Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2009

Ricardo has stamped its place as one of the leading technological names in terms of fuel economy after providing expert advice to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with regards to the 2009 CAFE rulemaking which will come into effect in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The intent is to enable aggressive yet near term downsizing and downspeeding of existing engine families, delivering proven CO reduction and fuel economy improvement, without the usual dynamic compromises that typically limit market acceptance. 22 nd International AVL Conference “Engine & Environment”).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

The bill is structured into four primary titles: Title I: Clean Energy; Title II: Energy Efficiency; Title III: Reducing Global Warming Pollution (the cap-and-trade bill); and Title IV: Transitioning to a Clean Energy Economy (which also includes a section on adapting to climate change). Tags: Plug-ins Policy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far-reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. Industrial Energy Efficiency. Chairman Henry A. Partnering with the States.

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Current EV

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Volvo Car USA has teamed up with The Harris Poll to deepen insights into the American opinion across four core themes: design, safety, technology and environment. Volvo Car USA has teamed up with The Harris Poll to deepen insights into the American opinion across four core themes: design, safety, technology and environment.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: “This legislation is another important step for the EU in combating climate change and reaffirms the EU’s commitment and leadership ahead of the Copenhagen conference. Industry needs sufficient lead times and reasonable targets to provide affordable products.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Final MY 2011 and MY 2012-2016 passenger car fuel economy targets, based on vehicle footprint. mpg for the combined industry-wide fleet (cars and light-trucks) for model year 2016. Each light vehicle model produced for sale in the United States will have a fuel economy target. Source: NHTSA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

New Delhi: At a point where the electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to bring a ‘green future’, it is also tagged along with an associated cost. Batteries of EVs after their usage need to be accurately managed to avoid them being harmful to the environment. According to the data from MarketsandMarkets LiB was valued at USD 6.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2009

The LCFS regulation also levies the calculation of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) effects against biofuels, against the opposition ( earlier post ) of the biofuels industry, and to the particular detriment of corn ethanol. The OAL ensures that agency regulations are clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

The research has so far focused on lower speed and load conditions that represent a major proportion of an engine’s operation in a real world environment. The automotive industry, including Lotus Engineering, has quite rightly advocated engine downsizing for four-stroke engines. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency Fuels. Holland, B.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

In this environment, the catalyst facilitates multiple chemical reactions between the carbon and the steam on the surface of the coal or biomass. The hydrogen will be used for industrial applications or combusted to generate near-zero carbon electricity. The catalyst/feedstock material is then loaded into the hydromethanation reactor.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

But it now looks like the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to adopt some new regulations which could put it out of business quickly. But a powerful state agency is poised to put 3Prong Power out of business and deal a severe blow to a promising new industry. “It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

Singapore is well-positioned for the deployment of EVs due to our relative small size, urban environment, robust electrical grid and IT infrastructure,&# said Mr Lawrence Wong, Chief Executive, EMA. New market structures have been created to promote competition in the electricity and gas industries. Land Transport Authority.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. and Chrysler struggle to come up with business plans that regulators will embrace. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted.

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My Energi

APRIL 13, 2021

It’s no secret that our modern lifestyles put significant pressure on the environment. Join lifestyle influencers Coral Golding, Dean Bartle, Grace Beverly and share your eco changes on social media, remembering to tag us when you do! myenergi and #TheGreenReset: Your guide to eco-friendly living. Don’t know where to begin?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Senator Feinstein is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. 2996, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. 2996, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By By partnering with these two industries. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Well certainly be careful not to announce anything that we cannot deliver."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. Apple coming from the computer industry to deliver iTunes and the iPod,&# he added.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

President Obama Steps Up To Save The Economy & The Climate While Republicans No Longer Relevant. The coal industry is about to get what’s coming to them and not a moment too soon. The EPA is about to start regulating deadly CO2 emissions from coal fired power plants. This is very bad news for the bad guys.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Presumably V2G is in some way better than large-scale battery storage (which Im guessing would benefit from better control and economies of scale).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Along with other industry executives, IBMs Schurr spoke Wednesday morning about smart-grid technologies in Washington, D.C., Whats holding back large-scale adoption isnt technology but regulations and "institutional inertia," according to the text of his testimony. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Still, the toxicity of NiMH and lithium-ion is significantly less than that of lead-acid, which is why the regulators have been relatively slow in dealing with the problem. Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The three lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next month that would apply different carbon controls to individual sectors of the economy instead of setting a national target.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

While most see global warming as a threat (47% very serious, 28% somewhat serious) to the economy and quality of life in the state, the percentage of residents who categorize the threat as very serious has declined over the past two years (54% 2007, 52% 2008, 47% today.) Californians clearly support policies to improve the environment.

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