Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. areas of inquiry: The potential impact of climate change policies on global fleet composition, fuel consumption, fuel prices, and economic output.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Coal-powered synthetic natural gas (SNG) plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. It also assesses the strengths and weaknesses of EVs and CNGVs from a perspective of climate change and environmental impact. Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.] Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The findings, published in the 21 September issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , are generally consistent with official Chinese government statistics and could bolster their credibility as international negotiations proceed on commitments of China and other nations to combat climate change. Munger, J.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

This investment will build on our existing methanol technology, facilitating even more valuable solutions and helping to propel this part of our business in China. In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 20, 2009

Growing energy demand and the cost of alternatives mean that global coal use is rising, despite growing concern about its environmental impacts, including climate change. Wider adoption of the “polluter pays” principle would create a market demand for clean technologies and bring down manufacturing and operating costs.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

However, Lee Vinsel , a Virginia Polytechnic Institute technology historian and expert on how regulatory policy has improved auto safety and lowered pollution warns, “Policy reflected in EVs must be crafted to reduce the risks to hundreds of millions of individuals that feel they’re not giving anything up.” Like the U.S.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Most Americans commute less than 40 miles daily, so that most days they would consume practically NO combustible fuel, na d not pollute the environment while driving or idling. April 18, 2009 1:03 pm Link Writing from Panama where we could use a few more electric cars to reduce pollution. in chinese ?, — Tony 11.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

We imagine you objecting: “Oh no, we’ll have to build lots more power plants!” For example, we build our hydraulic systems with pipes of ½-inch to ¾-inch diameter designed to deliver water faster than we normally need so that we can, for example, fill a swimming pool quickly. In this way, the BEVs promise several substantial problems.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. The expansion will add an assembly line to build lithium batteries for automotive applications. Establishing dealer network. Batteries not ready.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. One thing is for sure; - electric cars bring down the air pollution, but they sure create another waste pollution problem.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. The Chinese can promise to do this because they’re modernizing their economy. Reductions in Emissions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photo: General Motors See Also: Feds Say the Volt Wont Save GM Well See a Chevrolet Volt in June Design Under Constraint: How to Build a Streamlined, Mass-Produced Electric Car Stumble ShareThis Claiming that GM has 18 models that get 30 mpg or more is a bit of a false dichotomy. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

News came out on Friday that President Biden is set to quadruple tariffs on Chinese EVs to protect the US auto industry from the rapid growth of Chinese EV manufacturing. China has heretofore not been a major player in car exports, but that’s changing. The global auto industry is in a time of flux.

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Baua Electric

JULY 18, 2024

Earlier this year, the EPA finalized significant exhaust regulations which will save Americans $100 billion dollars in fuel, health and climate costs per year, and save 2,000 lives per year and cut 7 billion tons of climate pollution in total. Needless to say, these are great regulations all around.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

But in a year that has seen both a worsening recession and state budget crisis, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped and a partisan divide on the issue has widened. But in the current economic climate their support has dropped a notch. Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of PPIC.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Meanwhile many Chinese automakers were pivoting to EVs, and China made no secret about nurturing strong global automakers while building out a supporting clean-energy infrastructure. they can’t send Chinese workers over here.” adults say they’re worried about the threat of climate change and 73% favor climate policies.

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