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. GHG emissions for oil sands crudes will further decrease through technological advances. Life Cycle Assessment Comparison of North American and Imported Crudes (Jacobs).

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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). Source: TIAX. Click to enlarge. per gallon.

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Vehicles 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

A paper on the work was published online 2 September in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. 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. Charles Kolb.

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Emissions Global Gas Los Angeles 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.

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Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

For people looking for the most effective way to end our addiction to oil, PHEVs have made sense because carmakers can build them now, with todays technology and using todays infrastructure. Scientist have confirmed that unlike gasoline cars, plug-ins will get cleaner as they get older -- because our power grid is getting cleaner.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

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. This evaluation of the FCHV-adv demonstrates not only the rapid advances in fuel cell technology, but also the viability of this technology for the future.

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Toyota Miles San Diego Hybrid 231

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“ 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). and Toronto, Ont.,

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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

Dynamic stabilization technology empowers EN-V, giving it the unique ability to carry two passengers and light cargo in a footprint that’s about a third of a traditional vehicle. By comparison, today’s typical automobile weighs more than 1,500 kilograms and is three times as long. It weighs less than 500 kilograms and is about 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

The two companies will combine their technologies and licensing activities for Coal-To-Liquids (CTL) projects world-wide. Headwaters brings its slurry catalyst technology and its extensive CTL research facilities. Both evolved from a common background and DCL technologies developed by Hydrocarbon Research, Inc. Coal consumption.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. “Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. Financial aid for such projects has been put on hold as G.M. and Chrysler. .’s

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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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Hit the jump for a comparison that includes plenty of pics and video. Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Progress in technology will allow to retrofit step by step.

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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. It includes representatives from USGS, NOAA, DOE, Coast Guard, MMS, the national labs, National Institute of Standards and Technology, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, University of Texas, Purdue University, and several other academic institutions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Newly installed CEO Fritz Henderson argues that pioneering projects like the Volt typically lose money until the technology catches on. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). you see that?

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