Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Aggregated damage costs by pollutant. The EEA quantified the damage costs arising from CO 2 emissions based on estimated marginal abatement cost. Half of the total damage cost (between €51–85 billion) was caused by just 191 facilities. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge. Log scale) Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2012

A recent study from Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) commissioned by the Greens/European Free Allianace (EFA) in the European Parliament concluded that the cars used within the EU-27 externalize up to about €373 billion (US$493 billion) per year (high estimate) of costs on to other people, other regions and other generations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Strategies outlined in the plan build on measures and commitments already made and range from the Advanced Clean Truck Measures and In-Use Locomotive Measure to a proposed zero-emissions space and water heaters measure, measures to reduce emissions from consumer products, and more. billion, which includes $33.8

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Airbus has introduced its latest zero-emission eVTOL, designed to carry four people with a noise decibel range lower than a hairdryer when flying – which will radically cut into the noise pollution factor of a futuristic vision of eVTOLs buzzing around busy cities. Get started today! FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Counties where measured ozone is above proposed range of standards, based on 2011-2013 monitoring data. Earlier this year, EPA staff had recommended the further reduction of this primary ozone standard from the current 75 ppb (parts per billion) to a revised level within the range of 70 ppb to 60 ppb—and preferably below 70 ppb.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Up to 13 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean each year, threatening marine life and polluting shorelines, according to Pew Charitable Trusts, a global nongovernmental organization. Those same qualities contribute to creating ghost nets, a fatal and growing threat to marine life.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2020

The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) within each class is significantly lower than gas and diesel versions on the road today. Our DELIVER-E van gives commercial fleets the power to go green and save on ownership costs, while neighborhoods will benefit from a reduction in air and noise pollution.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Bombardier Transportation (now part of Alstom) introduced a variety of green innovations to reduce CO 2 emissions and pollution in the railway sector. The range in battery mode will be at least 80 kilometers. It also reduces the cost of energy consumption, due to lower electricity costs compared to diesel-fueled trains.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Costs ranged from a low of 0.3% of GDP in China to nearly 6% of GDP in Saudi Arabia, where, despite two cycles of price hikes, 60% of the cost of energy products and services continued to be borne by the state. Subsidies remained sticky outside the G20 as well.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Toyota shared highlights of new internal research evaluating the environmental impact and cost of ownership between a PHEV and a BEV. For this research, Toyota created a tool that shows the trade-off between GHG Emissions and Total Cost of Ownership. Manufacturing is a component of GHG emissions.

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APRIL 9, 2019

While the ultimate goal would be to power trucks entirely with batteries, the researchers say, this flex-fuel hybrid option could provide a way for such trucks to gain early entry into the marketplace by overcoming concerns about limited range, cost, or the need for excessive battery weight to achieve longer range.

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APRIL 12, 2022

Customer interest is growing quickly in Con Edison’s PowerReady program, which offers incentives covering up to 100% of the infrastructure costs of installing new chargers. Level 2 chargers provide 240 volts, offering up to 20 miles of range for every hour a vehicle is plugged in. SmartCharge Registrations on the Rise.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As the second-most populous country in the world and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, India is making significant strides in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to combat climate change and reduce air pollution. One of the main challenges is the high upfront cost of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

finds that the societal costs for electric cars and vans range from €7k to €12k (US$8,889 to $15,238) more than fossil-fueled equivalents. This additional cost represents what society is willing to pay in order to promote electromobility. The brief is based on a longer discussion paper published in April.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2021

The funding focuses on a range of approaches to electrification—all-electric, plug-in hybrid systems using renewable biofuels, and hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, including hybridization strategies such as fuel cell range extenders. Low Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Technologies Funding Opportunity. VTO is also offering up to $62.75

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Together, we are working to ensure that those who are often hit first and worst by emissions-based pollution are also included in and involved with new technological advances addressing these issues, while also providing greater access to personal transportation options. —Jeff Allen, Executive Director of Forth.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

UPS will collaborate with Arrival to develop a wide range of electric vehicles with Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS). Arrival vehicles also use a modular design with standardized parts, a method that reduces maintenance and other costs of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2012

Projected non-attainment by county in 2020 under the range of the proposed new limits. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed updates to its national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for harmful fine particle pollution (PM 2.5 ). to a level within a range of 13 µg/m 3 to 12 µg/m 3. Source: EPA.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

While it’s obvious that the internal combustion engine vehicles are polluting the air outside the buses, what you may not know is that numerous studies show that the pollution from the burning diesel regularly makes its way into the buses.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Most of the immediate project benefits will accrue in the San Joaquin Valley, an economically disadvantaged area with some of the highest pollution burdens in the country, as evidenced by CalEnviroScreen scores within the worst five percent in the state.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

A subsidiary of the Volvo Group based in Quebec, Nova Bus manufactures long-range electric bus options with absolutely massive battery packs — up to 564 kWh on its biggest models , with the option of DC fast-charging or charging through overhead wires. The city will follow that with 13 more buses later in 2025 at a cost of $22.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

By contrast, half the electric vehicle market value lies in larger road vehicles, notably cars, and here the legal restrictions are weaker or non-existent and range anxiety compels most people to buy hybrids if they go electric at all. IDTechEx is producing an event looking at the whole range of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2019

The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Smoke emissions from residential wood heaters are a significant national air pollution and health issue.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

Using both direct short-range communications and mobile networks offers complementary capabilities as showcased in the demos, which involve tele-operated driving and the provision of emergency traffic information between vehicles using multi-access edge computing (MEC) functionality. All the demos used technology that is ready to be deployed.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. By the end of the next decade, Daimler Trucks & Buses will extend its range of vehicles with hydrogen-powered series production vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2021

High-throughput clusters, such as marine ports, concentrate harmful criteria pollutants such as diesel particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen. Locomotives and marine vessels emit approximately 90% of diesel particulate matter and 24% of statewide NO x.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for wide-spread pollutants from numerous and diverse sources considered harmful to public health and the environment. EPA proposed to set the level of the secondary standard within the range of 7-15 ppm-hours.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2012

In response to a court order, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized an update to its national air quality standards for harmful fine particle pollution (PM 2.5 ), including soot, setting the annual health (primary) standard at 12 µg/m 3. The outgoing annual standard is 15 µg/m 3 , which has been in place since 1997.

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JULY 19, 2016

and Par Hawaii Refining that resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations and protects public health by reducing air pollution at six refineries. Flaring results in emissions of SO 2 , greenhouse gases and toxic air pollutants, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants. Tesoro will also pay a $10.45

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

Barriers include battery cost, vehicle range, and availability of charging stations. Also, batteries require several hours to fully charge and have driving ranges that are typically less than a petroleum vehicle’s range. The eTrans costs $230,000 and can carry 24 adults plus two wheelchair accessible locations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

As of 2020, Rolls-Royce will launch a range of completely integrated MTU hybrid ship propulsion systems onto the market. The propulsion systems will also be made available for yachts, work boats, ferries and patrol boats in a power range extending from around 1,000 kilowatts to 4,000 kilowatts per powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Lithium is present in much of this water, over a wide range of locations. By using the magnetic nanoparticles to attach to the lithium particles in solution, we expect the resulting concentrate to be in a purer form, thereby reducing the cost of further processing. And this will take out more than half the cost.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Governments need to move faster and more decisively on a wide range of policy measures to enable low-carbon hydrogen to fulfil its potential to help the world reach net zero emissions while supporting energy security, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in a new report. —Fatih Birol, the IEA Executive Director.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2017

The new laboratory test, the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure ( WLTP ), will introduce more realistic testing conditions for measuring pollutant and CO 2 emissions than the previous, outdated lab test (NEDC). It thus provides a more accurate basis for measuring a vehicle’s fuel consumption and emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2010

EnerFuel is developing a HT PEM cell/on-board reformer system that enables the use of conventional fuels in the fuel cell range extender. In 2008, EnerFuel developed a prototype to demonstrate the advantages of a fuel cell EV range extender. Balance of plant elimination is critical to the cost and reliability of the fuel cell.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

The Scottish CEO called it a “pipe dream plan with no strategy around it, no idea how we’re going to get there” Responding, the Department for Transport said a number of incentives were on offer to enable the transition away from polluting vehicles. billion) a year on green infrastructure if in power.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

However, the resulting low gas prices, as well as clean air and climate policies, will promote further switching to gas from other more polluting energy sources, such as oil and coal. The goal is to bring down the cost of green hydrogen until it becomes competitive with fossil fuels in many applications in the next five years.

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