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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

NITI Aayog launches ‘Shoonya’ Campaign to promote zero pollution delivery vehicles. NITI Aayog with US-based RMI and RMI India’s support launched the ‘Shoonya’ Campaign an initiative to promote zero-pollution delivery vehicles by working with consumers and the industry. RMI Managing Director Clay Stranger.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Of the $71 million, Achates Power will receive $5 million for work on an opposed-piston 2-stroke hybrid commercial vehicle system, and Cummins will receive $4 million for its work on an ultra-low emissions heavy-duty 10L natural gas engine. Eaton Corporation. Eaton Corporation. AOI 5: Natural Gas Engine Enabling Technologies.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Business Korea reports that a team at Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) has developed a Euro-6 compliant HCNG engine for intracity buses as part of a larger project consortium headed by Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas). HCNG is blend of hydrogen and compressed natural gas (CNG).

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JANUARY 8, 2023

Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles. 10 ) of urban air, a fraction known to be enriched with non-tailpipe constituents.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Kyocera Corporation has developed a sensing element to help monitor soot filters in diesel-engine vehicles—the first ever to withstand operating temperatures above 500 °C without the use of platinum. However, platinum can cause catalytic reactions with soot, and at very high temperatures, can even cause soot to burn.

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Diesel Engine Pollution 2017 150

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APRIL 15, 2019

The study also confirms that emissions of other local pollutants, such as sulfur oxides (SO x ), nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and particulate matter (PM), are close to zero when using LNG compared with current conventional oil-based marine fuels. Moving from current Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) to LNG does reduce GHG emissions. Source: thinkstep.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

The fuel cells of the company will primarily be used for stationary power generation and within the maritime sector and are a climate-friendly alternative to conventional fossil-based combustion engines. Blue World’s targeted markets are within stationary applications and the maritime sector.

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Cars That Think

MAY 19, 2023

IEEE’s Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony showcases emerging technologies and celebrates engineering pioneers who laid the groundwork for many of today’s electronic devices. Engineering changes the way the world works.” Engineering changes the way the world works,” he said. Mulligan Jr.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

RNLI lifeboat MAHLE’s Jet Ignition (MJI) technology ( earlier post ), optimized for hydrogen combustion under the name HyJet, enables the ignition of sustainable fuels in clean combustion engines. Marine engines are typically designed with long service lives in mind and are fitted to vessels that are required to operate for many decades.

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JULY 13, 2021

Crowley Maritime Corporation will build and operate eWolf, the first all-electric powered harbor tugboat. utilizing the design and on-site construction management by Crowley Engineering Services and its recently integrated Jensen Maritime naval architecture and marine engineering group.

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San Diego All-Electric Mariner Building 221

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MAY 19, 2022

Element 1 Corporation (e1NA), Zhejiang Methanol Hydrogen Technology (ZMHT) and Zhejiang Element 1 (e1China) have formed a joint venture company—Zhejiang Hydrogen One Energy Technology Co., e1NA’s methanol-to-hydrogen technology offers a broad solution to this challenge and is also well suited to support hydrogen combustion engines.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, has developed a new piston ring for two-stroke diesel engines that reduces oil consumption and marine pollution by allowing the quantity of lubricant used to be greatly reduced. This feed oil is not uniformly distributed on the cylinder wall.

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Mariner Oil Pollution Diesel 150

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Life cycle emissions by pollutant and life cycle stage for each vehicle type in the recent (a) and future (b) PJM grid. They then modeled the emissions from those power plants, the effects of emissions on air pollution in downwind counties, and the resulting implications for human health and the environment. Source: Weis et al.

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MAY 11, 2010

Eaton Corporation has selected A123 Systems to supply battery systems for production of a hybrid power system to be installed on a Ford F550-based Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The battery pack is expected to give the PHEV trouble truck a 10-mile range in EV mode or five to six hours of engine-off operation at the work-site.

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MAY 4, 2019

United States Steel Corporation (USS) will invest more than $1 billion to construct a new sustainable endless casting and rolling facility at its Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., and a cogeneration facility at its Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa., both part of the company’s Mon Valley Works.

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Pollution United States Pennsylvania Emissions 207

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JUNE 8, 2020

Exelon Corporation today announced that its six electric and gas utilities will continue advancing transportation electrification to benefit customers and communities by taking major steps to electrify its fleet of vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. Such an engine could provide a cost-effective solution for small recreational vehicle- and motorcycle applications. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. —Oh and Plante. g/kWh with a 3.3% kW) rating.

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MAY 18, 2021

illion grant from the California Air Resource Board (CARB) awarded to Wabtec, BNSF and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The company has a clear path to power new locomotives—and repower existing locomotives—with batteries, hydrogen internal combustion engines, and hydrogen fuel cells.

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APRIL 20, 2022

Achates Power has released initial in-use NO x measurements from the cleaner, heavy-duty diesel engine it developed in a project funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and several partners. Achates Power previously announced the opposed-piston has entered fleet service with WALMART Corporation in a Peterbilt 579 tractor.

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EPA Emissions Peterbilt Diesel 170

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

million in awards over three to four years to develop and demonstrate technologies that increase the efficiency of engines and powertrain systems for future highway transportation vehicles. Eaton Corporation, $2.5 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four projects for up to $8.4 General Motors LLC, $1.4 Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The scandal that we dubbed VW’s Dirty Diesel Debacle opened a lot of folks’ eyes to the true priorities of automakers and other corporations. The latest corporate shoe to drop belongs to Cummins , best known as a maker of diesel engines for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Here we go again.

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AUGUST 12, 2023

The investment—the largest in engineered carbon removal yet—will eventually remove more than 250 times more carbon dioxide than the largest DAC facility currently operating. South Texas DAC Hub (Kleberg County, TX): 1PointFive, a subsidiary of Occidental, and its partners, Carbon Engineering Ltd.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Disneyland will phase out the gasoline engines in its Autopia vehicles “within the next 30 months,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Local air pollution can cause asthma in kids , and communities of color are adversely burdened by vehicle air pollution, a 2022 study found.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

Mazda Motor Corporation announced “Sustainable Zoom-Zoom 2030,” a new long-term vision for technology development that looks ahead to the year 2030. As part of the new technology to achieve this vision, the company disclosed plans to introduce a next-generation gasoline engine called SKYACTIV-X in 2019. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 2, 2018

Administrator Pruitt also announced the start of a joint process with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop a notice and comment rulemaking to set revised GHG emissions standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The 2-cylinder engine is the first of a range that will expand to include 4- and 6-cylinder engines. Ricardo and Cooper Corporation of India launched of the first of a completely new range of Cooper engines at the Delhi Auto Expo. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

Engine maker Cummins is recalling 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a huge $2 billion settlement with both federal and California authorities for using illegal software to cheat results of diesel emissions tests. Cummins, however, said that the engines that are being recalled didn’t necessarily exceed emissions limits, the AP wrote.

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OCTOBER 12, 2019

Every local and state government is faced with challenges such as rapid urbanization and congestion, inefficient and pollutive transport, and ever-changing and evolving technology. A native German, he’s entrepreneurial and a self-starter across various industries including automotive, energy, medical devices, and engineering solutions.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Auburn University researchers are leading a $2-million US Department of Energy Co-Optima project ( earlier post ) that will evaluate renewable butyl acetate (BA) as a bio-based fuel additive that can be blended with diesel fuel to reduce soot and greenhouse gas emissions and yield cleaner engine operation in cold-weather conditions.

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JULY 21, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have presented preliminary proposals aimed at closing compliance loopholes for medium- and heavy-duty diesel engines using SCR-based NO x emissions control systems for 2011 and later model years.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Corporations and governments use it to make pledges and announce sustainability measures. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. We are imperilling food production, polluting our ocean and air, creating a more dangerous, less stable environment, and holding back sustainable development.

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Emissions Pollution India Climate 52

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, has developed a range of spark plugs for heavy-duty vehicles that run on compressed natural gas (CNG). CNG-fueled engines meet current Euro-6 emissions and are suited to transportation tasks in congested cities to reduce further pollution.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The settlement further requires Daimler to implement systemic corporate reforms to detect and try to eliminate violations in the future. Daimler must also replace 15 old locomotive engines with new, less-polluting engines to offset excess NO x emitted from its vehicles.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Kia Motors Corporation announced details of ‘Plan S’, its mid- to long-term strategy aimed at progressively establishing a leadership position in the future automotive industry, encompassing electrification and mobility services, as well as connectivity and autonomy.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

tons of CO 2- eq from polluting the environment, leading Life Cycle Assessment auditors Quantis to designate UBQ as “The Most Climate Positive Thermoplastic Material on the Market.”. By diverting landfill-destined waste, UBQ prevents the emission of methane, groundwater leakage and other environmental harms.

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MARCH 7, 2019

The selected projects will focus on reducing the total cost of ownership of NGVs, increasing vehicle efficiency, decreasing local air pollution, and advancing technology development to increase the use of more affordable medium- and heavy-duty natural gas engines and vehicles. Cummins Inc.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

At last week’s Ocean Innovation 2009 conference in Victoria, British Columbia, Craig Carter, Director of Marketing and Customer Service at Thordon Bearings detailed the company’s progress in the retrofitting of large ocean-going vessels with seawater-lubricated propeller shaft bearings to reduce waterborne pollution.

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