Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2010

Transonic Combustion is on course to directly supply global automotive manufacturers with its high efficiency fuel injection systems. Customers and manufacturers want better fuel economy, lower emissions and a great vehicle experience all at an attractive price. from 1998 to 2001. Previously with Chrysler Corp.,

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 1, 2023

Back in 2001, Senior Editor Michael J. Fast-forward 22 years and Contributing Editor Peter Fairley reports on two Australian companies that aim to use hydrogen to make a big dent in the country’s greenhouse-gas emissions. One company is using renewable energy to produce hydrogen as fuel for huge trucks to haul zinc ore.

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Hydrogen 2001 2000 Climate 118

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

satellite imagery; from left, 1975, 1989, and 2001. The portal is maintained by The Group on Earth Observations ( GEO ), an international project to co-ordinate geospatial data through a shared system called the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). by Jack Rosebro. Sources: USGS. Landsat images via Google Earth.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

million in funding for renewable energy and biomedical technology projects in the third year of a joint program that teams up investigators from both schools. In 2001, U-M became the first non-Chinese academic institution approved to offer graduate engineering degrees in China, at SJTU.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2010

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $125 million in five separate contracts to Boeing, General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce-North America to develop and demonstrate technologies that will reduce commercial jet fuel consumption, emissions and noise. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The complexity of new and future vehicles—driven by the need for increasing fuel efficiency and decreasing emissions with ever-changing drive-cycle demands and environmental conditions—is adding unprecedented flexibility in design and driving the need for better simulation and more powerful computers, observed Dr. Robert M.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

million in funding for renewable energy and biomedical technology projects in the second year of a joint program that teams up investigators from both schools. The renewable energy projects are: Safe, high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries for electric vehicle applications.

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Universal Energy Lithium Sulfur Batteries 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

This advance—believed to be the first time these systems have been deployed at this scale anywhere in the world—is the result of the Smart Electric Urban Logistics (SEUL) project with UK Power Networks and Cross River Partnership, with funding secured from the UK’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles. in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2013

In 2011, China contributed 29% of world carbon dioxide emissions and therefore the country has a significant potential to influence the present and future global energy situation. In its development of biofuel policy, China’s 10 th five-year plan (2001–2005) proposed a biofuel industry to utilize surplus grain stocks.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2009

Who said no good has come from the global financial crisis? With oil prices surging in the summer of 2008, the annual increase in global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from oil, coal, gas and cement production appear to have halved according to preliminary estimates by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

In 2001 she terminated our grass lawns and replaced them with drought tolerant plants because of her concerns for water use. So not only is climate change-driven drought cutting our fresh water supply, but the way we use water here also adds to our greenhouse gas emissions. That’s about a 25% reduction.

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Climate Change Los Angeles Climate Water 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

Using 2008 estimates from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) as well as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Tate and Savagian note that global primary energy use is projected to rise by 50% over the next 22 years, with worldwide vehicle population increasing by 60% over the same period of time. Results.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars. nk Global , the reinvigorated Norwegian electric car maker. Google founder Sergey Brin drove one of the 2001 Th!nk And in most places other toxic emissions would be lower as well. Back after Labor Day. Google Guys Th!nk

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. Because of this slow start, global carbon intensity now needs to be cut by an average of 5.1% Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Climate Saudi Arabia Economy 261

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

The California Air Resources Board released the latest edition of the state’s Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory , which shows that emissions fell by 1.5 Bar chart of 2000 to 2013 GHG emissions by category as defined in the Scoping Plan. The law set a target of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

A study published earlier this year in the journal Nature Climate Change that cast doubt on whether biofuels produced from corn residue could meet federal mandates for cellulosic biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60% compared to gasoline ( earlier post ) has drawn critical response published as correspondence in the same journal.

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Climate Change Climate Nebraska Carbon 265

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2010

The award was one of six to teams awarded through a new joint program teaming up investigators from both schools in the areas of renewable energy and biomedical technologies. The other winning projects in the renewable energy category are: High-efficiency hybrid solar cells based on carbon nanotube enhanced nanostructures.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Chevrolet is a global value leader. Cadillac conveys the philosophy of “ Art and Science ” globally, with “Art” representing an appeal to aesthetics while “Science” indicates advanced technology. GM says it is committed to establishing a harmonized national program to improve fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2015

In this scenario, the analysis found that 4,520,000 tonnes of additional CO 2 emissions would be incurred in 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. billion gallons in 2015). Source: ERC.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies.

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Plug in America

DECEMBER 17, 2020

I charge at night, when rates are lowest, so there’s a speck of non-renewable energy in my battery. “I haven’t paid for electricity for my house or my EV since 2001,” he says. Hello hope. No pollution, well-to-wheels. No asthma, no cancer, no NOx, no SOx. Well, almost none. Ed, we bow and curtsey to your greatness. .

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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? We covered: global warming, nuclear power, clean air, smart growth, globalization and the environment. Diesel Fuel Emissions: A Public Forum - 2003.

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