Green Car Congress
JANUARY 14, 2021
This problem is even more pronounced in hybrid-electric vehicles, which require special measures to address evaporative emissions as the gas engine only operates intermittently, creating the need to store pressurized fuel vapor. China and Brazil have already adopted similar evaporative emission regulations.
Green Car Congress
MAY 15, 2017
Those markets include Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; the European Union; India; Japan; Mexico; Russia; South Korea; and the United States. Heavy-duty vehicles, such as commercial trucks and buses, were by far the largest contributor worldwide, accounting for 76% of the total excess gas emissions. million tons more than the 8.6
Green Car Congress
APRIL 11, 2019
Improving access to cleaner forms of transportation, like electrified public transport and active commuting by cycling and walking, would not only bring down NO 2 levels, but would also reduce asthma, enhance physical fitness, and cut greenhouse gas emissions. —Susan Anenberg.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2010
The regulation will cover 360 businesses representing 600 facilities and is divided into two broad phases: an initial phase beginning in 2012 that will include all major industrial sources along with utilities; and, a second phase that starts in 2015 and brings in distributors of transportation fuels, natural gas and other fuels.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
Use of Hydrous Ethanol in Brazil. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 19, 2009
Here, RME show advantages for primary energy and GHG, but disadvantages in terms of acidification, eutrophication and ozone depletion. An important analytical issue that needs to be addressed, the report notes, is the lack of lifecycle assessment studies focusing on a wider set of environmental impact indicators than greenhouse gas emissions.
Green Cars News
JULY 27, 2009
New blog post: Athens orders natural gas refuse trucks [link] #. New blog post: Honda introduces flex fuel car in Brazil [link] #. New blog post: Ozone concentrations can impair healthy lungs [link] #. New blog post: Oregon climate change laws signed [link] #. New blog post: Ford Australia aims to boost efficiency [link] #.
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