Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The American Lung Association oversees the Clean Air Choice program throughout the United States promoting alternative renewable fuels such as biodiesel and E85, partnering with fleets to replace legacy diesel engines, and by supporting the clean-air advantages of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Chicago Clean Cleaning 2017 150

Plug In Partners

JULY 18, 2008

A study by EPRI , the California Air Resources Board, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and others (5.3MB PDF) concluded that plug-in hybrids produced substantially lower greenhouse gas emissions than either conventional gasoline cars or unplugged hybrids. 2) The U.S. Are the batteries ready?

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EPRI Li-ion Ni-Li PHEV 100

Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more. Just accounting for miles driven , however, BEVs cars and trucks appear cleaner than ICE equivalents nearly everywhere in the U.S. assuming policy roadblocks disappear), and even longer elsewhere.

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Climate Change Climate San Diego Emissions 130

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Longer term, California, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Japan, and Western Australia are all looking to the sea to help meet their demands for hydrogen. In mid-2022, the International Renewable Energy Agency counted 32 countries that had adopted hydrogen strategies and 11 others that were preparing such plans.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2023

As described in an open-access paper in the journal Advanced Energy Materials , the new system is designed to fit into coal-, gas-, or biomass-fired power plants, as well as cement kilns and steel plants. Just as one can choose between single-use and recyclable materials, so too can one recycle carbon. gal ($470/metric ton), is presented.

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Conversion Carbon Cleaner CO2 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. How PHEV provides Smooth Transitions from fossil fuel to renewables.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Reduction in concrete use or switching to lower energy input and GHG-intensity materials would improve infrastructure construction performance while reduced electricity consumption and cleaner fuels for electricity generation would improve infrastructure operation for rail, they noted. Click to enlarge.

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Light Emissions Energy Boston 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

2 Plug-in hybrids are cleaner 3 Plug-in hybrids are cheaper 4 Plug-in hybrids are domestic 5 Plug-in hybrids already exist 1. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances. What Are Plug-In Hybrids? You dont have to plug it in.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 17, 2021

California-based start-up Humble Motors has set out to resolve the issue by charging their cars with solar electricity. To supply the energy needed to sustain all of the new EVs, approximately 1400 charging stations would need to be built every day in California alone. ” Dima Steesy. ” Dima Steesy. Humble One.

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Solar SUV Power Powered 52

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

Researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are identifying battery second use (B2U) strategies capable of offsetting vehicle expenses while improving utility grid stability. PEV battery life cycle with second use. Source: NREL. Click to enlarge. Resources. Neubauer, K. Wood, and A.

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Grid Batteries Battery Energy Storage 150

Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

As the late great Woody Guthrie put it, California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see; But believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot. But only 16% of that power is from renewable energy generation through the power mix Southern California Edison provides. If you ain’t got the do re mi.

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Los Angeles Solar Renewable Coal 170

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

This is only useful after your on some other renewable source of electricity or using nuclear. Sorry, but electrics and electric power plants are so efficient that CO2 emissions are less than gassers even when the electricity comes from coal - and a lot of electricity doesnt come from coal. FCVs are the way of the future!

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Dodge Circuit Dodge Electric Cars Chrysler 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

CDM Baby, CDM Ruminations on Vegas and NASCAR California Dreamin' ► February (16) Car Sharing and Saving in a Tough Economy Throwing down the gauntlet to Secretary Clinton Weather Does Not Equal Climate The Hub Lab Seeks Revolutionary New Energy Science. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28

Plugs and Cars

MARCH 30, 2011

It’s ubiquitous, relatively price stable due to government regulation, and is created in many ways, increasingly including renewable – such as solar, wind and geothermal – sources. As aging, filthy coal power stations are retired, they are often replaced with cleaner-burning natural gas generators.

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San Francisco Fuel Coal Cars 100

EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

They include, at the broadest level: a renewal of the federal $7,500 tax credit, which was set to expire at this end of this year, for another full decade. And what about changes to the EV tax credit? Taking an even more granular view, changes to the longtime $7,500 EV tax credit are welcome, but quite complex.

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Electric Vehicles Tax Credit Industrial Industry 52

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Waxman of California and Edward J. Representatives Henry A. Reduced Output.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244