Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2016

Rice University researchers have determined a more effective way to use natural gas to reduce climate-warming emissions would be in the replacement of existing coal-fired power plants and fuel-oil furnaces rather than burning it in cars and buses.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Freight operator Dependable Highway Express (DHE) has received two Volvo VNR Electric trucks—the first battery-electric Class 8 trucks to join DHE’s fleet. The electric trucks will be added to DHE’s existing fleet of more than 500 Volvo trucks operating across North America. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

The Rhodium Group, an independent research provider, estimates that, after a sharp uptick in 2018, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 2.1% Coal-fired power generation fell by a record 18% year-on-year to its lowest level since 1975. The growth in gas generation shaved a little more than 40 million metric tons off this number.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

A key element of that partnership is a goal for North America to strive to achieve 50% clean power generation by 2025. As part of that effort, the leaders committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light- and heavy-duty vehicles by aligning fuel efficiency and/or GHG emission standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Source: US Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, Annual Energy Outlook 2019 Reference case. Petroleum emissions from other sectors have fallen in recent years as equipment and processes that use petroleum fuels have been replaced by those using other fuels, in particular, natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This analysis compares the costs of usable energy when we buy gasoline and electricity for driving and natural gas for keeping warm. Gasoline-powered vehicles. The energy efficiency of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles ranges from 17% to 21%. All-electric vehicles. Natural-gas furnaces. per 100 kWh.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2022

The study provides a comprehensive analysis of the cost and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a variety of vehicle-fuel pathways; the levelized cost of driving (LCD); and the cost of avoided GHG emissions. —“Cradle-to-grave lifecycle analysis of US light-duty vehicle-fuel pathways” (2022). Fuel production pathways considered.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

The 2020 edition of US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) comprehensive annual report on nationwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows that emissions increased from 2017 to 2018 by 3.1% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e.,

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EV Connect

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Economics of EV Fleet Adoption Transferring to an electric vehicle fleet isn’t just a reactive measure to capitalize on new tax credits or comply with recent regulations. What will be the infrastructure requirements in the future, especially if you’re migrating a hybrid EV/gas fleet to electric power only?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Energy consumption by light-duty vehicles in the United States, AEO2013 and AEO2014, 1995-2040 (quadrillion Btu). The fuel economy of gasoline-powered LDVs continues to increase, and advanced technology fuel efficiency subsystems are added, such as micro hybridization, which is installed on 42% of gasoline LDVs in 2040. Source: EIA.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2018

Considering electrification, autonomy and sharing (the “Three Revolutions”), a team from Boston University and the University of California, Berkeley projects that electricity use from light duty vehicle (LDV) transport will likely be in the 570–1140?TWh TWh range—13–26%—respectively, of total electricity demand in 2050.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. The ratio of marketing and expectations to intake of real-world information is still steep.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

of hydrogen is currently produced via water electrolysis and only a fraction of this production is powered by renewable energy. Along with hydrogen production and use, an energy transition will involve the synchronous upscaling of renewable electricity, batteries, and energy use technologies. According to the IEA, less than 0.1%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2023

Citizens will no longer have a reason to feel anxious about finding charging and refueling stations to their electric or fuel-cell car. This means that more public recharging capacity will be available on the streets in urban areas as well along the motorways.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The light and compact PHEV drive system is optimized for the small SUV; a gas turbine engine-generator serves as a range-extender instead of the usual gasoline engine-generator. The MI-PILOT driver assistance system not only alerts the driver in potential collision, it also supports their operation of the steering wheel and brakes.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Physicists first suspected more than a century ago that the fusing of hydrogen into helium powers the sun. And scientists and engineers have continued to study the sun’s fusion process in hopes of one day using nuclear fusion to generate heat or electricity. But these generators convert heat to electricity at roughly 7.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

President Biden called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax for the next 90 days, through the busy summer driving season—18 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24 cents per gallon for diesel. He also called on states to suspend their state gas taxes as well or to find other ways to deliver some relief.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In its International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2018 and 2050. Light-duty vehicles. OECD electric light-duty vehicle stocks increase from 3.5 OECD electric light-duty vehicle stocks increase from 3.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2020

Their discovery, reported in Science , could provide insights into designing improved battery materials for the rapid charging of electric vehicles and portable consumer electronics such as cell phones and laptops. This knowledge will inform the development of practically viable electrode materials for fast-charging batteries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

As on the 2020 Corolla gas models, the Toyota Safety Sense 2.0 The engine, working in concert with the electric motor (MG2), assures responsive performance, while energy efficiency is achieved by using both electric motors (MG1 and MG2) for hybrid battery charging. suite of active safety systems comes standard on the hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Numerous LCA tools have been used to evaluate the GHG emissions associated with various vehicle-fuel technologies, including fossil fuels, biofuels, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVS), and battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2016

This release includes the following expansions and updates: Updated water consumption factors for the refining processes of petroleum fuels, thermoelectric and hydroelectric power generation, and hydrogen production processes. Updated DME production from fossil natural gas, natural gas-derived methanol, and renewable feedstocks.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 10, 2024

There’s no shortage of debate in this country about electric vehicles – and for good reason. Level 2 chargers connect to a 220V outlet, like the ones used to power an electric range or clothes dryer. Make sure to get a unit which has power cords sufficient for yer needs. Technically, it’s called a NEMA 14-50 outlet.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Together with several partners, researchers from Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) and experts for large electrical drives at Siemens Industry Drive Technologies are investigating the use of silicon carbide (SiC) as a diode material in power electronics in place of pure silicon.

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Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2022

Ford and University of Michigan researchers conducted a new study that evaluated the savings in greenhouse gas emissions in battery-electric pickup trucks relative to gas-powered pickups. It also assessed the reductions in other light-duty vehicles when compared to their gas-powered counterparts.

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Cars That Think

MAY 12, 2023

His discovery paved the way for more efficient transistors critical in technologies that ushered in the Information Age. Tanenbaum later developed the first gas-diffused silicon transistor, which could amplify and switch signals above 100 megahertz at a switching speed 10 times that of previous silicon transistors.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2020

liter DOHC four-cylinder engine with three electric motors in a highly compact system. The gas engine employs Variable Valve Timing-intelligent system by Electric motor (VVT-iE) on the intake camshaft, and VVT-i on the exhaust camshaft. Additionally, EV mode allows electric-only driving at low speeds for short distances.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Exhaust cooling starts with the computer-optimized exhaust valve shape and is further enhanced by the integrated exhaust manifold and cylinder head design that uses the same water jacket to lower exhaust gas temperature entering the turbochargers to further improve reliability and performance.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Structurally and Electrochemically Stabilized Silicon-rich Anodes for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications. Solid Power Inc. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Group14 Technologies Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The way in which vehicles are powered and how they’re driven is evolving. I’m proud to join this commission and work with key stakeholders across the business community to see that we fully capitalize on the potential that comes with electric, shared and automated vehicle technologies. —Scott Keogh, president, Audi of America.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

has been experiencing severe inflation and high gas prices. EV’s may be the answer Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular as gas prices continue to rise. Energy Information Administration pegs the average retail price per kilowatt hour at $0.107 in April 2021, compared to $0.1174 in April 2022, a mere 9.7%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The MI-TECH CONCEPT was built to be a “small plug-in hybrid electric SUV that delivers unparalleled driving pleasure and confidence over all terrain in light and wind.” The power generator in the new PHEV drivetrain is a lightweight, compact gas turbine engine-generator in place of the traditional gasoline engine.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For 2021, Toyota has fully rebooted the Mirai, originally offered in 2016, as a premium rear-wheel drive sports-luxury fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with striking design, cutting-edge technology, more engaging driving performance and a significantly longer EPA-estimated range rating.

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

With the electric version of its military-grade G-Class, Mercedes-Benz promises even more freedom from pavement than all those American-built flagwavers, and it does it all with batteries. And it’s a sort of bellwether for a brand that had committed to going fully electric, but now says it will sell ICE vehicles into the next decade.

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Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. Got all that? All-wheel drive is not offered.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

DOE has supported a range of potentially transformational coal technologies aimed at enabling step-change improvements in coal-powered systems. Echogen Power Systems. General Electric. Some of these technologies are now ready to proceed to the large-scale pilot stage of development. Phase I projects. Organization. Description.

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