Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This analysis compares the costs of usable energy when we buy gasoline and electricity for driving and natural gas for keeping warm. Natural-gas furnaces. Combustion of 100 cubic feet of natural gas releases 103,600 Btu of energy. The average residential cost of natural gas in 2018 was $1.052 per 100 cubic feet.

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Cars That Think

JULY 5, 2023

Department of Energy tightened efficiency testing standards for air conditioners for the first time since 2015. cooling represented just 8 percent of residential energy demand, compared to (as of 2015 at least) 43 percent for heating. This year, the U.S. Still, in the U.S., What are the pros and cons of a heat pump?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2013

By contrast, gasoline demand will be relatively flat, despite the doubling of the global personal vehicle fleet over the Outlook period from more than 800 million vehicles to more than 1.6 Declines of about 30% in the OECD are offset by the doubling of energy demand for personal vehicles in the non-OECD. Source: ExxonMobil Outlook.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

For example, Automatic learns about a driver’s driving style and provides subtle audio cues when a driver does things that waste gas, such as: Rough Braking. Stepping hard on the gas pedal decreases fuel efficiency and wastes money. The app will display actual mpg for all trips; detect fill-ups; and track local gas prices.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. —Adam Fowler, economist at Beacon Economics.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

The BMW Group and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced an expanded partnership that further leverages renewable energy to sustainably power electric vehicles (EVs). ChargeForward is the first smart charging program to offer customers incentives for maximizing the integration of renewable energy while optimizing their EV charging.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Teijin’s bio-polyester fiber conserves fossil resources and lowers greenhouse gas emissions due to its carbon neutral effects, yet still offers the same characteristics and quality of oil-derived polyester. The company aims to increase sales to over 50% of its total polyester fiber sales for automotive seats and interiors by 2015.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

As personal mobility increases, average new-car fuel economy (including SUVs and light trucks) will improve as well, rising from about 30 miles per gallon (7.83 Although personal mobility demands continue to increase, higher efficiency and more electric vehicles lead to a peak and decline in light-duty vehicle energy demand.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The buses are 11 meters in length and feature advanced safety systems, 80-person capacity, anticipated driving range in excess of 300 kilometers (186 miles), expected hydrogen gas consumption of less than 6.5 In September 2015 we announced the planned deployment of 300 fuel cell-powered buses in Foshan/Yunfu. infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2016

Whereas fuel cost used to be a major driver for fleet managers, the lowering of oil prices and the availability of low-cost natural gas has reduced this concern, Navigant notes. Medium- and heavy-trucks represent 4.3% of vehicles in the US, drive 9.3% of all miles driven each year, and consume more than 25% of all the fuel burned annually.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Widespread adoption of electric transportation, including electrification in the off-road sector, could lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and could modestly improve air quality, according to a new analysis released by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

The bill would require ARB, in consultation with the California Energy Commission (CEC), air districts, and public stakeholders to: Adopt a plan by 30 June 2015 that establishes an estimate of the total funding necessary for specified programs and projects to meet the Initiative’s goals.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

This comprehensive energy management system features several Honda-developed energy production technologies, for example, a gas engine cogeneration unit and a solar power system. Through the E-KIZUNA Project, Honda aims to reduce household CO 2 emissions to half of year 2000 levels by 2015. Interior structure of MCHP1.0K2.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2020

The study examined utility meter readings of 130,000 households—a 1-in-10 random sample of all households in Singapore—from 2012 to 2015. Besides electricity, the study found that households exposed to air pollution consumed more natural gas. —Prof Salvo. measurements from the air-monitoring network.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2013

Hydrogen can be produced, stored, transported and used in many ways—to power or recharge mobile devices; to power remote locations; to propel vehicles or electric boats; to store intermittent electricity; to increase the production of biofuels; and to reduce the carbon footprint of natural gas in networks.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Even as demand increases, the world will continue to become more efficient in its energy use, according to the 2015 Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040. The outlook is developed by examining energy supply and demand trends in 100 countries, 15 demand sectors covering all manner of personal and business needs and 20 different energy types.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Electrek’s Take It’s good to see the end stages for diesel, which peaked in 2015, some 30 years after it first achieved a double-digit share of the European market. In the US, diesel never had the same traction, due the abundance of cheap gas. Fast-forward to today, that number has dropped to 12%. Get started here.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 22, 2023

“Power electronics and electrification of agricultural equipment can help change our world for the better by reducing the equipment’s greenhouse gas footprint, providing food and fiber to feed, house, and clothe the world, and helping farmers stay profitable,” Singh says. I personally know how important [farming] is,” he says.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2015

The Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) released today by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that US energy imports and exports will come into balance—a first since the 1950s—because of continued oil and natural gas production growth and slow growth in energy demand. With greater U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Volkswagen Group took the top spot again as the world’s most sustainable automaker in RobecoSAM AG’s 2015 annual review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). The 2015 review. Top three least improved industries relative to last year were: Life Sciences Tools & Services (-7.71%); Personal Products (-6.73%); and.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

In 2015 we introduced the efficient transformation splitting of CO 2 by electrolysis in molten carbonates to form carbon nanotubes and nanofibers at high yield. In 2015 we demonstrated that specific transition metals at the cathode, such as Ni, Co, Cu and Fe, act as nucleation points for high yield carbon nanotube growth in molten carbonates.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

After taking solar installation classes and volunteering with GRID Alternatives for several years and learning to install racking systems, PV modules and inverters, and how to wire them up – including bending conduit – in 2015 I installed a solar PV system on my own roof with a crew of GRID experts. Installing the 5.2

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

At GM, he has personally championed the electrification of the vehicle, connected vehicle technology, fuel cells, and a series of innovative advanced technology concept vehicles. Larry Burns, the head of R&D at GM for the last 11 years—the longest tenure since Charles Kettering—is retiring after 40 years of service on 1 October.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2011

There is no risk of Australia becoming a leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions – other countries are already too far ahead. Then in 2015, we should be ready to bolster our commitment to match the average contribution of developed countries to the global effort. —Professor Garnaut.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

At a fleet level, Optima will result in an additional 9%–14% fleet greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction by 2040. How these new engines perform and how they will be integrated into new vehicle architectures will be the story of personal mobility for this half of the 21 st century. … Fuel Properties Characterization. Optima program overview.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 23, 2024

This is not in dispute by any serious person – and any alternative scenario, where humans continue to pollute as much as we do today, will result in worse and worse results for humanity the longer we pollute as climate change becomes progressively worse. The compulsion against regulation is pathological. This happened again with the Model 3.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Dr. Rodger Dyson, NASA Glenn Hybrid Gas Electric Propulsion technical lead, and his team used 600 volts of electricity and successfully tested an electrical power system that could realistically power a small, one or two person aircraft. NEAT’s mission is to help engineers design, develop and test systems for electric aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Automobiles are major contributors to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. E.g., the 2025 CAFE/GHG limits in the US would be similar to what Japan already requires for 2015. In Japan, the average driver covers only about 6,400 km, while in China, the average distance per person works out to a much shorter 1,000 km.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

A user enables the system through a two-step authentication process designed to protect personal information. Hill-start assist: The feature holds the vehicle stationary on a hill long enough for the driver to transition from brake to gas pedal. Small SUVs play an increasingly larger role, and Escape remains one of the most popular.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2023

As the luxury division of the Hyundai Group (Genesis, Hyundai and Kia) it has gone from two models in 2015 to eight in 2023. In this time Genesis went from being a model in the Hyundai line-up to becoming a car company on its own. The Valet program also includes an option of buying a Genesis without ever visiting a dealership.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

billion metric tons in 2015 and 40.4 The IEO2009 reference case does not include specific policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Total world energy use rises from 472 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2006 to 552 quadrillion Btu in 2015 and then to 678 quadrillion Btu in 2030. billion metric tons in 2006 to 33.1

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 17, 2021

But what if your first time doing something is so completely different and out of character personally, it could redefine who you are and even change your thinking? Growing-up, our family car was a VW bus, which had a broken gas gauge. This is what makes life so exciting and interesting; trying new things and going new places.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

That makes Fiat the only mainstream car brand to achieve the European average goal of 130 g/km by 2015, five years early. One important contribution to Fiat’s result is the growth of natural gas as an alternative fuel for passenger cars, according to the company. g/km to 129.1 Overall, JATO found an average 6.2 g/km), Peugeot (134.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

For example, President Obama has issued the United States the challenge of having one million plug-in hybrids on the road by the end of 2015—a goal which many keynote speakers supported but also identified significant barriers to achieving. Examples of advanced powertrains are turbo charged gas engines, diesel and hybrid. 27.5 / 22.2.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

DOE is looking for information on other and related potential early market applications, including but not limited to airport ground support equipment, personal mobility applications, and grounds-keeping equipment. Approximately 90% of hydrogen in the United States is currently produced from natural gas via steam methane reforming.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The details of that specific situation may result in an electric vehicle parc somewhat different than in Western countries, other speakers noted, and may indeed—given the obvious scale of the China market—herald a major transformation in transportation, including the type and role of personal vehicles, others suggested.

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