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. Each of the 11 projects will receive matching funds from private and public partners.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

A new 38 port electric truck charging depot and maintenance hub is coming online to service Southern California’s ports and logistics centers, along with 50 new electric trucks from Volvo and Daimler. As a result, the area is heavily polluted, with logistics traffic being a major contributor.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

liters displacement (type code EA 189) contained illegal software designed to manipulate emissions. Stuart Grange works in Empa’s Air Pollution/Environmental Technology Laboratory and also at the Wolfson Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratories at the University of York. Here the measured NO x emissions fell by an average of almost 22%.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

Investors in SDCmaterials include the venture capital arms of General Motors, Volvo Group, and SAIC Motor as well as BASF Venture Capital. The automotive catalytic converter, developed in the early 1970s primarily by General Motors and BASF/Engelhard and first deployed in 1975, changes exhaust pollutants into CO 2 , water vapor and nitrogen.

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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 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. Tags: Emissions Engines Fuel Efficiency Heavy-duty Hybrids Policy Standards Vehicle Manufacturers.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

PHEVs Are 100% Guilty Of Causing Pollution. Finally, this is the big topic: pollution. In fact, places like California, according to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), are already promoting PHEVs as part of its drive to have only zero-emission new vehicles (ZEVs) on sale by the year 2035.

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Geely is committed to achieving the long-term goal of zero emissions mobility through a diverse suite of new energy solutions, including renewable methanol vehicle technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2016

million to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) for a statewide zero-emission drayage truck development and demonstration project. This is the first large-scale demonstration of zero-emission Class 8 trucks that involves major manufacturers, including BYD, Kenworth, Peterbilt (both Paccar companies) and Volvo.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

Volvo VNL D13 with DME. At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. Volvo has been testing Bio-DME in Sweden since 2009. Source: Volvo Trucks.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 31, 2021

Now being witnessed the revolution and inspired by the success companies all around the world is investing boatload of money and resources into the development of new technologies in the electric vehicle sector. Last year, Volvo and Baidu announced a collaboration to build large-scale autonomous driving in China. #4. Solar cars.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Automobile pollutants are one of the largest contributors to climate changing emissions. PHEV s allow for optimization of readily available clean-energy resources and represent a sustainable transportation solution that can be delivered today. That will require a transition to less expensive transportation fuels.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Q&A with electric truck expert Rustam Kocher Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up a small fraction of the vehicles on the road, but they generate a disproportionate amount of pollution. Therefore, electrifying them is critical to reducing emissions. Supplying to Volvo Trucks or Daimler Trucks or whoever is more burdensome.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

The next stage is to extend the energy supply concept to include fuel cells—which are characterized by high efficiency and pollution-free operation. They are low-noise and are based on the almost unlimited availability of water as a resource. PowerCell was founded in 2008 as an industrial spinout from the Volvo Group.

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Driivz

MAY 31, 2022

At the same time, a communications session is established between the charger, the other chargers and energy resources at the charging location (the infrastructure), the grid, and the charging operator’s smart EV charging and energy management platform. Electric vehicles are not only for clean transportation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Thus, battery cost is a key factor in addressing oil dependency, global warming, and air pollution in the United States. Existing studies on the economics, adoption potential, and emissions reduction potential of EVs typically treat Li-ion batteries as though they are all the same, with a single estimate of cost per kWh of storage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule setting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO 2 emissions standards for model years 2021-2026 passenger cars and light trucks.

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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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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

According to a statement from California Governor Gavin Newsom , Stellantis has signed a landmark deal to curb emissions through 2026 model year under the agreement, which will prevent some 10 to 12 million additional metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from polluting the air. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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