Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

US Commercial-scale production of cellulosic biofuels reached about 20,000 gallons in late 2012, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). EPA issues final rule on new advanced and cellulosic biofuels. EPA’s GHG assessments determined that the additional pathways are eligible for inclusion in the RFS.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) issued an Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs) for a total of approximately $10 million. ( long term clean energy goals for the US, and in that context has established multi?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) categorizes the incident as a “major spill”—i.e., Wabasca Heavy is a heavy oil from the Athabasca region obtained by polymer injection and water flooding and typically has a 19-20 API gravity and 4.15 Principal producers of Wabasca include Cenovus Energy and Canadian Natural Resources.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

The Soul EV earned an EPA-estimated range rating of 93 miles (150 km) when the 27 kWh, 360 V, 192-cell lithium-ion polymer battery is fully charged. The regenerative braking system captures up to 12% of the Soul EV’s kinetic energy when coasting and braking to also help recharge the battery.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The EPA 46 MPG Is Only the Start. One of the challenges Clean Fleet Report takes seriously is to test the EPA fuel economy ratings for the cars, crossovers and trucks we review, knowing efficiency is a top priority when looking to purchase a new vehicle. Your numbers may differ. 2 of 3 Niros can plug in. The hybrid system’s 8.9-kilowatt-hour

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Reducing EMbodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Manufacturing Institute announced approximately $35 million to support research and development (R&D) that will enable US manufacturers to increase the recovery, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of plastics, metals, electronic waste, and fibers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

The XL1 is aggressively optimized for efficiency in all areas of its design and technology—from materials (carbon fiber reinforced polymer monocoque); to powertrain (0.8L Data: Volkswagen, US EPA and DOE. The gears in the DSG transmission are also always selected with the aim of minimizing energy usage. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored the six 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners at a ceremony in Washington, DC. For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.” Department of Energy).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Ethanol has about one-third lower energy density than gasoline; accordingly, cars drive fewer miles per gallon when operating on ethanol blends compared with unblended gasoline. Tailpipe emissions of CO 2 from the combustion of ethanol and gasoline are similar on an energy basis—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Demonstration Project to Validate Crash Model For Carbon Fiber Composites to Enable Production-Feasible Composites in Primary-Structural Automotive Crash and Energy Management Applications. AOI 3: Demonstration Project for a Multi-Material Light-Weight Prototype Vehicle as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with Canada.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

kilowatt-hour (kWh) lithium-ion polymer battery. When coasting or braking, the regen system converts kinetic energy into electric energy and returns it to the battery. EPA at 235 miles. The 2023 GV60 joins the 2023 Electrified G80 AWD sedan as the first two all-electric vehicles from Genesis. Charging and Regeneration.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2018

For example, in Chicago (calculations via the US Department of Energy (DOE) fueleconomy.gov site) the Ioniq PHEV is responsible for 200 g GHG/mile, upstream and downstream. kWh lithium-ion polymer battery. EPA combined fuel economy. The Ioniq Electric: 180 g/mile. The PHEV has a 3.3 Ioniq Hybrid (Blue). Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

kWh Li-ion polymer pack from LG Chem provides the energy storage. The high-voltage Li-ion battery package includes not only the energy storage system for the hybrid powertrain, but also a Li-ion 12V auxiliary battery; this packaging allowed Hyundai to remove the 50 Ah AGM battery, saving 26 lbs (12 kg) in the process.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

kWh Li-ion polymer pack from LG Chem provides the energy storage. The high-voltage Li-ion battery package includes not only the energy storage system for the hybrid powertrain, but also a Li-ion 12V auxiliary battery; this packaging allowed Hyundai to remove the 50 Ah AGM battery, saving 26 lbs (12 kg) in the process.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

kWh (59 kW) lithium-polymer battery pack and a 44.5 While the Niro PHEV boasts an MPGe rating of 105, its EPA-estimated MPG ratings of 48 mpg city, 44 mpg highway and 46 mpg/combined are similar to those of Niro hybrid. The Niro PHEV pairs an all-aluminum 1.6-liter liter GDI (gasoline direct injection) four-cylinder engine with an 8.9

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Tesla's best, the Model S Long Range, is EPA-rated for 405 miles. Where Battery Day trumpeted the new cell as having five times the energy density and six times the power of its Panasonic-built 2170 cells, Musk conveniently failed to mention the larger 4680 has nearly 5.5

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 20, 2022

The Niro EV has an EPA estimated driving range of 239 miles, but in our real-world driving delivered 273 miles. The liquid-cooled 64-kilowatt-hour (kWh) lithium-ion polymer battery pack is replenished through plug-in charging and regenerative braking. This range is outstanding and equals or exceeds electric vehicles costing far more.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

The 2023 Niro EV has an EPA estimated driving range of 253 miles, an increase of 14 miles compared to the outgoing 2022 Niro EV. kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack is replenished through plug-in charging and regenerative braking. kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack is replenished through plug-in charging and regenerative braking.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $49.4 The new program-wide funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000991 ) ( earlier post ), was announced by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at the Washington Auto Show. For the purposes of this AOI, a carbon fiber composite is defined as a composite that combines carbon fiber with polymer resin.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Adding together the gasoline and electricity, the EPA estimates 108 MPGe (Miles Per Gallon Equivalent). MPGe is a measurement of how far a car can travel electrically on the same amount of energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline. Your numbers may differ. Charging The Niro PHEV has an 11.1-kWh With the 3.8

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

l/100 km), and the overall EPA estimated combined fuel economy is now 29 mpg (8.1 Other features include a new, lighter turbocharger/cylinder head assembly; the use of lightweight polymers for the oil pan, and use of aluminum for various screws and fasteners. now can get up to 36 mpg (6.5 l/100 km) on the highway, up from 31 mpg (7.6

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Gear shifting is much quicker, with increased system efficiency and regeneration energy capture, mainly because the system is in gear more often than the traditional automatic. The Ioniq Electric applies a torsion-beam rear axle, providing more space for the 28 kWh lithium-ion polymer batteries, placed below the rear seats.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2015

When equipped with the six-speed automatic transmission, the Golf SportWagen’s EPA estimated highway fuel economy has improved by 5 mpg over the previous 2.5-liter The EPA rating for the manual transmission model is 36 mpg (6.5 EA288 diesel improves EPA estimated fuel economy from 42 mpg (5.6 l/100 km) on the highway.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

liters, which is separated from the geartrain by a lightweight polymer baffle. Critical to this is that the body behaves as one homogeneous structure; wherever vibration energy finds a discontinuity it will concentrate and then radiate noise through to the cabin.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The CMT-380 features a lithium-polymer battery pack that supports an all-electric range of up to 80 miles. A patented combustion system achieves extremely low exhaust emissions that do not require expensive exhaust after treatment to meet stringent California Air Resources Board and EPA 2010 requirements. Earlier post.).

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