Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030. Reduce the number of polluting vehicles on city streets.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

million awarded by the Department of Energy to Daimler Trucks North America, headquartered in Portland, and $199 million awarded overall by the DOE to fund 25 projects geared toward putting cleaner cars and trucks on America’s roads and improving the nation’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2016

Emissions from farms outweigh all other human sources of fine-particulate air pollution in much of the United States, Europe, Russia and China, according a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters , a journal of the American Geophysical Union. micrometers across, about 1/30 the width of a human hair.

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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. miles per gallon. The average replacement vehicle has a fuel economy of 80 mpg equivalent.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2018

Emissions of NO x , a key component of smog, at the Port of Los Angeles are down 60% compared to 2005 emissions levels. The newly released 2017 Inventory of Air Emissions shows the Port set new record lows for emissions reductions while its container volume reached an all-time high of 9.34 percent or lower sulfur content.

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JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The mode of travel you take on your daily work commute can make a big difference in your exposure to air pollution, according to a new study by researchers at the California Air Resources Board (ARB). Train commutes experienced the largest exposure per mile of all of the combustion-derived transportation commute modes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

Achates Power has released initial in-use NO x measurements from the cleaner, heavy-duty diesel engine it developed in a project funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and several partners. Both CARB and EPA have introduced Low Load requirements, in-use NO x measurement updates, and limits on permissible real-world emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. Click to enlarge. —Comer et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Ford will also investigate how innovative geofencing and blockchain technology could help to accurately track and increase the number of “green miles” driven by vehicles. Whenever a trial vehicle enters a controlled zone, its electric-drive mode is triggered and the zero-emission driving green miles are documented.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2016

A new study suggests that focusing on a gasoline-fueled vehicle’s cold start is the best target for future design changes to reduce emissions of criteria pollutants. Much of this haze is formed from volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, and fine particulate matter from tailpipe emissions. —Greg Drozd, Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Widespread adoption of electric transportation, including electrification in the off-road sector, could lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and could modestly improve air quality, according to a new analysis released by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. UC stands for uncontrolled charging and CC stands for controlled charging.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2018

The vehicle combines the benefits of a CNG Fuel system and Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) technology and is geared to help agriculture fleets switch from petroleum-based liquid fuels to domestically available, cleaner burning natural gas and electricity. The EDI PowerDrive has been durability tested over 3.8

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2019

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 34 cleaner energy transportation projects will receive $8,489,844 in Driving PA Forward grants and rebates. million settlement with Volkswagen. Six projects received $580,000 in the first set of awards, announced last year. Montgomery County.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2015

proposed strategy for further regulation and reduction of mobile source—cars, trucks, and off-road equipment—emissions. ARB staff developed this strategy using a multi-pollutant scenario planning tool ( Vision 2.0 ) that quantifies changes in ozone and PM 2.5 Vision 2.0 Projected statewide light duty vehicle technology mix.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Airbus has introduced its latest zero-emission eVTOL, designed to carry four people with a noise decibel range lower than a hairdryer when flying – which will radically cut into the noise pollution factor of a futuristic vision of eVTOLs buzzing around busy cities. Perhaps closer to people talking loudly. Get started today!

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

They are not only used for personal commuting, but they are also being used in agriculture, public transportation, last-mile operation and even in firefighting. Courier companies are already using EVs for their last-mile operations very extensively.  fine particulate matter pollution).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The California Air Resources Board approved a $533-million plan to fund clean car rebates, zero-emission transit and school buses, clean trucks, and other innovative, clean transportation and mobility pilot projects. Investments made in previous years’ Funding Plans have been tremendously successful.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

Members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee approved a draft law setting out rules for achieving a 147 g CO 2 /km (235 g/mile) target for new light commercial vehicles by 2020, down from 203 g/km (325 g/mile) today—i.e., Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Policy'

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MAY 16, 2011

Data collected during a major 2010 state-federal atmospheric research project show that the first-in-the-nation regulation requiring ocean-going vessels to use clean fuel when near the California coast has been extremely effective in reducing sulfur dioxide pollution from ships, according to the California Air Resources Board (ARB).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has put the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) on hold after receiving voucher requests for its entire $142-million budget. Demand for zero-emission school buses is particularly strong, with more than 20 school districts requesting funding.

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MAY 20, 2010

The California Air Resources Board approved changes to an existing $28 million financial assistance program this week that will significantly help more California independent truckers qualify for the purchase of a cleaner-running vehicle. VIP is part of the state’s overall plan to cut toxic diesel emissions 85 percent by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

million for school bus operators to acquire cleaner forms of transportation with lower emissions. million is also now available through the NYTVIP to school bus operators statewide to support the purchase of cleaner, less polluting buses. Specifically, this effort includes $16.4 Additionally, another $2.5

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

a zero-emission logistics provider, to deploy 500 electric three-wheeler cargo vehicles for last-mile delivery services across India. These vehicles are poised to contribute to reducing the carbon footprint, noise, and air pollution associated with last-mile delivery and cargo transport within industrial complexes.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Measurements by Ricardo found that an older Euro III bus retrofitted with a selective catalytic reduction and continuously regenerating particulate trap system can be cleaner in terms of lower NO x emissions than newer Euro V hybrid buses. This may have implications for bus operators with depots in, or close to, low emissions zones.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

To meet future particulate matter emissions mandates without sacrificing fuel savings, engine developers need advanced combustion strategies to reduce the formation of soot in spray flames. However, this comes at the cost of higher particulate matter emissions. —Sandia researcher Scott Skeen.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

The City of London Corporation—the municipal governing body of the City of London—has banned the purchase of diesel vehicles for its business, in a drive to reduce public exposure to air pollution. The City of London Corporation’s remit goes beyond City borders.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Air pollution poses a serious threat to our nation’s health. Studies show that air pollution from transportation causes asthma attacks and contributes to premature death and lung cancer among many other health concerns. US EPA’s Clean Diesel Program: Diesel emissions account for 6.3

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

Five technology paths for very-low-NO x and GHG emissions from heavy-duty natural gas engines. The “Pathways to Near-Zero-Emission Natural Gas Heavy Duty Vehicles” report, authored by GNA on behalf of Southern California Gas Co. An 80% reduction of GHG emissions is targeted for 2050, relative to 1990 levels. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Gas Emissions California 257

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In California, Big Blue Bus (BBB) will receive $870,000 from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee’s (MSRC) Near Zero Engine Incentive Program. g/bhp-hr optional Near Zero NO x Emissions standards. g/bhp-hr optional Near Zero NO x Emissions standards. ISL G Near-Zero (NZ) 0.02 NO x engines. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate matter pollutants into the air as the total amount released by the world’s cars, according to a new study led by NOAA and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ship pollutants affect local air quality and the health of people living along coastlines. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2018

The most important finding of this study is that infectious processes of respiratory disease may be influenced by particulate matter pollution at various levels. The Wasatch Front is approximately 80 miles long and 10-20 miles wide, bordered on both sides by mountains. level is lower than places like Los Angeles and New York.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

However, the fuel-cycle PM 10 , PM 2.5 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs could be up to five times higher than those of ICEVs (internal combustion engine vehicles) and CNGVs. emissions are less important because of the low contribution of light duty vehicles to national PM 10 and PM 2.5 While the increases in PM 10 and PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Cuomo announced a package of major clean transportation initiatives, including a “Make Ready” order approved by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) to advance New York’s commitment to accelerate its transition to cleaner mobility. The EV Make-Ready Program will be funded by investor-owned utilities in New York State.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

The environment committee of the European Parliament approved a draft law setting out a new CO 2 target for cars of 95g CO 2 /km (153 g/mile) by 2020, down from 130 gCO 2 /km (209 g/mile) in 2015. The draft also sets indicative targets for post-2020 CO 2 emissions in the range of 68-78 g/km (109-126 g/mile) from 2025.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The researchers ultimately find that continued technological innovation is necessary and must be accompanied by cross-sector policies and changes to consumer behavior in order to meet Paris Agreement targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions. They assumed mitigation is achieved through global economy-wide carbon pricing after 2030.

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