Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

“Electric cars will not save the climate. This is not to imply in any way that electric vehicles are worthless. must cease by 2038 at the latest, according to research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Transportation accounts for only 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the U.S.; For the U.S.

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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. Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

Zepp.solutions, a Dutch company specialized in hydrogen fuel cell technology, has secured a €1.98-million The factory will be situated in Europe’s strategic transport hub, the Greater-Rijnmond region. The Just Transition Fund (JTF) contributes to the transition to a climate-neutral Europe.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Essen-based energy company STEAG, Duisburg-based steel producer thyssenkrupp Steel and Dortmund-based thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers, specializing in electrolysis technology, are working on a joint feasibility study. They endorse the development of a hydrogen economy and infrastructure in Germany and in Europe.

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JULY 31, 2021

At the heart of the plan is a 2 million tonne capacity Reduced Iron (DRI) facility and an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) facility capable of producing 2.4 The company is in discussions with the Government of Ontario regarding its support. ArcelorMittal announced with the Government of Canada its intention for a CAD 1.765-billion (US$1.4-billion)

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FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Volvo Trucks has supplied CEMEX with its first fully electric and zero exhaust emission heavy-duty concrete mixer truck. The Volvo FMX electric heavy-duty truck can complete a full day’s work with a single top-up charge during the regular break.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas. Low-carbon gas.

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MARCH 7, 2021

In a public letter , shipping companies DFDS, CMB and Viking Cruises, commodities trader Trafigura, and green group Transport & Environment (T&E) say green hydrogen and ammonia are sustainable and can be produced in sufficient quantities to decarbonise the industry.

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MARCH 5, 2019

National postal companies Swiss Post and Austrian Post have committed to electrify their delivery fleets by 2030. The national companies have joined the global electric vehicles initiative EV100 which aims to make electric transport the new normal by 2030. Austrian Post is the largest logistics business in Austria.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The fossil-free hydrogen will replace the use of fossil propane gas currently used in the heating furnaces. The company has geographical presence in Europe, North America and Asia, and a steel product line that includes niche products and customized solutions. The electricity used comes entirely from fossil-free sources.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

Elkem, a company developing silicones, silicon products and carbon solutions, officially inaugurated the world’s first carbon capture pilot for smelters. Ferrosilicon is mainly used for the production of carbon & other alloy steels, stainless steel, cast iron, and electric steel. Installation of Aker Carbon Solutions MTU.

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MAY 16, 2022

The VERBIO Nevada (Iowa) Biorefinery began producing renewable natural gas (RNG) on an industrial scale in December 2021. The integration of RNG and ethanol production, unique to VERBIO, incorporates advanced operational technology to build on the company’s successful experiences in Europe. Nevada is just the beginning.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It’s no secret that Volvo wants to become a completely climate-neutral company, and the automaker has promised to go fully electric by the end of the decade. The automaker doesn’t sell diesels in the United States but said the fuel was its “bread and butter in Europe” just a few years ago.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Most importantly at present, it is playing an important role in electrifying vehicles including cars, buses, trucks and ferries and in electric bikes , scooters and autonomous robots. Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. .

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

Italy-based Snam, a global energy infrastructure company, and RINA, a global testing, inspection, certification and engineering consultancy services firm, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the hydrogen sector, in order to realize the significant potential of hydrogen as a fundamental energy carrier.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

and the United Kingdom (UK) next year, warning that the political climates could play a role in the sale of electric vehicles (EVs). ” “One of my tasks is to prepare the company for new framework conditions. It also comes ahead of expectations that Tesla will earn this year’s top-selling vehicle across Europe.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

With the first-ever EU emission standards for trucks agreed, we are completing the legal framework to reach the European target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030. —Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete.

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APRIL 23, 2021

US President Joe Biden announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030. In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.), or 5,769 MMT CO 2 Eq. or 5,769 MMT CO 2 Eq.

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JUNE 23, 2022

Energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

With government analysis suggesting that 20-35% of the UK’s energy consumption by 2050 could be hydrogen-based, this new energy source could be critical to meet UK targets of net zero emissions by 2050 and cutting emissions by 78% by 2035, the government said—a view shared by the UK’s independent Climate Change Committee.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The EU formally approved a law that would ban the sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2035 in an attempt to accelerate consumers’ choice of electric powertrains. The push to transition consumers toward all-electric powertrains is an effort to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and reach lofty climate goals.

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JUNE 4, 2023

Ultimately, it contradicts the very concept of electric vehicles being an environmentally-friendly and climate-change-favorable type of transport, Nornickel said. In 2024, if the growth of recycling resumes and outpaces demand recovery, the company expects the palladium market to become balanced.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2018

The three parties consider green hydrogen as vital for reaching climate targets and building a more circular economy—e.g., By using renewable electricity, the initial unit will enable a carbon saving of up to 350,000 tons of CO 2 per year, equivalent to the emissions of more than 40,000 households.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2023

Hertz has massively expanded the number of EVs available to Uber drivers in Europe to help both organizations achieve their respective climate goals. According to Hertz’s press release, the company will make 25,000 EVs available to European Uber drivers to rent at a discounted rate.

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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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DECEMBER 15, 2021

Portugal-based energy company Galp and Sweden-based battery manufacturer Northvolt have agreed to set up a joint company, Aurora, that aims to become a steppingstone for the development of an integrated lithium-battery value-chain aligned with Portuguese and European ambitions. —Paolo Cerruti, Co-Founder and COO of Northvolt.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in Madrid and as part of the Group’s commitment to further reduce carbon emissions along the entire value chain, the BMW Group has joined the “ Getting to Zero Coalition ”. The BMW Group plants in Europe are already being supplied with 100% green electricity since 2017.

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JULY 13, 2022

The projects were evaluated by independent experts based on their ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared to traditional technologies and to innovate beyond the state-of-the-art, while being sufficiently mature for deployment. The geographical reach is also expanding to more countries, including in Eastern Europe.

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My Energi

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Lee Sutton and Jordan Brompton founded UK-based myenergi in 2016 with the purpose of removing the barriers to a greener future, including the technological, behavioural and financial challenges relating to fast adoption of smart energy products, setting the company on a mission to pioneer a simple transition to renewable energy.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Tesla’s ( NASDAQ: TSLA ) plans to expand its production capacity, along with other factors like surging oil prices that could sway consumers to electric vehicles, have contributed to Daiwa Securities analysts upgrading their outlook on the automaker’s stock. The factory in Shanghai manufactured 51.7

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

MAN Energy Solutions and Wessels Marine GmbH announced a technical showcase whereby the 2017-retrofitted Wes Amelie , a 1,036-TEU feeder container ship, will use liquefied SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) produced from renewable electrical energy as drop-in fuel. As a result, CO 2 emissions are expected to decline by 56 tons for this trip.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric Volvo VNR regional-haul demonstrators in California next year, operating in distribution, regional-haul and drayage operations. Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. Sister company Volvo Buses has sold more than 4,000 electrified buses since 2010.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 3, 2024

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Ford’s Mustang Mach-E actually helped keep its gas-powered counterpart, the original Mustang, in production, CEO Jim Farley explained at the Detroit Auto Show on Wednesday. This kept the gas-powered Mustang in Ford’s future plans, although it plans to stop selling internal combustion engines altogether in 2035.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 9, 2021

Italy’s most notorious and prestigious car companies are open to electric vehicles, but the products have to be right and align with the historically rich tradition of cars they have produced for decades. ” Ferrari does not seem interested in limiting its powertrains to electric. After Lamborghini announced its $1.8

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Other issues, like rules banning the installation of natural-gas home furnaces or forcing landlords to modify properties to become more energy efficient by installing smart meters, have also been delayed by a few years by Sunak. just needed more time. That’s probably true.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The long-term outlook for biofuels, beyond 2045, does not look promising, as the expected decline in demand is likely to encourage biofuel companies to look for alternative uses for their products, according to a new research report from Rabobank. C to 2°C, the EU aims to become climate-neutral while achieving net-zero GHG emissions by 2050.

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