Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

BC mass emissions for all four GDI and PFI vehicles over the three different driving patterns. This may result in the need for new emissions control strategies—such as a gasoline particulate filter (GPF)—to enable compliance with California LEV III and US EPA Tier 3 particulate emissions standards. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

A city with half a million inhabitants would save about SEK 100 million (US$12 million) per year if the city’s buses ran on electricity instead of diesel, according to an analysis conducted in collaboration between the Volvo Group and the audit and advisory firm KPMG. —Niklas Gustafsson, Head of Sustainability at the Volvo Group.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2011

2010 Fleet-average weight and fleet-average CO 2 emissions by carmaker, compared with EU target line. Europe’s eight largest carmakers cut their CO 2 emissions by an average of 2% to 6% in 2010. Mazda and Honda were both negative outliers, with small increases in emissions. Source: T&E. Click to enlarge.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

This past week was certainly quite a whirlwind of EV news and developments from Volvo’s plans to end production of ICE vehicles by 2030, yet another proposal to reform the federal EV tax credit, chip shortages, Washington state’s plans to ban ICE vehicles by 2030, Lucid Air delay, Fisker to partner with Foxconn, and much, much more.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Project partners will provide $22.9 million in matching funds. Partner match: $15.4 Partner match: $5.8

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

liters displacement (type code EA 189) contained illegal software designed to manipulate emissions. Among the 23,000 correctly measured exhaust plumes, Grange recorded 4,053 times the emissions of the VW EA 189 diesel engine, which formed the basis for his analysis. Here the measured NO x emissions fell by an average of almost 22%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

Ilka Gehrke, head of the Environment and Resource Utilization department at Fraunhofer. Fraunhofer specializes in the areas of climate-neutral energy systems, resource-efficient processes and circular products, making concrete contributions to the achievement of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

This divergence is reflected in the mix of cars on sale—Chinese-made EVs from several brands are common sights on the streets of Oslo , but so far, Geely-owned Volvo and Polestar are the only Chinese brands to gain a foothold in the US car market ( BYD makes electric buses in California). The US currently imposes a 27.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Based on emission levels recorded in vehicle tests, car registration data analyzed by the European Environment Agency (EEA) in the report “CO 2 emissions performance of car manufacturers in 2012” shows that in 2012 all major car manufacturers met their targets for their fleet. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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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. These insights are distilled into “Volvo Reports” and will feature a different topic each month. Volvo & Electrification ELECTRIFICATION COMMITMENT.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

Transport activity currently contributes 23% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, with the share expected to rise. The long-term objective of the project is to define a commonly-acceptable pathway to achieve zero transport emissions by around 2050.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Volvo Trucks is continuing to invest in DME because it delivers diesel-like performance with propane-like handling and will provide a faster ROI for truck customers than other alternative fuels. Each certification increases their confidence that the fuel is good for trucks and the environment. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

Mærsk Group is currently involved in two projects focused on realizing the marine fuel potential of one of the world’s most abundant and sustainable biomass resources: lignin. The great thing about biofuels is that they would not only secure a future fuel supply, they will also greatly reduce our CO 2 and SO x emissions. Goey, L.P.H.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. Modern Truck Scenario.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The partners are confident that Iberia hosts resources which can be recovered with a low greenhouse gas emission footprint, using the highest standards for environment and human rights protection, in compliance with best industry practices and environmental policies, ensuring a long-term sustainable value for all stakeholders.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The discussions focused primarily on the issues of climate change and global energy security, but also covered global air quality-related emissions standards, improved fuel quality and specifications for renewable fuels. That will serve both our customers and the environment. World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations. (WP

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

By being fueled by both gas and battery, they sacrifice half or more of their need for gasoline, which can give the environment a sigh of relief. Plus, organizations like the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have the final say when evaluating how vehicles’ sources of fuels are impacting the environment. Conclusion.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2012

Current 2010 USEPA emissions standards for NO x and PM are set at 0.20 work presents the findings of PM nanoparticle emissions downstream of a DPF-SCR after-treatment system, while operating at low and high exhaust temperature load conditions. The team used a MY 2007 Volvo MD11 engine compliant with USEPA 2007 emissions standards.

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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

Electrification of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) vehicles is an important component of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating climate change. they created about 28% of the automotive sector’s GHG emissions in 2020. Forecasts say that a third of the 200,000 public buses in Europe will be zero emission by 2030.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 31, 2021

For the past few years, governments all over the world have identified the impact that electric vehicles could have on the environment led to a widespread Renaissance in the electric vehicle industry. Last year, Volvo and Baidu announced a collaboration to build large-scale autonomous driving in China. #4. Solar cars.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. With funding from the California Air Resources Board , the team installed an AC-150 drive in a Volkswagen Beetle.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Greenlots, a global provider of EV charging software and solutions, will collaborate with Volvo Trucks to deploy charging infrastructure for electric trucks operating out of warehouses in Southern California. CARB awarded $44.8

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

While EVs eliminate tailpipe emissions, they also produce a long tail-pipe of increased demand for fossil-fuel generated electricity, and reliance on energy-intensive materials and processes to construct vehicles and single-use batteries.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Those who think they are the natural successor for full hybrids as we continue the movement towards lower emission driving will be thrilled with Volvo’s plans to unveil a plug-in hybrid car by 2012 (see article ). Tags: Hybrid cars The Green Piece Toyota Volvo hybrid plug-in. So let’s look at the points they highlight.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Byran Nesbitt, Cadillac’s general manager, added that “ Dedicated resources, studio and engineering, allows us to nurture and build the brand identity. ”. By eliminating the weaker brands and weaker models, GM can focus more of their resources on their stronger products. Build better products. But too many older models drag it down. ”.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2010

The EU SARTRE project (Safe Road Trains for the Environment, earlier post )—which aims to develop, test and validate. consumption, hence lowering CO 2 emissions. Technical Research Institute of Sweden; and Volvo Car Corporation and Volvo Technology of Sweden. Credit: PATH report. Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors.

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