EV Life

APRIL 14, 2023

It’s no secret that motor vehicle emissions are one of the main sources of pollution in the state of California and one of the leading causes of climate change in the country. Californians collectively drive over a billion miles every day, releasing tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) and pollutants into the air.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The new fuel economy label also notes consumption of 34 kWh per 100 miles. The label also puts the LEAF as best in the mid-size car class in terms of fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions, and emissions of criteria pollutants. EPA fuel economy label for the LEAF. Click to enlarge. Projected annual electric cost is $561.

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Fuel Economy Economy EPA MPG 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

is black carbon (BC)—a pollutant with large positive radiative forcing on the climate due to its ability to absorb incoming sunlight and reduce surface albedo on snow. A new study by a team at the University of Toronto has made a preliminary assessment of the climate trade-off (i.e., —Zimmerman. Wallace, and Greg J.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

These technologies include, but are not limited to, advanced aftertreatment and waste heat recovery; lean-burn plus lean-NO x emissions traps; integration of zero-emission miles technologies; further refinements in reducing friction and parasitic energy losses; and widespread utilization of renewable and natural gas and hydrogen blends.

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Climate Gas Emissions California 257

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

CARB, in partnership with CALSTART, launched HVIP and Low NO x Engine Incentives in 2009 to accelerate the purchase of cleaner, more-efficient trucks and buses in California. The cap-and-trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution.

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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. areas of inquiry: The potential impact of climate change policies on global fleet composition, fuel consumption, fuel prices, and economic output.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

the Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles Program) and issued numerous economic policies favoring the purchase of EVs. The preferred fuel path(s) will depend to a great extent on their climate and environmental performance, which is of national concern. China recently launched several EV demonstration programs (e.g., Earlier post.]

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Coal Pollution China Gas 231

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As of 2017 , commuting to and from work accounted for 30 percent of all miles of passenger travel driven at the local level in the U.S. Private fleet EV purchases are increasing at a faster rate overall than consumer EV purchases. Many are beginning to convert their fleet vehicles, acknowledging their role in climate change.

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Corporation Fleet Gas-Electric Purchase 76

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. The bill does not restrict who can hold an allowance, nor does it restrict the purchase, sale, or any other transactions involving allowances.

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Gas-Electric Climate Gas Energy 210

Electric Vehicles India

MARCH 30, 2023

On Tuesday, Gogoro announced that the partnership is to encourage the last-mile transportation sector’s rapid adoption of electric mobility. The businesses will provide low-cost loan terms and battery switching services to last-mile delivery partners so they may switch to environmentally friendly modes of transportation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

The EFMP’s successful retirement-only component incentivizes California motorists to voluntarily retire older, higher polluting vehicles and light- and medium-duty trucks. 10 million to $15 million in incentives for the purchase of heavy-duty hybrid and electric vehicles, such as delivery trucks. $20

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Emissions California Carbon Vehicles 231

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The vehicle has completed significant road testing and delivers an expected range of 85 to 125 miles on a full charge. HVIP cuts air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions while accelerating the development and commercialization of clean transportation technologies.

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Los Angeles Sodium Electric Electrical 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The trains, which will convey travellers between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude from December 2021, will replace the diesel multiple units of the transport authority Elbe-Weser-Verkehrsbetriebe (evb) and will reduce the pollutant emission in daily service to zero. The companies also signed a 30-year maintenance agreement.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Most of its car hauler trucks average more than 100,000 miles per year. The CNG truck is expected to drive an average of 7,000 to 8,000 miles per month. With plans to deploy the truck locally out of Long Beach as a test, the company will evaluate the performance as well as compare the efficiency versus the current diesel trucks.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Assuming 12,000 as the average miles driven per year and using the average mpg of the retired vehicles (15.8 mpg) and the newly purchased vehicles (25.0), they calculated that the program cut gasoline consumption by some 280 gallons per year per vehicle. per gallon for CO 2 and criteria pollutant costs (Jason Hill et al.

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Cash For Clunkers Delaware MPG 2009 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2016

Appelgate was able to take advantage of a newly-established reliable supply chain for another type of biodiesel, a hydrogenation-derived renewable diesel (HDRD) —purchased from Neste Oil Corporation: NEXBTL Renewable Diesel. In the process, the vessel used a total of 52,500 gallons of 100% renewable diesel.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. It had a 264 kWh battery pack powering the tractor’s twin motors with more than 4,000 lb-ft of torque and a range estimated at up to 150 miles. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.

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Volvo Fleet Electric Electrical 131

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

medical and climate change costs), the net present benefit would be $5,700 per seat. In all cases, purchasing an electric school bus is consistently a net present benefit. Such concern has been the impetus for several policies requiring the reduction of school bus exhaust pollution. Without externalities (e.g.,

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Fleet Electric Electrical Climate Change 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2012

The classic example of an externality is the release of air pollution as a byproduct of production of a marketable good. The air pollution harms human health, but abatement raises the firm’s production cost.

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Energy Pollution EPA Fuel 265

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

CII is a measure of the carbon emissions per amount of cargo carried per mile and targets reducing emissions operationally. Broader commitments to climate change are spurring some countries, like Norway and Holland, or companies, like Volvo, to set their own targets. Electric Vehicles in Construction - 1 GWh.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

We help consumers understand the value of a particular EV purchase,” said Sonja Cary, NBEAA’s president. “We If they have nothing to show, dealers tell customers to try the local car club,” Cary said, remembering back to an instance where a couple was considering the purchase of a Hyundai Ioniq 5.

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Personal Climate Change San Francisco Chevrolet 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2017

PM and criteria pollutants. Manufacturers have been marketing passenger cars and SUVs meeting the 2025 LEV III criteria pollutant fleet average requirement of super ultra-low emissions vehicles (SULEV30) for more than a decade. Maintain the existing PM emission gravimetric measurement method for the 1 mg/mi standard.

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Standards PHEV California CO2 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2010

The Port of Los Angeles is entering into negotiations with Los Angeles-based Vision Industries for the purchase and evaluation of Vision’s Tyrano hydrogen fuel cell hybrid-electric trucks. Vision Industries Class 8 zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell hybrid-electric truck at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Business Wire). Click to enlarge.

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Los Angeles Industrial Industry Hybrid 240

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

They collected data using a multi-part online survey, and elicited driving patterns and recharge potential using a plug-in potential diary of driving and parking for a vehicle purchased new (model year 2002 or later) that is driven several times per week by the respondent’s household. the electric range capability—of the PHEV.

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Plug-in Plug PHEV Electric Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Highland will purchase buses manufactured in North Carolina by Thomas Built Buses, which will be supplied and serviced by American Bus. The transition to electric school buses will deliver health and climate benefits for the community.

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Maryland Purchase Highlander North Carolina 259

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

This source of energy, generated in a climate-friendly manner, can be used to power fuel-cell vehicles in the medium-term. The e-gas plant is connected to a waste-biogas plant, which supplies the concentrated CO 2 necessary for methanation and which would otherwise pollute the atmosphere. The Audi A3 TCNG.

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EV Match

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As if one partner would buy two new cars – a significant purchase – for her and him as a complete surprise. Backcountry adventurers are waiting with bated breath for the R1T and R1S which carry 300-400 miles of range and the ability to charge one another when a driver’s in a pinch. Nissan Ariya. Nissan Ariya.

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Electric Vehicles F-150 Tax Credit Vehicles 86

Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The higher the percentage of EVs on the road, the lower the air pollution. Owners enjoy the excellent fuel efficiency; this combination gets them, and you shouldn’t be surprised when they brag about how many miles they can drive on a gallon of gas. We’ll start with the greenest car available, the electric vehicle (EV).

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Green Cars Maintenance Gas-Electric 77

Plug in America

MARCH 22, 2024

These rules set progressively lower limits on tailpipe pollution on vehicles manufactured between 2027 and 2032. In fact, to address smog and pollution in many U.S. In fact, to address smog and pollution in many U.S. EPA has been regulating vehicle pollution for over 50 years. EPA standards aren’t new. Doing so is deadly.

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EPA Standards Vehicles Pollution 102

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

This information would help identify future strategies to ensure that fleets purchase available zero-emission trucks and place them in service where suitable to meet their needs. Fleet owners, with 50 or more trucks, would be required to report about their existing fleet operations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

The objectives of the Renewable Energy Charging of Electric Vehicles are to: Document that electric vehicle (EV) emission levels below 130 gCO 2 e/mile can be achieved with renewable distributed energy resources as the charging source. Earlier in 2012, the microgrid included: 30 MW natural gas cogen plant. MW of fuel cells in operation.

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Energy Storage San Diego California Energy 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The announcement came on the eve of the US-China Climate Leaders Summit to be hosted in L.A. These leases will deliver on the pLAn’s commitment to ensure that 50% of the City’s annual light-duty vehicle purchases are EVs by 2017. per mile for EVs vs. $0.37

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

The main obstacles will be regulatory and, especially, environmental: Supersonic airliners could be hugely more polluting than their subsonic counterparts. 1,100 miles per hour) without producing a loud, disturbing sonic boom on the ground." Are we nevertheless on the cusp of a new, golden age of high-speed commercial aviation?

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Oklahoma City Ozone Oklahoma Fuel 114

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. What steps must California now take to meet the state’s climate goals beyond 2020? Recommended transportation actions beyond 2020.

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Climate Change 2020 Climate Transportation 220

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2020

Ballard Power Systems announced a purchase order from Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. air pollution with COVID-19 mortality rates, we see the opportunity for accelerated adoption of zero-emission fuel cell electric buses. for 20 of Ballard’s new 70 kilowatt heavy-duty FCmove-HD fuel cell modules. Earlier post.).

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Netherlands Fuel Hydrogen Italy 221

EV Match

AUGUST 12, 2021

In this article, we look at the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative that is focused on driving an accelerated transition to zero-emission vehicles globally. . We already have so many more electric vehicles available for purchase now compared to 2020 and 2019, so it’s clear the market is growing in the right direction.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Automobile pollutants are one of the largest contributors to climate changing emissions. It’s expected to cost roughly 150,000 yuan ($ 22,000 ), and go as far as 70 miles (110 kilometers) on electricity when fully charged. The supply of inexpensive oil is running out. Second, was environmental. And third, was national security.

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