Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2019

Kia will present a potential solution for smart-city mobility at CES 2019 with its SEED Car concept. It then tailors the interior environment according to its assessment—potentially altering conditions relating to the five senses within the cabin, creating a more joyful mobility experience.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 6, 2023

Smith was giving a presentation entitled “Selling EVs Is Easy, Even in Texas!” Recently, we did a story about the 2023 NADA convention and goat roping in Dallas, where Slate correspondent Alexander Sammon got a chance to speak to Buzz Smith, a former car salesman turned blogger who bills himself as The EV-angelist. Take the […]

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2019

Volvo Cars and Uber presented a jointly developed production car capable of driving by itself, the next step in the strategic collaboration between both companies.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Bio-Hybrid GmbH , a company belonging to the Schaeffler Group, will present the near-production Bio-Hybrid ( earlier post )—a new, modern form of personal urban mobility and means of transportation—at CES 2019. At the same time, the dedicated brand presentation of Schaeffler Bio-Hybrid GmbH will make its debut.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The World Environment Center ( WEC ) will award its 30 th Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development to the Volkswagen Group. Volkswagen will accept the Gold Medal Award on 15 May 2014 during the Gold Medal Presentation Ceremony in Washington, DC.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2019

It facilitates the adjustment of elements of the interior environment, such as air temperature and audio, and the setting of navigation routes and destinations, while also making proposals for activities after arrival.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2023

and its environs. The team plans to present a final report on its findings to the World Wildlife Fund. A robot that removes litter Trash is often found in and near bodies of water, threatening wildlife, community members, and the overall environment. Their Project DIANA uses a drone to detect gas concentrations in the air.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

To this end, we are ensuring the best possible connectivity of vehicles with each other and with their environment. Another application presented by Continental and Vodafone in Barcelona is a traffic jam warning system. We are working strenuously every day to reduce the potential risks for vulnerable road users.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Hyundai presented its new 2019 Kona Electric crossover (introduced in March at the New York Auto Show, earlier post ) and 2019 NEXO fuel cell SUV (showcased at CES in January, earlier post ) to US media at a driving introduction in Los Angeles. NEXO fuel-cell SUV. NEXO leads Hyundai Motor’s plans in development of zero-emission vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Heavy-duty electric trucks can help improve the work environment for drivers and construction workers thanks to low noise level and zero exhaust emissions during operation. —Lars Mårtensson, Director Environment and Innovation, Volvo Trucks. —Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The hull—externally unchanged—was redesigned to accommodate the 70 cubic meter gas tank as well as the usual engine accoutrements, and to provide crew with a pleasant working environment. The lower crew cabins, saloon and galley were moved up one level, and the deckhouse was enlarged.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The new Kia Soul EV, which will have its world premiere at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show starting later this week, has achieved UL Environment validation for bio-based organic carbon content for 10% of its interior materials.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

New Delhi: Hyundai Motor Company presented its vision for a hydrogen-powered, software-driven transformation beyond mobility applications at CES 2024. In June 2023, the US published its National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap for accelerating the production, processing, delivery, storage and use of clean hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

Methanol fuel presents a significant opportunity to decarbonize in a maritime industry which is confronted with the debate over sustainable fuel alternatives, as it can be produced from biomass and can carry a near-zero carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Warm season average present-day daily maximum ozone levels (AVGMDA8) at urban (left) and non-urban sites (right). A large international team produced this first surface ozone assessment report based on all available surface observations across the globe using data from more than 4,800 monitoring stations. Source: University of Leicester.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2012

A new study by researchers from Stockholm University concludes that automobile tires may be a potential previously unknown source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes—a type of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)—to the environment. Automobile tire rubber in general consists of approximately 40?60%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

The Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament tightened up a European Commission proposal and called for more ambitious national caps on emissions of six main pollutants in order to cut emissions by 70% across the EU and save €40 billion (US$44 billion) in air pollution costs by 2030. —Julie Girling. Background.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A study of emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicles in an urban near-road environment in Toronto over a wide range of weather conditions (February 2014 to January 2015) found that—other than for NO x and CO—the GDI engines had elevated emissions compared to the Toronto fleet.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2020

The virtual presentation of three dimensional holograms that are shown in their actual environment helps planners to better evaluate the future situation. dimensional hologram in the AR device and projects it in life size in the actual environment. Audi is using augmented reality (AR) to plan complex logistics processes.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2019

Continental has submitted a plan of action to the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection with which the company intends immediately to reduce the lead content in some of its electronic components to legally prescribed maximum quantities in accordance with the End of Life Vehicles Directive.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

The working environment improves too as a result of the low noise level and vibration-free operation. The new Volvo FE Electric will be offered in several variants for different types of transport assignment.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2022

The catalyst presents 97.7% Low-Co or Co-free catalysts are desirable due to the relatively high cost of Co and a major human rights issue associated with its production at present. C” Energy Environ. Schematic illustration for the decorated CoNi alloy on the oxide support of MgO-CeO 2 -SrO. Tabassum et al. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2013

In its final written submission to the Northern Gateway Pipeline Joint Review Panel (JRP), the government of British Columbia states that it cannot support the project as presented to the panel primarily because Northern Gateway (NG) has been unable to adequately detail its response to a spill. —BC Environment Minister Terry Lake.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

As vehicle connectivity and advanced assistance systems become a ubiquitous part of driving, researchers at Volkswagen Group’s Electronics Research Laboratory ( ERL ) are working to create a “perfect driving experience” by enabling more intuitive forms of communications between the driver, the car and the external environment.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2023

To overcome these difficulties, real-life scenarios are simulated using cutting-edge techniques ensuring that the digital environment offers the accuracy and reliability required for testing, validation and homologation. The team is presenting its concept to the public for the first time at IAA Mobility in Munich.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

The transformation will integrate sustainability and innovation throughout the built environment, including a new Sustainability Showcase building on the product campus, which will aim to meet Living Building Challenge standards, the highest level of sustainability certification today. More than 7.5 —Bill Ford, Ford executive chairman.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) will hold a free Policy Research Workshop on Enabling a Secure Environment for Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Transactions on 19-20 April in Washington, DC.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2022

Regarding its stake in AVTOVAZ, Renault Group said that it is assessing the available options, taking into account the current environment, while acting responsibly towards its 45,000 employees in Russia. The LADA brand leads on the Russian automotive market with more than 20% market share and is also present in 20 countries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

A team led by researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is presenting a new explanation for the long-range airborne transport (LRT) of polluting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); a paper on the work is published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Zelenyuk et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

The program determines the environmental balance of vehicles with different size classes and powertrains, and presents the results in comparative graphics. Eutrophication of non-marine aquatic environments [kg N-eq.]. Eutrophication of non-marine aquatic environments [kg P-eq.]. Deterioration of the ozone layer [kg CFC-11-eq.].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2010

French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo on Wednesday outlined a revised proposal for a carbon tax on large stationary emitters, following the Constitutional Court’s rejection of the original plan last December. A new bill is expected to be presented to the French parliament soon.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

Black carbon has a negative impact on the environment and on human health. They also presented the performance of a prototype GPF on removing BC particles from a selected GDI vehicle at various conditions. For their study, the Environment Canada/MECA team used two midsize sedans and two compact vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have presented a new and more complete view on the way a cyanobacterium— Cyanothece 51142—produces hydrogen. Here we present evidence to support a new model whereby energy derived directly from oxygenic photosynthesis (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The “Emergency braking assistant” reduces or even avoids imminent collisions in the urban environment by situation-specific braking and steering interventions. This is an intelligent communications channel that will take information, filter and prioritise it and present it to the driver as needed.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2023

By doing so, it has been honing its technologies in the harsh environment of motorsports and, with like-minded partners in and outside the automotive industry, accelerating its efforts for producing, transporting, and using hydrogen toward the realization of a carbon-neutral society. Toyota is also racing a liquid hydrogen-fueled version.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2022

Qiang Dai, sustainability analyst at Argonne, will show how anyone can measure the costs of recycling lithium-ion batteries and how the process affects the environment with Argonne’s free EverBatt tool. Argonne National Laboratory will host a public webinar on the challenges of recycling Li-ion batteries and possible solutions.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 21, 2021

Fisker founder Henrik Fisker reportedly presented his vision of tailpipe-emissions-free transport to Pope Francis in a private meeting on Thursday, during a visit to Vatican City. “I got inspired reading that Pope Francis is very considerate about the environment and the.

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