Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

Petroleum-based products supplied 95% of the energy used for transportation, with 60% from gasoline consumption in automobiles and other highway vehicles. Diesel fuel for freight trucks and jet fuel for aircraft accounted for 25% and 10% of fuel consumption, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2012

Global-mean temperature change caused by car exhaust emitted from gasoline and diesel engines specified in the previous and upcoming European vehicle emission standards (EURO 3, 4, 5, and 6). Passenger transport affects climate through various mechanisms involving both long-lived—i.e. Credit: ACS, Tanaka et al.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Exhaust emissions from gasoline and diesel cars get a lot of attention from policymakers attempting to combat climate change. But another very large source of carbon emissions has nothing to do with transportation.

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Climate Change Climate Exhaust Gasoline 60

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

This rise in average CO 2 emissions correlates with a decrease in demand for diesel cars across Europe—which produce lower CO 2 emissions than gasoline cars—and the rising popularity of SUVs, which emit higher average CO 2 emissions of 133.0 g/km, compared to gasoline cars, which had an average of 123.4

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Gasoline Diesel Emissions SUV 244

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Battery electric cars emit less greenhouse gases and air pollutants over their entire life cycle than petrol and diesel cars, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report. The EEA has also published a new briefing on the environmental and climate impacts of transport. of all new registrations in the EU.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

SB 210 by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop and implement a Heavy-Duty Inspection and Maintenance Program for non-gasoline, heavy-duty trucks—the first ‘smog check’ program of its kind in the nation. Medium and heavy-duty diesel trucks make up only four percent of the 28.2

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Climate California Emissions Standards 191

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The UK automotive industry warned that the current anti-diesel agenda combined with the ongoing slow take-up of electric vehicles could mean industry misses its next round of CO 2 targets in 2021, with negative consequences for the UK’s own climate change goals. decline in new diesel registrations. to a new low of 165.4

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Diesel cars are a popular choice for those looking to buy a used vehicle in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere. After all, diesel cars cost less to maintain, burn less fuel, and have a longer engine life. To reduce emissions, diesel vehicles use filters that catch exhaust particles and other contaminants.

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Carbon Diesel Emissions Bangladesh 103

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. Uber’s CEO tells us they ‘do the right thing, period.’

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Pollution Taxi London San Francisco 493

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The grant serves as a bridge between the private sector and the government for advancing technologies that improve the US positions in energy sustainability and climate change. The groundbreaking result will be a highly efficient gasoline engine with diesel-like levels of performance that can be cost-effective to deploy at scale.

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San Diego Engine Emissions Grant 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2017

Nicolas Hulot, France’s new minister responsible for environment and energy, presented the country’s new climate plan at a press conference at the Ministry. Shorter term actions on the mobility front will include: Converging taxation rates for gasoline and diesel during the next five years.

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France Climate Sale 2001 186

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

With its carbon emissions now conclusively implicated in climate change, electric. Powering more than 1 billion vehicles on the planet and almost 100 million new ones each year, it is the default way to move vehicles along the world's roads.

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Fuel Economy Mazda Engine Economy 99

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) expects to cut greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles in the region by an estimated 26% from 2022 to 2032, and generate a total of more than $3 billion dollars over ten years for the participating jurisdictions to invest.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2018

The current decline is ales of diesel light duty vehicle in Europe does not put EU CO 2 targets out of reach of automakers, according to a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Hybrid electric vehicles can provide efficiency gains over diesel power trains at lower CO 2 abatement costs.

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Diesel CO2 Standards Emissions 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In 2009, EMRE launched what it calls a “significant” new program to research and develop advanced biofuels from photosynthetic algae that are compatible with today’s gasoline and diesel fuels. As part of the program, ExxonMobil formed a strategic research and development alliance with Synthetic Genomics. Earlier post.).

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Commercial Oil Climate Change 2005 359

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2018

Audi remains convinced of the potential of the fuels e-gas, “e-benzin” (e-gasoline) and e-diesel and is continuing to pursue its e-fuels strategy. galons US), the largest batch yet produced—of synthetic Audi e-gasoline for initial engine tests. Audi “e-benzin” (e-gasoline) is essentially a liquid isooctane.

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Audi Gasoline Global Engine 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2011

The review is the latest product of WHO’s Health in the Green Economy initiative, which is considering available evidence on health impacts from climate mitigation strategies for key economic sectors, as reviewed by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. million people annually.

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Climate Change Transportation Emissions Climate 365

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As part of California’s AB 32 climate change program, Executive Order B-48-18 administratively created a goal of 5 million zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) on California roads by 2030. This action expands on the prior Executive Order B-16-2012, which set a goal of 1.5 million by 2025. Combined, these were down a point to a 5.7%

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California Sale Climate Change PHEV 269

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.]. The top sample above shows climate change impact; the subsequent chart shows human toxicity. Sample results from Carculator. Depletion of fresh water reserves [m 3 ].

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Mariner Climate Change DC Cars 435

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

Natural gas costs significantly less than gasoline or diesel per GGE. per gallon in February, whereas the average cost of gasoline in California was $3.24 per gallon, and the average cost of diesel was $3.73 Under the program, fuels that help lower GHG emissions, such as natural gas, generate LCFS credits.

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Price Fuel Gas Gas-Electric 223

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2019

The majority of airport shuttle currently use gasoline and compressed natural gas, although some use electric, propane and diesel. The shuttles comprise cans, cutaways and transit buses, and are owned either by local government agencies or by privatebusinesses. tons from 2020-2040. tons from 2020-2040.

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Emissions California Fleet Climate Change 278

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

Although gasoline direct injection engines (GDI) are a favorable technology for reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, recent studies have shown that GDI vehicles could emit more PM than traditional PFI (gasoline port fuel injection) vehicles as well as heavy-duty diesel trucks equipped with diesel particulate filters.

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Environment Exhaust Gasoline Canada 230

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2015

Neste, currently largest producer of renewable drop-in fuels (primarily diesel) with its NEXBTL platform ( earlier post ), has filed a patent ( US20150144087 ) on a gasoline composition (and the method for making it) comprising up to 20 vol% (preferably from about 10-15 vol.%), of paraffinic bio-hydrocarbons originating from the NEXBTL process.

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Gasoline Fuel Renewable Emissions 150

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Half of the world's economy has already reached peak gasoline and diesel demand while electric vehicle deliveries in every segment are shooting through the roof.

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Oil Gas Gasoline-Electric China 141

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2014

On the other hand, the BC emission intensities had increased in the industrial and agricultural sectors, mainly due to an expansion of low-efficiency industry (coke and brick production) in developing countries and to an increasing usage of diesel in agriculture in developed countries. Climate Change Emissions Health'

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2007 Emissions Carbon Global 268

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2020

Further, the final fuel product, similar to the contents of jet fuel, has a low freezing point compared to gasoline and diesel, and has a high energy density, being sutiable to bio-aviation fuels. The mixed oil prepared in this manner can be recycled to hydrocracking processes for the mass-production of bio-aviation fuels.

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Fuel Production Oil Waste 351

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The prospect of bans on gasoline and diesel new-car sales have become a much greater threat not only to automakers but to oil companies as well, now that China has said it is studying such a move.

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Gasoline Carbon Price Cars 119

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

For the current analysis, the BIO team used the estimate of gasoline, diesel, ethanol and biodiesel use in 2013 and projections for 2014 in EIA’s September 2014 Short-Term Energy Outlook. The United States is now projected to use 2 billion gallons more gasoline and 0.5 They then modeled GHG emissions using the GREET1.2013 model.

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EPA Emissions 2014 2013 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Since internal combustion engines will remain the primary mode of choice for mobility in the foreseeable future, both alternative (renewable) fuels and high-performance combustion concepts/ engines using fuels adapted for that purpose will be preferred for reducing the combustion impact on climate change.

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Transportation Future Fuel Climate Change 255

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2013

Nearly 65% of the emissions resulted from gasoline consumption for personal vehicle use. The remaining emissions came from other transportation activities, including the combustion of diesel fuel in heavy-duty vehicles and jet fuel in aircraft. Climate Change Emissions Policy'

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2011 EPA Transportation Climate Change 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The TCI jurisdictions have conducted economic modeling to evaluate various options for a program that caps and reduces global-warming carbon dioxide emissions from combustion of gasoline and on-road diesel fuel by up to 25% compared to 2022 levels over 10 years.

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Transportation Emissions DC District of Columbia 195

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

The liquid fuel produced directly from methane and other wellhead gases (associated gas) that would otherwise be burned or flared gas primarily consists of premium synthetic diesel with a small amount of synthetic gasoline. This fuel comprises 8,694 and 2,313 L/day of synthetic diesel and synthetic gasoline, respectively.

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Pollution Gas Emissions Fuel 258

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year. How the inventory is compiled.

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2004 2016 Emissions California 225

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

With China mulling an eventual ban on sales of cars with gasoline or diesel engines, the world's largest car market made it clear earlier this month that it intends to force a conversion to zero-emission vehicles. Now California, which has led the U.S. in environmental awareness and emission reduction for decades, is doing the same.

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California China Engine Climate 122

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

A study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden found that Swedish biofuels produce between 65 and 148% less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline and diesel, even when direct and indirect land use changes are taken into account. Tags: Biodiesel Biomethane Climate Change Ethanol Europe.

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Climate Waste Climate Change Sweden 170

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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Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2012

Slightly more than half of the GHG emissions for these biofuels in the EPA’s analysis came from land use change. At those levels, palm oil biofuels do not meet the minimum 20% greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction compared to the statutory baseline for petroleum-based diesel performance threshold required for renewable fuel under the RFS program.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Climate 314