Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2011

One of Scotland’s leading family entertainment destinations, Xscape Braehead, has taken delivery of a 100% electric 4×4 utility vehicle to help with its recycling and waste collection. The Tomberlin VANISH, from ePower Trucks, will also be used to help ferry maintenance staff around the popular complex located near to Glasgow.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 4, 2010

Mercedes is wasting no time in establishing itself in the green car race by debuting three brand new vehicles at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 10, 2011

A study by Ford suggests that an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system using R245fa as the working fluid could supply the full vehicle accessory electrical load in a light duty vehicle on the highway cycle.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 1, 2009

Smelly, unhygienic and definitely not green - that’s the typical perception of a waste disposal truck. The vehicles include the Mack TerraPro Low Entry model, which is the first parallel hybrid electric diesel truck in the USA that has been designed for Class 8 heavy duty applications.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2014

Solutions for passenger ‘green’ cars with market maturity and infrastructure availability. The most important source of decarbonized energy in 2050 will come from electricity produced from renewable sources like wind, solar and hydroelectric and used in plug-in vehicles, the report notes. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 9, 2013

It may still seem like a futuristic technology, but South Korea is not wasting time in making wireless charging a reality. That''s because the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has decided to trial a dynamic wireless charging system for its electric buses that will charge th[.].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. You may be wondering if electric and hybrid cars are cheap to insure. Green Vehicles. Electric Cars.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2012

We’ve discussed using that most foul of waste products, sewage, as an energy source before, but scientists from the Oregon State University have made a significant breakthrough which could enable waste water treatment plants to not only power themselves, but sell excess electricity.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 3, 2010

The world is constantly looking for greener alternatives to petrol with everything from electricity to vegetable oil trialled by motorists and manufacturers. Now, one entrepreneur believes he has found a technology to turn today’s waste into tomorrow’s fuel.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Hybrid vs diesel : It's a longstanding green-car conundrum. Which is better, a hybrid-electric vehicle that recaptures wasted energy in a battery and uses it to assist the gasoline engine, or an efficient modern clean diesel that goes further on a gallon of fuel?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

a developer and manufacturer of advanced range-extended electric vehicle (REV) powertrains for heavy-duty applications ( earlier post ), is gearing up for a commercialization push with the appointent of four advanced engineering and commercialization executives. Wrightspeed Inc., Tim Dummer, Chief Business Officer.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

If your car was full of waste plastic bottles you’d probably not be best pleased about it and would likely scream at the kids not to leave junk in the car. But not with the new Ford Focus Electric which is full of plastic bottles-but thankfully in a clean and environmentally friendly way. Ford has [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The Government’s new National Infrastructure Plan outlines plans to spend over £375 billion in energy, transport, flood defence, waste, water and communications infrastructure up to 2030 and beyond. Green credentials' At the centre of the plans is the announcement from six major insurers that they will collectively [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Researchers at the City College of New York are developing a new way to generate power for planes and road vehicles, which would source electricity from air flow. Tags: Green cars Latest news air flow City College of New York electricity generation piezoelectric cantilever beams renewable energy sources.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles has leapt by more than 50 per cent from 172 to 264 after the company added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting existing models. ISB EPA 07 200hp EGR diesel engine and an Eaton hybrid-electric system featuring lithium-ion batteries for energy storage.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Part of the revived range for the brand’s to-date underwhelming petrol-electric hybrid, it is packed with technology including the oft-underestimated fuel-saving gadget of sat nav: no more wasted fuel in getting lost. The greenest car in the world is still wasting [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

Hot on the heels of McDonald’s announcing it will install an electric vehicle charging station at one of its North Carolina restaurants (for more see our article ‘ McDonald’s embraces electric cars ‘), Burger King has jumped on the fast food green car bandwagon.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

of the electric power required in full-capacity operation and 100% of demand when the plant is not in production. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions. gigawatt hours of electricity per year—equivalent to the energy consumed annually by around 1,200 homes in the area. Phoenix Solar Inc.,

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Green Cars News

JUNE 10, 2014

Usually we live in fear of the dreaded ‘slow news’ days; desperately hunting around for some interesting morsel, wasting hours just try to bag one story. Electric cars Tesla Motors The Green Piece Editor Pick' It is not very often that a journalist gets the chance to wish there was less news. But not thi[.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

To create true zero emission technology, electricity must come from renewable sources – and now Ford is taking the lead with wind power. Indeed a third turbine is expected to be added in Dagenham next year to ensure it remains 100 per cent powered by wind electricity following the installation of a new 1.4/1.6litre

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Renault has built a new semi-autonomous vehicle based on its fully electric supermini; the ZOE. This would allow the driver to use otherwise wasted time[.]. Called the Next Two prototype, the concept can take-over driving duties at times when driving is at its most tedious; in slow-moving traffic jams.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 26, 2009

The new generation of fuels is expected to come from technology that uses algae, wood, agricultural waste, common invasive weeds and even municipal solid waste. Tags: Green cars Latest news California California Air Resources Board Governor Schwarzenegger Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

The so-called Frying Squad has launched a six-month trial to recycle waste cooking oil into vehicle fuel. It will use a Green FuelPod to convert the cooking oil and add ethanol into 40 litres of fuel with no waste product. Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news Carillion cooking oil in cars Frying Squad.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The US continues to throw its financial weight behind its efforts to play catch up in the green car race, with the US house passing a vote of 312-114 for a bill that authorises additional funding of $2.85billion from 2010-2014 for the US Department of Energy to support a range of research activities for advanced technology vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV concept, which made its formal debut at IAA in Frankfurt ( earlier post ), is a strong indicator of Audi’s series-production electric SUV due in 2018—especially in terms of the powertrain. Audi has several development models already on the road. —Siegfried Pint.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

Among its accolades, it has held the ISO14001 green standard for environmental management since 1996 thanks to innovations in energy saving, recycling and waste management. The plant sends no waste to landfill and has reduced the amount incinerated by 82 per cent to 730 tonnes from 1999 to 2006.

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2009

That can then be used to drive an electrical current. Such devices can also be used to recover some of the energy embedded in waste heat. petrol-electric hybrid vehicle. Tags: Ford Green cars Latest news SAE 2009 World Congress thermoelectric energy regeneration.

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Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2009

Proterra, a manufacturer of electric drive commercial transportation solutions, will produce a 35ft composite body, plug-in battery-electric bus with hydrogen fuel cell range extension. Tags: Fuel Cells Green cars Hydrogen fuel hydrogen fuel cell hybrid bus Proterra US Department of Defence.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (such as the Toyota Prius Plug-in, pictured) are already noted for their environmental advantages and fuel savings – but now a new breakthrough technology could mean their fuel economy is boosted by a further seven per cent.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

It is estimated by the Electric Power Research Institute, that smart grid technologies will help reduce electricity use by more than four per cent by 2030.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The aim is to deliver power from batteries to electric motors with up to 50 per cent more efficiency. Lightweight Thermal Energy Recovery System: A grant of $2,655,174 will help General Motors to develop a shape memory alloy energy recovery system that converts waste heat from car engines to electricity.

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Green Cars News

JULY 19, 2009

Under the powertrain theme it identified four main areas - engine efficiency, waste heat recovery, alternative powertrains and transmissions. The results of its analysis showed that aerodynamic trailers, electric bodies and vehicle platooning may have the greatest CO2 reduction potential. Follow this link to read the report in full.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 29, 2009

All waste automotive batteries will have to be recycled in the future at the manufacturer’s expense, as new legislation comes into effect on 1 January 2010. Tags: Green credentials automotive battery electric car hybrid Ian Lucas law recycle.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 21, 2009

The new legislation is designed to cut wasted energy and high electricity bills, and was agreed by EU Member States last December with support of the UK. Environment Minister Dan Norris said:“We can no longer rely on light bulbs which waste 95 per cent of their energy as heat.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

“Car scrapping initiatives are often mistakenly labelled as green because they subsidise the purchase of cars that are usually, more fuel-efficient than those they replace, but the schemes are by their nature wasteful and routinely fail to take into consideration the amount of energy required to build a vehicle in the first place.”.

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2009

Ford’s Dunton Technical Centre, in Essex, will continue to be powered by electricity from renewable sources after a new sourcing contract was signed. Since March last year, electrical power on the 270-acre site near Basildon has come from GDF’s renewable division.

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