Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2020

IONITY recently celebrated the launch of its 200sup>th charging station in Lully, Switzerland which includes ABB’s latest high-power, customized IONITY chargers. The customized chargers being supplied by ABB for IONITY are ABB’s slimmest design to date and align with IONITY’s design needs.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 25, 2018

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne died in a hospital in Switzerland. We review fuel-economy numbers in the 2018 Kia Niro Plug-In Hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports. China aims to bring a new boutique electric car to the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The gap between official fuel-economy figures and the real world for new cars in the EU has reached 40 per cent, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into in-use vehicle fuel efficiency and CO 2 emissions. com (Spain) and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

It has the potential to recycle waste streams and thereby contribute to a more circular economy. Sustainability: The HTL technology has the potential to produce fuels with a low carbon footprint over the entire life cycle, without competing with food and feed production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

Linking with Québec is a significant advance in California’s efforts to fight climate change and steer our economy toward a clean energy future. By being among the first in North America, with California, to participate in the carbon market, our businesses will be in good shape to excel in a carbonless economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2012

The 6 th Aviation and Environment Summit , recently held in Geneva, Switzerland, concluded with the adoption of an industry declaration titled “Aviation Benefits Beyond Boundaries,” as a joint message to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

The Euro 19 markets are: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. liter EcoBoost is class-leading in fuel economy and CO 2 emissions in the C-segment for gasoline-engine vehicles, Ford says.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The sustained high demand for complete buses, the slowly recovering Brazilian economy and growth in India were major contributors to this sales success. The Daimler Buses division was thus able to maintain its position as market leader in the most important core markets EU30 (EU, Switzerland and Norway), Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

There are only few exceptions from this trend, notably Greece, Spain, Switzerland and Portugal which show significantly higher GDP shares over the period (reaching 1.6% – 2.0%). Rising levels of investment in transition economies, on the other hand, reflect efforts to meet rising needs especially for road network capital.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

Vehicles also had to complete emissions, efficiency, and range events in which they had to achieve at least two-thirds the minimum fuel economy and range requirements. For fuel economy, this translates to at least 67 MPGe, or two-thirds of the 100 MPGe target for both vehicle classes. Amp, amp’d Sky(Cincinnati, OH) Battery Electric.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

European economies rely on transporting goods long distances. The average cost of pollution from a 12-14 tonne Euroclass III lorry is highest in Switzerland, at almost €0.12 (US$0.16) per kilometer. The positive effects of such a scheme have been noted in Switzerland after the country adopted similar legislation. km (US$0.10).

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

They simply don’t come much more frugal than the SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive, which recently clocked up an impressive average fuel economy of more than 120mpg as part of a mammoth 1,186mile tour of 12 European countries. The incredible fuel economy record was achieved through optimised aerodynamics, weight reduction and modifications to the 80PS 1.4

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Wärtsilä X series engines feature an extra-long stroke that achieves improved fuel economy. —Martin Wernli, President Wärtsilä Switzerland and Vice President Product Centre 2-stroke. Furthermore, optimum propeller requirements can be satisfied within the rating field provided.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Another exciting debut is to head to Switzerland, Audi’s new mini car- the A1. Tags: Audi A1 CO2 emissions fuel economy production. The production-ready model will be on display at the Geneva Motor Show this March ahead of the Spring opening of its order books.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”. Emre Gençer, Dharik S. 1513488112.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 24, 2013

It’s day two of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today and as the heads of state, top economists and policymakers gather to discuss the big issues facing our global economy and society, it reassuring to know that they are all being transported to the gathering using low emission transport.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2009

Basel, Switzerland is testing the world’s first hydrogen fuel-cell street sweeper, developed by a Swiss research consortium led by the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA) and the Paul Scherrer Institute. The Bucher CityCat H2 hydrogen street sweeper. Click to enlarge. The CityCat H2 system. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 17, 2022

Among the technological visions that seem perpetually futuristic (think commercial nuclear fusion and maglev trains), the hydrogen economy has always been tantalizing. In both the US and China, production of “green” hydrogen, created by electrolysis using a renewable energy source, makes up less than one percent of total output.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

Freight transport tends to grow slightly faster than the economy, with road and air freight recording the largest increases in the EU-27 (43% and 35%, respectively, between 1997 and 2007). The current economic slowdown has reduced transport volumes but transport is expected to resume its growth as soon as the economy starts to grow again.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

However, many vehicles rolling off production lines are anything but green, the freight sector still favours the least efficient transport modes and railways across the EU still do not have a unified system. This would improve the transport efficiency of the economy and decouple transport growth from economic growth.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 16, 2024

Automakers are trying to clean up their supply chains, as illustrated by the new Volvo EX30 electric vehicle featuring flax-based composites. The post The Electric Vehicle Of The Future Will Also Be More Sustainable appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The gap between official and real-world fuel-economy figures in Europe has risen to about 38%, according to a new report published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). United Kingdom); and the car club TCS (Switzerland). Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2018

Wrong Way Alert , first available for customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which uses a windshield-mounted camera and information from the car’s navigation system to provide drivers with audible and visual warnings when driving through two “No Entry” signs on a motorway ramp.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2014

This pollution is costing advanced economies plus China and India an estimated US$3.5 In fact, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States are the only countries where the taxes on diesel are higher than those on gasoline. Outdoor air pollution kills some 3.5 Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

Shell will, more likely than not, have big challenges staying anywhere near its current size as the world transitions to. electric vehicles. But it sure is building a big foothold in the EV charging realm so that it at least has that diversification offshoot to profit off of. For the past several years, Shell has […]

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The goal is to develop a process for producing kerosene from carbond dioxide and green hydrogen. Kerosene is a mixture of hydrocarbons with very precisely specified chemical and physical properties that must be strictly maintained to ensure the economy and safety of flight operations. A synthetic fuel must have the same properties.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2013

United Kingdom); and TCS (Switzerland). The authors used official fuel economy and CO 2 ratings from the fueleconomy.gov website published by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). They also used laboratory test data from ADAC Ecotest (Germany) and QueChoisir (France). United States.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Speaking on 5 October at the inaugural Maritime Transport Efficiency Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, where MSC is headquartered, Bud Darr, Executive Vice President, Maritime Policy & Government Affairs at MSC Group, outlined some preferred options in a keynote speech on decarbonization and during a panel discussion on fuels for the future.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The Polestar performance software upgrade is initially available in Europe in the following Polestar markets: UK, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Austria. The ability to buy online and install remotely also highlights Polestar’s proficiency in the increasingly digital automotive world.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Tom Wigley, and Christopher Green questioned the relevance of the reference emissions scenarios that the IPCC used in the Fourth Assessment Report to underpin estimates of future warming trends. The WGMS estimates that more than half of Switzerland's glacier mass and 40% of Europe’s glacier mass have disappeared since 1850.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

The aluminum from the CASH 3 line will help Ford reduce the overall vehicle weight of the SuperDuty by up to 350 lbs (159 kg), improving fuel economy and towing capacity. A study recently released by the Aluminum Association found that the US aluminum industry contributes more than $75 billion to the national economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2014

TSI when “BluePower” (green electricity) is used. BluePower energy comes exclusively from hydro-electric generating plants in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The Golf GTE offers combined cycle fuel economy (provisional) of about 157 mpg US (1.5 Over the full lifecycle, the e-Golf shows a 61% decrease in emissions.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The hours and the miles also slipped by because, just as high-speed driving requires full concentration, so does competitive economy motoring. By the time we’d breezed downhill into Italy and reached Malpensa we’d driven 814.65

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

Nina Boys, the vice president of sustainability for Beyond Green , a group of hotels vetted for their sustainability practices, called slippers “low-hanging fruit” in the fight against plastic. By closing the loop on waste, we are creating a circular economy,” said Morgan Martinello, the resort’s general manager.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2012

Pike Research’s EVSE market forecasts include projections for 19 countries in Europe: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. provide infrastructure.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

He's also a contributing editor to Car and Driver , and is the editor of Green Car Reports. But as of this spring, the average new vehicle sold in America—across everything from large pickup trucks to small economy hatchbacks—the average transaction price was $42,000. He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. John, welcome to the podcast.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

He's also a contributing editor to Car and Driver , and is the editor of Green Car Reports. But as of this spring, the average new vehicle sold in America—across everything from large pickup trucks to small economy hatchbacks—the average transaction price was $42,000. He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. John, welcome to the podcast.

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