2004, Gas, Organization and Pollution

Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point

Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

But it was all organized by pranksters, not Toyota itself. For example, in 2004 they posed as representatives of Dow Chemical and promised that the company would clean up after the Bhopal Disaster, leading to a temporary $2 billion drop in the company’s market cap.

Toyota

Toyota Cleaner Gas-Electric Hybrid

Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Ozone pollution near Earth’s surface is one of the main ingredients of summertime smog. Determining effective strategies for mitigating surface ozone (O 3 ) pollution requires knowledge of the relative ambient concentrations of its precursors, NO x , and VOCs.

Ozone

Ozone Insight Netherlands North America

EPA proposes waiving Federal requirements for stations to capture gasoline vapors when vehicles refuel beginning in 2013

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).

EPA

EPA Gasoline 2013 Ozone

Comparative study finds that B20 increases emission rates of a number of pollutants in both light- and medium-duty diesel engines at idle

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2012

They found that the level of emissions of regulated and unregulated pollutants in diesel exhaust depends on fuel, load, engine calibration, and exhaust aftertreatment technology. L/2004 calibration engines. L/2004 calibration engines. Unregulated pollutants also include ozone precursors and bioaccumulative and toxic compounds.

Pollution

Pollution Diesel Emissions Engine

Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

Red areas are those where waters are under-saturated in aragonite and so hostile to shell formation by marine organisms, with darker color indicating greater under-saturation. The chemistry is so fundamental and changes so rapid and severe that impacts on organisms appear unavoidable. Source: ACECRC. Click to enlarge.

Monaco

Monaco Mariner Climate Change Montenegro

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

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. Heavy-duty vehicle NO x reductions are an essential part of reducing criteria pollutants by 90% by 2032 in extreme nonattainment areas.

Transportation

Transportation Emissions California Ozone

The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. Examples of advanced powertrains are turbo charged gas engines, diesel and hybrid. Longer Term Green House Gas emissions reductions. by Bill Cooke. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. 0.9 - 0.95X.

2009

2009 Congress 2007 Personal

California Energy Commission awards more than $23M to encourage use of alternative transportation fuels

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

This will divert 100 tons per day of food waste from landfills and use that to produce enough renewable natural gas to replace 566,000 gallons of diesel fuel and generate 3.17 The ethanol will be mixed with conventional gasoline for a lower-carbon, less-polluting fuel. tmdgroup, Inc. tmdgroup is based in Sacramento. Aemetis, Inc.

California

California Los Angeles Transportation Sacramento

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% Recent developments and announced initiatives include: AOSIS.

Climate

Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions

Abt life-cycle analysis of different Li-ion chemistries for PHEVs and EVs identifies opportunities for improving environmental profile of batteries

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2013

This partnership was led by EPA’s Design for the Environment (DfE) Program, in the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, and the National Risk Management Research Laboratory, in EPA’s Office of Research and Development. The Abt authors noted that over time, the manufacturing process for SWCNTs will become much more energy-efficient.

Li-ion

Li-ion PHEV Batteries Battery

CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Power and Associates 2004 report ]. Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there.

PHEV

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) In that case, you might never burn a drop of gas during the life of the car.". GM Press Release ).

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Stronger protection reduces the risk of opportunistic behavior by the licensee (Merges, 1998; Arora and Merges, 2004) and reinforces the licensor’s bargaining power, which enables him to appropriate a larger share of the total surplus generated by the licensing deal. in 2100—the equivalent of US$40 trillion a year. Obstacles to Licensing.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

EV Driven

Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point

Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

EPA proposes waiving Federal requirements for stations to capture gasoline vapors when vehicles refuel beginning in 2013

Comparative study finds that B20 increases emission rates of a number of pollutants in both light- and medium-duty diesel engines at idle

Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

California Energy Commission awards more than $23M to encourage use of alternative transportation fuels

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Abt life-cycle analysis of different Li-ion chemistries for PHEVs and EVs identifies opportunities for improving environmental profile of batteries

CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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