Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The study, which is also testing Ford PHEVs on the streets of London and Valencia, Spain, aims to better analyse and show the real-world benefits of such vehicles for the environment and for commercial vehicle owners and operators. Geofencing creates a virtual geographic boundary defined by GPS technology.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A new briefing paper from Imperial College London estimates that in 2021, 52% of all small particle pollution from road transport came from tires and brakes. Six million tonnes of tire wear particles (TWP) are released globally each year, and in London alone, 2.6 Scale bar of 10 μm = 0.01 mm (Mao, 2021) Tan et al.

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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

MAY 25, 2017

Shell officially opened its Joint Research Center for Cleaner Mobility with Tsinghua’s Department of Automotive Engineering (DAE). Shell has partnered with Tsinghua University since 201 to provide students with the latest knowledge in lubricants technology. Shell collaborates with top-tier universities and research institutes globally.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

The vehicle makes its first appearance as Ford prepares 20 PHEV Transits for the 12-month fleet customer trial in London that begins in late 2017. Commercial vehicles in London make 280,000 journeys on a typical weekday, traveling a total distance of 8 million miles (13 million kilometers). liter gasoline engine as a range extender.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2019

London-based AP Ventures has made a follow-on investment in Greyrock Energy , Inc. a provider of small-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology. I’m delighted with the progress made to commercialize the Greyrock technology since our original investment in Greyrock. —Andrew Hinkly, Managing Partner AP Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

To do that we need to build new network infrastructure at pace, using the latest available technologies. million to Smart-DSRFlex (Manchester), a project by Landis & Gyr UK to demonstrate how DSR technology can help to manage a renewables-based electricity grid using the smart meter system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

Velocys is leading the development of the project and has assembled all the technology components into a standardized integrated design. million gallons US) of cleaner-burning sustainable jet and road fuel each year. University College of London students were crowned as the winners of its BA 2119: Future of Fuels challenge.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Tootbus is currently operating buses that run on hydrotreated vegetable oil but is adopting BEV and solar technology with VEV’s help. Tootbus describes itself as the world’s first clean energy sightseeing bus company, specializing in hop-on hop-off tours around Europe, including Bath, London, Paris, and Brussels.

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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% The open-access findings are published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. —Kim et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Aramco Americas is a contributor to the US energy sector through research and development, venture fund activities, asset ownership, as well as technology and digital transformation.

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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

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 truck will operate from Sainsbury’s Waltham Point depot, delivering chilled goods to stores in the London area.

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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. Technology has its part to play in addressing the problem, but there is a role and responsibility for individuals too.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Modec fully electric vehicle with a cab forward design used in London. The new trucks will join UPS’ Rolling Lab, a growing fleet of more than 9,000 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles. UPS operates one of the largest private alternative fuel and advanced technology fleets in the US.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

The UK and China have agreed to a new £20-million (US$33-million) three-year program that will support research to develop new low carbon manufacturing processes and technologies, low carbon cities and offshore renewables in the two countries. million (US$11 million) available each year. million (US$9.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2011

Fuel Cell Black Cabs are on the roads of London for the first time since being awarded Road Legal status by the UK Vehicle Certification Authority (VCA). These prototype zero-emission taxis are a shining example of British ingenuity, combining revolutionary fuel cell technology with an iconic design classic. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? Dr Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Ford is the first volume manufacturer to offer PHEV technology in this segment of the van market. The technology enables the vehicle to be charged with grid electricity, contributing to reduced local emissions and allowing the vehicle to enter low-emissions zones.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2019

Extract of transport technologies funded under Horizon 2020 (H2020). New transport technologies on their own won’t spontaneously make our lives better. In some urban areas, such as London, commuters lose up to 100 hours per year in congestion. Source: JRC. —Biagio Ciuffo, lead author. —Biagio Ciuffo.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2023

This program will begin in London, England, but will quickly expand to Paris, France, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the coming year. Uber’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, commented on the possibility of this deal to further Uber’s climate goals: “As the largest mobility platform in the world, we know that our impact goes beyond our technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

The services will be accessed using enhanced mobility and connectivity technologies from Ford vehicles. Those challenges take us to remote areas where we can use advanced vehicle and connectivity technologies to change people’s lives and make the world a better place. —Bill Ford, executive chairman. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2012

The spokes and other founder members are the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The universities will have academic freedom to publish fundamental science resulting from the BP-ICAM’s work, while commercial agreements will cover specific technological applications of the work.

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My Energi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The participants were joined by Bill Gates and UK PM Rishi Sunak for the launch event at Imperial College London, where they discussed how to create the next generation of global cleantech champions in the UK. Yes, technological, but equally in financial instruments and in policy-making.

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Cars That Think

MAY 26, 2022

One hundred and forty years ago, Thomas Edison began generating electricity at two small coal-fired stations, one in London ( Holborn Viaduct ), the other in New York City ( Pearl Street Station ). Yet although electricity was clearly the next big thing, it took more than a lifetime to reach most people.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The self-contained plant, likely to be sited in east London, will convert 500,000 tonnes of waste per year into 16 million gallons of green jet fuel through a process that offers lifecycle greenhouse gas savings of up to 95% compared to fossil-fuel derived jet kerosene. —The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Click to enlarge.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 25, 2021

This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel. New EVs are usually brimming with technology such as regenerative braking, which allows them to be more efficient and use less energy. Fully electric vehicles are zero-emission and their batteries can be charged using renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2013

The technology in the demo—the first of its kind operating at such a large scale—has not been accomplished anywhere else in the United States. In collaboration with the Alberta Energy Research Institute, a study focused on advanced CO 2 capture technology for use with gasification.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

UPS has achieved its goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet one year earlier than planned, and marked more than 10 years of learning from its “Rolling Laboratory” of now more than 7,200 alternative fuel vehicles. Adapt and tailor the solution. The best solution is not always the perfect solution.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

in Greater London, 65% in Hong Kong, and 61% in Tokyo in terms of share of public transport among auto mobility. the promotion of clean energy, limits for vehicle fuel efficiency, technology replacement, and the promotion of public transportation). (3)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

Despite this, an analysis of more than 1,800 major roads show that a small number of these—81 or 4%—are due to breach legal pollution limits for NO 2 , with 33 of these outside of London. 27M – Clean Bus Technology Fund and Clean Vehicle Technology Fund. 11M – Air Quality Grant.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

However, as sustainability is central to the mission of the EV industry, we need to hold ourselves to much higher standards than those of past transportation technologies, and there’s a long way to go before we have a true circular supply chain for batteries. That’s a whole suite of capabilities and technologies to generate that black mass.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

It was founded in 1833 and is credited with linking London to other regions of England and Wales. In February 2022, the UK railways signed a deal with Vivarail to trail a new FastCharge technology that could one day enable battery-powered electric trains across its network. Great Western Railway is a British mainstay in train travel.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

However, as sustainability is central to the mission of the EV industry, we need to hold ourselves to much higher standards than those of past transportation technologies, and there’s a long way to go before we have a true circular supply chain for batteries. That’s a whole suite of capabilities and technologies to generate that black mass.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

Just accounting for miles driven , however, BEVs cars and trucks appear cleaner than ICE equivalents nearly everywhere in the U.S. A high priority, says IEA’s Birol, is investment in across-the-board energy-related technology research and development and their placement into practice.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 24, 2007

Low carbon cars don't make the air cleaner. Hybrid technology is a very expensive way to save a small amount of fuel. Politically, it's very popular to say that you're going to ban cars that emit over 225g/km of carbon dioxide in London, but it won't make any difference to the ambient atmosphere. Fahrvegnügen and fuhgedaboutit.

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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. Each center will focus on specific combustion technologies, both targeting higher engine efficiency. The £1-million (US$1.6

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