Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2020

The gas typically enters the atmosphere through emissions from vehicles, power plants, and industrial activities. The only other comparable events are short-term reductions in China’s emissions due to strict regulations during events like the 2008 Beijing Olympics. For comparison, columns over the same time periods are shown for 2019.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The coming Chevrolet Cruze diesel engine for the US market ( earlier post ) will leverage GM’s global powertrain expertise. For Cruze, powertrain engineers at GM’s diesel center of excellence in Torino, Italy, are working with counterparts in Pontiac, Mich., Chassis dynamometer tests measure emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In Europe, BYD is dedicated to making mobility solutions emission-free. Driving this innovation in technology, is a sincere commitment from BYD to provide safe and appealing solutions that reduce pollution from carbon emissions and address the issue of climate change, supporting the initiative to Cool the Earth by 1?.

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JULY 9, 2009

on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 to unfurl a banner that challenges President Obama to show leadership on global warming. Obama is at the G8 meeting in Italy to discuss the global warming crisis with other world leaders. Stop global warming. AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The US reached separate agreements with the G-20 and with China to address the rapid growth in the use and release of climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Left unabated, HFC emissions could grow to nearly 20% of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, a serious climate mitigation concern.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

All three scenarios assume accelerated electrification to meet climate goals, with a high market share for electrified vehicles (Battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and full hybrid electric vehicles) by 2030 of more than 50%, almost 80%, and close to 100%, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Italy-based Snam, a leading energy infrastructure operator, and Saipem, an Italian multinational oilfield services company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to start working together to define and to develop initiatives for green hydrogen production and transport, and for carbon dioxide capture, transport and reuse or storage (CCS and CCU).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

A two-year Cooperative Research Program conducted through SAE International to investigate the safety and environmental performance of the low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant HFO-1234yf for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems has finished its study. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Vehicle Systems. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2009

A coalition of 16 national hydrogen associations from around the world recently issued a joint statement addressed to Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, asserting that hydrogen technologies could help to curb global greenhouse gas emissions. Italy: Italian Hydrogen Forum.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Stellantis celebrated the grand opening of its first Battery Technology Center, at the Mirafiori complex in Turin, Italy. The center is the biggest in Italy and among the largest in Europe. The heart of the center is 32 climatic test chambers—24 walk-in chambers for testing battery packs and eight chambers for testing cells.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

million extra deaths globally rather than the previously estimated 4.5 They applied these to a new model of global exposure and death rates and to data from the WHO, which included information on population density, geographical locations, ages, risk factors for several diseases and causes of death. Credit: European Heart Journal.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Global wind energy capacity grew by 28.8% last year, even higher than the average over the past decade, to reach total global installations of more than 120.8 GW at the end of 2008, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. The global wind market for turbine installations in 2008 was worth about €36.5 billion (US$46.8

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2008 Wind Global Power 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), IVECO (a brand of CNH Industrial) and ENGIE (Global Energy Player) are broadly collaborating to promote natural gas vehicles and infrastructure in Europe. ENGIE is a global energy player and an expert operator in gas, electricity and energy services.

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Setec Powerr

AUGUST 11, 2022

According to data released by BloombergNEF, Europe now accounts for 34% of global electric vehicle sales and is the second largest worldwide market after China. The Norwegian government’s climate protection goals and related support policies have played a significant role.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2016

If successful, farmers will be able to tap into local and global demand for certified feedstock without adverse impact to food supplies, fresh water or land use. Studies have shown that sustainably produced aviation biofuel emits 50-80% lower carbon emissions through its life cycle that fossil jet fuel. Sunchem and Solaris.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Inefficient fossil fuel subsidies encourage wasteful consumption, distort markets, impede investment in clean energy sources and undermine efforts to deal with climate change. This reform will not apply to our support for clean energy, renewables, and technologies that dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

Italy-based Snam, a global energy infrastructure company, and RINA, a global testing, inspection, certification and engineering consultancy services firm, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the hydrogen sector, in order to realize the significant potential of hydrogen as a fundamental energy carrier.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

6,028 people were questioned across six European countries; Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. 53% say climate change is the world’s biggest problem. Such systems could deliver road safety and efficiency improvements from existing traffic infrastructures, potentially improving traffic flow and reducing CO2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. g/km—in model year 2016. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The GM engineering team—comprising engineers from the US, Germany and Italy—altered the base engine to address four main areas: emissions; on-board diagnostics; operation in more difficult environmental conditions; and operation at higher altitudes. Chevrolet has had a lot of success globally with the diesel engines.

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Chevrolet Diesel Clean Cleaning 239

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2009

The campaign is being carried out as part of the EU-funded MEGAPOLI (Megacities: emissions, urban, regional and global atmospheric pollution and climate effects, and integrated tools for assessment and mitigation) project. Particulate pollution also impacts the climate on global and regional fronts. million (US$4.8

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2009

Current climate change policies which focus on overall carbon emissions are failing and should be abandoned, a consortium of research institutes concludes. Professor Prins said: “These are confusing times for anyone interested in global climate policy. tonnes for every additional $1000 of GDP.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The latest E-Mobility Index from Roland Berger and Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen mbH Aachen (fka) for the third quarter of 2015 finds that the market share of electric vehicles in the seven leading automotive nations—Germany, France, Italy, the USA, Japan, China and South Korea—remains stubbornly low. “

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2009

Total weighted global average water footprints (blue and green) for major ethanol and biodiesel crops in m 3 water per GJ fuel. The yellow marker (also left axis) indicates the total weighted global average WF for bioelectricity from the same crops. Data: Gerbens-Leenes et al. Click to enlarge.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Climate Change. And while preventing working people earning a livelihood may make them feel good, it does nothing to solve the real problem of climate change. . Gas turbines are fairly flexible to switch on and off as wind varies, they’re relatively cheap, highly efficient and much lower in emissions than wood, coal or oil.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2020

And, we will soon be powering Solaris buses in Germany and Italy, as well. This order is another strong indicator of the growing demand for zero-emission public transportation solutions in Europe and, indeed, globally. As Europe contemplates a ‘Green Recovery’ from COVID-19, and as recent studies have linked PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. Because of this slow start, global carbon intensity now needs to be cut by an average of 5.1% Click to enlarge.

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My Energi

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For more than a quarter of a century the United Nations (UN) have been bringing together most of the earth’s countries for global climate summits, also known as Conference of the Parties (COPs). The annual event brings together almost two-hundred world leaders to discuss the world’s commitment to climate change. degrees Celsius.

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Climate Change Climate Grid Green 98

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Renewables account for approximately 10-15% of the global energy infrastructure investment and according to New Energy Finance renewables have been hit hard by the global recession with a 47% in Q1 2009 vs. Q1 2008 ($13.3 The US is in a race for global dominance in the new energy economy with China. Billion vs. $28.3

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My Energi

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For more than a quarter of a century the United Nations (UN) have been bringing together most of the earth’s countries for global climate summits, also known as Conference of the Parties (COPs). The annual event brings together almost two-hundred world leaders to discuss the world’s commitment to climate change. degrees Celsius.

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Climate Change Climate Grid Green 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Atmospheric aerosols play an important but as-yet poorly understood role in climate and air quality, with significant impacts on the environment, health, and air traffic.

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2015 Pollution Netherlands Light 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“A car must be able to be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France,&# she was quoted saying in an edition of Die Welt to appear Monday. Some of the automakers include in that agreement are Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota and Mitsubishi. by RSS or sign up by email.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. Yet Ferrari, and brands like it, are in a tricky position, having to always put speed and handling first.

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Plug-in Ferrari Engine Hybrid 94

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2018

Switzerland’s top ranking reflects strong performance across most issues, especially air quality and climate protection. In general, high scorers exhibit long-standing commitments to protecting public health, preserving natural resources, and decoupling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from economic activity. 2018 EPI Trends.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

In certain European countries, such as Italy or the UK , passenger vehicle sales even dropped as much as 95-97%. With the global automotive industry spiraling, several reports have questioned how EVs will fare vis-à-vis the turbulence in the broader industry. As the automotive market takes a dive, EVs show strength. of the U.S.

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