Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

FTA’s Low-No Program supports transit agencies in purchasing or leasing low- or no-emission buses and other transit vehicles that use technologies such as battery electric and fuel-cell power to provide cleaner, more efficient transit service in communities across the country. Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). Broome County (NY).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2020

The facility provides Excel with capabilities in light-duty and heavy-duty engine testing and capacity to test alternative fuels as well as advanced battery and hybrid drive systems. Ricardo Inc., For Excel, the Diagonal, Iowa company acquires a 30,000 sq. test facility in Van Buren Township, Mich., and retains roughly 30 of its employees.

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Michigan San Diego Engine Iowa 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

Improving access to cleaner forms of transportation, like electrified public transport and active commuting by cycling and walking, would not only bring down NO 2 levels, but would also reduce asthma, enhance physical fitness, and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Achakulwisut et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Lightning Hybrids’ hydraulic hybrid system on the vehicle, featuring a Ford F59 chassis and Morgan Olson Route Star walk-in van body, enhances fuel efficiency while significantly reducing emissions. The company’s system decreases NO x emissions by up to 90% and enhances fuel efficiency by up to 30%. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (ARB), in partnership with CALSTART, launched the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) in 2009 to accelerate the purchase of cleaner, more efficient trucks and buses in California. —Mike Saxton, Orange EV chief commercial officer.

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Fleet California Diesel Cleaner 150

The Truth About Cars

MAY 28, 2025

Oh, and one more that was of personal interest to me -- could Chicago kid David Malukas win it? Chicago hasn't produced a ton of big-name racing drivers, and Bobby Rahal, who grew up not too far from where I did, would be in the house. Here's hoping the 2026 edition is cleaner yet just as entertaining.

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Indianapolis Chicago Indiana Cleaner 83

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

While current state and federal measures are on target to reduce toxic diesel locomotive emissions 65% or more by 2020, additional measures recommended by ARB staff would ultimately provide up to 85% or greater emissions reductions within the rail yards over the same period, resulting in cleaner air for nearby residential neighborhoods as well.

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Diesel Emissions California 2007 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Additionally, in coordination with the US Department of Transportation through the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, DOE announced its intent to release funding to address barriers to a cleaner, safer, more affordable, and more reliable Made in America EV charging network.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Fossil fuel plants are the ones dispatched in response to new charging load. However, we estimate that near future (~2018) potential air emissions benefits from PEV adoption in PJM are small relative to HEVs (or even negative when considering the net effect on the automaker’s fleet under federal fuel economy policy). Jeremy Michalek.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2025

As the world grapples with the urgent need to transition to cleaner energy systems, a growing number of researchers are delving into the design and optimization of emerging technologies. Currently, this is achieved using gas turbines powered by traditional aviation liquid fuels. Energy systems are not static.

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Future Hydrogen Grid Energy Grid 92

Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

New Way Trucks and the hydrogen fuel cell experts at Hyzon just revealed North America’s first hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse truck at Waste Expo in Las Vegas. Electrek’s Take Hyzon compact hydrogen fuel cell; image by Hyzon. Does it make sense as an alternative fuel? Is it cleaner than diesel?

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Las Vegas Hydrogen San Francisco Waste 52

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The students at the Glades County school district will directly benefit from the cleaner, quieter rides, and operational cost savings that electric school buses provide, of course. The killer app as far as students are concerned, however, will be the addition of much-needed air conditioning in the new school buses.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2024

With tech giants, utilities, and governments budgeting upwards of US $1 trillion for capital expansion to join the global battle for AI dominance, data centers are the bunkers, factories, and skunkworks—and concrete and electricity are the fuel and ammunition. Proving the economics is another matter. Carbon capture may work for the U.S.

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Portland Carbon Coal Emissions 145

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The American Lung Association has been named the 2017 Clean Fuels Champion by Chicago Area Clean Cities (CACC), a nonprofit coalition dedicated to promoting clean-energy and clean-air solutions for transportation in the Chicago area impacting nearly 9 million people. Air pollution poses a serious threat to our nation’s health.

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Chicago Clean Cleaning 2017 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2022

The funding will provide grants to refueling and distribution facilities for the cost of installation, retrofitting or otherwise upgrading of infrastructure required at a location to ensure the environmentally safe availability of fuel containing ethanol blends of E15 and greater or fuel containing biodiesel blends B-20 and greater.

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