Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is awarding $1,135,862 to 12 small-scale projects to research that will reduce the cost of producing electricity, save energy and improve the environment. will receive $95,000 to research a gas stove burner that is 30% more efficient than conventional gas stove burners.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

The company says that some of the most promising projects are the Turbosteamer ( earlier post ); the Thermoelectric generator (TEG) ( earlier post ); engine encapsulation; and a waste heat exchanger for oil heating. Research project Turbosteamer: comparison of the heat exchanger generation 1 (top) and generation 2 (bottom). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2018

Over the last two decades, fully electric cars have had, let’s say, a slow start. But things are looking up for electric. Plus, battery costs are rapidly decreasing and the public is warming up to the idea of electric cars. Electric Vehicles: Right Now. Driverless Vehicles: Right Now. Make all AVs electric.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Volvo Trucks delivered its first all-electric vehicles on 19 February: a refuse truck to waste and recycling company Renova, and a distribution truck to the logistics company DB Schenker and partner haulier TGM, operating in Sweden. We will continue to develop our electrified offering.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

BMW’s press shop in Dingolfing—the largest of the BMW Group worldwide—is the first in which all aluminum sheet waste is separated and recycled to make it reusable for industry. When producing components in the press shop, there is always a waste of sheet metal. The BMW Group has invested around €6.5 automotive plant.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

mph, to quiet and clean all-electric cars sometime in 2026, confirmed in press reports by Jessica Good, Disneyland spokesperson. I’ve now been driving electric cars for years, but the cars at Autopia still sputter with their little gas engines, filling the surrounding air with noxious emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

The locomotive will show the potential of hydrogen fuel-cell technology to reduce transportation air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The demonstration will facilitate the improvement of local air quality, a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, noise and odor.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 20, 2024

I’ve now been driving electric cars for years, but the cars at Autopia still sputter with their little gas engines, filling the surrounding air with noxious emissions. The Autopia cars aren’t the only transportation in the park being converted to zero or low-emission vehicles. mph, to some sort of electrification.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

At COP26 in Glasgow, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the US Aviation Climate Action Plan , published by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which sets out to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from the US aviation sector by 2050. Source: US Aviation Climate Action Plan.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, with help from Waste Services of the Bluegrass , is converting methane from a local landfill into renewable electricity to power Toyota’s Georgetown assembly plant. Landfill gas is comprised of both methane and carbon dioxide, in addition to varying amounts of other contaminants.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

This $15-million award is comprised of Air Force Advanced Power Technology Office and the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center funding and establishes CTC as the lead design and integration organization on the Department of Defense Plug In Electric Vehicle Program.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2017

The plant used to employ a traditional zinc phosphating pretreatment process to handle 300,000 units of passenger vehicles annually. However, the high energy consumption, use of heavy metals, and creation of substantial solid and liquid waste streams puts these processes increasingly at odds with ever-stricter environmental requirements.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Either could be a more sustainable alternative to animal-based leather, the production of which is associated with greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and land monopolization from raising cattle, the report noted. But neither was intended as a production vehicle. Automakers are already experimenting with shrooms.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Renault Trucks’ heavy-duty Optifuel Lab 2 laboratory vehicle brings together various technologies designed to reduce fuel consumption in heavy-duty trucks and to prepare the way for future production models. The vehicle is currently on the road to calculate the fuel savings it can achieve. —Claude Covo, project director.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The approved awards were made through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. It is funded through surcharges on vehicle and boating registration, and smog check and license plate fees. The award recipients are: Environ Strategy Consultants, Inc.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Digging Deep To Help the Environment Electrification is a conversation common among consumers who feel a responsibility to reduce fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions through car purchase choices. Additionally, EVs have fewer maintenance needs than traditional vehicles, adding to their financial viability.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

I have to admit, I was a bit surprised when GM announced that it would start its new Ultium battery-powered electric vehicle push with the GMC Hummer EV. Considering its size, weight, and efficiency, the Hummer EV could be described as a vehicle that is, for all intents and purposes, made to be a symbol of excess and consumption.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. This strategy will extend the useful life of the battery for the owner, even beyond in-vehicle use, BMW said. This approach minimizes energy waste, effectively reducing energy costs on a day-to-day basis.

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Energy Storage BMW Energy Battery 210

Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Pumpjacks don’t run by themselves, in most cases they use electricity. That is a lot of electricity and that is just to get the oil out of the ground!

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Ricardo experts in sustainable transport, with colleagues from E4tech and the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg (ifeu), have produced a comprehensive lifecycle assessment (LCA) of road vehicles on behalf of the European Commission.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

The electric vehicle industry is growing at a high pace these days. Are you planning a job in electric vehicle industry? Then this Electric Vehicle Interview Questions and Answers will definitely help you out. There are different types of firms working in the electric vehicle domain.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Apart from petroleum, there are a few fuels and alternative energy sources that can be used in vehicles. There are proven and matured technologies to extract energy from fossil fuels and IC engines have been used in vehicles for a long.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

In the reporting year 2013, average energy consumption per vehicle produced was 2,205 kWh, down 0.4% Per vehicle CO 2 emissions in 2013 were 422 kg, down 6% from 449 kg in 2013 and 19.5% The Group now takes one-third of its electric power from renewable sources. from 2,213 kWh in 2012 and down 12.5% —Prof.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Ford Motor Company and its financing subsidiary, Ford Motor Credit Company, introduced the North America auto industry’s first sustainable financing framework, focusing on and paying for ambitious plans in vehicle electrification and other environmental and social areas. Vigeo Eiris, an arm of Moody’s Corp.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. A number of vehicles equipped with these engines will emit less than 100g of CO 2 /km. Low pressure EGR (exhaust gas recirculation). Select Engines.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The San José, California, City Council approved the purchase of ten Proterra Catalyst E2 battery-electric transit buses and related charging infrastructure for use at the Norman Y. Proterra’s E2 series 35-foot electric buses feature a 440 kWh battery pack to deliver an estimated range of 251 miles. Funded in part by a $3.8-million

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $32 million in funding for 10 innovative projects as part of the Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) program. Earlier post.) Organization. Description. General Motors.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 18, 2023

When Should You Dump Your Gas Guzzler? Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk What are the environmental and other pros and cons of ditching the gas guzzler for an electric vehicle (EV)? greenhouse gas emissions, making the switch to EVs a welcome change for environmental advocates. — S.H.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Bio2Electric’s project will demonstrate a novel conversion process to produce ethylene (a widely used commodity chemical) from natural gas, with the goal of reduced greenhouse gas emissions, lower reactor capital and lower operating expense compared to current industry practice. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions Limited India’s leading manufacturer of electric vehicles welcomed Minister of Tourism and Environment for the Government of Maharashtra Aditya Thackeray. Kinetic Safar Jumbo India’s first high-performance electric cargo 3W. Kinetic Green Energy .

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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. For example, although heavy-duty vehicles make up only about 10% of vehicles on the road in the U.S., million fleet vehicles in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 27, 2023

According to the Environmental Protection Agenc y (EPA), the transportation industry is responsible for 29% of all greenhouse gas emissions in 2023. The retail industry can benefit from green transportation by reducing transportation costs through route optimization, energy-efficient vehicles and bulk shipping.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

Toyota, Kenworth, the Port of Los Angeles and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unveiled the first of Toyota and Kenworth’s jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks during a special event held at the Port of Los Angeles. The initiative will help reduce emissions by more than 500 tons of Greenhouse Gas and 0.72

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The Environmental Footprint of Scrap Car Recycling Perils of Abandoned Vehicles Abandoned and forsaken vehicles stand as silent environmental culprits, occupying spaces and leaking hazardous substances like oil, antifreeze and battery acids into the surroundings.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

Sugar Fuel Cell Vehicles and BEVs charged with electricity from a fuel cell (green bars) were the most efficient. η TDL can be calculated as fuel consumed for its transport and distribution from biorefineries to vehicles [E C /(E C +E T )]. Huang and Zhang. Click to enlarge. powertrains), and E F = E C + E T.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

The California Energy Commission approved a first-in-the-nation energy efficiency standard that will reduce wasted energy by battery chargers commonly used to power cell phones, laptop computers, power tools, and other devices. Energy consumed to charge batteries is increasing in California.

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