Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2012

The California Air Resources Board has received $5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds to help clean up a variety of boats and vessels that operate in California’s ports and harbors. Diesel exhaust contains a variety of harmful gases and over 40 other known cancer causing compounds.

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California Emissions Mariner Cleaner 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas is working in partnership with the truck’s owner, Rush Truck Centers, the only company with a 12-liter near-zero natural gas truck equipped with a Cummins Westport ISX12N engine ( earlier post ) and Momentum Fuel system available for rent in Southern California. g/bhp-hr) since 2001.

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Gas Fleet Diesel Los Angeles 252

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

NASA researchers have begun a series of flights using the agency’s DC-8 flying laboratory to study the effects of alternate biofuel on engine performance, emissions and aircraft-generated contrails at altitude. The flight campaign began 28 Feb. and is expected to take as long as three weeks to complete. Earlier post.).

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Emissions Fuel Engine Alternative Fuels 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2014

liter EA288 diesel engine will power the 2015 Golf, Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Passat, and Jetta, all of which are set to arrive in dealer showrooms in the second half of 2014. The EA288 is based on the Volkswagen MDB, its modular diesel engine toolkit (Modularen Diesel Baukasten) ( earlier post ). The three cooling circuits.

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Diesel 2014 2015 Water 307

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.

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Mariner Climate Fuel Oil 427

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants. The project is part of the California Climate Investments, which use proceeds from the state’s cap-and-trade auctions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing a variety of additional benefits to California communities.

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Los Angeles California Emissions Green 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Testing was also conducted at the DTNA Detroit engineering facility to demonstrate engine efficiency by achieving 50.2% engine brake thermal efficiency. liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. mpg (19.26

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

A team from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) reports on their evaluation of the in-use emissions performance of four different heavy-duty diesel engines certified to the MY 2010 or interim MY 2010 NO x standards over a wide range of driving conditions in California in a paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Exhaust 2010 Emissions Diesel 246

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

The report presents dynamometer test results and emission models from fully aged aftertreatment systems installed on heavy-duty on-road engines to offer several compliance paths that are achievable by model year 2024 without significant changes to today’s engines or aftertreatment systems.

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Standards Diesel 2019 Emissions 191

The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Then I learned that three Renault Dauphines had hit the regular inventory at the Pick-n-Pull in San Jose, California. But then another rear-engined European import showed up, with a price tag similar to the Beetle's and two additional doors. I hopped a 737 out there soon after. about five years later).

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San Jose California USA Denver 84

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have presented preliminary proposals aimed at closing compliance loopholes for medium- and heavy-duty diesel engines using SCR-based NO x emissions control systems for 2011 and later model years. This occurs during stop-and-go traffic.

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2010 EPA Engine Exhaust 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

CO 2 and NO x certification test data for heavy-duty diesel engines certified from 2002 through 2019. Manufacturers continue to optimize diesel emission controls, such as DOC, DPF and SCR, in order to promote uniform catalyst coating, improve NO x conversion efficiency, reduce back pressure on the engine, and reduce thermal mass.

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Emissions Diesel Engine 2010 291

Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

Its cofounders, Mitch Lee and Ryan Cook, are engineers who met while working at Boeing. The Arc Sport has an adjustable tower which raises and lowers, to offer a higher angle to help pull riders up out of the water, or lower clearance in case that’s needed for navigating around a marina.

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Water Electric Electrical Tahoe 52

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2010

The Capstone C30 Liquid Fuel microturbine is the only engine certified to the CARB emissions levels that went into effect for Model Year 2010 On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines to operate on diesel fuel with no exhaust aftertreatment, including urea injection or exhaust catalyst.

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Hybrid Range Electric Vehicles Exhaust 223

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

At the conclusion of the Phase 1 period, teams will be down-selected based on an engineering design review and the projected economic impact of their Phase 1 projects on a future electricity grid. In FLECCS Phase 2, up to $31 million in additional funding will be available for teams. 8 Rivers Capital. Southwest Research Institute.

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Carbon Gas-Electric Grid Gas 333

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2013

At SAE World Congress in Detroit, Honda engineers presented several papers on the development of the new Accord plug-in hybrid, describing work on the new gasoline engine (which will also be featured in the coming full hybrid version of the Accord), and the development of the new two-motor system. gasoline engine. New engine.

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Honda Plug-in Plug Hybrid 296

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2018

The first joint DLR/NASA flights, which were conducted from Palmdale, California in 2014, showed that adding 50% alternative fuel for cruising flight reduces the soot particle emissions of an aircraft engine by 50 to 70%, compared to the combustion of pure kerosene. Earlier post.). Flying behind the A320 ATRA with the Falcon.

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Alternative Fuels Emissions Fuel DC 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. The full list of projects selected for 2014 DERA funds: California.

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Puerto Rico EPA Clean Cleaning 150

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 9, 2024

The hydrogen ions combine with oxygen to create water vapor, which the vehicle emits as harmless exhaust. This limits FCEV use primarily to a handful of areas in California and Canada. FCEVs produce zero emissions at the point of use—only water vapor is released. The existing U.S.

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Hydrogen Future Fuel Vehicles 57

The Truth About Cars

JULY 24, 2023

Full disclosure: Ford flew me to Southern California and fed and housed me. I did not take the proffered water bottle but did use the notebook they gave us to take notes.) Ford says it is using the Unreal Engine 3D platform that is used in computer gaming. Just press that “pony” button to get started.

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Cheap Ford Exhaust Available 97

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2017

The project was supported by a $146,283 Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) from the California Energy Commission. ATVs are in common use in California farms, ranches and orchards as a utility vehicle but the gasoline-fueled versions make a significant contribution to poor air quality in the farm regions of the state. worth of fuel.

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Gas-Electric Energy Gas Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The power electronics and the motors use separate cooling: water for the PE and ol for the motor unit. liter engine with cooled EGR features a high compression ratio and is optimized to function in its range extender role. Click to enlarge. No more big orange high-voltage cables underneath the hood.) The new direct-injected 1.5

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Volt GM Motor Motors 341

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Cruising Southern California freeways and curve-filled mountains, we were trying to determine if the GT is the most civilized McLaren ever, which the company touts as an everyday driver. It is more of an exotic sports car beginning with a high-performance mid-engine twin-turbo V8. cubic feet of luggage space.

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Carbon Fiber Clean Cleaning Carbon 89

Cars That Think

JULY 19, 2021

They help stop floods and supply farms and families with water, but they’re not generating electricity—especially in developing countries. Craig and some of his colleagues from NREL and the private-sector Natel Energy modeled a sequence of run-of-the-river dams on a river in California, all linked such that they could be easily controlled.

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Spain Wind Renewable Solar 53

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2011

In addition, these pure electric vehicles are often used where a conventional engine is banned as on lakes and indoors or where it is impracticable as with underwater vehicles. The company is also producing a US variant of the conference in San Jose, California in November. Small vehicles rarely need to travel long distances.

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Hybrid Range Vehicles San Jose 230

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Genomatica’s integrated bioprocess engineering and extensive intellectual property allow it to develop organisms and processes rapidly for many other basic chemicals. per million Btu. The biggest benefits are during use.

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Green Market 2011 2020 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Last Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) charged that Volkswagen (Jetta, Beetle, Golf, Passat) and Audi (A3) passenger cars equipped with 2.0-liter The engines at the core of this evolving debacle began with a 2.0-liter Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post ).

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Diesel Engine Emissions Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

As with current-generation Prius cars, Hybrid Synergy Drive is a series-parallel hybrid system that can provide power either from the engine alone, or the motor alone, or any mix of both. liter four-cylinder engine that runs on the Atkinson cycle and contributes to a total system horsepower of 134 (100 kW). Driving modes.

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Prius MPG Sale Toyota 255

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

EA888 TSI engine (red) delivers its peak 250 N·m of torque as early as 1,400 rpm, and maintains the strong and flat torque curve through 4,750 rpm—far outpacing the performance of the 5-cylinder 2.5-liter liter engine (blue) it replaces. Volkswagen first launched the EA888 engine generation in spring 2007 (Gen 1).

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2014 Engine Exhaust Fuel Economy 331

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Norway’s Nordic Power Systems (NPS) and California-based SAFCell Inc., established to market and commercialize the solid acid fuel cell (SAFC) technology developed and patented at the California Institute of Technology, is delivering the stack. The power supply unit can run on biodiesel as well as regular diesel. SAFCell Inc.,

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Norway Diesel Fuel Hydrogen 199

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

When at the dealer, make sure to lift the hood and get a look at the beautiful Trofeo carbon fiber red and black engine cover, which by far is the most attractive we have seen. The base Ghibli engine is a Ferrari-based 3.0-liter The Maserati Ghibli Trofeo has a Ferrari-designed and built 3.8-liter Pretty and powerful. Dynamic Presence.

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Carbon Fiber Ferrari Aston Martin Cadillac 94

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 5, 2023

After spending a fun week tooling around Southern California in the BRZ, there isn’t any argument coming from us. liter, 4-cylinder, naturally aspirated boxer engine that produces 228 horsepower and 184 pound-feet of torque. In our week driving through Southern California we averaged 24.7 Road Test: 2022 Subaru BRZ Limited.

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MPG Clean Cleaning Miles 83

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 16, 2022

liter turbocharged gasoline engine. The system, with a total of 375 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque, is EPA city and highway combined rated at 23 mpg with the gasoline engine only. Over 259 miles driving Southern California freeways we averaged 25.6 miles of using the hybrid engine. But on a 38.7-mile mpg with 20.5

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Jeep PHEV Gasoline-Electric Plug-in 80

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

Of that 10% improvement, about 6% can be attributed to the new hybrid system (including the larger combustion engine) and about 4% to efficiency improvements in other aspects of the vehicle, such as better aerodynamics, said Chief Engineer Akihiko Otsuka. Atkinson cycle engine. DOHC 16-valve VVT-i engine.

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Prius 2010 Toyota Hybrid 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The car is tightly engineered, and drives, as one would expect, like an Audi. One of the more striking driving characteristics of the A3 Sportback e-tron is the remarkably seamless transition between the motor and the engine.seamless to the point of not being detectable aside from the engine sound. The drive unit. Click to enlarge.

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Audi Plug-in Plug Hybrid 150

Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 27, 2021

The all-wheel drive 2021 NX 300h is powered by the Lexus Hybrid Drive system, a parallel hybrid system where the electric motor can power the car by itself for short distances, the gas engine can power the car by itself, or they can power the car together. The parallel system comprises a 2.5-liter, Acceleration, 0-60 mph in 8.6

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Lexus Fuel Economy Hybrid MPG 83

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 22, 2021

Clean Fleet Report’s CX-9 Signature, painted in Snowflake White Pearl, had a color-keyed shark fin antenna and a power moonroof, with the dual, bright exhaust tips completing the graceful and attractive design. liter four-cylinder engine producing either 227 horsepower (hp) with 87 octane fuel or 250 hp running on 93 octane.

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Mazda MPG Fuel Economy SUV 52