Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Honda will introduce the new 5-passenger, hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan by the end of 2016, beginning with retail leasing to customers through its expanded network of 12 approved fuel cell vehicle dealerships located in select California markets. Honda’s second-generation fuel cell vehicle, the FCX Clarity, launched in July 2008.

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JUNE 26, 2009

in 2008, against 3.3% In addition to high oil prices and the financial crisis, the increased use of new renewable energy sources, such as biofuels for road transport and wind energy for electricity generation, had a noticeable and mitigating impact on CO 2 emissions. billion tonnes in 2008. Source: PBL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2013

Following the introduction of the Bosch electric axle-split hybrid in PSA Peugeot Citroën diesel vehicles ( earlier post ), the two companies are now planning to develop a hydraulic hybrid powertrain for passenger cars. Air power, with the hydraulic motor alone transmitting energy to the wheels via the accumulators. Click to enlarge.

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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. The gasoline engine extends the range to 350 more miles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2011

A 2008 paper by a team at the University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) concluded that an all-LED system employing the then current generation of LEDs would result in general power savings of about 50% (nighttime) to about 75% (daytime) over a traditional system. The JFL2S draws 14 watts of power.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Specific circumstances, such as the very warm fourth quarter of 2015 and relatively low natural gas prices, put downward pressure on emissions as natural gas was substituted for coal in electricity generation. According to the EIA, the 2015 increase in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions from the transportation sector was led by gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

EPA projects advanced transmissions (6+ speeds and CVTs), gasoline direct injection (GDI) systems, and turbocharged engines will be installed on at least 15% of all MY 2013 vehicles. The majority of the emissions and fuel savings from current vehicles, EPA noted, is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2011

A total of 1,076,350 alternative fueled and hybrid vehicles were made available in the United States in 2009, a decrease of almost 29% from 2008 that reflected market conditions during 2009, according to the recently released report “Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2009” by the US Energy Information Administration.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

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. The majority of vehicles registered in 2018 were powered by gasoline engines, with the fuel type making up 57% of all registrations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

While alternative powertrains still represent a small percentage of market share compared to gasoline engines, the report noted, clean diesels saw a 10% increase in 2014 sales over 2013 sales, while hybrids saw a 10% decrease, pure electrics saw a 20% increase and compressed natural gas saw a 33% decrease. Belzowski 2015. Model year.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 26, 2022

Museum Exhibit Review: 107 Years of Electric Cars. With the recent technological advancements and increased adoption of electric cars, SUVs and trucks, it is lost on most people that electricity was an early popular propulsion system for cars. The next two decades were the heyday of electrically powered cars, vans and trucks.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 30, 2013

Since November 2006, our family has always owned at least one plug-in car and one powered by gasoline. For almost two years, our fleet has been a Nissan Leaf electric hatchback, and a used 2008 Toyota Prius.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2011

At the Shanghai Auto Show, BYD unveiled a turbo-charged, fuel stratified, direct-injection all-aluminum-alloy gasoline engine designed and manufactured entirely in China. times more power than the same displacement engine and is equivalent to a 2.4-liter liter gasoline engine. BYD designed this 1.5-liter The BYD 1.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2013

The hydraulic hybrid is system is designed to enable a boost effect that would normally be offered only by more complex electric drives. Like electric hybrids, the hydraulic hybrid system is able to support gasoline and diesel engines in ranges where they do not work at optimum efficiency. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Prabhakar Patil, the CEO of Compact Power, Inc. CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM Source: DOE, ALBAA 2008. Click to enlarge.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Honda has been developing hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology for many years and plans to launch a new hydrogen vehicle using this technology. Vice President Ichinose of Honda stated “Honda has long been active in the research and development of fuel cells, which use oxygen and hydrogen to produce electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

between 2008 and 2009. Carbon intensity changes in the electric power and industrial end use sectors. Carbon intensity changes in the electric power and industrial end use sectors. from 2008 to 2009 while the comparable price of natural gas fell 48% on a per Btu basis. lower than 2008. Source: EIA.

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2009 Emissions Carbon Transportation 239

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AUGUST 15, 2014

The next three to four years will be critical for determining whether hydrogen vehicles are just a few years behind electric vehicles, rather than decades. ”. NextSTEPS is a four-year (2011-2014) multidisciplinary research consortium, part of the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis. Transition issues.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

In 2008, MINI was a trailblazer for electromobility in the BMW Group. The MINI E was produced in a small series and used in a field trial to gather important insights into the use of an all-electric car in everyday traffic. l/100 km; combined electricity consumption: 14.0 – 13.1 —Bernd Körber, Head of MINI.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2009

recently ordered an additional 200 Balance Hybrid Electric delivery trucks from Azure Dynamics. The 200 unit purchase is Azure’s largest revenue order to date and also the highest volume Balance Hybrid Electric order since the product launched in the summer of 2008. Purolator Courier Ltd. The trucks will be delivered in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon gasoline-powered city car uses existing engine technology and carbon fibre material advances to offer 100 mpg UK (83.3

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

At the heart of its low-emissions strategy, the new four-cylinder Ingenium gasoline engine is now in production at Jaguar Land Rover’s £1-billion (US$1.33-billion) Designed, engineered and manufactured in the UK, these engines will deliver up to 25% more power than the engines they replace and offer fuel consumption reductions of up to 15%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2011

VMT rose slightly in 2009 while emissions from gasoline and diesel fuel declined, a result EIA attributes as a likely result of more efficient vehicles and increased consumption of biofuels. per year from 1990 to 2008. The electric power sector accounts for 40% of all energy-related CO 2 emissions. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 2, 2015

Its battery-electric sibling, the BMW i3, took the same award in 2014. The BMW i8 can be driven up to 37 kilometers (23 miles) under electric power alone, accelerate in the style of a purebred sports car and yet its average consumption is that of a subcompact car.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

In April 2008, the two companies established a joint development lab in Wuhu, China. The lab is focused on the development of vehicle and battery management, powertrain, body and in-vehicle entertainment systems, as well as hybrid-electric vehicle/electric vehicle technology. Freescale and Chery have a history of collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2009

The decrease was driven by the economic downturn, combined with a significant switch from coal to natural gas as a source of electricity generation, according to the EIA. For 2008, the EIA reported a 3.2% decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels in 2008. decline in consumption), distillate fuel oil (an 8.2% Natural Gas.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). It has a 40-mile electric range, a larger electric motor, and a much larger battery than the PHEV-10.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

Re-emphasizing the general technology points that have emerged over the past few months at different events while adding a bit more detail, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Product General Manager of the Product Planning Group, said at the Geneva show that Toyota’s current fuel cell (FC) system features an output power density of 3.0 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) selected a team of Honeywell developers for its 2012 Control Systems Technology Award in recognition of the team’s work in developing the OnRAMP Design Suite for Powertrain Control.

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Baua Electric

MAY 20, 2023

automobile parc accommodates sobering numbers for an trade transitioning from inner combustion to battery-electric propulsion. fleet since 2008, S&P mentioned, and continues a longer-term pattern: In 2003, the typical fleet future stood at 9.7 The untouched replace from S&P International Mobility at the U.S.

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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 National Development Plan for Oil Shale Use for 2008-15 calls for reducing annual extraction while preserving the country’s strong energy security.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

Tech have partnered for the promotion of electric mobility in Portugal. Under a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed today, the two parties will study how to promote electric mobility using MOBI.E will include charging stations accessible to all electric vehicle brands. The Renault-Nissan Alliance and the Portuguese consortium MOBI.E

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

Leveraging this agreement, Mazda plans to combine the hybrid system with its next-generation SKY direct-injection gasoline engine that is currently under development ( earlier post ) and intended for launch in 2011, and to develop and to manufacture a hybrid vehicle in Japan. Power split device. Power electronics. Battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

General Motors announced a demonstration project ( earlier post ) to explore market needs and customer acceptance of battery electric vehicles in Korea. The project involves a fleet of electric vehicles based on the Chevrolet Cruze. The Cruze EV is equipped with a 31 kWh battery that generates maximum power of 150 kW.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

The Turbosteamer and Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) projects are focused on generating electric current from waste heat to improve overall engine efficiency, but each project follows a different approach and time frame. —Jürgen Ringler, Team Leader for Thermal Energy Converters at BMW Group Research and Technology.

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Waste BMW Exhaust Gas-Electric 376

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Suppliers identified a wide range of conventional and electric technology that could be used to meet the standards. Hybrid technology was also viewed as important, along with variable valve timing, gasoline direct injection, and mass reduction. 59% said that fuel-economy standards help spur job growth.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

The California Green Innovation Index has tracked key economic and environmental indicators at the regional, state, national and international level since 2008. As gasoline prices fell starting in late 2014, motorists logged an additional 2.7 Over the same time period, traditional gasoline vehicle registration increased 1.7%.

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