Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2015
China’s shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research. China is seeking to reduce its imports of oil from the current 50% of domestic demand.
Push EVs
MAY 27, 2022
To reinforce its leading position, the European bus manufacturer signed a partnership agreement with the giant Chinese battery maker CATL, to use its cobalt-free battery chemistry LFP (LiFePO4) and CTP (cell-to-pack) technology. Fuel types of new buses in Europe (2021): Diesel : 68,8 %. Alternative fuels : 10,5 %.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
The researchers found that there is considerable opportunity for reducing emissions from personal mobility by improving powertrain efficiency and deploying alternative fuel vehicles in the coming decades. Several factors influence an individual’s decision to adopt an alternative fuel vehicle, such as a battery electric vehicle.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 5, 2009
Despite problems with its characteristics (toxicity; handling, storage and delivery requirements; and materials compatibility), methanol attracted a great deal of interest in the 1970s and later as an alternative fuel, partly because it can be produced from a number of raw and renewable resources. —Fan et al.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
With increasing pressure from air pollution, oil consumption and congestion, China is compelled to reinvent propulsion technologies. … But the ironic piece is that the [Chinese] companies that are trying to reinvent transportation have the least experience at developing the automobile. New energy vehicles is a relatively blue ocean.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., The battery-powered cars that Chinese companies are showing are intended to be much less expensive than those planned by big foreign companies. Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
The massive upsurge in e-bikes in the country marks “ the single largest adoption of alternative fuel vehicles in history, with over 100 million vehicles purchased in the past decade, more than all other countries combined. ”. In China, 85% of electricity production is from fossil fuels, of which ?90% 1 ), for four pollutants.
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