Cars That Think

MAY 5, 2022

The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. Rahman is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? Why should members care about climate change?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mining giant Rio Tinto will invest around $1 billion over the next five years to support the delivery of its new climate change targets and a company objective for net zero emissions from operations by 2050. Rio Tinto’s new 2030 climate targets are linked to executive remuneration.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 4, 2021

At CleanTechnica, we work hard to inform people about solutions to climate change and other environmental problems. These solutions aren’t always perfect, but they can put us in a better spot than we are in today.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

BYD delivered the first electric bus fleet for public transport in the Caribbean, opening up an exciting new chapter in the region’s efforts to tackle climate change. The Barbados Transport Board recently received 33 BYD battery-electric buses and two more of the 30-foot buses will be delivered by December.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Closing the mitigation gap solely with EVs would require more than 350 million on-road EVs (90% of the fleet), half of national electricity demand and excessive amounts of critical materials to be deployed in 2050—a scenario considered unrealistic. The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 9, 2021

With this in mind, and to achieve a true zero-emissions future, Tesla’s efforts have been focused on creating a system that could effectively address the threat of climate change using products and services that are steadily getting cleaner. “We are designing and manufacturing a complete energy and transportation ecosystem.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 30, 2023

Moreira’s technology also helps to track the effects of climate change. A lifelong career at the DLR Moreira earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica , in São José dos Campos, Brazil, in 1984 and 1986.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 3, 2021

RenewEconomy’s live feed indicates that as of 12 noon, the state is living up to its nickname, with 30% of its electricity coming from the sun. The Sunshine State has set some ambitious targets in its efforts to go renewable. The state government target is 50% by 2030. Still in the pipeline are wind farms […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2013

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a letter to President Obama describing six key components the advisory group believes should be central to the Administration’s strategy for addressing climate change. Improving coordination and support for research efforts on climate change preparedness.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The first electric trucks with fossil-free steel are now being delivered to customers. In September, Volvo Trucks started series production of heavy-duty electric, 44 tonne trucks, as the first global truck manufacturer to achieve this. Earlier post.) Today, around 30% of the materials in a new Volvo truck come from recycled materials.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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EV Obssesion

JULY 2, 2021

LOS ANGELES – July 1, 2021 – EVgo Services, LLC (“EVgo”), the nation’s largest public fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) and first powered by 100% renewable electricity, today announced that it has completed its previously announced business combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation (“CLII”).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 31, 2020

Audi is making a pitch for its fully electric E-Tron SUV and E-Tron Sportback this Super Bowl with a very “Frozen” song. The spot features Maisie Williams, of Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, and various films, singing the song as if in a musical.

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The part we are proud to play in manifesting this future focuses on making electric vehicle (EV) charging easier and more accessible to all, and thereby increasing the number of EVs on the road. When you connect your electricity bill to Arcadia’s secure platform , Arcadia will match you with a solar farm in your state.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo Cars launched the battery-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; based on the CMA vehicle platform it is the first Volvo model designed as pure electric only. Following the introduction of the XC40 Recharge and now the C40 Recharge, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models in coming years.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Canada’s First Ministers (The Prime Minister of Canada and the provincial and territorial premiers) issued a joint communiqué and released the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change following the First Ministers’ Meeting. The Framework outlines actions that will grow the economy while reducing GHG emissions.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 9, 2009

From Today’s, December 9, New York Times: Thomas Friedman, “If we prepare for climate change by building a clean-power economy, but climate change turns out to be a hoax, what would be the result? Well, during a transition period, we would have higher energy prices.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 27, 2024

In recent years, the automotive industry has witnessed a seismic shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) driven by advancements in technology, changing consumer preferences, and global efforts to combat climate change. Ford, like.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2017

The California Air Resources Board unanimously approved the 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan , which sets the state on an aggressive course to reduce greenhouse gas emissions an additional 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 under SB 32. This will require California to double the rate at which it has been cutting GHGs. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 1, 2014

There are many reasons that automakers sell electric cars. Cars that plug in to travel on batteries charged from the electric grid respond to perceived customer demand for more-efficient transportation, and they help companies comply with tightening global emissions standards.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2022

Through the project, also known as Zero-Emission Regional Truck Operations with Fuel Cell Electric Truck, Hyundai Motor will deploy 30 Class 8 6x4 XCIENT Fuel Cell heavy-duty tractors at the Port of Oakland, Calif., Our ultimate goal is to fight climate change and build a sustainable future. million km as of 30 April 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2012

A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., nuclear and fossil-fueled generating units) in Europe and the United States are vulnerable to climate change due to the combined impacts of lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2011

Projected median temperature change in °F (of 112 climate projections) over the Western United States, 2070–2099 relative to 1950–1979. Source: DOI. Click to enlarge. —Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. million homes. SECURE Water Act Report.

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Schneider Electric EVs

JANUARY 27, 2020

As fossil fuel emissions accelerate climate change, and natural disasters underscore the value of energy self-sufficiency, the case for solar power has never been stronger. The post Climate change calls for energy self-sufficiency. appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog. Adoption is being driven as.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

As commissioned by the Australian Government in 2010, the Garnaut Climate Change Review, led by Professor Ross Garnaut, has issued the first of a series of papers scheduled for this month and next updating the 2008 Climate Change Review. —2008 Climate Change Review. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2018

Ten years ago, energy security may have been as much a driving force behind electric cars for U.S. policymakers as climate change. Scientists agree that the effects of manmade climate change, on the other hand.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Believed to be the world’s first two-seater electric racer, the car will be revealed at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland on 31 October. A customizable family of nickel-rich cathode materials, eLNO will meet specific battery performance requirements for individual electric vehicle platforms.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 26, 2009

If SCE Won’t Tell The Truth About Climate Change Why Should We Trust Them About Anything? Overall it was a good workshop with lots of solid basic information for people who don’t know much about solar but are considering a solar electric system.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 17, 2019

The idea of bringing back the Hummer brand is on the table at General Motors. Yes, that’s the brand that was much maligned by environmentalists in the ‘00s, for becoming a plus-sized piece of hypocrisy on wheels, a fashion statement of American excess riffing off the Humvee, a vehicle that helped fight the war (in part) to secure the.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Electric buses are a super important part of the EV transition. This helps reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to the fight against climate change. Immediate human health is also improved, as e-buses […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They also contribute to climate change. continued] The post Mars Will Bring 300 Electric Heavy-Duty Trucks To Its European Fleet By 2030 appeared first on CleanTechnica. Emissions from diesel engines harm human health and even contribute to premature deaths.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 19, 2023

20th June 2023 Part A: Introduction About us Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand as part of the effort to decarbonise transport. It is rapidly becoming clear that electric vehicles will replace petrol and diesel ICE vehicles in most use cases.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2021

Trane Technologies is bringing Thermo King’s fully electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to the United States. F, an can be used for both engine-powered or all-electric fleets. By 2024, Thermo King will have an electric solution in every segment of our end-to-end cold chain solutions.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 2, 2021

There is this general rule that after reaching the midpoint of doing something, the other half normally goes faster — be it going to work, with the journey back always quicker; or driving to your in-laws, when the return miraculously gets shorter. That is not the case for the two EV adventurers from WysokieNapiecie.pl, who […].

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Driivz

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We found ourselves thinking about how Smart Energy Management for EV charging is connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference; Countries from around the world continue to focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a key strategy for reducing the rate of global warming.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2021

In April, Audi launched the Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron ( earlier post )—the first compact electric SUVs from the brand. At up to 534 kilometers (332 miles) (WLTP), the Q4 Sportback 40 e-tron offers the most range out of all of Audi’s electric models. Both are available to order now. Both are available to order now.

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