Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Ozone levels across much of North America and Europe dropped significantly between 2000 and 2014. People living in parts of southern Europe, South Korea and southern Japan and China also experienced more than 15 days a year of ozone levels above 70 ppb. Source: University of Leicester. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2022

South Africa-based mining and metals group Sibanye-Stillwater acquired an initial 30.29% shareholding in Keliber Oy as announced on 23 February 2021, by way of a phased equity investment. Europe is rapidly becoming a leading hub for the manufacture of and market for batteries and electric vehicles. Earlier post.).

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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

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. The consortium is led by UBC and NORAM Engineering and Constructors, Ltd.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2020

Of all the greenhouse gases regulated under the Kyoto Protocol, SF 6 is the most potent, with a global warming potential (GWP) of 23,500 over a 100-year time horizon. The researchers drew on measurements from a global network of air-monitoring sites and archived air samples. Simmonds et al.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

Needless to say, EV sales are increasing globally. Coming in second is Norway, followed by Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom rounding out the top five countries for EV adoption, according to the most recent version of the Electric Vehicle Country Readiness Index from ​​ Ernst & Young Global Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2020

Satellite data over a shipping lane in the south Atlantic show that the ships modify clouds to block an additional 2 Watts of solar energy, on average, from reaching each square meter of ocean surface near the shipping lane. Satellite image taken 16 January 2018 off the coast of Europe. NASA Earth Observatory.

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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. The JV does not relate to other applications of RSC technology, aside from railroad ties and sleepers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

As the world population increases by the estimated 30% from 2010 to 2040, ExxonMobil sees global GDP rising by about 140%, but energy demand by only about 35% due to greater efficiency. The Outlook for Energy provides ExxonMobil’s long-term view of global energy demand and supply. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

A study by Ricardo Strategic Consulting has concluded that while sluggish automotive demand in Europe, Japan and North America will be balanced by the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets through 2020, thereafter the ‘Rising-15’ nations become the engine for profitable growth—assuming political stability. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Current levels of investments in low-carbon technology and infrastructure are substantially lower than the $500 billion per year deemed necessary by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to hold the increase of global average temperatures below 2 °Celsius—the target agreed to in Cancun last year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2017

Through subsidiaries and associate companies, Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa and Indonesia. It also has an industrial joint venture with Fiat in India. Global ŠKODA sales reached 1.3 Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, the business comprising the two iconic British brands.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 31, 2022

For the second year in a row, Charged has partnered with the global engineering and consulting firm umlaut to test and compare the user experience at the top DC fast charging networks and bring you the 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark. Its methodology is respected as the de facto industry standard. The testing experts: umlaut.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Highlights of the report include: In Q3, global Model S orders increased by more than 50% from a year ago, and grew at a faster pace in North America, Europe and Asia, than during Q2. Tesla said it was seeing very strong demand for Tesla Energy products globally, and particularly in Australia, Germany and South Africa.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2015

Predicting and diagnosing the trajectory of oil prices has become something of a cottage industry in the past year. Globally, the picture isn’t any better—Citigroup says Europe is at 90 percent, while South Korea, South Africa, and Japan may all be nearing 80 percent.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

in terms of coming to L1, L2 and L3 globally versus the Indian market, what is the gap? There’s a level three system, the first level three systems now on the market here in Europe, and the first also in the US, but of course, very developed streets and infrastructure and all this stuff. Of course, they are supporting globally.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was $270.2 billion of final investment decisions on offshore wind projects in Europe. billion) and South Africa ($5.5 Investment in Europe advanced less than 1% to $57.5 billion, up 39% from 2013. billion), India ($7.4

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JANUARY 20, 2012

global sales rose to more than 9 million vehicles in 2011, a 7.6% of the global vehicle industry. Sales were up in all four reporting regions—North America, South America, Europe and International Operations—as GM sold a total of 9,025,942 vehicles compared with 8,385,484 in 2010. South America.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

SMART is focusing on global urban regions, and has identified five “themes” that fill unaddressed gaps and guide and inform the program’s collaborative research, pilot projects, and education activities. The initiative, which funds 10 global sustainability research projects in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and the United States.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

The A2B is at the top end of the market at £1,949 ($2,850), but there is a huge variety of electric bikes available, starting from only £600. ); So why don’t more people use them in America and Europe? The reason is that western governments are not much interested bicycles. Become a Trustee of CfBT Education Trust.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2009

The achievements include shared platforms and powertrains, cooperation on advanced technologies, standardization of manufacturing methods, the expansion of the product line-ups and the extension of the global footprint of each partner. In Europe, the two partners will intensify the use of available common internal resources in IS/IT.

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EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

Where does the global EV market stand? Massive Uptick in EV Sales Global EV sales showed substantial growth in 2020, rising by 39%. Further, the report predicts that by 2030, EVs will represent nearly half of all global vehicle sales. South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

However, the raw materials for batteries are, in most cases, imported into China from Africa and refined before being exported to Europe. Automakers in Europe can lower their emissions by shortening the transport distance and capitalizing on the DRC’s hydroelectric powered grid and proximity to raw materials.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

billion passengers are expected to fly globally in 2024, up from the previous record of 4.5 Analysts at American Express Global Business Travel say that average ticket prices across all regions are not expected to change significantly. Jump to: Credit… Chanelle Nibbelink A record 4.7 Mr. Smith is also recommending Malta.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments. Finland placed the highest in Europe and was ranked fourth in the overall rankings.

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