Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy Ltd., a Finnish energy company, have signed an agreement on a joint concept feasibility study for a Power-to-Gas facility at Vantaa Energy’s waste-to-energy plant in the city of Vantaa in the capital region. The co-development agreement was signed in May and is valid for 12 months.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2020

These products will be first introduced to the South Korean market in 2021 through an expanded partnership with SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C), an affiliate of SK Group. This expansion of our product offering enables zero-carbon electricity and transportation solutions. —Jason Ahn, CEO of SK E&C.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Alstom and MOL, Hungary’s leading oil and gas company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to structure cooperation in examining the use of hydrogen technology in rail transportation. MOL Group already produces and utilizes almost 150,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year. Operating these trains requires hydrogen refueling stations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

Though there are some exceptions to these positive results for some of the diesel versions of vehicles from a total-cost-of-ownership perspective, the overall direction of the results supports the idea that diesel vehicles are competitive within the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2021

At the heart of the plan is a 2 million tonne capacity Reduced Iron (DRI) facility and an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) facility capable of producing 2.4 The company recently published its second group Climate Action Report in which it set a new 2030 global carbon emissions intensity reduction target of 25%. Innovative DRI.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group and a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, has installed charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks as part of its ongoing partnership with Volvo Trucks. Heavy-duty fleets have unique charging characteristics and needs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Electra has raised $85 million to produce Low-Temperature Iron (LTI) from commercial and low-grade ores using zero-carbon intermittent electricity. Electra’s process emits zero carbon dioxide emissions and carries zero green premium, meaning it will cost the same or less than existing production methods powered by fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

Consortium members include fuel cell component suppliers, academic institutions and the BMW Group. W/cm 2 at 0.6V, less than 10% power degradation after 6,000 hours, and with a technical and economic assessment showing a cost of less than €50/kW (US$57/KW) at a 50,000 annual production scale. DANA Holding Corp.

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Teslarati

MARCH 26, 2024

A new study shows that electric vehicle (EV) owners notice their tires wearing out more quickly than gas counterparts, although many have similar expectations about tire longevity as compared to those of internal combustion engine (ICE) owners. In a study released by J.D. What are your thoughts?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Forth and Mobility Development Group are creating a national partnership to launch the Affordable Mobility Platform (AMP), which will establish electric vehicle (EV) carsharing based at affordable housing sites in at least five states over the next two years.

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Teslarati

JULY 8, 2022

Consumer Reports has released the results from its largest ever national survey, and it found that over a third of Americans are interested in buying electric vehicles. Around 14% of the respondents were part of the most interested group of buyers, a group that has grown by 4% since a similar CR survey in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2021

In an open-access study published in the journal Sustainable Cities and Society , Francesco Orsi, of the Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning Group, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands, suggests that widespread adoption of electric vehicles may have a negative impact on land use. —Orsi (2021).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2020

Daimler Trucks is taking the next step in its electrification of trucks with the battery-electric low-floor heavy-duty truck Mercedes-Benz eEconic. The eEconic is based on the eActros electric truck for heavy distribution, which will already go into series production in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Their sulfidation approach could reduce the capital costs of metal separation between 65 and 95 percent from mixed-metal oxides. Their selective processing could also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60 to 90 percent compared to traditional liquid-based separation. Image: courtesy of the researchers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Con Edison has begun using the batteries on five Lion Electric electric school buses to provide power to its customers, marking the first time in New York State that electricity has flowed from buses into a utility’s grid. Con Edison contracted with First Priority Group to help develop and manage the project.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2019

million) This topic includes multiple sub-topics, including novel materials for high-density gas storage and transport, advanced waste to energy technologies, and technology integration that focus on lowering the cost of and overcoming technical barriers to the use of medium- and heavy-duty natural gas and hydrogen-fueled vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

It is a supplier of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode material to the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery sector for both automotive and non-automotive applications for a select group of customers. and modular AEM electrolysers allow green hydrogen production from kW to MW scale at lower associated costs for?various Johnson Matthey and?Enapter

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

Hyundai is offering two of the cheapest cars to lease (EV or gas-powered), the IONIQ 6 and Kona EV, in the US, with prices as low as $169 per month. According to S&P Global registration data, Hyundai was the fourth best-selling EV maker in 2024, with 51,411 electric cars delivered, or 4.5% Who said EVs are not affordable?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

While battery-electric vehicles can be used efficiently and in an eco-friendly way in urban areas, fuel cell technology offers an attractive approach when it comes to emission-free logistics over long distances and with higher payloads. A battery-powered electric drive may also require concessions in terms of payload, Freudenberg says.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

Eaton Corporation will develop an affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles, utilizing existing natural gas sources in the home and innovative compressor technology. The refueling system will use liquid to act as a piston to compress natural gas. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2019

Improvements to a class of battery electrolyte first introduced in 2017—liquefied gas electrolytes—could pave the way to replacing the graphite anode with a lithium-metal anode. Meng and colleagues’ approach was to switch to a more compatible electrolyte, called liquefied gas electrolytes. —Yang et al.

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2021

The Tesla Model Y has officially joined the Ipswich, Massachusetts Police Department, and its price tag wasn’t all that bad considering the multiple incentives that were applied by local groups. However, many are uninformed and misconceived, still believing electric vehicles are six-figure vehicles reserved for the rich and wealthy.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

Blue Energy Motors, a leading liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck manufacturer, is seeking to secure UDS 100 million in funding to support its foray into the electric vehicle market. Electric trucks have potential in short-haul applications, Bhuwalka said.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

But as the Times points out, the government is NOT forcing the fleet to become all electric: The E.P.A. It does not mandate the sales of electric vehicles, and gas-powered cars and trucks could still be sold. Even the automaker's lobbying group seems to be onboard here, which is often not the case.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The selected projects, sponsored by private companies across seven different states, will develop novel technologies that enhance existing clean energy infrastructure, such as aircraft electrification, rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging, and advanced floating offshore wind turbine technologies. Award amount: $20,000,000).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

The funds will be distributed to the multi-group partnership of clean energy and technology companies. The California Energy Commission Grant proposal was for the solicitation (GFO-19-310) Validating Capability of Second-life Batteries to Cost-Effectively Integrate Solar Power for Small-Medium Commercial Building Applications.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. The top motivation to go electric for 83% of large businesses surveyed is sustainability and environmental goals.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Another affordable electric car is set to be unveiled later this year as Nissan looks to boost EV sales. Nissan will unveil a new Micra EV as its newest low-cost electric car. Nissan has been teasing an electric Micra successor for several years now. The automaker is preparing to launch five new electric cars soon.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

One possible scenario for the electricity system in the Western US in 2026-29. Under a range of resource cost scenarios, most coal power plants would be replaced by solar, wind, gas, and/or nuclear generation, with intermittent renewable sources providing at least 17% and as much as 29% of total power by 2030. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

CNW Group/Ballard Power Systems Inc.) The NPMC-based FCgen-1040 stack represents a step-change in PEM fuel cell technology with high performance at a reduced cost. Since platinum contributes 10-to-15% of the cost of a fuel cell stack today, we are very excited about the potential cost savings NPMC technology can enable moving forward.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

Ricardo will be working with Electricore, which recently received a $750,000 award from the California Energy Commission to perform a comprehensive survey of the commercial plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) marketplace and to propose value-based design options for standardization of battery systems. Earlier post.).

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Slashing gas storage facilities. Additional fees and charges added to electricity prices. On a good or windy day these produce around 20% of the UK electricity needs. What we have not done so well is to ensure that we have a solid base level of generation to supply electricity when there is no sun and no wind. Biomass 5%.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

through its US subsidiary EnerNOC, has acquired California-based eMotorWerks, a North American supplier of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, called JuiceBox, and owner and operator of JuiceNet, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform for the smart management of EV charging and other distributed energy storage facilities. Enel S.p.A.,

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Vehicle fleets across the United States are transitioning from internal combustion engine (ICE) to electric vehicles, and that includes school bus fleets. TRAP can also stunt students’ cognitive abilities and alter their brain structure. What about electric buses?

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 19, 2023

A report from the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) found that switching to electric fleets could save $14 million in pollution-related expenses over the lifetime of the municipal vehicles—and that’s just in Arizona. Electric vehicles produce no emissions and don’t rely on fossil fuels extracted from the ground.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a low-cost, non-precious metal cobalt phosphide (CoP) catalyst catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas for hours on end in the harsh environment of a commercial device.

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