Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

SunLine Transit Agency in California has awarded New Flyer of America—the US subsidiary of New Flyer Industries—with a contract for five Xcelsior fuel cell-electric forty-foot, heavy-duty transit buses. Sunline already has five fuel cell buses in its operations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2018

However, the researchers also found that the replacement of heavy-duty diesel vehicles with gasoline-ethanol passenger cars on the inner-city roads resulted in a sustained drop in the level of nitrogen oxides in the air, reducing air pollution in the city even after the traffic congestion rebounded.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. Although mainstream America largely remained oblivious to environmental concerns, the stage had been set for change by the publication of Rachel Carson’s New York Times bestseller Silent Spring in 1962. In CY2023, a record 15,26,433 or 1.52

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

The state’s latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that California emitted 429 million metric tons of climate pollutants in 2016—a drop of 12 million metric tons, or three percent, from 2015. billion gallons in all—as a result of the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. —Comer et al.

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Oil Panama Emissions Fuel 283

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2017

ECS (The Electrochemical Society), in partnership with the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Currently, oil remains the main source of automotive fuel; however, further research and development of alternative energies may bring change.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2012

It’s these private and public partnerships that create the momentum that alternative fuel vehicles need to become even more competitive. —Leslie Starr Keating, senior vice president, supply chain for Frito-Lay North America. ?.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The label also puts the LEAF as best in the mid-size car class in terms of fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions, and emissions of criteria pollutants. —Scott Becker, senior vice president, Finance and Administration, Nissan Americas. Projected annual electric cost is $561.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

EV provisions The legislation creates a new and used EV tax credit, extending the tax credit on some new EVs to 2032 while shifting tax incentives to more affordable models that are manufactured in North America. has a free trade agreement, or with materials recycled in North America. or a country with which the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2013

The IMO (International Maritime Organization) has chosen DNV to gather knowledge about the potential of LNG powered international shipping in the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) and identify the necessary conditions for the successful implementation of LNG as a fuel source in the region.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The two ships, with a length of 200 m and a capacity of about 4,500 vehicles, are to be used for vehicle shipment between Europe and North America. Alternative LNG drive systems for ships reduce air pollutant emissions significantly—CO 2 by up to 25% and NO x by up to 30%, particulate matter by up to 60% and SO x by as much as 100%.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2016

America has a rich, nation-wide network of high-efficiency suppliers developing and providing products for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that can meet and exceed proposed standards. Full map of high efficiency heavy duty vehicle technology companies from preliminary listing. Source: CALSTART. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. America holds only about two percent of the world’s proven oil reserves. And we have to do it quickly.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

1 ] Our dependence on oil also means that America must support military engagements in regions, such as the Persian Gulf, to defend energy sources, such as pipelines and sea lanes. As a result, America continues to be entangled with unfriendly or shaky regimes, which compromises the safety of our troops and our foreign policy objectives.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

EPA has issued a notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. collectively referred to here as Volkswagen). The NOV alleges that Volkswagen and Audi cars from model years 2009-2015 equipped with 2.0-liter,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America last week submitted supplemental information to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) detailing its proposed charging investment in and benefit to underserved, low-income, and disadvantaged communities in the state as part of its court-mandated investment plan. Earlier post.). The supplement.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The plan as outlined also calls for further work on advanced biofuels, advanced batteries and fuel cell technologies in every transportation mode. In coming months, the plan notes, the Department of Transportation will work with other agencies to further explore strategies for integrating alternative fuel vessels into the US flag fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

An added benefit of the conversion program is that it not only reduces pollution but also extends the life of the vehicles, helping to eliminate waste production and creating a reduce-and-reuse program. The standard FedEx trucks used in the retrofit program were 2000 or 2001 models with 300,000 to 500,000 miles driven.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

The bill invests in developing and manufacturing advanced vehicles, to ensure that America leads the world in advanced cars and batteries, and embraces ongoing efforts to create strong federal standards for greenhouse gas emissions and efficiency improvements in our vehicle fleet. Clean Energy Research, Development and Deployment.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Next-generation engines will likely operate at higher pressures, with greater amounts of dilution and utilize alternative fuels that exhibit a wide range of chemical and physical properties. Low emission, low temperature engine concepts of the future operate in regimes where combustion is poorly understood. Neroorkar et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2012

These per-barrel increases may be offset by decreases in refined product demand and refinery crude runs resulting from mandated increases in the use of alternative fuels, improved fuel economy of the vehicle fleet, and improvements in refinery energy efficiency driven by prospective state and Federal limits on CO 2 emissions (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2016

The Electrochemical Society (ECS), in partnership with the Toyota Research Institute of North American (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. preventing air pollution. To qualify, a candidate must be under 40 years of age and working in North America.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

The Electrochemical Society (ECS), in partnership with the Toyota Research Institute of North America (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Preventing air pollution. TEMA), launched the inaugural ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship about six months ago. Reducing CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. Oberon Fuels is the first company to announce plans to commercialize DME fuel production in North America.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine Twitter Tennessee may be getting a jump-start on preparations for the electric car, but how quickly Americans take to it and how enthusiastically power companies support it remain key questions as the government and automakers push for more alternative-fuel vehicles. Source: Nissan North America Inc.

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Plug in America

JULY 13, 2022

Though climate change and pollution impact us all, disadvantaged communities suffer first and worst. In order to build out the national network, funding will initially be directed to designated Alternative Fuel Corridors for EVs, particularly along the Interstate Highway System. To address these disparities, the remaining $2.5

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

These numbers above exclude all the existing hybrid electric and other alternative fuel models available or in the works, which number at least another 265 models. Think of the efforts needed to make building the controlled explosions in an internal combustion engine safe, powerful and free from pollution," he says.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. Alternative Fuels to top Whats the deal with ethanol?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Visionary Vehicles Team w/Malcolm Bricklin (who brought the Subaru and the Yugo to America) aims for luxury PHEV. One remaining objection which explains why carmakers are still dragging their feet is "they are not yet viable." (Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, Product Development, and Chairman, GM North America in GMs interviewed by Carlist.com ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

One thing is for sure; - electric cars bring down the air pollution, but they sure create another waste pollution problem. April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. We need to stop BURNING fuel in our cars. nk Related Posts From Green Inc. — Jared 9.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2013

Two separate reports highlight the ongoing improvement in vehicle technologies and the growing trend toward consumers purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles in the US and in Europe. In the US, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released an analysis—“ On the Road to 54.5

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2006

As Sherry Boschert concludes in the final chapter of her new must-read book, plug-in cars have a role to play in "Bridging a Divided America." Tags: fuel choice plug-in hybrid alternative fuels. In the House, we see Southern Republican Conservatives, Democratic hawks and progressives lining up in an unusual alliance.

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