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In August 2001, an anonymous guest posted on the forum at Airliners.net, a popular aviation website. How Long Will Pilots Be Needed?” they wondered, observing that “20 years or so down the road” technology could be so advanced that planes would fly themselves. “So
Cologne Bonn Airport has switched to Neste MY Renewable Diesel in its diesel-powered ground fleet. It is now the only airport in Germany where sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste is available for airlines, while at the same time the airport uses Neste MY Renewable Diesel for its own diesel-powered ground fleet.
The program allows qualified fleet owners the opportunity to try out the latest in heavy-duty natural gas truck technology by test-driving a 12L near-zero truck. This “try before you buy” program provides fleet owners with the opportunity to haul loads with the new truck for up to two weeks. g/bhp-hr) since 2001.
A review of 43 studies of the effects of E15 (15% ethanol blends) on Model Year 2001 and newer cars by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that the studies reviewed showed no meaningful differences between E15 and E10 in any performance category. The NREL team reviewed 5 studies in this area.
has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The addition of the 92 trucks increases the FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles by more than 50%, from 172 to 264. Tags: Conversions Fleets Hybrids. FedEx Corp. over the past six months.
By 2001, the only members of the N-Body family (now renamed the GMX130 for its final generation) available with manual transmissions were four-cylinder-equipped Pontiac Grand Ams and Oldsmobile Aleros. Air conditioning and an AM/FM/CD radio were standard equipment on all 2001 Aleros.
They are part of an ambitious investment program to modernize the bus fleet of the transport company in Italy’s capital. The current large order signals the return of EvoBus Italia to the capital; the company has already supplied buses to Atac: 450 Citaro between 2001 and 2005.
Eight of the trolleybuses commissioned will join the fleet of SETA Modena, the other ten will go to TEP Parma. Solaris Bus & Coach added trolleybuses to its offer back in 2001. The contracts signed by Solaris and the operators is worth nearly €12 million. The latest Solaris Trollino 12 ordered by the two carriers are twin structures.
The CTI will include a future rulemaking that will update the existing NO x standard which was last set in 2001 while also streamlining compliance and certification requirements. EPA last revised NO x standards for on-highway heavy-duty trucks and engines in January 2001. The Agency is not required by statue to update the standard.
XL delivered 154 hybrid electric (HEV) GMC Savana Cargo vans to the California Vanpool Authority (also known as CalVans ) to improve the fuel efficiency and sustainability of its agriculture transportation fleet. According to the company, the order represents the largest single hybrid electric van deployment in California to date.
The blend was designed to reduce direct and indirect CO 2 emissions and is compatible with the majority of gasoline cars sold from 2001 onwards—accounting for more than 60% of the gasoline cars in Italy—equivalent to approximately 12 million vehicles.
In February 2000, ARB established a new transit fleet rule for transit agencies which included the zero emission bus (ZBus) regulation. Each transit agency was required to select a compliance path—either the “diesel” path or the “alternative fuel” path—by 1 January 2001.
UPS is working with UK-based technology firm ARRIVAL to develop a pilot fleet of 35 electric delivery vehicles (EVs) to be trialed in London and Paris. The result is a safer and cleaner fleet for the communities in which we deliver. billion kilometers) using its fleet of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles.
This deadline applied to heavy-weight vehicles with 2005 to 2006 model year engines and to at least one vehicle (any model year) in small fleets (i.e., In addition, ARB estimated that approximately 36,000 trucks (17,000 small fleet trucks and 19,000 large fleet trucks) would need to take steps to comply with the regulation by the end of 2014.
Agility introduced its roof-mount CNG fuel systems for refuse fleets in 2001, and since then, they have been used widely by fleets large and small across North America.
With a fleet of 140 mobile offshore drilling units plus three ultra-deepwater units under construction, the company’s fleet is considered one of the most modern and versatile in the world due to its emphasis on technically demanding segments of the offshore drilling business. The Deepwater Horizon. Click to enlarge.
The USPS fleet travels more than 1.3 If an electric model is selected, the USPS fleet would be the largest electric vehicle fleet in the world. The USPS intends to retire this fleet in coming years, and to replace the vehicles with Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs).
Motiv Power Systems (Motiv), a leading provider of all-electric medium-duty fleet chassis, has begun deliveries of Ford E-450-based all-electric walk-in vans to the United States Postal Service (USPS). We’re proud to now be a part of USPS’ long tradition of implementing the latest technology to green their fleet.
CAP says that Australia is a mature Dual Fuel market and its existing Caterpillar product, which has sold more than 200 units, is reaching the end of its life cycle having been operational since 2001. We now have a fleet of 22 Dual-Fuel vehicles operational in Tasmania which represents nearly 50% of LNG vehicles on the road in the State.
The US EPA is currently reviewing a waiver for E15 use in light duty motor vehicles; the agency has stated that an approval of E15 may be limited to 2001 or 2007 model year (MY) and newer vehicles. million vehicles or approximately 25% of the current overall US light duty vehicle fleet. Vehicle Fleet, 1994 to 2000 Model Years (report).
To encourage taxi companies to adopt lower emission models for their fleet, the CEV rebate and registration surcharge for taxis is set at 50% higher compared to cars, i.e. between $7,500 and $30,000 (US$6,146 to US$24,584). The outgoing Green Vehicle Rebate (GVR) scheme was introduced in 2001 to encourage the take up of green vehicles.
Azure Dynamics Corporation incorporated Aura Systems ’s AuraGen motor/generator into its Balance Hybrid Electric vehicle delivered to the United States Postal Service fleet (USPS). The Balance Hybrid Electric vehicle is a two-ton step van, and will participate in the USPS fleet in Long Island, New York for a twelve-month pilot program.
SAE 2001-01-0655), and optimizing fuel reactivity (Bessonette et al., Hypothetically, if the such dual-fuel engines with 53% thermal efficiency could be applied across the entire fleet, the US could reduce its oil consumption by 4 million barrels per day—about one-third of all oil destined for transportation, Reitz said.
Yosemite National Park will add two Proterra Catalyst electric buses to its fleet. Yosemite is the first US National Park to add zero-emission buses to its shuttle fleet permanently. In 2001, the park began replacing its diesel bus fleet with diesel-electric hybrid vehicles. million boardings.
Volkswagen only managed to create significantly positive Sustainable Value in 2001, 2002 and 2007. Ford has also languished in negative territory from 2001 onwards, and only temporarily showed signs of recovery in 2004 and 2005 (although still not managing to create positive Sustainable Value).
Waukesha based Odyne Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of hybrid systems for medium- and heavy-duty work trucks, introduced its new advanced hybrid propulsion system at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference (EUFMC) in Williamsburg.
In just three years, between January 2008 and January 2011, the operational fleet grew from 1,737 high-speed trainsets worldwide to 2,517. Two-thirds of this fleet is found in just five countries: France, China, Japan, Germany, and Spain. By 2014, the global fleet is expected to total more than 3,700 units.
Johnson Controls has manufactured more than 18 million AGM batteries—initially launched in Europe—since 2001, and now produces more than 4.5 To support this growth, it is investing $520 million globally to increase production in the US, Europe and China. million annually in Europe. Micro Hybrid battery.
Under provisions adopted in 2001, ZEVs with the ability to refuel to 95% of full capacity within 15 minutes are allowed to earn more credit under the Type IV and Type V ZEV definitions. To receive fast refueling credits manufacturers must apply to ARB with the information and documentation. — Modifications to ZEV rule.
Exploring a replacement bonus for vehicles that are not eligible for the Crit’air sticker (pre-1997 gasoline and pre-2001 diesel). This measure will be part of a bonus-malus system to reduce the emissions of the French car fleet and to promote the acquisition of EVs. Supporting the development of charging infrastructure.
Mahindra has a pilot fleet operating with 100% bio-diesel and was the first to launch micro-hybrid technology in India with around 50,000 such micro-hybrids on the road today. Its REVA electric vehicle was first commercially available in Bangalore in 2001 and in London in 2004, under the G-Wiz brand. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)
However, says Dr. Peter Mock, Managing Director of ICCT Europe, since 2001 Europe has seen the largest increase in its gap. As a result, less than half of the on-paper reductions in CO 2 emission values since 2001 have been realized in practice, ICCT says. However, said Tietge, it is too early to tell whether the gap will flatten off.
The fleet-wide average real world MY 2011 personal vehicle CO 2 emissions value is 398 g/mi and average fuel economy is 22.4 While the preliminary MY 2012 weight value is lower than all but one year since 2001, the preliminary MY 2012 power value would still be the second highest value ever, exceeded only by MY 2011.
With stagnating demand for gasoline due to rising fuel economy in the nation’s fleet and other factors, further increases to US ethanol consumption would require the use of higher blends of ethanol, either in conventional vehicles or in flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs) designed to tolerate blends of up to 85% ethanol (E85). Implementation.
Hermes and Mercedes-Benz Vans have agreed on a wide-ranging strategic partnership to electrify the courier service’s vehicle fleet. With this in mind, we are continuing along the path of sustainably renewing our fleet of vehicles. An important key aspect for the future is the gradual electrification of our fleet in urban areas.
It has been re-refining waste oil since 2001 and was the first company in Australia to produce fully re-refined lube oil to international standards. Southern Oil is a private, 100% Australian owned company, based in Wagga Wagga, NSW.
The technologies required to improve the efficiency of new cars 30% by 2020 and 50% by 2030, and the efficiency of the global car fleet 50% by 2050, mainly involve incremental change to conventional internal combustion engines and drive systems, along with weight reduction and better aerodynamics, the partnership says.
In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. 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.
for the year 1995 (Olivier and Berdowski, 2001), and BC and OC emissions (which are not available in the EDGAR3.2 In the first scenario (S1), ORT emissions were reduced by 50% in the US and globally, with the assumption that the replacement energy to supply the fleet is provided by a clean zero emission source.
Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity to tour the exhibit, where there were electric cars spanning 107 years. 2001 Nissan Hypermini. Make sure to opt-in to the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (top right of page) to be notified of all new stories and vehicle reviews. Here are a few of what is on display, in chronological order.
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The ICCT team assessed baseline and alternative system emissions under a variety of different transition pathways using an ICCT model of MAC emissions in the passenger vehicle fleet. China fully embraced HFC-134a in 2001 when it implemented its obligations under the 1987 Montreal Protocol.
Since the start of production in 1996, Solaris has manufactured more than 15,000 vehicles for delivery to 30 countries including Latvia, where the company has been active since 2001.
billion gallons in 2001 to 1.4 MMT CO 2 ) from 1990 due, in large part, to increased demand for travel as fleet-wide light-duty vehicle fuel economy was relatively stable (average new vehicle fuel economy declined slowly from 1990 through 2004 and then increased more rapidly from 2005 through 2013). billion gallons in 1990 to 12.6
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