Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2012

An Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) paper published in Computers & Geosciences outlines a process that might help to determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change. Our work establishes a new method to couple geographic information system data with global climate outputs and statistical analysis.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Global sales of passenger vehicles increased from 75.4 The auto industry’s production capacities are far from fully used; PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) estimates current global vehicle assembly capacity at almost 95 million, the report notes. Rising sales translate into an ever-expanding global vehicle parc. million to 78.6

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2023

The report says that reordering the US transportation system through policy and spending shifts to prioritize public and active transit while reducing car dependency can also ensure transit equity, protect ecosystems, respect Indigenous rights, and meet the demands of global justice. 2°C of warming.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. The report highlights the importance of near-term action to ensure the long-term sustainability of personal mobility. —MITEI Director Robert C.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

GWP100 weighted specific climate impact (g CO 2 -eq per pkm) as a function of vehicle occupancy. A team from Austria and Norway has found that the climate impact from a long-distance trip (500–1,000 km, or 310–621 miles) can easily vary by a factor of 10 per passenger depending on mode choice, vehicle efficiency, and occupancy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2019

A report released by C40 Cities finds that consumption-based emissions from nearly 100 of the world’s big cities already represent 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. When combined with existing city climate commitments, this would deliver 35% of necessary reductions in consumption-based emissions needed to put C40 cities on a 1.5°C

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

emissions (kg CO 2 person -1 yr -1 ) for a global sample of countries (2007) with a wide range of per capita incomes. Per capita transport CO 2 emissions are decomposed into the product of two terms: per capita LDV use (horizontal axis, veh-km person -1 yr -1 ) and propulsion carbon intensity (vertical axis, g CO 2 veh-km -1 ).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

As global auto manufacturers continue to invest in electrified vehicle (EV) production, internal combustion engine (ICE) powertrains dominate future US intentions, with 69% of US consumers looking to retain the technology for their next vehicle, according to Deloitte’s 2022 Global Automotive Consumer Study report. Source: Deloitte.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2021

The partnership’s objective is to deliver a customizable, FAA-certified, hydrogen-fuel-cell system to the global eVTOL marketplace. HyPoint‘s aviation applications—including eVTOL, UAS, personal air vehicles, and electric aircraft—were considered to be especially innovative. The initial $6.5-million

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Creative Greenius

JULY 26, 2012

Joe Galliani Selected As Climate Leader Just As Global Warming Reaches Tipping Points. I have no illusions that what I’m doing is so important or vital that it makes up for the climate damage my flights are responsible for. But I’m not going to stop.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 19, 2024

When it comes to addressing climate change, the “in unity there’s strength” adage certainly applies. To help bring the climate collection to more students, TryEngineering has partnered with the Museum of Science in Boston. The video encourages students to contribute to a global solution by making small, personal changes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2011

It will be sold in limited quantities in select US and global markets starting in 2013, including California. Our global demo fleets continue to provide insight into the needs of electric vehicle customers living in urban environments. —Jim Federico, global vehicle chief engineer for electric vehicles at Chevrolet.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) will invest $1 billion over the next ten years to develop and to accelerate the commercial deployment of innovative low-emissions technologies. OGCI Climate Investments (OGCI CI) will aim to deploy successfully-developed new technologies among member companies and beyond.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2019

A further challenge may be the size of the average person on the planet and the increasing number of people with excess body weight. Inasmuch as obesity is an important contributor to global GHG burden, strategies to reduce its prevalence should prioritize efforts to reduce GHG emissions. Swinburn wrote a commentary on the paper.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Electric vehicles will make up as many as 8 out of 10 new cars sold in 2050, but it will still be a long road before they dislodge gasoline as the predominant fuel in transportation, IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin writes in his new book, The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations. It has become multidimensional.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. 2009) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2013

The e-Bee rethinks the position of the climate system, resulting in reduced weight and a substantially increased cabin space. The integrated climate module combines the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) unit with the refrigerant system, including an energy-efficient heat pump.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2020

Further, according to the latest IHS Markit forecasts, the global auto industry will exerience an unprecedented and almost instant stalling of demand in 2020, with global auto sales forecast to plummet more than 12% from 2019 to 78.8 during the global recession in 2008/2009. million units.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2018

A new study by researchers at Leiden University in The Netherlands, with colleagues at the University of Freiburg (Germany) and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, shows that climate policies can strongly increase metal demand. Click to enlarge. —Deetman et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

67 million ha are sufficient to cover the global auto fuel requirements. If minor efficiency gains are considered, 19 million ha will be enough to satisfy the fuel needs of the US fleet in 2030, whereas land required to supply the Brazilian and global fleet remain basically unchanged.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force. Partnering with IRENA, the U.N.,

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Creative Greenius

MAY 3, 2009

“Pack Up Your Toxic, Fossil Fuel Factory With Its Climate-Changing Products & Get Out of Town By 2020!&# is also the very same company that has paid tens of millions of dollars, year after year to spread FUD about their role in climate change. And yes every single person in that movement is a hapless dupe. Uncertainty.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In a new report (its fourth on electric car adoption) the Boston Consulting Group forecasts that a combination of hybrid and fully electric powertrains will cut the global market share of pure internal combustion engines (ICEs) by about 50% by 2030. The third relevant area of technology is electric power generation.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 24, 2014

First admit what a failure you were in your own personal efforts of launching a Community Choice power program where you live. He was within 10 feet of AB32′s author, the historic Global Warming Solutions Act, Fran Pavely. What a unique concept. Then i gnore or lie about the progress made by so many outside your community.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

The X PRIZE Foundation (XPF) is expanding its vision to address worldwide challenges in the areas of Energy & Environment; Exploration of the Oceans and Space; Life Sciences; and Education & Global Development with $100 million in prizes over the next 10 years. devices, personalized medicine, and physician augmentation/telemedicine.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

When the person makes contact with the touch-activated surface, the light pulsates, the touch pad vibrates, and the door opens. The driver can go to a central home screen to set up personalized touch-activated fields (tiles) on three different levels and use these to control all the infotainment system functions. The new ID.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

tons per person to 10.7 tons per person in 2018, a 24% decrease. California’s climate change mitigation policy is currently based on four basic programs: the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the cap-and-trade program, the zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate and the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS). Source: CARB GHG Inventory.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2023

To solve the climate crisis, we need to cut this in half by 2030, and get to zero by 2050. However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. Surprisingly, many founders I talked with echoed the shortage of roboticists in climate tech.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. That’s what John Hennessy, Stanford professor (and former president) and chairman of Alphabet , told attendees at the Stanford Global Energy Forum , held in-person this month on the Stanford University campus.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2010

Personally I haven’t stopped working since I began organizing for 350.org org in June of 2009 , and I know myself well enough to understand that I’ve been keeping the throttle open to avoid thinking about the consequences of the global warming we’re already too late to stop. The 2010 focus for 350.org

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Electrek

APRIL 22, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US-hosted Leaders Summit on Climate kicks off today. Los Angeles City Council unanimously approves a Global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2019

This scenario assumes a full global consensus for action on climate change. G20 countries build a generous Green Climate Fund, well above the $100-billion-a-year goal in the Paris climate agreement. A wave of green globalization allows all countries to share in the benefits of decarbonization. Big green deal. ?This

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

Winners of the 2018 LA New Mobility Challenge will also be featured alongside some of the most promising innovators in the world recently selected from the 2018 California Climate Cup, a part of the Governor’s September Global Climate Action Summit.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2012

approximately 78% of global warming potential (GWP)-weighted emissions since 1990, growing slowly from 77% of total GWP-weighted emissions in 1990 to 79% in 2010. for personal vehicle use. The report indicates that overall emissions have grown by more than 10% from 1990 to 2010. average annual rate of 0.7% from 1990 to 2010.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Envisioning a future in which personal mobility products will be powered in large part by renewable energy, the two companies have begun implementing co-marketing programs that specifically encourage owners of either solar-powered homes or plug-in electric vehicles to adopt the complementary product.

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