Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2015

While numerous studies have shown that air pollution is associated with cardio-pulmonary mortality, there has been less research into the possible effect of air pollution on stroke and non-fatal coronary events. Participants were selected over the time period from 2000 to 2003, and were aged between 45 and 74 years.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Honda 0 Saloon concept Although it’s unclear what level of emissions devices these vehicles do have on them, motorcycles and small internal-combustion engines have been in some respects a bigger problem than cars and trucks, because emissions controls for smaller engines generally aren’t as extensive as in passenger cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Rolls-Royce is planning to test a new MTU hybrid system incorporating Series 2000 engines in a yacht in 2019. With this program, the company is making targeted investments in environmentally friendly solutions for the future designed to reduce pollutant emissions and the consumption of both energy and raw materials.

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JULY 19, 2016

and Par Hawaii Refining that resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations and protects public health by reducing air pollution at six refineries. Strict internal leak definitions: 500 ppm for valves and 2000 ppm for pumps. Internal first attempt at repair at 100 ppm for valves. Tesoro will also pay a $10.45

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

New research by a team from the US, China and Japan focusing on the Houston, Texas area suggests that widespread urban development alters weather patterns in a way that can make it easier for pollutants to accumulate during warm summer weather instead of being blown out to sea. ““The very existence of the Houston area favors stagnation.”

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APRIL 26, 2013

At the International Vienna Motor Symposium Prof. These would range from highly efficient internal combustion engines and natural gas systems all the way to hybrids and electric vehicles. Since 2000, the group has reduced the fuel consumption of its TDI and TSI engines by more than 30%. Source: Prof. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

With indoor air pollution killing 1.6 If we reduce black carbon emissions worldwide by 50 percent by fully deploying all available emissions-control technologies, we could delay the warming effects of CO 2 by one to two decades and at the same time greatly improve the health of those living in heavily polluted regions. Ramanathan.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

This new UN GTR, the first harmonized, international vehicle safety legislation addressing this issue, introduces improvements in the protection of drivers’ and passengers’ heads. For other air pollutants, the regulation stipulates that retrofitting shall not result in increased emissions. It will complement UN Regulation No.

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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.). Our estimates suggest that stringent occupational and environmental standards for DEE should be set.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

Selective catalytic reduction is a technically feasible, cost-effective way to achieve the limits on nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions from ships mandated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for 2016, according to a study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

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JULY 23, 2015

At the same time, it places German activities in the field of electromobility within an international context. They counted more than 500 electric passenger vehicles of all those types worldwide in the period from 2000 to 2013. Number of series-production electric vehicles by OEM, 2000-2013. The research program received a €1.7

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

tonnes of carbon per capita per year, according to a new paper published by an international team of 31 scientists in Nature Geoscience. between 2000 and 2008, compared with 1% per year in the 1990s. Other main findings of the study include: CO 2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels have increased at an average annual rate of 3.4%

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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. —“The Future of Trucks”.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Like many other people, we were writing articles around 2000 about the decline in China’s energy consumption in the late 1990s. One chapter is devoted to international comparisons, allowing users a quick way to see how the nature of energy and economic activities differs from country to country. It was underreported.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2013

Black carbon (BC) is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming and its influence on climate has been greatly underestimated, according to the first quantitative and comprehensive analysis of this pollutant’s climate impact. Emission rates of BC in the year 2000 by region, indicating major source categories in each region.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2016

In her concluding remarks, internal market Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska said that vetoing the proposed measures would only prolong today's unsatisfactory car testing regime. The pollutant emissions will be measured by portable emission measuring systems (PEMS) that will be attached to the car. January 2005: 250 mg/km (Euro 4).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

During the flexible price period, an overall cap will be placed on Australia’s annual greenhouse gas emissions from all sources of pollution covered by the carbon price. The price ceiling will be set at A$20 above the expected international price and will rise by 5% in real terms each year. the trading scheme.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

A recent study by an international team calculated that shipping causes a net cooling of climate across all parametrizations of the indirect aerosol effect (IAE) and scenarios throughout the period 1900?2050. A recent study commissioned by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimated total emissions of 1046 Tg CO 2 yr ?1

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JUNE 3, 2012

Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). An international team of researchers projected a summer average decrease in capacity of power plants of 6.3—19% Source: van Vliet et al.

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Setec Powerr

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Different from traditional fuel vehicles, pollution-free has become their biggest advantage. It is widely used as a starting power source for internal combustion engine vehicles. 2) Ni-MH battery: advantages, large battery energy reserve, lighter weight, longer service life, and no pollution to the environment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

With 140,000 units produced worldwide, the Fuso Canter is an international hit in the light-duty-truck sector and easily the best-selling truck model at Daimler Trucks. Engine: 2000 bar injection pressure. liter engine increase the maximum injection pressure by 25% to as much as 2000 bar. New injectors for the 3.0-liter

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

As a result of their findings, published in the 30 October issue of the journal Science , the authors argue that assessments of multigas mitigation policies, as well as any separate efforts to mitigate warming from short-lived pollutants, should include gas-aerosol interactions. Radiative forcing by greenhouse gases from 1750 to 2000.

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Climate Change Climate Ozone Pollution 268

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). Air pollution.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

used data collected at three US sampling sites: (1) in Washington State on the taxi and shuttle loop at the Seattle−Tacoma International Airport; (2) a long-term light-duty site in California located on I-10 between Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles; and (3) a long-term light-duty site in Illinois located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Under its pollution prevention treaty (MARPOL), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted mandatory measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping: the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP). Regulatory background. Background Data.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

HDi FAP 120 kW (163 bhp) internal combustion engine, with a displacement of 1,997 cm 3 , was introduced this year and complies with the Euro 5 standard. The stop & start system places the internal combustion engine on standby when the vehicle is stationary or when the vehicle is being driven in electric only mode.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

The main obstacles will be regulatory and, especially, environmental: Supersonic airliners could be hugely more polluting than their subsonic counterparts. government established a Supersonic Transport Advisory Committee, which began discussions with international partners about building a supersonic airliner.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

The fifth and final session of negotiations on the establishment of an international mercury convention—International Negotiating Committee on Mercury (INC5)—is taking place this coming week in Geneva. Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

Demand for plastics—the key driver for petrochemicals from an energy perspective—has outpaced all other bulk materials (such as steel, aluminium, or cement), nearly doubling since 2000. Petrochemicals are rapidly becoming the largest driver of global oil demand. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

From an official point of view, COP 15 is to be informed by the most recent report from the UNFCCC’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), published in 2007. Without a clear and ambitious number, the whole agreement will be in danger ” [ 8 ].

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

California has made tremendous gains cutting pollution without detrimental economic impacts. Since 2000, electricity has been the only economic sector that has seen continuous and significant improvements in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Noel Perry, founder of Next 10.

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Plug In India

MARCH 5, 2023

These kinds of bans have attracted criticism from auto 'journalists' and legacy vehicle manufacturers who rely on ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) sales which are already faltering tremendously. In the early 2000's there was the “Euro 1” emission standard. Is their criticism warranted? Absolutely not. The answer is simple.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2014

On-road NO x emission levels of Euro 6 diesel cars in Europe are on average about seven times higher than the NO x limit set by the Euro 6 emission standard, according to a new report published in Berlin by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Earlier post.). g/m 3 one-hour average for nitrogen dioxide, 40 ?g/m

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

From its 3982 cc displacement, the new V8 biturbo produces more than 350 kW (476 hp) with a maximum torque of around 700 Nm from 2000 rpm. NANOSLIDE is even used to reduce the internal friction in the latest Mercedes Formula One engine. The new V8 will launch with this technology next year in the new S-Class.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution. CA, NY, MA and other states have had Zero-Emission Vehicle programs since the early 1990s because battery electric vehicles in those states, taking into account power plants, are far cleaner than gasoline cars in reducing urban air pollution and smog.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Global trends in vehicle-kilometers traveled (VKT) and early deaths from vehicle-related fine particle exposure (2000–2030). A study by a team at the the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) finds that if that lag persists and present trends in vehicle activity continue, early deaths from vehicle-related PM 2.5

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JUNE 21, 2011

A team from the University of California, Berkeley concludes that reducing demand for light-duty vehicle (LDV) travel will likely be essential to meeting the international greenhouse gas emission and climate targets for the year 2050. persons per vehicle, typical of European averages in 2000. Click to enlarge.

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