Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 24, 2020
Since forming in 2013, Argent Materials, a San Francisco Bay Area recycler of concrete and asphalt, and supplier of aggregate such as crushed rock, entry, cutback, sand, backfill and base rock for construction projects, has diverted more than a billion pounds of waste from local landfills. Our experience has been positive.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 21, 2012
The E-Golf pilot program will take place in the Detroit Metro, San Francisco, and Washington DC markets, beginning in April. During the year-long evaluation, Volkswagen will measure the environmental impacts from the use of cleaner burning renewable diesel formulas. —Prof.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
To mark the pledgee, United will operate flight 44 today from its hub in San Francisco to Zurich with the carrier’s most fuel-efficient aircraft—the Boeing 787—via a blend of sustainable aviation fuel supplied by World Energy’s California-based AltAir Fuels.
Plugs and Cars
OCTOBER 27, 2007
The catalytic converter that keeps the ICE from being a gross polluter in conventional cars and hybrids however, isn't kept warm by the continual embrace of an ever-churning engine in a hybrid with all-electric range. Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car. Cold starts mean more pollution.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 22, 2009
3Prong Power converts existing Toyota Priuses into plug-in hybrids that can run entirely on electricity. They convert Toyota Prius hybrids into mostly electric vehicles that get 100 to 150 miles per gallon. It takes 3Prong Power a little more than a day to convert a Prius to a plug-in, and costs customers about $6,700.
Plugs and Cars
MARCH 30, 2011
City of San Francisco San Francisco recently became the first city in the country to mandate plug-in charging stations for all new buildings. There is no catalytic converter that can fully scrub the toxics that result from burning oil. China has opened up high-speed rail lines while the United States fiddles.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today. To travel from San Francisco to Mexico in a BEV would involve many long-time (several hours) battery charges assuming the charging stations will even be available. Virtually any car, truck or bus can be made or redesigned as a long-range PHEV.
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