Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Climate XChange, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Massachusetts, is raffling off a Tesla Model S or X valued at $110,450 on 31 December with the intention of raising awareness of carbon pricing in a push for economy-wide carbon pricing in the Commonwealth.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 13, 2010

California, Massachusetts and Oregon have been named the top-rated states for energy efficiency, while New York, Vermont, Washington, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Maine rounded out the top ten.

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Green Energy Consumers

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Massachusetts and Rhode Island have both committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Achieving these required reductions means zeroing out emissions associated with heating our homes and businesses, which means phasing out the combustion of fossil fuels for heat.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

As part of a comprehensive reform plan to simplify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ transportation system, Governor Deval Patrick is proposing a fuel tax increase of $0.19 Raising the gas tax is a last resort, and without it, our economy will suffer. per gallon—a 81% increase of the current $0.235 per gallon. Governor Patrick.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

States signing the MOU are: California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2020

Gasoline consumption in the United States is now more than halfway back to pre-COVID-19 levels as motorists get back on the road amid at least a partial recovery of the US economy, according to OPIS, an IHS Markit company. Massachusetts was down most at 33%. —Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis, OPIS.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

States should avoid basing electrification mandates on vehicle emissions reduction and fuel economy—grounds exclusively within federal control under the federal Clean Air Act and Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The article points to the 2019 Supreme Court case of Virginia Uranium v.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

The other seven states—Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—account for more than 135,000 vehicles. Zero-emission vehicles are vital to Massachusetts’ efforts to cut air pollution from the transportation sector and stimulate growth in the clean energy economy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2018

All the participating jurisdictions are members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Bidenomics in action: The US startup Factorial is celebrating its new solid-state EV battery factory in Massachusetts.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2013

It is available for test drives and was showcased at the Massachusetts Clean Cities Coalition meeting on 13 June in Boston at the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources. National Fleet Hybrids received a demonstration bus with the Lightning Hybrids system installed, a Ford E-450 shuttle bus, last week.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Power ranked for EV adoption overlap with states that had the most policies for scaling deployment of EVs and building charging infrastructure, according to a July scorecard by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Those states are California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon and Maryland.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

The company’s system demonstrated improvements of 30% in fuel efficiency and significantly reduced NO x emissions during a year-long pilot program with the leading Massachusetts-based transportation company. Kiessling Transit will use the hybrid vehicles to transport primarily urban-area Massachusetts residents with disabilities.

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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.) The ERS has demonstrated improvements of 25% in fuel efficiency, and significantly reduced tailpipe emissions.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 4, 2012

Improvements in the fuel economy of cars is being hindered by the increasing weight and power of cars according to new research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2014

Speaking at the event in Brazil yesterday, Professor Greg Stephanopoulos, of the Bioinformatics & Metabolic Engineering Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, stated that industrial biotechnology would help Brazil take a leadership position in the 21 st Century global economy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2013

Green Button Gamer , based in Boston, Massachusetts, won the Safety Innovation award and Augusta, Georgia-based Fuel Economy Coach received the Fuel Efficiency Innovation award. DOE awarded New York City-based Dash the Judges’ Prize and MyCarma , headquartered in Troy, Michigan, the Popular Choice prize.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2021

million DOE investment, matching funds from NYSERDA, and with follow-on contributions from state agencies in Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Maine—all resulting in a total investment of around $47 million. The NOWRDC was established in 2018 with a $20.5-million Partnering with Industry on Data-Sharing. Studying Offshore Wind Impacts.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2012

a company that has developed a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1-3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), will display a Chevrolet Express 2500 cargo van fitted with the company’s hybrid technology at the 2012 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Conference Energy Showcase on 16 March.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2013

Through H 2 USA, industry and government partners will focus on identifying actions to encourage early adopters of fuel cell electric vehicles; conduct coordinated technical and market analysis; and evaluate alternative fueling infrastructure that can enable cost reductions and economies of scale.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

This means that when the EV Mode is depleted, Prius Plug-in still obtains the same estimated fuel economy rating as Prius Liftback. During EV Mode driving, the Prius Plug-in is rated at 95 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent). In hybrid mode, it has an EPA combined mileage rating of 50 mpg.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 15, 2021

By Christian Roselund, Ali Rotatori, Ben Holland With the promise of vaccines curtailing the spread of COVID, states and economies are beginning to open up again, and we find ourselves getting back not only the good but also some of the negative aspects of pre-pandemic life. Originally published on RMI.org.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

24 in the Cities of Foshan and Yunfu, China; 13 in the US, including the states of California, Massachusetts, Michigan and Ohio; 3 in Brazil; and 1 in India. Today Ballard FCveloCity engines are powering more than 80 buses around the globe: 41 in Europe, including Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Scotland and the U.K.;

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

To achieve reduced emissions and fuel economy gains, Lightning Hybrids applies a hydraulic system to the driveline of a vehicle to regenerate braking energy, which is stored and used for the next acceleration. One business that recently integrated a Ford F59 into its fleet is AmeriPride Services Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi will work with the city of Sommerville, Massachusetts to develop an urban strategy for Somerville, applying technologies for swarm intelligence or automated parking, and networking cars with traffic lights. After Silicon Valley, this region has the fastest-growing economy in North America.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

construction economy for use in Small. Nebraska (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Texas A&M). Institute (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Oak Ridge National. University (Westinghouse). Project will develop Steel-plate Composite. wall connection strategies, and evaluate their. behavior, fabrication efficiency, and.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2016

million acres, stretching from Massachusetts to Maryland. In addition, the two launched other actions targeting a sustainable Arctic economy and ecosystem, with low-impact shipping and science-based management of marine resources. This move “permanently” protects 115 million acres of the Arctic Ocean, excluding only 2.9

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

At EVmatch , we envision a distributed, equitable, and carbon-free clean energy economy that connects and elevates all people. would like to do more to contribute to a clean energy economy – for example, investing in solar power for their homes – but cannot do so due to living in a rental property or apartment building.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2012

Harder road surfaces could be a secret to boosting the fuel economy of cars, according to a new study. Civil engineers at the Massachusetts Institute Technology (MIT) used computer modelling to show how the use of stiffer road surfaces could reduce vehicle fuel consumption by as much as 3 per cent-a saving that could add [.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver 10 demonstration fleet Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) pickup trucks to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Earlier post.). The powertrain also includes a 5.7-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

The Lightning Hybrids gasoline HHV also improves both power and fuel economy when compared with a conventional gasoline vehicle. The Lightning Hybrids gasoline HHV (hydraulic hybrid vehicle) reduces NO x by 457% compared with a diesel conventional vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2011

Other key conclusions of the PCAST report are: The US’ long-term ability to innovate and compete in the global economy greatly benefits from co-location of manufacturing and manufacturing-related R&D activities in the United States. Nevertheless, with appropriate support, advanced manufacturing has the potential to create and retain.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

It stated that the traditional core areas such as car body design, fuel economy etc., The report highlights the shift in the product strategy of the automotive companies from building discrete products to cognitive AI Systems. Furthermore, leading automotive companies such as Toyota, Ford, Honda, BMW etc.,

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

A Pew Research Center survey taken in late 2021 of seventeen countries with advanced economies indicated that 80 percent of those surveyed were willing to alter how then live and work to combat climate change. The answer is perhaps some, but maybe not too much.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Similarly, in the USA there’s also been an uptick in EV sales in states like Colorado, Massachusetts, and New York, all of which have ambitious carbon-reduction goals and cold winters. Use the “economy mode”: Many EVs come with an "economy mode" or similar feature. ? How can this be?

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