Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

A team from Ford’s Research and Innovation Center and LG Chem’s Corporate R&D group has reported the first cradle-to-gate (i.e., the factory gate—before delivery to the consumer) emissions assessment for a mass-produced battery in a commercial battery electric vehicle (BEV)—the lithium-ion battery pack used in the Ford Focus BEV.

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Manufacturer Commercial Ford Batteries 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Results from a study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University, Ford and Drexel University suggest that Chinese consumers are more receptive to adopting battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) than their American counterparts, regardless of subsidies. Low-range PHEVs compete most strongly against their gasoline counterparts in both countries.

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Chinese Ford Gasoline-Electric PHEV 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

At Consumer Electronics Show Asia, Ford launched a strategic collaboration with Haier (home appliance), Trina Solar (solar power) and Delta Electronics (power management) to introduce MyEnergi Lifestyle ( earlier post ) to China, a holistic approach for lowering the energy costs and carbon footprint of Chinese families.

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Solar Ford China Chinese 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) developed MOVES; the emission modeling system estimates emissions for mobile sources at the national, county, and project level for criteria pollutants, greenhouse gases, and air toxics. Nearly all US gasoline is produced by splash-blending 10% ethanol. —Letter to EPA.

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EPA Emissions Pollution Gasoline 230

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2013

A team at Ford Motor Company’s Research and Innovation Center in Dearborn conducted a detailed study of the effect of ethanol blend level in emissions, using a 2006 model Mercury Grand Marquis flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) operating on E0, E10, E20, E30, E40, E55, and E80 on a chassis dynamometer. Credit: ACS, Hubbard et al. Click to enlarge.

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Emissions Ford Exhaust Engine 294

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

ROUSH CleanTech has begun development of a liquid propane autogas fuel system for the Ford E-350 dual rear wheel (DRW) cutaway chassis. The E-350 DRW cutaway will be based on the Ford 5.4-liter, Annually, a fleet of 1,225 vehicles would displace 2 million gallons of gasoline each year and 20 million gallons over a 10-year lifetime.

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

” Moore drove off from a Monday press conference in a Ford Mustang Mach-E, which was the Detroit-based automaker’s initial EV rollout several years ago. state to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035. In August, California became the first U.S.

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Maryland Gas Sale Vehicles 98

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

However, prior to the remarks on climate change and the regulatory response, he spent a few minutes discussing the efforts on urban pollution—e.g., What more is need to end urban pollution, something we’ve been spending over 30 years working on? smog and particulates. California’s current LEV II emission standards run through 2010.

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Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

A 1966 article in ACS’ Chemical & Engineering News described a General Motors press conference at which the automaker outlined research work being done on non-gasoline-based automotive power sources, with a heavy emphasis on the electrical. Electrovan—a hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell-powered GMC van. 24, page 55).

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GM Power Powered Batteries 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District also are investing in the project. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 15, 2021

Contrary to popular opinion, electric cars can perform better than gasoline-powered vehicles. Hence, your vehicle does not produce greenhouse gases or pollutants that destroy the atmosphere when you’re driving. The result is you get to play your role in protecting the environment by avoiding pollution when you travel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Due to their high oxygen concentration, they suppress pollutant formation in combustion. Ford is currently leading a €3.5-million Ford is currently leading a €3.5-million In this way, these substances would not only contribute to reducing pollutants, but also to decreasing carbon dioxide emission of traffic.

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Diesel Clean Cleaning Germany 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

These incentives help to pay the difference between the cost of conventional gasoline- or diesel-powered vehicles and new vehicles that use less-polluting propane or natural gas. The buy-down incentives approved today go to the following companies: Galpin Ford, in North Hills (Los Angeles County), will receive a total of $86,000.

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Los Angeles California Clean Cleaning 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) fined Sunrise Ford, a car dealership with outlets in North Hollywood and Fontana, $175,000 last month for illegally modifying 2005 through 2007 model year light- and medium-duty vehicles with an aftermarket device before the vehicles were sold. ARB Chairman Mary D.

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Installation Fuel Cars Dealers 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

The California South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) has awarded AC Propulsion a $300,000 grant to integrate its electric drive system technology into commercial service vans ( three Ford E250 vans supplied by Comcast) in Southern California. Earlier post.). induction motor, inverter, charger and 12V power supply.

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Conversion Grant Los Angeles Delaware 247

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

There is no strong advocacy for methanol (unlike ethanol) as a transportation fuel; therefore, they said, it has been displaced by ethanol as oxygenate of choice in gasoline blends. The toxicity (mortality) is comparable to or better than gasoline. It is a safe fuel. It is a safe fuel. Vehicle use and optimization.

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Transportation Fuel Coal Gasoline 257

Plugs and Cars

JULY 19, 2007

Simply put, the study found what advocates of electric transportation have long held to be true: as regards greenhouse gases and pollution generally speaking, the worst electricity is still better than petroleum. And the grid is getting cleaner and more renewable every year. billion metric tons.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Fuel properties affect a number of combustion and engine properties, including ignition delay; knocking tendency; flame speeds; pollutant emissions; sooting tendency and particle size distributions; and density, viscosity and heating value. Gasoline components, including toluene, propylbenzene, ethyl benzene and xylene.

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Fuel Design Engine Emissions 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2012

The Sustaining Members of CRC are the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a group of automobile manufacturer members (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen). Background. Three main engine wear mechanisms are impacted by ethanol fuels: abrasive wear, adhesive wear and corrosion.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Ford F-150 Diesel. It’s not just about keeping it running, but also about protecting the environment because diesel trucks produce up to 10 times more particulate matter than gasoline vehicles. By following these tips, you can ensure that your truck runs well, keeps pollutants out of the air and saves money on fuel costs.

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Maintenance Diesel Oil Parts 80

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Researchers from the University of Illinois and colleagues in China investigating the performance, combustion and emission characteristics of a port fuel-injection SI engine fueled with isopropanol-n-butanol-ethanol (IBE)-gasoline blends have concluded that an IBE30 blend could be a good alternative to gasoline. —Li et al.

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Alternative Fuels Gasoline Fuel Emissions 150

Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

In an interview Monday, Mr. Ghosn said Nissan decided to accelerate development of battery-powered vehicles because of high gasoline prices and environmental concerns, not just because of the need to meet stricter fuel-economy standards. Ford ( F ). Nissan also expects to sell a lineup of electric vehicles globally by 2012.

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Nissan Gasoline-Electric GM 2010 100

Plug In Partners

MARCH 3, 2008

Here is the headline and the lead: Plug-in cars could actually increase air pollution By James R. gasoline use but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say. The fact is that plug-ins are an important opportunity for reducing pollution. A curious story ran in USA Today last week.

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PHEV EPRI Mercury USA 100

Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Newer EVs like the Ford F-150 Lightning offer bi-directional charging, which can be used to charge stranded EVs or serve as backup generators for homes/RVs. Also, gas vehicles must be started and preheated outdoors due to health risks from the exhaust, and gas vehicle emissions contribute to air pollution.

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Gas-Electric Gas Norway F-150 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Bill Ford on the prospects for EVs. At a media dinner at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last month, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford made some observations on the prospects for electric vehicles: “ Here we are today now, embarking upon something which is very different for our industry.

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Plug In Partners

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Automobile pollutants are one of the largest contributors to climate changing emissions. They reduce emissions, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce the upward pressures on gasoline costs. First, were economics. The supply of inexpensive oil is running out. Second, was environmental. And third, was national security.

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Nickel Cadmium Austin Plug-in PHEV 100

Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 31, 2021

By far electric cars are the best suited for autonomous vehicles due to the certain characteristics and advantages electric cars have over conventional gasoline cars. Due to the huge amount of pollution and governments pressurizing them to be more cleaner cargo industry is also searching for ways to adapt electric technology.

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Plug In Partners

JULY 20, 2006

Toyota's revelation Tuesday that it will develop a new " plug-in hybrid" - which uses a wall socket at night to charge and relies on an electric motor to go many miles before sipping any gasoline - could presage a major shift in automotive technology , some industry analysts say. But gasoline prices have since soared to more than $3 a gallon.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 26, 2006

. -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It He yanked big engines out of American cars and replaced them with electric motors that worked in tandem with much smaller gasoline engines. Their first move with a Ford Motor Co.

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Gasoline-Electric Plug-in Plug Recharge 100

Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf will lead the way, with others manufacturers including Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Tesla planning to introduce their electric cars sometime between 2011 and 2012. To boost that, he would increase taxes on gasoline and put tolls on expressways and the East River bridges. On Volt and Leaf.

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New York City New York Obama Tax Credit 167

Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 13, 2023

.” _ Elon Musk “Electric cars aren’t pollution free; they have to get their energy from somewhere.” Their carbon emissions can be worse than gasoline powered cars.” ” – Vinod Khosla “You have to match the convenience of the gasoline car in order for people to buy an electric car.”

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Electric Vehicles Electric Cars Vehicles Electrical 98

Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

At 20 lbs of carbon emissions per gallon of gasoline burned (US Energy Information Administration estimate), a Prius or Civic would have released about 80 lbs of carbon for this one round trip. With our protests, we saved about 1000 Ford and Toyota electric cars, and I drove here today from San Francisco in one. Choice is what we want.

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Carbon San Francisco Sacramento Cleaner 100

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

Source: MECA, Ford Motor Company. Regulators in the United States, California, and Europe have made major policy advances to reduce the human health impacts from car, truck, bus, non-road diesel engines, and other transportation-related pollution over the past decade. Click to enlarge.

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EPA Diesel Gasoline Emissions 210

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

In addition to automobiles, the White House seeks to decarbonize energy , end deforestation, improve carbon management and address potent pollutants. Most of the world’s vehicles run on gasoline, requiring fossil fuels. Research shows that gasoline-powered cars and trucks accounted for over 80% of vehicle sales in the U.S.

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Emissions Parts Automobile Belarus 58

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

So, Im going to go out on a limb here and say bags of Frito snacks will soon be coming to stores near you with a lot less gasoline, noise and dirty emissions. (2 Americas big gas guzzlers and polluters are not the cars that about half the country drives around. Both Ford Motor Co. Its the trucks, stupid. and Nissan Motor Co.

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IDEA Detroit Bright Automotive Water 57

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com

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Plug-in America Plug EV1 30

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The government sees environmental upsides and a chance for its car makers to gain ground on foreign rivals, since electric vehicles are simpler to engineer than gasoline-engine ones. Chinese auto makers also showed other types of "new energy" vehicles, including regular gasoline-electric hybrids to compete with Toyota Motor Corp.s

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