Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

The Continental Mobility Study 2020 shows that enthusiasm for electric cars is strong in China, while reservations still need to be overcome in Germany, France, the US and Japan. The study also shows that acceptance of electric mobility has increased in all five countries surveyed in recent years. Source: Continental.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The strategy is centred around two main technology routes, as introduced in the first ArcelorMittal Europe climate action report published earlier this year: The use of hydrogen in DRI-EAF (Direct Reduced Iron - Electric Arc Furnace) and, also, the blast furnace. The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2019

The Anaheim Transportation Network has awarded an order for 40 battery-electric buses to BYD. The ATN fleet order will increase the number of BYD electric buses the agency can deploy to serve one of the nation’s busiest tourism and employment regions. These new buses will provide ATN a 57 percent zero-emission fleet by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2020

In the first quarter of 2020, the electrically-chargeable vehicle segment in Europe significantly increased its market share, rising to 6.8% (from 2.5% During the first quarter of 2020, the number of diesel cars registered across the European Union plummeted by 32.6% million in Q1 2020. Graph: ACEA. to 738,392.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2018

That number is significant, because it's the threshold at which automakers and analysts say electric cars will become cheaper to manufacture and sell than gas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. Natural gas. This brief study analyzes, for each individual state, the changes from 2018 to 2020 in the use of coal (one of the two most polluting energy sources) to generate electricity. Geothermal.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2020

Global oil demand is expected to decline in 2020 as the impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads around the world, constricting travel and broader economic activity, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest oil market forecast. million barrels a day in 2020, down around 90,000 barrels a day from 2019.

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MAY 3, 2022

million customer electric vehicle (EV) charging sessions in 2021, highlighting the rapid deployment of its charging stations across the United States. By comparison, the company recorded 268,000 customer EV charging session in 2020. gigawatt-hours of energy to power customer’s electric vehicles in 2021. The company dispensed 41.4

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Volvo Trucks will deploy eight multi-configuration battery Class 8 electric demonstration units (GVW +15 tons), and an additional 15 pre-commercial and commercial units, throughout California’s South Coast Air Basin. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has preliminarily awarded $44.8

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This extension is valid for all new model year 2020 Toyota hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell electric vehicles. The new 2020 Toyota hybrid battery warranty is the longest offered warranty in the industry that covers first ownership and all subsequent owners.revp. New 2020 Highlander Hybrid with an estimated 33 combined MPG.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2022

After declining in 2020, the combined production of US fossil fuels (including natural gas, crude oil, and coal) increased by 2% in 2021 to 77.14 Of the total US fossil fuel production in 2021, dry natural gas accounted for 46%, the largest share. In 2020, US coal production had fallen to its lowest level since 1964.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2020

The Colorado Energy Office (CEO), a non-regulatory department within the Governor’s Office focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by advancing clean energy, energy efficiency and zero emission vehicles, has released the Colorado Electric Vehicle Plan 2020. BEVs and PHEVs currently on the road in Colorado.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

By spring 2020, the Ford Escape Hybrid will once again be the most important battery vehicle in the automaker's lineup.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

Ford has revealed the 2020 Escape; the small SUV will make its first public appearance at the New York International Auto Show. The front-wheel-drive hybrid model is projected to produce a combined system horsepower of 198, and a top speed of 85 mph in electric-only mode. In EV Now mode, drivers can operate on all-electric driving.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Roskill expects demand for molybdenum to drop by more than 8% in 2020. It is used in steel alloys to increase strength, hardness, electrical conductivity and resistance to corrosion and wear. In the first half of 2020, the Brent crude oil price crashed from US$67.3/bbl bbl in April 2020. decline in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2019

Toyota introduced the next-generation three-row 2020 Highlander SUV at the New York International Auto Show. Arriving in Toyota dealerships in winter, the Highlander gasoline model will arrive in December 2019 and the Highlander Hybrid will make its way to customers in February 2020.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 14, 2023

Cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for a small gasoline SUV in 2020 were estimated to be 429 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per mile, while the same size EV with 300 miles of range had 48% fewer GHG emissions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric Volvo VNR regional-haul demonstrators in California next year, operating in distribution, regional-haul and drayage operations. Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. Sister company Volvo Buses has sold more than 4,000 electrified buses since 2010.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2021

In the first quarter of 2021, hybrid electric vehicles made up 18.4% Demand for electrically-chargeable cars also increased in Q1: battery-electric vehicles made up 5.7% in the first quarter of 2020. million units sold in Q1 2020 to 1.1 million units sold in Q1 2020 to 1.1 in the first quarter of 2020 to 42.2%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2021

US exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) continued to grow in the first six months of 2021, averaging 9.6 Bcf/d, compared with the same period in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). In Europe, natural gas storage inventories were also low following a cold winter.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2020

But if more cars gain what the 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has—a Solar Roof System that can actually boost all-electric miles and gas mileage—frugal drivers might instead start hunting down sun-drenched spots for.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2013

General Motors is making a $24-million investment in electrical generation equipment that will allow the company to use more landfill gas at its Fort Wayne, Ind., The new equipment will generate more than 14 MW of electricity from landfill gas, helping GM avoid producing more than 89,000 metric tons of CO 2 per year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

California’s latest greenhouse gas data shows that while the state continues to stay below its 2020 target for emissions, there is much more work to do to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. California statewide GHG emissions dropped below the 2020 GHG Limit in 2016 and have remained below the 2020 GHG Limit since then.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2018

(NFI Group), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, announced that its all-electric J4500e prototype—a battery-electric version of J4500 coach—successfully completed its phase one testing. —JP Pelletier, Vice President of MCI Engineering.

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Teslarati

MARCH 8, 2022

The Today Show released a helpful segment during this morning’s broadcast, showing tips on how consumers can increase gas mileage as prices at the gas pump are reaching record levels. The only problem is NBC showed these tips on an all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E. A week ago, it was $3.61, and a year ago, it was $2.77.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will introduce its first fully electric vehicle in 2020. The EV launch comes as part of a product offensive, in which SEAT will launch one new car every six months until 2020. SEAT is going to launch one new car every six months until 2020. —SEAT President Luca de Meo.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

China was the only major economy to experience economic growth in both 2020 and 2021. The numbers make clear that the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis has not been the sustainable recovery that IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol called for during the early stages of the pandemic in 2020. billion tonnes. billion tonnes.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 9, 2019

The fully electric 2020 Mini Cooper SE will bring back everything early Mini pioneers loved about the company's first electric effort, the 2009 Mini E, in a more conventional, practical package. The biggest.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2021

Second Closet has submitted a purchase order to Lion Electric (Lion), a manufacturer of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, for 15 Lion6 heavy-duty zero-emission trucks. Lion6 electric trucks feature a direct-drive TM4 SUMO MD motor and inverter; battery capacity is up to 252 kWh, for a range of up to 180 miles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

First via hydrogen combustion in a gas turbine, second, by using fuel cells to convert hydrogen into electricity in order to power a propeller engine. A hydrogen gas turbine can also be coupled with fuel cells instead of batteries in a hybrid-electric architecture. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office published a notice of intent to issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) titled “Fiscal Year 2020 Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research FOA.” Low-cost electric traction drive systems using no heavy rare earth materials. DOE plans to issue the FOA in January/February 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. The lower and higher limits of each range are results for base and premium models, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ipsos’ new 2020 Global Mobility Navigator Study, focusing on Electrification, found global interest remained on par with the numbers from 2019. The Ipsos 2020 Mobility Navigator Study found that the perceived top benefits of the BEV and the top consumer drivers do not all necessarily align. Source: Ipsos. —John Kiser.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2020

A consortium comprising Engie Solutions, Siemens Gas and Power, Centrax, Arttic, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and four European universities is implementing the HYFLEXPOWER project funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Grant Agreement 884229). million, of which €10.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 28 th annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), which presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2019. Preliminary outlook for 2020. CO 2 emissions decreased 2.2% from 2018 to 2019. Source: EPA.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9% of passenger cars sold in the EU were electrically-chargeable vehicles, compared to 3.0% million units in the third quarter of 2020. As a result, demand for plug-in hybrids (PHEV) boomed (+368.1%) during the third quarter, going from 29,557 units last year to 138,348 new cars sold in 2020.

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