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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

Green Car Congress

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

Green Car Congress

Achieving these goals will require the transportation sector to compress its product development cycle for cleaner, more efficient engine technologies by 50% while simultaneously exploring innovative design space. diesel combustion by reducing temperatureā€, SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0655, 2001.). Dual-fuel Combustion.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

Despite receiving healthy amounts of praise for offering novel designs that were praised as cleaner to operate and easier to maintain than combustion models, the company went defunct in 1914. In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

Despite receiving healthy amounts of praise for offering novel designs that were praised as cleaner to operate and easier to maintain than combustion models, the company went defunct in 1914. In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team.

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FAA Awards Contracts for $125M to 5 Companies to Accelerate More Environmentally Friendly Aviation Technology; Renewable Fuels, Engines, Wings and Flight Management

Green Car Congress

Drop-in alternative fuels will require no significant modifications to aircraft and engines and with a goal of performing more efficiently, and cleaner than current fossil-based fuels. Safety and transition strategies that enable ā€œdrop inā€ replacement for petroleum-derived aviation fuels.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? You dont have to plug it in.

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