Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2023

In mining environments, the electric trucks can deliver several big advantages—including no exhaust emissions, a safer workplace, and quieter working conditions. Just like in many other mines, exhaust gases from diesel vehicles are responsible for the majority of the carbon dioxide emissions from Boliden’s mines. g/t Au, 9.9

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Kongsberg has been the technical lead of the project, which has involved participants from Scotland, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden and England. The extended and exhaustive testing over several months is also intended to test safety, load response, transient response, and emergency situations of the system.

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Hydrogen Mariner Lithium Ion Denmark 459

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Bucher Municipal is expecting that up to 80 sewer trucks, or 50% of their production of cleaning vehicles, will be zero exhaust emission trucks from Volvo by the end of 2023. The largest markets for Volvo’s electric trucks in Europe currently are Norway, Sweden and Germany. —Per Lovring, CEO of Bucher Municipal Denmark.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 8, 2024

I wanted to move on from Sweden but this 1965 Volvo 122S is too unique to pass up. There are also performance spark-plug wires, a sport exhaust system, and a swapped-in manual transmission. Unofficial Volvo week continues. This restored car is black-on-red, which is apparently the rare "19" color combo.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

The selected projects are located in Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. emissions coming from exhaust gases produced during lime production and store them permanently in offshore geological formations in France. A third project will capture the CO?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

The extended and exhaustive testing over several months is also intended to test safety, load response, transient response, and emergency situations of the system. These operating profiles will include the expected load changes during three modes: transit, harbor, and maneuvering.

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Hydrogen Design Fuel Mariner 436

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The Volvo CE team from Sweden and South Korea has worked closely with Finnish company Norrhydro in the research project, leveraging an idea initially born out of academic collaborations. The novel Common Pressure Rail Hybrid system by Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) applied to excavators, which results in?significant

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Volvo Trucks delivered its first all-electric vehicles on 19 February: a refuse truck to waste and recycling company Renova, and a distribution truck to the logistics company DB Schenker and partner haulier TGM, operating in Sweden. The Volvo FL Electric trucks are part of a pre-series developed in collaboration with selected customers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a significant reduction in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions primarily due to reduced tailpipe CO 2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

The ideal licensee would be primarily engaged in manufacturing engine parts and systems, such as catalytic converters and engine exhaust control systems, for the on-road vehicle, off-road vehicle and stationary power sectors. This catalyzes the oxidation of methane to carbon dioxide and water using excess oxygen in the exhaust stream.

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Canada Commercial Exhaust Gas 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2022

The health of residents living alongside a bus route in Gothenburg, Sweden, improved when hybrid buses were replaced by buses fully powered by electricity. The proportion who felt exhausted once or twice a week declined from 49 to 39 percent—that is, down to the same proportion as in the reference group.

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Electric Electrical 2019 Environment 459

Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

To that end, Land Rover said it is testing the car in the “most exhaustive” range of conditions of any of its cars to date; “from the snow and ice of Sweden to Dubai desert, Nürburgring Tarmac and Moab rock crawls”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

For local air quality, electric vehicles also offer clear benefits, mainly due to zero exhaust emissions at street level. BEVS can offer local air quality benefits due to zero exhaust emissions, e.g., nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and particulate matter (PM). —“Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives”.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2016

Core exhaust loss. The “Core exhaust” loss is primarily due to thermal energy lost to the surroundings, although some excess kinetic energy and fluid friction associated pressure losses contribute as well. Core exhaust loss. Bypass flow loss.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2013

Sweden-based White Smoke Shipping, together with Delta Marine and Omega Marine of Turkey as well as Frederiet AB and Crew Chart Ship Management of Sweden, has developed the WS3 project—a vessel designed for the growing LNG bunkering market of the North European ECA (Emission Control Areas) with special focus on the Baltic sea.

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Mariner Sweden Turkey Oil 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

In addition to significantly reducing global climate emissions, replacing conventional diesel with Neste MY Renewable Diesel can improve local air quality by reducing local exhaust emissions, such as those of nitrogen oxides, particulates, and carbon monoxide.

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Renewable Climate 2017 Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Scania will focus on developing an engine that can operate on both alcohol- and gaseous methane-based fuels that will combine the higher efficiency of diesel (compression ignition) technology with the exhaust aftertreatment systems of Otto (spark ignition) technology.

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Engine Fuel Sweden Exhaust 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Three Member States (Austria, Finland and Sweden) have already reached the 10 % goal. The share of renewable energy in transport in the EU rose from 6.7% in 2015 to 7.1% in 2016, lower than the 10% target set for 2020.

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Environment Transportation Emissions Climate 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2013

The unit is more efficient than a small ICE (internal combustion engine) generator in combination with an environmental friendly exhaust. PowerCell will now test and demonstrate its PowerPac prototype to the global industry and media from its headquarters and research center in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

According to the WRI’s analysis, above, Iceland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and China are the leading EV adopters after Norway. Though it’s clear that ess carbon in the atmosphere coming from tailpipe exhaust is a win for the planet, not everyone shares the belief that all-electric transportation is the panacea it is chalked up to be.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

(MHI) has completed its first unit of the STG (Super Turbo Generating) System, a marine-use, high-efficiency, combined power generation system that utilizes waste heat and the exhaust gas from diesel engines. The STG System (Super Turbo Generating System). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2017

After two successful years with electric buses on route 55 in Gothenburg, Sweden, the partners in the ElectriCity venture have decided to expand electric bus operations in the city. Tomorrow's quiet vehicles emitting no exhaust gases will make the city even more appealing for people to live in, work in and enjoy.

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Electric Electrical Vehicles Sustainable Transportation 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2012

For existing ships, after-exhaust treatment is proving more popular, but for newbuilds, operators are taking advantage of LNG’s properties. Currently projects underway in Belgium, Sweden, Finland, South Korea, Singapore, Japan and elsewhere have made efforts to offer LNG bunkering and incentives to support LNG-fueled marine technology.

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South Korea Fuel Mariner Singapore 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2012

Non-exhaust traffic sources of particles. However, traffic-related non-exhaust particles remain largely unchanged, making these emissions increasingly significant contributors to the environmental burden. These non-exhaust vehicle sources include: brake lining, tire and road-surface wear, and resuspension of road dust.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

The 12-meter Volvo 7700 Hybrid bus is now being built in the company’s plant in Wroclaw, Poland and the chassis for the double-decker Volvo B5L Hybrid will be built in Borås, Sweden. This gives a quiet and exhaust-free environment at bus stops. The coaches for the double-deckers will be built by Wrightbus in Northern Ireland.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

Volvo Buses’ new plug-in hybrid buses will begin field tests in Gothenburg, Sweden this month. The conventional hybrid offers up to 37% fuel savings compared to a diesel version and 40-50% lower exhaust emissions. 7900 Volvo Plugin Hybrid Charging at Redbergsplatsen in Gothenburg. Click to enlarge.

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Plug-in Volvo Plug Hybrid 281

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

OP engines utilize direct injection after ports closure to avoid the risk of fuel short circuiting out the exhaust. Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. According to Achates Power, the two main technical challenges for H 2 -OPE are fuel injection and ignition source. Fuel Injection.

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Hydrogen Engine Saudi Arabia Universal 353

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

Volvo Buses is currently developing a plug-in hybrid bus that can drive long distances silently and exhaust-free on only electricity. Three buses will be tested in Gothenburg, Sweden, supported by the European Union.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The only exhaust gas emitted was water vapor—1800 tonnes of it in all. The vehicles were driven on the proving grounds in Spain (IDIADA near Barcelona), Sweden (Arjeplog) and Germany (Boxberg), among others. The Fuel Cell Centre of Competence Nabern east of Stuttgart is playing a crucial role in the GLC F‑CELL.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers in an unrelated study of direct injection natural gasoline engines (dual-fuel combustion in CI-engines using RCCI as well as conventional duel-fuel combustion) at Chalmers University (Sweden) noted that methane’s very high octane number allows the use of high compression ratios in spark ignition engines.

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Gas Engine Gasoline Downsizing 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

Catalytic converters in cars, for example, reduce emissions by converting exhaust to less toxic compounds. Catalysts, which can speed up chemical reactions and make them more efficient and effective, are essential to most industrial processes and to the production of many chemicals.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The streets of Gothenburg, Sweden, will soon welcome three plug-in hybrid buses that can drive long distances silently and exhaust free. The models, from Volvo Buses, will be essentially the same Volvo hybrid bus as today but will be equipped with a large battery pack as on-board charging equipment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Volvo unveiled its new Volvo V90 wagon in Stockholm, Sweden. When the driver accelerates rapidly, a valve opens and the compressed air is released into the exhaust manifold, feeding the turbo and creating an instant spool-up. Earlier post.) PowerPulse takes fresh air via the air filter, compresses it and stores it in the tank.

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Volvo PHEV Range Miles 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2011

Ford was the first vehicle manufacturer in Europe to offer production passenger vehicles with Flexifuel technology, and the Focus Flexifuel model was launched in Sweden in 2001. The largest European market will be Sweden, where sales of the Focus Flexifuel totalled more than 10,000 units from 2008—2010.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2009

Chemrec’s pulp mill-integrated BioDME (dimethyl ether) biorefinery demonstration plant project will break ground in September in Piteå, Sweden, with expected biofuel production by mid-2010. Overview of project area. Click to enlarge.

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2010 Production Diesel Carbon 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The diesel engine—optimized to run on renewable synthetic diesel and complying with future exhaust emission requirements—can be run separately or in combination with the electric motor for optimal power and energy utilization. In some markets, they withdraw from earlier promises; some markets increase, like Sweden.

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Plug-in Volvo All-Electric Plug 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

To keep the maximum power and thus satisfy the consumer’s drivability demands, the engine is highly supercharged by a turbocharger—which exploits the exhaust gas enthalpy as an energy source, and which boosts the to the desired levels. This also halves frictional losses and increases the engine’s average efficiency. Dönitz et al.

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