Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Members of the European Parliament last week approved regulations that will require replacement tires for cars as well as light- and heavy-duty vehicles (C1, C2, and C3 tires) to carry energy efficiency labels as of 1 November 2012. The US Department of Energy maintains a webpage devoted to low rolling resistance tires.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 12, 2016
Ford’s zero-waste, net zero-energy, net zero-water Sustainability Showcase facility will produce more energy than it consumes, and will use geothermal heating and cooling and photovoltaic power generation. Among the key criteria is that 100% of the building’s energy needs on a net annual basis must be supplied by on-site renewable energy.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2014
Compared to baseline figures for 2010, the Group wants to reduce energy and water consumption, waste generation and emissions (including CO 2 emissions) by 25% in all of its business areas. system does not just deactivate the engine when the car is stationary at a red light; it already deactivates the engine at speeds below 7 km/h (4.4
Green Cars News
JUNE 27, 2009
Among its accolades, it has held the ISO14001 green standard for environmental management since 1996 thanks to innovations in energy saving, recycling and waste management. To ensure only as much power is used as needed, energy saving lighting has been installed and patrols are carried out to monitor usage.
Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2009
Dubbed the North Patch, Carbon Explorers tracked this bloom throughout the Antarctic summer, measuring carbon particles, including waste from grazing zooplankton and other aggregates, sinking beneath the bloom and carrying 10 to 20% of the fixed carbon out of the surface layer—at least to below 100 meters. —Jim Bishop.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 13, 2021
While hydrogen, electric and renewable fuels (produced from waste-based feedstocks) can all radically cut emissions compared with their diesel-powered counterparts, there are major variations in their effectiveness and efficiency in terms of cutting emissions depending on choices made over the full well- to-wheel life cycle.
Green Car Congress
MAY 9, 2013
The program funds projects to encourage the development and use of new technologies and alternative and renewable fuels, including electricity, natural gas, biomethane, hydrogen, and gasoline and diesel substitutes, such as cellulosic ethanol (derived from woody materials, including agricultural waste), and biodiesel from waste grease.
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