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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The NEVI formula funding, which makes $5 billion available over five years, is expected to help build a convenient, reliable, and affordable EV charging network across the country. Approved Plans are available on the FHWA web site.

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JUNE 11, 2019

The Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA) released a report assessing market-ready technologies being commercialized by suppliers of emission control and efficiency components for heavy-duty diesel vehicles to meet lower intermediate standards for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) by 2024 as a transition to final standards in 2027.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 12, 2023

  In this, we will explore whether the depreciation cost of EVs is the same as that of conventional vehicles and the basics of the factors involved in depreciation for any type of vehicle. For instance, a car with a residual value (RV) of 40% would have lost 60% of its worth in three years or 36,000 miles (Industry standard).

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

CARB’s ZEP Executive Order is a certificate of compliance with CARB regulations for zero-emission powertrains determined to meet specific emissions standards required for sale in California. HVIP is intended to advance commercialization and to help reduce the total cost of ownership of advanced commercial vehicles in the state of California.

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JULY 8, 2022

The new tire will be available in one size, with a 20-inch (508mm) diameter and 2.2-inch The Vredestein Cargo features an advanced compound, innovative apex design to strengthen the sidewalls, and a robust carcass with a steel wire bead, which combine to deliver more than six times greater lifespan than a standard bicycle tire.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

In a study published in the journal Energy Economics , MIT researchers have found that a fuel economy standard is at least six to fourteen times less cost effective than a fuel tax when targeting an identical reduction in cumulative gasoline use (20% by 2050).

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 7, 2024

The automaker updated the GV80 SUV for the 2025 model year, giving it a range of improvements, and recently announced pricing for the model shows that it didn’t increase the cost of entry by a large amount. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, fingerprint authentication, over-the-air updates, and USB-C inputs are also standard.

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APRIL 25, 2012

In addition to these grants, approximately $9 million will be available through direct state allocations. EPA will provide funding for: Verified Exhaust Control Technologies: up to 100% of the cost of eligible verified. Engine Upgrades: up to 50% of the cost of eligible engine upgrades. technologies. technologies on locomotives.

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JUNE 15, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed updates to its national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for harmful fine particle pollution (PM 2.5 ). EPA’s proposal would strengthen the annual health standard for PM 2.5 The current annual standard is 15 µg/m 3 , which has been in place since 1997. Source: EPA.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Lightning Electric Transit Van is available for order now, with deliveries starting in the second quarter of 2021. Service is performed by Lightning eMotors’ network of Ford QVM-certified service centers, upfitters, and dealers, and spare parts are readily available worldwide. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

In response to a court order, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized an update to its national air quality standards for harmful fine particle pollution (PM 2.5 ), including soot, setting the annual health (primary) standard at 12 µg/m 3. This includes an annual standard of 15.0 ?g/m standard of 35?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

Selective catalytic reduction is a technically feasible, cost-effective way to achieve the limits on nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions from ships mandated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for 2016, according to a study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Trucks is introducing the third generation of its OM 471 heavy-duty diesel engine this year; the engine will deliver increased fuel efficiency and compliance with the strictest emissions standards such as Euro VIe. It is installed behind the engine oil pump and in front of the oil thermostat.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Vega Biofuels announced that its Joint Venture (JV) partner, Agri-Tech Producers, LLC (ATP) has developed a new and patent-pending process that significantly reduces the cost of some of the biomass feedstock for the company’s Allendale, SC pilot torrefaction plant by using site remediation biomass.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Ford launched Ford Co-Pilot360, a suite of standard advanced driver-assist technologies that includes automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, blind spot information system, lane keeping system, rear backup camera and auto high beam lighting. Ford will continue to introduce new driver-assist technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

The Renault 5 electric retrofit kit will go on sale in France in September 2023 while the kit for the Twingo will be made available at a later date. Having passed the various certification tests at UTAC (the French car, motorcycle, and bicycle technical union), this conversion offers a level of safety that meets market standards.

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APRIL 10, 2014

From these coastdowns, the ORNL team developed vehicle dynamometer coefficients which enabled the execution of vehicle dynamometer experiments to determine the effect of the practices on vehicle fuel economy and emissions over standard drive cycles and at steady highway speeds.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2023

It can help eliminate 40-50% of CO 2 emissions in these sectors while lowering the total cost of ownership, Skeleton says. The first SuperBattery cells come in the supercapacitor industry standard D60 large cell form factor. As a first step, the plan is to implement in New York City and Paris before being made available globally.

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MARCH 9, 2016

Daimler Buses said it plans to bring both the battery-electric Citaro E-CELL and the hydrogen-driven Citaro F-CELL to production standard and on the roads by 2018. The objective behind the e-platform is to create an electric urban bus that can be customised based on largely standardized components.

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JULY 13, 2013

For electric cars the 300 to 400-volt range has established itself as the standard, BRUSA notes. This technology is particularly advantageous at high voltages and will improve efficiency, weight, size and therefore reduce the costs of the total system, according to the company.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

Additionally, Audi is now offering e-gas to power the A3 Sportback g-tron as standard; customers will pay only the regular natural gas price. When the new A4 Avant g-tron and the A5 Sportback g-tron come on market later this year, the e-gas offer as standard will apply to these models as well. lb-ft) is available at approx.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Ge 0.25 )—intended to generate electric power from waste heat with greater efficiency and higher output power than currently available materials. The figure of merit is fairly standard, but the power factor is high. —Liu et al. 2 under a temperature gradient of 150 °C?mm 1 , respectively. —Liu et al.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

EPA’s Regulatory Impact Analysis estimates the value of cumulative net climate benefits from the proposed rule, after taking into account the costs of compliance as well as savings from recovered natural gas, is $48 to $49 billion from 2023 to 2035—the equivalent of about $4.5 billion a year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2010

Mercedes-Benz buses are now available in EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) versions. Previously the BlueTec engines were able to fulfill the optional EEV emissions standard through a combination of SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) technology and an additional diesel particulate filter.

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MARCH 29, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed long-anticipated Tier 3 standards for gasoline sulfur content; evaporative emissions; and tailpipe emissions from all light-duty vehicles (LDVs, or passenger cars), light-duty trucks (LDT1s, LDT2s, LDT3s, and LDT4s) and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles (or MDPVs). Model Year. Model Year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In a new departure, the A5 Sportback is also available as a bivalent g-tron, which customers can run on either Audi e-gas ( earlier post ), natural gas or gasoline. In the standard driving cycle the A5 Sportback g-tron uses less than four kilograms (8.8 The customer benefits from extremely low fuel costs. miles) available.

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OCTOBER 23, 2022

A $5-million research project led by North Carolina State University’s (NCSU’s) FREEDM Systems Center focused on improving the efficiency of, and reducing the cost of, extreme fast charging (XFC) for electric vehicles (EVs) ( earlier post ) has been awarded an additional $200,000 grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The new report is a companion to a report released by MECA in June 2019 that provides an assessment of market-ready technologies for heavy-duty diesel vehicles to meet lower intermediate NOx standards by 2024 (“ Technology Feasibility for Model Year 2024 Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles in Meeting Lower NOx Standards ”). —Ed].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

A status review of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) ( earlier post ) for the period of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 by Dr. Sonia Yeh at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis and Julie Witcover found that regulated parties in the LCFS—i.e., gCO 2 e/MJ for gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2011

DOE conducted a preliminary analysis for several fuel/vehicle pathways for present day (2011) and future (2016 and 2030) mid-size cars to examine the potential for technology improvement to reduce the total costs of ownership of advanced powertrain vehicles and fuels to levels comparable to conventional powertrain vehicles and fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

End users benefit from lower total cost of ownership in a variety of applications through the more efficient use of power, reduced cooling requirements, and industry-leading reliability. Design engineers can now meet and exceed the industry’s most ambitious efficiency standards, including 80 Plus Titanium requirements for server power.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2011

These are to: (1) reduce the cost of electric charging infrastructure; and (2) manage EV loads while maintaining or improving power quality, reliability, and affordability. This FOA is intended to address both task areas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2022

Heavy-duty diesel vehicles using mixing controlled compression ignition (MCCI), the most common ignition and combustion strategies for heavy-duty diesel engines, contribute significantly to the emissions of GHG, oxides of nitrogen (NO x ), and particular matter (PM) and are subject to stringent emission standards. Skaggs et al. GLE and $0.9/GLE.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

The collaborative 2-year project aims to develop a standards-based open architecture data hub to deliver accurate information for transport operators and their customers to use and improve business efficiency and effectiveness. Reduction in energy consumption and emissions by providing standardized access to driver behaviour data.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

which are regulated under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) because of their adverse effects on human health and the environment. In this report, MECA provides our assessment of technologies being commercialized by component suppliers, including MECA members, to help their customers comply with future lower NO x standards.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2022

.-07) led 61 of their colleagues in both the US Senate and House of Representatives in sending a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize ambitious clean truck standards ( earlier post ) that reduce NO x and greenhouse gas emissions and include requirements for the sale of zero-emission trucks.

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OCTOBER 6, 2015

g/bhp-hr optional Near Zero NO x Emissions standards for medium-duty truck, urban bus, school bus and refuse applications. CWI natural gas engines have met the 2010 EPA standard for particulate matter (0.01 CWI natural gas engines have met the 2010 EPA standard for particulate matter (0.01 g/bhp-hr) since 2001.

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