Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2023

The report says that reordering the US transportation system through policy and spending shifts to prioritize public and active transit while reducing car dependency can also ensure transit equity, protect ecosystems, respect Indigenous rights, and meet the demands of global justice.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 24, 2022

Solid state batteries can reduce the carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries by almost two-fifths – further increasing EVs’ advantage over fossil fuel vehicles. A […] The post Study: solid state batteries can further boost climate benefits of EVs appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2022

billion Proposition 98, $676 million Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and $383 million Federal Funds) one-time over five years, with a focus on communities that are most impacted, bringing the total investment to $10 billion over six years to decarbonize the transportation sector. billion ($3.5 billion General Fund, $1.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Vitesco Technologies, a leading international supplier of modern powertrain technologies and electric mobility solutions, has joined the Polestar 0 project , an initiative to create the world’s first completely climate-neutral vehicle. This means, not least, making all products climate-neutral step by step. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2022

Components for the production of batteries at Audi’s Brussels plant will no longer be delivered by truck from Hungary, but by rail with DB Cargo. The move will significantly reduce Audi’s carbon emissions and also save money. This caravan of trucks is now being replaced by rail transport. r LC by rail to Brussels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a significant reduction in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions primarily due to reduced tailpipe CO 2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , approximately 15 percent of net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. To meet global climate targets, we must devise ways to get people and goods from point A to point B without burning fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2021

Siemens USA has set a goal to transition to a fully carbon-neutral fleet in the US by 2030. To address these emissions, the company assembled a multi-disciplined team of experts in fleet, fleet infrastructure, facility efficiency, and climate action to implement a strategic plan.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 8, 2024

Recently the EU’s Joint Research Centre released an assessment of efforts related to hydrogen for transportation. Billion On Hydrogen Transportation, Asked For More To Compete With Batteries appeared first on CleanTechnica. In it, they make. continued] The post EU Spent €1.2

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Korea have developed an innovative electrolyte additive that enables a high-energy-density Li-ion battery to retain more than 80% of its initial capacity even after hundreds of cycles. An open-access paper on their work is published in Nature Communications.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

Fisker aims to produce a climate-neutral vehicle by 2027. The company seeks to utilize only climate-neutral materials in products and use only climate-neutral services to support the business. The supply chains of suppliers and logistics partners may contain offsets to achieve climate neutrality. —Henrik Fisker.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2020

will create a 50/50 joint venture to develop carbon-negative renewable natural gas (RNG) production facilities in the United States, as well as credit support to build additional downstream RNG fueling infrastructure. Carbon-negative RNG is being used today by thousands of vehicles with more and more fleets requesting it every week.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

During a keynote speech to the Transportation Research Board annual meeting Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy questioned the safety impact of electric vehicles. The battery pack alone weighs over 2,900 pounds—about the weight of a Honda Civic. —Jennifer Homendy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2020

The European Commission is proposing modernizing EU legislation on batteries; this would be the first initiative delivered among the actions announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan. They promote competitive sustainability and are necessary for green transport, clean energy and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Wärtsilä has developed and delivered a mobile battery container solution that will enable inland waterway vessels to operate with zero emissions. The energy containers—‘ZESpacks’—are standard 20-foot containers filled with 45 battery modules totaling 2 MWh and charged with green electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy intends to issue three sustainable transportation technologies funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) in Spring 2021. This will involve partnerships with industry to demonstrate these technologies at industrially-relevant scales.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

The results show there is no realistic pathway to full decarbonization of internal combustion engine vehicles, and that only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways. Based on stated policies, it accounts for changes in the carbon intensity during the useful lifetime of the vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $384 million plan for critical clean transportation investments to boost the adoption of zero-emission cars and trucks and help the state reach its climate, clean energy and public health goals. 25 million for zero-and near-zero-carbon fuel production and supply. $10

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Some of the world’s leading automotive industry suppliers, including SSAB steel, Hydro renewable energy, ZF electric powertrains, ZKW control systems and Autoliv safety equipment, are joining forces with intent to collaborate on the Polestar 0 Project, which aims to develop a truly climate-neutral car by 2030 ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced $23 million in funding and awards for transportation electrification initiatives in New York State. New York will invest $1 billion in electrifying its transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2020

SCS Global Services (SCS), Electrify America and Verra announced the first validation of a carbon-offset project under a new methodology for electric vehicle (EV) charging systems. was pioneered by the Electric Vehicle Charging Carbon Coalition (EVCCC), of which Electrify America was a founding member.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Electromobility is just now picking up momentum; further, electric cars are only as emissions-free as the production of electricity that charges their batteries. Then add carbon. Climate neutrality. Vehicles on the road, when powered by synthetic fuel, are ultimately climate-neutral. Storage and transport.

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MAY 17, 2024

At the time, [continued] The post Electric Trucks Are Already Lower Carbon Than Rail In Much Of North America appeared first on CleanTechnica. It was one of many times my decarbonization proposals bounced off of organizations, something that’s been inordinately useful in helping me understand how hardcore businesses view the space.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The report— A Vision for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain in 2030 —suggests that, with a concerted push to put the right conditions in place, batteries could enable a 30% reduction in carbon emissions in both the transport and power sectors. This would also contribute to achieving the more ambitious 1.5°

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. In future, with greater use of lower carbon electricity in the European mix the typical GHG emissions saving of BEVs relative to ICEVs will increase.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The World Economic Forum (WEF), in partnership with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, has launched the First Movers Coalition—a new platform for companies to make purchasing commitments that create new market demand for low carbon technologies.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The –2023 Investment Plan Update plan increases the budget of the Clean Transportation Program by six times, including $1.1 690 million for medium- and heavy-duty ZEV infrastructure (battery-electric and hydrogen). $77 25 million for zero-and near-zero-carbon fuel production and supply. 244 million for ZEV manufacturing. $15

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Governor also issued an executive order directing the leveraging of the state’s $700-billion CalPERS, CalSTRS and UC Retirement Program portfolio to drive investment toward carbon-neutral technologies. Finally, CARB is to strengthen existing or to adopt new regulations to achieve greenhouse gas reductions within the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The California Air Resources Board last week approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), a roadmap to reduce demand for petroleum by 94%, cut air pollution by 71%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85%, and reach carbon neutrality by 2045. Transportation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

Rolls-Royce Power Systems has outlined its road map for climate neutrality: Net Zero@Power Systems. By 2030, the Rolls-Royce business unit is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% compared to its 2019 level through the use of new net zero and zero carbon technologies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $95-million plan for critical clean transportation investments to expedite the adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and help the state reach its climate, air quality and other goals. The investment plan also allocates $10 million for production of zero- and near-zero-carbon fuels.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

“Electric cars will not save the climate. Analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) argues that EVs are the quickest means to decarbonize motorized transport. Analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) argues that EVs are the quickest means to decarbonize motorized transport.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. Share of EDVs in 2050. McCollum et al. Click to enlarge.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Lithium-ion batteries are something which everyone prefers over lead-acid batteries, since the last ten years its been seen used mostly mobiles to every electronic appliance. Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. .

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2023

MAN eBus in operation at Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH) At the end of 2019, the transport company had ordered the first 17 MAN Lion’s City 12 E vehicles. The vehicles are each equipped with six battery packs with a total output of 480 kWh. The next order was for a further 20 electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). —Steve Christensen, Executive Director of RBC. Refueling patterns based on driver time valuation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2019

Daimler AG aims to have a carbon-neutral new passenger car fleet by 2039, said Ola Källenius, the future Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, and currently still responsible for Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development as a member of the Board of Management. Our current focus is on battery-electric mobility.

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