Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Updated emission estimates for the EU for 2010 show just 14 Member States expect to meet their respective 2010 air pollutant limits set under the EU National Emission Ceilings Directive (NEC Directive), according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The progress toward meeting ceilings for the other pollutants remains largely on track.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2018

The project “reFuels - Refueling of fuels” will investigate processes to produce gasoline and diesel fuels from sustainably available raw materials such as plant parts on a large scale. It will also examine how regenerative fuels affect the pollutant emissions of the existing fleet and the function of vehicles and individual components.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Medium-sized battery-electric cars are on average 14% cheaper to run than equivalent diesels today, if slow charging overnight near home and/or fast charging at preferential rates are available. By then more than 200 different EV models will be available in the showrooms. The savings can be higher (24%) in the case of Parisian drivers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

These are some of the findings of a new health assessment based on the Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR), an effort by the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project to create the world’s most comprehensive database of surface ozone observations from all available ozone monitoring stations around the globe. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove published a new Clean Air Strategy to cut air pollution backed up through new primary legislation. The UK said it will go further and faster than the EU in reducing human exposure to particulate matter pollution. These proposals are in addition to the government’s £3.5-billion billion (US$4.7-billion)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2019

A new study provides the most detailed picture available to date of the global, regional, and local health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles; other on-road vehicles; shipping; and non-road mobile engines such as agricultural and construction equipment. of global ambient PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

Scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), University of Colorado Boulder, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México performed a “CT Scan” of the atmosphere, moving along latitudes and longitudes, measuring particle concentrations and compositions in the upper troposphere. The emission sources are limited up there.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2020

Hamburger Hochbahn—one of the biggest public transport carriers in Germany—has announced the list of potential suppliers of 530 electric buses to be delivered between 2021-2125. MAN can offer the Lion’s City E, which is also available in an articulated version. The approved suppliers are Daimler Buses, MAN and Solaris.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Powered by two MTU 8V4000M55RN natural gas engines from Rolls-Royce and designed for use on inland waterways, the push boat is more cost-effective to operate, and produces less pollutants and climate-unfriendly exhaust gases than vessels with conventional propulsion systems. In addition, gas, where available, offers lower running costs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2020

At a time when pollution regulations are increasingly focused on the emissions ships generate, the SCiB will contribute to the protection of the marine and global environments. Ships are responsible for about 800 million metric tons of CO 2 every year, roughly equivalent to the annual emission of Germany.

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Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2022

After a long process that saw delays, controversies, and other drama, Tesla Gigafactory Berlin has won its final environmental approval from Germany. The approval also includes battery cell production activities within the Giga Berlin complex, which should allow Tesla to manufacture its in-house cells from within Germany. .

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

A climate-neutral alternative to petroleum-based fuels, they also offer the potential for significantly reduced overall emissions, allowing Tenneco’s Clean Air experts to better manage any remaining pollutants through the aftertreatment process. The effort is scheduled to run through March 2022.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Together, we are taking a further step in electrifying urban logistics, contributing to decreased noise and air pollution in major cities across eleven European countries. The vehicles are charged simply overnight either with alternating current or direct current chargers depending on availability.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. Still, there are very specific challenges in the commercial vehicle sector, such as service life and payload availability.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

The Fuel Cell driveline enables almost silent operation of the vehicle contributing also to a reduction in noise pollution what makes it especially suitable for night deliveries in urban areas. The Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell is available to order from Hyundai’s dealer network. Depending on wheelbase, the H350 provides 10.5 m 3 or 12.9

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Moreover, FlixBus is exclusively operating premium bus models equipped with BS6 engines, adhering to stringent emission norms that significantly reduce pollutants, and reinforcing the dedication to sustainability. I am convinced that it is a great opportunity for both of our countries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2018

million) grant from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the JIVE 2 project will deploy 152 fuel cell electric buses across 14 European cities throughout France, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK. Coordinated by Element Energy , and supported by a €25-million (US$31.2-million)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2018

vehicles) and industrial air pollution—fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study published in the journal Science. Ultrafine aerosols—minute particles from urban (e.g., The work was supported by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and other organizations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The Germany-based joint venture will target the European market for baseload distributed generation. Germany needs clean baseload distributed power generation and FuelCell Energy has market leading solutions so it is a very good fit for Fraunhofer to work with FuelCell Energy. FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Information on the other two greenhouse gases, methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O), is only available until 2012, as international statistics on agricultural activities—the main source of these emissions—are not updated as frequently as on energy and industry-related activities. Other greenhouse gases keep creeping up.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In the nine countries for which data is available (Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea and United States) more than 10,000 people died in pole or other side impacts in 2009. For other air pollutants, the regulation stipulates that retrofitting shall not result in increased emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2015

The study indicates that Germany is lagging behind in the research and development of key technologies, especially in the field of power electronics. This is why enhanced research into components and materials used in power electronics needs more support here in Germany. Production of electric vehicles by country. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

Waiting at the red light is not only time consuming, but idling, braking and accelerating release more pollutants. Vodafone Germany and Ford show connected vehicle technology (V2X) that could alert drivers to an accident ahead, moments after it has happened (via eCall Plus). All the demos used technology that is ready to be deployed.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

A new report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides a comprehensive overview of methodologies for estimating air emissions from shipping; describes technological solutions; and analyses policy options for reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in this sector.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2015

This increases the quality and reliability of information available to drivers about their immediate environment, other vehicles and road users. The successful adoption of vehicle to infrastructure technologies is expected to significantly reduce traffic congestion, reduce vehicle accidents and lower auto-related pollution.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2018

Bosch’s new diesel system is based on components that are already available in the market. It is available to customers effective immediately and can be incorporated into production projects.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

RECC) to build REVA’s NXR model ( earlier post ), which was recently introduced to the public at the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany. The NXR is available in two specifications: the NXR City uses a 7.5 REVA, India’s first zero polluting electric vehicle for city mobility, was commercialized in June 2001.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Many passenger cars and commercial vehicles with diesel engines are already equipped with an SCR system in which an aqueous urea solution (“AdBlue” or urea solution) reacts with NO x in the engine exhaust, reducing the pollutant to nitrogen (N 2 ) and water. Also, the urea solution must not get too cold.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2024

With headquarters in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, ZF Friedrichshafen AG is known for a rich R&D heritage and many commercially successful innovations dating back to 1915, when it began supplying gears and other parts for Zeppelins. That generates some environmental pollution and, of course, a change of the landscape.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

If there are strong sea winds, for instance, then surplus power supplies can be converted to e-gas and stored in the largest available energy-storage system: the public gas network. Concerning the use of wind power in Germany, offshore wind-power stations currently play a minor role. Rated at 3.6

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2012

In the US and Europe, at present 91% and 78% of the total electricity is produced by thermoelectric power plants, which directly depend on the availability and temperature of water resources for cooling. This causes downstream thermal pollution affecting, for example, life cycles of aquatic organisms. 19% in Europe and 4.4—16%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

the criteria pollutants and CO 2 that emerge with the exhaust from the tailpipe. in Germany quantified the contribution of the three traffic-related components of exhaust, abrasion, and resuspension to curbside and urban background PM 10 and PM 1 levels based on the analysis of individual particles by scanning electron microscopy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2011

Engineers focused on improving thermal efficiency and reducing friction of the engine’s internal moving parts, especially during warm-up—the time when an engine emits higher levels of CO 2 and other pollutants. The new three-cylinder engine will be available globally in the company’s small cars. Earlier post.).

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 25, 2021

As a result of the COVID-19 situation, several reforms in pollution controls and incentives have also been implemented. Few examples are, Purchase-price subsidies for new EVs in Germany will reach more than $10,000 per car. A wide spectrum of EV vehicles is available in the market at affordable price ranges.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2018

The fact that Deutsche Post deploys more than 6,000 StreetScooters throughout Germany clearly demonstrates that electro-mobility is, in several areas, already a perfectly viable, everyday transport solution. The WORK and WORK L StreetScooter models have been available to external customers since summer 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

The awards recognize pioneering chemical technologies developed by leading researchers and industrial innovators who are making significant contributions to pollution prevention in the United States. Kraton introduced NEXARTM polymers in the United States, China, and Germany during 2010. billion in 2011 to $98.5 billion by 2020.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2009

Ostensibly, the scrappage scheme has been presented as an incentive to buy less polluting cars and therefore reduce damage to the environment. By restricting the cars that can be scrapped to those that are at least 10 years old the Government hopes to get “old bangers” off the road, and newer, less polluting alternatives out there.

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