Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has proposed new heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards, aligned with current standards in place in the rest of North America and in the European Union. The current limit values in Mexico are equivalent to Euro IV or EPA 2004 standards. emissions in urban areas.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2014

A new working paper by the the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) concludes that tighter heavy-duty diesel vehicle emissions standards in Mexico (NOM 044 standards) would result in a net benefit to Mexico of US$123 billion (1.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2015

Cummins Emission Solutions, a subsidiary of Cummins Inc., The EcoFit Single Module is designed to be up to 60% smaller and 40% lighter compared to the EPA 2013 solution it supersedes, all while improving emissions reduction performance. Since 2004, more than 1 million EcoFit DPFs have been put into use. EcoFit Single Module.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Yilong Investment shall also ensure that the production facilities have enough power supply in the form of clean energy, and will assist the JV in obtaining the required regulatory approvals for the construction and operation of the production facilities.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2019

The funding will help Sierra Energy further develop and commercialize its FastOx gasification technology, which converts virtually any waste into clean, renewable energy and fuels without burning. Syngas exits the top of the gasifier vessel and into the heat recovery and gas cleaning isles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released an updated version of the Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) model—MOVES2010—for use to estimate air pollution from cars, trucks, and other on-road mobile sources. emissions factor model. MOVES (Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

California’s ultra-low NO x emissions standard is 0.02 The project team, led by CALSTART, includes a heavy-duty truck manufacturer as well as Achates Power and leading suppliers in the powertrain and emissions industry. grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp/hr). Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

OGCI Climate Investments, its billion-dollar investment arm, supports the development, deployment and scale up of new technologies that will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. OGCI Climate Investments aims to catalyze the deployment of technology that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a significant scale.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2018

We chose to demonstrate our ultra-clean, ultra-efficient OP Engine in a full-size light-duty pickup truck because of the significant need and opportunity for improvement in this segment. Achates Power and Aramco have agreed to work together on a series of projects to develop and demonstrate highly efficient and clean OP engines.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

The California Air Resources Board directed its staff to take steps to provide further locomotive and rail yard emission reductions beyond those achieved by existing US Environmental Protection Agency and state regulations and agreements. While we are pleased to have already reduced diesel emissions at the rail yards, it’s not enough.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

As the next steps in a strategy to cut harmful emissions from ocean-going vessels, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new engine emissions and fuel standards for large marine diesel engines on US-flagged ships that would harmonize with international standards. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

EcoDual , LLC, a provider of dual fuel natural gas conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance for installing its systems on 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2020

The New Jersey Legislature just passed the most significant legislation in more than 15 years to reduce air pollutants and global warming pollution from our cars and trucks since the passage of the Clean Cars bill in 2004. —Doug O’Malley, President of ChargEVC and Director of Environment New Jersey.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The purchase of the truck advances Toyota’s own environmental endeavors and efforts in its support of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay program, the public-private initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution created by freight transportation in corporate supply chains. million barrels of oil and $20.6

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The California Air Resources Board released the draft proposed first update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan, which guides development and implementation of California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. California’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) regulation is also driving a transformation of the fleet. Transportation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

These observations may also assist air quality managers in assessing the most effective approaches to emission reduction programs that will improve air quality. If emissions of that molecule are reduced, then ozone formation will be reduced—critical information for air quality managers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

To protect public health, we need to take cost-effective measures to slash greenhouse gases now and continue to ratchet down all sources of smog-forming emissions and harmful soot and particles. These narrow-focused models utilize high-resolution information about the geography, meteorology and emissions of these areas. Kleeman, Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

The on-road transportation (ORT) and power generation (PG) sectors are major contributors to CO 2 emissions and a host of short-lived radiatively-active air pollutants, including tropospheric ozone and fine aerosol particles, that exert complex influences on global climate. database) from another global inventory for the year 1996.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

The new options would reduce some economic and procedural impediments to clean alternative fuel conversions while maintaining environmental safeguards to ensure that acceptable emission levels from converted vehicles are sustained. MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. Intermediate age.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2009

A report released by the World Economic Forum during its annual meeting in Davos warns that to have a chance of limiting the average increase in global temperatures to 2°C, a level which an increasing number of experts already considers unsafe, at least US$515 billion per year will need to be invested in clean energy globally between now and 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a proposed rule under the Clean Air Act (CAA) that would waive requirements beginning in 2013 for systems used at gas station pumps to capture potentially harmful gasoline vapors while refueling cars. Stage II Vapor Recovery Systems Issues Paper (EPA, 2004).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Using AMP, vessels connect (plug-in) to a clean shore-side electrical power source while docked, enabling them to shut down their diesel-powered auxiliary generators, resulting in a significant reduction in emissions. In 2004, the Port of Los Angeles was the first to use AMP technology for in-service container ships.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

While properly engineered conversion systems can reduce or at least not increase emissions, poorly designed systems can lead to much more pollution. MY 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and < useful life mileage. The revised procedures will vary based on the age of the vehicle or engine being converted. Demonstration.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

X PRIZE’s Energy & Environment Prize Group intends to catalyze a new era of clean, renewable, cost-effective energy with minimal impact on the climate and environment. Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Actual and projected greenhouse gas emissions for passenger vehicles by region/country through 2022. Cischke cited the recent agreement on one national standard for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulations as an example of how the government, the auto industry and the environmental community can work together toward common goals.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. California requested from EPA the waiver required for implementation of the Pavley regulations in December 2005.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2010

The PurePower family of engines is designed to power the next generation of passenger aircraft with reduced fuel consumption and emissions. Our new low emissions combustor demonstrated excellent lighting capability and targeted exit temperature profiles that will enable our High Pressure Turbine (HPT) to deliver on our durability targets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2009

Without an effective carbon dioxide emission standard, fuel prices alone are unlikely to spur large improvements, suggests the study by researchers at the International Council on Clean Transportation. However, fuel costs rose dramatically from about 10% of operating expenses in 2004 to peak at more than one-third in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2013

The divergence of real-world CO 2 emissions vs. manufacturers’ type-approval (100%) in Europe from various on-road data sources. However, the NEDC was not originally designed to measure fuel consumption or CO 2 emissions, and some features of the test procedure can be exploited to influence test results for those values. Source: ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The measurements provide the most detailed look at carbon emissions for a specific urbanized and industrialized region of China to date. The Harvard and Tsinghua researchers analyzed the ratio of CO 2 to CO at Miyun to evaluate energy efficiency in Beijing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The ClearFuels technology can convert multiple cellulosic biomass feedstocks such as sugarcane bagasse and virgin wood waste into clean synthesis gas (syngas) suitable for integration with synthetic gas-to-liquids technologies. Between 1987 and 2004, Pearson Technologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

When biogas is produced and used on-site in a fuel cell, fuel utilization or overall energy efficiency can reach 90% and can reduce emissions by more than 90% by weight as compared to the emissions associated with grid electricity generation. Combined heat and power (CHP) fuel cell systems. Report to Congress.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The first such vehicles were introduced by Volkswagen in 2003, and by 2004, they accounted for more than 17% of the Brazilian auto market. The maximum ethanol content of gasoline shall not exceed any applicable waiver conditions under section 211(f)(4) of the Clean Air Act. US Environmental Protection Agency Grants Testing Waiver.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

The all-new hybrid transaxle adopts improvements first used in previous post-2004 Toyota/Lexus hybrids such as the Camry hybrid, Highlander hybrid, and Lexus RX 400h, as well as refinements not previously employed. Click to enlarge. The result is 20% lighter in weight compared to the previous model. Fuel tank. A new resin 11.9-gallon

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

He has spent the better part of the last decade developing EV pilot projects, leading clean transportation research, and evaluating EV programs. Marc is an advocate for clean energy, drives a Tesla Model S 100D, has solar panels and two Tesla Power Walls. About Marc: Marc wants to help further the adoption of education of EVs.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

He has spent the better part of the last decade developing EV pilot projects, leading clean transportation research, and evaluating EV programs. Marc is an advocate for clean energy, drives a Tesla Model S 100D, has solar panels and two Tesla Power Walls. About Marc: Marc wants to help further the adoption of education of EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

Proposing the new standards on the same timeframe—by 1 September 2011—signals continued collaboration that could lead to an extension of the current National Clean Car Program, providing automakers certainty as they work to build the next generation of cleaner, more fuel efficient cars. Earlier post.) mpg US (6.6 Earlier post.)

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