Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. will deliver to the grid by the end of 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2023

Recent legislative incentives to produce more solar panels, EVs, electrical charging infrastructure, and other clean energy transition products will require more domestic primary aluminum. The IIJA funds $73 billion for aluminum-heavy electric infrastructure and $5 billion for a nationwide network of EV charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

a developer and manufacturer of flexible organic solar films, is collaborating with Webasto, one of the top 100 automotive suppliers, to integrate Konarka’s Power Plastic organic solar cells in Webasto’s automobile roofing systems. The solar cells are printed in a roll-to-roll process in various widths and lengths.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2020

Under Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, Toyota plans to reduce the environmental impact from automobiles to as close to zero as possible and at the same time engage in activities that contribute to the global environment and society.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 26, 2024

In a bid to reduce the carbon footprint, Maruti Suzuki is transporting more vehicles from its plants through the railway. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first automobile in-plant railway siding at Maruti Suzuki’s Gujarat plant. We reached the highest ever transportation by railways at about 4.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

At Consumer Electronics Show Asia, Ford launched a strategic collaboration with Haier (home appliance), Trina Solar (solar power) and Delta Electronics (power management) to introduce MyEnergi Lifestyle ( earlier post ) to China, a holistic approach for lowering the energy costs and carbon footprint of Chinese families.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2022

The system will allow depleted batteries to be swapped quickly for batteries charged with solar energy. In this way, less energy will be needed for the same displacement reducing energy cost and carbon footprint. The system uses artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to predict cars’ energy consumption and battery usage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The ultra high-strength outer shell comprises two layers: an inner layer of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and an outer layer of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP). Due to the fuel’s high hydrogen content, a CNG automobile emits approximately 20% less carbon dioxide than a comparable gasoline model.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2019

The components will use Teijin’s advanced materials such as polycarbonate resin, carbon and aramid fibers, and composites technologies owned by Teijin and its group companies including Continental Structural Plastics for innovative structural design.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Solar facilities at the plant generate more than 10,000 MWh of environmentally compatible power. Production at the Changsha vehicle plant will therefore be carbon-neutral. Volkswagen has been at home on the Chinese market for more than 20 years and is among the country’s western automobile pioneers. over the previous year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2011

For the first time at the event, Evonik Industries will demonstrate a wide range of applications for cars at the 14 th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2011) from April 21 to 28 in Shanghai, China.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2017

The two companies aim to contribute to the realization of a low-carbon and hydrogen-based society in the future, by way of introducing vehicles and power generators to be newly developed by Toyota that use hydrogen. Seven-Eleven Japan Co., The stationary hydrogen generator would utilize an automotive fuel cell unit.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Audi is focusing on the electric car, which has the best carbon footprint of all drive systems in the largest markets over its entire service life. Audi was the first automobile manufacturer to receive the Performance Standard certificate from the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative. The solar-energy park will produce more than 9.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

We invented solar technology, but we’ve fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America. It begins with energy. Millions of jobs depend on it.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

BUSTED: Even including the electricity used for charging, EVs have a smaller carbon footprint than gasoline-powered internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. If the power is generated using solar or wind power, then EV driving is emission free. BUSTED: EV automobiles today can travel 200 to 300+ miles on a charge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Yamada Denki, as part of its “smart house business”, will place salespersons specialized in EVs in addition to staff from 17 stores which are already participating in an automobile sales program in order to accelerate their sales.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Mazda Motor Corporation will provide three Mazda Demios (Mazda2s) for conversion to EVs for a project in collaboration with Itochu Corporation and other companies in conjunction with Tsukuba City to test a low-carbon transport system which uses clean energy. Ecosystem Japan: Solar panel systems. Nippon Car Solutions: Car sharing.

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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. We chose the solar-powered Park n Ride just off 80. And I was there representing Plug In America.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

Electricity generation from variable renewable electricity sources (VRE) such as wind and solar power has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to do so. While theoretically, increased use of wind and solar power also increases the need for balancing power, empirical evidence in Germany suggests otherwise.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The British luxury car manufacturer Bentley has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030 and planning to release their first electric vehicle in 2025. While the plant reached carbon-neutral manufacturing in 2019, Bentley hopes to transform it into a Dream Factory and decrease its environmental effect even more.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 2, 2021

And she had a point: Carmakers and countries are announcing efforts to phase out fossil-fuel burning automobiles in the next two decades. We'll be interested in how much carbon-based fuels such as coal and natural gas went into the electrical energy that charged our batteries. She's 90 years old. I didn't feel like arguing with her.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 15, 2021

The vehicles use electricity produced from nuclear power, coal, natural gas or solar energy. Zero Carbon Emissions. With more users gearing towards purchasing electric vehicles, a surge in demand has drastically hit the electric automobile industry. High Torque. Tesla’s Model 3 paved the way to powerful, affordable EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

The MF-90 car fueling system can fill an automobile in three minutes for 300-400 miles of operation. We expect this project to prove that hydrogen fuel cell buses can perform as well or better than diesel fueled buses, while reducing carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions in excess of 40%.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

According to industry estimates, the state’s automotive sector is now valued at USD 3 billion, with Gujarat exporting automobiles and auto components with over eight lakh vehicles exported in the fiscal year 2020-21. This will lead to 1.7 times more production and 2.7 times more exports this year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The specifics of the testing program, testing vehicles, and solar-powered charging stations made their public debut in Japan. Solar-powered charging station for the test vehicles. The Saitama program will focus on motorcycles, automobiles and power products. Honda Motor Co., Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 17, 2023

While this is supposed to encompass construction equipment, small boats, airborne drones, and even motorcycles, the scheme doesn’t seem to focus on automobiles. Germany even had to pivot back toward coal for energy production after realizing there was no way to build enough wind and solar farms. That seems to be the new trend.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

The researchers discovered that a very tiny amount of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) particles, two-dimensional cousins to carbon-based graphene, suspended in standard mineral oils are highly efficient at removing heat from a system. The team found that 0.1 of h-BN in mineral oil enhanced thermal conductivity by nearly 80%; at 0.01

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2009

cap and trade or a carbon tax) is a likely key part of a US strategy to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, such a market-based approach alone will not induce the investments in long-lived technology required to achieve a 50 to 80% reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide by mid-century. For electric power. Samaras et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Among the direct transportation-related provisions in the extensive package are a low-carbon fuel standard for all transportation fuels; financial support for large scale demonstrations of electric vehicles; and financial support for automakers retooling plants to make electric vehicles. Carbon Capture and Sequestration.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

has signed a definitive Memorandum of Understanding for a multi-year, global supply relationship with Alpharetta, GA-based Exide Technologies for the purchase of Axion PbC batteries—multi-celled asymmetrically supercapacitive lead-acid-carbon hybrid batteries ( earlier post )—and other Axion technologies. Axion Power International Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

The E-KIZUNA Project, managed by the city in collaboration with a wide variety of stakeholders, aims to help fight global warming and realize a sustainable, low-carbon society through the popularization of electric vehicles. (In Honda Motor Co., and the city of Saitama signed an agreement to cooperate in the E-KIZUNA Project.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The three parties each possess a strong desire to contribute to the realization of carbon neutrality. Carbon neutrality means achieving net-zero CO 2 emissions for the entire life cycle of a product in a recycling-based society—from its production, transportation, and use—followed by ensuring that it is recycled.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

It finds that California is making good progress in transforming the state’s transportation system to a low carbon, zero emission transportation system with nearly 120,000 plug-in electric vehicles on California’s roads, a growing hydrogen fuel cell market and significant biofuels investments. Lower carbon intensity fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

In addition, those governments will share relevant information and data from the pilot with participating governments, manufacturers of automobiles and associated parts, power plants, and research institutes, and seek active engagement from the private sector. Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage (CCUS) Action Group.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The discovery of materials with improved thermoelectric efficiency could increase the efficiency of electrical power generation, improve automobile mileage and reduce the cost of air conditioning. For example, if you put a pair of carbon atoms at each point (forming two FCC sub-lattices), you get diamond.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

He said the Group already had the broadest plug-in fleet in the automobile world. In addition, a large solar roof provides electricity for the drive system battery on sunny days. The body as a whole is made up of a functional mix of aluminium, steel and carbon fibre reinforced polymer. Audi e-tron quattro. Tiguan GTE.

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