Green Car Congress

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. India is planning to almost double the length of its gas transmission grid, while China will grow its gas network about 60% by 2025. —Snam CEO Marco Alverà.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

Florida-based Air Burners, a manufacturer of air curtain burner systems, collaborated with Rolls-Royce and Volvo Construction Equipment to develop a portable machine that turns biomass waste into energy. The BioCharger is designed to provide off-grid power from vegetative waste.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The event has already helped Beijing clean up its skies and environment, and has fired up local energy-technology markets. It will also be a global stage to showcase new energy-efficiency, alternate-transport, and refrigeration technologies. Nonetheless, the games will be important in raising the profile of green energy.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. Well, let's think. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

A new earth modeling system will support weather-scale resolution and use advanced computers to simulate aspects of Earth’s variability and anticipate decadal changes that will impact the US energy sector in coming years. This model adds a much more complete representation between interactions of the energy system and the earth system.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2013

The extra waste heat generated from buildings, cars, and other sources in major Northern Hemisphere urban areas causes winter warming across large areas of northern North American and northern Asia. The results show that the inclusion of energy use at 86 model grid points where it exceeds 0.4?W?m —Zhang et al. degrees F).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2016

Doing this also enables our team to remain a meaningful part of the solution to climate change—a mission we’ve held as individuals for decades. The cells can use all state-of-the-art chemistries to optimize power or energy. Lampe-Onnerud. Cylindrical jelly rolls. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Pie charts show the proportion of different types of energy sources generating power and flowing between load areas if there were a carbon tax of $70 per ton. Their paper is in press in the journal Energy Policy. —Daniel Kammen, Distinguished Professor of Energy in UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources Group.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

Key to realizing the potential role for hydrogen in transportation is automakers’ continuing commitment to hydrogen FCVs as a necessary complement to plug-in electric vehicles and a critical component of their long-term strategy to provide vehicles that contribute to energy and climate policy goals.

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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

Electrification of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) vehicles is an important component of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating climate change. Volvo and Pilot Company are partnering, as are Daimler Truck North America , NextEra Energy Resources and Blackrock Renewable Power. What do we mean by MHDs ?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

The review, published in the journal Nature Climate Change , argues for an integrated approach to BEV diffusion that not only considers technological advancements but also the importance of better understanding consumer behavior—most importantly, how to incentivize early adoption, says Dr. Martino Tran, lead author. —Tran et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

OXIS Energy will develop a low temperature electrolyte for Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) rechargeable battery chemistry and Hyperdrive Innovation Ltd will develop a chemistry-agnostic battery management system and packaging that will withstand and outperform the current lead-acid battery solutions. —Huw Hampson-Jones, CEO OXIS Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. Biomass and solar are shown as primary energy due to their multiple uses. While the scenarios arrive at a range of estimates, the overall conclusions are that renewables will take an increasing slice of the energy market.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Energy consumption per mile averaged across the LEAF fleet over a full year (Wh/mi). Thus, the efficiency of battery electric vehicles can vary with ambient temperature due to battery performance—as well as the energy required for cabin climate control. Nissan Leaf energy consumption per mile versus ambient temperature.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

The study presents four primary conclusions: Available low-carbon fuels could grow to replace between 290,000 to 410,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of petroleum-based fuels in 2030, representing a factor of three increase from today and a quarter of the Pacific Coast region’s road transportation energy demand.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

A consortium of Ford, Scottish and Southern Energy and Strathclyde University will use the fleet of fifteen prototype Ford Focus BEV vehicles and a charging infrastructure in and around the London Borough of Hillingdon from early 2010. Charging the batteries will take between 6-8 hours using a common 230 volt grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Sulfur aerosols impact human health, ecosystems, agriculture, and global and regional climate. grid by sector for use in coordinated climate model experiments. Sulfur dioxide forms sulfate aerosols that have a significant effect on global and regional climate. Emissions were distributed on a 0.5° Resources. Klimont, R.

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APRIL 10, 2024

Moreover, due to rising demand, new emission regulation policies, and overdue infrastructure upgrades, the cost of electricity in many parts of North America continues to climb. In most cases, “energy resilience” refers to the ability to maintain power supply during localized outages.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2023

Blue Bird Corporation is premiering its next-generation Vision electric school bus at STN Expo West, a student transportation industry and technology event in North America. This will benefit Blue Bird customers who utilize the batteries’ revenue-generating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Experienced diesel drivers will need training for electric trucks to maximize use of regenerative braking, which can recapture 5 to 15 percent of a battery’s energy. Experienced diesel drivers will need training for electric trucks to maximize use of regenerative braking, which can recapture 5 to 15 percent of a battery’s energy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Global spending on energy, as proportion of economic output, is set to slow sharply because the world’s energy demand will decline from 2035 onwards, according to DNV GL’s Energy Transition Outlook. The historically significant change in energy needs is largely down to rapid electrification and its inherent efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This project represents the largest single procurement of electric school buses in North America. The Jouley couples 226 kWh of total energy capacity with a Proterra Powered drivetrain to offer an industry-leading operating range of up to 135 miles on a single charge to meet the needs of school bus fleets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Honda has announced several initiatives under its new “Green Path” approach to reducing the total life-cycle environmental impact of its products and operations in North America. Source: Honda North America. Credit: Honda North America. Click to enlarge. —Ryan Harty. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

As part of this project, Greenlots will outfit warehouses with heavy- and light-duty charging infrastructure, integrate the chargers with onsite solar PV and energy storage systems and leverage Greenlots’ charging network management software to deploy Volvo’s first electrified trucks in North America.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The system is also linked to the climate control system to avoid heat stroke or hypothermia. A decoupling function is also available for the rear electric motor, allowing the car to run only on the front electric motor to save energy under certain circumstances.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This can be accomplished by building upon the above EV and ICE vehicle policy recommendations, coupled with 100 percent methane capture, retiring all coal-fired electric generation as well as converting the US electric grid with 80 percent clean energy by 2030. Grey hatched areas indicate regions where gaps in utility grid data exist.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

We want to be a one stop shop, a center of excellence, for engineering and manufacturing located in North America because when I was on the other side as a Chief Engineer for the Escape Hybrid at Ford that was one thing I was looking for but couldn't find very easily. Prabhakar Patil. Click to enlarge. “ they need help.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

“Energy and information are two basic currencies of organic and social systems," the economics Nobelist Herb Simon once. Reliable, secure supplies of minerals and software are core elements for EVs, which represent a “shift from a fuel-intensive to a material-intensive energy system,” according to a. observed. "A

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Or are you getting in the car and doing 300 miles at 75 miles an hour, where aerodynamic drag consumes more energy than actually moving your two- or three-ton vehicle along the highway? So if you're driving, let's say, a Volkswagen ID.4,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

An intelligent battery management system helps achieve this range largely independently of external climatic conditions. On the European power grid, the battery pack can be fully charged in just 3 hours at a wall box with a current of 50 ampere at 230/240 volts. This brake effect acts on the rear wheels only.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Or are you getting in the car and doing 300 miles at 75 miles an hour, where aerodynamic drag consumes more energy than actually moving your two- or three-ton vehicle along the highway? So if you're driving, let's say, a Volkswagen ID.4,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

is its efficiency, with energy consumption of just 11.7 optimized rolling resistance (7% lower); the generally energy-saving drive system components; the effective regenerative braking system; innovative equipment modules; and a newly developed, particularly efficient air-conditioning system. Earlier post.). The Volkswagen e-up!

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 23, 2024

With a few pulls of the left side steering wheel paddle, the brake regeneration force reaches the maximum setting and you are in iPedal, where regenerative braking uses the motors to recharge the battery when slowing or coasting, converting kinetic energy into electric energy, which is stored in the battery. inches of headroom.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2010

The Audi A1 e-tron was designed specifically for use in the metropolitan areas of Europe and North America and in the rapidly growing megacities of Asia and South America. A fully depleted battery can be recharged in approximately three hours from the 380 volt grid. Motor and power electronics. Battery pack.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

As the clean energy transition is made, Cooke says, “We’re talking about a massive reshaping of our economy at the same time.” Volkswagen of America, Inc. Where is the clean energy? That is perhaps the most important point.” How massive an economic reshaping is in store? Volkswagen’s ID.4 Where is the charging infrastructure?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The industry needs to continue to overcome the obstacles of extended range, price and impact on the grid if we’re going to be able to deliver a better experience than what consumers currently get. Inside the car, Better Place manages the vehicle’s energy plan through an on-board computing platform, code-named “AutOS.”

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