Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2019
Researchers at WMG, University of Warwick, have repurposed end-of-life electric vehicle batteries as small energy storage systems (ESS) for off-grid locations in developing countries or isolated communities. The repurposed units, each containing approximately 2kWh of energy capacity, will be able to power a small shop, a farm holding, or multiple residential homes.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 13, 2019
In an effort to make longer-lasting, safer, and more affordable batteries, Washington-based XNRGI aims to build lithium batteries on plentiful, off-the shelf silicon wafers. Last week, the company announced plans to bring new batteries based on its patented technology to market in 2020, in a new stationary storage battery. Most such batteries.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2019
The transport operator ACTV SPA Venezia has ordered 30 Solaris Urbino 12 electric buses and the infrastructure for battery charging. The total value of the contract acquired exceeds €20 million. The contract follows the recent order from ATM Milan for up to 250 electric buses. ( Earlier post.). The electric buses will be used on the Lido and Pellestrina islands and will replace 100% of the diesel vehicles currently operating on two islands.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 13, 2019
As Porsche ramps up for the launch of its Taycan electric sedan late this year, today it has a new cheerleader for the performance boost of electric motors at the top of its SUV lineup: the 2020 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid. Although the Turbo S E-Hybrid has the same 14.1-kwh battery pack and 2.4-hour charge time—and the same.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2019
The transportation sector in the US consumes more petroleum than any other sector, and that share has increased over time from about 50% in 1950 to about 70% in 2018, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). US petroleum consumption increased threefold between 1950 and 2018, from 6.5 million to 20.5 million barrels per day. The industrial sector has remained the second-largest consumer of petroleum, accounting for about one-quarter of all petroleum use, and that share has remained nearly
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 13, 2019
As countries from India to Ethiopia plant millions of trees to combat global warming, one German company has a much smaller idea. Berlin-based Green City Solutions plans to clean the air of local emissions from gasoline and diesel engines, by planting millions of tiny mossy trees in cities. Moss works similarly to trees in filtering pollutants out.
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Green Car Reports
AUGUST 13, 2019
Porsche has a new way for buyers to feel better about the environment, while purchasing a new performance vehicle: buy carbon offsets. The company announced its Porsche Impact program to sell carbon offsets based on the model buyers get and the type and amount of driving they do—that is, unless they want to wait for the company's new Taycan.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2019
In a joint petition filed with the US Court of Appeals, an alliance of ethanol, agriculture, and clean fuel organizations has requested judicial review of a recent US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rulemaking that would limit ethanol blending and restrict the use of blender pumps. The Urban Air Initiative (UAI) and National Farmers Union (NFU) are leading the alliance.
Green Car Reports
AUGUST 13, 2019
Porsche rolls out one very fast plug-in SUV, just after it outlined a carbon-offset program. Could more moss clean city air? And are silicon-wafer batteries a good idea? All this and more on Green Car Reports. The 2020 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid is the quickest, fastest SUV ever presented from the performance brand. Perhaps it wasn’t.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 13, 2019
The House of Commons Transport Committee has called for tougher restrictions, enforcement and education on the use of hands-free mobile phones – including a total ban on drivers using them.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2019
Intermodal cargo continues its powerful rise at the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), achieving 10.5% growth in July. Over the past three years, the Port of Savannah has grown its rail volume by 35.4%, completing more than 507,000 intermodal lifts in the fiscal year that ended in June. The Port of Savannah handled 47,255 rail lifts last month, an increase of 4,511 containers compared to 2018, which held the previous record for July.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 13, 2019
Over the last three years, electric vehicle and hybrid ownership has grown 150% in southern cities, but just 11% in the north, according to new research.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 13, 2019
It’s been confirmed the Audi RS 6 Avant is set to return, with the all-new fire-breathing estate set to be revealed in September
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