Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In addition to the environmental considerations, heavy-duty electric trucks offer additional benefits such as reduced cost of ownership, as well as labor cost savings and increased safety by providing autonomous piloting in closed working environments. Bruno Wu, Chairman of Ideanomics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The Transit Bus Repower is a full-featured powertrain conversion of an existing diesel transit bus to a battery-electric bus. A repower is a cost-effective and timely solution for transit agencies. The Transit Bus Repower powertrain is a product that our customers have been demanding for some time.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The company is collaborating with Quantron AG, a specialist in the field of commercial vehicle conversion. This makes it possible to perform maintenance, repair and replacement tasks with a minimal effort at any time and, thanks to the standardization, to operate a maximum range of vehicles. FST fuel cell stack.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Ford is showcasing the latest Transit and Transit Custom line-up powered by the Ford EcoBlue diesel engine ( earlier post ) at 2016 IAA Hannover Commercial Vehicle Show. The Ford EcoBlue diesel engine has been engineered to meet Ford’s rigorous commercial vehicle durability standards, powering Transit vehicles through the equivalent of 5.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2018

Service and maintenance will be performed by trained local service centers and nationwide service partners. Through the utilization of innovative solutions for charging, grid monetization, and their proprietary operating system, they work to meet a total cost of operation par or below the cost of a diesel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. This grant would allow ConnDOT to upgrade the upcoming purchases of buses and would fund the incremental cost of a hybrid bus compared to a conventional bus.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2012

As natural gas production grows in North America and the fuel becomes more readily available, Cummins believes that there is a strong market for engines powered by an alternative to diesel fuel. A simple, maintenance-free Three-Way Catalyst will be the only required exhaust aftertreatment. Earlier post.). EcoFit Urea Dosing System.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

That reduction shapes as a huge challenge for the current crop of heavy duty SUV and diesel ute makers unless they rapidly adopt electrification in the form of PHEV and battery electric. Conversely, it could make the RAV4 Hybrid even more popular – and help Toyota Australia pressure its Japanese head office to increase supply.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

The process is complex and requires high-maintenance catalysts and large economies of scale to be profitable. The GasTechno system features an energy-neutral recycle loop where unreacted methane is scrubbed and recycled until the desired conversion is achieved. Subject to certain assumptions, the process generates 6.2

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Two Toyota Prius hybrids have been converted with the Hymotion L5 Plug-in Conversion Module from A123Systems. Diesel emissions are completely eliminated when the hybrid truck operates equipment (like overhead utility booms) solely on the truck’s battery power, instead of requiring the engine to run. The company uses approximately 1.7

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

As well as ecological and tax benefits, TGI technology offers exceptionally low costs per kilometer—up to 50% cheaper than a gasoline equivalent model and 30% cheaper than a diesel—and with the further improvements SEAT has made to the technology, now it can go even further before needing to be refueled.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also known as propane or autogas, can be used to replace gasoline and diesel. the production of gasoline and diesel from biomass; the process was initially developed to. —Tucker Perkins.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The evaluation will consider the impacts, processes, market effects and costs of the program, and will help to guide future program efforts. Electric Power Research Institute , based in Palo Alto, will receive $964,210 to retrofit five existing heavy-duty diesel work trucks with a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI, a highly efficient, latest-generation V6 diesel engine, delivers 190 kW (258 hp) of power and 600 N·m (442.5 Making their world premiere in a diesel engine are active engine mounts in the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0 Conversely, high coating thicknesses for the electrodes produce a high energy density. litre V6 TDI engine.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. The first was the American NS Savannah , built in the late 1950s at a cost of $46.9 How is it arranged?

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Noodoe

JANUARY 7, 2022

Electric School Buses in the US are a hot conversation. Benefits of electric over diesel. Operation Cost. As with most EVs, the cost of operating a gas-powered vehicle is simply higher than that of operating an electric one. Switching Costs. Electric schools buses are more expensive than diesel ones.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 23, 2021

Flagship SUV Gives Smooth Luxury, Powerful Diesel Performance. The low diesel rumble upon start-up becomes a nice note when accessing the ample torque to get off the line, but then purrs quietly at freeway speeds. Duramax turbo diesel in the Escalade was a brilliant move by Cadillac. Story by John Faulkner. Offering the 3.0L

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Some specific goals include: Cutting battery costs from their current $500/kWh to $125/kWh. Reducing the cost of electric drive systems from $30/kW to $8/kW. These new exhaust aftertreatment technologies and catalysts must have light off temperatures at a minimum of 150 °C and conversion efficiencies of at least 90%.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

This AOI is to address two major technical gaps in the performance of automotive aluminum alloys: Low strength among cost competitive automotive sheet alloys such as 5xxx and 6xxx series. High cost of high-strength aluminum alloys such as high performance 6xxx and 7xxx series.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Incremental cost of dedicated alternative fuel vehicles. Light-duty diesel vehicles with 2009 MY or later compliant emissions if replacing gasoline powered vehicles and in conjunction with biodiesel fuel use. The other areas of interest include: Refueling Infrastructure for alternative fuels. LMHDV Fuel cell electric vehicles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 9, 2009

Note: modified 3/6/09 to add approximate cost of battery lease.). can help reduce noise and air pollution caused by diesel and gasoline trucks that idle in parking lots, streets and alleys for hours a day while cargo is being loaded and unloaded. Here’s the full text of the entire article in case the link goes bad: [link].

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. If taken from such sources, hydrogen is a fossil fuel, and is not a renewable resource.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), a subset of the PEV, uses electricity plus a different energy source (at present gasoline or diesel) to run its second engine.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The front-wheel drive Mazda MX-5 Miata and Hyundai Veloster R-Spec are wonderful, handle great and are zippy, but are not in the same conversation with the much larger, rear-wheel drive, more powerful and heavier Corvette Stingray. Maintenance – Free First visit. Powertrain – Five years/60,000 miles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Its like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon. Finally, looking at the non-electric fuel, instead of using gasoline for long-trips, PHEVs could run on bio-diesel, cellulose ethanol, or other bio-fuels to further reduce greenhouse gases.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Now, the general consensus seems to be that having the [AC-to-DC] conversion happen off-board lightens the bus, and makes room for a bigger battery. But what’s really important is upfront cost, and we know that upfront cost is going to go down year over year. This was really the focus in 2010 through 2013.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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