Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Emission control technology projects addressing criteria pollutants and GHGs are desired, with consideration that future standards are likely to influence NGV technology adoption. Potential technologies include (but are not limited to) combustion strategies, engine subsystems, emission control systems, fuel systems, and controls.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Specific engine-mapping aimed at reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. The swept volume inside the cylinder is smaller, so less fuel is consumed during each cycle.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) recently held a workshop to discuss proposed amendments to the Regulations for Fuel Sulfur and Other Operational Requirements for ocean-going vessels (OGV). The OGV Fuel Regulation was adopted by the ARB in 2008 and implementation began on 1 July 2009. Proposed clean fuel zone extension.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

A public workshop on natural gas vehicles was held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on 25 July 2017 to identify early-stage research needs for natural gas engines. CNG engine efficiency needs to be closer to that of diesel in order to improve the viability of natural gas fueled medium and heavy-duty trucks.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2016

prior to a 4 April 2016 public workshop on the development of the FY 2016-17 Funding Plan for Low Carbon Transportation and Fuels Investments and AQIP. AQIP is a mobile source incentive program that focuses on reducing criteria pollutant and diesel particulate emissions with concurrent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program”. carbon alternative fuels, fueling infrastructure, and advanced vehicle technologies. The investment plan update provides funding for a portfolio of project types, organized to reflect the supply chain of alternative fuels.

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MARCH 24, 2017

CARB also adopted a new plan to curb destructive “super pollutants” including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. The plan, California’s Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy, maps out the route to more rapid greenhouse gas reductions by clamping down on these super pollutants. —CARB Chair Mary D.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2017

These include cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars and zero emission vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable energy, waste diversion from landfills, water conservation, improvements to energy efficiency in homes and businesses, and a Cap-and-Trade Program. Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a 1 August 2018 letter to CARB Chair Mary Nichols, Governor Brown wrote : As the California Air Resources Board looks for ways to meet our 5-million zero emission vehicle target by 2030, the conversion of public and private fleets to zero emission offers an important opportunity to get a large number of carbon-polluting vehicles off the road.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The complexity of new and future vehicles—driven by the need for increasing fuel efficiency and decreasing emissions with ever-changing drive-cycle demands and environmental conditions—is adding unprecedented flexibility in design and driving the need for better simulation and more powerful computers, observed Dr. Robert M.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The new draft plan, required by the Governor’s April 2015 Executive Order, updates the previous scoping plan to account for the new 2030 target codified in Senate Bill 32 and reflects input from 18 public workshops and community meetings, numerous state government agencies and CARB’s Environmental Justice Advisory Committee.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2015

ARB staff developed this strategy using a multi-pollutant scenario planning tool ( Vision 2.0 ) that quantifies changes in ozone and PM 2.5 Under current control programs (left) and under the Cleaner Technologies and Fuels scenario (right). Click to enlarge. Passenger vehicles. Heavy-duty vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2011

Emerging technologies and pollutants of concern. However, the report—“The Future of Vehicle Fuels and Technologies: Anticipating Health Benefits and Challenges”—also identifies a number of potential unintended health consequences that could arise from use of these fuels and technologies and need investigation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2010

President Obama’s announcement of the first-ever national policy to increase fuel efficiency and decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution from medium- and heavy-duty trucks for model years 2014-2018. Workshops have been held and more are planned for the summer of 2010. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2014

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Re-Adoption Concept Paper, which will be discussed during the LCFS workshop on 11 March 2014. The LCFS regulation mandates a 10% reduction in the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels used in California by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Source: DOE workshop April 2016. commercial viability of fuel cell vehicle technology has been demonstrated (commercial vehicles being sold). commercial viability of fuel cell vehicle technology has been demonstrated (commercial vehicles being sold). Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

These private-public partnerships to build dozens of hydrogen fueling stations set the stage for hydrogen fuel cell electric cars to become commonplace on our streets and provide a new generation of long-range zero-emission vehicles for California consumers. —Chairman Nichols. —Janea A.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2015

for upcoming workshops on the development of the Advanced Clean Transit (ACT) regulation. Require use of renewable fuels and the cleanest available engines as soon as feasible. How to encourage deployments of fuel cell buses to bring them closer to commercialization? Minimize Emissions from Conventional Fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

the criteria pollutants and CO 2 that emerge with the exhaust from the tailpipe. reported in their paper on a policy workshop convened in 2011 on the relevance of traffic-related wear emissions for air quality policy development, with the focus on non-exhaust PM emissions. earlier post ). Background. in Belgium. Hooftman et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

users pay for the construction and maintenance of roads via a federal fuel tax. But fuel tax revenues have not kept pace because the federal government and most states have not increased gasoline tax rates since early 1990s, while inflation has eroded their real buying power. —Huang et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

Jacobson said the information is important because black carbon within clouds makes the clouds “burn off” and disappear over heavily polluted urban and other areas. Off-road sources include stationary diesel generators, locomotives, ships, construction vehicles, and farming equipment, all using diesel fuel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

ARB will hold a one-day workshop on 2 March to discuss its preliminary thoughts and sources of information upon which to base the proposed standards and procedures. At the workshop, staff will also discuss these studies and welcomes input from stakeholders. LEVII criteria pollutant emission standards (PC/LDT1 and LDT2).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

By putting a price on carbon, we can break our unhealthy dependence on fossil fuels and move at full speed toward a clean energy future. In 2015, entities covered will expand to include distributors of transportation, natural gas and other fuels, and by then cover about 85% of the state’s economy. billion to $22.6 allowance revenues.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The paper was commissioned by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) as part of a yearlong effort aimed at fostering “ constructive dialogue and action ” on reforming the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2). The others are: Petroleum and Renewable Fuels Supply Chain , Stillwater Associates LLC. car warranties, cost, food-vs-fuels arguments).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The Alternative and Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Technology Program’s Investment Plan allocates $176 million over the next two years to stimulate green transportation projects and encourage innovation to help meet the state’s aggressive climate change policies. Vehicles are the major contributor to global warming pollution.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These emissions are approaching a tipping point, and the companies responsible for creating these necessary products are increasingly looking at options to help offset their pollution outputs. A range of government regulations aimed at achieving zero-carbon emissions are driving this migration. That’s what DC-MUSE is addressing.”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

The cap-and-trade joins a suite of other major climate program measures including standards for ultra-clean cars (Advanced Clean Cars, earlier post ), low-carbon fuels (Low Carbon Fuel Standard, earlier post ) and renewable electricity. The cap will be set in 2013 at about 2% below the emissions level forecast for 2012.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2009

The light-alloy foundry at the BMW plant is introducing a new sand core production method for gravity die-casting, in which conventional organic binders will be replaced by inorganic binders, which generate virtually no pollutant emissions—a world first, according to BMW. Aluminium crankcase for a six-cylinder diesel engine. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

The Vehicle Electrification Policy Study is a five-part analysis of public policies aimed at encouraging battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) worldwide. It highlights the declining cost of EV technologies but also persistent market uncertainties. The remaining two analyses will be completed in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2018

Under the proposal ( earlier post ), California transit agencies would be required to purchase 100% zero-emission buses by 2040 as they gradually phase out their dependence on buses that pollute the atmosphere. CARB staff is still collecting comments , and had originally planned an April 2018 workshop to discuss a revised proposal.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2011

Combining the control of criteria pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions into a single coordinated package of standards is a new approach to ARB’s motor vehicle standards. ARB will hold three evening workshops throughout the state to hear input from the public as this rulemaking process advances. The fourth workshop provided.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2010

The California Air Resources Board held a workshop on March 2 designed to kick off a pioneering effort to craft standards to help develop the next generation of cleaner cars. This will reduce fuel costs for consumers, and help move California, and the nation, away from its dependence on petroleum and toward greater energy security.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

The Draft Action Plan puts forward a single shared vision to improve the efficiency of California’s freight system while reducing its pollution, while continuing to bolster the competitiveness of California’s goods movement system nationally and internationally.

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Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2021

We were especially excited about the 4-wheelers because they’re used on farms all over the state and the gas vehicles are very noisy and air polluting.” “I It saves the farmers from buying diesel fuel and breathing diesel fumes. He drives a gigantic pick-up truck but he fuels it now with 95% biodiesel.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

seconds), and offers EU combined cycle fuel consumption of 2.5 The everyday driving range of the BMW i8 on a full fuel tank and with a fully charged battery is more than 500 kilometers (310 miles) in COMFORT mode. BMW TwinPower Turbo technology and low internal friction improve both fuel consumption and torque characteristics.

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