Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

“Electric cars will not save the climate. Behavioral change is hard How willing are people to break their car dependency and other energy-related behaviors to address climate change? In fact, some 74 percent of those polled indicated they were already “proud of what [they are] currently doing” to combat climate change.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

However, while greenhouse gases cause warming by trapping heat in the atmosphere, some aerosols can have a cooling effect on the climate because the aerosol particles cause more of the sun’s light to be reflected away from the planet. In many cases, the strongest climate effects of aerosols are felt far from where the aerosols are emitted.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

An annual ' tracking the progress of California Climate Investments, released by the California Air Resources Board and the California Department of Finance, finds that nearly $1.4 Projects funded to date are achieving the overall goal of California Climate Investments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 36.5 To date, $9.3

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded 2015 Climate Leadership Awards to 16 organizations and one individual representing a wide array of industries from finance and manufacturing to retail and technology for showing what the agency said was exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Achates Power, the developer of next-generation two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston (OP) engines ( earlier post ) announced that OGCI Climate Investments has invested in the company’s Series-D round. —Dr Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of OGCI Climate Investments. —David Johnson, president and CEO, Achates Power.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2020

The California Air Resources Board will launch its Clean Off-Road Equipment Voucher Incentive Project ( CORE ) at the Port of San Diego on 31 January. CORE also seeks to address climate concerns and cut emissions from a booming industry still reliant on heavy fossil-fuel-powered-equipment.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2021

California Assemblymembers Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) and Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) introduced legislation to phase out the sale of new gas-powered small off-road engines (SORE), which are primarily used in lawn and garden equipment, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers, and other outdoor power equipment.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

Funding for CMO is made possible by California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

Since then, LTD hired a Sustainability Program Manager and conducted carbon footprint analysis of its operations to measure the impacts and benefits of public transit on climate change. In 2014, it received silver level certification for the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) sustainability commitment.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

API) of San Diego, Calif. The grant serves as a bridge between the private sector and the government for advancing technologies that improve the US positions in energy sustainability and climate change. The newly-formed partnership between Ricardo North America (Ricardo) and Achates Power Inc.

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Teslarati

JUNE 4, 2023

The Ford Drive EV leasing program launched in California last week, specifically in San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Climate change is the most urgent challenge of our time, and we must work together in order to tackle it,” said Christopher Hook, Uber’s Global head of Sustainability. “As

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The grants were awarded to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG); the Ventura County Air Quality Management District; the Bay Area Air Quality Management District; and the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. The four awards just approved included: $199,379 to SANDAG.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

Particulate pollution thought to be holding climate change in check by reflecting sunlight instead enhances warming when combined with airborne soot, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego. Soot, also called black carbon, absorbs solar energy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2021

Funding for CMO is made possible by California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health. Ride-on-demand services.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2019

New Flyer is currently delivering 25 Xcelsior CHARGE H2 fuel cell-electric buses to three transit agencies as part of California Climate Investments (CCI). In California alone, New Flyer has sold nearly 80 battery-electric buses, with active programs in Coachella Valley, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange County, and San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2011

In a finding that has global implications for climate research, scientists have discovered that when icebergs cool and dilute the seas through which they pass for days, they also raise chlorophyll levels in the water that may in turn increase carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

San Diego Unified School District — $9.75 Grant winners for the new two-year Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project are: El Monte Union High School District — $9.8 Stockton Unified School District — $4.8 —CARB Executive Officer Richard Corey.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2022

Oberon’s rDME is a straightforward and scalable way for propane distributors and their customers to become more sustainable and will lead to overall emissions reductions from the propane sector which is a critical step to meeting global climate commitments. —Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D., President and CEO of Oberon.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 12, 2021

National Drive Electric Week at the San Diego LBGT Community Center. EAA Vice President Elaine Borseth spoke at the National Drive Electric Week event at the San Diego LGBT Community Center. EAA Vice President Elaine Borseth spoke at the National Drive Electric Week event at the San Diego LGBT Community Center.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

The California Energy Commission approved nearly $9 million in grants for the installation of DC fast chargers along major state freeways and highways to allow electric vehicle drivers to travel from San Diego to the Oregon border without worrying about running out of energy. The grants went to four companies—Chargepoint Inc.;

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Several utilities in California—LADWP, PG&E, SDG&E and SCE—have programs aimed at supporting the adoption of electric trucks, but more support will be needed to reach electrification levels identified in the study and to meet state climate goals. HDR completed the study.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2009

Time series of annual mean values of cloud and climate quantities averaged over the NE Pacific. (A) Low-level stratiform clouds—which play an important climatic role because of their net cooling effect on the global climate—appear to dissipate as the ocean warms, thereby enhancing the warming (i.e., A) COADS cloud data. (B)

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Amato's Auto Body is still in the same location in San Diego shown on this sticker; the seven-digit telephone number suggests that the sticker is of 1990s or earlier vintage. Ordinary upholstery would have been nuked into powder by four decades in the climate of San Diego and Phoenix. market 300 D.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

Private investments such as those announced today, represent a tremendous opportunity to accelerate California’s transition to a zero-emission transportation market, which in turn helps the state meet its air quality standards and achieve its climate change goals. —California Energy Commission Vice Chair, Janea A.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2013

In California, reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s—mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs—have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a study examining the impact of black carbon on California’s climate.

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2022

Aptera has announced that they will be using EVE Energy batteries in their upcoming production car, and the batteries will be produced in San Diego. For a vehicle like Aptera that claims to be able to be used all year, this will be key in ensuring the best possible experience for customers in poor climate conditions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

Co-author Steven Davis, UCI associate professor of Earth system science, noted that earlier studies on the impact of climate warming and ambient ozone on the state’s ability to grow food have focused on high-volume staple crops such as wheat, soy and rice. Mueller, N.D., Burney, J.A.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2017

For this reason, innogy is working constantly to drive forward the expansion of clean, climate-friendly mobility. For there too, electric mobility and climate protection are a mega-topic for many states and big cities—and we have the innovative solutions for tomorrow’s traffic. Now we want to continue this success in the US.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

San Diego Gas & Electric’s Electric Rule 18 already provided a clear exemption and did not require modification. million from the California Air Resources Board as part of California Climate Investments (CCI). The decision also applies to charging service providers for off-road EVs or off-road electric equipment.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

Reducing emissions of black carbon soot and ground-level ozone would quickly make a considerable dent in the climate change problem and would also contribute to public health and protect crop yields, according to an essay in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Earlier post.) Foreign Affairs.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 12, 2021

National Drive Electric Week at the San Diego LBGT Community Center. EAA Vice President Elaine Borseth spoke at the National Drive Electric Week event at the San Diego LGBT Community Center. EAA Vice President Elaine Borseth spoke at the National Drive Electric Week event at the San Diego LGBT Community Center.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2015

A diverse set of public interest groups, automakers, labor unions, and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) submitted a proposed settlement to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to accelerate the deployment of smart electric vehicle (EV) charging stations that would support the utility grid in San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

The Loop-powered, long-haul trucks will work in demanding road operations, towing up to 80,000 pounds of freight throughout the San Diego and Los Angeles regions. —Ben Nyland, President and CEO of Loop Energy.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 1, 2021

How do the new Climate/EV policies and programs accelerate CA and the nation? Topics Include: What is the federal government’s vision in regulating zero emissions? Register Today. Tom Steyer, Founder of @NextGenAmerica and former presidential primary candidate joins #EV2035Goal Summit Series presented by @SDGE on March 9th.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2022

Even before the introduction of the General Motors EV1 in 1996, it was clear that if we’re ever going to replace cars powered by fossil fuels with electric vehicles, we’ll need batteries that take and deliver charge reliably in both hot and cold climates. David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2016

The goal of these meetings is to get input on the state’s Climate Change Action Plan, also known as the Scoping Plan, that is currently being developed to cut greenhouse gases 40% by 2030. The statewide meetings are being organized by the EJAC with the help of the ARB. Development of the Scoping Plan is a central requirement of AB 32.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

(SoCalGas) will soon begin using renewable natural gas for the first time at the 25 utility-owned natural gas vehicle fueling stations across its service territory, as well as at six fueling stations in the San Diego area.

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