Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2013

Battery replacement along with EVSE will also greatly affect the relative TCO of the electric truck. Battery replacement is another key factor; to maximize the benefits from electric trucks, the durability and reliability of the automotive Li-ion battery are crucial, which might be advanced with technological development.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The comparison involved a 2011 Smith Newton electric truck powered by a 120 kW electric motor, and a 2006 Freightliner truck powered by a Cummins diesel engine. The comparison controlled for improvements in diesel efficiency between 2006 and 2011. kgCO 2 e/t·km) than the diesel truck in the baseline case for both the 2011?2012

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

The IEA said that this reflects the continued domination of fossil fuels—particularly coal—in the energy mix and the slow uptake of other, lower-carbon supply technologies. million, up 43% from 2011. Coal technologies continue to dominate growth in power generation. tCO 2 /TJ (2.39 tCO 2 /toe); in 2010 it was 56.7

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Strategies to promote adoption of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) with small battery packs offer more social benefits (i.e., Although gasoline production and combustion produce significant emissions, battery and electricity production emissions. Michalek et al. are also substantial.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

coal, hydro, natural gas) on well-to-wheel (WTW) energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). 100% coal (pulverized coal boiler). For their study, as in their previous work, they used an 8 kWh intermediate battery capacity. 100% natural gas (combined cycle).

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 17, 2023

But why bother at all when so many other manufacturers have deemed hydrogen too volatile to be safely utilized for combustion and too expensive to rationalize as a substitute for the large battery packs going into all-electric vehicles? But the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has the country rethinking its reliance on atomic energy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Percentage of consumers having extremely or very favorable views of 13 clean energy technologies, 2009-2011. Topping the favorables were solar power (77% in 2011, down from 81% in 2009); wind energy (71% in 2011, down from 79% in 2009); and hybrid vehicles (61% in 2011, down from 70% in 2009). Data: Pike Research.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

In addition to program in support of the coal and electric power industries, the center has expanded over time to address issues in carbon capture and management, electrochemical energy storage, biomass energy and biofuels, and other renewable energy systems such as photovoltaic and thermoelectric power.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Among its many findings, the Reference case suggests that US primary energy consumption will grow by 7% from 2011 to 2040 to 108 quadrillion Btu. However, energy use per capita declines by 15% from 2011 through 2040 as a result of improving energy efficiency (e.g., quadrillion Btu in 2011 to 14.0 than in AEO2012.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Net emissions resulting from the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) depend on the efficiency of the conventional vehicle fleet; PHEV CD (all-electric, charge-depleting mode) efficiency; charging strategy; battery pack capacity; driving patterns; and generator mix used for charging. Battery size results in few qualitative changes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2011

In this year’s KPMG energy survey, which polled 550 financial executives from global energy companies in April 2011, 32% think 2011 US crude oil prices will peak between $121 and $130 per barrel. Even batteries and fuel cells have entered the conversation. Alternative energy sources. —John Kunasek.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

This is due to hydropower being a common source of electricity in the Pacific Northwest, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, compared with the mostly coal-based electricity used in the East Central region. in 2011, even as new competitors entered the market. in 2008 to 53.7%

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

Echoing the “all-in” energy strategy recommended by the 2011 year-end report from the President’s Jobs Council ( earlier post ), the President called for an “ all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy. Create clean energy jobs in the United States. : nuclear, and 10% renewable. . :

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2012

In its 2011 year-end report, Road Map to Renewal , the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness (Jobs Council) made a number of recommendations to create jobs in the short run and improve US competitiveness over the long term. The council recommended: Allowing more access to oil, natural gas and coal opportunities on federal lands.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

In 2011, the Obama Administration finalized the first fuel economy standards for Model Year 2014-2018 for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and vans. The plan as outlined also calls for further work on advanced biofuels, advanced batteries and fuel cell technologies in every transportation mode. Earlier post.). Energy Efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2009

Work with the existing coal-fired plant within Washington that burns over one million tons of coal per year, TransAlta Centralia Generation LLC, to reduce emissions from the company’s coal-fired power plant near Centralia by more than half. Executive Order 09-05. Washington’s Leadership on Climate Change.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

One is that their emissions are merely displaced as long as electricity is sourced from coal power plants – something that can only be addressed by the expansion of renewable energy (see article ). Another, is how electric car batteries will be disposed when they are no longer useful? The project runs through September 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2011

It is reduced by 900 Mtce to 4600 Mtce in AIS in 2050, a cumulative energy reduction of 26 billion tonnes of coal equivalent from 2005 to 2050. The share of coal will be reduced from 74% in 2005 to about 47% by 2050 in CIS, and to 30% in AIS. Energy demand grows from 2250 Mtce to 5500 Mtce in 2050 under CIS.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2011

Source: Wormald 2011. Blow the tops off all those mountains in Appalachia, burn that coal! John Wormald (2011) Hot, thirsty and crowded: are the New Vehicle Technologies the Answer? Wormald’s roadmap to an 80% reduction in automotive GHG by 2050. Click to enlarge. —“Hot, thirsty and crowded” Resources.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells. The Honda FCX Clarity FCEV and the Toyota Mirai FCEV, both use an electric drive motor and a battery pack. The reasons are numerous. .

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The NAA has stated that the goal of the cross-country, multiday race is to force competitors to confront logistical problems that still plague electric aircraft, like range, battery charging, reliability, and speed. 6-Gigahertz Wi-Fi Goes Mainstream. Wi-Fi is getting a boost with. GHz and 5 GHz. percent of hydrogen is produced this way.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2011

Ab initio computations in the density functional theory (DFT) framework have been used for almost 20 years in the battery field to provide insight into the fundamental properties of electrode materials. Ab initio computations are nowadays accurate enough to understand and even predict many important battery properties (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

Electrified vehicles (meaning all of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or battery electric technologies) could largely replace conventional gasoline vehicles, under favorable conditions (e.g., consumer attitudes, fuel prices, battery technology advancement, vehicle costs and subsidies).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

This slower growth is attributed to the relatively higher cost of the vehicles, driven by the cost of batteries. Natural gas is projected to account for more than one quarter of all global energy needs by 2040 and it is expected to overtake coal as the largest source of electricity. —“Outlook for Energy”. Source: ExxonMobil.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2011

There is increased development and use of a number of fuels from unconventional sources such as tar sands, oil shale, and coal. These studies are scheduled to start during mid-2011, and their results will be available during 2012.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week launched the 2011 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the current edition of its annual flagship publication assessing the threats and opportunities facing the global energy system out to 2035. —WEO 2011. —WEO 2011. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It wasn’t her phone battery running out. If you can create two spots, it seemed obvious to me that you could do a lot of spots and create images,” Greenberg said in a 2011 interview for an Spectrum article. “We They couldn’t tell the difference between a bright day at the beach and being in a coal mine in Pittsburgh.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

The company car tax thresholds will tighten further with effect from 6th April 2011 by 5g per kilometre in addition to the 5g change announced last year, which takes effect from 6th April 2010. Models anticipated for 2011 include a plug-in Toyota Prius and Vauxhall Ampera. Company Car Tax. Emissions g/km. P11d value**. Emissions g/km.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

But in recent months new players, including the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Daimler AG and battery maker Electrovaya , have come onto the scene as well — making China look more and more likely to give electric cars a strong push into the mass market. Plug-ins are slated to hit the Chinese market in earnest over the next few years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

By the end of the lease period, MINI E drivers overwhelmingly thought that the electricity for charging their BEV should come from renewable resources such as solar, wind and hydropower, and were strongly opposed to using coal to generate electricity for their vehicles. Drivers like to develop their clean driving territory.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Batteries not ready. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." See Chevy Volt for latest.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. For EVs, much of the environmental burden centers on the production of batteries, the most energy- and resource-intensive component of the vehicle. AFP/Getty Images.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. Posted by: Michael | Apr 13, 2009 5:03:10 PM Battery and technology in the EV1 could not have made it in the market. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.

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