Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2017

The demonstration truck project is funded by $9 million from the State’s climate change-fighting cap-and-trade program and another $10.2 The California Climate Investments cap-and-trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

As the second-most populous country in the world and one of the largest consumers of fossil fuels, India is making significant strides in adopting electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to combat climate change and reduce air pollution. One of the main advantages is the significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The new commitment will make solar power more affordable and available to Honda and Acura customers and dealerships in the US. SolarCity and Honda have renewed their partnership with a new fund expected to finance $50 million in solar projects. The $50-million fund is a follow-up to a $65-million fund the companies created in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2017

The grant is part of the state’s effort to use proceeds from the climate change cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gases, including a widespread effort to promote low carbon transit such as hydrogen-powered or electric buses throughout California, with a special focus on serving disadvantaged communities.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Although the pollutant emissions of a diesel engine are less than those of a gasoline one, it still emits carcinogens, nitrous oxides, and soot. A carbon-based particulate filter Diesel engines produce more polluting particulate matter than gas engines. Older models don’t even have the emission-control features that newer ones do.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

Our analysis shows that weakening fuel-economy and emissions standards will harm the economy and the auto industry, particularly auto parts suppliers, who employ more than twice as many Americans as auto companies, and who, relying on current standards, have invested heavily in fuel-efficient technologies.”. —Administrator Pruitt.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The editorial addresses important issues in the current politically charged discussions of global warming and climate-change alarm. … It is very likely that highly efficient “fully flexible” engines with hybridized solutions will be a big part of sought-after efficiency improvements, as well as emission/GHG reductions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. billion in FY 2014 budget); Assessing climate-change impacts in the United States; Launching a climate data initiative; and. Providing a toolkit for climate resilience.

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Cars That Think

MAY 19, 2023

The summit kicked off on 4 May at the Georgia Aquarium with a reception and panel discussion on climate change and sustainability, moderated by Saifur Rahman , IEEE president and CEO. I don’t want anyone to be denied access to the Internet, whether it’s because they don’t have physical access or can’t afford the service,” Cerf said.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. Transportation. —Draft Scoping Plan Update. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Beyond 2025, ARB notes, the driving force for lowering emissions in California will thus be climate change. Advanced Clean Car (ACC) package, the ZEV regulation along with new LEV III smog-forming pollutant and GHG standards can be the catalyst to that transformative process. As the technology. —ARB staff.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

But the rising cost of upgrading diesel to new emission norms and the government’s view on diesel being a dirty, polluting fuel along with some states banning usage of the same has compelled some diesel buyers to opt for hybrids. Meanwhile, both the companies are exploring a hybrid powertrain too, to be part of their mid-size SUV plan.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

The PLI scheme for auto parts comprises two main component schemes: Champion Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) Scheme: This scheme is linked to the sales value of battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles across all vehicle segments. The PMP offers a scaled duty structure for imported EV parts, promoting local manufacturing.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

Working in the EV sector provides opportunities to be part of cutting-edge advancements in the automotive industry. The growth potential of EVs is high and I would like to be a part of it by contributing my ideas and effort. So, I think it would be a better option to be a part of an organization that focuses on electric vehicles. #2

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

and “Is your electricity bill reasonably affordable?” Back to top How would expanding the grid prevent climate-driven disasters like W inter Storm Uri, the ice storm that devastated Texas in February 2021 ? We have the ability to substitute for them very quickly and affordably. It doesn’t get us to a hundred.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. tcm, about three times the current production of Russia.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

He has been part of this movement from the beginning. Look for the footage soon as part of his event report on his web site. It’s going to change the world of our Los Angeles and Long Beach ports. Right now the dock workers and the people who live near the ports are choking on the worst air pollution anywhere in the area.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

EVs will/will not create more pollution than they eliminate. The result is a 12-part series and e-book, The EV Transition Explained , that explores the tightly woven technological, policy, and social issues involved. Technological change is hard, social change even harder. Join the crowd. C above preindustrial levels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

Climate pledges by governments to date—even if fully achieved—would fall well short of what is required to bring global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050 and give the world an even chance of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C, million a year.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Given New Zealand’s reliance on personal light vehicles, accelerating the uptake of e-mobility is an essential part of reducing emissions from transport. Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand, a key part of decarbonising transport. Introduction .

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Plug in America

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Imagine a transportation option that has the fun and flexibility of a bike, is a fraction of the price of a car, can park almost anywhere for free, and produces almost zero climate-changing emissions. several jurisdictions have unveiled different incentives to make e-bikes more affordable. Another plus: no tailpipe pollution.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

President Biden has created a new Climate Innovation Working Group as part of the National Climate Task Force to advance his commitment to launching an Advanced Research Projects Agency-Climate (ARPA-C).

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EV Adoption

MAY 8, 2021

Part of what will continue to feed an increase in the overall number of vehicles in operation is longevity. The need to transition off of gas- and diesel-powered fuels is clear if we want to reduce pollution, carbon omissions, and lessen the impact of cars on climate change. since 1995 from 8.4 years to 11.8

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective. It is, as the cliche puts it, where the rubber meets the road, and the road is the street I live on.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

and especially California,” he says, “has come at the cost of exacerbating the air, water and soil pollution of Asian societies.” This again shows that EVs have become not just a means to combat climate change, but also a geopolitical weapon. “Another way of expressing this relationship is that improving air quality of the U.S.

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Plug in America

JULY 13, 2022

Though climate change and pollution impact us all, disadvantaged communities suffer first and worst. Electrifying the transportation sector is a crucial part of the US’s plans to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide Americans with a reliable, cost-effective source of transportation.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 16, 2021

Climate change is being driven by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal. Because there are fewer moving parts in an EV battery compared to a combustion engine. Whether you’re heading into the city from afar or commuting to a different part of the capital, charging an EV in London has never been easier.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The Advanced Clean Cars program combines the control of soot, smog-causing pollutants (LEV III) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into a single coordinated package of requirements for model years 2017 through 2025. ACC also incorporates the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation as the “ technology-forcing piece ” of the package.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

Affordability is expected to be just one highly contentious issue: Who, exactly, is going to pay for grid upgrades? EVs are part of a larger system that involves the electric grid, mining, and so on, increasing dramatically the regulatory scale involved.” —Lee Issues like auto safety and pollution were the chief concerns.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

Call it Peak ICE—the last hurrah of a technology that governments are ushering off the stage to combat climate change. That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas.

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EV Match

AUGUST 12, 2021

Some benefits include cumulatively cutting 3 billion tonnes of CO2 emissions (equivalent to the annual emissions of India), growing the used EV market by 40%, and avoiding 120,000 premature deaths a year from transportation-related air pollution. Vartan: I would say right now is the time to be interested in clean mobility.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

California first adopted its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation in 1990 as part of the Low Emission Vehicle Program. Prius best embodies Toyota’s philosophy on advanced vehicle technology—for vehicles to become true solutions to our climate change and environmental challenges, they must be mass market solutions.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

However, Lee Vinsel , a Virginia Polytechnic Institute technology historian and expert on how regulatory policy has improved auto safety and lowered pollution warns, “Policy reflected in EVs must be crafted to reduce the risks to hundreds of millions of individuals that feel they’re not giving anything up.” Where are the raw materials?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Most Americans commute less than 40 miles daily, so that most days they would consume practically NO combustible fuel, na d not pollute the environment while driving or idling. Sure, if you need to make lots of long trips in a car, and can only afford to have one car, then probably a Tesla’s not for you. Where is affordable.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2019

The aircraft could double the area around airports exposed to substantial noise pollution compared to existing subsonic aircraft of the same size. This equals about one-fifth of a proportional carbon budget afforded international aviation under a 1.5 degree Celsius climate trajectory.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

No noticeable impact to net emissions of smog-forming or other “criteria” or toxic air pollutants. In a call with reporters on Thursday, EPA Assistant Administrator Bill Wehrum said: There’s nothing about how greenhouse gases and potential climate change affects California that’s any different than any other state in the country.

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