Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

“Electric cars will not save the climate. This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless. to hit the 90 percent EV target, sales of all new ICE vehicles across the U.S. Transportation accounts for only 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the U.S.; For the U.S.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2023

To solve the climate crisis, we need to cut this in half by 2030, and get to zero by 2050. For electricity generation, this means the United States alone needs to increase renewable-energy capacities by 10 times over the next 12 years , which roughly translates to a mind-boggling 400,000 more wind turbines and 2.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service said in February that at least 10% of the new mail trucks would be electric.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 11, 2022

Adding Up All the Expenses for your Wheels. On the surface, it may seem like all you need to worry about is the purchase price, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. In reality, there are a lot of costs that come with owning a car. Maintenance Costs Associated With Car Ownership. Gasoline Costs.

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Wallbox

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Drivers in Ireland can get a €600 grant today to help cover the cost of installing a home charger. The scheme , which applies to anyone buying an electric car, new or used, is an attempt to increase the popularity of electric vehicles. Driving future change. The Pulsar Plus is helping to drive real change. Claim today.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a staff analysis recommending the state pursue extending operation of Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) through 2030 to ensure electricity reliability. Located in San Luis Obispo County, DCPP is owned and operated by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The technology group Wärtsilä has issued a report ahead of COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference to be held in Glasgow this autumn, describing the environmental and economic opportunities for states that decarbonize rapidly. coal and gas), significantly reducing the overall levelised cost of electricity.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

All sorts of scenarios have been developed under the assumption that carbon capture actually reduces substantial amounts of carbon. Wind replacing fossil fuels always reduces air pollution and never has a capture equipment cost. In both plants, natural gas turbines power the equipment. efficient over 6 months, on average.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2021

At the heart of the plan is a 2 million tonne capacity Reduced Iron (DRI) facility and an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) facility capable of producing 2.4 Modification of the existing EAF facility and continuous casters will also be undertaken to align productivity, quality and energy capabilities between all assets in the new footprint.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Ridesharing company Lyft—in collaboration with Environmental Defense Fund—has commited to reach 100% electric vehicles on the Lyft platform by 2030. The shift to 100% EVs for Lyft will mean transitioning all vehicles used on the Lyft platform over the next ten years to all-electric or other zero-emission technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2023

In support of California’s goals for vehicle electrification and climate action, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is offering two new programs designed to improve access to electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure for customers in underserved communities.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Impact pathway approach for modeling policy interventions in (a) air quality and (b) climate impacts. However, CNG conversion was apparently detrimental from a climate change perspective, as CH 4 emissions increased. They used a social cost of carbon of US$45 in 2010 for the calculations.). Credit: ACS, Zia and Tanzila.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2012

A recent study from Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden) commissioned by the Greens/European Free Allianace (EFA) in the European Parliament concluded that the cars used within the EU-27 externalize up to about €373 billion (US$493 billion) per year (high estimate) of costs on to other people, other regions and other generations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The number of battery-electric buses ordered in Europe more than doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching 1,031 vehicles, according to a new analysis by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. The are currently about 1,600 electric buses are on European roads, with another 1,600 on order (as of mid-2018). VDL: 500 units.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2020

—Catherine Robinson, Executive Director, Hydrogen and Renewable Gas, IHS Markit. The growth in the electrolysis pipeline has been driven by falling costs and policy support. Green hydrogen production costs are down 40% since 2015 and are expected to fall by a further 40% through 2025.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

Today’s soldiers lug around massive amounts of Li-ion batteries—sometimes more than 20 pounds worth—to power all their high-tech gadgets. South 8’s LiGas is “a liquefied gas electrolyte that dramatically improves the energy performance, safety, charging speed and cost of lithium-ion batteries.”

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A ban on all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles made its way through the European Parliament on Tuesday, February 1. The EU formally approved a law that would ban the sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2035 in an attempt to accelerate consumers’ choice of electric powertrains. According to Reuters , the existing target is 37.5

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Cars That Think

JUNE 7, 2022

It can often seem like an inevitability that humans will completely and utterly fail to keep our carbon emissions in check over the next decade, which is the most important step we can take to minimize the potentially disastrous impacts of climate change. Even HEVs [hybrid electric vehicles] have substantial carbon reductions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) will lower the price of compressed natural gas at all of its 13 public access natural gas vehicle fueling stations by $0.26 Under the program, fuels that help lower GHG emissions, such as natural gas, generate LCFS credits. per gallon, and the average cost of diesel was $3.73

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

The recovery of energy demand in 2021 was compounded by adverse weather and energy market conditions—notably the spikes in natural gas prices—which led to more coal being burned despite renewable power generation registering its largest growth to date. CO 2 emissions from natural gas rebounded well above their 2019 levels to 7.5

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EV Life

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The grant will fund the development of a fintech platform to empower EV buyers to save up to $200/month on electric vehicle loans. EV Life, a car site dedicated exclusively to electric vehicles, announced that it was 1 of 28 companies to win a CalSEED grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan —the third update to the state’s initial 2008 Scoping Plan. The draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan was developed by the California Air Resources Board in collaboration and coordination with multiple state agencies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

Bioscience engineers at KU Leuven have created a solar panel that produces hydrogen gas from moisture in the air. Twenty of these solar panels could provide electricity and heat for one family for an entire winter. A traditional solar panel converts between 18 to 20% of the solar energy into electricity. —Johan Martens.

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EV Match

AUGUST 12, 2021

In this article, we look at the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative that is focused on driving an accelerated transition to zero-emission vehicles globally. . Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, accounting for 29% of all emissions. EVmatch: What is EV100? .

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Scatter plot of production cost of cellulosic ethanol and percentage GHG savings relative to energy equivalent gasoline over simulation period. Production cost of ethanol is annualized over the simulation period. Average parameter values are used for determining production costs. Credit: ACS, Dwivedi et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

However, although the state has made considerable progress decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the rate of emissions decline appears to be slowing, due in part to a spike in transportation emissions attributed to an increase from light-duty vehicles. of emissions and overshadowing all other areas of the economy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

With government analysis suggesting that 20-35% of the UK’s energy consumption by 2050 could be hydrogen-based, this new energy source could be critical to meet UK targets of net zero emissions by 2050 and cutting emissions by 78% by 2035, the government said—a view shared by the UK’s independent Climate Change Committee. million (US$3.5-million)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car, and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a similarly sized gas-fired power plant. However, in climate-driven scenarios, these positions are reversed well before 2040. Source: IEA. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. The report estimates dollar values for several major components of these costs. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

California’s current strategy of recovering a myriad of fixed costs in electricity usage rates must change as the state uses more renewable electricity to power buildings and vehicles, according to the findings from a new report from the Energy Institute at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and non-profit think tank Next 10.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. According to the recently finalized Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 , net US GHG emissions in 2008 were down 2.7%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2022

In countries that choose to continue or increase their use of nuclear power, it can reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, cut carbon dioxide emissions and enable electricity systems to integrate higher shares of solar and wind power. However, a new era for nuclear power is by no means guaranteed. —IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. The Stanford study considered a future US grid where up to 80% of the electricity comes from renewables. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Motiv Power Systems (Motiv), a leading provider of all-electric medium-duty fleet chassis, has begun deliveries of Ford E-450-based all-electric walk-in vans to the United States Postal Service (USPS). Motiv is a Ford eQVM-approved provider of all-electric chassis for commercial trucks and buses.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

The European Commission has adopted a package of proposals to make the EU's climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels ( Fit for 55 ). As a result, all new cars registered as of 2035 will be zero-emission.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

This connected and flexible system will be more efficient, and reduce costs for society. As the power sector has the highest share of renewables, we should increasingly use electricity where possible: for example for heat pumps in buildings, electric vehicles in transport or electric furnaces in certain industries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

Beginning in 2025, MAN Truck & Bus will manufacture high-voltage batteries for electric trucks and buses in large-scale production at its Nuremberg site. MAN is thus laying the foundations for the large-scale industrialization of electric drive systems for trucks and buses. Bottom: The battery pack for the MAN eTruck.

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