the Financial Incentives. Save on Operational Costs. Charge Up at Home.

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Plug In Partners

JULY 25, 2007

E PRI and the National Resource Defense Council have recently released a new study which shows the environmental as well as the economic benefits of plug-ins. Achieving the maximum air quality improvements would require a significant cut in the pollution produced by electric utilities. That would be equal to removing 82.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

The purpose of the report is to consider strategically how biofuels might lessen the country’s dependence on fossil fuels and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Electric cars appear to be coming into their own, and many trips can be made by public transport, cycling, and walking. Commissioner Wright. per liter (US$5.12/gallon

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

For $100 million in one year, we’ll demonstrate how to rapidly reduce use of oil in transportation with safe, warrantied retrofits of tens of millions gas-guzzlers. We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. In the key area of transportation, we submit our Drive Star proposal.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

ACC combines three sets of regulations to reduce emissions from light-duty vehicles and build the market for advanced zero emission vehicles. On the criteria pollutants side, LEV III reduces fleet average emissions of new passenger cars (PCs), light-duty trucks (LDTs) and medium-duty passenger vehicles (MDPVs) to. Source: ARB.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The report, authored by experts from Aberdeen University, Imperial College and E4tech Consulting, finds that Government must do much more than promote electric cars if it wants rapid and deep cuts in transport emissions. Medium-term potential exists in reallocating road space to extend bus and light rail provision.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This year’s Index finds that 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven in part by increases in the power and commercial sectors. Data from the report illustrate that California now must reduce emissions by an average of 4.9%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The program funds projects to encourage the development and use of new technologies and alternative and renewable fuels, including electricity, natural gas, biomethane, hydrogen, and gasoline and diesel substitutes, such as cellulosic ethanol (derived from woody materials, including agricultural waste), and biodiesel from waste grease.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The aftermath was even more calamitous: More than 4,000 people are estimated to have died as a result of the shortage of medical care and basic resources during the extended power outages that followed the storm, according to research reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. To that end, engineers at the U.S.

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 18, 2023

Electric cars are more popular in New Zealand than ever! With increasing numbers of car manufacturers introducing electric models and the launch of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, light passenger EVs are now a common sight on our roads. But, electric transport technology isn’t just useful for your daily commute.

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