The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

First, some background from the New York Times : The rule increasingly limits the amount of pollution allowed from tailpipes over time so that, by 2032, more than half the new cars sold in the United States would most likely be zero-emissions vehicles in order for carmakers to meet the standards. It very much is not. It's just not.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2010

The seven themes are: Taking Action on Climate Change. EPA will finalize its mobile source GHG rules under the Clean Air Act, and “ provide a framework for continued improvements in that sector.” ( Earlier post. ). Cleaning Up Communities. Improving Air Quality. Other themes include: Assuring the Safety of Chemicals.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

For example, in 2004 they posed as representatives of Dow Chemical and promised that the company would clean up after the Bhopal Disaster, leading to a temporary $2 billion drop in the company’s market cap. Here are some examples of conversations we had with the tool: Frankly… it kind of feels like visiting a traditional car dealer.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The RV1 route passes through some of London’s most polluted areas, so its conversion to hydrogen power will help to improve London’s air quality. This is set to expand to 300 and, from 2012, will be joined by the Mayor’s New Bus for London, which will be 40% less polluting than a traditional diesel bus.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Businesses and public-sector organizations whose employees drive for work are in a unique position to catalyze the conversion of commuter vehicles from gas to electric. Many are beginning to convert their fleet vehicles, acknowledging their role in climate change. Reach its EV Goals first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. Significant tax incentives encourage the conversion of trucks and heavy-duty fleets to natural gas vehicles. Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.),

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

The on-road transportation (ORT) and power generation (PG) sectors are major contributors to CO 2 emissions and a host of short-lived radiatively-active air pollutants, including tropospheric ozone and fine aerosol particles, that exert complex influences on global climate. Unger et al. Click to enlarge. Unger et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2009

The funding from A*STAR’s Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) will support research teams from A*STAR research institutes and local institutes of higher learning to develop solutions to manage environmental deterioration, pressures on natural resources and climate change brought on by rapid growth and urbanization.

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Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2021

That’s how he navigated the 18 years he served in the Oregon House of Representatives , where he marshalled the help of environmental and clean energy organizations to pass a remarkable number of pro-electric vehicle (EV) bills that became state laws and/or regulations. And that’s how he runs the EVEVA now.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In the US, diesel freight trains emit 35 million metric tons of CO 2 annually and produce air pollution that leads to $6.5 Accounting for reduced criteria air pollutants and CO 2 emissions, switching to battery-electric propulsion would save the US freight rail sector US$94?billion billion over 20?years. —Popovich et al.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 13, 2021

The state still offers clean vehicle rebates, and there is still a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate for automakers. Insights from CA’s Clean Air Protectors. DMV employees who give behind-the-wheel tests receive updated training as necessary,” the DMV Public Affairs Office noted. Credit: Tesla Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. The companies say they a vision for a larger role for methanol as a clean and sustainable fuel worldwide. Currently the company has a 4,000 metric ton/year production capacity.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. It is clean and flexible.

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

You are unusual for a technologist because you think broadly and widely, and you’re not afraid to have an opinion on things going on in the technical conversation. Climate change makes farming more difficult, more uncertain. I think we can get to a good, clean system of providing food for billions of people.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The gap between official and real-world fuel-economy figures in Europe has risen to about 38%, according to a new report published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). This procedure was developed in the 1980s and was not originally intended to be used for fuel consumption testing but air pollutants.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm htm Advocates of the Th! htm Advocates of the Th!

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

Public Utility Commissions (PUCs)] and many state and federal agencies,” states a report by the non-profit group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid. When there is conversation, it is frequently combative , with local, state and federal officials fighting among themselves over who has the final say on what is going to be done, where and when.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Most Americans commute less than 40 miles daily, so that most days they would consume practically NO combustible fuel, na d not pollute the environment while driving or idling. April 18, 2009 1:03 pm Link Writing from Panama where we could use a few more electric cars to reduce pollution. Give them the choice, and they’ll shift.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. and tap clean, renewable energy sources. EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2024

At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation. Everyone agrees that burning fossil fuels is extremely polluting.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) That said, the interest in conversions continues to validate hybrid technology as a core technology thats here to stay. GM Press Release ).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

This helps to explain the climate changes we are now experiencing. While this may be a problem for a blind pedestrian who cannot hear an approaching car, truck or bus, it is a welcome convenience for deaf passengers who normally have difficulty participating in conversation. Some viewers perceive more than the lit-up beauty.

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