Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. In France, renewable energy consumption will be 20 percent by 2020. EIA projections of renewables penetration. Source: EIA.

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Renewable West Virginia Energy USA 220

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

Audi will introduce the compact A3 Sportback g-tron—which can be powered by the CO 2 -neutral Audi e-gas, synthetic methane generated from eco-electricity in the Audi e-gas project ( earlier post )—at the end of the year. its performance figures are identical in CNG and gasoline modes. Audi A3 Sportback g-tron.

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Audi Gas CO2 Gas-Electric 296

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Audi’s e-gas plant. Click to enlarge.

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Gas-Electric Audi Gas Water 296

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

Audi’s basic goal is to combine renewable energy (e.g. Energiewende”, the term applied to Germany’s policy of transitioning to an energy portfolio dominated by renewable energy (as well as a shift to more distributed generation), thus also applies to the vehicle fuel tank for Audi’s e-fuels, Mangold suggests. Click to enlarge.

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Audi Renewable Fuel Carbon 150

Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held a rally in Sacramento Thursday outside the lobbying offices of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers to protest their continuing lawsuit against California's greenhouse gas legislation. The great zero-carbon emitting, zero-particulate emitting, zero-petroleum consuming electric cars.

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Carbon San Francisco Sacramento Cleaner 100

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

When one thinks about what automakers can do to help the environment, the immediate thought is about improving fuel efficiency and developing alternatives to gasoline. But there’s much more automakers can do beyond fuel efficiency to reduce our environmental impact by adopting energy efficiency and renewable energy throughout our operations.

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Honda Green North America Manufacturer 150