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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

With emissions of fine particles proven to have an impact on human health and the environment, a team at the University of Oxford has examined a catalytic volatile particle remover for spray-guided direct injection spark ignition petrol engines – and has made a significant breakthrough.

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APRIL 23, 2009

The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), the focal point for UK research on sustainable energy, today launched an extensive review of policies which could significantly reduce transport CO 2 emissions. If car travel becomes cheaper overall and car dependence grows then all our efforts to reduce emissions get harder and may take too long. —Dr.

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MAY 2, 2012

According to a study by the University of Oxford (logo, pictured), there needs to be policy support, industry investment and wide changes in consumer behaviour. Yes it’s not just about offering energy saving and emission reductions with battery electric vehicles: Dr [.].

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Driving down emissions from heavy duty vehicles is vital to cleaning up the air we breathe – and now a partnership between the UK’s Energy Technologies Institute, Johnson Matthey, Caterpillar and Loughborough University is aiming to make a significant breakthrough.

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

Extensive research into a variety of green technologies continues to pay dividends with breakthroughs in the battle to reduce vehicle emissions. Tags: Biofuels Green cars Latest news biodiesel nitrogen oxides Purdue University turbo engines.

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JULY 31, 2012

Ever wondered about the long term effects of increased ethanol use on emissions? A study by researchers from the University of Colorado, the University of Minnesota, NASA Ames Research Centre and the National Centre for Atmospheric Research has revealed their impact.

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JULY 16, 2012

Are the USA’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions missing the mark? According to a new working paper by The Brooking Institution and Vanderbilt University, the efforts may have more private benefits than be really assisting the environment.

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JANUARY 13, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 12, 2024. As University of Michigan researchers recently highlighted, it depends on where you live. EPA on Monday touted another $1 billion of federal spending on electric and low-emission school buses.

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MAY 9, 2009

Earlier this week we told you about Renault-Nissan and the Singapore Government’s plans to develop zero emission mobility. Despite the commitment it is expected that the introduction of green cars involve slow progress. Now more details have emerged.

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JULY 3, 2009

Columbia University has announced the development of a tree structure that could capture carbon 1,000 times faster than a real tree. Tags: Green credentials Latest news Columbia University Green cars greenhouse gas emissions synthetic trees.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

English universities face cuts or caps to their funding from 2011 if they fail to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under Government proposals, and they may also be expected to take the lead amongst UK institutions on emissions cuts into the longer-term future. For more information on Aixam Mega visit www.mega-vehicles.com.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

A shocking study by a team from the University of Cambridge and MIT is attributing an incredible 8,000 premature mortalities a year to aircraft cruise emissions.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

A new study from the North Carolina State University suggests that the use of electric passenger cars in the US would not significantly reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide or nitrogen oxides by 2050. Electric cars' A significant part of that will be influenced by the[.].

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles will reduce CO2 and nitrogen oxide emissions levels – but they are also expected to push up sulphur oxide emissions.

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MAY 4, 2009

The US Department of Energy will grant up to $13million in funding to six cost-shared University Advanced Combustion and Emissions Controls research and development projects. University of Michigan : Selected for negotiation of an award for a project, which will explore new high pressure lean burn combustion.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Researchers at the University of Warwick are to embark on a three year study into the real-world effects of driving a hybrid car. Using a system called Dymola, the three year project will study the impacts of real world driver behaviour on CO2 emissions and energy use of hybrid vehicles. It’s the first time a [.].

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Alto won the ‘Light’ and ‘Small’ car categories; ‘best urban cycle’ category and an overall CO2 emission of 89.9g/km, Despite some extremely trying conditions for drivers and cars alike, with most teams opting to turn off the air conditioning to save fuel even in temperatures soaring to 43 degrees centigrade, the 1.0-litre

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JULY 3, 2009

Here in the UK we’re so downtrodden by extortionate petrol prices that the prospect of driving fuel efficient green cars carries obvious appeal. However, what about our US neighbours where ‘gas’ prices are distinctly lower and so-called muscle cars are seen as almost iconic and part of the culture?

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The unthrottled nature of the compression ignition process provides high engine efficiency while achieving compliant exhaust emissions with conventional, low-cost aftertreatment. Injection patterns can also be extensively optimized to tune performance and emissions for the fuels and applications of interest.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

To combine the efficiency of a diesel compression ignition engine with the ultra-low nitrogen oxide and PM emissions of a blend of petrol? The University of Wisconsin took the challenge to solve the problem of the higher ignition of petrol fuels: and[.]. Latest News Green cars Biofuels'

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

This application alone will cut petroleum usage by some 20,000 pounds a year and cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 30,000 pounds a year. Researchers from Ford were originally approached with the wheat straw based plastics by the University of Waterloo in Ontario as part of the Ontario BioCar Initiative – a multi-university study.

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

UK-based Axon Automotive, a spin-off from Cranfield University, previewed a pre-production plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) version of its lightweight city car at the Milton Keynes Science Festival. The Axon gasoline-powered city car uses existing engine technology and carbon fibre material advances to offer 100 mpg UK (83.3

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AUGUST 12, 2010

The battle against greenhouse gas emissions doesn’t just involve preventing these emissions in the first place – it also involves getting rid of the carbon dioxide that’s already in the atmosphere.

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APRIL 27, 2012

After receiving a US Department of Energy grant two years ago, Delphi and partners including Hyundai Technical Centre, Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, set about developing a low temperate combustion system using petrol direct-injection compression ignition.

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JANUARY 22, 2013

It is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming and its direct warming effect could be about twice previous estimates, the new study by the University of Leeds and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) [.].

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JULY 20, 2010

Just what effect could widespread use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles have on emission levels? Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory believe they have the answer.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

It’s been a bit of a bugbear for drivers in recent years-the disappearance of the spare wheel from the boot of their cars. Thanks to legislative pressures, carmakers have been ditching the spare wheel in a bid to save weight and cut the emission levels of their new models. Green credentials' Many motorists have been[.].

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APRIL 26, 2010

Sorption Energy, a spin-off from Warwick University, is aiming to put a new spin on vehicle air conditioning systems. Currently, air conditioning units in cars and light commercial vehicles burn more than five per cent of the vehicle fuel consumed annually throughout the EU.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

The ongoing CABLED trial (Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Demonstrators) in the UK has revealed that drivers’ confidence in electric vehicles is increasing. Six months in, it shows that the percentage of journeys exceeding 45 miles has grown by three per cent to five per cent between quarter one and quarter two of 2010 and [.].

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APRIL 22, 2016

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ from University of California, Davis and years of experience as an agricultural researcher. PHEVLERs produce no tailpipe emissions in local driving. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Researchers at San Francisco State University and Sandia National Laboratory believe they have uncovered solutions to some of the problems of low temperature combustion. They have found that increased fuel volatility could play a vital role in enabling engines to employ early direct injection, low temperature combustion operating modes.

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MAY 3, 2010

Emissions from US coal-fired power plants could be phased out within 20 years – that’s the ambitious verdict of a new ACS journal entitled Environmental Science & Technology.

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JULY 14, 2009

Scientists have developed a new laser-based spark plug which will increase a car’s fuel efficiency and make it easier to start it in cold conditions. That’s not surprising”, comments the head of the Powertrain Laboratory at Liverpool University, Dr Tom Shenton, “since it was obvious it would be a risky enterprise.”.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Oscar van Vliet of the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, along with colleagues at Utrecht University, states that [.].

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JUNE 15, 2009

Congratulations are due to the university students from Ohio State University, who earned top marks at the 2009 finals of the EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge Competition. Second place went to the University of Victoria, which created another extended range electric vehicle that runs on E85 ethanol.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

A new study from the University of Minnesota, University of Tennessee and Tsinghua University investigates. It compared emissions – CO2, PM2.5, NOx and HC – from conventional vehicles and electric vehicles, including electric cars, light scooters and bicycles. Are electric vehicles good for your health?

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JULY 29, 2009

Saudi Arabia is probably the last place you’d expect to see a concerted shift towards emission free motoring - after all, the Kingdom is the world’s leading oil producer and exporter.

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