Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Field tests being conducted in Gothenburg show that Volvo Buses’ plug-in hybrid reduces fuel consumption by 81% and total energy consumption (diesel plus electricity) by 61% compared to a comparable Euro 5 diesel bus. The 4-cylinder, 5-liter Volvo D5F diesel engine produces 215 bhp and is installed vertically. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2017

This latest report provides data and analysis on 12 Proterra BEBs and eight CNG baseline buses from August 2015 through December 2016. miles per diesel gallon equivalent (mpdge). Among the findings are that the BEBs had an overall average efficiency of 2.17 kWh per mile—17.35 The CNG buses had an average fuel economy of 3.89

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

The environmental impact of replacing 143 million gallons of diesel fuel with RNG is the equivalent of reducing 745,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions—also equal to planting 12 million trees, or removing 158,000 cars off the road, or reducing 260,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to the landfill, the company said.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2014

At the 2015 CES, Continental will present the dynamic eHorizon as the focal point of its innovations for displays, access technologies, connectivity, infotainment, driver assistance, and engine management and will show how these components and systems benefit from connecting the vehicle to the Cloud.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2015

As of 2015, announced US cellulosic fuels producers’ nameplate capacity is about 85 million gallons. The cellulosic feedstock grown in the Central Valley can produce a variety of renewable fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, renewable diesel, renewable gasoline and renewable jet fuel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

miles per diesel gallon equivalent (DGE). The NREL team also found that reliability, measured as miles between roadcalls (MBRC), was high during the data period (April 2014 through July 2015). The NREL team found, inter alia , that the battery-electric buses (BEBs)had an overall average efficiency of 2.15 miles per DGE.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

The comprehensive strategy is expected to reduce more than 3,200 tons per year of greenhouse gases and nearly 28 tons annually of diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and other harmful emissions from operations at the nation’s busiest container port. The commercial component followed.

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