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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
Whitacre and Jay Apt found that compared to 2005 gasoline fleet efficiency levels, all charging strategies and CD mode efficiencies yield reduction of CO 2. PJM shows nearly the opposite result with smart charging having significantly lower reductions in CO 2 emissions (relying on 98% coal). Scott Peterson, J. L/100 km) efficiencies.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 9, 2009
Inventorying criteria air pollutants showed that vehicle non-operational components often dominate total emissions. Life-cycle criteria air pollutant emissions are between 1.1 All components appear in the order they are shown in the legend.). Chester and Horvath (2009). Click to enlarge. and 800 times larger than vehicle operation.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. For more on plug-in hybrids and V2G, see CalCars Resources , University of Delaware V2G Research Center , and papers from a June 2005 conference in Seattle.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA
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