Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Radiative forcing due to perpetual constant year 2000 emissions grouped by sector for 2020 (left) and 2100 (right) showing the contribution from each species. In their analysis, motor vehicles emerged as the greatest net contributor to atmospheric warming now and in the near term, with a total radiative forcing of 199 mWm -2 in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company is the first automaker and one of several companies taking a leadership position in joining the Water Disclosure Project , which will establish a water disclosure protocol for companies around the world and promote conservation and stewardship. From 2000 to 2008, Ford cut its global water use by 56%, or 9.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Effects of changes in the average lifespan of ordinary passenger cars newly registered between 1990-2000 on total induced CO 2 emissions in 2000. emissions attributable to motor vehicle manufacturing. Credit: ACS, Kagawa et al. Click to enlarge. —Kagawa et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

Since 2000, the carbon intensity of energy used in the two sectors has not decreased (or improved) by as much as 2 percent. The average decline in energy intensity from 2000 to 2008 was 2.0%. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Increased use of natural gas in place of coal caused the sector’s carbon intensity to decrease.

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2009 Emissions Carbon Transportation 239

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In this case, the minute robots could one day provide backup to pollinators like honey bees, potentially securing the world’s food crops as these critical insect species face challenges from fungal disease, pesticides and climate change. It wasn’t called “iRobot” until 2000. There’s also a clip of Marc Raibert from 1987!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

The transportation sector accounted for approximately 19% of global black carbon emissions in the year 2000, according to the report. Global black carbon emissions from transportation by region among top 10 motorized regions, 2000-2050. Black carbon has been found to be second to carbon dioxide in terms of its climate forcing.

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Carbon Diesel Emissions Climate 186

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show. Here, he’s testing the car’s motor-drive power electronics.

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Grid Power Powered Vehicles 139

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2011

Ford’s EcoLPi Falcon has gone on sale in Australia and is making its debut at the 2011 Australian International Motor Show in Melbourne. More than 100,000 LPG-powered Falcon vehicles have been produced since a dedicated LPG system was first introduced in mid-2000.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

Jacobson first showed in 2000 that black carbon was the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide in terms of radiative forcing and, in 2002, that its control was the most effective method of slowing warming. Tags: Black carbon Climate Change Emissions Policy. C increased Arctic warming from 1890 to 2007.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

EIA forecasts that regular-grade motor gasoline retail prices will average $2.92 During this summer season, EIA projects that motor gasoline consumption will increase by 0.5% Before 2008, the United States was typically a net importer of distillate fuel, averaging 160,000 bbl/d over the summers of 2000 through 2007.

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2008 2010 Emissions Fuel 186

Cars That Think

AUGUST 22, 2023

Inverters allow a machine’s power train to run power between the electrical machines, acting like a generator or motor, and they convert electricity from AC to DC and back again. In 2000, he became an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Tulane University , in New Orleans. cubic meters.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Of that, 58% of the emissions are caused by motor cars." Call the main Guardian and Observer switchboard: +44 (0)20 3353 2000 Advertising guide License/buy our content About this article Close Labours £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution This article was first published on guardian.co.uk My Web del.icio.us

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Environment Electric Cars Cars 2009 51

Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

Can advanced semiconductors cut emissions of greenhouse gases enough to make a difference in the struggle to halt climate change? Such a change is actually well underway. In a common type of motor controller, for example, pulses of direct-current electricity are fed to coils mounted on the motor’s rotor.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

With its potential for societal, economic, and personal upheaval, climate change calls for tools that give us humans orders-of-magnitude more capability. In contrast, the energy efficiencies of most other technologies, such as motors and lighting, are already at 30 to 80 percent of their theoretical limits.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 8, 2022

By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., And finally, they estimated that sales might total only 2000 chips a year. You’re crazy.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

Nissan Motor Co., According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), global CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere should be stabilized below 450 ppm, Nissan noted. provided an update on its progress under the Nissan Green Program 2010 (NGP 2010) mid-term environmental plan.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

O’Brien and Toyota sounded a more cautious note than Brian Verprauskus from Nissan, who discussed Nissan’s LEAF vehicle and program; David Patterson from Mitsubishi on the i-MiEV; and JB Straubel from Tesla Motors. Tesla has its EVs in the market, Nissan and Mitsubishi are poised to enter their EVs in the US soon. Michael O’Brien.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Thats less than Ford ( F , Fortune 500 ) ($7 billion at the beginning of April), but more than General Motors ( GM , Fortune 500 ) ($1.3 More Will the Motor City shakeup work? Electric cars will be one answer. tons of carbon dioxide.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. Power plants would face an overall cap on emissions that would become more stringent over time; motor fuel may be subject to a carbon tax whose proceeds could help electrify the U.S. Representatives Henry A.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. General Motors has sought $10.3 cheaper (frame, electric motors, battery), lasts longer (less moving parts = less to break and maintain) and just a greater win, more future compatible too.

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