Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2015

CWI) announced that its new ISL G Near Zero (NZ) natural gas engine is the first mid-range engine in North America to receive emission certifications from both US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Air Resources Board (ARB) in California that meet the 0.02 g/bhp-hr and also meet the 2017 EPA greenhouse gas emission requirements.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Turbo ecoFLEX natural gas version has been fitted with gas tanks made of composite material including carbon fiber. The new tank system can now hold 25 kg of natural gas, increasing the range in the CNG mode by 25%. The new natural gas Zafira Tourer will offer a range of up to 530 km (329 miles). The new Zafira Tourer 1.6

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

HBI is conventionally produced by reducing iron ore with natural gas. While the natural gas-based MIDREX Process paired with an EAF has the lowest CO 2 emission of any steelmaking route using iron ore, there is room to further decrease emissions by using hydrogen as a fuel and chemical reactant in the process. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

Final EPA-estimated ratings will be available later in this year.). Gasoline engine-powered models as well as the standard hybrid are available with all-wheel drive. The plug-in hybrid variant, available on every trim level except S and SE Sport, projects a best-in-class EPA-estimated range of at least 30 miles in electric-only mode.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 3, 2014

from 2001 through 2012--not only for its utility, but also for the availability of a hybrid model. The previous model of Ford Escape was a popular car in the U.S. At 32 mpg combined in front-wheel-drive form, the Escape Hybrid was comfortably one of the most economical crossovers on the market.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

What was the cheapest new four-door car available in the United States for the 1992 model year? That's $16,435 in 2024 dollars, which says a lot about how much more you get with the cheapest available new four-door right now. Down Under, this car was known as the Holden Barina, and it was available as a Sportsgirl Edition.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Motiv’s electric step vans have a range of up to 90 miles with a top speed of 60 mph; battery packs are available in 106 kWh or 127 kWh configurations. Since 2001, the USPS has operated 30 electric two-ton vehicles on the streets of New York City, and these were later joined by a pair of two-ton hybrid electric vehicles in Long Island.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2019

Just as the first RAV4 launched the compact crossover SUV segment 22 years ago, the original Highlander redefined the midsize family SUV when it arrived in 2001. 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.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

now wholly owned by NRG), for costs of long-term power contracts signed in March 2001. The first stations will be available in early 2013. Car Charging Group) filed a motion to intervene and protest; San Diego Gas and Electric Co. resolves 10-year-old claims against subsidiaries of Dynegy Inc., Competitors protest.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2012

For all major products, only the distillate yield is higher now than it was in October 2001. Since 2001, distillate yields have followed an upward trend, peaking in December 2008 before falling back to an average of 27.5% in October (latest EIA data available). US refinery yields, October 2011 and October 2011. Source: EIA.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

Italy, however, does aim to change that, to the tune of a $1 billion investment to encourage people to ditch their gas- or diesel-burning cars for electric ones – but this hasn’t happened yet and still needs to go through the approval process. And Tavares said that’s just not going to cut it.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2013

At the same time, while overall electricity usage in the US has increased only modestly since 2001—approximately 10% according to the US Energy Information Administration—utility revenues have increased more than 50% in the same time period. —Tesla CTO and co-founder JB Straubel.

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Energy Storage Energy Connecticut Tesla 257

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Quantum’s hydrogen infrastructure equipment and systems are based on patented, proprietary underlying technology that have been demonstrated in a series of mobile and portable refueling systems for hydrogen vehicles since 2001. kilograms per hour; Automated purge procedure for elimination of air and particle contamination; and.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

For natural gas, it is the world’s second largest producer , behind the United States and ahead of Iran, and its largest exporter. percent stake in the enormous Sakhalin-2 oil and gas development. Peter Kovalev/TASS/Getty Images So how did Europe become addicted to Russian fossil fuels, particularly natural gas?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2015

The single year of carbon emissions is the equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of 951,600 passenger vehicles, according to the EPA’s equivalency calculator. Published surveys of the ethanol industry showed that 2008 ethanol plants use 30% less energy to convert corn to ethanol than 2001-era plants. Source: ERC.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2010

Since 2007, Alberta companies that annually produce more than 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions are legally required to reduce their greenhouse gas intensity by 12%. Project proponents must contribute at least half the funds, or one-third if government money is available for the project. million (US$1.76 million (US$14.1

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

To help car buyers make informed decisions, the CO2/km performance data for each car model is available on mandatory Fuel Economy Label (FEL) information labels affixed on cars that are on sale in showrooms. The outgoing Green Vehicle Rebate (GVR) scheme was introduced in 2001 to encourage the take up of green vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2012

are proposing using spent nuclear fuel (SNF), natural uranium, or excess weapons-grade plutonium (W-Pu) in a proposed GEM*STAR accelerator-driven subcritical reactor (ADSR) to provide the process heat and steam for the Fischer-Tropsch production of synthetic diesel from natural gas and other carbonaceous feedstocks (e.g., Muons, Inc. ,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

BP will convert approximately 100 diesel municipal vehicles, including several dozen school buses, to operate on compressed or liquefied natural gas and will construct four refueling stations for the converted vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Currently, the data included in the Department of Energy’s US Life Cycle Inventory is based on three years, 1998 to 2001. This LCA project is based on US agricultural data for the 2001-2007 period. It also contains actual data on soybean processing, commonly known as crushing, that was not previously available. kg (for the 3.36

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Groups representing motorcycle owners and lawn mower manufacturers objected to this configuration because their products have gas tanks that are normally two gallons or smaller. Retails stations must also post additional signage informing consumers of the availability and location of the dedicated E10 (or lower) fuel pump.

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EV Report

APRIL 30, 2020

Americans still love their air-polluting and smog-producing gas guzzlers. The reason for this is because Norway has got the reputation of being a nature loving, environmentally friendly population and their cultural acceptance of electric cars has always been favored over gas cars. Buyers of EV became exempted from paying VAT in 2001.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2012

The complaint alleges violations of Clean Air Act (CAA) requirements at the Whiting refinery in connection with construction and expansion of the Whiting Refinery, as well as violations of a 2001 consent decree with the company that covered all of BP’s refineries and was entered into as part of EPA’s Petroleum Refinery Initiative.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Many concepts for higher efficiency engines historically have been held back by the available technology, Wagner noted in an earlier talk at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) 2012 Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research (DEER) conference. diesel combustion by reducing temperature”, SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0655, 2001.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Theoretically, cars operating on higher ethanol blends than the design point could emit greater concentrations of pollutants in exhaust gas. In the cylinder where combustion takes place, the fuel evaporates before it is burned, and this evaporation helps cool off the air/fuel mixture and exhaust gas.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2016

Canada and the US are also working together on approaches to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from locomotives under the Canada-US Regulatory Cooperation Council. 1973–2001. This does not include a valuation of the health benefits due to limitations on the availability of the geographic density of these emissions. Background.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The costs of transition are generally favorable compared to other available CO 2 reduction technologies for motor vehicles. MAC technology and equipment is generally of a commodity nature and is available through third-party suppliers to any vehicle manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

A 2006 study, High Speed Rail and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US , released by the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, found that HSR lines in Europe and Japan released 30-70 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometer, versus 150 grams for automobiles and 170 grams for airplanes.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Bloom Energy Corporation staged a high-profile event announcing the availability of the Bloom Energy Server, a patented solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology for distributed power generation. Founded in 2001, Bloom Energy can trace its roots to the NASA Mars space program. The event was hosted at eBay Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

This is the largest annual decline in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since EIA began annual reporting on greenhouse gas emissions. Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions account for more than 80% of US greenhouse gas emissions. Since 1990 the next largest yearly decline in the transportation sector was 1.3% since 1990.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In visual terms, the fuel cell vehicles basically resemble their production counterparts, reflecting the Volkswagen Group’s strategic approach of developing alternative drivetrains so as to increase the powertrain options available to customers within the high-volume model lines. Earlier post.). VW Technology Center for Electric Traction.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

This allows SAFCell stacks to run more easily on commercially available gas fuels (e.g., 2001) Solid acids as fuel cell electrolytes. The current generation of SAFCell stacks operate at mid-range temperatures around 250 °C, and tolerate fuel impurities that pose obstacles to other fuel cell technologies. Boysen et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Hydrogen for reverse water gas shift reaction to avoid producing CO 2 during the process is produced by electrolyzing water, driven by solar power. Transferring the high temperature heat from the solar concentrator to the gasifier and designing the available configuration of the gasifier are technological challenges.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 5, 2009

I began our interview by asking Lillian about the early days of EPN which she helped found in 2001. What was your environmental priority in 2001 and what is it today? Have you had the impact you hoped to have when you started the org in 2001? Have you had the impact you hoped to have when you started the org in 2001?

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 19, 2010

In 2001 I began driving an electric car, obtaining the last of the ZEV mandate-required EVs. A Level III fast charger can be installed for about $100,000, compared to millions for a gas station and perhaps $1 million for a battery swap station. Which finally brings me to the fast charger I saw the other day in Vacaville, CA.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

Meanwhile our long term drought, now its its third year with no end in sight, means less available water to fight the fires with. In 2001 she terminated our grass lawns and replaced them with drought tolerant plants because of her concerns for water use. Things don’t grow well anymore in the places they have for generations.

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