Cars That Think

AUGUST 26, 2021

Joe Biden may have called for 100% clean power in the United States by 2035, but he didn't set a clear path to get there. Outlined in Democrats' proposed budget is a national "clean energy standard." This clean energy standard, or CES, would set up a tangible program that pushes utilities to shift towards net zero emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will conduct a public hearing on 20 May to consider approving for adoption of the proposed Clean Miles Standard—the first proposed regulation to address environmental requirements for ride-hailing services specifically. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). EPA Administrator Michael Regan reached this decision after considering advice provided by the independent Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2021

billion clean energy complex to be built in Louisiana that will make the state a leader in the US clean energy transition. Air Products will build, own and operate the megaproject, which will produce more than 750 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of blue hydrogen in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

UK-based Clean Air Power , a provider of clean transport solutions, is marking its 25 th anniversary working with hydrogen injection products by releasing a new range of hydrogen injectors for internal combustion engines. Clean Air Power is naming the extended range DigiJet H 2 ICE, which will replace its existing ‘ServoJet’ products.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 22, 2021

If you missed the initial parts of this series, first read: Tesla’s Dojo Supercomputer Breaks All Established Industry Standards — CleanTechnica Deep Dive, Part 1 and Tesla’s Dojo Supercomputer Breaks All Established Industry Standards — CleanTechnica Deep Dive, Part 2.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 22, 2021

If you missed it, first read: Tesla’s Dojo Supercomputer Breaks All Established Industry Standards — CleanTechnica Deep Dive, Part 1. Tesla Breaks the Rules What Tesla is planning to do with its Dojo training tiles is screw the whole industry standard of cutting the wafer into pieces.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed federal emissions standards spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond. —Proposed Rule: Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles GHG emissions standards.

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Plug in America

MARCH 22, 2024

On March 20, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final vehicle standards for cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs. EPA standards aren’t new. There are EPA vehicle standards in place right now. cities, the Clean Air Act was established by Congress back in 1970. Why do these standards matter?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2019

The European Commission has begun work aimed at post-Euro 6 emission standards for on-road vehicles. The paper highlights issues and limitations of the current standards; compares them to current and future regulations in other parts of the world; and makes policy recommendations for light-duty post-Euro 6 standards.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

The two strategies present a new clean energy investment agenda, in line with the European Commission’s Next Generation EU recovery package and the European Green Deal. The Renovation Wave will be an important part of these reforms. Energy System Integration. A greater direct electrification of end-use sectors.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 22, 2021

If you missed the initial parts of this series, you can first read for more background: Tesla’s Dojo Supercomputer Breaks All Established Industry Standards — CleanTechnica Deep Dive, Part 1 Tesla’s Dojo Supercomputer Breaks All Established Industry Standards — CleanTechnica Deep Dive, Part 2 Tesla’s Dojo Supercomputer Breaks All Established Industry (..)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

Toyota Motor Sales USA and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America for systematic, longstanding violations of Clean Air Act emission-related defect reporting requirements, which require manufacturers to report potential defects and recalls affecting vehicle components designed to control emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

The West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative , a study commissioned by a collaboration among nine electric utilities and two agencies representing more than two dozen municipal utilities, recommends adding electric vehicle charging for freight haulers and delivery trucks at 50-mile intervals along Interstate 5 and adjoining highways.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2021

Whether the SAFE-1 interpretation of CAA section 177 that could disallow other states’ ability to adopt California GHG emission standards was appropriate. SAFE-1 also interpreted the CAA as not allowing other states to adopt California’s GHG emission standards. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2022

The optional ultra-low CARB certification is 90% cleaner than current emissions standards for nitrogen oxides. Propane is well established as an economical, clean and domestically produced alternative fuel for school buses. The certification is part of a proposed federal emissions regulation that goes into effect in 2027.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In that 1998 rule, EPA adopted three tiers of emission standards: Tier 0, Tier 1, and Tier 2. The Tier 2 standards began phasing in for new locomotives and engines built in 2005. EPA adopted its first regulation to control the emissions from new locomotives and their engines in 1998.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 13, 2023

Designed to spur domestic manufacturing, strengthen supply chains, boost US competitiveness, and create good-paying jobs, new vehicle emission standards are part of a bigger picture of the quest toward climate mitigation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

Washington state governor Jay Inslee signed into law HB 1091 , legislation which directs the Department of Ecology to develop a low carbon fuel standard for the state. The rules must establish a start date for the clean fuels program of no later than 1 January 2023. percent each year beginning 22 in 2028 through 2031; and.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 21, 2023

After Ford adopted Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) — basically, it’s Supercharger standard — one of my big questions was whether Nissan would do the same. For one, Nissan was the company that we pushed years ago to go this route, in part because it seemed like the most likely to do so.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The technology has been available for a long time as part of the Air Care Climatronic option, which filters out pollen, bacteria, fungal spores and particulates before they make their way through the ventilation system into the interior. Volkswagen has begun to fit all its models with an activated carbon filter.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

The helmet developed by Shellios Technolabs has a Bluetooth-enabled app that lets the rider know when the helmet requires cleaning. The purifying system set at the back of the helmet picks up all particulate matter coming from outside and cleans the air before it reaches the biker. 4500/- (US$56).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2017

In a joint Federal Register notice , the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) opened the public comment period on the reconsideration of the January 2017 Final Determination for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years (MY) 2022-2025. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2016

Clean Energy Fuels Corp., The CleanCNG, developed by engineers at Clean Energy’s subsidiary Clean Energy Compression in British Columbia, incorporates improvements in compressor design and intelligent engineering, resulting in ultra-low vibration and noise in a compressor that offers scalability, parts commonality and overall performance.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

million received from the 2016 Volkswagen settlement to significantly increase the number of electric vehicles and other clean vehicles in the state. The state’s strategically leveraged investment of settlement funds is anticipated to result in at least $300 million of clean vehicles and infrastructure on New York’s roadways.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.

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Charged EVs

MAY 3, 2023

Currently, there is no industry-wide standard to categorize, log, report or analyze charging errors and common causes of failure. The industry badly needs technical standards to enable charging providers to document, diagnose and repair charging problems in a uniform way. And then a lot of times there is damage to the station.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2023

The grant is awarded by the European Commission through the EU Innovation Fund and is part of a EUR €3.6-billion billion award to 41 large-scale clean tech projects. The call for projects attracted 239 applications.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 9, 2023

While many third-party chargers are broken, refusing payment, or thoughtlessly placed behind the second dumpster at Pizza Hut, Tesla’s Supercharger network is clean, largely seamless, and – most importantly – reliable.& And designing a second charging flap door on another part of the car to house a NACS port would be very expensive.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

Honeywell UOP has introduced its Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC), a solution that enables the long-distance transportation of clean hydrogen. LOHC is part of Honeywell’s Green Hydrogen program. The carrier used in the Honeywell LOHC solution is readily available and requires minimal makeup.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

The Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA) released a report assessing market-ready technologies being commercialized by suppliers of emission control and efficiency components for heavy-duty diesel vehicles to meet lower intermediate standards for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) by 2024 as a transition to final standards in 2027.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

Six trucking firms operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are deploying trucks powered by Cummins Westport (CWI) near-zero ISX12N engines ( earlier post ), and fueled with Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s —Greg Roche, Clean Energy’s vice president of sustainable trucking. The new engines were tested as low as 0.01

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2015

Oregon Governor Kate Brown, who assumed office in February after the resignation of former Governor John Kitzhaber, has signed into law Oregon’s Clean Fuels legislation ( SB 324 ). The bill removes the 31 December 2015 sunset on the statutes requiring the adoption of clean fuel standards. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Counties where measured ozone is above proposed range of standards, based on 2011-2013 monitoring data. Earlier this year, EPA staff had recommended the further reduction of this primary ozone standard from the current 75 ppb (parts per billion) to a revised level within the range of 70 ppb to 60 ppb—and preferably below 70 ppb.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

After the Model S introduced an expansive touchscreen computer display, other manufacturers (after automotive-grade parts became available) ended up following suit. These days, everyone expects their vehicle to not only drive well, but connect to the internet.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2017

Based on its review of scientific evidence, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes retaining the current national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ). There are currently two primary standards for NO x. The last review of the primary NO 2 NAAQS was in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing new, stronger standards to promote clean air and reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles and engines starting in model year (MY) 2027. EPA is co-proposing two regulatory options for new NO x standards: proposed Option 1 and proposed Option 2.

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