Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2015

Researchers at Tsinghua University in China are studying the effects of Dual-Fuel Spark Ignition (DFSI) combustion fueled with different alcohols and gasoline. However, engine knock with high pressure rise and pressure oscillation caused by end-gas auto-ignition is still the big obstacle for deep improvement of fuel consumption.

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Gasoline Fuel Engine Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. In 2010, the Energy Department launched the SuperTruck initiative to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50%.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. Experts urged greater efforts on China’s part to boost development of the new energy vehicle industry.

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Auto Industry Industrial Industry 2015 334

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Among their findings: A note on fuel pricing and cost per mile. mp and a fuel price of $2.35

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San Diego Fuel District of Columbia Gasoline-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2013

Relative changes in vehicle energy efficiency (VEE) (km/MJ) on ethanol/gasoline blends over those on gasoline for different blending levels. converted all vehicle efficiency measurements into vehicle energy efficiency (VEE, km/MJ) based on fuel energy densities reported in each study. Credit: ACS, Yan et al. 15% to +24%.

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Fuel Energy Gasoline-Electric Gasoline 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. Thus, demand would fall below our model’s estimates.

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Oil Oil-Sands Fuel Economy Transportation 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

Hydraulic pumps/motors and an accumulator (power storage unit) are added to gasoline, diesel, propane or CNG engines to store braking energy and use the captured energy to accelerate the vehicle, significantly saving fuel and brakes and cutting emissions. Fleets Hybrids Hydraulic Hybrid'

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Hybrid Emissions West Virginia Colorado 275

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

John DeCicco at the University of Michigan argues that to reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions, the proper policy focus should be upstream in sectors that provide the fuel, rather than downstream on the choice of fuels in the automobile. VMT); vehicle energy intensity (e.g., In a new working paper, Prof.

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Fuel Supplies Transportation Climate Protection 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2011

The report, authored by Christopher Yang, Joan Ogden, Dan Sperling and Roland Hwang, was commissioned by the California Energy Commission (CEC). Additional reductions in energy use would accrue if options to control travel demand were also included. Realistic case for PEVs.

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2005 Transportation California Energy 250

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Aligning with New York City’s goal to reduce carbon emissions and greenhouse gases, Toyota’s Prius Plug-in Hybrid demonstration program will provide opportunities for both NYCDOT and the Port Authority to look into expanding the use of alternative fuel vehicles in municipal and business fleets.

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New York City New York Prius Plug-in 240

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2009

A paper on their study was published online 3 December in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. Indeed, methanol was a past US alternative fuel of favor; in 1989, President George H. The cylinder pressure and heat release rate do not obviously vary with the increment in the methanol content in the fuels.

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Gasoline Emissions Alternative Fuels Engine 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

In a paper published in the journal Energy Policy , Erin Green of Green Energy Consulting; Steven Skerlos of the University of Michigan; and James Winebrake of the Rochester Institute of Technology argue that current US policies intended to promote the uptake of plug-in electric vehicles haven proven inefficient and ineffective.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

A study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has concluded that regulatory incentives for OEMs for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) intended to encourage a technology transition in the transportation fleet result in increased fleet-wide gasoline consumption and emissions. —Jenn et al. Alan Jenn, Inês M.

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Gasoline Fleet Emissions Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Pennsylvania Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) program has awarded Axion Power International, Inc. The $800,000 ($799,932) first-year grant, which was announced by Governor Edward Rendell on 29 January, is part of the State’s overall effort to invest in businesses that are creating clean energy and biofuels technologies.

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Pennsylvania Philadelphia PHEV Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2021

A team from McMaster University in Canada has published a comprehensive review of recent progress in low-temperature combustion (LTC), alternative fuels (AF), over-expansion Atkinson cycle, and waste heat recovery (WHR) techniques as applied to hybrid-specific engines. —Wang et al. —Wang et al. 2021.11.265.

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Engine Hybrid Fuel Economy Alternative Fuels 199

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 6, 2023

The fuel costs we saw posted during our trip averaged $4 per gallon for 87 octane, which would be $276 gasoline costs, so advantage electric, but not by much. Gasoline fueled vehicles require tune-ups, oil, transmission servicing and other typical maintenance and costs. All seem perfectly comfortable in the shared experience.

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Las Vegas Charging Utah Miles 83

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The timing and exact configuration of road freight decarbonization pathways should be adjusted to the different geographies and economies of each region around the world. Ambitious fuel economy and CO 2 emission standards will help widespread deployment of these measures.

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Emissions CO2 Alternative Fuels Climate Change 255

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

The analysis used by federal agencies to set standards for fuel economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas emissions for new US light-duty vehicles from 2017 to 2025 was thorough and of high caliber overall, according to a new report from the National Research Council. UMTRI Survey: US drivers want better fuel economy, don’t care how.

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Standards Fuel Economy Economy EPA 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. It is much more than that.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The discussions focussed on the potential gains to be made in the areas of Fuels and Fuel Economy, Electrification and Traffic Management, each of which were examined through a series of provocative presentations and workshop sessions. About the smartest thing we can do to deal with this problem is to become more fuel efficient.

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CO2 Transportation Climate Change Fuel Economy 42

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

by Dr. Henri Winand, CEO of Intelligent Energy. 2014 has been a year of rapid growth for the fuel cell market with positive progress being made globally, especially in markets such as US, UK, Germany, France and Japan. Myth #1: Hydrogen energy is not all that energy efficient. It’s time to debunk a number of myths.

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Fuel Electric Vehicles Market Hydrogen 281

EV Connect

DECEMBER 6, 2021

For example, running the air-conditioning or operating in very low temps has a similar impact on ICE vehicles: The US Department of Energy (DOE) claims that at 20 degrees Fahrenheit, ICE vehicles can lose up to 24% of fuel economy on short trips. He holds an MFA in creative writing from Northern Arizona University.

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Range Electric Cars Fuel Economy Cars 84

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. ”. 1 , equivalent to a gasoline car with a fuel economy of 5.6 L/100km (or 42 mpg US).

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Emissions China Gasoline-Electric Fleet 252

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2017

A production on industrial scale of POMDME to be blended with commercial diesel would be of interest in order to obtain blends characterized by diesel high energy content and POMDME strong capability of reducing soot formation. The POMDME fuel presented an oxygen overall mass fraction of 0.46 g/g, and energy content of 20 MJ/kg.

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Diesel Exhaust Emissions Fuel 186

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

According to Peter Bruce, a chemist at the University of St Andrews, UK, “As far as I know, this is the fastest yet for this material.&# When the team tested the newly-coated cathode, they discovered it could be charged and discharged in as little as 9 seconds. About Gas 2.0 on It’s On! is a Green Options Media Production.

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MIT Gas-Electric Gas Electric Cars 45

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A traditional center console has been reimagined as a Universal Island that is moveable and incorporates cup holders and charge ports. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.

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Hyundai Lithium Ion All-Electric Light 88

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A traditional center console has been reimagined as a moveable smaller console, or Universal Island, that incorporates cup holders and charge ports. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.

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Hyundai All-Electric SUV Clean 89

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 21, 2021

MPGe is a measurement of how far a car can travel, electrically, on the same amount of energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline (or 33.7 Additional charging comes from regenerative braking, which converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. We sought out–and found–fast chargers.

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Miles Charging All-Electric Range 81

Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. . Our submission focuses on answering the consultation questions directly relevant to our mandate, in the sections on transport and energy. . We also don’t need to ‘reinvent the wheel’. Transport .

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New Zealand Emissions Petrol Electric 52

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. BYD also developed the motors and software for the system.

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