Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2015

Renault Trucks has been developing and selling vehicles running on compressed natural gas (CNG) for its Distribution range since 2004. Operating range is up to 400 km (249 miles) in urban environments. These steel tanks have been designed to resist a pressure of up to 500 bars, which is 2.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2018

These trucks are driven more miles, sold in higher volume, consume more fuel and emit more CO 2 than other light duty vehicles. Achates has been developing diesel-fueled (compression ignition) opposed piston engines since its founding in 2004. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

Our goal is to enable hyper-efficient hybrid vehicles to meet consumer needs for a 500-mile driving range, lower vehicle prices, full-size utility, improved highway performance and very low operating costs. Swissauto Wenko AG of Switzerland produces a modern version of the Comprex—the Hyprex—designed for small gasoline engines.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2009

ESPO, which was initiated in 2004 and is being built by Transneft, Russia’s state-owned oil pipeline company, is intended to open the Asia-Pacific markets for Russian oil—notably both China and Japan. China has agreed to finance a 43-mile, 300,000-bbl/d spur from Skovorodino to the Chinese border. million bbl/d.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Although Ford is currently the second-largest vendor of electrified vehicles in the US, having sold more than 450,000 units since the introduction of its first hybrid (the Escape Hybrid) in 2004 ( earlier post ), it has not brought a new electrified vehicle model to its US showrooms since the Focus Energi plug-in hybrid in February 2013.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

was founded in 2004 and is currently manufacturing buses in a temporary plant in Greenville, S.C. With up to a 40-mile (64 km) range for the under 10-minute fast charge application, the EcoRide BE-35 can replace 80% of diesel buses in typical transit and shuttle use without altering schedules or passenger service. Proterra Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2010

The Antares H3 will be designed to set new range and endurance benchmarks. The Lange Aviation Antares 20E is a self-launching motorized glider with battery-powered electrical propulsion, which has been in series production since 2004. For the Antares H2, these values were 700 kilometers (435 miles) and 5 hours respectively.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The well, drilled by BHP Billiton on behalf of the unit operator BP, is located on Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon block 738 approximately 140 miles (225 kilometers) south of Grand Isle, LA., The facility was designed to process 80,000 barrels of oil and 60 million cubic feet of gas per day. in about 4,500 feet (1,371 meters) of water.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

Also, using a ported design rather than conventional poppet valves makes for extraordinarily quiet operation. Since its founding in 2004, the company has used only a small amount of venture capital to achieve multiple design iterations and a working prototype. Stephen Nabours et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

When charged frequently (every 20 miles or less), using average US electricity, small capacity (i.e., Jeremy Michalek For moderate charging intervals of 20-100 miles, PHEVs release fewer GHGs, but HEVs are more cost-effective, the study found. The study will appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Energy Policy. Shiau et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2013

The Tier 3 proposal is also aligned with and designed to be implemented over the same timeframe as EPA’s program for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light-duty vehicles starting in model year 2017. EPA is proposing more stringent standards designed to eliminate fuel vapor-related evaporative emissions and improve durability.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

A fleet of 30 A-Class F-CELL vehicles has been in daily use on public roads in the US since 2004. The B-Class F-CELL, which also features a Li-ion battery pack, will have an operating range of about 250 miles (402 km) per tank filling. The new 700 bar technology extends the range in the current vehicle generation by about 70%.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

Range (NEDC) is 385 km (239 miles) and refuelling time is about three minutes. The drive system was completely newly developed versus the F-CELL A-Class presented in 2004, with Mercedes-Benz engineers achieving considerable improvements in output, torque, operating range, reliability, starting characteristics and comfort.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

While properly engineered conversion systems can reduce or at least not increase emissions, poorly designed systems can lead to much more pollution. MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. 1 This example is for Light-duty Tier 2 vehicles which have a useful life of 10 years or 120,000 miles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

The proposed rulemaking follows on a proposal last March by the United States and Canada to designate thousands of miles of the two countries’ coasts as an Emission Control Area (ECA). The proposed rulemaking is designed to reflect the IMO’s ECA standards and broader worldwide program. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Other incidents logged by the NTSB include: In 2004, an experienced motorcoach driver, distracted on his hands-free cell phone, failed to move to the center lane and struck the underside of an arched stone bridge on the George Washington Parkway in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

ClearFuels has begun project development of multiple commercial scale biomass-to-energy projects in the Southeastern US, Hawaii and internationally that will use the integrated ClearFuels-Rentech design and will be co-located at sugar mills and wood processing facilities. Between 1987 and 2004, Pearson Technologies, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

DOE’s Hydrogen Program was accelerated in fiscal year (FY) 2004, when a number of activities in hydrogen and fuel cell research and development (R&D) within DOE were expanded and integrated into a coordinated effort. Report to Congress. Since that time, DOE has dedicated $1.2 billion with private sector cost-sharing).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Leveraging some 20 years of experience and data reaching back to its early work with hybrids and the Ranger EV, Ford has developed a battery model and life validation protocol it now uses to predict how lithium-ion batteries are likely to perform under 10 years and 150,000 miles of use (40-season equivalent key life tests).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2012

Prior to working for Google, many of the engineers were veterans of the 2004 and 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge that featured vehicles executing a route across an off road area. In God we trust, everyone else brings data” —Google design philosophy. —Anthony Levandowski.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

The stunning Ford GT—which received the EyesOn Design Award at NAIAS for best production vehicle—serves as a technology showcase for top EcoBoost engine performance, aerodynamics and lightweight carbon fiber construction. Ford has been selling hybrids and, later plug-ins, since 2004. —Raj Nair. Aerodynamics.

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2009

Among others the lithium-ion pouch-cell battery developed by Daimler and especially designed for automotive applications is of interest to us. In 2004, Tesla began development of its first electric vehicle, the Roadster, which remains the only highway capable EV for sale in North America or Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2020

Though their designs have changed considerably over the past two decades, late-model SUVs still appear to be more likely to kill pedestrians than cars, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found. Since then, SUV manufacturers have made substantial design changes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. Responsible for designing the transportation system for the Citadel of Masdar. He believes “ monolithic vehicle design ”—where people buy one car to fit all of their needs—is outdated. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. Professor Sebastian Thrun, Stanford University.

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JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The Rivian vehicles feature up to 400+ miles in electric range, a wading depth of 1 meter, lockable storage bins that can fit the bulkiest of gear, and the performance and precise control of quad-motor AWD. From the inside out, Rivian has developed its vehicles with adventurers at the core of every design and engineering decision.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2009

The team hoped to conserve fuel by only accelerating for 20 seconds out of every minute in the race, setting a target of 3,000 miles a gallon. Each prototype was judged on how much fuel it used to complete eight laps of the circuit - a distance of 25km (15.5miles). The existing records are impressive.

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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. However, since the cost of the hydrous ethanol is significantly lower, hydrous ethanol will provide a lower cost per mile travelled, assuming the processing cost savings is passed on to the consumer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

For example, a 2007 EPRI study they cite concluded that the US PHEV average fraction of vehicle miles traveled using battery electricity would be about 20%. For the global S1 scenario, the non-CO 2 cooling effects are dominated by reductions in O 3 and BC.

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Unique artistic talent, jewellery makers, designers, musicians, dancers, actors, painters & photographers. Each day in the run-up to Green Friday we will release a NEW prize to be won such as a custom made Daniella Draper lightning bolt, designed in collaboration specially for this occasion! Support local business. . Instagram .

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Plug In Partners

MARCH 16, 2006

H ere is an interview with Joe Romm that recently appeared on the the popular radio show Earth and Sky Joseph Romm is author of " The Car and Fuel of the Future ," a 2004 report to the National Commission on Energy Policy. Dr. Romm is an original plug in partner and he participated in the Jan 24th press conference.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2014

They were discovered in 2004 and 2003, respectively, and production from the first development stage is expected to ramp up over the next several years to a total daily rate of 94,000 barrels of crude oil and 21 million cubic feet of natural gas. Malo project in the Lower Tertiary trend, US Gulf of Mexico. Earlier post.) The Jack and St.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We now have three working converted prototypes (both described in Fact Sheet above, shown in photos and here ): The Calcars first proof-of-concept: (100+ mpg plus electricity, 10-mile electric range, now with temporary lead-acid battery pack, soon to be replaced by nickel metal-hydride batteries).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

million miles, completing more than 33,000 fill-ups at hydrogen fueling stations across the country. The Learning Demonstration project began in 2004 when DOE competitively selected four automaker and energy partner teams. The three high-level DOE technical targets for hydrogen FCEVs and infrastructure were: 250-mile driving range.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. We have sponsored the EAA-PHEV project and our Open-Source designs are being used by some of the private companies as well as technically advanced individuals. So far, most start as hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2014

Founded in 2004, Achates Power is designing and developing engines based on a two-stroke, opposed-piston, compression-ignition technology. The proprietary combustion system design provides high turbulence, mixing and air utilization with both swirl and tumble charge motion. NO x (g/mile). PM (g/mile). HC (g/mile).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Typically, an electric bike can run for 30-50 kilometres (20-30 miles) between charges. If more road space were given over to them, and roads were designed with two-wheeled transport in mind, that might change. Recharging a battery can take 5-8 hours, but costs only a few cents a day. Safe places to park and recharge are also needed.

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