Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ambev will use the electric trucks to deliver beverages throughout South America. Agrale has been on the Brazilian and international market for nearly 60 years. Octillion’s modular, high-energy density batteries are cooled by chilled water. It features Octillion’s 650-volt battery and and Danfoss Editron’s drivetrains.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Simultaneously, with fuel prices surging as much as 20% in the last six months, and the cumulative costs of internal combustion engine-vehicle maintenance, drivers are increasingly turning to cost-effective electric auto-rickshaws as the modern and reliable vehicles of choice.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

The company has just announced its first expansion in the Americas, though you may want to brush up on your Spanish. South America will be the first to receive Gogoro’s scooters and battery-swapping network. The first scooters and battery-swapping GoStations in South America will become active in Q2 of 2024.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

Partnering with Musashi enables KeraCel to develop safe, high energy batteries for automotive market. In April, KeraCel announced it was able to 3D-print the very thin ceramic layers essential to building high energy density batteries. Recent achievements in printing thin layers will allow achieving 1000 Wh/l energy density.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Earlier this year, Elevance entered into an agreement to form a joint venture with Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar), one of the largest global agribusiness groups, to construct a biorefinery based on olefin metathesis technology for the production of high-value performance chemicals, advanced biofuels and oleochemicals from renewable oils.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2022

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global refining capacity decreased by 730,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2021—the first decline in global refining capacity in 30 years. In the United States, refining capacity has decreased by about 1.1 million b/d in 2022 and by 2.1 million b/d in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Projects are certified according to the highest international standards Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) as well as Climate Community and Biodiversity Standard (CCB) or Gold Standard. In addition, climate protection projects for the factory locations of the Group will be prepared or expanded in further course.

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Climate Protection Climate Emissions CO2 207

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2011

Axion International, a leading producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic ( earlier post ), has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sicut Holding Limited (previously Micron Inc. It is impervious to insect infestation, will never leach toxic chemicals nor warp.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

Based in Kamen, Germany, Vahle has 15 years of experience in contact-free energy transfer in industrial environments, while HELLA is a recognized leader in the development of electronics, software, processes and production in the auto industry. Marc Rosenmayr, CEO for HELLA Electronics in North and South America. Earlier post.)

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2009

However, in recent months it appears the US has stepped up its efforts significantly and this was emphasised as it signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency. The organisation now boasts 136 countries having been initially founded on January 26 with 75 member nations.

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United Arab Emirates International Renewable Energy 39

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

It features an all-aluminum frame with appropriate weight distribution with an internally developed energy recovery system (during braking). Orders have been awarded in China, the Netherlands, Finland, Denmark, Uruguay, North and South America.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

In addition to the hybrid and Energi plug-in hybrid alternatives, Fusion offers a pair of EcoBoost four-cylinder engines (1.6L Arriving this fall, the Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid is anticipated to deliver more than 100 MPGe, a mile per gallon equivalency metric for electrified vehicles.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The European Union is considering what steps to take, in that some 95% of solar panels and parts used in the EU are coming from China, according to International Energy Agency data, Reuters reports. It’s all been a bitter pill for France, which has high hopes of a European green energy reindustrialization.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

US exports of distillate fuel (which includes diesel) reached a record 656,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) in 2010 and have grown every year since 2003, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Mexico was the largest importer of US distillate fuel in 2010, averaging 94,000 bbl/d for the year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

The fifth and final session of negotiations on the establishment of an international mercury convention—International Negotiating Committee on Mercury (INC5)—is taking place this coming week in Geneva. Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2010

The 2011 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas—a challenge for high school, university, and college students from across North and South America to design vehicles to go the farthest distance using the least amount of energy—has expanded its categories to include plug-in electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2011

with a hybrid electric power system for use in buses in Argentina and throughout South America. Eaton matches the system to an automated six-speed Eaton transmission and stores energy in a lithium-ion battery pack. TATSA), a company wholly owned by Consorcio Metropolitano de Transporte S.A.,

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Judging from the customs data for the first eight months of this year, the contribution rate of my country’s new energy vehicle exports to the growth of automobile exports reached 26.7%, becoming a new bright spot in the foreign trade of the automobile industry. Sales of new energy vehicles are expected to increase by 40-45% this year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Marine shipping fuels will get cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires a decrease in the allowable amount of sulfur in fuel oil from 3.5% Some key regions include China, Singapore, Panama, Brazil and coastlines of Asia, Africa and South America. —i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Now, a study commissioned by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) from eia.gov (a global provider of analysis on energy and commodities), finds that since the early 2000s, China’s consumption of methanol in fuel products has risen sharply. Source: EIA and Argus Media group, China Methanol to Energy Study , January 2017.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

Meanwhile, the US and Europe are tightening their rules on Chinese cars and EV parts being sold in their countries, with tariffs so high in the US that China has turned its focus on other areas, namely South America, Asia, and Europe. million fully battery-electric vehicles last year, overtaking Telsa in overall BEV sales.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 1, 2023

These offerings include unparalleled networking opportunities at more than 2,000 international IEEE conferences—both face to face and virtual—as well as access to the finest technical literature, massive resources for upskilling, and innovative collaboration facilities with colleagues worldwide.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 1, 2023

It became even more apparent that vital communications, computing, energy, and distribution infrastructure was not always equitably distributed, particularly in less developed regions. One growing partnership is with the International Telecommunication Union , a U.N. This digital divide is particularly impactful on women.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2012

CNOOC Limited—China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas and one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world—is acquiring all of the Common Shares of Canada-based energy company Nexen Inc. These investments include a stake in MEG Energy Inc., billion cash.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

This change opens the door for a cost-effective electric boosting technology solution featuring e-chargers and e-turbos to help improve efficiency and performance of the internal combustion engine in a mild hybrid vehicle. To this end, it is anticipated that the industry will begin moving from 12-volt battery systems to 48-volt systems.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

range in South America and Asia, responding to needs on CO 2 emissions reductions, improved air quality, and the energy independence of numerous countries. The electric quad is poised to replace motorized two-wheelers and, in some cases, internal-combustion four-wheelers. The vehicles are built for La Poste by Renault.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

engine&madsh;cast iron has been selected for the block, reducing the amount of energy needed for warm-up by up to 50% compared with aluminum. Rather than employ the traditional method of adding energy-draining balancer shafts, Ford engineers have deliberately “unbalanced” the flywheel and pulley to offset the engine configuration.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

A trio of European countries and one from South America made major strides in reducing their levels of sulfur content in gasoline, allowing them to advance in the annual global ranking published by Hart Energy’s International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC). Potter, Executive Vice President of Hart Energy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

The companies plan to jointly develop integrated camelina cultivation and associated refinery projects in the US Europe, South America, and Asia. In the teaming agreement, BioJet will bring its international network and management experience in developing renewable jet fuel projects. —Sam Huttenbauer, CEO of Great Plains.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Cape Wind will not lead the US energy revolution. Source: IRENA.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Using low-carbon fuels or biofuels as the source of heat energy to process lithium and manufacture li-ion batteries would cut carbon emissions by half as per world banks study. [4] tons of GHG each year assuming 50% energy generation from renewable energy [3,6]. 4] An electric car emits about 3,000 pounds or 1.36

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2012

The researchers acknowledge funding from private donors, the National Science Foundation, the Swedish International Development Agency, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Vetlesen Foundation and the Alderson Foundation. —Kar et al. Abhishek Kar, Ibrahim H. Rehman, Jennifer Burney, S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption. Source: Policy package.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2012

The open access Supporting Information (SI) file accompanying the paper includes a useful tutorial on crude oil, refining, and refinery energy use.]. and incidental energy losses due to flaring, fugitive emissions, etc. The study published in ES&T was funded by Chevron Energy Technology Company.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, according to the first major study of evapotranspiration on a global basis. Jung et al. Reichstein, P. Ciais, S.I. Seneviratne, J.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Through the agreement, Gazprom and BASF are confirming their strategic partnership on the international energy market. Wintershall focuses on selected core regions, where the company has built up a high level of regional and technological expertise: Europe, North Africa, South America, as well as Russia and the Caspian Sea region.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 25, 2023

to the 20,000 km cable that connects Asia with North America and South America. However, the worldwide demand for energy is expected to increase by 20 percent in 10 years, with a large majority of that demand supplied by sustainable energy sources like wind power. Chrysochos et al., Chatzipetros and J.A.

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