Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

There is great potential for considerable fuel savings if the electrical energy required by all of the systems in an automobile can be produced using waste heat rather than relying solely on the vehicle’s generator, the company notes. —Jürgen Ringler.

Waste

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Methanol-powered vehicles are one pillar of Geely Auto’s diversified new-energy strategy, which also encompasses ethanol, CNG, gasoline-electric hybrid, plug-in hybrid, pure-electric, and extended-range solutions. Their results showed that in comparison with gasoline mode, CO emitted in methanol mode decreased 11.2%. —Wang et al.

Renewable

The Truth About Cars

JULY 3, 2024

UK-based Electrogenic has produced a bolt-in conversion kit that transforms the DMC DeLorean into an all-electric vehicle. For the conversion, the company will remove the fuel tank and supplant it with a 42.0-kWh It also makes the model quite a bit faster than stock and is allegedly quite easy to install. kWh battery pack.

Kits

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The NO x concentration in the exhaust of an automotive gasoline engine with spark ignition can be as high as 4000 ppm. Since hydrocarbons (HCs) are usually formed in automotive gasoline engines owing to cylinder wall quenching and other effects, HCs must be treated in an exhaust after-treatment system.

Exhaust

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

According to the Maritz Automotive Research Group, which conducted the research based on a telephone survey of 1,207 licensed American drivers 18 years of age or older, top of mind consumer awareness about the electric-only vehicle category outpaces gasoline-electric hybrids. Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles rose from 15 to 22%.

Alternative Fuels

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature. outside of Norway.

Iceland

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2012

NO conversion versus ramp-up and ramp-down temperatures for MnCe-7:1 (?), The new material is active at temperatures as low as 120 °C with conversion maxima of ~45% higher than that achieved with Pt. Diesel engines are attractive because of their higher fuel efficiency than gasoline engines. SmMn 2 O 5 (?), and Pt (?).

Exhaust

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels. combustor of a natural gas turbine, facilitating its conversion into a. efficiency of gas conversion into fuels and chemicals, generating electricity in the process. Ceramatec, Inc.

2012

Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Are you aware of the most commonly used fuel in automobiles? from automobiles, environmental pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, etc. 1 Biodiesel Biodiesel is an alternative fuel commonly used in automobiles. You can guess it easily.

Alternative Fuels

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

billion venture capital fund over the next 10 years, Chesapeake NG Ventures Corporation (CNGV), dedicated to identifying and investing in companies and technologies that will replace the use of gasoline and diesel with natural gas and natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) fuels. per gallon cheaper than gasoline and diesel; and. Sundrop Fuels.

Gas

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

This, they assert, erroneously treats all uses of bioenergy as carbon-neutral, renewable energy regardless of the source of the biomass, and could create strong economic incentives for large-scale land conversion as countries around the world tighten carbon caps. Earlier post.). In this way, RFA said, biofuels “recycle” organic carbon.

Emissions

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). GHG emissions (grams CO 2 -eq)/VMT by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Click to enlarge.

2005

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2010

The study offers two main insights on the nature of clean energy jobs in the automobile sector: First, the paper documents that saving oil will directly create good jobs by driving demand for specific additional manufactured components. It will also include entirely new systems like hybrid drive trains and advanced diesel engines.

Clean

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

ETO is a chemical process, not a biological process as is Gevo’s conversion of biomass to isobutanol. The ETO technology has the potential to provide the estimated 25 billion gallon global ethanol industry a much broader set of end-product market and margin opportunities, beyond the use of ethanol as a gasoline blendstock.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

The report, Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy estimates the potential fuel savings and costs to consumers of available technology combinations for three types of engines: spark-ignition gasoline, compression-ignition diesel, and hybrid.

Fuel

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2015

In Europe, Volkswagen is challenging longtime LD NGV leader Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). In North America, while FCA has the expertise and technology to challenge Ford for leadership in the truck and van NGV markets, any expansion of NGV availability is unlikely in the near- to mid- term because of low fuel prices for gasoline and diesel.

2015

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. conversion tower that utilizes new system architecture. for climate control in automobiles. automobile market. unprecedented solar-to-fuel conversion efficiencies of more.

Energy

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2012

and more than 1,200 vehicle models tested by Europe’s largest automobile club ADAC. Only CO 2 values are reported; the conversion factors used are 2.43 kilogram (kg) CO 2 per liter of gasoline and 2.65 The study was based on the analysis of more than 28,000 user entries of the German fuel consumption database spritmonitor.de

Fuel

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

gasoline or diesel) engines for automotive applications use slider/crank mechanisms to create torque on an engine’s output shaft from forces applied to pistons as a result of the pressure created by the combustion of fuel. per engine cycle over the entire range; Are compatible with existing automotive engine architectures; and.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2012

The capacity of lithium storage is mainly achieved through the reversible conversion reaction between Li + and Fe 2 O 3 , forming Fe nanocrystals dispersed in Li 2 O matrix. in a comparable time to that required for filling automobiles with gasoline. 1 ), low cost, ease of fabrication, and environmental benignity.

Li-ion

Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2022

As noted in a Nikkei Asia report, Tesla’s cash conversion cycle fell to minus 15 days in fiscal 2021. Tesla’s cash conversion cycle of minus 15 days is quite a rare feat. Even auto juggernaut Toyota has a cash conversion cycle of 31 days, while Volkswagen has a cycle of 74 days excluding financial operations.

Conversion

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 1, 2021

With the recent growth of the electric automobile industry , it’s no surprise that EVs are a hot topic of conversation. Since then, his invention sparked (pun intended) an electric automobile revolution that made other modes of transportation seem antiquated. It All Began in the More than a Century Ago. Story by Martin Banks.

Electric Cars

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Conversion to dual overhead cam with dual cam phasing: as applied to overhead valves designed to increase the air flow with more than two valves per cylinder and reduce pumping losses. Combustion restart (CBRST): can be used in conjunction with gasoline direct-injection systems to enable idle-off or start-stop functionality.

2016

Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Turn on the Electric Road By DAVID MORRIS Published: October 8, 2006 Minneapolis LAST summer, New York State took a page from California’s playbook, using state policy to jump-start a 21st century automobile industry. The current hybrid is an entirely gasoline-powered vehicle with an electric motor assist.

New York

Plugs and Cars

JUNE 13, 2008

Republican Senators Lamar Alexander and Orrin Hatch, and Democratic Congressmen John Dingell and Jay Inslee spoke to the attendees, with each recognizing the need for policies promoting grid electrification of automobiles. Bill Reinert of Toyota played the contrarian, forecasting a return, albeit temporary, to $2/gallon gasoline.

Plug-in

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

It blames his decisions for the swift decline of numerous brands taken over when PSA Group purchased Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2021. We meet and talk monthly, have weekly calls and personal conversations at the highest level. The National Dealer Council has sent an open letter to the executive and it doesn’t pull any punches.

Dealers

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. Choice is what we want.

Carbon

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

Compressed natural gas (CNG) will play a role, particularly for high-mileage fleets, but the advantages of liquid fuel in transportation suggest that the chemical conversion of gas into some form of liquid fuel may be the best pathway to significant market penetration. Support for methanol fueling infrastructure should also be considered.

MIT

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Total system peak output is estimated at 573 horsepower—500 horsepower from the gasoline engine and 73 horsepower from the front TMU. Conversely, high gear (9 th ) has been optimized for fuel efficiency during steady-state highway cruising. Twin-Turbocharged V6 Engine.

Acura

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. Conversely, high coating thicknesses for the electrodes produce a high energy density. US gal) of gasoline. The filler necks for gas and gasoline are located under a common tank flap.

Audi

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The populace is split between gasoline-loving Luddites, endlessly bemoaning the current regulatory landscape and smug EV adopters who proselytize battery-powered vehicles with all the zealotry of a religious fanatic. Ford’s F-150 Lightning starts above $50,000, whereas its gasoline equivalent starts at $35,830 with shipping included.

North Dakota

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

The 2012 Camry again offers three powertrain choices, all of which have been enhanced for 2012 to provide better fuel economy and more responsive performance: a revised 2.5L, 4-cylinder gasoline engine; an enhanced 3.5-liter Gasoline-only models. liter 4-cylinder engine (the new 2AR-FXE, a variant of the Camry 2AR-FE 2.5L).

Fuel Economy

Plug In Partners

AUGUST 4, 2006

A $10 million competitive grant program , administered by NYSERDA, for private sector gasoline companies to install renewable fuel pumps for E85, biodiesel, CNG, or other renewable fuels. . * Thanks to Green Car Congress for the tip. Taken from the press release , New York Governor's Office, August 2, 2006 Become a Partner today.

New York

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

Conversely, don't let the other side oversell things -- while reducing tailpipe emissions is a necessary step forward in fighting the negative effects of climate change, the production of the materials needed for electric and electrified vehicles has its own environmental toll. It's not a ban on cars or internal-combustion engine cars.

EPA

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Thompson: The most important thing thats going on is that CSX Railway , one of the largest in the world, is working with the Canadian PacificKansas City Railway to make not only hydrogen-powered locomotives for the two companies own use, but to also make diesel-to-hydrogen conversion kits to sell to other major railways. is up and running.

Charlotte

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is $29,125—$6,075 less than electric vehicles produced by other mainstream automobile manufacturers—for the base ES model before a federal tax credit of $7,500 and available state financial incentives (subject to availability of funding). i-MiEV, Japan-spec.

i-MiEV

Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2024

“We’re putting the ‘auto’ in automobile,” Musk said. “We’re in conversation with one automaker,” Musk said. Gasoline cars will be like riding a horse and using a flip phone,” Musk said. Tesla is an AI company.” 17:01 CDT – Analyst questions begin.

Tesla