Green Cars News

APRIL 15, 2012

With European emission standards looming, it seems a shift from petrol to diesel engines could be the key to climate mitigation efforts. It suggests that passenger transport affects the environment through a number of areas – including long-term effects like CO2; [.].

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APRIL 25, 2009

If you thought that the surge of green car innovations and the economic crisis would help to drive down emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane last year, then think again. molecules of CO2 entered the atmosphere last year and stayed there - that’s only a slight fall from the 2.2

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JUNE 28, 2009

Researchers at the laboratory have teamed up with colleagues from the Centre for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky to investigate the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) using a Fisher-Tropsch cobalt catalyst. This of course, would have tremendous environmental benefits in reducing the impact of CO2 on climate change.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan continues to make progress on its Nissan Green Program 2010 mid-term environmental plan and has now announced an update in its status - along with the announcement of a clean-diesel engine for the Japanese market. Now it will introduce a clean-diesel engine into the Japanese market in spring 2010.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The European Commission has today proposed tough new CO2 cap for vans at just 175g/km of CO2 or at least 42.8mpg by 2016. Vanmakers would pay a penalty for every gram of CO2 over the limit. Tags: Green credentials C02 CAP commercials emissions eu van. These must be fit for purpose as business tools.

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Green Cars News

JULY 15, 2009

It will be loaned to the Lothian & Borders, Strathclyde, Fife and Central Scotland constabularies before returning to Tayside Police, who want to test the car in urban surroundings. At T in the Park, the smart’s environmental credentials perfectly complemented the green reputation of an event that is now in its 16th year.

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APRIL 28, 2009

A five-year, £11million study into the effects of climate change on Britain’s seas has been announced as scientists warn of more acidic seas affecting the food chain. Passenger cars account for about 12 per cent of the European Union’s yearly carbon emissions.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Just how much will emissions need to fall if climate warming is to be kept below the critical threshold of 28C? Tags: Global warming Latest news co2 emissions emissions emissions target global warming target Green cars Max Planck Institute of Meteorology.

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AUGUST 19, 2009

The Institute of Science in Society (SiS) which published the research says that climate policies that focus exclusively on carbon sequestration could be disastrous for all oxygen-breathing organisms including humans. Although there is much more O2 than CO2 in the atmosphere - 20.95 Read the full article here: [link].

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

The UK government has today released figures of regional CO2 emission results with emissions falling in 335 out of 434 local authorities across the country. Today’s results show that total CO2 emissions have dropped by 2% between 2005 and 2007, with emission levels now reduced by 21% in comparison to 1990 levels.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

While Daimler might have the backing of the EU over its use of CO2-based air conditioning units; Honeywell, a leading manufacturer of HFO-1234yf (also known as HFC-1234YF) systems says it has the backing of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC). Green credentials' According to the manufacturer,[.].

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

The UK needs to implement a step change to reduce carbon emissions, the first annual report from the Committee on Climate Change concludes. The Committee reiterated its belief that the carbon-efficiency of new cars can and should be reduced to 95g/km by 2020.

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JULY 27, 2009

New blog post: Oregon climate change laws signed [link] #. New blog post: Honda introduces flex fuel car in Brazil [link] #. New blog post: Hyundai plans green growth investment [link] #. New blog post: Details of Ford’s green car strategy [link] #. New blog post # green #cars: Kia focus on green growth [link] #.

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MAY 26, 2009

Efforts to reduce the emissions of goods transport have proved successful after the results of the joint project KNEG (Climate-Neutral Good Transportation by Road) were presented at the Logistics & Transport fair in Gothenburg, Sweden. The 2008 members managed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 120,000 tonnes.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

There are very great air pollution problems whose solutions in many cases help solve the fuel and CO2 problem. If the transport sector gets fixed, that has an enormous downward impact on both fuel and CO2”. Electric drive is feasible, but the challenges should not be under-estimated. Hybridisation has however been a success.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Thirty European companies believe that greater action is needed in the fight against carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions – and have called on the European Union to take action. Tags: Global warming Lexus Climate Savers Programme co2 emissions emissions Europe European Union greenhouse gas emissions The Climate Group.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

Artificial trees could become an important part of measures to combat climate change, a report into geo-engineering reveals. These approaches would not solve climate change but could provide the world with extra time to decarbonise the global economy, ImechE says.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

A team of three Cambridge graduates has today received a Land Rover Defender 110 and a cheque for £10,000, at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London, to embark on an expedition of approximately 32,000km, through 31 countries, to raise awareness of the potential impacts of climate change along the Atlantic coastline.

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APRIL 19, 2009

According to the findings, the six key greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydroflurocarbons (HFCs), perflurocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) - threaten the welfare of both current and future generations.

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Green Cars News

MAY 25, 2009

Entitled “Washington’s leadership on climate change&# , the order has instructed the director of the department of ecology on a number of issues including: - To continue to participate in the Western Climate Initiative to develop a regional greenhouse gas emission reduction programme. -

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2009

There is a special edition model in the new Saab 9-3 range that aims to improve its driving experience while lowering carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. It includes a 1.9TiD 150hp/110kW engine with emissions at just 137g/km of CO2 with fuel economy rated at 54.3mpg. It is available from £19,995 for the Saloon and £21,071.60

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

It’s all well and good for motorists to think green in the midst of a recession, but will they still be as quick to consider the environment when the economy gets back on its feet? According to British Car Auction’s (BCA) annual Used Car Market Report, they will. Tags: Green cars Latest news.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Carbon capture technology will not solve the climate change threat posed by the expansion of tar sands developments, a damning new report warns today. The production of tar sands oil -also know as oil sands- is a highly energy intensive process and emits on average three times more CO2 than conventional oil production.

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MAY 10, 2009

This event wasn’t about rewarding the fastest car - instead it was about rewarding the most fuel efficient with more than 200 teams from 29 countries competing to win the €1,000 top prize in this annual green car rally. Tags: Green cars Latest news Shell Eco-marathon University of Central Lancashire.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Many 10-year-old-cars have plenty of life left in them, so from a climate perspective, to scrap them is money poured down the drain,&# he said. Similar views were shared by our own editor Faye Sunderland who criticised the Government’s failure to place CO2 caps on the scheme. What do you think of the scrappage scheme?

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

With emissions from 310g/km of CO2, the Porsche Cayenne is probably one of the last cars you would ever label as ‘green’. But at the Copenhagen climate summit, the Cayenne proved otherwise. Tags: Electric cars Porsche cayenne Copenhagen electric summit.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

With its iconic high performance cars, Jaguar Land Rover hardly personifies the green image – but that is something the company is determined to change. Yesterday it announced a new business plan aimed at increasing its global competitiveness, drive growth, sustain profitability and respond to the challenges of climate change.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Volvo will be the world’s first vehicle manufacturer to join respected environmental charity, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) as part of its ‘Climate Savers Program’. Tags: Volvo Climate Savers trucks WWF.

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APRIL 17, 2009

Since 15 April 2008, the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) has required suppliers to add biofuels to fuel in an attempt to cut climate-changing emissions. Ministers say the policy will save two and half million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, equivalent, to taking 1 million cars off the roads.

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MAY 24, 2009

Robert O Grady suggests that the standards, which are designed to address climate change and reduce dependence on imported energy, ignore the criteria air pollutants currently regulated under the Clean Air Act such as smog, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and lead. To read the article in full, click here.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The Green Piece Article: Tuesday 22, 2009. It suggests that the subsidies for fossil fuel energy sources combined with a lack of sufficient incentives to develop renewable energy distorts energy policy and only exacerbates the climate change problem. Tags: The Green Piece fossil fuels green piece. Faye Sunderland.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

According to the company, the pickup will be open for pre-orders in the second quarter of 2021, with deliveries starting “as early as 2023.” – March 10, via Green Car Reports. That facility was previously used by electric car manufacturer Green Tech Automotive. – March 15, Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2009

Valvematic petrol engine with a six-speed manual gearbox is capable of an additional 18bhp compared to the model it replaces but brings CO2 emissions down by 19g/km to 165g/km. Finally, the T Spirit includes climate control, automatic windscreen wipers and comes equipped with a hard disk drive. For example, the new 1.8

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Geo-engineering technologies were found to be very likely to be technically possible and some were considered to be potentially useful to augment the continuing efforts to mitigate climate change by reducing emissions. Geo-engineering and its consequences are the price we may have to pay for failure to act on climate change.”.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

million plug-in hybrid or electric cars on the roads by 2020. According to the institute, it is possible for the UK to meet its target for average new car emissions of 95g/km CO2 by 2020, but it needs supported [.]. A new report from the Institute of Public Policy Research suggests that the UK needs 1.7

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JULY 15, 2009

Therefore decarbonising this sector has to be front and centre of efforts to meet our obligations and commitments to tackle climate change. This includes the requirement for the vehicle to have maximum tailpipe emissions of 75g CO2/km. Andrew Adonis said: “Transport accounts for a significant amount of our domestic emissions.

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MAY 26, 2009

Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from transport operations not only improves a company’s environmental performance but also makes business sense in terms of improved efficiency. Rachael Dillon, FTA Manager for Climate Change, said: “Until now freight transport has operated in a CO2 policy void.

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