Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2021

In a paper published this year, Cooper and his team found that four vehicles—the Ford F-150, Super Duty, Expedition, and Lincoln Navigator—account for around 1,200 kt of aluminum automotive body sheet (ABS) embedded within the 2020 US fleet. Yongxian Zhu, Laurent B. Chappuis, Robert De Kleine, Hyung Chul Kim, Timothy J.

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Blink Charging

MARCH 6, 2024

Throughout her illustrious career, Myers has served as the Acting Director of Global E-Mobility at the World Resources Institute (WRI) and as the Executive Director of CharIN , an organization dedicated to advocating for global EV standardization, specifically with the Combined Charging System (CCS) connector. Canada, and beyond.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

The California Air Resource Board (CARB) is awarding $7 million to CALSTART to develop a Class 8 truck that will achieve a 90% reduction in NO x along with a 15-20% fuel efficiency improvement. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

As a leader in the sustainability space, we are developing new technologies to efficiently employ discarded materials and fibers, while potentially reducing the use of petrochemicals and light-weighting our vehicles for desired fuel economy. Ford most recently introduced REPREVE in F-150. Resources. Díaz-Teres, R.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2014

a Toyota Camry, 20; the F-150, 32. Light-duty vehicles are larger, and they come equipped with more features, including automatic transmissions, air conditioning, entertainment and communication systems, and an increasing number of servomotors. Assuming a 70 kg passenger, a 7 kg bicycle has a weight ratio of 0.1; 2015.6995626.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Three-hour-long batch-reactor tests conducted at 150 ˚C, using either the zeolite-supported or the titanium-dioxide-supported catalyst, yielded around 22,000 micromoles of acetic acid per gram of catalyst, or around 230 micromoles of methanol per gram of catalyst, respectively, with selectivities of 60–100%.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2019

Assessments of GHG emissions from light-duty vehicles should take a cradle-to-grave life cycle perspective and capture important regional effects. We report the first regionally explicit (county-level) life cycle assessment of the use of lightweighting and electrification for light-duty vehicles in the U.S. Di Wu, Fengdi Guo, Frank R.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. These V2H/V2G-enabled vehicles offer some three to 10 days powering the fridge and lights in case the power goes down.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2012

Similarly, a Ford F-150 pickup costs $950 more than it did in 2002 due to fuel economy improvements. The typical owner who keeps the car for six years will save $2,885 in fuel costs. This translates into gasoline savings more than eight times the cost of new fuel economy technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Ranges in passenger occupancy can easily change the relative performance of modes, with large aircraft performing better than light rail in some of the areas investigated. Samples of the findings include: Off-peak urban diesel buses has the largest energy consumption and GHG emissions per PKT, followed by the three light-duty vehicles.

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EV Connect

JANUARY 9, 2023

One study by the University of Rochester found that V2G chargers can save EV owners $120 to $150 per year. World Resources Institute - How California Can Use Electric Vehicles To Keep the Lights On Clean Energy Reviews - Bidirectional Chargers Explained - V2G Vs V2H Vs V2L This can further reduce your utility costs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2014

In December 2013, researchers at Berkeley Lab and its Advanced Light Source reported the development of a new soft X-ray spectroscopy technique that can measure the migration of ions and electrons in an integrated, operating battery electrode. Bogan, Dennis Nordlund, William F. Minitti, Joshua J. Turner, Stefan Moeller, Nicholas K.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Biobased materials availability may improve over time due to the increased demand and research, however, current resources may be have predicted limits. Daimler is currently producing an air filter system that is made of 60% polyamide which will replace the plastics produced from fossil fuel resources.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 18, 2022

It would be a shame if it disappeared, but even more of a shame if the reason is Nissan is allocating its diminishing resources to non-EV projects. Though still a solid seller (and well-represented on the used EV market), the Leaf has been eclipsed by new models with longer ranges and flashier pedigrees. And more are coming.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2014

Comparison plot showing mass fractions (F m ) of chemically characterized components of lubricating oils and POA. Heavy duty (HD) diesel trucks are responsible for a disproportionate amount of BC and POA relative to light duty (LD) vehicles due to emission factors that are ?50 7500 light duty, 50?200 Credit: ACS, Worton et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Together, the companies are committing $2 million in funding plus mentors and other resources to support participating startups. Focus RS will join Ford’s existing performance lineup, including Fiesta ST, Focus ST, Shelby GT350 Mustang and F-150 Raptor. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

Chesapeake also announced $305 million in two initial investments for CNGV: $150 million to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Chesapeake has agreed to invest $150 million in newly issued convertible debt of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., per gallon cheaper than gasoline and diesel; and. —Aubrey K. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. conversion premium.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

F-150 from the electric Ford PRO F-150 Lightning. While there are LED head and rear light improvements along with a more streamlined profile, the Lightning’s cargo box is identical to an ICE F-150, complete with tailgate access steps and a jobsite ruler. The 2016 ICE F-150 reportedly had about.

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Push EVs

JULY 21, 2022

July 21, 2022 – Building on strong demand for its new EVs, Ford today announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2011

The extended π-conjugated system endows CMPs with noteworthy light-emitting properties and allows the construction of light-harvesting antennae that trigger efficient, rapid, and vectorial energy funneling from the skeleton to entrapped acceptors. Energy and power densities. kW kg -1 respectively. kW kg -1 ). —Kou et al.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 7, 2023

They’re used in the phosphors that make white-light and other LEDs possible, and they’re in compounds used to purify key semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide and gallium nitride, to indicate just a couple of their scores of applications in technology. On February 24, 2021, U.S. President Joseph R. in Western countries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

Aluminum will be very product specific; on the [new] F-150, its absolutely the right solution. How light could you make vehicles? … Our Mach II design is still 150 kilos fat right now, and we’ve done everything we can think of. The Mach-II design is still 150 kg over its target. We are still way heavy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A research roadmap established by the US Department of Energy (DOE) sets 150 ?C Atoms are: oxygen/red, aluminum/gray, palladium/dark blue, and lanthanum/light blue. Peden, Boris Kiefer, Lawrence F. Abhaya Datye , corresponding author and Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of new Mexico. Source: UNM.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2014

f) The corresponding SEM images (fine structure in inset). Compared to other common electrode substrates such as Ni foam, carbon cloth, and metal foils, GF is super light, more porous, and still highly conductive. 150 mAh/g), the widely used binder PVDF accelerates the deterioration of electrode during sodiation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2014

the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has performed an in-depth study on the performance and emissions of light-duty version of its engine packaged for a full-size pickup truck. 6-piston) OP2S engine producing 200 hp (150 kW) and compared it with the Cummins ATLAS 2.8-liter,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

To meet the demands of future high efficiency engines new low temperature catalyst materials for exhaust after-treatment having the ability to reach 90% efficiency at or below 150 °C are needed. Innovative Engine Boosting Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Last Friday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) charged that Volkswagen (Jetta, Beetle, Golf, Passat) and Audi (A3) passenger cars equipped with 2.0-liter The carrier material of the oxidation catalyst is metal, so the light-off temperature is reached quickly. Earlier post.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

0:00 / 4:40 Battery power for Chrysler The Circuit will be a purely plug-in car - there will be no gas tank or gasoline engine at all - with an expected range of 150 to 200 miles on a full charge. "This vehicle is so light it doesnt even require power steering," said Chrysler spokesman Nick Cappa.

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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 Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Ford F-150 Pickup Truck, July 2008 (Chicago, IL).

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