Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

AT&T plans to invest up to $565 million as part of a long-term strategy to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years. The new deployments will bring AT&T’s alternative-fuel fleet to more than 15,000 vehicles by 2019.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2011

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that consumption of alternative transportation fuels held steady in 2009, with a total of 431,107 thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons, compared to 430,329 thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons in 2008. Consumption of alternative fuels by fuel type, 2009.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The company’s fleet of approximately 9,300 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles now drives more than 1 million miles each day. Since 2008, the company has invested more than $1 billion in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and infrastructure.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2017

What happens when the supply of your fuel suddenly ends, and you can no longer fill up your car? That's just what happened to Duncan Chalmers of Seattle, who can no longer conveniently get natural gas to fill up his 2008.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) showcased the utility’s first extended-range electric truck with manufacturer VIA Motors at three Bay Area National Plug-In Day events—in San Francisco, San Rafael and Cupertino—on Sunday. PG&E joined with VIA Motors in 2008 to develop the extended-range electric vehicle, or eREV.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2013

The new partnership brings together automakers, government agencies, gas suppliers, and the hydrogen and fuel cell industries to coordinate research and identify cost-effective solutions to deploy infrastructure that can deliver affordable, clean hydrogen fuel in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Assuming no new policies, growth in energy-related CO 2 is driven by electricity and transportation fuel use. However, assuming no new policies, however, fossil fuels would still provide about 78% of all the energy used in 2035 and CO 2 emissions from energy will grow at 0.3% overall from 2008 to 2035. Source: EIA AEO2010.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

has taken delivery of its first 11 Freightliner heavy-duty trucks that run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). They are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 755 metric tons per year, which equates to removing approximately 159 passenger cars from the road annually. since 2008.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2012

the joint venture between Westport Innovations and Weichai Power, announced the introduction of China’s first natural gas engine featuring Westport high pressure direct injection (HPDI) technology. The low cost of natural gas, combined with the large amount of domestic reserves, make it an attractive transportation fuel source for China.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Along with our partners like Clean Cities, our team works extremely hard to encourage the use of clean-vehicle technologies, such as alternative fuels, replacing older engines, and use of electric and hybrid vehicles. —Harold P. Wimmer, National President and CEO of the American Lung Association.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

The study presents eight scenarios for low-carbon fuel supply, including varying amounts of electricity, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, next generation cellulosic biofuel, and natural gas. These scenarios also demonstrate a wide variety of potential fuels that could be used for compliance. Source: ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The Energy Commission’s first investment plan combined $176 million in funds from fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. Fuel cell vehicles are expected to number in the tens of thousands in California after 2015. 24 million to help develop and produce biofuels such as gasoline and diesel substitutes and renewable natural gas. . $24

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2018

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) reports that the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a resolution codifying an initial greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy for international shipping.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic.

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JUNE 5, 2022

They now realize that EVs are less expensive to maintain than gas-engined vehicles. With everyone hurting because of gas prices, they’re looking for a solution.” So that meant I had a plug-in hybrid in 2008,” he said, explaining that it wasn’t long before folks from Toyota paid him a visit. Everyone loved these cars,” Beas said.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

The market has certainly taken some unexpected turns—we’re seeing very interesting, if nascent developments from alternative fuel providers that are both encouraging and reflective of the market-based approach of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Biodiesel can make a significant contribution towards LCFS compliance.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2015

Honda opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station on its property in Marysville, Ohio. The use of CNG as an alternative fuel allows us to do that. In addition, CO 2 emissions from shipment of finished products have been reduced by more than 14% since 2008.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2015

President Obama today signed a wide-ranging executive order mandating cuts in greenhouse gas emissions for Federal agencies. Through more efficient Federal operations, agency direct greenhouse gas emissions can be cut by at least 40% over the next decade, the order suggests.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

The American Power Act, released as a discussion draft, targets reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 4.75% compared to 2005 levels by 2013; by at least 17% compared to 2005 levels by 2020; by at least 42% compared to 2005 levels by 2030; and by at least 83% compared to 2005 levels by 2050. Natural Gas.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

Discounts on company car taxation for hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles will be scrapped under new tax terms revealed as part of yesterday’s Budget. Tags: Biofuels Hybrid cars alternative fuel BiK bvrla company tax hybrid.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Wallace came up with the idea to give the earth one day free from fossil fuel emissions. Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. There are four guidelines to follow: Refrain from using or burning oil, gas or coal. They’re safer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

This is part of AT&T’s plan to invest up to $565 million to deploy more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles over the next 10 years. The converted vehicles will utilize the BAF CalComp System, a proprietary CNG fuel system certified by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (ARB).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2016

The date of 2020 was agreed in amendments adopted in 2008. When those amendments were adopted, it was also agreed that a review should be undertaken by 2018 in order to assess whether sufficient compliant fuel oil would be available to meet the 2020 date.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

In 2008, Scope 1 and 2 emissions were 13.2 million metric tonnes in 2008 from 1.9 UPS also operates the largest private alternative fuel/technology ground vehicle fleet in the package sector, now totaling 1,819 vehicles in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Mexico, the UK and the United States. MMT in 2007.customers

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

Conversion systems allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels; most conversions involve switching gasoline or diesel vehicles to operate instead on a gaseous fuel such as natural gas or propane; an alcohol fuel; or electricity. MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

PECO is expanding its fleet with new natural gas and hybrid electric models. The utility is participating in a national consortium that recently was awarded a federal stimulus grant to purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the company is buying more trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well. PECO serves 1.6

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines have increased market share ten-fold from less than 3% in MY 2008 to more than 30% in MY 2013. Turbochargers, which are often used in conjunction with GDI, have increased market share by a factor of five since MY 2008. l/100 km) or more in MY 2013 than in MY 2008.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

A number of automakers have had to reduce their fuel economy ratings for certain models over the past several years; the new detailed guidelines for EPA are designed to prevent these sort of changes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has deployed 40 Nissan Altima Hybrids as the first alternative fuel vehicles to be used as marked and unmarked patrol cars in the Police Department’s fleet. At 35 miles per gallon for city driving, the hybrid Altima gets double the gas mileage of the Impala, which gets only 16 miles per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The figures underline how incremental improvements to high-volume vehicles can have an impact that far exceeds that of low-volume hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles, JATO noted. One important contribution to Fiat’s result is the growth of natural gas as an alternative fuel for passenger cars, according to the company.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2009

Successful commercialization of the hydroprocessing technology will enable better economics for the production of fuels from renewable biomass and biowaste, especially on a distributed small scale, as well as from smaller stranded natural gas reserves. billion, 10-year initiative.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

A core group of 15 commercial airlines has signed non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for negotiating purchases from two different producers of synthetic jet fuel: AltAir Fuels LLC and RenTech Inc. These alternative fuels will be more environmentally friendly, on a life cycle basis, than today’s petroleum-based jet fuels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Transport in Europe is still responsible for damaging levels of air pollutants and a quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions, despite some progress in reducing the impacts from transport. In spite of the increase in sales of electric vehicles in 2010 and 2011, alternatively?fueled After a sharp drop between 2008 and 2009, it grew 5.4%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The company also will test three different alternative fuels—Reclaimed Grease Fuel; B20 biodiesel; and liquefied natural gas—in its heavy-duty trucks. Part of this pilot program is to determine if alternatively fueled trucks can help move Wal-Mart toward that goal in addition to reducing environmental impacts.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

ISO Technical Report (TR) 19880-1 is a first step towards standardizing hydrogen filling stations, and providing more up-to-date guidance than that developed as the earlier ISO TS 20100, published in 2008. A new Web site— H2Protocol.com —is sharing data to help accelerate the commercialization of hydrogen fueling.

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