Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth. The target of reducing emissions by 50 percent by 2030 was established through an executive order in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

Coltura is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the switch from gasoline and diesel to cleaner alternatives. States should avoid basing electrification mandates on vehicle emissions reduction and fuel economy—grounds exclusively within federal control under the federal Clean Air Act and Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Researchers from Tsinghua University and Peking University have investigated the effects of fuel properties on particulate emissions gasoline direct injection engines (GDI). The study results, reported in the journal Fuel , demonstrated that the fuel composition has a significant on particulate emissions from GDI engines.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2016

The European Commission found that truck makers MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco, and DAF broke EU antitrust rules by colluding for 14 years on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of compliance with stricter emission rules. Emissions standards compliance. The Commission has imposed a record fine of €2,926,499,000 (US$3.22

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Their selective processing could also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 to 90 percent compared to traditional liquid-based separation. Current methods of rare metal separation rely on large quantities of energy, water, acids, and organic solvents which have costly environmental impacts, says Stinn. Cite this article Stinn, C.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2023

than freight trains, and 7 µg/m 3 more under calm wind conditions, suggesting our study underestimates emissions and subsequent concentrations of coal train dust. The World Health Organization and US Environmental Protection Agency indicate there is no known safe level of PM 2.5. Resources Cite this article Ostro, B.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Fuel-based particulate matter emission factors (A: PM 2.5 mass, B: organic carbon fraction (OC/PM), C: elemental carbon fraction (EC/PM)), global warming commitment (D: GWC-Kyoto, E: GWC-All), and F: fuel consumption. emission factor (mean (95% confidence interval)) for CNG-2S (14.2 Credit: ACS, Reynolds et al. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Businesses and public-sector organizations whose employees drive for work are in a unique position to catalyze the conversion of commuter vehicles from gas to electric. These organizations possess the infrastructure to install on-site EV charging stations for commuter employees.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2015

Throughout 2014, the research team travelled the streets of Toronto measuring vehicle emissions from a mobile lab that resembles a Canada Post mail truck. 76% of volatile organic compounds such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes, some of which are known-carcinogens. A vehicle emissions map of Toronto. Zimmerman, N.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2014

A study by European researchers has found that two-stroke (2S) scooters, although constituting a small fraction of the fleet, can dominate urban vehicular pollution through organic aerosol and aromatic emission factors up to thousands of times higher than from other vehicle classes. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

A study by a team from the University of Cambridge (UK) and MIT attributes ~8,000 premature mortalities per year to aircraft cruise emissions. This represents ~80% of the total impact of aviation (where the total includes the effects of landing and takeoff emissions), and ~1% of air quality-related premature mortalities from all sources.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , approximately 15 percent of net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. The industry needs to move much faster if it’s to reach the target of net-zero emissions by 2050 set by the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

“By being an early adopter of this technology, we’re showcasing our innovative spirit and positioning ourselves to meet our long-term goals for zero-tailpipe-emission transportation.” What do you think of the article? Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns? Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Digging Deep To Help the Environment Electrification is a conversation common among consumers who feel a responsibility to reduce fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions through car purchase choices. Around 42% of organizations are ordering EVs because they believe it will make them industry leaders.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

Reducing emissions of black carbon soot and ground-level ozone would quickly make a considerable dent in the climate change problem and would also contribute to public health and protect crop yields, according to an essay in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Ramanathan. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Marine shipping fuels will get cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires a decrease in the allowable amount of sulfur in fuel oil from 3.5% Using high-resolution emissions inventories, integrated atmospheric models, and health risk functions, we assess ship-related PM 2.5 —i.e.,

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Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

The emissions from these engines cause smog and harm the health of those who breathe them – so putting them directly in front of small children isn’t the best idea. This article is updated from a previous version of the article which described the pressure being put on Disney to go all-electric.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. emissions (although this is not explored here).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Research described in this article was done under contract to the Health Effects Institute, an organization jointly funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency (assistance award number R-83467701) and some motor vehicle and engine manufacturers.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2023

OLEDs—organic light-emitting diodes—convert electrical energy directly into photons. They have multiple layers, including a cathode, an anode, and an emissive layer. When heavy metals are added to the mix of organic compounds that make up OLEDs, Hack says, the spin states change, and even the triplet excitons emit light.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. But as the global demand for chemical products continues to grow, so do the industry’s emissions. A range of government regulations aimed at achieving zero-carbon emissions are driving this migration. exports (US $220 billion).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

GHG emissions for ATP shale (low and high cases) and conventional gasoline in grams of CO 2 e per MJ of final fuel delivered. These emissions are 1.5 times larger than emissions from conventionally produced gasoline. Full-fuel-cycle GHG emissions are estimated to be 129 g CO 2. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. These are ~1.5-1.75

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

Network diagram showing the number of articles in common between all pairs of topics in the analysis except geographic regions. To answer the above question, we analyzed 1622 biofuels-related articles published between 2000 and 2009 across a range of social, environmental, and technical topics. Topics are grouped by thematic areas.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The actions we take to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases can impact the future climate, the report emphasizes. percent of global CO 2 emissions. There are ways to lower those emissions. But the IT sector also holds the potential to help reduce overall global emissions. estimated 1.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Net life cycle GHG emissions of five CO 2 -EOR projects used as case studies. Michael Griffin and Sean McCoy used the guidelines established by the International Standards Organization in ISO 14040. The study boundary also excludes any emissions associated with the construction of the physical infrastructure needed for these projects.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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Teslarati

JULY 4, 2022

With the passing of the Infrastructure Spending Bill earlier this year, many government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and companies alike are taking advantage of the country’s expanding EV infrastructure. What do you think of the article? Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Judge O’Neill also ruled that California Air Resources Board (ARB) failed to establish that there are no alternative methods to advance its goals of reducing GHG emissions to combat global warming. The two organizations argued that, as structured, the LCFS violates both the Supremacy Clause and the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 6, 2022

In a comment, the Governor stated that the truck and EVs generally are a crucial part of the State’s plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Department of Energy website , the State has four incentives in the form of grants or tax credits to help individuals or organizations buy EVs.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2023

Hertz has massively expanded the number of EVs available to Uber drivers in Europe to help both organizations achieve their respective climate goals. Expanding our partnership with Hertz into Europe will significantly boost our transition to zero-emissions, helping drivers reduce running costs and cleaning up urban transport.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 23, 2023

Essential Tips for Successful Vehicle Fleet Management Efficient and Cost-Effective Processes Aid the Bottom Line This article may contain affiliate links. Managing a vehicle fleet is a complex task that requires careful planning, organization and attention to detail.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2018

10 ), fine (PM ), or ultrafine particles (UFPM: They characterized each PM type via atomic emission spectroscopy and detected nickel, cobalt and zinc within them. For the study, sourced ambient PM from Riverside, California, and selectively exposed rats to coarse (PM 2.5–10 Black & Eggehard Holler (2018) “Coarse particulate matter (PM 2.5–10

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2015

exhaust from heavy-duty diesel engines meeting EPA 2007 and later emissions requirements—has found no evidence of carcinogenic lung tumors. The study exposed laboratory rats 80 hours a week, for up to 30 months, to emissions from a heavy-duty diesel engine meeting 2007 US EPA standards using new filters and other control technology.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2024

This year is also the first time that Spectrum has figured into the report, with a citation of an article published here about generative AI’s visual plagiarism problem. Generative AI investment skyrockets While corporate investment was down overall last year, investment in generative AI went through the roof. But exactly how deep?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Yale researchers have found that organic aerosols—a type of air pollution—are much more complicated than previous studies indicated. Using high-powered equipment to analyze air samples, the researchers were able to get a detailed look at the molecular makeup of organic aerosols, which have a significant presence in the atmosphere.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

In fact, this manuscript is a sequel to an article published recently by our group characterizing in detail the chemical composition of the inhalable material whose health effects are investigated here. —de Oliveira Alves et al. The surviving cells suffered DNA damage, which may predispose them to the development of cancer in future.

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