Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The largest US cities—New York, Los Angeles and Chicago—score best in economic factors but are hindered by poor transportation infrastructure, lack of green spaces and diminishing affordable housing, according to the inaugural Sustainable Cities Index by ARCADIS, a leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The successful application of the technologies would allow a global vehicle manufacturer to reduce its in-use carbon footprint of a typical vehicle by 50g/km—a 30% reduction on today’s baseline. Potentially this low-voltage technology combination could be applied to something approaching 50 million vehicles per year, CPT said.

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EV Info

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Innovation and finance: Developing cutting-edge technologies and making the City of London the global centre of green finance. Passing electricity through water is one way of producing hydrogen, but only accounts for about 2-3% of hydrogen produced, the vast majority of which is made from fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

In general, biofuels made from organic waste are environmentally more benign than those from energy crops. However very few studies include water use impacts. Nitrous oxide (N 2 O), a potent greenhouse gas, is formed as a byproduct of bacterial processing of nitrogen in soils, sediments, and waters. Ravindranath et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. The production of the BMW i3 consumes around 50% less energy and around 70% less water in comparison with the current average figures for production in the BMW Group.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 19, 2009

The report entitled ‘UK Climate Projections 2009’ launched yesterday by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn provides the most in-depth picture to date of the threat facing Britain from soaring summer temperatures, more extreme weather, increased water-stress and rising sea levels. “Now is the time to act.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

No, if you look at the picture it actually has 6 wheels but drives on 2 to waste energy. by galeso April 10, 2009 9:38 AM PDT jsargent, thanks I would have missed the wasted energy argument. If I wanted a segway I would buy one this is a waste of money its ugly, slow and I think it looks unsafe at any speed.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Smart-grid technologies can help utilities better integrate renewable energy sources and run the transmission grid more efficiently, said Allan Schurr, the vice president of strategy and development at IBMs Global Energy and Utilities practice, which is participating in about 50 projects.

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