Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Strong results in Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were offset by falls in the UK, Italy and Sweden. Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. market share.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

The monthly sales rate of natural gas vehicles in Sweden has increased from about 150 to more than 700 units, according to NGVA Europe. In June, 2.9 % of all new passenger cars sold in Sweden were NGVs. Behind those two market leaders comes VW Touran, VW Caddy, Opel Zafira, Mercedes E 200 NGT, Opel Combo, and Fiat Punto. NGVA Europe.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released three new reports showcasing strong growth across the US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. According to these reports, the US continues to be one of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

BYD is founded in 1995 as a pioneer in battery technology, BYD’s mission is to influence change through sustainable innovation by creating a complete, clean-energy ecosystem that reduces the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. In 2008, BYD launched the world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Westport will supply its Westport HD technology and work together with the Gothenburg, Sweden engine manufacturer to qualify appropriate suppliers consistent with Volvo volume and quality expectations. In July 2008, Westport announced an agreement with Volvo to integrate and test Westport’s HD system on Volvo engines.

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JANUARY 20, 2014

At the end of December 2013, Volvo Construction Equipment’s (CE) Braås facility, a 45,000 m 2 -site in southern Sweden, which specializes in the design and manufacture of articulated haulers, became powered entirely by renewable energy sources, including wind, biomass and hydropower. generated from renewable sources).

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AUGUST 1, 2018

But it was the positive economic situation across the continent that boosted results, JATO said, as midsize markets such as the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden all posted increases, and smaller markets like Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Lithuania similarly posted significant increases. of total registrations. of total registrations.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

PowerCell Sweden AB is presenting PowerCellution Marine System 200, an industrialized high-power fuel cell module with low weight and a compact format, especially developed for the electrification of marine applications. PowerCellution is the product brand owned by PowerCell Sweden AB.).

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As one element of the agreement, Volvo will produce a truck prototype with 20% lower fuel consumption than the equivalent 2008 model. The amount equals the total amount that is being emitted from Sweden in three months. The amount equals the total amount that is being emitted from Sweden in three months.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2009

The plant, which would produce methanol and dimethyl ether from the gasification of kraft pulp black liquor, was announced in August of 2007 in partnership with Chemrec AB of Sweden. Unlike Europe, the demand for methanol and dimethyl ether as transportation fuels has not developed in North America. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Push EVs

APRIL 8, 2023

Finally, the Nio ET5 made its Norway debut in March, registering a healthy 41 initial units (for info on this new model, see my Sweden report ). We saw in yesterday’s report that neighbouring Sweden is now in an inflationary recession (“stagflation”). The other notable climbs are by relative newcomers. 3 up from 14th to 5th VW ID.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2011

Ford is offering two additional, more fuel efficient, powertrain options for the Focus in Europe: the Ford PowerShift automatic with dual dry-clutch technology, and the Flexifuel derivative capable of utilizing E85 fuel. with PowerShift has cut CO 2 emissions by 19% to 149g/km, and now achieves an average fuel consumption of 6.4

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JANUARY 11, 2011

This represents about 30% of current deliveries in Gothenburg or fuel to 75,000 cars. This is why it is important that Sweden invests in development of second generation biofuels, contributing to lower the climate impact of the transport sector. The project is a collaboration between Göteborg Energi and E.ON.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Cultivating kelp will supply us with fuels without using food as a raw material, and without taking up either good soil or freshwater resources. Norway’s economic zone is twice as large as the land area of Sweden. Bridgemana (2008) Classification of macroalgae as fuel and its thermochemical behaviour. Jonesa, M.L.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

While sales of new diesel passenger cars have decreased in recent years, the share of diesel used in road transport (including for freight transport by heavy-duty vehicles) has continued to rise, amounting to more than 66% of total fuel sales in road transport in 2015, compared with 51% in 2000. in 2015 to 7.1% in 2015 to 7.1%

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

The extracted rock can be used directly as a power plant resource or it can be processed to produce shale oil, which in turn can be refined into gasoline, diesel or jet fuels. However, the direct combustion of oil shale, or its transformation into shale oil and then other fuels, emits more CO 2 than any other primary fuel.

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MAY 30, 2012

This can be partially explained by the fact that there was a sharp 7.3% (or -365 million tonnes) decrease of emissions between 2008 and 2009. The higher share of gas led to an improved carbon intensity of fossil fuel consumption in many Member States. The relative growth in emissions was highest in Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Latvia.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

In the new study, these were re-assessed and considered along with 11 other technologies—including fuel cells, electricity storage, electric vehicles and lighting—treated in the new report, this time evaluated on the expected supplies of the metals and not on the current situation as in the first report. Increasing primary supply.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

provided three examples of multifunctional power-generating and energy-storing materials: structural lithium-ion batteries, structural proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, and structural capacitors. Xu (2008) Multifunctional Structural Composite Batteries for US Army Applications (ASC 2008). South, Robert H. Shirshova, N.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were nearly 40% higher in 2008 than in 1990. Although deteriorating permafrost has been observed in Russia, Sweden, and Tibet, the precise source of the increase has not yet been identified. surface temperatures, 1980-2008. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Under the test program, the first of its kind in the US, Renergie will use variable blending pumps, not splash blending, to precisely dispense hydrous ethanol blends of E10, E20, E30, and E85 to test blend optimization with respect to fuel economy, engine emissions, and vehicle drivability. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

JULY 12, 2009

Unfortunate news for Ford-owned Volvo cars late last week as it was forced to recall around 8,500 green cars predominantly from Sweden. The problem came due to issues with the fuel pump of the Volvo V70 and Volvo S80 2008 and 2009 models.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a memorandum of understanding with the German industrial group Siemens AG to enter into a partnership in order to drive forward the integration of fuel cell modules in shipping. The aim of the collaboration is to develop an energy supply system for vessels which is based on fuel cells.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 2, 2009

An influx of new natural gas vehicles has sparked a sales surge in Sweden, where the monthly sales rate leapt from around 150 to more than 700 units according to NGVA Europe. per cent of all new passenger cars sold in Sweden in June. It is followed by the Mercedes B 170 NGT, which makes up 24 per cent of sales in the country.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

The report also confirms that price signals play a major role in the choices made by consumers; a 10% increase in fuel prices is associated with a 20% increase in demand for bus services. TERM 2008: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union. ( Transport at a crossroads. EEA Report No 3/2009 ).

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

Efforts to reduce the emissions of goods transport have proved successful after the results of the joint project KNEG (Climate-Neutral Good Transportation by Road) were presented at the Logistics & Transport fair in Gothenburg, Sweden. The 2008 members managed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 120,000 tonnes.

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 21, 2008

Ø In 2008, the House of Representatives will try once again to pass a renewable energy and energy efficiency tax credits bill that will include a tax credit for Plug in Hybrids. The bill, HR 5351 includes a credit for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The bill (H.R.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The report found that strict new emissions laws are having a strong effect on the availability of cleaner cars, but wealth, motoring taxes, fuel prices and consumer attitudes, which vary wildly from country to country across Europe, have much more of an effect on how clean a car is chosen.&#. League table results: Ranking 2008.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

He also cautioned that “ we need to make sure our improvements in technology, especially efficiency improvements, don’t just offset increases in vehicle performance and size but genuinely reduce fuel consumption.”. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge. LFEE 2008-05 RP, July 2008. Bandivadekar, A.,

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JUNE 7, 2013

Volvo also revealed ongoing customer field testing of DME trucks in the US (with Safeway and Martin Transportation), as well as its partnership in the customer trials with startup DME producer Oberon Fuels. Oberon Fuels is the first company to announce plans to commercialize DME fuel production in North America. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Copenhagen Suborbitals was founded in 2008 by a self-taught engineer and a space architect who had previously worked for NASA. The team recently manufactured a fuel tank for the Spica rocket [right] in their workshop. the HEAT-1X and the Sapphire rockets were fueled with a combination of solid polyurethane and liquid oxygen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

The seventeen EU countries that levy passenger car taxes partially or totally based on the car’s carbon dioxide emissions and/or fuel consumption are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The new truck is an upgraded version of the parallel hybrid trucks field-tested in Stockholm and Göteborg, Sweden, over the past eighteen months. The refuse truck promises up to 30% lower fuel consumption than a conventional model. It’s all about satisfying high demands for performance, lifespan, fuel consumption and operability.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform.

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