Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Responding to the needs of drivers on China’s roads, who contend daily with traffic, pollution and difficult parking situations, Ford also will continue to implement cameras and sensors that help drivers steer through traffic, monitor traffic signs and stay safely in their lane. —John Lawler, chairman and CEO of Ford Motor China.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. Director at the ETA, Andrew Davis, said: “Car makers can build green cars, but they need us to buy them. Country/Average CO2 2008(g/km)/AverageCO2 2007/Rank 2007. League table results: Ranking 2008.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2013

This includes the estimates in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment, which were based on the best available evidence and analysis at that time. If we did everything we could to reduce these emissions we could buy ourselves up to half a degree (Celsius) less warming—or a couple of decades of respite.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

In 2007, New York City officials convened a group of stakeholders, including representatives of taxi drivers, owner and passengers, to create a set of goals for the next New York City taxi cab, a project called the Taxi of Tomorrow. Taxi of Tomorrow.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Perspective by Brian J.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Many things in your life haven’t changed since 2010 but one thing certainly has: You won’t need to buy gas in order to drive. It found that 21 percent of city residents are considered potential early adopters, people looking to buy an electric vehicle as soon as they become available for purchase. Electric Options.

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

Best known as a robotics researcher, academic, and entrepreneur, Brooks is also an authority on AI: he directed the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT until 2007, and held faculty positions at Carnegie Mellon and Stanford before that. You buy stuff at home, expect it to be delivered to your home.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Here are some examples of actions that would be required to achieve the target of at least 35 mpg specified by EISA 2007: [Note: NHTSA has released CAFE standards for MY 2011, but is engaging in further consideration and analysis prior to issuing rules for subsequent model years. Earlier post.)]. Thornes, B. Cervero, The Transit Metropolis.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Where Can I Buy One? 2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. Learn About Plug-ins What Are Plug-ins? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Not what you think When the wrap finally comes off, though, I think there will be some surprise for anyone who had hopes of rushing out to a dealership to buy their first 100 m.p.g. Whats more, mainstream consumers wont be able to buy it when it comes to market. (Yes, still a few years away. car Because unlike the 100 m.p.g.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2015

The gasoline we buy is one-third a mixture of aromatics, and benzene is one of them. EPA’s 2007 Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) rules reduce hazardous air pollutants (air toxics), emitted by cars and trucks. An open access paper on their work is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Bredesen said the state is committed to buying some of the vehicles for its own use, as well as helping to develop the necessary resources to support the vehicles, including installing charging stations in strategic locations such as downtown areas or shopping mall parking lots. (2 16,000 miles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. Most people would have bought a new car years ago, but I didn’t because nothing worth buying was on the market. — Ken Smith 4.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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. See our 2007 Goals and 2006 Report.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

With ICLEI software , reports are being generated for 1990, 2005, and 2007 city energy use, as well as using data and ICLEI reports to determine an emissions reduction goal for each city. Colleen, for instance, serves the communities of Greater Los Angeles with an emphasis in reducing toxic air pollution from the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2011

Three out of four global consumers rated air pollution (77%) and water pollution (75%) as top concerns, both increasing six percentage points compared to 2009. Portugal and Mexico were also the world’s most concerned countries about water shortages and air and water pollution. Source: Nielsen. Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Duh, heres our $40K volt, buy it please? Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. The first law of technology: "Never buy anything with a low serial number."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. People wont buy a full car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Smart Grid Consortium, established in December 2007 by Xcel Energy, will select a community of approximately 100,000 residents to become a Smart Grid City using V2G. Instead they could buy back electricity at peak hours from vehicle drivers. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. One thing is for sure; - electric cars bring down the air pollution, but they sure create another waste pollution problem.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The GridWise smart-grid trial in the Seattle area in 2007 found that consumers lowered their energy use by 10 percent and utilities were able to shave their peak demand by 15 percent. In the telecom industry, people quickly adjusted to call at night to get cheaper rates. You will be deleting this comment and all its replies (if applicable).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Posted by: J-Bob | Apr 13, 2009 4:48:10 PM "Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) was established at the 2007 Bali COP. Moreover, while an eventual treaty would be likely to include a cap-and-trade system, under which the world’s bigger polluters would buy allowances from cleaner corporations or utilities, it is unclear how—or even if—it would work.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) and 12 points from 2007 (78%). Twenty-three percent describe regional air pollution as a big problem, an 11-point drop since last year (34%) and the smallest percentage since PPIC began asking the question in June 2000. The decline is sharpest among Republicans (57% 2008, 43% today).

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