Green Car Reports

MAY 20, 2017

How bad are the real-world NOx emissions from diesel passenger vehicles and heavy trucks? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, May 19, 2017.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 9, 2017

Today, the Volkswagen ID Buzz electric-car concept debuts at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show, the 2018 Ford F-150 full-size pickup truck will get a diesel engine option, and a new study indicates electric-car battery costs have fallen substantially over the past few years. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

Up to 80% of brake-dust particles have an electric charge, which could serve as a means of controlling brake dust and improving air quality, according to a new study from the University of California, Irvine (via Green Car Congress ). A similar argument has been made about particulate emissions from tires.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Today, we have an update on the Volkswagen diesel deception scandal, a report claiming the Apple electric car could be ready by 2019, and a study that says electric cars aren't selling because manufacturers don't advertise them. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 29, 2015

Today, we have an update on construction of the Tesla battery "Gigafactory," Volkswagen's verdict on renewable diesel, and the possibility of a Chevrolet Cruze hybrid. All this and more on Green Car Reports. A new study.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today, TKTKTKTKTK. Some Tesla drivers will be able to charge at work, if their employers are "qualified." A leaked draft report from a U.N. research group concludes the planet is at "very high risk" for extreme warming due to carbon emissions by humans.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 1, 2013

If you''re not convinced by the concept of global warming and the need to turn away from petrol and diesel power in our vehicles, then a new report has highlighted the direct impact that these fumes can have on our health. Latest News Green cars Green credentials'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

However, while Mazda plans to offer hybrid vehicles in the medium-term, its engineers are pushing hard to increase the efficiencies of both the gasoline and diesel platforms, moving toward what they call “the ideal Internal Combustion Engine.” Mazda said it is weighing bringing the diesel to North America as well.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Are hybrid vehicles truly better for the environment than diesel vehicles? A new study firmly suggests they are. The NREL Fleet Test and Evaluation Team completed a year-long technology evaluation of petrol hybrid electric FedEX Express delivery trucks and compared them with conventional diesel trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

The study concludes that China and Europe, not the United States, will be the largest markets for EVs in 2020, driven by strong government support. Combined, EVs and hybrids could reach 15% of aggregate new-car sales in the four major markets—Europe, North America, China, and Japan—in 2020.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Today, find out why it may be more urgent for Tesla to turn a profit in the coming years, what language about battery degradation in the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV owner's manual means, and what a new study says about global carbon emissions. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Baua Electric

MAY 25, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 24, 2024. Power study. Follow Green Car Reports on Facebook and Twitter The post Kia EV3 debut, Silverado EV review, Bolt EV settlement, ID.7 How much real-world range do Teslas lose over the first three years?

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Green Cars News

MAY 22, 2012

It is well known that renewable diesel, such as hydro-treated vegetable oil (pictured), is a promising alternative to traditional diesel fuel in engines offering substantial reductions in exhaust emissions. However, to really maximise its potential, it appears that certain adjustments must be made to an engine.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

This engine will also be more efficient than conventional diesel engines, but without the additional cost incurred by diesel fuel injection and complex exhaust aftertreatment. Although Achates’s work to date has been with diesel, its fundamental approach is suited for advanced combustion regimes using other fuels as well.

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Green Cars News

JULY 14, 2011

Earlier this week our Green Piece Column examined the adverse effects of vehicle emissions on human health (see article) and now a new study indicates that exposure to road traffic and air pollution may be prompting several cardiovascular events.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2009

Hang your head in shame Dodge SRT-10 - for you are the most polluting car on Britain’s roads. That’s the verdict of the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) following a study of more than 1,300 models currently on sale in Britain. Least green car overall : Dodge SRT-10 (488g/km). Diesel Saloon (209g/km).

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2012

They have been designed and developed as a greener transport alternative, but a new study claims electric cars are a bigger environmental burden than conventional petrol and diesel cars.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 28, 2011

It’s not just the environment that could benefit from you turning to a clean diesel or a hybrid car – it might be your wallet too. That’s the verdict of a new study by Carnegie Mellon University which finds that for passenger cars, turbo-charged direct injection diesels or hybrids retain more value than conventional vehicles. [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

According to a new study by the Centre for Transportation and Logistics, electric commercial vehicles could cost nine-12 per cent less to run than trucks powered by diesel when vehicle-to-grid revenue is accounted for.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It appears that the introduction of higher biodiesel blends into diesel fuels may have as many negatives as it has positives. According to a study conducted by both the school of engineering and the department of medicine at the University of Vermont, biodiesel can reduce the total particle mass of[.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

When the second-generation GM Hybrid System is applied to a four-cylinder common rail diesel the fuel economy improvements are achieved along with a corresponding reduction in emissions according to Maurizio Cisternino, the GM powertrain Europe advanced engineering hybrid innovation manager. [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

At the 2009 SAE World Congress, a Ford study revealed that a separate E85 direct injection boosting system combined with a petroleum port fuel injection makes an engine more efficient in its use of petroleum - and can be viewed as a more cost effective alternative to diesel.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 12, 2009

Vehicles running on LPG produce far fewer harmful emissions that contribute to environmental and health problems than traditional road fuels including the microscopic particles, known as PM10s, cited in the study led by Professor Jonathan Grigg at the Centre for Paediatrics at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2009

The new figures come on the week the Government increases the amount of biofuels in our petrol and diesel from 2.5 The independent study for Friends of the Earth estimates how much forest is being cut down to replace food crops that have been displaced in order to grow biofuels for the UK - a figure currently omitted in Government statistics.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Electric cars cost significantly less to repair than an equivalent petrol or diesel car, according to new research.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2010

Carbon dioxide emissions from mobile air conditioning units may be six times higher than originally feared according to a new study.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 18, 2010

Forget electric or hydrogen-fuelled cars, according to one Oxford University study, ‘drastic downscaling’ of the size and weight of conventional petrol and diesel cars is the best way to reduce emissions right now.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 10, 2012

Natural gas cars have often been seen as an environmentally friendly alternative to petrol and diesel powered vehicles. That’s because a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that methane leakage from natural gas infrastructure, prompted by a shift to natural [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

Testing has begun on the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell street sweeper with computer simulations showing that the fuel cell system could halve the tank to wheels energy consumption of the sweeper compared to a conventional diesel engine.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 1, 2009

The prediction suggests that first generation ethanol, palm oil biodiesel and rapeseed biodiesel will be the dominant biofuels produced and, out of approximately 170 next-generation biofuel projects around the world, only 30 per cent are expected to be operating during the study timeframe.

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Green Cars News

MAY 24, 2010

A hidden annex to a report for the European Commission (EC) suggests that biodiesel made from soy beans may emit up to four times more greenhouse gases than conventional diesel, Transport and Environment (T&E) reports. The EC has been forced to release the annex to the study it commissioned from the Frauenhofer research institute in [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric cars (FCEV) are ready for commercial scale-up and could fast become cost-competitive with traditional petrol and diesel cars according to a new comprehensive study of the technology.

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Green Cars News

JULY 20, 2009

It found that life cycle fossil energy reductions are estimated at nine per cent for B20 and 42 per cent for B100 against petroleum diesel based on the current national energy mix. Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news B100 B20 biodiesel construction vehicles. There were significant reductions in exhaust emissions by using B20.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2010

The UK is ready to embrace the electric car revolution finds a new report commissioned by carmaker smart. According to the study conducted by Future Foundation, around two-thirds of consumers are willing to consider an electric vehicle if the charging infrastructure is improved.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

This could eventually have a role comparable to that of the Volkswagen Group’s modular diesel and modular gasoline engine kits (MDB and MOB). (“Baukasten” = German for construction kit). The e-tron quattro technology study offers much more in the way of innovation than just in the powertrain. Aerodynamics.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

A new study published by science journal Nature, suggests that by tweaking the bacteria’s genetics, the bacteria can be altered to ingest agricultural waste and secrete diesel as a waste product. Biodiesel could be generated from E.coli, the nasty bacteria which causes stomach upsets.

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