Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. This brief study analyses, for each individual state, the changes from 2008 to 2018 in the use of coal (one of the two most polluting energy sources) to generate electricity. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office estimates the cost of an electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack declined 89% between 2008 and 2022 (using 2022 constant dollars). That compares to $1,355/kWh in 2008. The […].

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has tentaively scheduled the first Advanced Clean Transit Advisory Committee meeting for 29 January 2016 in Sacramento. Transit agencies that chose to follow the diesel path option were required to demonstrate zero-emission buses, with 15% of new buses purchased to be zero-emission beginning in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2023

Ammonia is easily stored in bulk at modest pressures, has an existing global distribution network, and is easier to transport than hydrogen. 8RH2-produced ammonia will provide a transportable low-carbon source of hydrogen, a low-cost and scalable solution to accelerate the global transition to net-zero.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In 2008, EPA promulgated regulations addressing air pollutant emissions from locomotives. Additionally, EPA plans to propose revisions to existing locomotive preemption regulations to ensure they don’t inappropriately limit California’s and other states’ authorities under the Clean Air Act to address their air quality issues.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has unanimously adopted the state’s third annual transportation energy Investment Plan to help change the types of vehicles Californians drive and the fuels they use. The Energy Commission’s first investment plan combined $176 million in funds from fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. This study is an update of a study that examined the changes from 2008 to 2018. Therefore, the data for 2008 are included here as well. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. from coal. West Virginia.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2010

Currently, transport is responsible for about a quarter of EU CO 2 emissions and also contributes significantly to reduced air quality (particulate matter, NO x , HC and CO) and related health problems, in particular in urban areas. Recycling and transportation of batteries. billion vehicles by 2030.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

mph, to quiet and clean all-electric cars sometime in 2026, confirmed in press reports by Jessica Good, Disneyland spokesperson. Beyond the Kiddie Cars The Autopia cars aren’t the only transportation in the park being converted to zero or low-emission vehicles. horsepower Honda gasoline engine, with a top speed of 6.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

With the use of renewables to produce the hydrogen, the entire energy chain can be clean. The International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency responsible for regulating shipping, has set a global target to cut annual emissions by at least 50% by 2050 from 2008 levels. —Damien Havard, CEO of HDF.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2019

Mineta San José International Airport’s (SJC) has deployed a fleet of 10 Proterra battery-electric buses that will transport passengers and their luggage between SJC’s parking lots, rental car center, and terminals. SJC’s deployment is a first for a California airport and among the largest deployments for a US airport.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The rebirth of FNM began in 2008, when a Rio-based company that is active in the mobility sector acquired the rights in the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) (the National Industrial Property Institute) to use the historic Brazilian trade name—including the badge, which had been inspired by the classical Alfa Romeo logo.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched H 2 USA—a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for US consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2009

for alleged Clean Air Act violations at the company’s Whiting, Indiana petroleum refinery. EPA alleges that for calendar years 2003 through 2008 BP failed to manage and treat benzene waste from the facility as required by the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 9, 2015

And until the advent this year of tougher Euro 6 emission standards, new European diesel cars were significantly dirtier than those sold since 2008 in North America. But one European transport analysis group suggests that the newest European. Europe emissions test EPA'

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The partnership with AVL has already resulted in bringing to production the TECO Future Funnel, a complete exhaust gas cleaning system. IMO, the International Maritime Organization, targets carbon emission cuts of 40% by 2030 and 70% by 2050, compared to 2008 values. The plan is to start fuel cell production in 2022.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 20, 2024

This is no flying car (July 18, 1955) The Walt Disney Company is four years into its 2030 Environmental Goals plan that focuses on water, waste, materials, sustainable design and, most interesting to Clean Fleet Report , greenhouse gas emissions, which are front and center at one of the oldest rides at the park.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan —the third update to the state’s initial 2008 Scoping Plan. Among the transportation-related actions for the proposed scenario are: VMT per capita reduced 12% below 2019 levels by 2030 and 22% below 2019 levels by 2045.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Toyota has become a new international auto partner for the Germany-based Clean Energy Partnership (CEP). Its goal is to provide evidence that it is possible for normal customers to use hydrogen for road transportation. The FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

As part of a newly released Clean Mobility package, the European Commission is proposing a 30% reduction in average CO 2 emissions for new cars and vans from 2021 to 2030. These targets will help push the transition from conventional combustion-engine vehicles to clean ones, the EC said.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2011

GE Transportation, the world’s leading maker of rail, mining and transportation-related products, plans to establish a new production facility in Grove City, Pa. GE Transportation expects demand for remanufacturing services to increase significantly in coming years. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). and Fort Worth, Tx.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The fleet will be fueled at a new, private LNG fueling station at Fred Meyer’s Clackamas Distribution Center, which has been designed and engineered by Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Kroger measures transportation efficiency improvements by cases shipped per gallon used. since 2008. Kroger has increased its fleet efficiency by 37.2%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2016

Clean diesel grants aimed at cleaning up old diesel engines have greatly improved public health by cutting harmful pollution that causes premature deaths, asthma attacks, and missed school and workdays, according to a new report by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2019

Under the EU FLAGSHIPS initiative, ABB will provide a fuel-cell-based power and propulsion solution for a newbuild push boat for the France-based Sogestran Group subsidiary Compagnie Fluviale de Transport (CFT), due for delivery in 2021. CFT has been an inland waterways innovator for more than half a century.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 18, 2022

Volumetric energy density refers to the amount of energy that can be contained within a given volume. Increasing the volumetric energy density of batteries allows electric vehicles (EVs) to travel further without increasing the size of the battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2021

Eligible applicants include regional, state, local or tribal agencies, or port authorities with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality. Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or promote air quality and clean transportation. Background.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2011

Transport Rule states. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized the new Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) (also called the Transport Rule). Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. The court allowed CAIR to remain in place temporarily while EPA worked to finalize the replacement rule.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The electric vehicle market has transformed immensely in the past dozen years. Most of that transformation comes down to one thing: dropping battery prices. As battery prices have come down, various electric vehicle models have gotten more range for the same price, and many more models have come to market with a competitive mix of […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

Transportation trends. CARB’s Research Program supports the implementation of the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008 (SB 375)—a key component for California’s meeting its 2050 climate goal. Research includes the use of big data and emerging transportation technologies and travel patterns.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Vehicle Technologies Office funds a broad portfolio of early-stage research to develop new affordable, efficient and clean transportation options to enable industry to accelerate the development and widespread use of a variety of innovative transportation technologies. Transportation and Energy Analysis (Up to $1.2

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

States covered by the proposed Transport Rule. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing regulations employing the “good neighbor” provision of the Clean Air Act to reduce interstate transport of upwind state emissions from power generation that contribute to air quality problems in downwind states.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

CODA Automotive’s all-electric vehicle is another important addition to Hawai’i’s efforts to transition to a clean energy economy. Under the Hawai’i Clean Energy Initiative launched by Governor Lingle and the US Department of Energy in 2008, Hawai’i’s vision is to have clean energy account for 70% of its total energy needs by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This project, with assets housed at the 647 th Logistics Readiness Squadron and with the Hawaii Air National Guard, is part of a cooperative agreement between the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

With our highly regarded battery scientists and state-of-the-art equipment at Berkeley Lab, the CalCharge consortium will be able to leverage these resources to enable the development of battery solutions for electric transportation and other clean energy applications in California. —Berkeley Lab Director Paul Alivisatos.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

Clean energy, including hydrogen, is a key focus of the Group. Air Products has participated in several of China’s demonstration projects, such as powering the official shuttle buses for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 2010 Asian Games and 2011 Shenzhen Universiade.

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