Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2021
is adding 53 all-electric transport refrigerated trailer units (TRUs) to its fleet located at the company’s Riverside, Calif. Nearly 50 percent of UNFI’s direct greenhouse gas emissions are from our fleet of trucks and trailers. —Jeff Wismans, national director of fleet operations at UNFI. United Natural Foods, Inc.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 1, 2020
GtCO 2 (28% of the projected 2015–2050 light-duty vehicle fleet emissions). 2015–2050 US light-duty fleet cumulative CO 2 emissions versus CO 2 budget under prospective future developments. The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. C global warming. Current policies will create a mitigation gap of up to 19?GtCO
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 18, 2020
A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. The open-access paper is published in AGU’s journal GeoHealth.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Of that $37 billion, health costs added up to $24 billion in 2015; the $24 billion represents the monetized sum of harmful emissions responsible for an estimated 220,000 work-loss days, more than 109,000 asthma exacerbations, hundreds of thousands of other respiratory impacts, and 2,580 premature deaths. in hidden health and climate costs.
Clean Fleet Report
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
A Way to Leave Liquid Fuel Troubles Behind Fuel contamination is an invisible yet prominent foe of fossil fuel-powered commercial fleets, and one principal reason to advocate for electrification is eliminating this concern. Attaining this level of purity does add to the cost of the delivered product substantially according to various studies.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
savings against fleet consumption, and long-term planning certainty. Climate neutrality. Vehicles on the road, when powered by synthetic fuel, are ultimately climate-neutral. Present studies suggest that a pure fuel cost of between €1.20 The production process is viable, but capacity is lacking. a liter (US$5.00
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 12, 2023
We do have a climate crisis that needs to be addressed. But until they do, the number of casualties in crashes is likely to increase as heavy electric vehicles join lighter existing fleets. Ultimately, to manage climate change, the world needs to stop emitting greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants.
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