Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. The open-access paper is published in AGU’s journal GeoHealth.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The decision provides a unified policy-driven funding structure for utility transportation electrification efforts through 2030, and prioritizes investments in charging infrastructure for low-income, tribal, and underserved utility customers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

has partnered with The Mobility House to deploy smart charging strategy and management solutions for the district’s zero-emission fleet project, which is now operational and scheduled to transport students to schools throughout the district. Stockton Unified School District in Stockton, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Electrify America has installed onsite, behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems (BESS) at more than 140 ultra-fast DC charging stations around the country, including more than 90 installations in California.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2019

Southern California Edison (SCE) has launched Charge Ready Transport , a program that aims to add charging stations for medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles at a minimum of 870 commercial sites within the utility’s 50,000 square-mile service area. —Katie Sloan, SCE director of eMobility. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

There are now more than 29,000 electric vehicles registered in New York City and Westchester, including 1,262 added in February, the most recent month for which data are available, according to Con Edison, the electricity, gas and steam utility for New York CIty and Westchester County, NY. Curbside Charging.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This helps reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to the fight against climate change. Most importantly (and obviously), they bring about significant environmental benefits by producing significantly lower emissions compared to traditional diesel buses.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2018

Two years ago, Southern California Edison launched Charge Ready, a pilot program to increase the availability of charging for passenger electric vehicles. Achieving California’s ambitious goals for reducing air pollution and harmful greenhouse gas emissions will require 7 million electric cars on California highways by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 9, 2019

On Monday, drivers of older gas and diesel cars in Britain were hit with new fees if they want to drive those cars into the city center in London. The new emissions charge of 12.5

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Electrek

MARCH 30, 2023

Are you tired of dealing with the noise, pollution, and headache of using a standard gas-powered lawn mower? Delivering up to 1-acre of mowing per charge of the 50Ah 48V lead-acid battery, this mower will help you reduce noise, pollution, and maintenance to near-zero when talking your yard chores this spring.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Projects will work to lower emissions by leading the expansion of EV charging stations to facilitate the transition from fossil fuel-powered vehicles to electric vehicles. Fiscal Year 2021 Low Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Vehicle Technologies RD&D DE-FOA-0002475. AOI 1: EV Charging Community Partner Projects. Project Description.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 1, 2024

Photo by Mobilus in Mobili on Flickr As of January 1st, Kentucky has implemented not one but two new taxes on electric vehicles, both of which are individually higher than what gas vehicles pay on similar units of energy. These rates on public charging are notably higher than the roughly 11% tax that Kentucky collects on gasoline (28.7

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Photo by Juan Mt on Pexels.com The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fine oil and gas companies for emitting excess methane – the first federal government tax ever on greenhouse gas emissions. That’s because methane is a climate “super pollutant” that’s more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

The EU could slash truck carbon pollution by more than a fifth (22%) in a decade by requiring its main cities to have electric truck charging infrastructure, according to a new study released by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). lack of charging strategy currently slows down the uptake.

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Blink Charging

JUNE 13, 2023

Electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) is slowly making its way across the country, filling in the gaps in America’s charging network , and facilitating the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). But it’s not just private businesses that are installing EV charging infrastructure. Why Install EV Charging?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

A mass spectrometer identifies a molecule by analyzing its mass-to-charge ratio, detecting chemicals invisible to other instruments. The FTIR monitors pollutants, while the mass spectrometer detects hydrogen, oxygen and dinitrogen formation, providing data to build comprehensive scientific models of the catalyst.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Paid EV charging offers another opportunity for healthcare facilities to generate an additional modest revenue stream and encourage EV drivers to park at your facility. Savings for Fleets Not only can EV charging stations help you generate revenue, but they can also support cost-saving fleet electrification programs.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

While it’s obvious that the internal combustion engine vehicles are polluting the air outside the buses, what you may not know is that numerous studies show that the pollution from the burning diesel regularly makes its way into the buses. View the Case Study How much funding is available for EV charging at school districts?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

The funding will focus on expanding electric vehicle (EV) charging accessibility, create cleaner non-road vehicles through electrification and the use of alternative fuels, and develop electric drive components and materials to maximize EV efficiency and affordability. Expanding Electric Vehicle Charging Accessibility.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2018

EMT, the transport company of the Spanish capital Madrid, is set to receive another 276 Mercedes-Benz Citaro NGT urban buses with natural gas drive in the next two years. The vehicles now on order are two-door, 12-meter solo buses powered by the Mercedes-Benz OM 936 G natural gas engine. Noise emissions are also up to 4 dB(A) lower.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This advantage remains true even when considering the electricity utilized for charging EVs. However, the production of electricity for EV charging can result in carbon emissions, depending on the energy source. The carbon pollution from electricity varies based on local energy production methods.

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Electrek

MAY 24, 2022

Don’t let your yard work be a source of pollution this summer by using gas-powered lawn care tools. We have a few of our top picks down below, which includes the 54-inch riding mower down below, helping you get rid of gas and oil from your yard care routine. The post RYOBI’s 54-inch riding mower handles 3.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This year’s investment dollars focus largely on underserved communities, including low-income communities and those disproportionately burdened by environmental pollution, as well as small truck fleets. billion commitment—for a total investment of $10 billion through fiscal year 2026-27 to decarbonize California’s most polluting sector.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2023

Maritime transport represents around 90% of trade worldwide, while producing 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. WasteFuel recently launched its WasteFuel Methanol Module, designed to produce up to 100 metric tons per day of fuel grade methanol from a variety of waste sources including landfill gas and biogas from anaerobic digestion.

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Baua Electric

MAY 20, 2023

On the other hand, the proposal faces opposition from refiners, renewable gas manufacturers and a few lawmakers who argue it flouts federal regulation. The post Biden delays bid to lend electrical carmakers renewable gas credit appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

The selected projects will focus on reducing the total cost of ownership of NGVs, increasing vehicle efficiency, decreasing local air pollution, and advancing technology development to increase the use of more affordable medium- and heavy-duty natural gas engines and vehicles. Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2019

By replacing older, polluting engines with new technologies, the projects over their lifetimes are expected to prevent emission of 503 tons of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 130 tons of carbon monoxide, 238 tons of carbon dioxide, 59 tons of hydrocarbons, 30 tons of fine particulate matter, and a half-ton of coarse particulate matter.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A new 38 port electric truck charging depot and maintenance hub is coming online to service Southern California’s ports and logistics centers, along with 50 new electric trucks from Volvo and Daimler. It’s the first of its kind – that we know of anyway – that functions solely as an electric truck charging hub and maintenance facility.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 18, 2023

When Should You Dump Your Gas Guzzler? Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk What are the environmental and other pros and cons of ditching the gas guzzler for an electric vehicle (EV)? greenhouse gas emissions, making the switch to EVs a welcome change for environmental advocates. — S.H.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. UC stands for uncontrolled charging and CC stands for controlled charging.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Three of the largest commercial truck manufacturers have joined forces on charging infrastructure. But they view the lack of charging infrastructure as a major bottleneck to widespread adoption, noting that most charging-infrastructure pushes so far have focused on light-duty passenger vehicles. But cost may also be an issue.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Transportation is the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in Delaware. Advancing these strategies will reduce carbon pollution, improve air quality and help support fuel savings for the average consumer. million grant program to expand Delaware’s electric charging network. DNREC Secretary Shawn M. According to the U.S.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Major factors driving this growth include declining battery costs leading to more affordable EVs, expanded charging infrastructure, government incentives and standards, and corporate sustainability initiatives. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks, from delivery vans to tractor-trailers, are major fuel consumers and greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ( NPRM ) for states and municipalities to track and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A Discretionary Grant Program for Charging and Fueling Infrastructure will provide $2.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2021

New Jersey’s transportation sector is responsible for more than 40% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. The rules will also address pollutants that are harmful to human health, including nitrogen oxides and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ). The state is funding electric trucks and buses as well as charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) expects to cut greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles in the region by an estimated 26% from 2022 to 2032, and generate a total of more than $3 billion dollars over ten years for the participating jurisdictions to invest.

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