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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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

An international team of researchers has shed light on one way new particles are forming in the upper troposphere. Source: College of Engineering. There are no factories or farms, and planes are thought to make up most of the pollutants in this area. This is important, especially in the relatively clean upper troposphere.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing the federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks for Model Years (MY) 2023 through 2026. EPA is planning to initiate a separate rulemaking to establish multi-pollutant emission standards under the Clean Air Act for MY 2027 and later.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

John Wall, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of diesel engine manufacturer Cummins Inc., Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards are given annually to individuals who have made significant lifetime contributions toward improving air quality and climate change science, technology and policy, furthering the protection of public health.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. Armstrong, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT. Green, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT and the study chair. —MITEI Director Robert C. —William H.

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Electric Auto Association

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Endless studies on the impact of pollution and climate change on low-income families have all come up with the same general result: It is a very real and very serious problem. This is in addition to underserved population exposure to tailpipe pollution from high concentrations of car and truck traffic.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The longer-term purpose of the ACC program, according to ARB, is to shape the development of light-duty transportation to contribute to meeting the state’s 2050 GHG reduction goal of 80% below 1990 levels. Beyond 2025, ARB notes, the driving force for lowering emissions in California will thus be climate change.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2013

In California, reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s—mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs—have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a study examining the impact of black carbon on California’s climate.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The leaders of the world have just returned from the UN's latest climate change summit, COP26 , in which the countries that have signed on to the Paris Agreement upped their commitments to fight climate change. IEEE Spectrum : What role does Silver Lining play in climate research or advocacy? In 2015, the U.S.

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EV Duniyaa

MAY 20, 2022

Two-wheelers are the common transport mode in India with more than 5 crores of two-wheelers with internal combustion(IC) engines on Indian roads. These vehicles contribute a lot of pollution by burning fossil fuels and that has made us think of alternative energy consumption.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

The first workshop, on 2 March, focused on preliminary elements of the proposed criteria pollutant emission standards and involved a presentation of technical information from several studies that are under evaluation for potential greenhouse gas emission reduction. Super Light Car: Sustainable Production Technologies for CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

With colleagues at the Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Michael Bergin, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University and lead author of the study, measured the decrease in solar energy gathered by the IITGN’s solar panels as they became dirtier over time.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2012

The Directorate for Engineering at the National Science Foundation (NSF) has established a partnership with the Vehicle Technologies Program (VTP) of the US Department of Energy (DOE) to address critical fundamental and applied research challenges associated with advanced combustion engine technologies.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2024

Army Corps of Engineers Construction Research Lab Commercial truck and locomotive engine maker Cummins , which has pledged to make all its heavy-duty road and rail vehicles zero-emission by 2050, won a $1 million competitive award to build the H2Rescue, which gets its power from a hydrogen fuel cell that charges its lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to find under section 231(a) of the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from commercial aircraft engines endanger the health and welfare of Americans by contributing to climate change. turboprop) aircraft with a MTOM greater than 8,618 kilograms.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

However, the fuel-cycle PM 10 , PM 2.5 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs could be up to five times higher than those of ICEVs (internal combustion engine vehicles) and CNGVs. emissions are less important because of the low contribution of light duty vehicles to national PM 10 and PM 2.5 While the increases in PM 10 and PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2016

Freight hauling by trucks is a significant source of energy consumption and pollution around the world, and the fuel savings promised by the technology advances under this CERC-TRUCK program will help to combat climate change while advancing low-carbon economies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

Light trucks. system leakage) and indirect CO 2 emissions related to the increased load on the engine. This approach would allow credit trading among all vehicles a manufacturer produces, both cars and light trucks, as well as between companies. Projected Flee-wide Compliance Levels. 2012; 2013 3014 2015 2016. Passenger cars.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Water covers 72 percent of the Earth’s surface, its volumes host 80 percent of biodiversity and play a pivotal role in global phenomena, such as climate change. We can allow teams of robots to communicate and collaborate, to send data, get instructions, and change their mission in real time.” This blind spot is rather striking.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

The Automaker Rankings report examines the emissions of both global warming and smog-forming pollution from of the automakers. The company also showed strong improvements in GHG emissions due to its increased use of hybrids and its focus on smaller, turbocharged engines in vehicles ranging from the Ford Focus sedan to the F-150.

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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

AUGUST 10, 2009

Additionally, suggested one of the speakers, advanced SIDI (spark-ignited, direct-injection) engines can take light-duty market share back from diesels in Europe based on the same trends. However, prior to the remarks on climate change and the regulatory response, he spent a few minutes discussing the efforts on urban pollution—e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

Five technology paths for very-low-NO x and GHG emissions from heavy-duty natural gas engines. SoCalGas), showcases the technologies currently under development that could deliver near-zero-emission heavy-duty natural gas engines by the end of this decade. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

However, these standards will not reduce CO 2 emissions, which is required to mitigate long-term climate change, the team notes. However, these standards will not reduce CO 2 emissions, which is required to mitigate long-term climate change, the team notes. Shindell et al. trillion avoided health damage and $US1.1-4.3

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. Efficient Vehicle and Engine Technology and Zero Emissions Technology.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2013

While technologies for low carbon buses such as hybridization offer the prospect of significant reductions in fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions compared to conventionally powered vehicles, the improvement in terms of regulated emissions (criteria pollutants) may not be as great, according to a new report by Ricardo.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2016

is a leader in transportation tech, including next-generation advanced engines. —David Johnson, president and CEO of opposed-piston engine developer Achates Power. This report showcases what we know from experience: the U.S. Our industry can meet aggressive efficiency targets at affordable prices.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

The brand has achieved a technological advantage in natural gas engines by having developed a complete range of both CNG and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) vehicles, from the Daily light commercial vehicle to the Urbanway city bus, and the new Stralis NP for long-haul transport, launched last June.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

Light duty vehicles contribute much of the air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in towns and cities across the UK. Local authorities are advised to set appropriate definitions for low emissions, prescribing the most up-to-date Euro engine emission standards and aligning CO 2 emission standards with national policy guidelines.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also directs the President to work with the relevant Federal agencies and California to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, the federal fuel economy standards, any emission standards promulgated by EPA, and the California standards for light-duty vehicles. light duty vehicles—e.g., Appliance Energy Efficiency.

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

For the transportation sector, electrification means replacing fossil fuels with electricity as the means of powering light-duty vehicles, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and buses. The primary goal is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, ultimately, contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change on the planet.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

As the pandemic continued to grind on, it was actually comforting to know that smart people in the energy sector were working hard to keep the lights on, advance the technology, and improve people’s lives. No battery is perfect, however, so engineers keep pushing for new and improved ways to store those electrons.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2012

The case studies include the proposed CAFE fuel economy requirements and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas regulations for motor vehicles; and energy-efficiency standards for clothes dryers, room air conditioners, and light bulbs. The air pollution harms human health, but abatement raises the firm’s production cost.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Up there, 10 to 50 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, ozone molecules absorb the sun’s ultraviolet light, protecting life far below. This question of whether climate change becomes so bad that we have to do something to dull its impacts and reduce human suffering is a very big one,” says Keutsch, an atmospheric chemist.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2017

PM and criteria pollutants. Manufacturers have been marketing passenger cars and SUVs meeting the 2025 LEV III criteria pollutant fleet average requirement of super ultra-low emissions vehicles (SULEV30) for more than a decade. In 2012, the Board adopted increased ZEV credit requirements.

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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. Farmers are exempt from the carbon pollution compliance obligations in the bill. Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.), Blocking Market Manipulation.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 26, 2023

 In this blog, we will delve into the intricacies of how the AC system in an electric vehicle works , shedding light on its functionality and benefits. The little electric motor activates the compressor in the same way as the power of the engine would typically do in a typical car. One such crucial component is the AC system. In

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