Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2021

Oberon Fuels, producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, has begun production of the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States, and the only current commercial production of this in the world. Oberon Fuels’ pilot DME production plant in Brawley, California.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2020

The trucks were unveiled during a ceremony at the SWBNO Central Yard on 28 January 28, which featured New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, as well as representatives from SWBNO and project partners including New Orleans Regional Planning Commission (RPC), Southeast Louisiana Clean Fuel Partnership, and XL Fleet.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2018

Toyota estimates that the 2019 Avalon Hybrid will boost fuel economy by up to 10% over its MY 2018 predecessor, from 40 mpg (5.88 liter four-cylinder Dynamic Force Engine is more fuel efficient, runs cleaner, and is more powerful than previous iterations, and excels at dissipating thermal inefficiencies. The new TNGA 2.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

A key component of the ILSAC GF-5 designation is demonstrated fuel economy improvement. Biosynthetic Technologies worked with Infineum, a global leader in the manufacturing and marketing of lubricant and fuel additives, to formulate and test these PCMO formulations. —Allen Barbieri, CEO of Biosynthetic Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2020

The evolving, efficient Ingenium family supports the company’s long-term commitment to reduce vehicle emissions and improve fuel economy across its vehicle range. This is part of its Destination Zero mission and a commitment to reducing emissions and making environments cleaner through relentless innovation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

This option will be set automatically through geofencing technology for zero-emission zones and passenger depots for a quieter and cleaner environment. Moving these accessories to electric power reduces the strain on the engine, reducing fuel consumption and maintenance costs over the vehicle’s lifetime.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

liter, direct and port fueled injection, inline 4-cylinder gasoline engine commonly used in the Camry line of vehicles. Results indicate a brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) benefit of up to 6% with minor calibration changes, which include a multi-pulse ignition strategy, increased external EGR, and optimized spark timing.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For 2021, Toyota has fully rebooted the Mirai, originally offered in 2016, as a premium rear-wheel drive sports-luxury fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with striking design, cutting-edge technology, more engaging driving performance and a significantly longer EPA-estimated range rating.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Initially, the researchers have focused on the combustion of liquid fuel sprays found in engines, where the extreme pressures and temperatures create an environment that is optically challenging. The work was published in a paper in the journal Applied Optics. This method reduces heat loss and allows for freer airflow.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 6, 2022

By Kathy Harris & Noah Long New Mexicans will now be able to buy cleaner, zero-emission vehicles in the state, thanks to Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) standards unanimously adopted by the Joint Albuquerque New Mexico Environmental Improvement and Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Boards (“Boards”).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Propel Fuels, California’s leading low carbon fuel retailer, plans to launch an electric vehicle (EV) charging network to bring fast and affordable access across the state of California. People are leaving fossil fuels behind, finding better value in low carbon liquid fuels today, and EV is next.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2023

Range’s electric-powered trailers hook up to any diesel-powered truck today, providing fleet owners 30-40% better fuel efficiency as they aim to meet new regulations and bring down their cost-per-mile. Range’s platform also works as a mobile power unit.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

nuGen provides a fully integrated green hydrogen system, consisting of production, fueling and haulage system, with green hydrogen to be produced at the mine site. The truck uses a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell providing roughly half of the power and a battery pack the other half, to allow energy recovery from braking.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

As a direct result of the state’s Clean Cars 4 All program, more than 10,000 Californians have now scrapped old, dirty cars and replaced them with cleaner alternatives such as new and used zero-emission, plug-in hybrid, or hybrid cars. The average vehicle retired is about 22 years old with an estimated fuel economy of 21.5

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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. Creating Cleaner Non-Road Engines.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2021

The battery-electric locomotive is expected to reduce the environmental impact from emissions along the route in an efficient manner, while improving the fuel economy for the entire consist by at least 10%. When running on the mainline, both the battery-electric and diesel locomotives will power the train.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Chemours’ investment builds on the existing efforts in the US to have a reliable supply chain and robust capacity to enable the hydrogen economy. Our society has a tremendous opportunity to build a more sustainable future, and that must include transitioning to cleaner energy. —Mark Newman, President and CEO at Chemours.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Grid balancing and resilience is not a challenge borne out of our transition to a net-zero carbon economy. Increasingly, wind and solar are replacing fossil fuels as our principle source of energy. A fuel-based generator cannot turn on quick enough to respond to these types of changes. Localized balancing is not a new problem.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

It operates at high temperatures—above the temperature for spontaneous reaction from any fuel—to enable combustion without a flame. Low-cost ceramics enable temperatures beyond the limitations of metals to deliver fuel efficiencies of power plants in small-scale distributed power.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2019

For the first time under the Clean Energy Ministerial, this effort will put the spotlight on the role that hydrogen and fuel cell technologies can play in the global clean energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Fuels: the energy source used to power vehicles and the facilities that produce them. Transitioning away from conventional ICE vehicles is part of the solution, but there must be an adequate supply of zero-carbon alternative fuel and distribution is available to power these vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2014

Bombardier Recreational Products & Vehicles (BRP) has introduced a new two-stroke direct-injection outboard engine that produces up to 75% fewer total regulated emissions, with 15% better fuel efficiency and 20% more torque than leading four-stroke engines: the G2 engines, the next generation of Evinrude E-TEC outboard engines.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Finally, USDA has set benchmarks; these targets will help measure progress toward meeting the food, fiber, fuel, feed, and climate demands of the future. USDA already closely tracks data on yield, but on the environmental side, there’s some catching up to do.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2017

The Government of Canada will invest C$120 million (US$89 million) to deploy infrastructure for electric vehicle charging and refueling stations for alternative fuels such as natural gas, as well as to support technology demonstration projects. million) over two years to support the electric and alternative fuel vehicles infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2020

agreed to undertake joint research on heavy-duty trucks, utilizing fuel cells (FC) as the powertrain. The development of these cells for use in freight transportation and logistics could well turn out to be a significant step in the long-term transition to a cleaner, hydrogen-based economy. Isuzu Motors Limited and Honda R&D Co.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

These performance-boosting technologies, combined with Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) technology, optimizes performance, fuel economy and reduces emissions. This second wave of engines, with a Mild Hybrid 48V system and performance-boosting technologies, is engineered to be cleaner and more efficient than ever before.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Halting fossil fuel use by 2050 is crucial to avoid exceeding the critical 2°C temperature increase threshold. Halting fossil fuel use by 2050 is crucial to avoid exceeding the critical 2°C temperature increase threshold. Carbon dioxide cycle of biomass-based fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., of global and 17% of European reserves.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In addition, MAHLE is presenting its newest systems solutions for battery electric drives, fuel cells and cleaner combustion engines which can also be fueled with hydrogen. Fuel cell peripherals. The technology group uses this expertise in its latest fuel cell technologies. Earlier post.). Hydrogen engines.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2017

and L9 engine platforms are compatible with 100% renewable diesel fuels meeting the EN 15940 specification (paraffinic diesel fuel from synthesis or hydrotreatment). and L9 platforms and all vintages are approved to use paraffinic diesel fuels in North America. Cummins Inc. announced that the B4.5,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The new Ford Focus for Europe ( earlier post ) delivers the car’s most fuel-efficient powertrain line-up yet with improvements of up to 19%, and a significant CO 2 emission reduction across the entire line-up. Ford engineers have further optimized power, torque and fuel efficiency from the 2.0-liter New Ford Focus. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2020

After completing a major body of research focused on boosted (also known as turbocharged) spark ignition (SI) engines in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, Co-Optima’s FY 2019 LD research and development (R&D) shifted to multimode solutions that employ multiple engine operating modes to maximize engine efficiency and fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) awarded more than $4 million in funding to test novel applications of dimethyl ether (DME) as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels. Oberon Fuels, the first company to produce renewable DME (rDME) in the US, is a supporting partner. —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

Solid oxide fuel cell company (SOFC) Bloom Energy and Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, will collaborate on the potential commercialization and deployment of integrated, low-carbon power generation and hydrogen solutions to advance the energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2017

Among these are two projects in the fuel cells area and four projects in the vehicle area. The Round 3 fuel cell awardees are: Hawaii Hydrogen Carriers. This project could potentially improve fuel economy by up to 0.5%, as well as have applications beyond vehicles, such as for industrial gear oils and wind turbine gear oils.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

US President Joe Biden announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030. and CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion up 2.6% Total GHG emissions in 2019 were up 1.8% from 1990 levels, with CO 2 emissions up 2.8% over the same period.

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