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JUNE 8, 2023

In a recent open-access paper published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology , researchers from the University of York report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid account for a larger fraction of real-world vehicle emissions than previous estimates have suggested. Cliff et al. —Cliff et al.

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OCTOBER 28, 2017

Researchers in China have developed a novel free-piston linear generator (FPLG) to recover exhaust waste heat efficiently from a vehicle engine. Beijing University of Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Electric Vehicles in Beijing, and Datong North Tianli Turbocharging Technology Co., —Tian et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2019

A new study provides the most detailed picture available to date of the global, regional, and local health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles; other on-road vehicles; shipping; and non-road mobile engines such as agricultural and construction equipment. of global ambient PM 2.5

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JANUARY 19, 2014

Exhaust particle size distributions measured by ELPI (color map) and particle concentration measured by CPC (white line) during individual engine braking conditions (speed change from 32 km/h to 0 km/h). The exhaust sample was taken from the exhaust manifold. The exhaust sample was taken from the exhaust manifold.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting two waivers of preemption regarding four California Air Resource Board (CARB) regulations related to California’s heavy-duty vehicle and engine emission standards. In this instance, CARB requested two waivers for regulations relating to heavy duty vehicles and engines.

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MARCH 9, 2020

Power management company Eaton has expanded its portfolio of valvetrain solutions for diesel off-highway vehicles to help OEMs reduce emissions and improve fuel economy. Eaton’s cylinder-deactivation (CDA) technology can play an important role in helping commercial vehicle manufacturers meet or exceed 2024 and 2027 US emissions regulations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Wear and tear from brakes, tires and road surfaces will soon overtake car exhaust fumes as the leading source of fine particles released into the air by road traffic, according to a new OECD report. Heavy electric vehicles with long-distance batteries could compound the problem even as they slash emissions from engine exhaust.

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APRIL 12, 2018

From the first full year of production, the plant will be the BMW Group’s most resource-efficient production location worldwide. Responsible use of water resources is a particular sustainability goal in San Luis Potosí. Responsible use of water resources is a particular sustainability goal in San Luis Potosí.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In 2020, independent global emissions testing company Emissions Analytics reported that pollution from tire wear can be 1,000 times worse than what comes out of a car’s exhaust. Earlier post.) No legislation is in place to limit or reduce NEE, but they cause a great deal of concern for air quality. 2020.137823 (open access).

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MAY 2, 2016

the criteria pollutants and CO 2 that emerge with the exhaust from the tailpipe. However, there is more than 15 years of research showing that the contribution of non-exhaust primary particles to the total traffic generated primary particles is significant in urban areas. Further, a 2013 review by Denier van der Gon et al. Background.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The California Air Resources Board is accepting applications for the 2014 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards. This breakthrough provided the foundation for the development of air pollution control programs in California that later influenced regulations and vehicle technology worldwide. 2014, and 1 Dec.2014. 2014, and 1 Dec.2014.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In 2012, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified diesel engine exhaust (DEE) as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). Earlier post.). —Vermeulen et al. Roel Vermeulen, Debra T. 1306880.

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

In sum, they recommended that governments consider using blends of biodiesel in urban and commercial vehicles to enhance air quality. Positive matrix factorization (PMF) determined that four sources—oil (including fuel and engine oil), lubricant, engine parts, and ambient conditions—contributed heavily to the generation of PM in the exhaust.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2012

A study by a team of researchers in the UK has estimated the contributions of brake dust, tire dust, and resuspended dust to non-exhaust traffic particles as. As a result, these non-exhaust emissions make up a similar proportion of the airborne particulate matter (PM) resulting from vehicle use as exhaust emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

Researchers at Environment Canada have found that vehicle exhaust is a significant source of isocyanic acid (HNCO), a toxic gaseous acid that is a product of various forms of combustion and a potential health concern. Automobile exhaust is also a known source of inorganic acids such as nitric (HNO 3 ) and nitrous (HONO) acids.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a ternary mixed oxide catalyst composed of copper oxide, cobalt oxide, and ceria (dubbed “CCC”) that outperforms synthesized and commercial platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts for CO oxidation in simulated exhaust streams while showing no signs of inhibition—i.e.,

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MARCH 5, 2012

In a study of non-metal miners in the US, federal government scientists report that heavy exposure to diesel exhaust increased risk of death from lung cancer. For never-smokers, risk of lung cancer death increased with increasing diesel exhaust exposure. effect of diesel exhaust exposure on lung cancer mortality in.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

This solicitation will remain open until all funding is exhausted. California’s funding will support advanced technology vehicle and equipment deployments and accelerate the zero-emission transformation of the heavy-duty fleet. More than 50% of the total project funds are expected to benefit disadvantaged or low-income communities.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

A new study by a team from the University of Edinburgh and independent engineering company INNAS BV has found that, when factoring in the additional weight and non-exhaust PM factors, total PM 10 emissions from electric vehicles (EVs) are equal to those of modern internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Ammonia is a promising carbon–neutral fuel, able to power heavy-duty vehicles, non-road machineries and ocean ships with zero CO 2 emission. In a paper published in the journal Fuel , they report an optimal compression ratio (CR = 25) for ammonia igniation and an optimal piston trajectory (symmetric trajectory with Ω = 0.5)

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AUGUST 11, 2020

The California Air Resources Board will consider the proposed Heavy-Duty Low NO x Omnibus Regulation on 27 August 2020. On-road heavy-duty vehicles are an essential part of the state’s economy. Powertrain certification test procedures for heavy-duty hybrid vehicles. Strengthening the heavy-duty durability demonstration program.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

FEV is developing a water injection system for internal combustion engines using condensate from exhaust gases, the “Extended Direct Condensate Injection” system. in the region of the minimum specific fuel consumption on a stoichiometric combustion concept with Miller cycle and cooled external exhaust gas recirculation. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 12, 2023

A study by a team from UC Riverside has assessed the potential of increasing ethanol content in California reformulated gasoline (CaRFG) by investigating the exhaust emissions from a fleet of 20 Tier 3 light-duty vehicles. Acetaldehyde and ethanol emissions responded strongly with ethanol across the fleet of 20 vehicles.

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JULY 14, 2011

The research by the University of Edinburgh measured the impact of diesel exhaust fumes on healthy volunteers at levels that would be found in heavily polluted cities. When assessed in the clinic, we showed that the vascular dysfunction associated with diesel exhaust inhalation is prevented by particle filtration.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Borla Performance Industries , a leader in the design and manufacture of stainless steel performance exhaust, has an option to license a novel nanopore membrane technology developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Novel Nanopore Membrane Technology. Recovers Energy from Industrial Effluents.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Equipped with the latest exhaust technologies, the MAN D3876 complies with the current and strict EU Stage V emission regulations. Regenerative diesel ensures clean combustion with up to 90% less greenhouse gas emissions (CO 2 ) in the exhaust gas compared to conventional diesel. l in commercial vehicles and off-road applications.

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MAY 27, 2012

A team of researchers in Germany has found that the mutagenicity of diesel engine exhaust (DEE) is eliminated in the gas phase by a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC), but only slightly reduced in the particle phase. This can be achieved by direct measurement of the exhaust components.

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JULY 2, 2015

Fraunhofer researchers in Germany have developed a process for the conversion of CO-rich exhaust gases from steel plants into fuels and specialty chemicals. In addition to the exhaust gases, syngas—similar gas mixtures from home and industrial waste incineration—can also be used for the engineered process.

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MARCH 3, 2012

Contrary to expectations, exhaust from gasoline vehicles contributes more to the production of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) than exhaust from diesel vehicles, according to a new study by scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) and other colleagues.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

This leadership was born of necessity, with the state enduring decades of smoggy air linked largely to vehicle exhaust. By David Reichmuth California has long been seen as a leader, both in the US and globally, in pushing ahead clean transportation technologies.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is making additional clean vehicle rebates available for lower-income consumers. A cornerstone of CARB’s suite of EV-purchase incentives, the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) is the nation’s largest and longest-running EV incentive program.

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JANUARY 28, 2018

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a major component of fine particulate matter—which causes adverse health effects—even in urban environments; vehicles may be a dominant source of SOA in urban areas, although there is still an ongoing debate over SOA formation from on-road sources.

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MARCH 18, 2010

The California Air Resources Board announced $3.7 million in rebates for plug-in hybrid and zero emissions vehicles as part of an overall $42.3 Funding for the program comes from a dedicated revenue stream that draws from smog abatement, vehicle registration, and vessel registration fees.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) announced up to $60 million in new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies research. ( There are also efficiency opportunities beyond vehicle components and systems. Production demonstration of lightweight multi-material passenger vehicle glider systems.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The joint research team of KIMM and HMC injected hydrogen directly into the combustion chamber of the engine of an existing HMC hybrid vehicle, with a pressure of more than 30 bar. 2022.04.274

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JUNE 2, 2014

BC mass emissions for all four GDI and PFI vehicles over the three different driving patterns. Solid particle number emissions for all four GDI and PFI vehicles over the three different driving patterns. They also presented the performance of a prototype GPF on removing BC particles from a selected GDI vehicle at various conditions.

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JUNE 2, 2023

The vehicle is delivered to the driver within two weeks, and they use the Ford Drive app to manage payments and service. Service and maintenance of those vehicles are conducted through dealers as well. In addition, the Mustang Mach-E is eligible for Comfort Electric, Uber’s premium zero exhaust ride offering.

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