Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. However, they note, a clean US hydrogen economy will require a comprehensive strategy and a 10-year plan. —Arun Majumdar.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

A number of factors may be converging to lower EV battery prices, which in turn could boost EV demand, according to new analysis from Goldman Sachs. Battery innovation, whether it’s new solid-state chemistries or better manufacturing processes could help lower costs as well, according to the analysis.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2023

An economic study by research group Steer, and commissioned by T&E, looked at future operating costs of hydrogen planes on intra-European flights and found that they could be an efficient, cost competitive technology to decarbonize the sector, provided kerosene is taxed adequately. (If GJ—approximately €0.37/L.)

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Analysis of Recent Market Moves. When gas prices are on the rise, it had a big impact on the type of vehicles that people were buying. The Cost of Gas Has a Big Impact on Vehicle Choice. But for many people, one of the most important considerations is the cost of gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

The study — Total Cost of Ownership: A Gas Versus Diesel Comparison —was conducted for Robert Bosch LLC; the results were released at the 2013 Alternative Clean Transportation Expo in Washington DC.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

However, the resulting low gas prices, as well as clean air and climate policies, will promote further switching to gas from other more polluting energy sources, such as oil and coal. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The cost of battery packs has been a significant factor in the adoption of these technologies, and recent developments show that we’re moving in the right direction as prices drop. But the price of these batteries had been a major roadblock to electric vehicle adoption. But that doesn’t mean prices are set in stone.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2022

The new electric motor is clean, light, and efficient and can be assembled without the use of rare earths by customer request. What was still lacking on the market until now were durable yet compact drives to make electric vehicles unrestricted for everyday use. Our new SCT E-motor is the solution.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2022

Building sustainable and clean energy systems will be harder, riskier and more expensive without nuclear, according to the new report, Nuclear power and secure energy transitions: From today’s challenges to tomorrow’s clean energy systems. However, a new era for nuclear power is by no means guaranteed.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Simultaneously, with fuel prices surging as much as 20% in the last six months, and the cumulative costs of internal combustion engine-vehicle maintenance, drivers are increasingly turning to cost-effective electric auto-rickshaws as the modern and reliable vehicles of choice.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2011

The inaugural study examines attitudes of US consumers toward four primary alternative powertrain technologies: hybrid electric vehicles; clean diesel engines; plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; and battery electric vehicles. Power also sees hybrid and electric vehicle share of the US market to remain below 10% through 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

The special report, The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions , is the most comprehensive global study to date on the central importance of minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements in a secure and rapid transformation of the global energy sector. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, and José-Luis Cruz of Princeton University assesses the local social cost of carbon (LSCC) and how that cost aligns with the carbon reduction pledges countries made under the Paris Agreement. It measures the social cost in US dollars of adding a ton of CO 2 to the atmosphere.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Amyris, Inc., , a company which converts plant-sourced sugars into renewable hydrocarbons, reports achieving a record low manufacturing cost of $1.75 The company has also accelerated its sales activity relating to high-performance polymer-grade farnesene for the polymers market and Myralene as a replacement for higher-priced limonene.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

2012 and 2013 market share vs. per-vehicle incentive for battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric PHEV (where applicable, only company car market incentives shown here). Market share of new EVs in select markets, 2013 and 2014. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

T&E estimates this to be equivalent to around 9% market share of new registrations in 2018. Nearly half of delivered and ordered electric buses come from three manufacturers: BYD: 600 units sold and a 20% market share. The are currently about 1,600 electric buses are on European roads, with another 1,600 on order (as of mid-2018).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For more than 20 years, California has aggressively supported the rooftop solar market through its Net Energy Metering (NEM) program in Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) territories. Without NEM reform, these amounts will increase substantially by 2030.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 11, 2022

As the cost of important minerals for electric vehicle battery production increases, some Tesla investors are wondering if they should be worried. Commodity prices for raw materials such as […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 10, 2023

Chinese EV startup XPeng has another model on the market now. The cost of the […] As of today, you can buy an XPeng P7i. The first deliveries will take place this month. The model is only available in China at the moment. Don’t let the model’s good looks, sporty specs, and robust features fool you.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

These fuel economy levels are achieved based on a sustained 4%–6% annual reduction of fuel use per mile with incremental technology additions that do not compromise vehicle size or utility at an incremental cost of $800–$1,300 from 2025 to 2030. Previous costs of compliance have been greatly overestimated. Source: The ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

High fuel costs and environmental laws that are favorable to clean energy make Europe an attractive market for Balqon Corporation’s heavy-duty electric vehicles and drive systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2022

The Celera is an innovative new model of transcontinental aircraft, scalable to 19 passengers, that significantly improves the efficiency of flight and reduces the operational costs of flying as a result. This combination significantly expands the opportunities for private air transportation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2020

ABC Companies, a leading provider to the motorcoach, transit and specialty passenger transportation market in the United States and Canada, will soon be the first to offer a motorcoach-diesel-to-electric-repower program for North American operators. —Roman Cornell.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

An IntelliChoice.com survey finds that most 2009 US hybrid and clean diesel cars, trucks and SUVs deliver a lower total cost of ownership compared to gasoline versions of the same (or comparable) vehicles. The long-time knock against “green” cars, trucks and SUVs is that their sticker prices do not justify the gas savings.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Given the specific barriers, suggests author Andrea Beltramello, there is a role for government to support the development and diffusion of green vehicles, including through policies to strengthen the markets for green cars. It also reviews government policies in a number of OECD countries as well as a selection of non-OECD economies.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Tata is offering special introductory prices starting INR 8.49 Having pioneered the EV market in India, we have successfully led its growth and penetration over the last couple of years. Tata Motors, India’s leading automobile manufacturer, launched the newest member of its EV family this past week: the Tiago.ev.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2013

The Governors of California, Oregon and Washington and the Premier of British Columbia signed a regional agreement strategically to align policies to reduce greenhouse gases and promote clean energy. Oregon will build on existing programs to set a price on carbon emissions. Support integration of the region’s electricity grids.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

Further, assuming economics drive adoption, the study finds that ZEV sales could reach 42% of all MD/HD trucks by 2030, reflecting lower combined vehicle purchase and operating costs (using real-world payback periods). BEVs tend to become cost-competitive for smaller trucks before 2030 and for short-haul (.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

Electric vehicles are the next frontier in the clean energy transition, and we are committed to making charging EVs easy, convenient and affordable for customers. Electric vehicles charged on the increasingly clean Xcel Energy system will have about 80% lower carbon emissions than gas-powered cars by 2030. Powering 1.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2010

In 2009, combined global revenue for the three major clean-energy sectors—solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power, and biofuels—grew by 11.4% billion by 2019, according to the Clean Energy Trends 2010 report issued by Clean Edge Inc., a research and publishing firm devoted to the clean-tech sector. over 2008, reaching $139.1

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2021

Rising raw materials prices risk undermining EV manufacturers’ efforts to drive down the cost of EV batteries necessary for mass adoption; and. Like fossil fuel extraction, conventional metals extraction comes at a steep cost to people and the planet, leading to vast deforestation in some of the most biodiverse areas on the planet.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

These high prices result from uncommonly large fixed costs that are bundled into kilowatt-hour prices and passed on to customers. What Californians pay is much higher than the true marginal cost of using electricity. Source: Designing Electricity Rates for An Equitable Energy Transition.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Probabilities at different price points for at lest some chance of purchase. Distribution of purchase probabilities at different price points. When given no cost or fuel-savings estimates, 42% of those surveyed said there was at least some chance that they would buy a PHEV sometime in the future. Source: Curtin et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2023

The anode catalyst uses iridium, which has a current market price of around $5,000 per ounce. The lack of supply and high cost of iridium pose a major barrier for widespread adoption of PEM electrolyzers. Proton exchange membrane electrolyzers run with separate catalysts for each of the electrodes (cathode and anode).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 9, 2024

However, a handful of market-based and technological hurdles, such as high car repair costs and lack refueling stations, still stand in the way. billion into clean hydrogen initiatives, including the creation of hydrogen production hubs that utilize renewable energy and electrolysis. government is infusing $9.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

The infrastructure costs required to transition to electric trucks is significant. The use of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar and energy storage, managed charging and incentives to bring down the upfront cost of charging systems will be critical to this transition, the authors said.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The cost of fuel cells that run on hydrogen continue to fall, and sales of fuel-cell vehicles are growing. The main obstacle to the extensive use of low-carbon hydrogen is the cost of producing it. Pilot projects are underway to produce steel and chemicals with low-carbon hydrogen, with other industrial uses under development.

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