Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Two sites, Böllinger Höfe and Brussels, are already producing all-electric vehicles. In 2029, all production sites will be producing at least one all-electric vehicle model. To achieve this, Audi plans to reduce the complexity of its vehicles where it does not benefit the customer. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Black carbon (BC) from incomplete biomass and fossil fuel combustion is the most strongly light-absorbing component of particulate matter (PM) air pollution and a major climate-forcing emission. Air pollution mitigation efforts focusing on reducing combustion pollution are likely to have major benefits for climate and human health.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. The RNG product with very low carbon intensity could be used for carbon emission reductions in the transportation, industrial, commercial, and residential energy sectors.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2019

the E30 and E78—led to statistically significant reductions of 9%–13% for total hydrocarbon (THC); 13%–44% for non-methane hydrocarbon (NMHC); 20%–35% for carbon monoxide (CO); and 17%–36% for nitrogen oxides (NO x ) emissions compared to the high-aromatics E10 fuel. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Proponents claim that if renewable electricity is used and CO 2 is captured from the air, then the e-gasoline and e-diesel are climate-neutral fuels that will also reduce pollution. However, said T&E, particle pollution was far from eliminated. Carbon monoxide emissions were much higher with the e-gasoline blends tested.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2023

Clean fuels replaced more than 50% of the diesel used in the state in the first quarter of 2023, according to the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Source: CARB Carbon intensity for the LCFS program is measured through lifecycle analysis of a fuel which includes all steps from extraction, transport, and production.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Driven by rising natural gas and oil consumption, levels of CO 2 are expected to hit 37 billion metric tons this year, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP), an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. and China account for more than half of all carbon dioxide emissions globally.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

A “well-to-wheel” life cycle assessment (LCA) by a team from synthetic fuels producer Greyrock ( earlier post ), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has determined the potential reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutant emissions from the use of synthetic fuels directly converted from flare gas. billion liters (18.8

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The mode of travel you take on your daily work commute can make a big difference in your exposure to air pollution, according to a new study by researchers at the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Boxplot of average PM 2.5 , BC, UFP, and LDSA [lung deposited surface area] concentrations for each commute mode. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Recent research has suggested that exposure to air pollution could also be a risk factor. exposures, inclusion of provider-initiated preterm births, and exposure to indoor air pollution. There are many known risk factors for preterm birth—from the mother’s age, to illness, to poverty and other social factors. Malley et al.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

EPA was joined by the California Air Resources Board, the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Heavy-duty trucks can emit drastically higher levels of pollution when not equipped with required emissions controls. —Todd Sax, California Air Resources Board Enforcement Chief.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2014

A study by researchers led by a team from the Air Health Science Division of Health Canada (the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health) finds that commuters may be exposed to increased levels of traffic-related air pollution owing to close proximity to traffic-emissions. In-vehicle PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2020

Southwest Research Institute engineers have developed the next generation of clean diesel engine technology to reduce hazardous nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide emissions while minimizing fuel consumption. SwRI developed the technology for the California Air Resources Board (CARB). g/hp-hr NO x emissions).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2014

A study by European researchers has found that two-stroke (2S) scooters, although constituting a small fraction of the fleet, can dominate urban vehicular pollution through organic aerosol and aromatic emission factors up to thousands of times higher than from other vehicle classes. Platt et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Rice University scientists, working with colleagues in France, have detected the presence of anthropogenic carbon nanotubes (CBTs) in cells extracted from the airways of Parisian children under routine treatment for asthma. Carbon nanotubes and carbon nanoparticles (a) in vehicle exhaust and (b) inside a lung cell vacuole.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

This method avoids using additional chemicals, offering a high efficiency, pollution?free The global demand for lithium has dramatically increased during the past decade, mostly due to the rapid growth of lithium-ion battery markets from portable electronics to large scale electric vehicles and electric energy storage applications.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2022

More than 250,000 Californians have now received a financial Clean Fuel Reward at the point of sale when they purchased or leased a plug-in electric vehicle—an important milestone for this program after only 18 months since it began.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2017

Traffic is a major source of harmful pollutants; daily peak exposures tend to occur near roadways or while traveling—or being stuck—on them. That gave them rare, real-world look at pollutant exposure. With windows closed, the pollutants took longer to enter the vehicle cabin, but also longer to exit it.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2022

a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in China, will build a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) production plant to establish sufficient production system and capability in preparation for the expansion of its EV lineup in the coming years. Honda Motor (China) Investment Co.,

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JUNE 8, 2023

In a recent open-access paper published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology , researchers from the University of York report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid account for a larger fraction of real-world vehicle emissions than previous estimates have suggested. Resources Samuel J. Cliff et al. —Cliff et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The California Air Resources Board approved a $663-million low-carbon transportation plan to increase the use of clean cars, heavy-duty trucks, buses and freight equipment. While diesel trucks account for only 2% of vehicles in the state, they emit the majority of the smog-forming pollution, and two-thirds of all diesel soot.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Based on their findings in a new study, researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota suggest that modifying urban form—as a means of affecting motor vehicle usage—may be a strategy to mitigate urban air pollution. is attributable to motor vehicles. —Bechle et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature death in the world today, according to the newly released report detailing the adverse effects of pollution on global health by the The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. Pollution is costly. The open-access report is published in The Lancet.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2019

New 2018 data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) indicates that the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) continues to drive production of a growing volume of cleaner transportation fuels for California consumers. billion gallons of petroleum diesel have been displaced by clean, low-carbon alternatives.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2021

By Simon Mui With transportation now the largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S., the state that created car culture is now driving toward eliminating tailpipe pollution. Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released a draft Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy. The draft strategy describes proposed actions the State will take to move forward aggressively to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). Black Carbon.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

During a keynote speech to the Transportation Research Board annual meeting Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy questioned the safety impact of electric vehicles. Its gross vehicle weight rating is a staggering 10,550 pounds. Electrifying vehicles adds yet more weight. Shaffer et al.

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JULY 7, 2023

bp ventures has committed $10 million, leading the Series B investment round, in WasteFuel , a California-based biofuels company that will use proven, scalable technologies to convert bio-based municipal and agricultural waste into lower carbon fuels, such as biomethanol. billion metric tons by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The company’s Li AquaRefining pilot facility is a closed-loop recycling system able to recover all the critical resources contained in spent lithium batteries primarily using electricity, and without the polluting furnaces or intensive chemical processes typical of recycling.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

California’s latest greenhouse gas data shows that while the state continues to stay below its 2020 target for emissions, there is much more work to do to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Source: California Air Resources Board (ARB). Total statewide 2018 GHG emissions were 425.3 million metric tons, compared to 424.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2021

It is usually believed the black carbon part of PM 2.5 mainly stemming from motorised vehicles) was the most harmful one. However, the team’s analysis of data in 210 cities across 16 countries from 1999-2017 found human health risks from air pollution vary depending on the proportion of different components in PM 2.5.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

By shifting the biggest gasoline users into ZEVs first, AB 2816 also reduces the total number of ZEVs that would be needed to reach the state’s near-term target of cutting light-duty vehicle emissions in half by 2030. The odometer reading at the time the applicant registered the vehicle, and the current odometer reading.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

billion investment plan that accelerates California’s 2025 electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen refueling goals. Last month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a complementary plan for $2.6 97 million for emerging opportunities such as aviation, locomotive, marine vessels and vehicle-grid integration. $15

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

In-vehicle-to-outside (I/O) ratios for four pollutants under different ventilation settings. Researchers at USC have found that using recirculation rather than outside air ventilation in a car can effectively reduce in-cabin exposure to on-road particle pollution. vehicle type, ventilation, and speed). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Ricardo engineers have been asked to support the project due to their expertise in vehicle thermal management and re-using waste heat, which can be useful in reducing the energy needed to help release the hydrogen from storage ready for capture. The impact of carbon materials on the hydrogen storage properties of light metal hydrides.”

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NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) awarded more than $4 million in funding to test novel applications of dimethyl ether (DME) as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels. Oberon Fuels, the first company to produce renewable DME (rDME) in the US, is a supporting partner. —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D.,

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Photo credit: Nick Starichenko / Shutterstock.com Contrary to common misconceptions , electric vehicles (EVs) generally have a smaller carbon footprint compared to traditional gasoline cars. However, the production of electricity for EV charging can result in carbon emissions, depending on the energy source.

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