Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

Anglo American has been a longstanding champion of the potential offered by the hydrogen economy, recognizing its role in enabling the shift to greener energy and cleaner transport. The hydrogen economy provides an opportunity to create new engines of economic activity. —Duncan Wanblad, Chief Executive of Anglo American.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Canada can succeed economically while meeting targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an economic modelling study commissioned by the Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation. Far stronger policies than the federal government has proposed to date must be implemented, according to the modelling study.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

Using aluminum in select automotive components could reduce vehicle body structure weight safely by as much as an additional 40% compared to today’s vehicles, according to a recent study by the University of Aachen (Germany) for the European Aluminium Association (EAA). —Aachen study.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2011

Using a long-term economic forecasting model that details patterns of vehicle ownership and use across the state, the study— Driving California’s Economy —evaluated scenarios ranging from existing vehicle emissions rules to standards representing higher expectations for emerging advanced technologies.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

Cutting the amount of short-lived, climate-warming emissions such as soot and methane won’t limit global warming as much as previous studies have suggested, according to a new study from the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Md., degree reduction found in earlier studies. —Smith and Mizrahi.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Among the findings of the study, published as an open-access paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters , was that battery electric vehicles with large battery capacity can produce two to three times as much air emissions damage as gasoline hybrid electric vehicles, depending on charge timing. Weis et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

Alstom and Eversholt Rail also confirmed that their initial, comprehensive engineering study is now complete, and the train design concept finalized.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2019

release provides significant enhancements in integration and functionality across the full product range, helping to enable cleaner and more fuel-efficient products to be brought to market more quickly—including a range of new features for the development of vehicles featuring electrified powertrains. With the 2019.1

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2022

This partnership and funding will accelerate Nano One’s multi-cathode (multi-CAM) commercialization strategy and support cathode active materials (CAM) manufacturing in Canada for a cleaner and more efficient battery supply chain for North American and overseas markets. Strategic Collaboration Agreement.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2011

The study assessed the three qualitatively different schemes—the French Prime à la Casse, the. Further, the study suggests that seeking CO 2 reduction ahead of pollution or safety improvements in the design of the schemes leads to decreased cost-effectiveness and lower overall societal benefit. are eroded. The US scheme saw.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a new multi-state program that the principals expect will invest some $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

Using reviews of previous studies, impact assessment models and extensive consultations with national and regional climate change experts, the study examines climate change challenges facing Southeast Asian nations, both now and in the future. Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 22, 2021

A new technology may take the already quite clean (especially compared with engines of just a little more than a decade ago) engines to a level that reduces smog-producing emissions while increasing fuel economy and yet not losing any performance. A workhorse diesel gets cleaner and more efficient. The Test Procedures.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2015

The project was also implemented by India’s University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) and funded by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) of the Government of India. Although this is a demonstration project, this will be a major stepping stone for India to move towards the hydrogen economy.

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Current EV

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Further amplifying Volvo’s commitment to electrification, this report sought to provide new insights on the evolution of electric vehicles (EVs), the current barriers to purchasing, and the future of the EV economy. This ambitious announcement highlights Volvo’s commitment to take the industry lead and embrace a cleaner mobility.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

While certain parts of the automotive industry might not be feeling the love towards the tough new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards announced yesterday, it turns out that 93 percent of car owners are want to buy greener, cleaner cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Developing cleaner jet fuels is vitally important for the global aviation industry and for the Qantas Group. We believe this is important not just for Qantas but for the Australian economy as a whole, given the global emergence of green technologies and their potential to drive growth and create jobs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

The team chose to conduct the study at the provincial level because using national average data might severely underestimate or overestimate results for technologies that primarily operate in designated cities—i.e., In the future (the year 2030), improving vehicle fuel economy will reduce GHG emissions of ICEVs, CNGVs, and EVs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2013

A study of hybrid excavators and dozers in use in public and private fleets found that while the use of hybrid equipment could decrease fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by up to 28%, depending upon the type of work being done, NO x emissions could increase by up to 21%. Johnson et al. Click to enlarge. —Kent Johnson.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2017

These high-quality fuels, with virtually no sulfur and aromatics, burn cleaner than conventional crude-oil-based diesel fuels and are thus able to reduce local harmful emissions such as NO x and particulate matter.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As we increasingly electrify our homes, transportation, and factories, utility companies’ choices about transmission will have huge consequences for the nation’s economy and well-being. Utility companies are prioritizing their shareholders over the public’s need for cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2011

The report reviewed more than 300 studies on health outcomes from different types of land transport systems in a “scoping exercise” designed to identify those mitigation measures most closely associated with specific health co-benefits or risks. However, diesel engines typically emit higher concentrations of small particulates.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

The policies which limit the ownership and usage of personal cars, aim to control the growing numbers of personal vehicles to reduce air pollution; however, they would at the same time suppress the resident’s travel demand, with a high risk of hurting the development of Chinese economy. Among their findings: With an estimated population of 1.31

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The electric vehicles that are the focus of this study fall into two broad classes: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and battery-electric vehicles. Low sales of electric vehicles would not greatly affect the average fuel economy of conventional vehicles. Indirect effects. That effect may be large. Cultivate local PEV clusters.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

PHEVLERs [ 3 ] are a disruptive technology that will help revolutionize both the clean transportation and the clean stationary energy sectors of our economy. PHEVLERs running on electricity and biofuel are cleaner than conventional vehicles running on fossil fuels. [ About the authors. PHEVLERs use Clean Fuels to Reduce Air Pollution.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

Decoupling economic growth from unsustainable resource use and environmental impacts—especially in urban areas—underpins the transition to a low-carbon, resource efficient green economy. —Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2010

Applying cooled EGR to an EcoBoost engine results in a cleaner-running engine that develops more power and delivers as much as a 5% gain in fuel economy over current EcoBoost engines, Ford says.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Climate change presents major long-term risks to the global economy and to the assets in which we invest. Comprehensive energy and climate change policies that accelerate the deployment of energy efficiency, cleaner energy, renewable energy, green buildings, clean vehicles and fuels, and low- carbon transportation infrastructure.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. She looked at a recent study out of the U.S. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2022

So unfortunately, no, I’m not surprised [by the Lancet study]. On the other side, engineers are still going to be hired by great OEMs, whether tech or auto companies, and that's beautiful because now they could design an engineer for circular economy behavior. But everyone on Earth is a stakeholder in this.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Other main findings of the study include: CO 2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels have increased at an average annual rate of 3.4% Emissions from emerging economies such as China and India have more than doubled since 1990 and developing countries now emit more greenhouse gases than developed countries. —Dr Canadell.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

DNS is a tool for fundamental studies of the micro-physics of turbulent reacting flows and provides full access to time-resolved fields and physical insight into chemistry turbulence. Achievable advances in engine technology can improve the fuel economy of automobiles by over 50% and trucks by over 30%. —Chen et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The investments will support demonstration projects, new product development and feasibility studies. Stony Brook University seeks to improve vehicle fuel economy with a thermoelectric generator that would capture energy previously lost through heat exhaust. million for the projects comes from statutory funds ($3.1

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 25, 2021

The segment will gain momentum in given days with increased demand because it is a cleaner and more cost-effective mode of transportation. Since the economy is severely hit financial incentives will play a huge role in adapting EVs along with the flexibility and other unique advantages the EVs offer. Conclusion.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Some of the world’s cities suffer disproportionate economic losses because of the health consequences of in-car air pollution, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers at the University of Surrey (UK). The international study assessed economic losses by measuring a city’s death rate caused by PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

A Study on Improvement of Indicated Thermal Efficiency of ICE Using High Compression Ratio and Reduction of Cooling Loss, JSAE Paper#20119149. Raising the compression ratio in a gasoline engine increases its thermal efficiency, thus improving fuel economy. Hybrids can deliver good fuel economy by powering the vehicle at lower loads.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2010

EEA and MassDOT will conduct a study to examine critical implementation challenges and possible. Secretary Bowles set the limit today at the statutory maximum of 25 percent and released the Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020, which contains a portfolio of policies designed to meet the limit. reduction). fewer accidents.

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