Green Car Congress

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. heavy-duty opposed-piston engine demonstrated NO x emissions control far better than other diesel engines we have tested.

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EPA Emissions Peterbilt Diesel 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a plan to mitigate statewide harm from more than 10,000 tons of smog-causing pollutants released in the state due to Volkswagen’s (VW) use of illegal “defeat devices” in diesel passenger cars. The National VW Environmental Trust provides California with $423 million for this purpose.

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Ozone Vehicles California Emissions 277

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. These methodologies will significantly decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of the final HKT design.

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Mariner Universal Grid Water 418

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.

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Mariner Climate Fuel Oil 427

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2012

Volvo Trucks plans to launch a 13-liter heavy-duty liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine featuring Westport high pressure direct injection (HPDI) technology for the North American market in 2014. The Volvo 13-liter LNG engine will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 20% compared with current diesel products. Earlier post.).

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Volvo 2014 Engine Diesel 240

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

(MHI) has completed its first unit of the STG (Super Turbo Generating) System, a marine-use, high-efficiency, combined power generation system that utilizes waste heat and the exhaust gas from diesel engines. The first STG System will be installed in a container vessel currently being built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.,

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Mariner Waste Mitsubishi Engine 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

The report presents dynamometer test results and emission models from fully aged aftertreatment systems installed on heavy-duty on-road engines to offer several compliance paths that are achievable by model year 2024 without significant changes to today’s engines or aftertreatment systems. g/bhp-hr.

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Standards Diesel 2019 Emissions 191

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

This includes improving capture of CO 2 associated with hydrogen production from carbon-based resources and technologies to use hydrogen in gas turbines more efficiently for electricity generation. The project will deliver a detailed engineering package, including a levelized cost of hydrogen for the three design cases.

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Hydrogen Gas-Electric Gas Carbon 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

It is the only technology currently available to achieve compliance with the IMO’s Tier III NO x standards for all applicable engines. The third step, Tier III, applies to diesel engines installed on ships built on or after 1 January 2016, and to engines that undergo a major conversion on or after that date.

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Standards Mariner Fuel 2014 218

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with Natural Resources Canada. By controlling the compressor motor’s speed, and improving the timing of when vapor is injected into the compressor, engineers have made heat pumps efficient in colder temperatures. Companies can choose to further test their machines down to -26 °C. In the U.S.,

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Climate Davis Gas-Electric Arlington 139

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

pCAM is a specifically engineered combination of processed raw materials necessary to produce CAM, a key battery material representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. Currently, CAM and pCAM processing is highly concentrated in Asia. 2021 - Announced long-term supply with MP Materials for U.S.-sourced

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Additionally, we must consider the total electricity needed to fully charge the vehicle, akin to how we think about the cost to fill up a tank of gas in traditional combustion engine cars. This data can be obtained by consulting local solar resource maps or by contacting solar installation companies. BMW i3 42 153 27.5

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Solar Charging Installation Maintenance 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2017

Torotrak has been in commercial discussions with passenger car Tier 1s and OEMs as they seek to understand the full capability of V-Charge—Torotrak’s variable-drive mechanical supercharger that can enable ambitious engine downsizing ( earlier post ). This remains true even at very low engine speeds. Click to enlarge.

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Charging Engine Commercial Diesel 150

Blink Charging

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Between the United States federal government, state, and local governments; power companies and utilities; and air pollution control districts, there are hundreds of incentives for fleet owners to switch from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs). Technology and market readiness resources.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

Cost of the new engine relative to gasoline baseline. The technical focus over the last year has been on new engine installation and performance assessments. The approach that Cummins and partners have taken features: Replacing the aluminium V8 gasoline engine and emission control system with smaller diesel (2.8-liter)

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Fuel Economy Economy Gasoline Downsizing 357

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its new rule for Category 3 marine engines—engines with per-cylinder displacement at or above 30 liters. By 2030, the domestic and international strategy is expected to reduce annual emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) from large marine diesel engines by about 1.2

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Mariner EPA Engine Emissions 170

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The dedicated fund paves the way for creating new resources and enhancing existing ones, plus training and programs to help every chapter thrive. Officers at the Mu Iota Chapter at Seattle University used the grant to help pay for an electrical and computer engineering mentoring event it held.

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Grant Universal Arlington Hawaii 83

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2013

a new 5-liter V8 diesel engine designed to power pickup-and-delivery vehicles, other light- and medium-duty trucks, school buses and motorhomes. extends Cummins range of on-road diesel engines for North American vehicles. will be manufactured at the Columbus Engine Plant, with production to start during the fourth quarter of 2014.

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Diesel Light Commercial Vehicles 247

Blink Charging

JUNE 23, 2023

In Deloitte’s Global 2022 Gen Z and Millennial Survey , Gen Z (born 1995-2003) and Millennials (born 1983-1994) ranked climate change in their top concerns after the cost of living. EV drivers can save thousands of dollars on fuel and maintenance costs and now qualify for a $4000 used EV tax credit or a $7500 new EV tax credit.

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Charging Tax Credit Tax Installation 52

Blink Charging

JUNE 23, 2023

In Deloitte’s Global 2022 Gen Z and Millennial Survey , Gen Z (born 1995-2003) and Millennials (born 1983-1994) ranked climate change in their top concerns after the cost of living. EV drivers can save thousands of dollars on fuel and maintenance costs and now qualify for a $4000 used EV tax credit or a $7500 new EV tax credit.

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Charging Tax Credit Tax Installation 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2017

This system will turn off the compressor during acceleration and will retain coolness when the compressor is inactive or the engine is turned off for a short duration, allowing rapid cool-down at re-start. The refrigerant never enters the passenger compartment and instead stays in the engine area. — Dr. Stephen O. Andersen, S.,

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Motor Motors Motoring Vehicles 170

EV Connect

DECEMBER 4, 2023

At a business level, fleet operators need an accurate measure of fuel costs. In the case of EV fleets, that requires a solution capable of delivering a transparent picture of energy costs and high demand charges across Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 (DCFC) chargers. What Makes EV Connect the Ideal Partner?

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Connect Connected Fleet Charging 81

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2016

The high cost of battery cells continues to be a major stumbling block to improving the cost-efficiency and popularity of e-mobility. Roughly a third of battery production costs are currently accounted for by the final step in the manufacturing process—formation cycling. 2014.11.019.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

The also found that future fuel savings between the diesel and gasoline engines accounted for less than 20% of the difference in the resale price for the truck. It’s been generally known that diesel vehicles typically post lower operating costs because of their increased fuel economy. But that’s only one element of the equation.

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Gasoline Diesel Price Hybrid 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2012

The company says that the cost of a 14V, 6-cell supercapacitor module for stop-start would be around US$60. Stop-Start technology, which turns the engine off when stopped in traffic and restarts it when the driver releases the brake or engages the gears, is gaining momentum worldwide as a means to save fuel and reduce emissions.

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Batteries Battery Australia Volt 322

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2009

As the next steps in a strategy to cut harmful emissions from ocean-going vessels, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new engine emissions and fuel standards for large marine diesel engines on US-flagged ships that would harmonize with international standards. EPA’s proposed rulemaking affects the Category 3 engines.

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Mariner EPA Standards International 170

Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. He’s filed suit against Torrance, the proud home of Exxon/Mobil’s refinery, for stopping him from installing solar panels in the Hillside Overlay district. solar installers. For 10 days apparently. There is also.

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Solar Installation California Building 210

Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. Thermal energy storage is a known low-cost, low-risk approach for storing solar energy in the form of heat,” adds Codd.

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Oil Solar Convert Molten Salt 115

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The settlement includes direct payments to consumers as well as the installation of a brake-override system in an estimated 3.25 Terms of the proposed settlement include: Toyota will install a brake-override system in vehicles subject to floor mat entrapment recalls. million vehicles. —Steve Berman. Settlement agreement.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

In a speech at the Naval Energy Forum, US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus set out five energy targets for the department to meet over the course of the next decade, including the overall goal of half of the total energy consumption for ships, aircraft, tanks, vehicles, and shore installations coming from alternative sources by 2020.

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2020 Afghanistan Energy Mariner 308

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

The team of Brandon Schoettle and Dr. Michael Sivak also incudes information for current gasoline-powered internal combustion engines as a baseline comparison. For FCVs, Schoettle and Sivak note, the effective cost per mile is currently $0.09. per gallon, results in a cost of $0.10 mp and a fuel price of $2.35 Click to enlarge.

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San Diego Fuel District of Columbia Gasoline-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Cummins is one year into a four year program (ATLAS, Advanced Technology Light Automotive Systems) to develop, in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), a new light-duty diesel truck engine that will meet Tier 2 Bin 2 (SULEV) emission requirements while achieving at least a 40% fuel economy improvement (26.1 mpg US vs. 18.6

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Light Diesel MPG Nissan 199

Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The consequences of EV batteries are multifold: Makers use resource-intensive materials to produce them. They take longer to charge than a simple gas station trip for an internal combustion engine vehicle. It makes environmentalists who want to make the switch to EVs second guess themselves.

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Batteries Battery Electric Electrical 64

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

This proposed standard applies to electric vehicles (EVs) and to those hybrid vehicles (HVs) that are capable of propulsion in any forward or reverse gear without the vehicle’s internal combustion engine (ICE) operating. NHTSA calculated a cost of $0.83 —“Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles”.

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Electric Vehicles Hybrid Vehicles Electric 236

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

One type of company that is set to reap the rewards of the country’s transition from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is parking management companies. It’s easy for a business to install 48-80amp Level 2 charging stations without extensive infrastructure upgrades.

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Companies Charging Maintenance Building 67

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

Engine capacity. Engine power. A temporary gas vehicle refueling infrastructure was installed at the CCE depot in Enfield, UK from which the trial vehicles were operated. dB(A) during low speed drive-by, engine idle and hot engine start conditions respectively. However, the total cost of ownership increased by 15.3%

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