Creative Greenius

JUNE 26, 2009

Overall it was a good workshop with lots of solid basic information for people who don’t know much about solar but are considering a solar electric system. Tags: Environmental Politics Killer Coal Saving Energy Sustainability Yes We Can! I was there as a volunteer for the South Bay Environmental Services Center.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 16, 2023

As Michael Martinez and his Car Information colleagues reported extreme age, a number of manufacturers have showed they aren’t moving to have stands at this age’s display: Volkswagen, Audi, Jaguar, Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Volvo, Kia, Hyundai, Genesis, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Lexus, Polestar and Lucid.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2010

The Korea Times reports that South Korea-based Samsung SDI says it has another “ big deal ” with an automaker “ in the pipeline ”; company officials declined to reveal the name of the automaker. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.). share and China’s BYD 8.9%.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2009

Nearly all electric utilities claim climate change is threatening power outages, higher costs and changes in usage as demand for power grows in response to new requirements such as electric vehicles, increased cooling during warmer summer months and rapid urbanization, according to a new Acclimatise global report, backed by IBM.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2009

The Nikkei reports that Nippon Mining & Metals Co. GS Yuasa, a major producer of automotive batteries, intends to start collecting used lithium ion batteries in a few years through automakers and hand them over to refining companies. Tags: Brief. and GS Yuasa Corp. The Nippon Mining Holdings Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2010

The department will also direct Cougar Energy along with Carbon Energy Ltd and Linc Energy, which operate Underground Coal Gasification trial plants at Chinchilla where contamination issues have also been reported, to carry out Environmental Evaluations of their plants. Tags: Brief. John Bradley.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Elektromotive, a leading provider of electric vehicle charging facilities, has been selected as one of the UK companies trialing the smart electric drive ( earlier post ). Elektromotive has taken delivery of its own fully electric smart and, over the next 4 years, will report back on the car’s battery performance, reliability and range.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Secretary Salazar reached his decision after reviewing a report from Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEM) Director Michael Bromwich and considering other information on the progress of offshore oil and gas safety reforms; the availability of spill response resources; and improved blowout containment capabilities.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

Though it was hardly a buffet of information. Despite numerous data sets suggesting that a majority of car brands skew toward having male buyers, Cars.com released a 2019 report stipulating that roughly 62 percent of all car buyers were female. The company probably should have known better.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2010

We have acknowledged that we could have done a better job of sharing relevant information within our global operations and outside the company, but we did not try to hide a defect to avoid dealing with a safety problem. Tags: Brief. Statement from Toyota Motor. million vehicles in the US in late January.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

Though it was hardly a buffet of information. Despite numerous data sets suggesting that a majority of car brands skew toward having male buyers, Cars.com released a 2019 report stipulating that roughly 62 percent of all car buyers were female. The company probably should have known better.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Earlier this month, news reports surfaced regarding accusations Biller had made regarding Toyota’s efforts to hide “ evidence of safety defects from consumers and regulators, and fostered a culture of ‘hypocrisy and deceit.’ ”. Tags: Brief. Committee Chairman Edolphus “Ed” Towns (D-NY) and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Nearly 22,000 people in North America have contacted Nissan since the company unveiled the car in August. Nissan will invite people to opt-in and receive updates and information about LEAF through a reservation system that will tell them when the electric car is available—either for test drives or to take home. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The major technical hurdles for the development of succinic acid as a building block, the DOE report concluded, included the development of very low-cost fermentation routes. At the time of the report, there were two organisms under active development for the fermentation of sugars (both C6 and C5) to produce succinic acid.

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

Today we have more information with a breakdown of those sales. Overall, reported sales of hybrids dropped 45.5 Tags: Ford Green cars Honda Hybrid cars Latest news Nissan Toyota general motors Ford hybrids General Motors hybrids Honda hybrids hybrid car sales hybrid sales US Nissan hybrids Toyota hybrids US hybrid car sales.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2009

The Climate Disclosure Standards Board ( CDSB ) introduced for public consultation a set of proposals designed to assist directors in the inclusion of climate change-related information in companies’ annual reports. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2010

Eaton recently announced that it will collaborate with Takaoka Electric Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Tennessee Valley Authority Smart Modal Area Recharge Terminal (SMART) Station Project: Volume 1 - Base Design Report. Tags: Brief. Simple block diagram of the SMART system. Source: EPRI. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 21, 2022

Its costs have been projected as high as US $23 trillion in reduced annual global economic output , according to Swiss Re, a reinsurance company. The climate crisis has serious health consequences, the WHO warned in its recent COP24 report. IoT food container tags can reduce food and water waste.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2010

In selecting options to shut off the flow, Suttles said, BP and the advising engineers and scientists from other oil companies and the Departments of Energy and Interior have been concerned with (a) not making the situation worse and (b) not doing something that would preclude other options. That information has not been analyzed.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Regulations on the development of “new energy” vehicles have been submitted to China’s State Council for approval and are expected to be officially in effect in March 2010, according to a report in Gasgoo citing the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).the billion and 0.9

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2010

Biorefineries may have a major role to play in mitigating the threat of climate change; meeting the “ seemingly boundless demand ” for energy, fuels, chemicals and materials; and creating economic growth, according to a new report released by the World Economic Forum: The Future of Industrial Biorefineries. Novozymes, DuPont and Braskem.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

—Smart Grid System Report Annex A. As part of its efforts to inform Congress, energy stakeholders, and the public about smart grid efforts, the Department of Energy released the first Smart Grid System Report , which examines the status of smart grid deployments nationwide and any regulatory or government barriers to continued deployment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2010

This includes monitoring with the remote operated vehicles, these robotic submarines as well as looking at temperature and noise information from the (inaudible) of air. When seeps are detected, you are directed to marshal resources, quickly investigate, and report findings to the government in no more than four hours.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2009

For the 2011 Model Year, the draft regulations would require auto companies to comply with unique fleet average GHG emission standards for passenger automobiles and light trucks aligned with applicable US fuel economy standards for the 2011 model year. A company’s unique fleet average standard would be determined based on the size (i.e.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

The CO 2 reduction goal is laid out in the latest edition of UPS’s Sustainability Report , which notes that UPS Airlines already is a leader in fuel efficiency in the package delivery sector with an efficiency factor of 1.42 UPS Sustainability Report. Tags: Aviation Emissions Fuel Efficiency. CO 2 pounds per ATM. MMT in 2007.customers

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Two key elements of the new theory are market capitalizations (based on stock share prices) and dividends of publicly owned oil companies and alternative-energy companies. Tags: Forecasts Fuels Sustainability. Other analysts have previously used similar equations to predict events in finance, politics and sports.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

a joint venture between General Motors Company, SAIC Group and Shanghai General Motors (SGM), will activate OnStar services and be fully operational in China in December 2009. Additional information regarding OnStar vehicle availability and pricing in China will be announced later this year. Shanghai OnStar Telematics Co.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

The introduction of electric vehicles on a large scale in the UK can only have a beneficial effect on CO 2 emissions if low-carbon electricity, universal broadband provision and smart grids are in place to support the transition, according to a new report published by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Public charging infrastructure will be supplied by Better Place, ECOtality and ChargePoint; infrastructure for households will come from these companies and DiUS. This is a real-world test of how these vehicles will operate in Victoria and that means we need Victorians to use electric vehicles and report back on their experiences.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

The National Research Council has released a prepublication edition of a new congressionally mandated report that evaluates various technologies and methods that could improve the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs), such as tractor-trailers, transit buses, and work trucks.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

AUGUST 13, 2009

We then caught an “informal chat” between Chelsea and Tony Posawatz at GM’s tech center. We took Chelsea on a ride on the People Mover to get her reaction to the downsizing of the company she once belonged to and her test drive of the Volt. Tags: In the Media Production Diary Bob Lutz Detroit GM Chevy Volt.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

A new report from J.D. The report, titled “Drive Green 2020: More Hope than Reality” considers various factors affecting the future potential for “green” vehicles in the world’s largest automotive markets. Based on currently available information, J.D. Click to enlarge. million units in 2020, or some 7.3%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Information is also made publicly available via presentations and the AVTA Web site to help fleet managers and private consumers make knowledgeable decisions when acquiring advanced technology vehicles. In addition to Argonne, INL also collaborates with other DOE laboratories by sharing PHEV data analysis and reporting. Oregon E.V.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2010

Cenovus is an integrated oil company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with an enterprise value of approximately C$26 billion. The BIIP assessment includes the bitumen production, reserves and economic contingent resources previously reported as well as an estimate of Cenovus’s share of all other bitumen on the company’s lands.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

Individuals apply for the ChargePoint America program at the auto dealer or with the auto company where they purchase the new electric vehicle. Individuals interested in purchasing an EV can sign up at www.chargepointamerica.com to receive more information about qualifying to receive a home charging station.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

The research, conducted over the past year by US-based consulting companies Jacobs Consultancy and TIAX LLC, was funded by the Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI). Both the TIAX and Jacobs reports showed that there is a spectrum of direct GHG emissions determined by geological, reservoir, transportation and refining factors.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Special interests who preferred to maintain the internal combustion status quo (read oil and auto companies) have long needed to plant seeds of doubt. The report highlights battery cost in 2010 leading to a $18,000 premium for some initial PHEVs, and suggests no lower cost is unlikely to be achieved with economies of scale.

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