Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ].

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

IBM has its own claim to the invention of an aspect of the device, based on a year-2000 confidential internal report written by one of its employees, Shimon Shmueli. An appeals court in the United Kingdom, however, was not persuaded, and Trek lost its patent there in 2008. This wasn’t a rare job at the time.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

2009), reproduced from Ramanathan and Feng (2008) Click to enlarge. A binding legal agreement exists that can cut HFCs now—the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty—and many alternatives to HFCs have already been developed and are waiting for the right regulatory incentive from the Montreal Protocol to be deployed. From Molina et al.

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Climate Change Climate Pollution Ozone 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves. 100% for some agricultural processes. Inadequate Oversight of DOEs.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Reduce GM’s total number of assembly, powertrain and stamping facilities in the US from 47 in 2008 to 34 by the end of 2010 and 33 by 2012. Feature lower structural costs enabling its North American region to break even (on an adjusted EBIT basis) at a US total industry volume of approximately 10 million vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Brazilian government’s dedication to the ethanol industry declined and incentives given by the government wore off, causing hydrous ethanol-fueled vehicle production to decline in the late 1980s to early 1990s. When the car is filled at the pump, an internal system analyses the mix of the two fuel types and adjusts accordingly.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

AFP Some 21m electric bicycles were sold in China in 2008, according to Frank Jamerson, author of Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports. Even taking that into account, though, an electric bicyle wins out handsomely in the emission competition with a petrol-driven car, as it is 15-20 times more efficient. The figure has doubled since 2005.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The industrial, residential, and transportation sectors have only seen small declines, while California’s large commercial sector is moving in the opposite direction, with emissions increasing more than 64%. Over the last 17 years, the industrial, residential and transportation sectors have cut their emissions by less than 5 percent.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Thirteen scientists and land use experts conclude in a new paper that an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation. Biofuels industry reaction. issue of the journal Science.

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Emissions Carbon Climate Change Climate 285

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. And the company donates 5% of sales to CalCars.org in recognition of its role in promoting PHEVs and the conversions industry.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride 41

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2014

Mercedes-Benz will unveil the complete study of the Future Truck 2025 at the International Commercial Vehicle Show (IAA) in September. The sensor and camera technology is active throughout the speed range from standstill to the legally permitted maximum truck speed of 80 km/h. Sensor system in the Future Truck 2025.

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Mercedes Future Vehicles Fusion 274

Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2009

The controversy surrounding the use of biofuel in road fuel has heightened as one African publication accuses the biofuel industry of taking food directly out of the mouths of the hungry. Should fossil fuel suppliers be stopped from exceeding legal obligations on biofuel? Are biofuels green?

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 13, 2008

It is going to be a tough year for the whole industry. As of May, two Roadsters have been delivered, and the expectation is that 300 will be in customers hands by the end of 2008. Still, with all the activity, showrooms remain devoid of a highway-legal electric car. Smart has begun testing a small electric fleet in England.

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Electric Cars Cars Nissan Electric 100

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. They are looking at cutting the nation’s greenhouse gas output by targeting, in separate ways, three major sources of emissions: electric utilities, transportation and industry.

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