Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Given currently available carbon budget estimates, the available global carbon budget for 1.5 ˚C C target is 16 to 19 GtCO 2 e, higher than previous estimates as new studies have become available. In early 2017, an additional 273 GW of coal-fired capacity was under construction and 570 GW in pre-construction.

Environment 150

Environment Climate Change Coal Climate 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Fossil fuel combustion, a major source of air pollution, contributed to more than one million deaths globally in 2017, more than 27% of all deaths from outdoor fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), according to a new report published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI). All input data and results have been made publicly available.

Global 472

Global St. Louis Fuel Pollution 472

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2021

Today, operating the best-selling gas-powered commercial leaf blower for one hour emits air pollutants comparable to driving a 2017 Toyota Camry from Los Angeles to Denver. They’re not only bad for our environment, but can cause serious health issues for workers who utilize them every day. It’s time to phase out these super polluters.

San Francisco 321

San Francisco Los Angeles California Engine 321

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2012

The sale will include all available unleased areas in the Central Planning Area offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Proposed 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program schedules 12 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. The terms of sale also reflect a series of conditions to protect the environment.

Mexico 186

Mexico Oil Available Gas 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2018

John Hickenlooper released of the Colorado Electric Vehicle (EV) Plan , delivering on a directive set forth in the July 2017 Executive Order, “Supporting Colorado’s Clean Energy Transition.” As of October 2017 there were 11,931 EVs (BEVs and PHEVs) in Colorado, according to the ZEV Sales Dashboard. Colorado Gov.

Colorado 262

Colorado 2017 Automobile Manufacturer Charging 262

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2012

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer more than 20 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development in a lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

Oil 225

Oil Texas Available Gas 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2022

Developed by the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the strategy will ensure that the entire Department is using all available legal tools to promote environmental justice.

EPA 150

EPA Legal 2017 Environment 150

Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

That’s me on January 16, 2017, with my brand new Chevy Bolt EV Premier edition in my garage at home. Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. I signed up to reserve one.

General Motors 370

General Motors Motor Motors Motoring 370

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

The pickup will be launched in late 2017 in Europe under the name Mercedes-Benz X-Class. In addition to these optional remote online services, standard services such as accident recovery, maintenance management and breakdown management will also be available. The key markets are Brazil, Argentina, Australia, and South Africa.

Mercedes 150

Mercedes South Africa 2017 Market 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

An inaugural partner in Formula E, Renault e.dams clinched its third consecutive FE Teams’ title in Montreal at the end of July 2017 and will soon begin Season 4. As of mid-2017, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi made up the world’s largest automotive alliance. Nissan will enter Formula E in Season 5. Earlier post.).

Mitsubishi 150

Mitsubishi Nissan 2017 Environment 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

intake fraction—the long-term population intake mass per unit mass emitted into different indoor and outdoor environments. exposure from anthropogenic sources, a quantitative framework is required to link indoor and outdoor environments. … Indoor exposure typically contributes 80−90% to overall exposure from outdoor sources.

Environment 287

Environment Emissions Building Asia 287

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2011

Similar to past EIS practice, NHTSA plans to analyze environmental impacts related to fuel and energy use, emissions including GHGs and their effects on temperature and climate change, air quality, natural resources, and the human environment.

2017 186

2017 Standards Climate Change Fuel Economy 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Mazda announced it will offer the SKYACTIV-D diesel in North America from the second half of 2017. Also available is Mazda’s predictive i-ACTIV AWD system, which helps prevent the front wheels from slipping. The global powertrain lineup comprises the SKYACTIV-G 2.0 gasoline, and SKYACTIV-D 2.2 diesel engines. Earlier post.).

Mazda 150

Mazda 2017 Diesel Engine 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

General Motors partnered with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute to understand the real-world effectiveness of some of its available active safety, driver assistance, and advanced headlighting features that may prevent or mitigate different types of crashes. The study leveraged 3.7

Michigan 277

Michigan GM Universal General Motors 277

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Since 2017, DENSO and NTT Com have been developing V-SOC technology to detect cyberattacks and identify the affected area by the cyberattacks based on analysis of data, which are output from a vehicle’s security systems.

Connect 195

Connect Connected Vehicles Cars 195

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The eCanter for Australia is shipped from Tramagal, Portugal, and comes with the same standard specifications as the models currently available in Japan and Europe. In 2017, MFTBC introduced the eCanter, the first all-electric light-duty truck in series production in Japan.

Australia 243

Australia Mitsubishi Japan Portugal 243

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

A network of computers processes the information, generating a real-time map of moving and stationary objects in the environment. A redundant network of computers processes the information, generating a real-time map of moving and stationary objects in the environment. Click to enlarge. —Erik Coelingh. Cloud services.

Volvo 150

Volvo 2017 Cars Production 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

The combustion engine is based on the DTM unit used in the BMW M4 DTM in 2017 and 2018. The normally-aspirated P66/1 eight-cylinder engine used in the 2017 and 2018 seasons in the BMW M4 DTM was the one that got the nod. The BMW M Hybrid V8 is powered by the P66/3 eight-cylinder turbo engine with supplementary electric drive.

BMW 293

BMW Engine Hybrid Oil 293

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2017

BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye announced that a fleet of approximately 40 autonomous BMW vehicles will be on the roads by the second half of 2017, demonstrating the significant advancements made by the three companies towards fully autonomous driving. It will allow automakers to develop and test a wide range of use cases and applications.

BMW 150

BMW 2017 Standards Fusion 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2019

It introduced its next-generation battery-electric bus, the Xcelsior CHARGE in 2017. New Flyer has more than 50 years of experience manufacturing zero-emission buses (ZEBs). New Flyer currently has significant ZEB orders from major cities including Toronto, Boston, Minneapolis, New York, Portland, and Vancouver.

San Diego 276

San Diego Los Angeles North America Fuel 276

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The International Aerospace Environmental Group ( IAEG ) intends to launch six projects aiming to find alternatives to technologies that use chemistry which may be hazardous to human health and the environment. These projects involve major players in the aerospace industry and will formally launch in 2017.

Environment 150

Environment Conversion 2017 Industrial 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Germany has taken a pioneering role in this with the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017. With the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017, Germany was the first country to create a legal basis for the intended use of these systems. accidents or roadworks) from a digital HD map.

Mercedes 397

Mercedes International Legal Germany 397

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2019

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), proved reserves of US crude oil and natural gas reached record highs in 2017, topping previous records at 39.2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2017, beating the 2014 record of 388.8 EIA also notes that shale gas made up 66 percent of total proved reserves of natural gas in 2017.

Oil 306

Oil Gas 2017 2014 306

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

Chrysler unveiled the all-new 2017 Pacifica minivan in both conventional and plug-in hybrid versions at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. For added fuel efficiency, engine stop-start (ESS) technology is a standard feature on the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica (late availability).

Minivan 150

Minivan Chrysler Plug-in Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

Manufacturing both components at scale is critical to achieving lower system costs and wider availability for further growth and sales of FCEVs. Annual production and sales have increased yearly, going from about 700 units in 2015, to around 2,000 units in 2016, and, most recently, approximately 3,000 units in 2017.

Hydrogen 321

Hydrogen Toyota 2020 Production 321

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

From 2019 onwards, the Volkswagen Group brands will use the WLANp standard (IEEE 802.11p) for communications among vehicles and between vehicles and their environment (V2X). Networking among vehicles and between vehicles and their environment, irrespective of manufacturer, will be a key step in reducing road accidents. Earlier post.)

Standards 199

Standards 2019 Environment Europe 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

MAN Energy Solutions and Wessels Marine GmbH announced a technical showcase whereby the 2017-retrofitted Wes Amelie , a 1,036-TEU feeder container ship, will use liquefied SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) produced from renewable electrical energy as drop-in fuel. However the costs are still way too high.

Gas 150

Gas Audi Mariner Climate 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

In 2017, engineers from Achates presented a paper (2017-01-0638) at the SAE World Congress (WCX 17) describing the development of a 55% brake thermal efficiency (BTE) commercial heavy-duty opposed-piston engine without the use of a waste heat recovery system or turbocompounding. Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

California 230

California Engine Diesel 2017 230

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2019

Partnering with Robotic Research furthers our commitment to utilize the best expertise and technology available, while reaffirming our responsibility to work with regulators and stakeholders on standards and test protocols that integrate automated vehicles safely into the existing transportation system.

Maryland 207

Maryland North America America 2017 207

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

360-degree surround view is expected to become an essential feature available in all vehicle segments. The up to eight automotive cameras of the solution kit allow developers to collect data from the environment for sensor fusion, being a necessary step towards autonomous drive.

Kits 199

Kits Fusion Available Environment 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2017

Running OLEA LIB on OLEA T222 —Field Programmable Control Unit (FPCU) automotive qualified solution—provides up to x40 computation speed improvement on advanced mathematical and computation functions in regards to actual available solution. OLEA LIB Inverter Control is available for evaluation for selected customers.

Range 150

Range Batteries Battery Charging 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

In March, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that EPA intends to reconsider its final determination issued on 12 January 2017 which recommended no change to the greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles for model years 2022- 2025. Earlier post.) mpg in MY 2021.

Standards 150

Standards Fuel Economy Economy Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2017

V2I connects the Cadillac development vehicles to its surrounding infrastructure, allowing the vehicle to alert the driver of safety, mobility or environment-related conditions ahead. V2V is included as a standard feature on the 2017 CTS sedan in the US and Canada and complements a robust suite of available active safety features.

Cadillac 150

Cadillac Michigan Connect Connected 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final volume requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program today for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, and final volume requirements for biomass-based diesel for 2014 to 2017. Final Renewable Fuel Volumes. Cellulosic biofuel (million gallons). In June, EPA had proposed 3.4

2016 150

2016 2014 EPA Renewable 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Volkswagen has developed a special app for CES 2017, available now at the App Store ( iOS ) and at Google Play ( Android ). The VW CES 2017 app requires Volkswagen’s free WiFi at the show in order to use the profile. Earlier post.) The manufacturer is also presenting its I.D.

Personal 170

Personal Store 2017 Connect 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

Symbio unveiled the van at the FC Expo 2017 in Tokyo. This customized e-NV200 will be available for serial production from September 2018. To respect the company’s commitment towards a more sustainable environment and a better air quality in urban areas, we have explored a new market segment—duty vehicles.

Taxi 150

Taxi Range Nissan Market 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2014

This rule also proposes to list as unacceptable certain hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) being phased out under the Montreal Protocol where substitutes are available that pose overall lower risk to human health and/or the environment.

EPA 252

EPA Climate Climate Change 2017 252