Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

A new study carried out by University College Dublin (UCD) academics has found that under typical Irish commuting conditions, the Toyota Prius IV (fourth-generation) hybrid ( earlier post ) drives in zero emissions mode (ZEV) for significantly more than half (62%) of the time and more than 40% (40.4%) of the distance covered.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2011

This approach is necessitated by the problems associated with petrol and diesel powered vehicles, such as environmental impact, rising fuel prices, the looming shortage of oil and the limitations of batteries available for electric vehicles. —Dr Karl S Ryder, University of Leicester.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Researchers at UC Berkeley have devised a new process that integrates chemical catalysis with extractive fermentation selectively to produce gasoline, jet and diesel blend stocks from lignocellulosic and cane sugars at yields near their theoretical maxima. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Focus, Renault Megane, Toyota Corolla and Opel Astra—in their analysis, and compared EV configurations to a regular gasoline car, diesel car, parallel hybrid car and series HEV (SHEV). All reference car configurations except the diesel use gasoline engines, because the. The team used a compact 5-seater—e.g., We therefore.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli bacteria.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 1, 2013

To combine the efficiency of a diesel compression ignition engine with the ultra-low nitrogen oxide and PM emissions of a blend of petrol? The University of Wisconsin took the challenge to solve the problem of the higher ignition of petrol fuels: and[.]. Is it possible to have the best of both worlds?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

OME1 is made from methanol on a commercial scale and has a cetane number of 38; it can be mixed with additives to produce OME1a diesel fuel (CN 48).). The comparative figure for diesel is 113 g/km CO 2.). DME burns in the diesel engine without producing soot and offers the basis for extensive NO x reduction inside the engine.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2011

A partnership has been formed between General Motors and the University of Wisconsin looking into high-speed petrol direct injection compression ignition operation in low temperature combustion of a light duty diesel engine. Some of the findings made [.].

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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 Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Atmospheric tests covering the entire country indicate emissions around 50 percent more than EPA estimates ,” said lead author Adam Brandt at Stanford University. for 100 year assessment periods (gasoline and diesel substitution, respectively). US, United States; Can, Canada; SC, South Central; Petrol. Alvarez et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2010

In particular, the fiscal measures alone may render petrol/diesel powered vehicles prohibitively expensive compared with say, PEVs. Alternatively, a society being adversely affected by climate change in forty years time may reasonably decide to ban any remaining petrol/diesel vehicles completely.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

In the Darwin to Adelaide run, the petrol driven Alto managed to complete the journey at an average consumption of 72mpg overall, an 18.5 litre petrol engined Alto continued to defy expectations by showing some of the much more expensive diesel cars the true meaning of fuel economy. per cent and 12.2 per cent respectively.

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EV Central

JULY 30, 2024

Well, according to the good folks at Swinburne University who looked into this so that lazy journalists wouldn’t have to, the answer is that “electric vehicle battery fires are rare. Indeed, the available data indicate the fire risk is between 20 and 80 times greater for petrol and diesel vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 22, 2021

If all those cars burn petrol or diesel, the climate consequences will be dire. By Professor Sebastien Farnaud There are more than 1.4 billion cars in the world today, and that number could double by 2036.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

This technology allows electric vehicles to charge their batteries or be powered directly, while being driven, and would allow vehicles with demanding duty cycles to switch from petrol or diesel to being electric.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The switched reluctance (SR) motor-based SpeedStart and TIGERS technology are being incorporated into the recently announced Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ADEPT. Earlier post.) The management of the project is being handled by Ricardo.

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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 Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The data analyzed by Aston University combines and compares the behavior patterns of 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEV drivers over two consecutive quarters. Over the same period the average daily miles recorded increased by more than 2 miles and the maximum daily mileage recorded increased from 100.53 and $1.60) per day. million (US$11.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Today’s announcement signals our intent to reduce our dependence on petrol- and diesel-based engines, and determine the best practical alternatives. A new hydrogen station is planned for Coventry University. Low Carbon doesn’t mean low performance. Modern electric cars offer power and bucket loads of torque.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 26, 2010

Compressed natural gas (CNG) has long been seen as a cleaner alternative to petrol and diesel but questions remained about how to get the most out of this fuel. Now, researchers from the Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering at the University of Stuttgart and FKFS believe they have found a solution.

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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. Tags: Electric cars Hydrogen fuel david king diesel electric hydrogen Oxford petrol small study.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

As the trend toward cleaner technologies with reduced exhaust emissions continues through the use of catalytic converters, diesel particulate filters (DPF), and improved fuels and engines, non-exhaust PM will soon surpass exhaust emissions and may well become dominant by 2020 both in terms of emissions and contributions to air quality.

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Drive Electric

JULY 28, 2021

Everyone pays the charge, although there are some exceptions to an otherwise universal charge. This continues in October when low-emission petrol and diesel must start to pay. It could pay for a year’s rental of a Volkswagen ID.3 3 , for example, with change left over to cover your charging costs.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 18, 2021

With the UK now on course to phase out the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030, there is an increased urgency to switch to electric vehicles. The NetX charger technology is being tested as part of the Innovate UK supported ‘Electric Vehicle Network Extender (NetX) Field Trial’.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 13, 2010

Tags: Green credentials diesel oil production Oxford University petrol reserves Sir David King US Military.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

Early government investment in charging infrastructure went a long way toward soothing the range anxiety that made car buyers in other places reluctant to make the switch to battery power from gasoline or diesel. Cost parity between battery- and petrol-powered vehicles will happen by 2026 in the U.S. degrees C (2.7 degrees F).”

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The teams range from Indian car giant Tata Motors to a team of Cornell University engineering students, and they will now move to a performance and safety testing phase. Other teams have presented vehicles powered by biofuels, petrol and other fuels.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. Greenpeace , on the other hand, argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids, must end by 2030 to meet such a target.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2009

The UK was represented strongly with teams of engineering students from the universities of Coventry, Brunel and Central Lancashire gathering to pit their talents against teams from other countries. . Tags: Green cars Latest news Shell Eco-marathon University of Central Lancashire. The existing records are impressive.

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Drive EV

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Zap-Pay addresses this problem by providing a simple, universal payment system. Rachel Maclean, the UK Government Transport Minister, said: “It should be as easy for drivers to charge their vehicles at public charge points as it is to pay for petrol or diesel.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Additionally, the fear of running out of battery energy without access to a charger is perpetuated by the lack of a universal charging infrastructure. While he noted that second-hand diesel and gasoline-powered vehicles could still be bought and sold after 2035, the plan remains to ban everything but EVs on the new-vehicle market.

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Drive Electric NZ

APRIL 12, 2023

Most analysts suggest lithium will never see shortages, cartels or sale restrictions that oil does – so really, there is no need to worry about the world running out of lithium – worry about petrol and diesel instead. Here are several reasons why the world is unlikely to run out of this vital resource.

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Green Charging

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This type is widely becoming accepted as the universal charger type. With the recent UK Government announcement to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel powered vehicles by 2030 , the switch to EVs is inevitable. Smart technology is advancing quickly. Therefore, each person must adapt to the technological changes to fit in.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 12, 2022

Due to CNG’s cheaper price compared to gasoline or diesel, private car owners also switched. With as many as 9,540 EVs being sold in Delhi in the last quarter, they became the second most bought type of vehicle after petrol-run vehicles. Marching Ahead To A Greener Tomorrow. in September to 6.5% in November. The Driving Forces.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The cars’ first placement is with Newcastle City Council, where they are supplementing its vehicle fleet and being allocated to staff making trips around the city, as an alternative to using fleet cars with conventional petrol or diesel engines.

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Drive Electric NZ

JUNE 19, 2023

It is rapidly becoming clear that electric vehicles will replace petrol and diesel ICE vehicles in most use cases. New Zealand currently has 4 million passenger cars in its fleet, the vast majority of which are fuelled by petrol and diesel. In this way emissions pricing on petrol is being used to encourage EV uptake.)

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