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. Despite a reduction in the total number of vehicles on London roads by 0.5%

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

By The Co-Executive Directors of Coltura, Matthew Metz and Janelle London of Coltura. Coltura is a Seattle-based nonprofit whose mission is to improve climate, health, and equity by accelerating the switch from gasoline and diesel to cleaner alternatives. Coltura’s vision is of a gasoline-free America by 2040 or sooner.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Peak-time emissions from diesel trains at London’s Paddington Station exceed the European recommendations for outdoor air quality, and are higher than nearby roadsides on the majority of days, according to a new study published as an open access paper in the IOP journal Environmental Research Letters.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. —Peter Harris, director of sustainability, UPS Europe. in 2016.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 8, 2014

The popularity of diesel vehicles has risen in recent years, as consumers acquaint themselves with the latest generation of cleaner-burning, quieter, smoother and faster diesel cars. Speaking to.'

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The first of a planned fleet of eight hydrogen fuel cell buses in London will start operating on 18 December. The vehicles were specifically designed for Transport for London (TfL) using technology developed by ISE, Wrightbus and Ballard. The buses will form the only hydrogen bus fleet in the UK and the largest currently in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2023

Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles. and PM 10 , including of NTP and TP emissions, at key selected London trial sites.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

Coltura is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the switch from gasoline and diesel to cleaner alternatives. Metz & Janelle London (2020) “State Vehicle Electrification Mandates and Federal Preemption,” 9 Mich. Its vision is a gasoline-free US by 2040 or sooner. The paper by Matthew N. 433 doi: 10.36640/mjeal.9.2.state.

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Drive Electric

JULY 28, 2021

You only have to look to the London Congestion Charge for proof of that. What is the London Congestion Charge? The London Congestion Charge was first introduced in 2003. It applies to most vehicles entering central London and is clearly signposted by a large letter ‘C’ within a red circle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

In California’s Los Angeles Basin, levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollutants have decreased by about 98% since the 1960s, even as area residents now burn approximately three times as much gasoline and diesel fuel. The reason is simple: cars are getting cleaner. The difference was amazing. —Warneke et al.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 12, 2009

London belongs to one of the largest cities in the world. London's undergrounds is one of the most developed in the world but also one of the oldest in the world counting over a 100 years. These were on the streets of London for the past 10 years however they were running only on the pedal power.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

UK-based ULEMCo , a developer of a hydrogen-diesel dual-fuel conversion system ( earlier post ), has been awarded Government funding to trial a range of vehicles with hydrogen dual-fuel technology. The funding is worth more than £1.3 million (US$1.6 million), and will see large vans and trucks running on hydrogen dual-fuel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a membrane-based extraction system for the production of biofuels which uses less than 25% of the energy of current processes and produces ten times more biofuel with more than 99.5% Because they are expensive, biofuels are usually combined with petrol or diesel to make them ‘go further’.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

The original Clean Air Act of 1956 focused on tackling smoke and sulfur dioxide in the wake of the five-day Great Smog event that was directly linked to the deaths of more than 4,000 Londoners. Even railway stations have relatively high levels of air pollution from diesel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2016

Supplied by cooling technology specialist Dearman and its partners, the zero-emission cooling unit replaces the traditional diesel engine used to chill the vehicle and will significantly cut emissions. The trial will also save 37 kg of NO x and 2 kg of particulate matter, compared to a similar diesel system.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Modec fully electric vehicle with a cab forward design used in London. Electric vehicle technology is rapidly improving with battery, charging and smart grid advances that allow us to specify our delivery vehicles to eliminate emissions, noise and dependence on diesel and gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

Among the many policy and funding details in the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations , produced by Defra and the Department for Transport is the cessation of the sale of all new conventional gasoline and diesel cars by 2040. —UK plan for tackling roadside nitrogen dioxide. billion (US$3.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. Patrik Jones, Imperial College London, joint corresponding author. coli bacteria. Pauli Kallio, András Pásztor, Kati Thiel, M.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

liter EcoBlue diesel with more powerful 185 PS variant, a segment-first diesel mild hybrid powertrain option, and advanced new connectivity and driver assistance features. The PHEV model will enter volume production in the second half of 2019.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

According to Achates, a heavy-duty opposed-piston diesel engine (configured for ultralow NO x ) has peak thermal efficiency of just below 50%, centered around high load areas of the operating map, with broad areas of high efficiency (>45% brake thermal efficiency). Shell plc, London, England.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 25, 2021

That’s why the UK Government has banned the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel. Right across the world, we’ve finally realised that carbon emissions are harming our planet. DriveElectric Dictionary Definition .

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

One example is diesel and natural gas generators, that are plugged into local transformers. However, wind and solar generation is location specific, and it is not as simple as transmitting wind power from Scotland to power homes in London. Dr Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation. Earlier post.).

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Drive Electric

MAY 25, 2021

The following year this rises to just 2%, keeping the level far below petrol and diesel vehicles, as well as plug-in hybrids. Some diesel vehicles also attract an extra 4% supplement. To help visualise these huge savings, we compare this to a diesel Volkswagen Golf with a P11D value of around £26,315. Company Car Tax bands.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

About 12% of the conventional diesel and gasoline fuel previously used by UPS’ ground fleet is now being replaced by alternative fuels including renewable natural gas and renewable diesel. Adapt and tailor the solution. The best solution is not always the perfect solution.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The software will be used to develop cleaner-burning engines and potentially fuels in advance of impending regulations in the US and Europe, which call for limits on the size and number of soot particles emitted by passenger cars. This can shave days, weeks or months from a design cycle to get cleaner cars more quickly on the road.

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Drive Electric

JULY 1, 2021

One of the key things when it comes to cost is the savings you can make on the London Congestion Charge. The congestion charging scheme was first introduced in central London in 2003, aiming to reduce the amount of traffic in the capital. Vehicles within this criteria must: Meet Euro 6 standards (petrol and diesel).

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Drive Electric

JUNE 16, 2021

It almost seems as though London is against us mere motorists. With some great transport links to take advantage of, having a car in London isn’t always necessary or practical. Why are EVs best for London? Thankfully, the UK Government has taken the crucial step of banning the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Among the elements of the plan are a total ban on diesel in Paris in 2020; the Rue de Rivoli and the Champs-Élysées to be dedicated to ultra-low emission clean vehicles; and the four districts of the center to be transformed into vast semi-pedestrian areas.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 24, 2007

Low carbon cars don't make the air cleaner. Diesel is more efficient than gas, it just needs good filters. Gas and diesel are here for three more decades at least. What about diesel hybrids? Gas and diesel will still be around in 30 years' time. Hybrids' PR payoff is bigger than their environmental benefit.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

million) investment will be shared equally between University College London (UCL) and the University of Oxford to support the development of new research facilities and fund two 5-year study programs. Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency Research' The £1-million (US$1.6 Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

JULY 23, 2009

A new £1.1bn plans to electrify the rail network on the London to Swansea and Liverpool to Manchester lines has been unveiled by the Government. Work will start immediately and for Liverpool-Manchester will be completed within four years and for London-Swansea within eight years, although stages in between will be completed earlier.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

Greenpeace , on the other hand, argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids, must end by 2030 to meet such a target. Just accounting for miles driven , however, BEVs cars and trucks appear cleaner than ICE equivalents nearly everywhere in the U.S. For the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Bus operator Go-Ahead London has taken delivery of its first Smith electric Edison vans, following a successful month-long trial of the technology. The vans are used as support vehicles for roadside assistance and for distributing spare parts around Go-Ahead London’s locations in the capital.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

Four additional cities—Amsterdam, Lima, Catalonia (Barcelona) and Rome— signed up to the Global Clean Bus Declaration at the 1 st global Clean Bus Summit in London. The Mayor confirmed that all new buses joining central London’s fleet are now ULEZ-compliant, delivering important air quality improvements now. Earlier post.)

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The smart electric vehicle charger is now situated comfortably in Charley’s eco home in London. I am going on a green journey with them to gradually transfer my own home and vehicles to using cleaner and greener energy.”. says Boorman. Charley Boorman arriving at the myenergi HQ. says Brompton.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan recently committed to phasing out purchasing new pure diesel buses from the capital. No more pure diesel double-deck buses will be added to the capital’s fleet from 2018 and all new single-decks for central London will be zero-emission. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

By coincidence, sulfur’s presence in petroleum makes it harder to refine into diesel, jet fuel, and other assorted products. As dirty as it sounds, it’s actually cleaner than mining. To sort it out, refineries have to filter out the sulfur—thereby making it available to the rest of the world.

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