Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2022

With this new A range, the company is building on the knowledge and experience it has gained in the area of eco-friendly buses for public urban and regional transport. The buses are fitted with the newest generation LED headlights with daytime driving lights. The large rear window lets in plenty of natural light.

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DECEMBER 9, 2021

Much of that is attributed to the fishing industry, which has come to rely on plastic fishing nets and other equipment because of the durability, light weight, buoyancy and low cost of the material. Those same qualities contribute to creating ghost nets, a fatal and growing threat to marine life.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

and will be sold in combination with Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS), solar carports, solar power generation, LED lighting, energy-conserving air conditioning and other items. The 10 kWh systems will be sold via TMC’s energy business company, Toyota Turbine and Systems Inc.,

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

As a center of excellence for autonomous driving from Level 4 up, VWAT will serve to build up know-how within the Group and bring a self-driving system (SDS) to market maturity. We will continue to use synergies across all Group brands to reduce the cost of self-driving vehicles, high-performance computers, and sensors.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

Subject to ratification of a tentative 2021 agreement reached with Unifor and confirmation of government support, General Motors plans to bring production of its recently announced BrightDrop electric light commercial vehicle, the EV600 ( earlier post ), to its CAMI manufacturing plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. billion (C$1.3

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APRIL 12, 2022

Customer interest is growing quickly in Con Edison’s PowerReady program, which offers incentives covering up to 100% of the infrastructure costs of installing new chargers. As its gasoline-powered vehicles are retired, the company plans to reach 80% electrification of its light-duty fleet by 2030 and 100% by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

While electrifying vehicles is an effective strategy in reducing carbon emissions from some parts of the transportation sector, railways are considered more difficult because of the high cost of building a single coordinated electrified rail system across North America. Hydrogen has been used in light-duty combustion engines.

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MARCH 10, 2023

Tesla Cybertruck details are coming to light months before the all-electric truck is scheduled to begin production. Configurations Tesla will develop two configurations, according to the information given to Donegan-Ryan: a Dual Motor and a “Performance,” which could potentially be a Tri-Motor build.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2019

HollyFrontier Corporation, an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products, plans to construct a new renewable diesel unit (RDU) at its Artesia, New Mexico refinery (Navajo Refinery).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

C and pressures above 200 bar to be facile, and therefore the capital cost of plant and equipment is substantial. Over the last decade, momentum has been building to transform the Haber- Bosch (H-B) ammonia industry toward renewable sources of hydrogen, for example, from water electrolysis or solar thermal cycles. Generation 2.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Research teams at Gas Technology Institute (GTI) are working on several fronts to lower the costs of adoption of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and their fueling infrastructure, particularly first-cost entry. One example of these initiatives is a new mobile fueling technology, the FuelMule. Rendering of the FuelMule. Source: Ultimate CNG.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. mpg US (5.87 L/100km) in model year 2021, and 49.6 L/100km) in model year 2025.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

AVEVAI , a new B2B e-mobility and logistics solutions and technology provider based in Singapore, launched its range of IONA electric light commercial vehicles (e-LCVs) at the 5 th Guangzhou International Electric Vehicles Show in China (16-25 November 2018). A manufacturing partnership has been agreed with China Foton Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2018

Moving to cut energy use in new homes by more than 50%, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has adopted building standards that require solar photovoltaic systems starting in 2020. The 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, which take effect on 1 January 2020, focus on four key areas: Smart residential photovoltaic systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

To build the locomotive and demonstrate its operations in a real-world environment. To collect data during the demonstration period to provide insights into the performance, operations, and costs of this technology. This is approximately equivalent to the same amount of fuel used each year by 20,000 light-duty vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2012

Micro-hybrids, which use a small battery to provide varying degrees of efficiency-boosting features, will dominate the automotive market, gaining 42% of the overall light-duty vehicle market, according to the report. Simultaneously, mild hybrids will rise from near-zero to 1.5 million vehicles in 2017, accounting for 1.6% of the auto market.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved six applications for local energy ordinances that exceed statewide requirements of the 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards. Since 1978, California has repeatedly updated statewide minimum building energy efficiency standards as required by state law.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

To help California mitigate its ever-growing wildfires, this year CalSEED has included companies that are innovating in technologies that will build wildfire resiliency into the grid. EV Life, LLC is building the first online platform that gives drivers everything they need to switch from gas to an electric car. by at least 10 times.

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JULY 20, 2021

will end assembly of the Passat sedan in Chattanooga with model year 2022 as part of the plant’s transformation to build future electric vehicles. Additionally, Limited Edition models feature LED headlights with the Advanced Front-lighting System (AFS) and Easy Open trunk. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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JULY 28, 2022

Reduce the cost of BEV introduction: The cost can be reduced by limiting battery capacity and, thus, the total amount of batteries to match actual driving-range needs. Reduce the recharging burden: The burden related to the installation of recharging infrastructure can be reduced.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

Our new, ambitious EV vision builds on this work as we continue to lead the clean energy transition and enhance the customer experience while keeping bills low. We are already busy creating new charging options for customers, whether they are residential customers or companies and government agencies with large vehicle fleets.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Rural Reimagined: Building an EV Ecosystem and Green Economy for Transforming Lives in Economically Distressed Appalachia. AOI 3: Reducing the Cost of DC Fast Charging Equipment. Technology & Design Innovations to Maximize the Reduction Effect on DCFC Unit Cost Economics (Max-REDUCE). . $5,222,326. AOI 2: EV Workplace Charging.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

Building on the level we’ve already reached, we are continuing to work on the XL3 injector with an eye to meeting the stringent requirements of Euro 6c. Precision metering, combined with multiple injection capability, helps to reduce the particulate emissions of GDI engines and can cut the costs of aftertreatment technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

Audi, along with ETOGAS, is building the first commercial-scale demonstration plant (6.3 This would help speed up the return on investment in VGV for the development costs of the energy transition. Although they are targeting an initial implementation France, they see it as broadly applicable. Source: SolarFuel. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 12, 2021

For centuries, engineers have known that forces from electric fields can also be harnessed to build motors, but these so-called electrostatic motors were too weak and problematic to compete with their electromagnetic counterparts. Underpinning the initiative is a recent patent on aspects of the technology. Tanaka and M.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The sooner and more exactly the energy suppliers and power grid operators know what customers’ infrastructure requirements will be, the faster and more efficiently they can build them up. The use of their own infrastructure usually offers advantages in terms of total cost of ownership (TCO), as no additional operator is involved.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2019

Energy poverty is when a household has no or inadequate access to energy services such as heating, cooling, lighting, and use of appliances due to a combination of factors: low income, increasing utility rates, and inefficient buildings and appliances.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2019

With less hardware to purchase and less equipment to install, the multi-dispenser charging solution lowers the cost of infrastructure for customers. It also reduces space needed for charging systems, which is optimal for space-constrained depots and parking facilities. Proterra chargers are also vehicle-to-grid capable and smart-grid ready.

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JUNE 16, 2022

The technology can help accelerate the adoption of EVs by unlocking these and other new value streams for EV owners and mitigating the total cost of ownership. These benefits can apply to all vehicle sectors, from light-duty passenger vehicles to medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. In 2010 China had only about five light-duty vehicles per 100 people, while India had less than two per 100 people; this compares to about 75 vehicles for every 100 people in the United States. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The target is to build an all-new electric-only production facility leveraging an existing Mercedes?Benz Benz Vans, and the other based on the second-generation electric-van, Rivian Light Van (RLV) platform. Benz Vans and Rivian, starting in a few years. Benz site in Central/Eastern Europe.

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

Building on a Phase 1 Lotus study published in 2010 ( earlier post ), the Phase 2 study demonstrated the crashworthiness of a low mass body-in-white (BIW) using computer aided analysis and simulation. Background. Combining a 30% lighter vehicle with a 150 HP 1.0L —Lotus Phase 2 study.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

However, Honeywell is also looking at the possibility of building a plant in Europe, but this will be driven by demand and the requirements of that market. Worse (adoption of CO 2 as a refrigerant in Europe alone would result in annual consumption increase of 3 billion liters of fuel at a cost of more than €4 billion to European car drivers).

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JULY 22, 2021

eNow’s patented roof-mounted solar modules store energy in auxiliary batteries used to power lift gates, in-cab HVAC, refrigeration, telematics and other loads such as appliances and lighting. XL Fleet will provide battery and power electronics systems for eNow’s innovative electrified refrigerated trailer solution.

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JUNE 26, 2025

One is the availability, at relatively moderate cost, of copper-oxide-based superconducting tape, which is being produced by a few companies for startups working on tokamak fusion reactors. Common approaches to building a superconducting machine use the superconducting material for either the rotor or stator coils, or both.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

As part of its Easy Mobility strategy, SEAT’s objective is to build its product and service portfolio by presenting new solutions to the market in the framework of urban mobility. SEAT is introducing the new eXS vehicle, which can be purchased at all of the brand’s dealers beginning in December 2018, at a cost of €599 (US$685).

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MARCH 22, 2017

These fuel economy levels are achieved based on a sustained 4%–6% annual reduction of fuel use per mile with incremental technology additions that do not compromise vehicle size or utility at an incremental cost of $800–$1,300 from 2025 to 2030. Previous costs of compliance have been greatly overestimated. Lightweighting.

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