Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2018

million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and California Proposition 1B Bond funds to replace fifty 40-foot New Flyer buses purchased between 2004 and 2006. Big Blue Bus (BBB), a bus operator serving Santa Monica and the Los Angeles area, will invest $18.3 Earlier post.).

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Fleet Engine Los Angeles Gas-Electric 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. This is due to raw, externally premixed fresh charge comprising air, fuel and lube oil being short-circuited into the exhaust during the scavenging process. fuel consumption penalty. Oh and Plante.

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Engine Emissions Fleet Market 329

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.). Earlier post.).

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Engine Fuel Renewable Companies 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

While current state and federal measures are on target to reduce toxic diesel locomotive emissions 65% or more by 2020, additional measures recommended by ARB staff would ultimately provide up to 85% or greater emissions reductions within the rail yards over the same period, resulting in cleaner air for nearby residential neighborhoods as well.

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Diesel California Emissions 2007 170

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

OCTOBER 8, 2010

A team of atmospheric scientists and environmental engineers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University in Beijing have continuously measured atmospheric CO 2 and carbon monoxide (CO) levels in rural Miyun, about 100 km northeast of Beijing, since November 2004.

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CO2 Climate Change China Universal 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. This is particularly true for fleets that have a central fueling hub.

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Transportation Emissions California Ozone 273

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

The analysis updates EPRI’s 2004 EPRI assessment, which estimated the cost of implementing a smart grid at $165 billion. as a result of electricity displacing gasoline and diesel to fuel a substantial portion of the vehicle fleet. trillion and $2 trillion. Plug-In Electric Vehicles (PEVs).

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EPRI Grid Cost Of Gasoline-Electric 239

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. Its like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? You dont have to plug it in.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.) To take one example, batteries.

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Plug-in Plug Prius Highlander 100

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

The US Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California have announced a single timeframe for proposing fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for model year 2017-2025 cars and light-duty trucks. L/100km) if all reductions came from fuel economy improvements. mpg US (6.9

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Fuel Economy EPA 2017 Economy 170

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Cetane number is a relative ranking of a fuel’s autoignition characteristics for use in compression ignition engines and is based on the amount of time between fuel injection and ignition (ignition delay). A minimum cetane number is specified in the ASTM standard that defines the quality of diesel fuel sold in the United States.

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Cleaner Emissions 2004 2014 Cleaner 210

My Energi

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO of myenergi, commented: “At myenergi, we’re committed to making the world a better place by helping homeowners to embrace a better future and reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. Established in 2004, Forw4rd is located in Cleethorpes. Facebook: Sugar so Sweet. Instagram: @_sugarsosweet.

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Water Design Store Companies 52

My Energi

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO of myenergi, commented: “At myenergi, we’re committed to making the world a better place by helping homeowners to embrace a better future and reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. Established in 2004, Forw4rd is located in Cleethorpes. Facebook: Sugar so Sweet. Instagram: @_sugarsosweet.

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Water Design Store Companies 52

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

The conversion can double or even triple fuel economy, thereby severely limiting carbon dioxide emissions. As a result, the plug-ins burn much less fuel, thereby significantly reducing CO2 emissions. When gasoline-powered vehicles are turned off, some of the fuel in the gas tank evaporates.

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Prius Plug-in Plug Gasoline-Electric 100

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. Reductions in Emissions. in 2100—the equivalent of US$40 trillion a year.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244