Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

Key to our Phase 2 evaluations of different structural options is a life cycle assessment of each system based on the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) GHG Materials Comparison Model. Tags: Electric (Battery) Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Lifecycle analysis Materials Plug-ins. ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG - Germany.

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South Korea Global USA PHEV 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2010

Princeton will design, simulate, and analyze 20 process configurations to enable meaningful cross-configuration comparisons and insights into the potential impacts of advanced technologies. University of California Irvine (Irvine, Calif.) Tags: Biomass Coal Fuels Hydrogen Power Generation.

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Coal Hydrogen Fuel Power 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

Credit: Jungkyu Choi, University of California, Berkeley; Mark A. In a comparison to conventionally-made zeolite membranes, Tsapatsis said, “ We observed a dramatic improvement in the separation performance of the RTP-treated membranes. ” Tags: Fuels. Snyder, Lehigh University; and Michael Tsapatsis, University of Minnesota.

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Energy Minnesota Production Universal 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

The two studies represent the first detailed and more granular comparison of domestic, imported and oil sands crude processes in US refineries. Life Cycle Assessment Comparison of North American and Imported Crudes (Jacobs). Comparison of North American and Imported Crude Oil Lifecycle GHG Emissions (TIAX). Click to enlarge.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Range 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

IHS CERA’s earlier comparison of 11 publicly available life-cycle analysis studies found that fuel produced from oil sands mining has average well-to–retail pump greenhouse gas emissions 1.3 Tags: Canada Climate Change Fuels Lifecycle analysis Oil Oil sands. times the average for fuel consumed in the United States.

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Oil-Sands Oil 2010 Production 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Meeting the California Pavley regulations will require about a 5.8% By comparison, meeting Japan’s standards for 2004-2015 requires a 1.9% Tags: Fuel Efficiency Policy. The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) calculates that meeting the proposed Federal policy will require a 5.7% annual increase.

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Ford Fuel Economy Future Energy 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Fiesta is classified as US Tier 2 Bin 4 and California SULEV for tailpipe emissions. Fiesta also features Electric Power Assist Steering (EPAS), which decreases complexity, saves weight and improves fuel economy by reducing parasitic drag on the engine in comparison to traditional hydraulic power-assisted steering.

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Los Angeles North America Ford MPG 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

Partially funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the working group is co-led by Jessica Hellmann and Jason McLachlan of the University of Notre Dame, Dov Sax of Brown University, and Mark Schwartz of the University of California at Davis. Tags: Brief. However, the tool does not, by itself produce management recommendations.

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Climate Change Climate South Africa Universal 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. Tags: policy. refining), and use are added.

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EPRI Li-ion Ni-Li PHEV 100

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

They calculated emissions for ten cities (or metropolitan regions), which vary in population from 432,000 to 9,519,000; comparisons are in per capita terms. Diane Pataki, University of California, Irvine. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Lifecycle analysis. Barrie Gasson, University of Cape Town. Megacity Urban Metabolism.

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Emissions Global Gas Los Angeles 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

Comparison of 2015-2020 new vehicle potential fuel-saving technologies for seven vehicle types: tractor trailer (TT), Class 3-6 box (box), Class 3-6 bucket (bucket), Class 8 refuse (refuse), transit bus (bus), motor coach (coach), and Class 2b pickups and vans (2b). Tags: Fleets Fuel Efficiency Heavy-duty Policy. Source: TIAX.

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Vehicles 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Tom Cackette, Chief Deputy Executive Office of the California Air Resources Board, spent the bulk of his talk during the opening panel discussing the response to climate change, which he called “ the defining environmental challenge of this century. Comparison of Emission Standards (g/mi). . SULEV/Tier 2 Bin 2 is the target.

Gasoline 150

Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The comparison keeps being raised, though studies are conclusive: The "well-to-wheel" emissions of electric vehicles are lower than those from gasoline internal combustion vehicles. Tags: evdriven. See the press release , EPRI announcement and Daimlers description (with graphics). See CalCars-News Archive for updates.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Baua Electric

MAY 2, 2024

Acura has officially launched its first-ever BEV – the ZDX, and we at Electrek got the invite to Montecito, California, to test drive the top-tier S-Line trim of the crossover SUV. Even more, is it worth the price tag? For the sake of comparison, here are how the performance specs break down by trim, including the S-Line.

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Acura Honda Miles Price 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

miles/kg (approximate mpg equivalent) during a day-long trip down the southern California coast. mile extended round trip drive between Torrance, California and San Diego. Tags: Fuel Cells Hybrids Hydrogen. Jared Farnsworth, Toyota Technical Center advanced powertrain engineer.

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Toyota Miles San Diego Hybrid 231

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2010

North Dakota is the fourth-largest oil producer in the United States, exceeded only by Texas, Alaska, and California. Tags: Brief. In December 2009, North Dakota produced 242,000 barrels of oil per day, more than doubling the 115 thousand barrels produced in December 2006.

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North Dakota Oil Production Insight 230

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

By comparison, today’s typical automobile weighs more than 1,500 kilograms and is three times as long. Xiao (Laugh) was designed by GM Holden’s design team in Australia, while the look of Jiao (Pride) was penned by designers at GM Europe and Miao (Magic) was designed at the General Motors Advanced Design Studio in the US state of California.

GM 270

GM Concept Future Personal 270

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

Comparison of Various CTL Configurations (Source: Headwaters). According to the California Air Resources Board, crude refining for ultra low sulfur diesel results in CO 2 e emissions of 11.41 Tags: Coal-to-Liquids (CTL). DCL ICL Recycle ICL Once Through Hybrid DCL/ICL. Coal consumption. tonnes per day, dry basis).

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Coal Diesel Hydrogen Gasoline 170

Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

“ In any case, the result was the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California, one of the most unusual corporate research organizations of our time. It employs approximately 350 researchers, managers, and support staff (by comparison, Bell Laboratories before the AT&T breakup employed roughly 25,000). “I and Toronto, Ont.,

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Future Engine Personal IDEA 145

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. and Chrysler. .’s

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We welcome the National Resources Defense Councils endorsement of the SetAmericaFree agenda, and the Union of Concerned Scientists Hybrid Centers inclusion of PHEVs in their comparison chart and their blog Readers of this FAQ can encourage local chapters and national organizations to begin public activities educating and promoting PHEVs.

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PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Hit the jump for a comparison that includes plenty of pics and video. Reply ↓ ↑ report 18 Efried 5:47AM (4/10/2009) I will hang a poster about the comparison at EVS24. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. The method that should seem most natural is charging at home.

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Charging Batteries Battery 2009 38

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

As a comparison, the Exxon Valdez accident spilled almost 11 million gallons. FRTG Members from academia and independent organizations appointed to date include: Omar Savas, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley; James Riley, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington; Juan Lasheras, Prof.

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Obama Oil Universal Mexico 218

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. Additionally, I had a close frind out in California that just about creamed in his pants when he was able to lease one. Tags: evdriven. Honda has probably sold more Civics in a year than the combined total of all 18 of those GM models.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41