Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2020

Under the project plan validation, SCS confirmed that Electrify America’s EV charging stations adhere to a rigorous new methodology describing how charging stations should be able to reduce CO 2 emissions compared to the baseline case—fueling and driving gasoline-powered vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The governors of 8 states—California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—have signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) to take specific actions to put 3.3 This multi-state effort is intended to expand consumer awareness and demand for zero-emission vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

The two-year contract extension is for an estimated 5 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) per year and is valued at over $10 million. By fueling with Redeem, Fred Meyer is expected to reduce their GHG emissions by 5,328 metric tons annually. Clean Energy has supplied the City with LNG for more than a decade.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2019

The largest fuel pathways used to meet this target include electricity, lower carbon sources of ethanol blended into gasoline, biodiesel and renewable diesel. Similar programs exist in California and Oregon. Transportation is the largest source of carbon emissions in Washington. Washington is not on track to meet this goal.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. per GGE, with lifecycle emissions reductions exceeding 80% over petroleum.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030—akin to taking 15 million gasoline-powered cars off the road in one year—by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK-based research firm Cerulogy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. Link Transit, Washington: $2,925,000.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2012

Honda debuted the 2013 Fit EV at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show and announced plans to begin leasing the battery-electric commuter vehicle to customers in select California and Oregon markets during the summer of 2012, followed by an East Coast rollout in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The three winning companies are: Umpqua Energy , a startup company based in Medford, Oregon, is using an Argonne National Laboratory technology to develop a system that allows a gasoline engine to operate in an extreme lean burn mode in order to increase gasoline mileage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2009

Oregon-based Diesel Brewing has launched an initiative to manufacture cellulosic biobutanol from biomass and dairy farm manure. Biobutanol can be blended into conventional gasoline or diesel stocks without engine modifications. Results showed that butanol mixed with diesel can reduce emissions of criteria pollutants.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Nissan is entering into an agreement with the City of Houston to advance zero-emission mobility in the city by promoting the development of an electric-vehicle charging network and policies to support widespread adoptions of electric cars. Washington D.C., and with Houston-based Reliant Energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2017

million to 22 new cost-shared projects to accelerate the research of advanced battery, lightweight materials, engine emission control technologies, and energy efficient mobility systems (EEMS). An additional two projects will research and develop novel emission control strategies for advanced combustion engines. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2013

that is jointly managed by PNNL and Oregon State University. At the same time, the system lowers a power plant’s greenhouse gas emissions at a cost that’s competitive with traditional fossil fuel power. Syngas can also be used to make synthetic crude oil, which can be refined into diesel and gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Harmonizing fuel programs between state, federal, and foreign jurisdictions is useful to ensure the optimum reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Harmonization must not be achieved at the expense of actual GHG emissions or environmental considerations. Northeast States, Oregon, the EU, etc.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

These trucks haul 80% of goods in the United States and use about 28 billion gallons of fuel per year, accounting for around 22% of total transportation energy usage—presenting a significant opportunity for carbon emissions reduction and energy savings for a key segment of the US transportation sector. Drive Oregon. Description.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The populace is split between gasoline-loving Luddites, endlessly bemoaning the current regulatory landscape and smug EV adopters who proselytize battery-powered vehicles with all the zealotry of a religious fanatic. Those states are California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon and Maryland.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

The vehicles are 23-foot, gasoline-powered hybrid electric cutaway buses using the StarTrans Senator bus body, Ford E450 chassis, and the Azure Dynamics Balance parallel electric hybrid system with the Ford 5.4L engine and the 5-speed automatic TorqShift transmission.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Early in September, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced it would consider in a 23-24 October meeting amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation that would modify the requirements for intermediate volume manufacturers (IVMs) selling into the state to allow them more time to come into the market. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Promote electric vehicle adoption by increasing access to charging infrastructure and supporting the development of plug-in electric vehicles that are as accessible, available, and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles. University of Oregon. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Southern Company: Georgia Power.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2010

A recent lifecycle analysis by CH2M HILL calculates that ZeaChem ethanol produced from the farmed hybrid poplar trees offers a 94-98% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived gasoline. Results are based on a farm yield of 10 bone dry tons (BDT) per acre and 135 gallons of ethanol per BDT. Earlier post.).

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

APRIL 7, 2008

This project started about a month ago when I became co-chair of the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association. With rising gasoline prices, I believe the demand for freeway capable electric vehicles is going to increase over the next few years. I hope this project furthers his vision of emission-free electric vehicles for people.

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Kits Conversion Golf Cart Saturn 185

Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 20, 2010

Viewers of “ Who Killed The Electric Car? &# may recall it was a little more complicated than that… The first five states where the Leaf will be available are: California, Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington. “Every time I drive a gasoline-powered car I feel guilty about the environmental impact,&# said Tang, 38.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2010

Sightline Institute reports that drivers in the Northwest states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington used more gasoline last year, reversing a decade-long trend of declining personal gas consumption. Idaho drivers—already the highest per-capita consumers in the region—led the Northwest by increasing their gasoline purchases by nearly 4%.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

Researchers at MIT have produced the first assessment of the annual costs of IQ losses from aircraft lead emissions in the US. Lead emissions from general aviation (GA) piston-driven aircraft are attributable to the addition of tetraethyl lead (TEL) for the formation of aviation gasoline (avgas). … Credit: ACS, Wolfe et al.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Starting well-equipped from $68,575, which is in line with prices for loaded, gasoline-powered light-duty pickups, the Rivian is a relative powerhouse of design, innovation and all-around capability. But for proof, the R1T successfully completed the TransAmerica Trail, a roughly 5,000-mile gauntlet from North Carolina to the Oregon coast.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 24, 2022

to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035, requiring all new cars sold in the state after that year to be 100 percent free of fossil fuel emissions. 35 percent of new passenger vehicle sales in California must be of zero-emissions vehicles by 2026. Colorado is the most recent state to adopt CARB’s emissions standards.

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Decided to completely ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars in California from 2035, when all new vehicles must be an electric or plug-in hybrid. Under this new California regulation, the percentage of sales of zero-emission vehicles must increase each year. This landmark California regulation will reshape the entire U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

The shared “3-in-1” platform strategy will enable Honda to respond to infrastructure and market developments, provide customers nationwide with an ultra-low carbon vehicle that meets their lifestyle needs, and takes Honda toward higher volume sales of advanced powertrain products that will help reduce CO 2 emissions. hours at 240 volts.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

First, the industry is approaching the ethanol-to-gasoline blend wall of 10% ethanol, 90% gasoline in standard gas engines. Second, a Congressional Budget Office study issued in April said even with subsidies ethanol is only profitable when a gallon of gasoline costs 70% or more than a bushel of corn, i.e, Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MAY 23, 2023

Underneath an EPA proposal absolved in April to enormously short automobile emissions via 2032, automakers are forecast to construct 60 % EVs through 2030 and 67 % through 2032 to fulfill necessities, when put next with simply 5.8 % of U.S. automobiles offered in 2022 that have been EVs. That share will be on one?s

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2022

The BZ4X will be sold throughout the world, but in America it will be first offered (April 2022) in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Toyota says, “BZ” is to “provide customers with value that exceeds mere zero emissions.”

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Several thousand Leafs made in Japan will be delivered to metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Washington state, Oregon and Tennessee. Around the same time, General Motors will introduce the Chevrolet Volt, a vehicle able to go 40 miles on electricity before its small gasoline engine kicks in. They cost drivers on average only 2.5

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

And in the biggest mysterious coverup of all, Frank went radio silent on how necessary the switch to electric cars is to start cutting the deadly CO2 emissions that gasoline powered cars produce with every mile they drive. Doesn’t Frank know we need to start reducing those emissions yesterday?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One program, Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE, earlier post ), provides $34 million to 15 projects to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation. Oregon State University. Northwestern University.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

Along with the mid-term NGP 2010 plan, originally announced in December 2006, Nissan is reviewing its long-term CO 2 emissions-reduction scenarios. Nissan estimates—based on the findings of AR4—that the CO 2 emissions of all new vehicles in 2050 would need to be reduced by 90% compared to the 2000 level. Reducing Other Emissions.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 22, 2023

& Based upon data tabulated by the American Automobile Association (AAA), unleaded gasoline purchases in Washington jumped by 32 cents over the past month to $4.93 According to The Seattle Times , the first two quarterly auctions of Washington’s emission allowances hauled in more than $850 million. for a gallon of regular gasoline.

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