Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2012

The high-level performance goals of the Partnership are a 25-40% improvement in fuel economy in a light-duty vehicle (LDV) and achieving 55% brake thermal efficiency (BTE) in heavy-duty engine systems. bio-derived) fuels have the potential to dramatically increase fuel economy. At the present time, sustainable energy technologies (e.g.,

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. The whole world is one grid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The concept of a Global Energy Equilibrium suggests a matching of demand and supply of hydrocarbons in a manner which is optimum. Another challenge that faces all the countries of the world today is one arising out of the challenges of climate change. Most of our requirement of hydrocarbons is met through imports.We

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Global demand for critical minerals needed to decarbonize the nation’s economy is expected to increase by 400-600% over the next several decades and the US is increasingly dependent on foreign sources, some adversarial, for many of the processed versions of these minerals. Idaho National Laboratory. Colorado School of Mines.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The phrase “as the seasons change” has taken a whole new meaning in the past few years, as the seasons really do feel like they’re different now – wetter, hotter, drier, somewhere in the world seems to be constantly in crisis on any given day. BMW i-Vision Circular concept. Can they be reused, recycled, repurposed? MIni Aceman.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2017

A paper on the team’s work, which is part of their long-term development of aspects of the “Methanol Economy” ( earlier post ), is published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The paper describing the method was the the last major paper co-authored by USC’s first Nobel laureate, the late George Olah.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In fact, the US instituted its CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards in 1975, back when our politicians were busy doing what Australian ones do best – knifing their leaders. An electric HiLux … it’s only a concept. The home of big, dumb, ugly trucks, Winnebagos and idiots.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 as a group, partly thanks to large emission reductions from economies in transition in the early nineties and more recent reductions due to the 2008-2009 recession, according to the report. Their share of global emissions has now fallen to less than half the global total.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2015

The Smart City Challenge will allow the selected city to demonstrate how advanced data, technologies, and applications can be used to reduce congestion, keep travelers safe, protect the environment, respond to climate change, and support economic vitality. Additionally, Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2011

The deadline to submit research concepts is 31 January 2012. Given the magnitude of technological change required to support California’s transition to a low-carbon economy while improving air quality, ARB says that it is imperative that its policies understand and effectively contend with barriers to implementation of clean technology.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

By cycling carbon through energy generation systems as biomass, it offers a means to address climate change. In biorefineries, lignin is used for producing heat to run the turbines which substantially affects the economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

This concept is often called “additionality.” Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. How Credit Derivatives Brought the US Economy to the Brink of a Second Great Depression , by Brian J. United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Despite issues such as climate change, privacy threats, epidemic disease and geopolitical strife, the Ford report detects optimism. US adults under age 35 are 63% more likely to agree than adults ages 35+ that “The share economy allows me to take more risks.”. 64% in Germany agree; 39% in China; and 31% in Japan.

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EV Match

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Meet the Concept EV9. The cool quotient on this concept is through the (extremely futuristic looking) roof! What concept EV are you most excited about? The company markets the Solterra as a practical option in line with their fleet of classic crossover vehicles, with a platform developed in collaboration with Toyota.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Tom Cackette, Chief Deputy Executive Office of the California Air Resources Board, spent the bulk of his talk during the opening panel discussing the response to climate change, which he called “ the defining environmental challenge of this century. Differentiated Analysis of Downsizing Concepts”). Advanced boosting concepts.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

And the Norwegian company H2Carrier recently received approval in principle for its concept for an industrial-scale floating production unit to make green ammonia at sea. Department of Energy has spent over US $9 billion on developing a hydrogen economy, with many of its initiatives specified in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

Germany has embarked on a large-scale Energiewende (energy transition)—a policy-driven shift away from nuclear and fossil energy to a renewable energy economy. Climate Change Europe Policy Power Generation' Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Further analysis and discussion are needed to assess whether this approach can be developed into an effective, equitable and efficient policy for handling biofuels in the context of an economy-wide carbon cap. Tags: Biomass Climate Change Emissions Fuels Land use Lifecycle analysis Policy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

A central concept in the scientific study of cities is that of urban metabolism. The concept of urban metabolism views large cities as living entities that consume energy, food, water, and other raw materials, and release wastes. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Lifecycle analysis. Charles Kolb. Christopher Kennedy et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Here’s our rough draft, which we’re releasing as we refine the concept—we moved up our plans when we learned about the Tuesday address. That’s too long to wait to improve energy security, protect our economy, and address climate change. Fortunately, if we just open our eyes, the practical answer is right in front of us.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. Closer to home, the federal fuel economy standards require the average fleet fuel economy of OEMs that sell vehicles in the USA to be 35.5 The concept of a federal mandated alternative energy goal is not new.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

SBIR and STTR programs at DOE have three distinct phases: Phase I explores the feasibility of innovative concepts with awards up to $225,000 over 9 months. reliance on foreign energy sources and mitigate climate change, highly efficient automotive gasoline fueled engines need to be developed. 149,890.56. . 150,000.00.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2012

However, the Agency now is systematically realigning its entire research enterprise around the concept of sustainability. EPA traditionally has taken a risk assessment and management approach to conducting its scientific work, Anastas noted.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

Integrated assessment modeling (IAM) methods, which examine bioenergy systems in the broader context of combined climatic and economic system modeling at the global level. IAM thus treats systems at higher levels of aggregation than does FCA, addressing sources and sinks at regional and sectoral levels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

The report, Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change is one of three released by the NRC, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering. Fri, Chair, Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change. Limiting the Magnitude”.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

Enhancing competitiveness The primary objective of the PLI scheme is to enhance the competitiveness of manufacturing in India by addressing sectoral obstacles, fostering economies of scale, and ensuring efficiency. The policy includes financial incentives, development of standards, and raising awareness about battery recycling.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

Enhanced sensors and controls enable the utilization of electric-powered accessories in a way that can improve fuel economy. Most importantly, it would help state and local air quality regulators to accelerate progress towards meeting air quality goals for ozone NAAQS attainment and mitigation of climate change.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

In addition to helping the nation meet ambitious carbon-neutral goals, the development and implementation of the proposed technology can help reduce the cost of and emissions from hydrogen production to mitigate the effects of climate change while creating new jobs and revitalizing our economy.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Every time there is a conversion of energy from one form to another there are efficiency losses – a concept known as ‘energy vector transition’. 2011,p66) [3] and Tesla’s Elon Musk has called the concept of hydrogen FCEVs as “incredibly dumb” [5]. Tillemann,L., 2015) The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Eliza Strickland: Man-made climate change is already reshaping our planet, and carbon emissions aren’t coming down fast enough to stave off real disaster in the decades to come. It’s often called geoengineering in the popular press, but the preferred term is climate intervention. Transcript. Wanser: Certainly.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.” Algenol, For Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change Award. The 2015 winners are Algenol; Lanzatech; Renmatix; Professor Eugene Y.-X.

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EV Match

APRIL 18, 2022

And this is where EVmatch and the concept of shared, reservable charging comes in. By adding EV charging to your property, you will play a role in the clean energy economy, meet the needs of your current and future residents, and even support increased access to EV charging for your community.

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Drive Electric

MAY 16, 2023

The Climate Change Commission’s analysis shows that by 2030 67% of cars entering the New Zealand market are EV. Table: Charging points per EV and kW per electric Light Duty Vehicle (LDV) in selected countries, 2021 This shortage in public charging infrastructure has been confirmed in the Climate Change Commission’s draft advice.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Prius best embodies Toyota’s philosophy on advanced vehicle technology—for vehicles to become true solutions to our climate change and environmental challenges, they must be mass market solutions. Tesla has its EVs in the market, Nissan and Mitsubishi are poised to enter their EVs in the US soon.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. The convenience and low cost of this concept alone merit attention.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In New Zealand’s fight against climate change, e-mobility is a low-hanging fruit, especially given our supply of renewable energy. . Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in the fight against climate change. . Concept Consulting has useful analysis on implementing an ICE ban.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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