Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Transportation sector gasoline demand declines. The US Energy Information Administration released its Annual Energy Outlook 2013 (AEO2013) Reference case (the Early Release ), which highlights a growth in total US energy production that exceeds growth in total US energy consumption through 2040. Click to enlarge. Overall findings.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

million contract by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide testing and analytical services related to vehicle emissions and fuel consumption. New testing guidance from EPA. First, actual on-road operation must be characterized, which is referred to as the road-load force specification.

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Baua Electric

MAY 20, 2023

and the 0 Emissions Transportation Affiliation lobbied the EPA in partial of the plan, arguing it will journey President Joe Biden’s objectives for decarbonizing the transportation sector. The post Biden delays bid to lend electrical carmakers renewable gas credit appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. Tesla, Rivian Car Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems. Current EPA regulations require vehicle and engine conversion systems to be covered by a certificate of conformity to gain a regulatory exemption from potential tampering charges.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Many fleet owners and operators are interested in reducing operational and maintenance costs with electric vehicles (EVs), but they worry about vehicle safety. To meet these standards, vehicles must undergo an extensive, long-established testing process, regardless of whether the vehicle operates on gasoline or electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder projects the emission impacts of the widespread introduction of inexpensive and efficient electric vehicles into the US light duty vehicle (LDV) sector. The work is reported in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Keshavarzmohammadian et al.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The rise of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have fans professing its technological wonders, while looking down at plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs). While BEVs use a battery-powered motor to power the vehicle, PHEVs have both a battery/electric motor and a gas engine to power them. ICE refers to “internal combustion engine.”

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

Most evidence indicates that natural gas as a substitute for coal in electricity production, gasoline in transport, and electricity in buildings decreases greenhouse gases. But natural gas production and consumption has higher emissions than renewables and nuclear power. Richard G.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) Reference case released yesterday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) more than doubles the technically recoverable US shale gas resources assumed in AEO2010 and added new shale oil resources. Beyond 2020, CAFE standards for both passenger cars and light-duty trucks are held constant.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand. These were arguably the first flex-fuel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

The DOS SEIS accordingly takes a detailed look at life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of petroleum products from Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) oil sands crudes compared with reference crudes and the potential impact the pipeline might have on climate change as well as on the future development of the oils sands resource in Canada.

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate 250

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

Dividing that forecast in to application segments—micro-, mild-, full-, and plug-in hybrids; mini-electric (e.g., the Prius) will represent the top Li-ion business opportunity from a dollar value perspective, followed by moderate hybrids and light electric vehicles (bikes and scooters), particularly in Asia.

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Li-ion 2011 Market Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2016

The US EPA, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) have released the Draft Technical Assessment Report mid-term evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards for light-duty cars and trucks for model years (MY) 2022-2025.

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EV Adoption

APRIL 8, 2022

Like many issues and discussion topics today, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) have become a divisive concept within the electric vehicle industry. Not enough range: Many plug-in hybrids have minimal electric range of around 20 or less miles. Black and white. Good versus bad. There seem to be a few people in the middle.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 15, 2024

liter 4-cylinder engine that puts out 235 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque (on premium gasoline), driving either the front or all-four wheels through a nine-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters. The fuel economy, which is best in Touring mode, is rated by the EPA at 24 mpg city/29 highway/26 combined mpg.

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Cadillac Escalade SUV MPG 55

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2009

The platform is also ideal for small engine designs in a wide range of outdoor power equipment, such as lawnmowers, garden tractors, trimmers, edgers, chainsaws, snow and leaf blowers, tillers, electrical generators and outboard motors. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also has enacted strict emissions rules for small engines.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

FCEV” refers to all fuel cell vehicles, including E-REVs and fuel cell hybrids. General Motors has released a white paper that evaluates the CO 2 reduction potential of extended-range electric vehicles (E-REVs) as well as plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), in combination with multiple vehicle charging scenarios, as compared to conventional hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

A negative value means the case has a lower TCE than the reference case. For the study, they define EVs as including both battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles. The controlled charging of EVs can reduce electricity costs and improve the integration of wind energy. Credit: ACS, Choi et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Although Honda’s presence at the Los Angeles Auto Show was dominated by the debut of the 2013 Civic, the company also announced that the 2014 Accord Plug-In Hybrid, featuring Honda’s new two-motor system ( earlier post ) earned an EPA-certified 115 MPGe rating and will go on sale in New York and California on 15 January with an MSRP of $39,780.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Some of these come as hybrids, plug-in hybrids or full electrics, upping the ante even more. Clean Fleet Report spent a week exploring Southern California in the front-wheel drive XT5 Premium Luxury, which the EPA rates at 19 mpg city/26 highway/21 combined mpg. The first thought is this references a 4.0-liter

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Cadillac Land Rover MPG Fuel Economy 75

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Build better products.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2012 the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which regulates fuel economy, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which regulates greenhouse gas emissions, proposed new unified standards for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions over the years 2017 to 2025. Background. to 41 mpg by 2021 and 48.7

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Standards Fuel Economy Economy EPA 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

Hythane Company performed laboratory emissions testing at an EPA-certified testing laboratory in Texas on the Cummins QSK50 engine/generator set (genset) intended for subsequent drilling applications in the USA. Background. Earlier post.) These blends were patented in 1990 for spark- and compression-ignition engines.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

Featuring an advanced second-generation two-motor hybrid powertrain, the 2017 Accord Hybrid midsize sedan delivers peak total system output of 212 hp, best-in-class EPA fuel economy ratings of 49/47/48 mpg US (4.8/5.0/4.9 The gasoline engine is off when the i-MMD is in EV Drive mode and is decoupled from the drivetrain to reduce friction.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 5, 2023

Source: Electric Vehicle Association) Proposed EV Tax Credit Rule to be Finalized on April 18 On March 31, the Treasury Department gave guidance on battery material requirements for automakers. For more information on EV tax credits, the Electric Vehicle Association created an EV guide for vehicle that may qualify for these tax credits.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2014

The results of a new, comprehensive modeling study characterizing light-duty electric drive vehicle (EDV) deployment in the US over 108 discrete scenarios do not demonstrate a clear and consistent trend toward lower system-wide emissions of CO 2 , SO 2 , and NO x as EDV deployment increases. decrease in total CO 2 in 2050.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

This corresponds to US EPA Tier 2 Bin 2.). The numerical part of the standard category, such as 20 in SULEV20, refers to the emission standard, in thousandths of a gram per mile. Add a regulatory review for plug-in electric vehicles. Change the regulated party to be the major producer/importers of gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

A) CNG light-duty cars vs. gasoline cars; (B) CNG heavy-duty vehicles vs. diesel vehicles; and (C) combined-cycle natural gas plants vs. supercritical coal plants using low-CH 4 coal. electricity generation or transportation) and by the fuel being replaced (e.g., Source: Alvarez et al. Click to enlarge. —Alvarez et al.

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Climate Change Climate Gas Coal 270

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

The development of less-expensive, more-efficient, smaller, and lighter power electronics and electric machines for electric traction, power generation, and accessory drive systems is necessary to reduce the cost and improve the performance of electric drive vehicles. Areas of interest.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Last Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) charged that Volkswagen (Jetta, Beetle, Golf, Passat) and Audi (A3) passenger cars equipped with 2.0-liter This is referred to as the Gen 1 aftertreatment design in the EPA/ARB documents.). Source: EPA. Earlier post.)

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Diesel Engine Emissions Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

gasoline and Diesel fuel), alcohol-based liquid fuels (e.g., A rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) that is recharged by the on-board hybrid propulsion system, an external electric energy source, or both. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins. Earlier post.) compressed natural gas). Mike Duoba.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 28, 2021

The 2021 Cadillac CT4 comes with two gasoline engines that run on 91 octane and two automatic transmission options, in either rear-wheel or all-wheel drive. Such horsepower and torque numbers can mean so-so fuel economy, but that was not the case with the EPA rating at 21 mpg city/29 highway/24 combined. Propulsion Choices. The base 2.0-liter

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Cadillac MPG Clean Cleaning 93

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2009

direct injection, spark ignition V6 gasoline engine, while requiring no more space than a conventional six-speed automatic transaxle. Design parameters of the current design include a 50% improvement in EPA composite fuel economy as compared to a conventional Saturn VUE, as well as a 7.5 GM refers to such designs as “single mode”.

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GM Saturn Hybrid VUE 257

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. With a renewable electricity mix, that increases to about 50%. The electric motor and transmission unit are located in direct proximity to the driven rear axle.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 11, 2021

The 2021 Cadillac CT5 comes with two gasoline engines that run on 91 octane, both mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission with manual mode and paddle shifters. Stopping by the four-wheel disc brakes with ABS was solid and confident; the steering feedback delivered good feel for the road through the well-weighted electric-variable steering.

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Cadillac MPG Fuel Economy Clean 93

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

The all-wheel plug-in hybrid system of the Tiguan GTE Active Concept—with a turbocharged gasoline direct-injection engine and one electric motor on each axle—is rear-wheel-drive dominant (the Golf Alltrack is front-wheel-drive dominant). In normal driving situations, propulsion comes via the electric motor on the rear axle.

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