Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1,713,235 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation to retrofit on-highway diesel vehicles in Georgia. The funds are provided under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA) National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The California plant joins the company’s growing national network of plants in New York, Tennessee, and Georgia that will supply 500 tons per day of liquid green hydrogen by 2025, replacing 4.3 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions, and 1,000 tons per day globally by 2028.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2017

Now, researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have shown how these vehicle-emitted metals—such as copper, iron and manganese—interact with acidic sulfate-rich particles already in the air to produce an aerosol that, when inhaled, is more likely to cause oxidative stress and impact respiratory health.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As the only manufacturer currently producing every bus type in Electric, we can help districts start to introduce and potentially transform their entire fleet over time to zero emissions. In fact, over 50% of what we produce is an alternative to diesel, and we are prepared to meet further growth in demand. —Phil Horlock.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

Ingevity is the industry leader in adsorbent-based, on-board evaporative emissions control for gasoline fueled vehicles. SoCalGas (of Sempra Energy) in California and Atlanta Gas Light in Georgia announced demonstration fleets in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

Proterra Catalyst vehicles have no tailpipe emissions and decrease dependency on fossil fuels. Tailpipe emissions are reduced by 230,000 pounds of CO 2 annually each time a conventionally-fueled diesel vehicle is replaced by a Proterra electric bus. Proterra battery-electric buses will contribute to CLT’s sustainability goals.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

LanzaJet, a sustainable fuels technology company and renewable fuels producer, has secured financing for its Freedom Pines Fuels plant in Soperton, Georgia ( earlier post ), through the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. LanzaJet produces SAF and renewable diesel from low-carbon, sustainable ethanol sources.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

Provided industry, government and society collaborate on appropriate policy mechanisms and regulations to drive both supply and demand, aviation can achieve net-zero carbon emissions. The remaining fraction is SPD with superior properties to conventional diesel. The strategic fit with LanzaJet is exciting. Mitsui & Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2016

The new 15 LNG fueled vehicles will replace Ryder diesel-powered vehicles in the existing fleet and will be serviced out of Ryder’s Lafayette, La. facility, which is being engineered to meet the unique compliance requirements for natural gas. service locations. service locations.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

Vehicle technologies span a range from new Si/graphene Li-ion anode materials and composites for motor windings to diesel aftertreatment and advanced lubricants. NO x Sensor for Diesel Engine Emissions Systems. Project partners include Georgia Institute of Technology and LG Chem Power Inc. Lead organization. Description.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The largest PV installation in Georgia. Of that, $26.5 VIA Metropolitan Transit, Texas: $5,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

This investment follows the FY2015 Project Development for Pilot and Demonstration Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower FOA, under which LanzaTech’s proposal was selected for a feasibility study to plan and design an integrated biorefinery that will produce low-carbon jet and diesel fuels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Fifty-one projects in 39 states will receive a share of the funding.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Kohl, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in Atlanta, “The media don’t treat EVs and ICEs with equal footing, because gasoline is not sensational anymore.” Speaking of fires in cars fueled by gasoline or diesel, he says, “It’s an everyday event. Yet, says, Paul A.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. per GGE, with lifecycle emissions reductions exceeding 80% over petroleum.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

The fleet consists of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors serving more than 40 customer operations in California, New York, Texas, Arizona, Michigan, Utah, Georgia, and Louisiana. Since deploying its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, Ryder has replaced approximately 3.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2015

The fleet consists of liquefied natural gas and compressed natural gas tractors serving customers in California, New York, Michigan, Texas, Arizona, Utah, Maryland, Georgia and Louisiana, as well as in Canada. million gallons of diesel fuel with lower emission domestically produced natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2016

Through this achievement, Ryder has gained substantial insight into the NGV industry and how to optimize this solution for customers looking to reduce costs and emissions. Ryder System, Inc. Michigan-based beverage container recycling company UBCR has operated its Ryder NGV fleet for more than 7 million miles since 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2020

In seven-seat models, with all seven seats in place, trunk space is also increased by 32% compared to its predecessor, to 187 liters (VDA, diesel models; 179 liters for Hybrid models). liter Smartstream diesel engine is also available for European customers, producing 202 ps and 440 N·m torque. kW electric motor.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2016

will be deployed beginning in January 2017 starting in Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida, and, possibly in other states as well. In addition to its use of alternative vehicles, UPS uses millions of gallons of lower carbon footprint renewable diesel and renewable natural gas (RNG) in its fleet each year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

million for five projects to develop advanced biofuels and bioproducts that will help drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from biomass. These products not only will help reduce carbon emissions, but also advance the department’s work to enable the production of drop-in biofuel at $3 per gallon by 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

The resulting decrease in the use of conventional gas and diesel decreased CO 2 emissions by 100,000 metric tons, he said. The use of natural gas reduces greenhouse gas emissions six to 11 percent, according to the US Department of Energy. million gallons of renewable natural gas. Orlando, Fla.; Salina, Kan.; Louisville, Ky.;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2020

Georgia Institute of Technology. Decontamination of Non-recyclable MSW and Preprocessing for Conversion to Diesel. Advanced Low-Emission Residential Fluid-Bed Biomass Combustor. Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. Research Triangle Institute. AMP Robotics. Artificial Neural Network for MSW Characterization.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

American Honda Motor has introduced a Class 8 hybrid diesel electric truck into its truck fleet at its parts center in Alpharetta, Ga—the first such in the auto industry. The company’s diesel truck fleet, operated by its truck fleet partner, UPS Freight Truckload, typically travels 300,000 miles per day.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2011

million in funding provided by the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund for ocean research projects to refit the former Coast Guard vessel Tsekoa II for ocean research in the Strait of Georgia and off the west coast of Vancouver Island. The University of Victoria (Canada) will use a portion of $13.3

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four research and development projects designed to bring next-generation biofuels on line faster and to drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels from biomass. The projects represent up to a combined $13-million Energy Department investment.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Electrify America was created with $2 billion from the Volkswagen Group as required by the VW’s diesel-emissions-cheating settlement, and thus far Siemens is its only other corporate investor. In that market, the network and its reliability helped build Europe into a stronger EV market than the U.S.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 14, 2022

Advantages of electric buses include zero tailpipe emissions, the ability to store power in buses for emergency use, inexpensive electric re-fueling, and little or no regular maintenance. emissions annually.”. School districts are excited about replacing their gas-guzzling, noisy buses with quiet, emissions-free models.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

This will displace approximately 54 million gallons (204 million liters) of conventional diesel and gasoline annually while reducing total vehicle emissions. According to the US Department of Energy, the use of natural gas instead of gasoline cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 6-11 percent over the fuel life cycle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2016

These include the heavy-duty manufacturing regions of the upper Midwest; technology hubs in California and along the Pacific Coast; technology innovators on the East Coast including Massachusetts, New York, and the Carolinas; and a corridor that runs through, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio.

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Driivz

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Public and private fleet owners are under increasing environmental and government pressure to reduce carbon emissions by switching to electric vehicles (EVs). EVs of all classes offer fleet owners significant advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2010

Louis, MO), NAABB will develop a systems approach for sustainable commercialization of algal biofuel (such as renewable gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel) and bioproducts. Energy Secretary Steven Chu also announced the selection of eight infrastructure projects to receive up to $1.6

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

The contribution of biomass-based diesel to the 21 billion gallon goal can be no less than 1 billion gallons and will be determined at a later date by rulemaking. An additional 4 billion gallons of advanced biofuels (defined by the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50%) by 2022 is also mandated. Regional contributions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Eaton says it has shown in regulatory test cycles and real-world use that its cylinder-deactivation (CDA) technology can play a key role in helping commercial vehicle manufacturers meet or exceed 2024 and 2027 US emissions regulations. —Karl Sievertsen, chief technology officer, Eaton’s Vehicle Group.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

and greenhouse gas emissions and could be deployed in remote. of Natural Gas into Diesel Fuel. methane found in natural gas into liquid diesel fuel. input that would cut costs, greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dependency on foreign oil. Georgia Institute. Such natural gas contains energy. BTUs worldwide).

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Volvo Construction Equipment and Mack Trucks , both Volvo Group companies, recently delivered an electric excavator and an electric refuse truck to Boca Raton, Florida-based Coastal Waste & Recycling, which has 25 locations in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, and operates more than 700 vehicles.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

Today we’re once again accelerating the transition to electric and low-emission school buses in America, helping to secure a healthier future where all our children can breathe cleaner air,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Getting diesel buses away from kids is unquestioningly the right move, and news like this is always welcome.

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