Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. For combustion-based heating, fuels like oil and gas are stored and moved to where they can be burned.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Environmental Impact of Gas-Powered Public Transit To get a clear picture of the potential benefits of electric public transportation, we first have to consider the costs and negative effects of our current reality. Electric vehicles require a drastically different infrastructure than their traditional, gas-fueled counterparts.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

A 2006 study, High Speed Rail and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US , released by the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, found that HSR lines in Europe and Japan released 30-70 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometer, versus 150 grams for automobiles and 170 grams for airplanes.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Palo Alto boasts the highest adoption rate of EVs in the United States: In 2020, one in six of the town’s 25,000 households owned an EV. Palo Alto’s government has set a very aggressive Sustainability and Climate Action Plan with a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below the 1990 level by the year 2030.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2019

The buses will operate on the 88 Penn route, linking downtown with East End neighborhoods. Funding programs for clean diesel engines and class 4-7 trucks, port drayage trucks, school buses, and shuttle buses are closed but expected to reopen in early 2020. Application deadlines are in September and October.

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EV Connect

APRIL 17, 2023

A recent New York Times article even reported that prices for many EVs could dip below their gas counterparts in 2023 — sooner than expected. grid produced in 2020. neighborhoods and business districts. Aggressive legislation, technological advances, and production scale have helped push the U.S. toward a tipping point.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

In addition, this fuel meets the planned EU standard which specifies that fuels must have 10% biofuel content in 2020. In other words, an economically viable feedstock for X1 is available at any neighborhood gas station. This will be offered at the university pump in a 10:90 mixture with gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

While current state and federal measures are on target to reduce toxic diesel locomotive emissions 65% or more by 2020, additional measures recommended by ARB staff would ultimately provide up to 85% or greater emissions reductions within the rail yards over the same period, resulting in cleaner air for nearby residential neighborhoods as well.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

The California ZEV program supports three broad statewide policy goals: reduce criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions; reduce gasoline and diesel fuel demand; and maintain leadership in environmental technology policy and foster job growth.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

Our neighborhood is called the “Hollywood Riviera&# because of its beautiful hillside homes with idyllic ocean views framed by palm trees. So not only is climate change-driven drought cutting our fresh water supply, but the way we use water here also adds to our greenhouse gas emissions. That’s about a 25% reduction.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Examples of advanced powertrains are turbo charged gas engines, diesel and hybrid. Longer Term Green House Gas emissions reductions. He calls Stockholm’s neighborhoods a “ string of pearls ” with a balanced use of land for work and housing—and yet Stockholm has relatively high level of car ownership (555 cars/ 1000 inhabitants).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

There are eight “neighborhoods” packed with amenities that include a 55-foot waterfall, six water slides and more than 40 restaurants, bars and entertainment venues. Transitioning to alternative energy sources Icon of the Seas is Royal Caribbean’s first ship to be powered by liquefied natural gas, or L.N.G., as a viable marine fuel.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. He predicted that 10 percent of the cars sold would be electric vehicles by 2020. asked Mr. Tang, the utility executive.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

gallon gas tank—I can fill up either 40 miles from home or about 40 miles from my destination. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. But in many cases, they don't have the 200-foot sign with a gas station logo over them. But what about plug-in hybrids?

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

gallon gas tank—I can fill up either 40 miles from home or about 40 miles from my destination. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. But in many cases, they don't have the 200-foot sign with a gas station logo over them. But what about plug-in hybrids?

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 21, 2021

The turning radius was impressive, making for easy U-turns in your neighborhood. Road Trip: 2020 Nissan Leaf. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class. The balance was very neutral, making for a pleasant ride quality. 4 drive modes–with illustrations.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 1, 2023

We’re one step closer to achieving healthier neighborhoods and cleaner air for all Californians,” he said in a statement. And they have banned the sale of new products run by small gas-powered engines, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers and portable generators.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

EVs lack tailpipe emissions, sure, but producing, operating, and disposing of these vehicles creates greenhouse-gas emissions and other environmental burdens. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020. falls somewhere in the middle, deriving.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

But with Japan mandating that 70 percent of the countrys new houses will be powered by photovoltaic solar energy by 2020, "that creates a market," McCabe notes. (It The idea is to electric vehicles more competitive with conventional, gas-powered vehicles, so that a purchaser can consider paying roughly the same amount for either.

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