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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

These are the observations in an in-depth study of the industry by management professors at the University of California, Davis, and Dartmouth College. —Hemant Bhargava, a professor of technology management at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. The authors are Hemant K. Parker, Dartmouth College.

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JANUARY 30, 2010

These findings show that stratospheric water vapor represents an important driver of decadal global surface climate change. Over the last century, global average surface temperatures have warmed by about 0.75 °C (0.42 °C), with much of it occuring the last half. —Solomon et al. Science Express doi: 10.1126/science.1182488.

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MARCH 25, 2014

The home, located on the West Village campus of the University of California, Davis, is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting. Concrete accounts for approximately 5% of global anthropogenic CO 2 emissions.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Mitloehner said that focusing on meat and dairy is not only scientifically inaccurate, but also distracts society from embracing effective solutions to global climate change.

Global

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JANUARY 21, 2014

China is responsible for only a small percentage of the annual pollution in the US, but powerful global winds known as “westerlies” can push airborne chemicals across the ocean in days, particularly during the spring, causing dangerous spikes in contaminants. —Steve Davis, UC Irvine Earth system scientist and co-author.

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JANUARY 30, 2011

The findings are highlighted in a special issue of the journal Global Change Biology Bioenergy which focuses on the potential of agave as a bioenergy feedstock. One species, Agave azul is used in the production of tequila. Agave syrup is used as an alternative to sugar in cooking.

Davis

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MAY 5, 2017

A new report from a team at the University of California, Davis, and the New York-based nonprofit Institute for Transportation & Development Policy (ITDP) has concluded that shared mobility is a critical enabler for realizing the benefits of electrification and autonomous driving. —Fulton et al.

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MAY 19, 2016

The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD has launched a major global initiative towards carbon-free transport. Transport activity currently contributes 23% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, with the share expected to rise. The COP 21 Paris Agreement created a political pathway for global CO 2 mitigation efforts.

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MAY 14, 2018

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications. trillion) in 2014.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Switching from diesel fuel to natural gas may hold advantages for the US heavy-duty trucking fleet, but more needs to be done to reach the full environmental benefits, according to a new white paper released by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, and Rice University.

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MARCH 17, 2020

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have conducted a statistical analysis of pollution exposure and yields from 1980 to 2015 on a key sector making up about 38% of the state’s total agricultural output: perennial crops such as almonds, grapes, nectarines, peaches, strawberries and walnuts. Mueller, N.D.,

Ozone

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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

trillion) through to 2050 and can help cut the world’s road transport energy use and CO 2 emissions by nearly half in that same time, by improving vehicle fuel economy, according to an opinion paper recently published by the Commonwealth Advisory Bureau (CAB) and sponsored by the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI). spare Commonwealth.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Our experience in advanced hot gas and liquid hydro separations for both conventional and alternative energy applications, as well as our global leadership in industrial membrane separations, will enable us to help ensure a marketable outcome of the consortium’s work.

Fuel

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JUNE 17, 2016

Current ozone levels in the San Joaquin Valley are predominantly caused by local emissions, but as air quality standards become lower, any contribution from global ozone levels needs to be understood. An ozonesonde is a balloon which measures ozone from the surface to more than 10 kilometers above the ground.

San Jose

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JULY 8, 2013

Wildfires produce approximately 40% of all soot, which has been shown to contribute to global warming, and different stages of burns emit different types of aerosols. Scientists believe that aerosol effects on clouds may change the regional and global circulation systems that constitute the Earth''s climate.

Tennessee

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JULY 22, 2010

In a new report released by the California Air Resources Board, scientists from the University of California at Davis and Berkeley estimate that rising temperatures from climate change will increase ozone levels in California’s major air basins. Kleeman of UC Davis, lead author. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 29, 2014

In addition, in December 2013, Honda supplied an Accord Plug-In Hybrid with a bi-directional on-board charger to the University of Delaware’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). A key aspect of the platform’s benefits will be giving customers flexibility and choices.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

The GFEI, a partnership of international agencies and top energy policy experts, suggests that these cost savings could in part be used to help offset the costs of developing a global market for electric vehicles over this time frame, since the savings are estimated to be at least four times bigger than these costs. this could be the answer.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The Mobility Center is envisioned as a public-private partnership of governmental entities, leading universities, electric utilities, technology and automotive companies, and venture capitalists. The Mobility Center will build on the ATOS model by providing a full life cycle suite of services from idea all the way to market.

Sacramento

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JULY 18, 2014

By gaining a better understanding of how these parameter uncertainties affect outcomes, the VERIFI researchers, along with colleagues at the University of Connecticut, are seeking to create cleaner and more efficient engines. However, this approach has been studied extensively and is advantageous from a computational point of view.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Blockchain—a technology used for verifying and recording digital transactions—could transform the way governments, global industries and science research operate, in addition to providing the foundation for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Both are now faculty members at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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JULY 18, 2012

million investment in three university-led projects, helping to train and educate the next generation of nuclear energy scientists and engineers. University (Westinghouse). Institute (Carpenter Technology; General Electric-Hitachi; The Ohio State University). University of. Laboratory (University of Wisconsin-Madison).

Energy

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JULY 22, 2009

Winter chill, a vital climatic trigger for many tree crops, is likely to decrease by more than 50% in California during this century as global climate warms, making the state no longer suitable for growing many fruit and nut crops, according to a team of researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Washington.

Climate

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

2014 has been a year of rapid growth for the fuel cell market with positive progress being made globally, especially in markets such as US, UK, Germany, France and Japan. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe but, on earth, it must normally be extracted from water or organic compounds.

Fuel

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Although viewed as a potential target in the global effort to reduce climate change, atmospheric black carbon particles absorb significantly less sunlight than scientists have predicted, according to a new study by an international team of researchers, published in the journal Science. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The LCVTP involves seven industry and research partners: Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors, Zytek, Ricardo, MIRA, WMG (formerly Warwick Manufacturing Group) at the University of Warwick and Coventry University. Dr Geoff Davis, MIRA’s Business Development Director. million (US$64 million).

Carbon

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The FT-CH is a concept that would address Toyota’s stated strategy to offer a wider variety of conventional hybrid choices to its customers, as it begins to introduce plug-in hybrids (PHVs) and battery electrics (BEVs) in model year 2012, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCHVs) in 2015 in global markets. —Jim Lentz. Eight new hybrids.

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MAY 5, 2021

Published in Nature Energy on April 26th by the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, the study found that PHEV buyers in California were abandoning the technology at a rate of […]. Yet 20 percent of California PHEV owners have gone back to gas-powered vehicles.

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AUGUST 10, 2015

POETS will be led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with Howard University, Stanford University and the University of Arkansas. NEWT will be led by Rice University in partnership with Arizona State University, the University of Texas at El Paso and Yale University.

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JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. Harmonize global LCFS policies. Harmonize global LCFS policies. Treat all crude oils as part of the overall pool of transportation fuels.

Carbon

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MAY 15, 2012

It is a scientific partnership led by Lawrence Berkeley Lab and includes the Sandia National Laboratories, the University of California campuses of Berkeley and Davis, the Carnegie Institution for Science, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Khudyakov, Patrik D’haeseleer, Sharon E. Borglin, Kristen M. Lindquist, Terry C.

Production

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JUNE 3, 2010

Participating scientists are from several DOE national laboratories, NASA and the University of California, Davis, along with many other academic and research institutions. The knowledge gained will eventually be used in regional and global computer models that simulate the effects of aerosols on climate.

Climate

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

California’s global warming legislation requires reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. These models are not suited for the policy analysis demands in the era of global climate change, she concludes. Box plots of combined policy VMT reductions by time horizon. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Ethylene—a valuable commodity two-carbon chemical that can be oligomerized into transportation fuels—is the most widely produced petrochemical feedstock globally. Research results were published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. The organism produced ethylene at a high rate and is still being improved.

Fuel

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Global Insight for powertrains/fuels for each country formed the basis for a moderately aggressive model for penetration of alternative powertrains/fuels into each country’s new vehicle fleet from 2010 to 2020. Davis, personal communication, February 20, 2010). Production forecasts from IHS. evolutionary thinking.

Fleet

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JUNE 13, 2009

This standard is the required QMS standard for the global automotive supplier base. Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis, Research Report UCD-ITS-RR-09-08. We look forward to duplicating and scaling the proven and certified EIG processes in our planned US based manufacturing plant.

Li-ion

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Intel will purchase a 15% ownership stake in HERE, a global provider of high-definition digital maps and location-based services, from HERE’s current indirect shareholders: Audi AG, BMW AG and Daimler AG. By working with Intel, HERE aims to offer automakers a universal solution that reduces both complexity and long-term development costs.

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