Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Issues covered in the briefing include emissions, air pollution, noise and renewable energy and the impact of transport on ecosystems and biodiversity. Evolution of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU-28 from 1990 to 2016. In 2016, average emissions decreased by 1.5 In 2016, average emissions decreased by a further 4.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2018

For the purposes of the bill, zero emissions vehicles cannot produce exhaust emissions of any criteria pollutant or greenhouse gas under any operational mode or condition; upstream emissions are not counted. In 2016, approximately 2.09 California has set ambitious goals to reduce GHG emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030.

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California Vehicles Exhaust Pollution 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Euro 6 for diesel cars and vans (widely available since 2016). The ULEZ has already helped to reduce roadside pollution levels by 44% in central London and 20% in inner London. car exhaust emissions in outer London by nearly 16%, benefitting five million outer London residents. daily charge. Expanded ULEZ in August 2023.

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Scrappage London Emissions Pollution 273

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

liter engines for model years (MY) 2014 through 2016 that results in increased NO x emissions of up to nine times EPA’s standard. The vehicles covered by the new NOV are the diesel versions of the 2014 VW Touareg, the 2015 Porsche Cayenne, and the 2016 Audi A6 Quattro, A7 Quattro, A8, A8L, and Q5. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Until 2016, Autopia vehicles were noisy, polluting two-stroke engines. Thankfully, in 2012, Disney attracted a new sponsor, Honda, and in 2016, Honda upgraded the engines to small four-stroke engines, reducing noise and pollution significantly. 2016 was also notably after EVs had proven themselves in the automotive realm.

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Gas-Electric Honda Pollution 2016 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2017

Based on a three-year study of toxic and environmentally relevant pollutants from gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines, Swiss researchers have concluded that some GDI engines emit just as many soot particles as unfiltered diesel cars did in the past. Further, the GDI particles carry numerous carcinogenic substances. —Norbert Heeb.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. For local air quality, electric vehicles also offer clear benefits, mainly due to zero exhaust emissions at street level.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the results of a multiyear study evaluating exhaust emissions from the use of California Reformulated Gasoline (CaRFG) that contains 15 volume percent ethanol (E15). The test fleet showed statistically significant effects for some pollutants, but not for others.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Long Beach Transit (LBT) recently received a $600,000 grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) of the South Coast Air Quality Management District Near Zero Incentive Program for the purchase of 40 Cummins “near-zero” compressed natural gas (CNG) engines. Earlier post.)

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Long Beach Grant Engine Escape 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2021

In response to strong demand for electric vehicles, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) expects rebate funds for the statewide Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) to be exhausted within 30 days. Air districts are expected to exhaust their existing Clean Cars 4 All funding by July 2021.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2017

Due to their high oxygen concentration, they suppress pollutant formation in combustion. Germany launched a 3-year study of oxymethylene ethers (OME) as clean diesel fuels in 2016 ( earlier post ) and. 2016) “Oxymethylene ether (OME1) as a synthetic low-emission fuel for DI diesel engines.” Ford is leading a €3.5-million

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Diesel Fuel Exhaust 2016 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

Additionally, LNG engines are tuned to either emit low nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions—at the cost of higher methane emissions in some cases—or to incorporate NO x reduction technologies such as exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) or selective catalytic reduction (SCR). —Pavlenko et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

As part of the Seoul Metropolitan Air Pollution Management Project, Faurecia will provide its DeNOx solution through a supply agreement concluded with two partners—ILJIN and CleanEarth—who have both contracted with the Ministry of Environment in South Korea. Amminex is a Danish technology company acquired by Faurecia in 2016.

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South Korea Recharge Exhaust Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What initially motivated the Berlin Fire Department’s concluded tendering procedure were the growing demands with regard to environmental protection and the complex exhaust systems of conventional chassis, which are having an increasingly negative effect on the design and operation of firefighting vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

to analyze collocated measurements at one site for a suite of pollutants to compare impacts across pollutants. This suggested that buoyant aircraft exhaust plumes were the likely source, the team said. Except for oxides of nitrogen, other pollutants were not correlated with flight activity. Hudda et al. Resources.

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Boston Wind Pollution Exhaust 150

Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

Thankfully, in 2012, Disney attracted a new sponsor, Honda, and in 2016, Honda upgraded the engines for greater efficiency. However, the cars still create plenty of exhaust noise and smell, which is still poisonous to the children riding behind these polluting engines.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

In 2015, Volkswagen was accused of deliberately installing exhaust cheating software that only turned on in laboratory conditions, and its products produced 40 times the emissions under real driving conditions than laboratory conditions. In order to seek a settlement, Volkswagen signed an agreement with the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2016

from exhaust streams. PM particles from car exhaust at high temperature. The PI filters can effectively remove almost all the PM particles from the car exhaust at high temperature. Removal efficiency of PM particles from car exhaust gas. Removal from the Pollution Sources” Nano Letters doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00771.

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Polymer Exhaust Pollution 2016 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2016

pollution appear to raise the risk of a condition in pregnant women linked to premature births and lifelong neurological and respiratory disorders in their children, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. We found biological effects in women exposed to air pollution levels below the EPA standard.

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Boston Pollution EPA Standards 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced developments on three new regulatory initiatives to further support Canada’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to provide cleaner air through lower air pollutant emissions from cars and trucks. GHG regulations. billion and cumulative net benefits for Canadians of $4.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

Since macrophages also play a key role in lung diseases such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), the new study is important for understanding the health risks of ship exhausts. Now, the team led by Professor Ralf Zimmermann has found in further studies that macrophages are also influenced by the exhaust gases. 0157964.

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Diesel Emissions Exhaust Oil 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Lux Research compiled a non-exhaustive list of major global cities that have either called for a ban or are introducing restrictions to limit the number of diesel vehicles—a step we believes will eventually move towards a ban. No cities or countries have imposed a blanket ban.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The locomotives will be delivered at the end of 2015 and the end of 2016. The three-axle H3 hybrid locomotive consumes up to 50% less fuel than conventional shunting locomotives and cuts pollutant emissions by up to 70%. The diesel generator meets the requirements of exhaust gas standard stage IIIB1.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2017

and FCA US LLC (collectively FCA) for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act for installing and failing to disclose at least eight auxiliary emissions control devices (AECDs) in light-duty model year 2014-2016 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Dodge Ram 1500 trucks with 3.0-liter EGR shut-off for exhaust valve cleaning.

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EPA Chrysler Emissions Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Dearman, the developer of the liquid air Dearman Engine—an innovative heat engine that uses liquid air (or liquid nitrogen) as a “fuel” and emits cold air as exhaust( earlier post )—has formed a technology partnership with Hubbard Products, Europe’s leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of commercial cooling equipment.

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Transportation Emissions Production Pollution 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

Selective catalytic reduction is a technically feasible, cost-effective way to achieve the limits on nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions from ships mandated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for 2016, according to a study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

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Standards Mariner Fuel 2016 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

FCA and Cummins allegedly knew about the washcoat defect for years—at least as early as 2014—but failed to take action to mitigate the drop in the trucks’ performance or prevent the illegally high levels of pollution emitted by affected RAM trucks. L Cummins diesel engine to see if they might be entitled to compensation.

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Fuel Economy Chrysler Diesel Emissions 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2016

The UK’s air pollution is thought to contribute to 40,000 premature deaths each year, and NO x (particularly NO 2 ) plays a large part in this. Air pollution in general contributes to strokes, asthma, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and lung infections. Rosalind O’Driscoll, Helen M. 2016.09.021.

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Diesel Emissions Pollution London 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The researchers assessed the gaseous, particulate, and genotoxic pollutants from two current technology gasoline direct injection vehicles when tested in their original configuration and with a catalyzed gasoline particulate filter (GPF). In the study, the team used two MY 2016 passenger cars. —Yang et al.

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Gasoline Emissions Engine Fuel Economy 253

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

In 2018, the Government will publish a comprehensive Clean Air Strategy which will address other sources of air pollution. Air quality in the UK has been improving significantly in recent decades, with reductions in emissions of all of the key pollutants, and NO 2 levels down by half in the last 15 years. 1.2B – Cycling and walking.

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Gasoline Diesel Pollution Legal 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Further work to ensure effective implementation of the 2020 global sulfur cap will continue in the Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR). Regulations governing sulfur oxide emissions from ships are included in Annex VI to the International Convention for the prevention of Pollution from ships (MARPOL Convention).

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Oil 2020 Puerto Rico Virgin Islands 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

l/100 km) in 2016, the The ICCT team assessed increased consumer label fuel economy (as opposed to the regulatory test fuel economy) to 35 mpg (6.71 The resulting trajectory would reduce CO 2 emissions by half and increase fuel economy by more than 60% from 2016 through 2030. Starting from a baseline 26 mpg (9.04

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

The Dearman liquid air engine is an innovative heat engine that uses liquid air (or liquid nitrogen) as a “fuel” and emits cold air as exhaust. After each expansion cycle the heat exchange fluid is recovered from the exhaust and reheated to ambient temperature via a heat exchanger similar to a conventional radiator. Earlier post.)

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Transportation Engine Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

The new six-cylinder in-line engine comes with an intelligent form of turbocharging: assisted by the ISG at start-off, the electric auxiliary compressor (eZV) guarantees immediate high torque when driving off and accelerating, bridging the time before the large exhaust turbocharger cuts in. Almost imperceptible restart of the engine.

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Gasoline Mercedes Engine Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Honeywell’s Transportation Systems Forecast projects that turbocharged vehicles will acount for 48% of annual global sales by 2021, up 9 percentage points from 2016. Electrics and hybrids are expected to grow from a total of 3 million vehicles in 2016 to a total of 16 million by 2021. million in 2016. million versus 7.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Pasha’s terminal is adjacent to Wilmington, a community recognized by the state as disproportionately impacted by industrial pollution. million project is funded in part by a $14.5-million

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Los Angeles California Emissions Green 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2014

The generator/fire-fighting set engine is fitted with an exhaust gas after-treatment system consisting of a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system, a Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) and a half open, Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF). Each main engine has a maximum power of 1840 kW at 1600 rpm and is IMO Tier 2 compliant.

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