Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Volvo Trucks delivered its first all-electric vehicles on 19 February: a refuse truck to waste and recycling company Renova, and a distribution truck to the logistics company DB Schenker and partner haulier TGM, operating in Sweden. We will continue to develop our electrified offering. —Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

A study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden found that Swedish biofuels produce between 65 and 148% less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline and diesel, even when direct and indirect land use changes are taken into account. Tags: Biodiesel Biomethane Climate Change Ethanol Europe. 68% from biodiesel (RME).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

biogas becomes more than climate neutral. In Sweden there are some 20 similar plants, producing biogas for use in cars and other vehicles. The plant we have studied is fairly representative of an average biogas plant that processes waste and manure. More than 23,000 vehicles in Sweden drive on biogas. Mikael Lantz.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

The climate change benefit is estimated for a given year (2050) and human health and crop benefits are. °F), according to a new assessment released today in Bonn, Germany, during a meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Measures that improve climate change mitigation and air quality and have a large.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

The company, which on 16 Feb won the €20,000 (US$22,800) Climate-KIC cash prize at this year’s Cleantech Innovate, will be presenting its Linear Power Systems technology to investors at CleanEquity Monaco from 5-6 March. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Within the EU28 the trends vary between countries with decreases of 6% for the UK and Bulgaria and of 3% for Greece and Spain, while increases of 5% in Ireland and Denmark and of 4% in Sweden and Finland occurred. CH 4 is mainly generated by agricultural activities, the production of coal and gas, as well as waste treatment and disposal.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The central display conveys critical information while touch screens on each side are used for lights, climate control, navigation and trip planning, communication, and in-cab media. Volta Trucks was formed in Sweden by co-founders, Carl-Magnus Norden and Kjell Walöen.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

We need to be talking about trillions per year if we are to meet climate goals. Biomass and waste-to-energy financings were down 3% at $10 billion. Other markets seeing $3 billion-plus totals included Taiwan, Australia, South Korea, Poland, Chile, Turkey and Sweden. —Albert Cheung, head of analysis at BNEF.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

Volvo has been testing Bio-DME in Sweden since 2009. Criteria in the evaluation were climate impact; energy efficiency; land use efficiency; fuel potential; vehicle adoption; fuel cost; and fuel infrastructure.?. Earlier post.). Rank-ordered, the scores (higher is better) were: DME: 28.5.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

But there has been mild pushback from local residents suggesting that this might just be a waste of money.& The company has launched similar programs thanks to government contracts it has in Israel, Sweden, Italy, and Germany. & This is further complicated by the Michigan climate.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The new truck is an upgraded version of the parallel hybrid trucks field-tested in Stockholm and Göteborg, Sweden, over the past eighteen months. Renova, a waste and recycling company in Göteborg, is among the customers that have been testing Volvo’s hybrid refuse truck since spring 2008, and they can report an even greater reduction.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? This 2017 study has been used by anti-EV commentators to discredit the climate performance of EVs. Green Energy Ohio plant in Dayton, OH.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? This 2017 study has been used by anti-EV commentators to discredit the climate performance of EVs. Green Energy Ohio plant in Dayton, OH.

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