Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

has unveiled its Diesel Particulate Filter ( DPF ) solution. Amidst growing environmental concerns and stringent emissions regulations, diesel engines have encountered the formidable challenge of soot accumulation in DPFs, resulting in clogs that degrade engine performance and increase maintenance costs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Heavy-duty electric truck builder Orange EV announced that fleets in California can purchase a new T-Series pure electric terminal truck for less than the cost of a new Tier 4 diesel truck. More than 60% of Orange EV’s fleets have re-ordered. —Mike Saxton, Orange EV chief commercial officer.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Saskatchewan’s capital city is moving forward with plans to electrify its Regina Transit fleet, signing a five-year contract with Nova Bus to acquire 53 battery electric city buses. The first installment of its larger order will see seven of its LFSe+ 40-foot , long-range buses delivered to the City of Regina early in 2025 at a cost of $10.8

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

Volvo Trucks and Deutsche Post DHL Group have signed a cooperation agreement to accelerate the shift to zero-exhaust-emission vehicles. This will result in annually savings of nearly 600 tons of CO 2 and nearly 225,000 liters of diesel fuel for Deutsche Post DHL Group.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2018

Volkswagen showcased three new drive systems at the Vienna Motor Symposium: the new 48 V mild hybrid system that will debut on the eighth-generation Golf in 2019 ( earlier post ); new high-tech diesel engines that will also be available as hybrid variants; and an advanced natural gas engine. TDI diesel engine (EA288 Evo).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

Audi of America introduced four new TDI clean diesel models for the US market this year—the Audi A8, A7, A6, Q5—along with an updated Q7 TDI, all equipped with a second-generation 3.0L V6 TDI diesel engine. ” One of our primary goals and objectives is to level the playing field for clean diesel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

At the IAA, MAN (part of the Volkswagen Group) presented a concept diesel-electric parallel hybrid version of its long-haul TGX truck. MAN showed the Metropolis research truck, a range-extended electric refuse collection truck developed in collaboration with Benteler Engineering Services for use in the city, at IAA 2012, earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2015

Land Rover will offer the option of diesel powertrains in two 2016 model year luxury SUVs: the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. The Range Rover Td6 and Range Rover Sport Td6 SUVs will deliver 25 mpg (9.4 The Range Rover Sport Td6 and Range Rover Td6 accelerate from 0-60 mph in 7.1

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 25, 2022

EV Fleets Will Change the Face of Trucking Forever. For over 100 years now, trucks have roared down America’s many highways, leaving clouds of dust and exhaust in their wake. The industry will never be the same once EV fleets are adopted. Perhaps the biggest advantage of electric fleets is fewer emissions. Here’s why.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2016

A range of aftertreatment technology options are available to automakers seeking to achieve compliance with the impending EU Real Driving Emissions (RDE) regulations, according to the results of a Ricardo research project presented recently at the SIA Powertrain international conference and exhibition in Rouen, France. liter diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a significant reduction in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions primarily due to reduced tailpipe CO 2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The Deret Group now has one of the largest hybrid fleets in Europe, comprising 22 Canter Eco Hybrids. According to Deret spokesperson Jean-Luc Fournier, initial trips with the hybrid fleet have revealed a 25% reduction in fuel consumption compared with trucks with conventional engines. A new top weight variant with a GVW of 8.55

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2013

Corporation has received an order for thirty-four liquid fuel C30 microturbines for use in DesignLine’s Eco Saver IV range extended electric buses. The DesignLine range-extended electric buses are 45 feet long, and feature an all-electric drivetrain using Li-ion batteries for energy storage. Capstone Turbine.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

The family of engines strategy uses a common power cylinder system across several different engine variants to address a range of power and torque requirements in order to serve multiple military vehicles with a common architecture. Demonstration vehicles will be on the road in 2021 in commercial fleet application.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

The City of Santa Monica, California has awarded Clean Energy a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract to fuel its Big Blue Bus (BBB) fleet of vehicles. The ISL G NZ features the same stoichiometric cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (SEGR) combustion technology and spark ignition as the ISL G natural gas engine. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The new approach to natural gas combustion technology is designed to provide vehicle and engine original manufacturers (OEMs) with a “downsized” natural gas solution that is cost competitive while providing similar levels of power, torque, and fuel economy to a larger diesel engine. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2010

The Capstone C30 Liquid Fuel microturbine is the only engine certified to the CARB emissions levels that went into effect for Model Year 2010 On-Road Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines to operate on diesel fuel with no exhaust aftertreatment, including urea injection or exhaust catalyst.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2014

Annual GHG emissions relative to BASE Scenario (BASE Scenario = 949 kt CO 2 e on a 100-year GWP basis) for differing London bus fleet technology options. For the lean-burn CNG scenario, this meant considering exhaust and pipeline supply leaks. The researchers took an estimated range of this to be 0.5–2% Credit: ACS, Chong et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2014

Eaton and Cummins also announced that their popular SmartAdvantage Powertrain package is being expanded to include applications for the ISX12 diesel engine and ISX15 SmartAdvantage applications up to 110,000 lb gross vehicle weight (GVW). Diesel Engines Heavy-duty Natural Gas' SmartAdvantage ISX12. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2013

and GAZ Group, the leader of the Russian commercial vehicles market, signed a multi-year development and supply agreement for a new range of GAZ Group medium-duty compressed natural gas (CNG) commercial vehicles. diesel engines and will incorporate Westport proprietary components and technology. Westport Innovations Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

UPS is the only private delivery company using this technology in its fleet and now has more than 1,100 natural gas-powered vehicles in service. The vehicles, to be deployed this year, will replace older generation diesel vehicles. The trucks have a 600-mile (966 km) range. UPS has contracted with Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Excess heat and pressure from the exhaust gas are recaptured by the turbo-compound unit. In the Volvo VNL 740, 760 and 860 models, the new D13TC engine offers more fuel savings for a wider range of applications, such as long haul or local delivery, as well as fully or partially loaded.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 1, 2024

They are the first vehicle that all fleets should consider electrifying.” They are the first vehicle that all fleets should consider electrifying. If you’re one of those that has this insane range anxiety, what better than a Class 8 truck that doesn’t leave your yard? “If Terminal tractors are unique vehicles.

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Charging Fresno Exhaust Fleet 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Capstone Turbine Corporation has released configurations of the C30 compressed natural gas (CNG) microturbine that meet or exceed emissions standards, including the US Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2010 requirements for On-Road Heavy Duty Diesel Engines (HDDE) for Urban Bus. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

A team from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) reports on their evaluation of the in-use emissions performance of four different heavy-duty diesel engines certified to the MY 2010 or interim MY 2010 NO x standards over a wide range of driving conditions in California in a paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2017

Using urban eddy covariance measurements, the researchers found that traffic-related NO x emissions in current operational air quality models can be significantly underestimated by up to a factor of 4 across countries with a sizeable fraction of diesel-powered cars in their fleet. The majority of the emissions is caused by diesel cars.

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Europe Diesel Emissions Pollution 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2012

A new report highlights the results of research work carried out by Ricardo and TRL on behalf of the UK Department for Transport, exploring the means by which improvements in diesel fuel efficiency could be realized within the rail network of Great Britain. A gas exchange system upgrade for DMUs. Background.

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Diesel Gas Fuel Fuel Economy 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Wärtsilä dual-fuel main and auxiliary engines allow ships to operate on natural gas, which minimizes their environmental footprint and operational costs and also make it possible to operate without exhaust gas after-treatment. This contrasts with other gas engine technologies that employ a significantly higher percentage of diesel pilot fuel.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

Electric school bus fleets with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities are cost-effective with today’s technology, and could save schools money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving public health, according to a new study by a team at the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2014

Also featured will be: A new high-performance, modular family of high-pressure Diesel Common Rail Systems for medium-duty applications. Delphi developed a multi-mode system that is compliant with latest charging standards, including the highly resonant technology to cover a full range of consumer devices.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Designed by Fiat, which employs the engine in numerous applications including Class 2, 3 and 4 commercial vehicles, the 16-valve, dual-overhead cam I-4 has been adapted for the North American market with a wide range of modifications that enable regulatory compliance, while also enhancing performance. Diesel Fleets Fuel Efficiency'

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

A UCLA study of the performance of retrofit systems for diesel-powered school buses has found that while the systems significantly lowered tailpipe emissions, there was no unequivocal decrease for in-cabin air pollutants after retrofitting.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

A study of emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicles in an urban near-road environment in Toronto over a wide range of weather conditions (February 2014 to January 2015) found that—other than for NO x and CO—the GDI engines had elevated emissions compared to the Toronto fleet.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

Southern California truck spotters will have plenty of electric semi trucks to watch out for as Amazon adds fifty Class 8 EVs to its commercial fleet. We’re proud to launch our largest fleet of electric heavy-duty vehicles yet in California,” said Udit Madan, vice president of Worldwide Amazon Operations. SOURCE | IMAGES : Amazon.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2016

Electricity is about ½ the cost of diesel or gasoline. A 40-ton long-haul truck driving at 60 mph (about 100 km/h) uses between 8 to 13 gallons of diesel per hour according to a detailed Swedish survey. However, I’ve been wrong, with electric buses so far making very slow inroads into bus fleets. Earlier post.]. Earlier post.].

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 4, 2024

Elegant + Powerful + Efficient Editor’s Note: Land Rover part of JLR is embarking on what it calls “reimagination,” entailing a new focus on three “families”—Range Rover, Defender and Discovery. John had a chance to sample two Range Rovers which offer views of the different stages of electrification. . An exaggeration?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

Alphabet Energy, founded in 2009 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, announced the availability of its thermoelectric generator PowerModule as a standalone product, available to meet the specific application needs of a range of industries, including transportation. —saving 52,500 liters of diesel fuel per year, per engine.

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