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JUNE 12, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Paul Bell The EU and the UK risk wasting €27bn in battery investments if they fail to strengthen car and van CO2 emission standards, analysis from Transport & Environment (T&E) shows.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Aqua Metals has successfully recovered high-purity nickel from lithium battery black mass using its proprietary Li AquaRefining process, utilizing electricity, and without a polluting smelter or the significant chemical waste typical in recycling. Earlier post.) —Ben Taecker, Chief Engineering and Operations Officer at Aqua Metals.

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

has brought 67 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) solid waste and recycling trucks to serve customers throughout southern New Jersey and in Philadelphia. One of the more lasting contributions we can make in our community is to protect the environment by reducing ozone-forming emissions wherever possible.

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APRIL 19, 2023

The Importance of Electrifying Municipal Vehicles City Cleanup Can Begin on Wheels Electrifying police cars, street sweepers, refuse trucks and other municipal vehicles does more than just help the environment—it also saves money and makes urban areas a safer, more peaceful place to live. Fuel prices remain steep.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers from London South Bank University (LSBU), School of the Built Environment and Architecture, are investigating the use of metal hydrides to absorb, release and store hydrogen for fuel cell buses. On demand, the hydrogen is released from the hydride (endothermic reaction), utilizing the waste heat of the fuel cell.

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JUNE 27, 2020

million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new generation of energy-efficient, energy-elastic, and real-time-aware GPUs suitable for use in resource-constrained environments such as emerging embedded and autonomous systems, including aerial drones and autonomous vehicles. —Daniel Wong.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Recognized in the category of Sustainable Facility, the plant is located at Waste Management’s Altamont Landfill and Resource Recovery Facility near Livermore, California. We are closing the loop in the waste disposal business. Waste Management is proud to be recognized for this achievement. By displacing 2.5

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APRIL 12, 2022

At its first digital ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Conference for investors and analysts, Mercedes-Benz announced aims to at least halve CO 2 emissions per passenger car over the lifecycle by the end of this decade compared to 2020 levels. Several sustainable materials are already in series production in some vehicle models.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Siemens is researching technologies that would allow waste heat from vehicles and industrial facilities to be used efficiently. The chemical industry, as another example, uses waste heat from reactions in order to preheat other substances, for example. Another area of research is the use of thermoelectric generators in vehicles.

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JULY 17, 2020

US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $139 million in federal funding for 55 projects across the country that will support new and innovative advanced vehicle technologies (DE-FOA-0002197, earlier post ). Support mobility technologies such as connected and automated vehicles, as well as innovations in transit. Federal share.

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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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MAY 2, 2011

Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) can be used to recover low-grade waste heat. When a vehicle is running, the engine exhaust gas states have a wide range of variance. Defining the operational conditions of the ORC that achieve the maximum utilization of waste heat is important. A paper on their work appears in the journal Energy.

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JULY 20, 2018

In fact, some experts predict electric vehicles (EVs) to account for 65 percent to 75 percent of sales in 2050—which is also good news for the environment. In the future, autonomous vehicles and battery-powered technology could work together to create cleaner, more efficient roads. Electric Vehicles: Right Now.

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MARCH 22, 2023

Volvo Trucks and mining company Boliden are joining forces to implement electric truck transport in underground environments. In mining environments, the electric trucks can deliver several big advantages—including no exhaust emissions, a safer workplace, and quieter working conditions.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The researchers, from Imperial College London’s Transition to Zero Pollution (TZP) initiative, warn that even though electric vehicles remove the problem of fuel emissions, we will continue to have a problem with particulate matter because of tire wear. million vehicles emit around nine thousand tonnes of tire wear particles annually.

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APRIL 12, 2016

The transformation will integrate sustainability and innovation throughout the built environment, including a new Sustainability Showcase building on the product campus, which will aim to meet Living Building Challenge standards, the highest level of sustainability certification today. More than 7.5 No combustion is allowed. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

Ford’s initial electric pickup, the F-150 Lightning, beat out numerous vehicles and other technologies to win the top prize in the Sustainable Product category. Ford plans to make fuel line clips out of recycled waste from SmileDirectClub, a company that creates invisible braces for customers, for its F-250 Super Duty.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. Examples from the ORNL Overhead Vehicle Dataset, generated with images captured by GRIDSMART cameras. Image: Thomas Karnowski/ORNL.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. X1) from a biological feedstock, more specifically, from lignocellulosic biomass (also known as plant waste/residue).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Whereas plastics of the same type can often be mechanically recycled, recycling of mixed plastic waste poses a major challenge. In the long run, this method can also play a role in end-of-life vehicle recycling. This, in turn, saves energy and costs—nd is beneficial to the environment.

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MAY 14, 2024

No longer solely defined by opulent materials and exquisite craftsmanship, luxury vehicles now lead the forefront of technological innovation. Automotive manufacturers are increasingly turning to advanced AI-based software development solutions to realize the vision of automated vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2022

bp’s investment will support GBF’s growth as it works with businesses looking to transition away from using traditional diesel fuel in their assets, such as transport vehicles, temporary generators and construction machinery. Source: Green Biofuels.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Holden Energy and Environment Director Richard Marshall said Holden would introduce Australia’s first locally produced flex-fuel vehicles capable of running on the high-ethanol fuel later this year. This ethanol will be used to formulate an E85 blend (85% ethanol, 15% gasoline). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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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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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Scania, a member of the Volkswagen Group, is developing a fuel cell refuse truck together with Renova, a waste handling company in western Sweden, fuel cell manufacturer Powercell Sweden AB, and JOAB, a manufacturer of truck bodies. With reduced emissions and noise, electric vehicles are especially attractive in these areas.

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MARCH 16, 2017

UPS plans to build an additional six compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations and add 390 new CNG tractors and terminal trucks and 50 liquefied natural gas (LNG) vehicles to its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet. In 2016, UPS invested $100 million in CNG fueling stations and vehicles. Greensboro, N.C; Chicago, Ill.;

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

UBQ is a patented material converted from 100% unsorted household waste, containing food leftovers, mixed plastics, paper, cardboard, packaging materials and diapers. By diverting landfill-destined waste, UBQ prevents the emission of methane, groundwater leakage and other environmental harms. Every ton of UBQ produced prevents 11.7

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NOVEMBER 26, 2017

ABC will use the refined methane gas as fuel in its own natural gas powered vehicles. The project will focus on a verification of a long-time based stable operation and methods to minimize the cost of producing methane gas, as well as determine the effectiveness of the methane produced as a vehicle fuel.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The above-ground design requires minimal disruption to existing parking lots by eliminating costly, time-consuming, and substantial civics works and reduces on-site construction waste and environmental impact.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) have published a new guidance document, “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.”. Only the recycled portion of a purchased raw material may be counted when material consists of recycled and virgin content.

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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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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Indoor and outdoor sources combine to make air pollution the second-largest cause of death in Africa, claiming more lives than tobacco, alcohol, motor vehicle accidents, and drug abuse. Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 The most disturbing finding was the increase in deaths from ambient air pollution. Only AIDS causes more deaths.

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MAY 2, 2009

PetroCard , a fuels distributor, and Waste Management, a provider of comprehensive waste management services, announced the grand opening of a “Clean N’ Green Fuel” compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in South Seattle— the first public-access CNG facility in the city.

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JUNE 14, 2022

Heat is a scarce and valuable resource in electric cars, which do not have the waste heat from internal combustion engines for heating the interior, for example. The thermal management system has a significant influence on the efficiency and comfort of the vehicle.

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MAY 8, 2019

Mack Trucks unveiled the Mack LR battery electric vehicle (BEV) at WasteExpo 2019. The Mack LR BEV features a copper-colored Bulldog hood ornament, signifying that it’s an electric vehicle. DSNY is also a sustainability innovator and has initiated several programs designed to reduce waste sent to landfills, as well as cut emissions.

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JULY 1, 2020

Large amounts of plating solution must also be used because the complete substrates have to be immersed in the baths, which means that large amounts of plating solution must also be discarded (wasted) after use.

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