Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

However, although the state has made considerable progress decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the rate of emissions decline appears to be slowing, due in part to a spike in transportation emissions attributed to an increase from light-duty vehicles. California’s electric-power sector was responsible for 19.1%

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

As described in multiple DOE reports, the main barriers to widespread PEV commercialization are the cost; performance and life; and abuse tolerance of high?energy Specifically: the current cost of high?energy Advanced Power Electronics and Electric Motors for Electric Traction Drives. energy batteries. energy lithium?ion

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2015

A chief goal for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicle manufacturers is keeping on-board battery chargers and DC-DC converters as light and small as possible while increasing power levels. Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins Power Electronics' 650V SuperFET II MOSFETs. High Voltage Rectifiers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

The hydrogen is combined with CO 2 to produce methane, which is pumped into and stored in the existing natural gas grid and used like natural gas for use in power generation, transportation, or other thermal and industrial uses. This would help speed up the return on investment in VGV for the development costs of the energy transition.

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EV Info

MARCH 26, 2021

Having an EV you learn about the basics of electric power, charge rates and kilowatt-hours or KWh. . Very basic maths gives the LEAF a power usage of close to 4 miles per KWh. Power companies also use KWh as the base charge unit for billing consumers. That rate would give the LEAF a cost of 17.2 * 24 to drive 100 miles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. Levelized cost of driving for current (2015, dark bars) and future (2025–2030, light bars) technology pathways.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Featuring the industry’s lowest device capacitance for any given current rating, which enhances overall system efficiency at higher switching frequencies and under light load conditions, the new thinQ! diodes help reduce overall power converter system costs. Infineon’s third generation thinQ!

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

The European Parliament has voted to introduce CO 2 limits in the EU for new vans and other light commercial goods vehicles. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) issued a statement saying that the new CO 2 legislation for light commercial vehicles sets extremely challenging targets in particular for the long term.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 31, 2022

Many people are making the switch to save on gas and help the environment. You can expect to get about half the mileage out of a hybrid battery after five years, so it’s important to factor in the cost of replacement batteries when you’re calculating the total cost of ownership. Dashboard Warning Lights Are On.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 8, 2024

“Deferring these aircraft gives us the opportunity to reset the business and focus on the core airline while we adjust to changes in the competitive environment,” Mr. Christie said in a statement. The airline has also been contending with a problem affecting the engines that power the most popular plane in its all-Airbus fleet, the A320neo.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

The funding is from California Climate Investments , a statewide program that invests billions of cap-and-trade dollars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen the economy and improve public health and the environment—particularly in disadvantaged communities. School buses: 29 electric school buses.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

The customized e-NV200 offers taxi drivers a similar total cost of ownership to a hybrid taxi, but with the range of an internal combustion engine. It can be recharged from a low-cost power supply, and refueled with hydrogen in three minutes (3.8 kg hydrogen at 700 bar). —Fabio Ferrari, CEO of Symbio.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2016

In order to drive accurately and safely, autonomous vehicles need a highly detailed 3D view of their environment. Its depth sensing system—based on nano antennas that receive light waves like radio waves—sends completely safe light pulses at the long wave infrared spectrum.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

10,000 hours, the equivalent of 300,000 driven miles, is the point at which hydrogen fuel cell endurance is comparable to the best light-weight diesel engines under such test conditions. This approach significantly improves a PEM fuel cell’s durability and at the same time reduces the cost of a system. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Hedging its bets, the industry is exploring ammonia, batteries, and hydrogen, among other options for powering ships. Nuclear-powered ships can go years without refueling. A large merchant ship, capable of carrying thousands of containers, could be powered by two (or more) 30-megawatt reactors. Why nuclear-powered ships?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This FOA, issued in August 2017, is a $50-million funding opportunity for projects supporting cost-shared research and development to design, construct, and operate two large-scale pilots to demonstrate transformational coal technologies. Echogen Power Systems. Description. Babcock & Wilcox Company. General Electric.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 8 research projects for funding that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) as a pathway to producing power, hydrogen, fuel or chemicals. million of non-Federal cost sharing. Area 3: Design Concepts for Co-Production of Power, Fuels and Chemicals.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

Under a newly signed long-term license and supply agreement, Ballard Power Systems will supply Guangdong Synergy Hydrogen Power Technology Co., an existing partner in China, fuel cell power products and technology in support of the planned deployment of approximately 300 fuel cell-powered buses in the cities of Foshan and Yunfu, China.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

which are regulated under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) because of their adverse effects on human health and the environment. While the cost of new heavy-duty trucks has increased at approximately 1% per year, the cost of emission controls has come down, representing a lower percentage of the cost of a new truck.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 9, 2024

As per retail sales data from Vahan, as of March 8, 2024, a total of 939,415 CNG-powered vehicles have been sold in the first 11 months of the current fiscal year. Overall, the demand for CNG vehicles continues to be driven by the lower cost of ownership mantra that the greener fuel offers in the face of high petrol and diesel prices.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

Kiessling Transit, a Massachusetts-based transportation company, is ordering 32 more hydraulic hybrid buses equipped with Lighting Hybrids’ Energy Recovery System (ERS) for medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses. Earlier post.) In addition, Lightning Hybrids has identified ways to reduce vehicle idle time by up to 30%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The objective of this area of interest is to develop and demonstrate both technology and supplier readiness for the production of electric traction drive systems that can meet specified technical targets, including cost of ≤$8/kilowatt (kW); specific power of ≥1.4 kW/kilogram; power density of ≥4.0 kW/Liter; and efficiency ≥94%.

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. Then it takes the DC from the bus, or car, and converts it back to AC to provide power for the grid. That’s one way.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 19, 2021

While some of these fires started from human carelessness—or arson—far too many were sparked and spread by the electrical power infrastructure and power lines. Power companies trim trees and inspect lines on a regular—if not particularly frequent—basis. Multiple power utilities, including. Now for the bad news.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The program is slated to invest approximately $90 million during this fiscal year to encourage the development and use of new technologies and alternative and renewable fuels, with the goal of reducing dependence on foreign oil and improving the environment. The award recipients are: Environ Strategy Consultants, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2023

UK-based energy firm SSE is the first UK utility to trial First Hydrogen ’s hydrogen-powered van in a real-life setting, enabling SSE to evaluate the benefits of hydrogen mobility alongside its growing fleet of EV engineering and maintenance vehicles as an alternative to fossil fuels. First Hydrogen Corp.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

President Obama announced the DOE “Clean Energy Grand Challenge” in March 2012 with the goal of enabling US companies to be the first in the world to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years. Power electronics.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The power of deep tech The tech industry in Australia is a powerhouse, employing one in 16 Australians and ranking as the country’s third-largest industry. It knows better than anyone the extent to which Australia’s deep tech evolution hinges on the power of startups. In 2021, it accounted for 8.5 billion raised, over $1.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

The cost of producing, delivering, and dispensing hydrogen in early markets for light duty vehicles during recent commercial station deployments was estimated to be $13-$16/gallon gasoline equivalent (gge). 2c) Breakthrough Infrastructure R&D: materials and component R&D to reduce cost and station footprint.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

PV canopies will produce power and reduce temperatures underneath canopies. MARTA anticipates that the power produced by these photovoltaic panels will be sold to Georgia Power under their Distributed Generation Contract Program. The nearby traction power substation will be switched off when the WESS is operating.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

Cost of the new engine relative to gasoline baseline. So far this year, the team has integrated the T2B2 aftertreatment in the dynamometer environment and is in the process of convert the demonstration vehicle to the T2B2 configuration. Earlier post.). l/100 km), and as such would not meet the GHG requirement of 28 mpg (8.4

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Even with a flurry of activity and available funding, though, only about 1% of school buses in the country are currently electric ( matching the approximate percentage of cars and light duty trucks on the road that are electric ). Here are several reasons for school districts to switch to electric buses.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 12, 2021

The power of choice. Stops were solid with a power-assisted braking system consisting of vented front and solid rear discs as part of the anti-lock brake system. The wide cascading grille shouts premium with a unique lighting signature of LED headlamps and daytime running lights in front of a long hood.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

According to the latest annual life-cycle study from the Automotive Science Group ( ASG ), the all-new lightweight aluminum 2015 Ford F-150 leads the full-size light-duty truck competition in all environmental and economic performance areas; accordingly, ASG selected the F-150 as its Best Full-size Truck of 2015.

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Driivz

JULY 21, 2022

Whether it is light-duty delivery vehicles or heavy-duty trucks hauling large loads cross-country, fleet vehicles are essential to everyday life. Electrifying fleets deliver many key business benefits : Lower total cost of ownership through reduced maintenance, fuel and operational costs. Unstable Charging Environment.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

In particular, this report demonstrates the necessity of maintaining the exemption for lead-based batteries within the EU End of Life Vehicle Directive’s wider ban on lead in light-duty vehicles. At high voltages, lead-based batteries are so far limited by their more modest recharge and discharge power and capacity turnover.

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