Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The demonstration of ClearFlame’s engine technology was implemented by taking a Class 8 diesel truck running on a Cummins X15 500hp 15L heavy-duty engine—commonly used for long-haul truck and off-highway applications—and converting it to run on renewable E98 ethanol.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

General Motors and Environmental Defense Fund announced a set of recommendations that seek to accelerate a zero-emissions, all-electric future for passenger vehicles in model year 2027 and beyond. The recommendations were jointly developed by GM and EDF to support the next tier of EPA clean car standards.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2022

New York Governor Kathy Hochul directed the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take major regulatory action that will require all new passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs sold in New York State to be zero emissions by 2035. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order directing all Federal agencies to transition to a Zero-Emission Fleet. Under the order, each agency needs to achieve 100% zero-emission vehicle acquisitions by 2035, including 100% zero-emission light-duty vehicle acquisitions by 2027.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

One of the first electric vehicle hubs of its kind, the Riverside project is a foundational step toward Sysco’s goal to reduce its direct emissions by 27.5% Sysco announced in May 2021 its intent to deploy nearly 800 battery electric Freightliner eCascadia Class 8 tractors by 2026. and add 2,800 electric trucks to its US fleet by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2020

Werner Enterprises, a premier transportation and logistics provider, is testing a 2019 Peterbilt 579 EV Class 8 electric truck for a year on a dedicated account in Southern California. The truck is 100% electric, releases zero emissions, and requires a 5 to 10-hour charge time.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Each of the 11 projects will receive matching funds from private and public partners. million.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Orange EV and Dependable Supply Chain Services announced the deployment of Orange EV pure electric terminal trucks (aka yard trucks, hostlers, spotters) as the first step in fulfilling the Dependable Highway Express (DHE) plan to transform its Ontario, California facility into a sustainable, energy-efficient, emission-free freight terminal.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

A new European study finds that plug-in hybrids pollute more than advertised, while in the U.S. the EPA appears ready to give them more emissions leeway. The European Commission study showed that new plug-in hybrids registered in 2021 averaged emissions of 139.5 grams of CO2 per kilometer, which was 3.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The project is poised to reduce five tons of pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and particulate matter (PM) annually along Southern California’s I-710 corridor, as well as eliminate 8,247 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Schneider will deploy the 50 eCascadias within its intermodal operations in Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2019

A new study provides the most detailed picture available to date of the global, regional, and local health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles; other on-road vehicles; shipping; and non-road mobile engines such as agricultural and construction equipment. Source: The ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

As part of the Horizon 2020 research project CARES (City Air Remote Emission Sensing), an international research consortium is working on new contactless exhaust measurement methods that will enable municipalities to take emission-reducing measures. ICCT (International Council on Clean Transportation; DE).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2017

EPA is announcing $11 million in competitive grant funding for the Diesel Emissions Reductions Act (DERA) Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program. Class 5 – Class 8 heavy-duty highway vehicles. Grant funds may be used for clean diesel projects including: EPA-verified technologies or certified engine configurations.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Dearman, the UK-based developer of clean cold power systems based on its engine powered by liquid nitrogen ( earlier post ), has identified a diesel loophole in the new London T-Charge levy on the most polluting vehicles. Earlier post.). mostly vehicles registered before 2006. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2015

demonstrates that mandatory upgrades to diesel truck fleets serving the Port of Oakland are responsible for significant reductions in two major air pollutants. Pollutant concentrations were measured at high time resolution in the exhaust plumes of more than a thousand drayage trucks as they drove toward the Port on a major access road.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

The defect leads to lower fuel economy, non EPA-compliant emissions levels, and costly and frequent vehicle repairs, the complaint charges. According to the lawsuit, RAM owners report that efforts to fix the faulty emissions system significantly affect engine performance and mileage, with miles per gallon dropping as much as 25%.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has awarded $20 million in grants to accelerate California’s transition to zero-emission off-road equipment in the freight, agriculture and waterborne mass transit sectors. million; Grant: $772,555; Grantee: San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District). million; Cap-and-Trade grant: $6.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2019

Funded by Pennsylvania’s share of the settlement with Volkswagen Group of America, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)is committing funding for a range of clean energy transportation projects on our roads, at schools, and at marine ports and airports. million settlement with Volkswagen. Multi-county. Camp Hebron, Inc.:

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The main conclusions in the 2020 report include: Engine and powertrain emission control technologies can enable simultaneous reductions in CO 2 and NO x by 2027. Commercially available engine efficiency technologies and advanced aftertreatment system designs can achieve a certification emission limit of 0.02 I apologize for the error.

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Teslarati

MAY 20, 2024

Uber is offering discounted Kia electric vehicles (EVs) to European drivers to reach zero-emission mobility in the EU by 2030. Uber also partners with Hyundai and Nissan on its zero-emission goals for Europe. Zero-emissions mobility is more than just an aim for us – it’s a necessity. “As

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2022

Volvo Trucks North America customer, Quality Custom Distribution (QCD)—a Golden State Foods (GSF) company—is increasing its commitment to zero-tailpipe emission freight transport with its latest order of 30 Volvo VNR Electrics.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As reported in these pages, VW was truly sorry that it got caught, and performed several acts of contrition—it bought back a fraction of the defective cars, paid around $14 billion in a consumer class-action settlement, and established the Electrify America charging network. Sources: Reuters , New York Times The post Cummins to pay $1.6-billion

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

The EPA last week announced stricter emissions standards for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, such as trucks and buses, for model years 2027 to 2032. Like the new emissions standards for passenger cars recently confirmed, these rules do not mandate EVs, but do set much tougher emissions targets that will likely lead to more EV sales.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Tier 3 emission standards for gasoline sulfur content; evaporative emissions; and tailpipe emissions from passenger cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger vehicles, and some heavy-duty vehicles. Tailpipe emissions. Earlier post.). Gasoline sulfur.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

Ballard Power Systems has signed a contract with CALSTART for a Ballard 30 kW FCveloCity-MD fuel cell module to be used in a trial and development program involving UPS Class-6 delivery vans operating in California’s South Coast Air Basin, including much of the Greater Los Angeles area. —Wayne Nastri, SCAQMD’s executive officer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2016

Under a class action settlement agreement filed today ( earlier post ), Volkswagen and Audi in the US will pay more than $14.7 billion to settle complaints arising from its cheating on emissions from its 2.0-liter If approved by the Court, this will be the largest consumer auto industry class action settlement in US history.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2013

The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is soliciting proposals from qualified bidders to test engine upgrade and conversion technologies on older heavy-duty diesel trucks. Diesel engines emit fine particle pollution, a toxic pollutant of concern to the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency. grams per brake horsepower-hour.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

New research by scientists at King’s College London suggests that air pollution from London’s roads is improving overall but more work may be needed to tackle some sources of traffic pollution, which continue to breach limits in many parts of the city. No data was available to compare trends in ΔPM 2.5 between the two periods.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

Scientists from the University of Birmingham launched a major research project to investigate how “clean cold” could help to achieve almost all of the United Nations’ (UN) global Sustainable Development Goals. They will develop strategies using novel low-carbon and zero-emission technologies and new policy approaches. Dearman Engine.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The research, published in the Science of the Total Environment journal, presents the first real-world data linking EVs to reductions in air pollution and respiratory issues. Furthermore, the study showed a modest decrease in NO2 levels, a pollutant closely linked to traffic emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

In a highly anticipated decision, the German Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) in Leipzig has ruled that cities can ban highly polluting diesel cars if necessary to achieve NO 2 emission limits. g/m³ averaged over one year is met as soon as possible contains in the city of Düsseldorf.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

The Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Grant Program will support the adoption and deployment of eligible Class 6 and 7 electric vehicles while also funding charging infrastructure and workforce development and training. Pollution from these vehicles is associated with respiratory and cardiovascular disease, among other serious health problems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Canada’s clean energy diversification strategy and regulatory framework make clear that hydrogen is a key enabler for carbon neutrality by 2050. Hydrogen-fueled electricity will offset the remaining five percent of emissions. Industrial gases leader Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., blue hydrogen).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has proposed new heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards, aligned with current standards in place in the rest of North America and in the European Union. Heavy-duty diesel emissions standards in the US, European Union, and Mexico. emissions in urban areas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The California Energy Commission approved an $8-million grant to Equilon Enterprises—a fully owned subsidiary of Shell Oil—to develop a high-capacity hydrogen fueling station to service and promote the expansion of zero-emission fuel cell electric Class 8 drayage trucks at the Port of Long Beach.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 16, 2021

By Andrea Guerra & Patricio Portillo The Advance Clean Fleets (ACF)?rule rule promises to be an essential step to eliminating fossil fuel truck pollution. Originally published on NRDC Expert Blog. The rule is the linchpin to achieving Governor Newsom’s?Executive Executive Order,?California’s Unfortunately,?

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