Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2018

As well as two battery modules on the roof, the standard equipment includes four battery modules in the rear of the bus. At extreme outside temperatures, the standard passenger-compartment climate control system is used to boost the cooling of the batteries. Power electronics. A separate battery cooling device is mounted on the roof.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Slowly decompressing the gases would waste less of that energy and make for a much quieter engine. Shedd said the engine could be up to about 30% more efficient than a standard diesel engine, depending on the engine load and speed. —Timothy Shedd. —Tim Shedd.

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Engine Diesel Standards Exhaust 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2020

Using a lifecycle sustainability analysis (LCSA) framework and standard lifecycle analysis (LCA) methodology, the researchers compared two potential sources of minerals needed to manufacture electric vehicle batteries: ores mined from the land and polymetallic nodules collected from the deep seafloor of the Pacific Ocean. 94% less land use.

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Battery Batteries Tonga Water 269

Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

For comparison, the German government has spent a total of €9.5 We already wasted nine months of production, of additional production in Mirafiori,” the plant in Turin, Italy, which produces the Fiat 500e. “Italy is spending much less money than any other large European country to support EVs,” he said. million electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

Primary energy consumption over the vehicle’s entire life cycle is cut by 14% in comparison to its predecessor. The TÜV Süd technical inspection authority awarded the compact sports tourer the Environmental Certificate in accordance with ISO standard TR 14062. l/100 km (38 to 40 mpg US) in comparison to 7.3

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Mercedes Emissions CO2 MPG 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems and services company EOS and Airbus Group Innovations (previously EADS Innovation Works) recently completed an environmental lifecycle comparison of two key production technologies: conventional rapid investment casting and Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Both plants will convert municipal solid waste into biofuel. Advanced biofuels can be produced from cellulose in biomass such as wheat straw, corn stalks, household waste, or energy crops such as switchgrass. The numbers would be even higher if biomass from forestry residues, household waste, and energy crops were included.

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Waste Iowa Gasoline Virginia 210

Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

Several companies are developing chemical processes, but these are still at pilot scale, and Aqua’s execs see serious challenges in delivering the required product purity and dealing with waste streams. There are real challenges with waste streams—they yield a lot of sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate, which will need to get landfilled.

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Building Battery Batteries Lithium Ion 95

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2010

Air Improvement’s estimates of emissions from Project LIBERTY’s fuel and feedstock transport and fuel production (the last being the sum of storage, electricity, chemicals, waste disposal, and biogas production) are slightly higher than the corresponding elements in EPA’s analysis. EPA’s standard for gasoline emissions is 92.9

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Gasoline Emissions EPA Waste 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Schematic comparison between direct photosynthetic (top) and algal biomass (bottom) processes. The process is closed and uses industrial waste CO 2 at concentrations 50–100 times higher than atmospheric. Source: Robertson et al. Click to enlarge. Source: Robertson et al. Click to enlarge. —Robertson et al. Robertson, Stuart A.

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Conversion Solar Diesel Renewable 286

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2013

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has posted for public comment three new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway applications for landfill gas to compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). All three landfills are owned and operated by Waste Management Inc. Clean Energy. gCO 2 e/MJ. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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California Gas San Diego Pennsylvania 239

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2010

Included in the 34 FY2010 SBIR Phase I awards are the following biofuel and emissions-reduction projects: Technology Specialists, “Thermochemical Biofuels Production from Biomass Waste Materials”, $70,000. This project will develop and evaluate a new process for converting biomass waste into diesel fuel.

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Emissions EPA Waste Exhaust 225

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Natural gas is expected to play a growing role in the state’s transportation sector, in response to greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, volatile petroleum prices, and air quality standards. This funding is intended for the development of new facilities that can use waste-based cellulosic feedstocks to produce a low carbon fuel.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Several companies are developing chemical processes, but these are still at pilot scale, and Aqua’s execs see serious challenges in delivering the required product purity and dealing with waste streams. There are real challenges with waste streams—they yield a lot of sulfuric acid and sodium sulfate, which will need to get landfilled.

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Building Battery Batteries Charging 52

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2010

They found that, on a life cycle basis in comparison to gasoline, the direct to ethanol technology can provide a 67% to 87% reduction in carbon footprint on an energy equivalent basis for initial ethanol concentrations (given in weight percent) ranging from 0.5% —Luo et al. Algenol algae. Click to enlarge. MJ/MJEtOH down to 0.20

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Drive Electric

MARCH 25, 2021

Regenerative braking is built into all electric vehicles and is a feature that helps you maximise range, and makes the process of braking less wasteful. In comparison – a combustion engine car’s brakes convert kinetic energy into wasted heat to slow the vehicle.

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Electric Cars Cars Electrical Electric 98

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

For power generation in the US, natural gas is commonly used in both simple-cycle natural gas turbines and combined-cycle natural gas turbines which use waste heat recovery to increase electrical generating efficiency. The baseline for comparison is based on a 2012 2.4 L Chevrolet Malibu with a combined fuel economy of 26 mpg (9.0

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Baua Electric

MAY 30, 2024

On the downside, it forgoes a front trunk—a wasted opportunity, since the included portable charging cord lives deep under the rear cargo bay, meaning all luggage must be removed to retrieve it. Chevy’s comparison sheet specifically notes its center screen is larger (17.7 Yes, you can get predictable, boring silver if you prefer.)

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Miles Chevrolet GM SUV 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

With the construction of the new paint shop, we placed great importance on high standards of resource efficiency and ecology. Five‑percent less waste (paint sludge) is created for each car that is painted. This is the only way for us to live up to our high demands in terms of quality, environmental compatibility and energy efficiency.

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Audi Water Energy CO2 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

While considering the gas efficiency of a standard light-utility vehicle, they estimated growing algae uses anywhere between 8.6 In comparison, data from previously published research indicated that corn ethanol can be made with less water, but showed a larger usage range: between 0.6 gallons of water per mile driven on algal biofuel.

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Oil Water South Carolina Climate 281

Get Electric Vehicle

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In a way what they suggest is true but over the lifetime of an EV, the pollution caused this way will be less in comparison with that of a gasoline car’s tailpipe emission. If policymakers and automakers do not focus on this issue soon, they risk losing the battle with emissions standards entirely. Standardize The Supply chain.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 15, 2021

This van has twin sliding doors and comes in three sizes, compact, standard and long. Here today we’ve got the standard model which provides: 2.5 The standard length e-expert has an exterior length of 4.9m in comparison to the longer version which has an exterior length of 5.3m metres load length. and up to 1.2

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Re-Charge Charging All-Electric Plug-in 52

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. Fuel produced from the pilot plant has been fleet-tested in a blend formulation in several standard configuration automobiles. Cool Planet’s biogasoline blendstock is 100% compatible with pump gasoline. Source: Cool Planet. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Conversion Renewable Water Gasoline 308

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2016

Available at the end of 2015 to both fleet and retail customers in either LS or LT trims, the bi-fuel Impala features a dedicated version of the standard 3.6L The 2015 Chevrolet Impala comes standard with antilock brakes; traction and stability control; front-seat side airbags; full-length side curtain airbags; and front knee airbags.

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2015 Fuel MPG Gasoline 150

Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

70% of the energy from burning fossil fuel is wasted as heat, while only 30% goes to turn your wheels. So after we use all that electricity pumping oil out of the ground, refining it, transporting it, we then waste 70% when we burn it. These cars and trucks have internal combustion engines that are extremely inefficient.

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Petrol Diesel Vehicles Oil 59

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

The vehicle freight efficiency improvement must be achieved while meeting prevailing emission standards and Class 8 tractor-trailers vehicle safety and regulatory requirements. This engine must be capable of meeting 2010 emission standards, and be commercially viable. Measured fuel economy improvements cannot factor in a hybrid system.

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Light Fuel Economy Economy Engine 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

Forest resources (forest thinnings, wood chips, wood wastes, small diameter trees, etc.); Urban wood wastes; Oilseed crops; Animal waste; and. Feedstocks or combinations of feedstocks that will be considered include: Agricultural residues; Energy crops (switchgrass, miscanthus, energycane, sorghum, poplar, willow, etc.);

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Conversion Waste Renewable Production 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry. Contaminated sites, including old mines, landfills, and waste disposal locations, release 8 - 33 tonnes per year. Source: UNEP. Resources.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

Comparison of discharge capacity and coulombic efficiency vs. cycle number for the freestanding MPSF and MPSF with pyrolyzed PAN composite during galvanostatic charge/discharge tested between 0.07-1.5V The team noted that at least four films can be drawn from a standard 250-micron-thick wafer. Credit: ACS, Thankur et al.

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Li-ion Universal Lithium Ion Battery 231

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Comparison of the discharge capacity and coulombic efficiency of MPSPs/PPAN anodes at various ratios versus cycle number. To design a more processable material, we changed from a film structure to a particulate structure that can be combined with PAN, or any binder, to form slurry that can be processed with standard coating technologies.

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Li-ion Universal Battery Batteries 240

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Researchers at the Universities of Calgary and Alberta are collaborating on a project for the microbial remediation of oil sands tailings—the waste byproducts of oil sands surface mining that are collected in large manufactured settling basins called tailing ponds. Source: Golby et al. Click to enlarge.

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Oil-Sands Oil Environment Water 244

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

The AVL demonstrator vehicle incorporates an advanced 2-liter 4-cylinder engine with gasoline direct injection (GDI), double cam phasing and single-scroll, waste-gated turbocharger to deliver high power and torque outputs of 200 PS (197 hp, 147 kW) and 400 N·m (295 lb-ft) respectively. Earlier post.). TFSI (200PS) gasoline engine.

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Gasoline Engine Power Powered 150

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Just be careful to conserve your water consumption because if you leave your hose running and spray water for hours on end, you’ll waste so much water that you’ll have a net loss on your going green efforts. Don’t get so focused on green discounts that you forget the standard discounts. Car Insurance Discounts. Good driver.

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Green Cars Maintenance Gas-Electric 77

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

By combining High Efficiency Clean Combustion (HECC) and Waste Heat Recovery (WHR), each demonstrating greater than 10% improvement in BTE, together with other technologies, it should be possible to improve BTE by 20% to achieve the original DOE target of 50% peak BTE. Finding 3-1. Recommendation 6-4. Two of the project teams (Cummins, Inc.

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EPA Fuel Engine Hybrid 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

This subtopic seeks research and development projects on novel lubricant formulations expected to improve the efficiency of advanced combustion regime engines by at least 10% (improvement based on comparison to similarly configured 2002 or later commercially available combustion engine). AOI 2: Lightweighting Materials.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Environmental costs are often not shown on financial statements because the bearers of such costs can be either particular individuals or society at large, are often both non-monetary and problematic to quantify for comparison with monetary values. It is predicted that by 2030, the global demand for freshwater will exceed supply by 40%.

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Climate Change Water Climate Global 310

Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The foundations serve as in response to the concept that of Prolonged Manufacturer Accountability (EPR) the place the manufacturers (together with importers) of batteries are liable for assortment and recycling/refurbishment of misuse batteries and worth of recovered fabrics from wastes into pristine batteries.

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