Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Cooking, cleaning and other routine household activities generate significant levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, leading to indoor air quality levels on par with a polluted major city, according to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The details of that specific situation may result in an electric vehicle parc somewhat different than in Western countries, other speakers noted, and may indeed—given the obvious scale of the China market—herald a major transformation in transportation, including the type and role of personal vehicles, others suggested.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

An new study from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University suggests that best way to reduce transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the short term is a “drastic downscaling of both size and weight” of conventional gasoline and diesel cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

million to help 17 New York State companies develop and commercialize innovative new transportation technologies intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, decrease reliance on fossil fuels, and create jobs. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is awarding $4.6 Earlier post.). NYSERDA funding: $270,000.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Mayor Hidalgo described her anti-pollution plan, which will be considered by the Conseil de Paris (the assembly governing the city) on 9 February, to the weekly Le Journal du Dimanche (leJDD) on 6 December. Her longer-range plans include heavy reliance on public transport, electric vehicles, and cycling. —CCFA. Earlier post.)

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Diesel Fleet Pollution Europe 247

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

In states already in the program, the automobile industry has successfully met the required percentage. Transportation is the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in Delaware. Advancing these strategies will reduce carbon pollution, improve air quality and help support fuel savings for the average consumer.

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Delaware Automobile Industry Gasoline-Electric Emissions 284

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), IVECO (a brand of CNH Industrial) and ENGIE (Global Energy Player) are broadly collaborating to promote natural gas vehicles and infrastructure in Europe. ENGIE considers transportation a major development focus. Together, FCA and IVECO intend to further develop their ranges of natural gas vehicles.

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Belgium Chrysler Automobile Gas 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Global cooperation in developing specific requirements, as well as metrics and methodologies to evaluate fuel efficiency, provides needed elements to further improve the environmental performance of our vehicles and increases the efficiency of goods transport. That will serve both our customers and the environment.

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Manufacturer Global Emissions Engine 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2011

Transportation in the Monterey Bay Area is dominated by use of the personal automobile, AMBAG said, noting that a large mode shift to biking or transit, is not expected to occur even as gas prices increase. —RFP. As such, AMBAG said, the system of public charging stations should function together in a networked capacity.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

A study led by MIT researchers, focused on New York City, suggests that using mobile-phone data to track people’s movement provides an even deeper picture of exposure to pollution in urban settings than by studying air-quality levels in fixed places. Their open-access paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

A bi-partisan Congressionally-created commission has recommended a shift from motor fuel taxes to direct fees charged to transportation infrastructure users—i.e., a federal mileage fee—as a way to reform financing of the US transportation infrastructure. The nation faces a crisis. Paying our Way”.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Transportation in particular is relatively energy intensive and produces air pollution. Delta’s strategy in automobile electronics is based on the pure electric and petrol-electric hybrid vehicles’ propulsion systems described above. The system includes: Battery Management System (BMS). Power Control Unit (PCU).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. Modern Truck Scenario.

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Oil Transportation Alternative Fuels Fuel Economy 150

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.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2015

These high-carbon emitting fuels power our cars, trucks and airplanes, but pollute the air, pose widespread health risks and threaten the stability of the earth’s climate. California’s transportation sector represents the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state at 37.3%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

We believe the fastest way to lower greenhouse gases in the transportation sector is to offer drivers lower carbon choices that meet their needs. At every price point and with multiple powertrains, we can put more people in cleaner automobiles across North America to have the greatest near-term impact on total carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The proposed targets, required under SB 375 (2008, Steinberg), are designed to help coordinate land use and transportation planning. Improved planning will offer a wider variety of transportation choices, including public transit and more walkable streets and cities. increasing the number of people who take public transit.

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Emissions Light California Gas 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

and industry partners Siemens, Honda, and Cohda Wireless have launched a “ Communicating Cars ” test drive along the ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) Corridor across Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. TÜV Süd, Automobile clubs AvD and ANWB as supporters of V2X communications. Click to enlarge. NXP Semiconductors N.V.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Burns has been a major advocate within the industry for the reinvention of the automobile and the diversification of transportation energy. Larry Burns, the head of R&D at GM for the last 11 years—the longest tenure since Charles Kettering—is retiring after 40 years of service on 1 October. Burns holds a Ph.D.

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GM General Motors Universal Michigan 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

The UK House of Commons has released a new report on air pollution that calls for urgent action by national leadership to bring about a step change in how the problem of air quality is tackled. Air pollution cuts short an estimated 40,000 lives across the UK each year, costing an annual £20 billion (US$28 billion).

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Pollution Sale Cleaning Clean 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2020

—Eric-Mark Huitema, Director General of ACEA, the automobile manufacturers’ association. Exempt transport of goods from border closures and align border control measures. Speed up legislative proposals to support uptake of low-carbon and low-pollutant fuels. Speed up the regulatory work on Digitalization of Transport.

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Renewable Alternative Fuels Vehicles Stimulus 207

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2010

President Obama’s announcement of the first-ever national policy to increase fuel efficiency and decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution from medium- and heavy-duty trucks for model years 2014-2018. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). California has incorporated these national standards into its motor vehicle emissions program.

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Fuel Economy Economy Standards California 225

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. Transportation Efficiency.

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Climate Standards Carbon California 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

At the Frankfurt Motor Show, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) outlined the industry’s proposal for a pathway to future CO 2 reductions: a 20% CO 2 reduction for passenger cars by 2030, compared to 2021. The European Commission will reveal its proposal on CO 2 targets for cars post-2021 later this year.

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Auto Industry Industry Industrial Land Rover 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2017

With respect to the emissions updates, the OEMs must also provide proof that the changes do not negatively impact any other parameters relevant for type approval—such as pollutant and CO 2 emissions, fuel consumption, noise and engine power. Excessively high pollution affects air quality in many German cities. Click to enlarge.

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Diesel Emissions Pollution Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Transportation accounts for about one quarter (27%) of Canada’s total GHG emissions. Bob Oliver, Executive Director of Canadian environmental NGO Pollution Probe. Consultation Draft Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations. Earlier post.) Minister Prentice.

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Canada Emissions Light Gas 236

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2016

Personal automobiles have given hundreds of millions of people the great luxury of a convenient and comfortable mode of transportation. But there's no escaping that manufacturing these vehicles, driving them for 10 years or more, and then disposing of them creates pollution that has a wide range of negative impacts.

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Pollution Escape Electric Cars Automobile 60

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The trial will also incorporate elements from Toyota’s “Ha:mo” optimized urban transport system. The service, which has approximately 430,000 members, offers rental of a large variety of automobiles including compact and imported vehicles. The system aims to relieve traffic congestion, reduce air pollution and improve mobility.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 30, 2011

However, we have created a nation that is dependent, for the foreseeable future, upon the automobile. And many of the rest of the world’s inhabitants aspire to automobile ownership. Yet simultaneously, China has overtaken the United States in the number of automobiles sold annually.

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Plug in America

JUNE 25, 2025

Transportation is the second-largest expense for most American households, accounting for 17% of spending. Low-income households, particularly rural households, spend more on transportation, sometimes as much as 30% of their after-tax household income. It produces over 60% of the world’s EVs and 80% of its EV batteries.

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Tax Credit Tax Auto Industry North America 86

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Inventorying criteria air pollutants showed that vehicle non-operational components often dominate total emissions. Life-cycle criteria air pollutant emissions are between 1.1 Mikhail V Chester and Arpad Horvath (2009) Environmental assessment of passenger transportation should include infrastructure and supply chains.

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Light Emissions Energy Boston 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2012

When one enters a destination, the mobility assistant will display various routes to allow reaching this destination cost-effectively and quickly—whether travelling by car, using suburban public transport or combining the two modes of travel. The objective is to ensure mobility over a range of different modes of transport.

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Congress BMW Connect Connected 261

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

Energy sources and automobile efficiency. Twenty-three percent describe regional air pollution as a big problem, an 11-point drop since last year (34%) and the smallest percentage since PPIC began asking the question in June 2000. This is a drop of 17 points in Los Angeles and 15 points in the Central Valley from last year.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 10, 2021

The development of internal combustion engine vehicles, especially automobiles, is one of the greatest achievements of modern technology. The automobile industry has made contributions to the growth of modern society by satisfying many of its needs for mobility in everyday life. . Vehicle Fundamentals. Internal Combustion Engines.

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Hybrid Fuel Vehicles Electric 105

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Considering the 4-6 year vehicle product planning, design, and introduction cycles where major retooling of automobile plants is needed, the researchers said, such longer term programs could actually induce technology changes. Earlier post.). The one exception is the US CARS program.

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Cash For Clunkers Fuel Economy Economy Scrappage 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2015

The application is California’s first utility pilot proposal to help develop charging infrastructure, and, through pricing that allows for customer-managed charging, to manage transportation electrification load to support the evolving needs of an electrical grid increasingly dominated by variable renewable energy.

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San Diego Charging Sierra Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

In order to reduce the urban air pollution problem, China has enacted policies to encourage the development of new energy vehicles. Ltd, as an automobile manufacturing enterprise. Brilliance Bus is committed to the development and manufacturing of new energy buses, new energy transportation vehicles and high-end private cars.

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