Green Cars News

JUNE 1, 2009

Smelly, unhygienic and definitely not green - that’s the typical perception of a waste disposal truck. The trucks were unveiled as part of the Parks & Recreation Department’s 21 st Annual Vehicle & Equipment Show in Flushing Meadows in Queens.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 13, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 12, 2024. To make enough hydrogen, it plans megawatt-scale electrolyzers plus Waste-to-Hydrogen and Plastic-to-Hydrogen innovations. How much money will EV ownership save versus ownership of a gasoline vehicle?

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Audi has developed two new e-fuels using different waste materials. These combine salt or waste water with waste CO2, sunlight and special genetically modified microorganisms suspended in pipes. Audi says its e-ethanol can power petrol vehicles with only minor [.].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

The US DOT’s is preparing NHTSA for a decision in 2013 that will determine whether the agency proceeds with regulatory activities that could require DSRC technology on new vehicles, consumer information programs that help new car buyers understand the effectiveness of this technology, or the need for further research and development.

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Green Cars News

JULY 24, 2014

Whenever you run a car, a lot of the energy in the fuel you used is lost as waste heat. The result is that combustion cars are typically no more than 38 per cent efficient in their fuel use when you combine energy losses through heat and friction. With the growth of hybrid vehicles it was though[.]. Hybrid cars'

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2014

Solutions for passenger ‘green’ cars with market maturity and infrastructure availability. The most important source of decarbonized energy in 2050 will come from electricity produced from renewable sources like wind, solar and hydroelectric and used in plug-in vehicles, the report notes. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 10, 2011

A study by Ford suggests that an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system using R245fa as the working fluid could supply the full vehicle accessory electrical load in a light duty vehicle on the highway cycle.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

Leading contract hire website, ContractHireAndLeasing.com has enhanced the availability of greener car leasing deals through the addition of a new advertiser. The vehicle leasing business also strives to utilise renewable energy sources wherever possible and recycle company waste.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

We are increasing the share of green energy in a modular way. The new solar park here is a further green module in this strategy, and will make production at the plant more sustainable in the future. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions. Green power from the local hydroelectric dam.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 4, 2011

Natural gas is picking up steam as a potential alternative fuel for our vehicles – however, it seems that a large portion of the world’s natural gas is simply going to waste. According to a newly released GE study entitled Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations, five per cent of the world’s [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2011

One of Scotland’s leading family entertainment destinations, Xscape Braehead, has taken delivery of a 100% electric 4×4 utility vehicle to help with its recycling and waste collection. The Tomberlin VANISH, from ePower Trucks, will also be used to help ferry maintenance staff around the popular complex located near to Glasgow.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The Government’s new National Infrastructure Plan outlines plans to spend over £375 billion in energy, transport, flood defence, waste, water and communications infrastructure up to 2030 and beyond. Green credentials' At the centre of the plans is the announcement from six major insurers that they will collectively [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 27, 2010

At last, a use for all that office waste paper! For the first time, a vehicle fuelled by US government waste-paper and waste cardboard has been driven through the streets of Washington D.C. The car, a Chevrolet converted to run on E85 [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The US continues to throw its financial weight behind its efforts to play catch up in the green car race, with the US house passing a vote of 312-114 for a bill that authorises additional funding of $2.85billion from 2010-2014 for the US Department of Energy to support a range of research activities for advanced technology vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Hybrid vs diesel : It's a longstanding green-car conundrum. Which is better, a hybrid-electric vehicle that recaptures wasted energy in a battery and uses it to assist the gasoline engine, or an efficient modern clean diesel that goes further on a gallon of fuel?

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Green Cars News

JUNE 5, 2010

Renault’s brand new Tangier plant, which is set to start up in early 2012 with annual capacity of 170,000 vehicles, is expected to establish new standards in low environmental impact. The plant will enjoy CO2 emission reductions of 98 per cent – the equivalent of around 135,000 tons a year with no industrial waste water to [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 6, 2010

A new project has ushered water powered vehicles even closer to becoming a practical reality as clean technology provider Ultra Green announced a new deal to provide funding for the Electro Hydrogen Generator technology.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Television presenter and Camden resident Gail Porter will open Camden Council’s special Green Motor Show where residents and businesses can discover a whole range of eco-friendly vehicles. The Camden Council Green Motor Exposition (GME) will take place at Triton Square Plaza from 10am to 4pm on Thursday 24 September.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

The Green Piece: Tuesday 6 October, 2009. The UK’s car scrappage scheme may have been dubbed a resounding success by the majority of car manufacturers and consumers alike, but it hasn’t won plaudits from all corners. km for vehicles that are 10 years old. So does he have a point? Missed opportunities.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

a developer and manufacturer of advanced range-extended electric vehicle (REV) powertrains for heavy-duty applications ( earlier post ), is gearing up for a commercialization push with the appointent of four advanced engineering and commercialization executives. Wrightspeed Inc., Erin Sawyer, Supply Chain Director.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 15, 2014

Drivers are wasting millions by focusing on fuel economy when choosing their next car, ignoring the real killer to their wallet’s state of health – vehicle depreciation. Green credentials' That’s according to leading residual values firm, CAP Automotive, which reports that depreciation could be costing motorists thr[.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2010

UK car and van manufacturing has made significant progress in cutting CO2 emissions, waste and energy use, the latest research from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Tags: Green credentials co2 emissions energy use recycle smmt sustainability.

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2009

The company’s British research and development HQ is home to an engineering team of around 3,000, which is responsible for developing engines and transmissions for all Ford vehicles in Europe, as well as the company’s commercial vehicle range.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

Hot on the heels of McDonald’s announcing it will install an electric vehicle charging station at one of its North Carolina restaurants (for more see our article ‘ McDonald’s embraces electric cars ‘), Burger King has jumped on the fast food green car bandwagon.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

The so-called Frying Squad has launched a six-month trial to recycle waste cooking oil into vehicle fuel. The support services company, which has made consecutive appearances on the Sunday Times Best Green Companies list, believes that the trial could save around £2,500 in fuel costs.

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Green Cars News

MAY 11, 2009

The conference, sponsored by Chesterfield BioGas and Greenlane Biogas, will showcase expertise covering the production of biomethane from organic waste, management of transport fleets and insights into the UK national biogas market.

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Green Cars News

MAY 22, 2009

The contract, set to see an extensive program of widening along London’s famous orbital motorway yet, has been branded a huge ‘waste’ by transport charity, Campaign for Better Transport. Up to 200,000 vehicles a day use the sections of the M25 that will be widened. billion on Wednesday.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Honda has announced several initiatives under its new “Green Path” approach to reducing the total life-cycle environmental impact of its products and operations in North America. To continue to decrease CO 2 emissions from the transportation of vehicles from its plants to dealers. SOCs are chemical (e.g., solvents) or materials (e.g.,

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Green Cars News

APRIL 26, 2009

The new regulation aims to diversify the use of fuels for transportation and boost the market for alternative fuel vehicles. The new generation of fuels is expected to come from technology that uses algae, wood, agricultural waste, common invasive weeds and even municipal solid waste.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

The leading car manufacturers continue to make some of their most popular vehicles more fuel efficient in a bid to attract a new batch of eco-conscious consumers. Now Audi has introduced its fuel consumption optimised version of the A4 mid-size saloon car, the A4 2.0l Its peak power is 4,200rpm and 320Nm torque.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (such as the Toyota Prius Plug-in, pictured) are already noted for their environmental advantages and fuel savings – but now a new breakthrough technology could mean their fuel economy is boosted by a further seven per cent.

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Green Cars News

MAY 5, 2009

Such devices can also be used to recover some of the energy embedded in waste heat. petrol-electric hybrid vehicle. Tags: Ford Green cars Latest news SAE 2009 World Congress thermoelectric energy regeneration. That can then be used to drive an electrical current.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles has leapt by more than 50 per cent from 172 to 264 after the company added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting existing models. The vehicles are expected to go into service in California, and primarily across San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has dedicated more money to research projects with the goal of increasing vehicle freight efficiency and accelerating the development of cost-competitive engine and powertrain systems for light duty vehicles. The engine can accommodate a hybrid system or another advanced transmission.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Researchers at the City College of New York are developing a new way to generate power for planes and road vehicles, which would source electricity from air flow. Tags: Green cars Latest news air flow City College of New York electricity generation piezoelectric cantilever beams renewable energy sources.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Indeed there has been wide support from the majority of vehicle manufacturers, including Volvo, which has taken 4,200 scrappage orders to date, over 2,000 of which have been for its Volvo C30 Sports Coupe. Tags: Green cars Latest news. There is more caution however, among various environmental spokesmen.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news American Reinvestment and Recovery Act Barack Obama plug-in hybrid electric vehicles SmartGrid SmartGrid investment US President Barack Obama.

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