The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The United States Department of Justice has accused Cummins of installing emissions defeating devices on diesel motors and decided to fine the company $1.67 Claims state that Cummins may have installed the units on roughly 630,000 motors equipped to Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups from the 2013-2019 model years.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) plans to debut three new electrified models—two BEVs and a PHEV—in the US market this year. 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.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2019

CHP motors are a perfect solution for generating electricity and harnessing otherwise wasted energy for heating, for both primary power and heat generation or for use on an ad hoc basis during power outages. Alongside MJI, this has been the key to increasing efficiency of the new ultra-lean motor.

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JULY 17, 2015

The City of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus (BBB) has become one of the country’s first municipal transit authorities to convert its fleet to renewable natural gas (RNG), rated 90% cleaner than diesel. Big Blue Bus has been fueling its LNG and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fleet of motor coaches with fuel supplied by Clean Energy since 2012.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The MHEV 48V system uses a small integrated electric motor to harvest energy lost during deceleration, and then intelligently redeploys it to assist the engine to maximize efficiency. The 200,000 m 2 Wolverhampton site is a ‘zero waste to landfill’ facility with everything used being recovered and recycled.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

General Motors LLC. Ford Motor Company. General Motors LLC. Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services. Pilot Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Deployment for Municipal Solid Waste Collection. Waste Not, Want Hot? Helping America’s Rural Counties Transition to Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

The waste water treatment plant, the deionization system of the water (DI plant), and the shop ventilation are also included in the scope of services. Another measure to save energy is the recovery of waste heat from the thermal exhaust air purification systems (Ecopure TAR) of the ovens.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2019

The long-term objective of the project is to develop technology that can lead to cleaner, more efficient heavy-duty trucks, which haul 80% of goods in the United States and use about 28 billion gallons of fuel per year, accounting for around 22% of total transportation energy usage.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2014

The California Air Resources Board announced that Ford Motor Company has agreed to fines totaling $2,960,000 for violations of air quality laws related to the sale of vehicles with non-compliant On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) systems in California. Officials estimate the money will support loans for about 90 clean-diesel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The report, “ Clear the Air for Children ”, uses satellite imagery to show that some 2 billion children live in areas where outdoor air pollution, caused by factors such as vehicle emissions, heavy use of fossil fuels, dust and burning of waste, exceeds WHO minimum air quality guidelines.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

If it were not for my car, I would have wasted all the time and energy going there,” he says. It’s not just a cleaner, cheaper way to get around; it’s also a power source for everyday life and emergencies. Electric vehicle manufacturers call their products “batteries on wheels.”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

General Motors is introducing a flame-treatment technology developed by FTS Technologies that lets paint stick to plastic vehicle parts such as instrument and door panels without using primers that contain solvents. Eliminated landfill waste like paint sludge and painted scrap material from 25 tons to nearly zero. Whitmore Lake, Mich.-based

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Those heavy metals are key elements in lithium-ion batteries, electric motors, and other technologies crucial for the renewable transition. Jean-Michel Lavoie, University of Sherbrooke In swept the fossil fuel industry’s waste to save the day. Today, more than 80 percent of the world’s sulfur comes from these acts of waste management.

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EV Central

AUGUST 4, 2022

Its commitment to electric and electrified vehicles show it is all-in when it comes to a cleaner, greener and more sustainable motoring future. The carpeting and floor mats are made from a synthetic yarn that is produced from recycled nylon waste material in a specially developed process.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

An electric vehicle is a type of vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion instead of an internal combustion engine that runs on fossil fuels like gasoline or diesel. 2 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs): PHEVs combine an electric motor with an internal combustion engine.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Alternative-fuel and electric-vehicle programs the Lung Association oversees include: Clean Air Choice: The Lung Association’s overarching program promotes the use of cleaner-burning fuels and cleaner engine technology that reduce motor vehicle emissions, including the use of biofuels (E85 and biodiesel), and electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

Jaguar Land Rover is now part of Tata Motors. Further environmental benefits will be gained from its fast warm up (a few seconds, as opposed to several minutes for a conventional engine), cleaner combustion and lower manufacturing energy requirements, the company says. ETV Motors. In mid-2009, Israeli startup ETV Motors Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. Ford Motor Company and its philanthropic arm, Ford Fund, have worked for decades on multiple projects globally to advance human welfare; Project Better World is the latest example. Mobility and electrification.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

Launched at the Rio+20 summit in Brazil, the Global Initiative for Resource-Efficient Cities is intended to work with local and national governments, the private sector and civil society groups to promote energy efficient buildings, efficient water use, sustainable waste management and other activities.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

The 5-year deal, worth an estimated $3 million per year, will enable BBB to continue using Clean Energy’s Redeem brand of renewable natural gas (RNG), rated up to 90% cleaner than diesel. It is derived from biogenic methane or biogas, which is methane that is naturally generated by the decomposition of organic waste. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2023

At the 2023 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 in Indianapolis, Indiana, all 33 cars will be running on Shell 100-percent renewable biofuel, using carbon neutral motor oil, and rolling on Firestone Firehawk tires made with recycled plastics. So we let them know there is a less expensive and cleaner option.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Wrightspeed, founded by Ian Wright, one of the original co-founders of Tesla Motors, is growing rapidly. Bringing more than 15 years of automotive and controls expertise from Tesla Motors and Ford to Honeywell and Cummins, Sawyer has led teams geared at improving efficiency and fuel economy in the commercial vehicles space.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

The new model, which is part of GE’s ecomagination program, delivers a cleaner, faster, safer and more reliable alternative to the aging North American fleet of DC-powered locomotives. GE’s new AC motors have fewer parts to maintain and eliminate the electrical problems that hamper DC motors. The new Model ES44C4.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2010

GE is developing improvements to its sodium metal halide batteries for use in a new generation of cleaner locomotives and stationary applications to smooth intermittent renewable power generation as it interconnects with the grid and critical load back-up power and other applications. General Motors. Grantee Project NYSERDA Funding.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Kia Motors Europe will unveil a new Kia cee’d GT Line specification at the 85 th Salon International de l’Automobile in Geneva on 3 March. The T-GDi’s single-scroll turbocharger is paired with an electric wastegate motor, which improves the turbocharger’s performance with a highly efficient air scavenging strategy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2015

By avoiding wasting the energy every time a bus stops the system is projected to deliver fuel savings in the order of 25%. million) for two new projects to research manufacturing technology for electric motors and develop cleaner internal combustion engines. GKN Land Systems and its partners received a £7.5-million million ($11.1-million)

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Keep in mind that repairing or replacing the motor of a fuel car can cost up to $10.000 and, all things considered, EVs simply require fewer visits to workshops and are much cheaper to own. The reason for this is that electric motors are much simpler than internal combustion engines. Are EVs really cleaner & greener choices?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Other projects selected include: Brooklyn Motorized Corp. The product is biodegradable, reducing landfill waste, and uses farm refuse normally thrown away. Stony Brook University seeks to improve vehicle fuel economy with a thermoelectric generator that would capture energy previously lost through heat exhaust. KLD Associates, Inc.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 14, 2024

By leveraging AI, automotive companies can streamline their supply chains, reducing waste and ensuring timely delivery of parts. For instance, Kia Motors integrated the Hyundai Vest Exoskeleton (H-VEX) into its production lines in 2018, enhancing worker safety by reducing the risk of injuries through AI-assisted wearable technology. . #7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

These technologies include, but are not limited to, advanced aftertreatment and waste heat recovery; lean-burn plus lean-NO x emissions traps; integration of zero-emission miles technologies; further refinements in reducing friction and parasitic energy losses; and widespread utilization of renewable and natural gas and hydrogen blends.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

The damages the committee was able to quantify were an estimated $120 billion in the US in 2005, a number that reflects primarily health damages from air pollution associated with electricity generation and motor vehicle transportation. Damages from motor vehicles and fuels. of the estimated total. Damages from electricity generation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. Transportation. Transportation, Land Use, and Housing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

This quality control device will help to drive down the costs of fuel cells by reducing waste and improving the process efficiency of roll-to-roll manufacturing of polymer electrolyte membranes. It is cleaner, quieter, and friendlier to operate with a fuel cell power plant enabling mobility via renewable energy. 149,871.44. 148,393.82.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

Instead, the focus is on incentivising the production of ATVs to align with global trends towards cleaner and greener mobility solutions. By incentivising the production of these components, the scheme aims to support the development and adoption of advanced automotive technologies in the Indian market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy. As batteries get cheaper and smaller, and motors get light enough to fit inside wheels, we’ll be able to upgrade smaller cars. We have cleaner, cheaper, safer ways to drive everywhere. Yes, we can take the first step!

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Plugging into the SoCal grid, in this case, SoCal Edison, this PHEV tug is significantly cleaner than its diesel burning brethren. With 126 lead-acid batteries and two Siemens motor-generators, the Carolyn Dorothy is capable of running at up to 4.5 knots in zero-emissions mode.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Reduction in concrete use or switching to lower energy input and GHG-intensity materials would improve infrastructure construction performance while reduced electricity consumption and cleaner fuels for electricity generation would improve infrastructure operation for rail, they noted.

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