Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Renault recently made public the findings of an internal study, published first in October 2011, detailing and comparing the lifecycle assessments (LCAs) of the battery-electric and two internal combustion engined versions (gasoline and diesel) of the Renault Fluence. Quantifies the production of pollutant ozone (? emissions).

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Li-ion Gasoline-Electric Ozone Diesel 364

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The reference scenario assumes continued strengthening of fuel efficiency standards for LDVs, as well as expanded use of renewables for power generation. To date, six major Chinese cities and one province have implemented car ownership restriction policies in response to severe congestion and air pollution.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. —“The Future of Trucks”.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The world’s leading heavy-duty vehicle and engine manufacturing companies are urging the close cooperation between policy makers in Europe, the United States and Japan to develop practical and effective fuel-efficiency measurement metrics, methodologies and regulations which would then be used all around the globe.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Various policy measures and incentives have been introduced to encourage both manufacturers and consumers to embrace electric mobility. Incentives for Manufacturers: Electric vehicle manufacturers and suppliers also receive incentives under the scheme.

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India Electric Vehicles Vehicles Electrical 98

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2016

EU legislation currently refers to low-emission vehicles as vehicles having tailpipe emissions below 50 g/km. While further improvements to the internal combustion engine will be needed, Europe needs to accelerate the transition towards low- and zero-emission vehicles. The latter two examples also represent zero-emission vehicles.

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Setec Powerr

JULY 28, 2022

The world automotive industry is undergoing significant changes to solve the increasingly major energy crisis and environmental pollution problems. The new generation of ChaoJi charging technology does not simply refer to a high-power charging interface but is a complete DC charging system solution for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Internal AC Kinetics testing used an AC induction motor coupled to a large inertia, following a modified EPA city traffic cycle. The AC Kinetics drive algorithms can be integrated seamlessly with AC drive products currently available from major manufacturers. Source: AC Kinetics. Click to enlarge. 25-27 February.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2016

Optimized internal combustion engines are the major contributor to the reduction of passenger car GHG emissions with significant improvements until 2020 and the subsequent penetration of more effective alternative technologies into the fleet. The latter powertrain technologies also offer the advantage of zero pollutant emissions.

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Emissions Transportation Fuel Vehicles 150

Electric Auto Association

JUNE 9, 2021

The decision to purchase an electric vehicle (EV) over an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle involves several factors. More of late, we have been purchasing canisters of CO2 to manufacture soda water on our kitchen countertops, but few of us read the warning labels. Time for a name change? Time for a name change?

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Carbon CO2 Pollution Gas-Electric 88

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to adopt new air pollution standards for engines with rated thrusts greater than 26.7 The standards were previously agreed to by the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Second, EPA is proposing amendments to the emission measurement procedures.

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Electra Vehicles

JUNE 7, 2023

And this has a positive environmental impact, as battery production is a source of greenhouse gas emissions and many other pollutants," said Keoleian. Capacity fade refers to a decrease in the amount of energy that can be stored in the battery over time, affecting the EV's range and energy consumption.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Renewable energy integration refers to the process of efficiently incorporating renewable energy sources into existing energy systems. Intermittency Management: Intermittency refers to the variability of renewable energy sources. Integrating these sources helps mitigate climate change, reduce air pollution, and protect ecosystems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

collectively referred to here as Volkswagen). During EPA emission testing, the vehicles’ ECM ran software which produced compliant emissions results under an ECM calibration that VW referred to as the “dyno calibration”. … The NOV alleges that Volkswagen and Audi cars from model years 2009-2015 equipped with 2.0-liter,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

To meet federal deadlines for attainment of ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) standards, these regions must expeditiously phase in heavy-duty vehicles that emit at, or below, the equivalent of “zero-emission” battery-electric vehicles when accounting for pollution from base load electricity generation. Technologies. Hybridization.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

As the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, it was a chance to see how the most popular forms of EVs – namely e-bikes, e-scooters, and electric three-wheelers, are built in sophisticated factories featuring high-level quality control processes. Phases II and III are going to be even bigger, adding much more manufacturing capacity.

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Electric Vehicles Vehicles Electrical Electric 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

With 140,000 units produced worldwide, the Fuso Canter is an international hit in the light-duty-truck sector and easily the best-selling truck model at Daimler Trucks. There are three versions of the engine with internal designation 4P10 available: 96 kW (130 hp) at 3000-3500 rpm, 300 N·m at 1300-3050 rpm.

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Setec Powerr

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Different from traditional fuel vehicles, pollution-free has become their biggest advantage. It is widely used as a starting power source for internal combustion engine vehicles. 2) Ni-MH battery: advantages, large battery energy reserve, lighter weight, longer service life, and no pollution to the environment.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Inertia refers to resistance to change or tendency of economic, human and physical systems to change very slowly. Significant technical entry barriers also exist on the supply side, in particular for battery manufacturers. —“Market Development for Green Cars”. —“Market Development for Green Cars”.

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Green Cars Green Market Green Vehicles 360

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

While it is potentially true that the CAFE standard could be slightly more stringent than the GHG standard for a given manufacturer, the penalty for violating the GHG standard is severe (potential revocation of the license to sell vehicles in the United States), whereas the penalty for violating the CAFE standard is relatively mild ($5.50

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Gasoline Fleet Emissions Fuel 150

Cars That Think

APRIL 19, 2022

It’s pretty nasty,” says Michael Bender, the international coordinator of the Zero Mercury Working Group (ZMWG). Bender is referring to the 2013 Minamata Convention on Mercury , a U.N. Bender is referring to the 2013 Minamata Convention on Mercury , a U.N. Mercury—it’s an intercontinental pollutant,” Bender says. “So

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China EV

JUNE 29, 2018

Magna International is jumping on the China EV band wagon. One joint venture will focus on engineering, the other will manufacture pure electric vehicles. That announcement proclaimed the agreement was between BAIC and Magna Steyr, the Austria-based contract vehicle manufacturer that is part of Magna International.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

PHEVLERs Provide Value to the Drivers PHEVLERs use the Existing Energy Infrastructure PHEVLERs use Clean Fuels to Reduce Air Pollution. Electric fuel cost is a fraction of gasoline or diesel fossil fuel cost, even at a time when petroleum prices are temporarily reduced due to geopolitical manipulations and manufacturing costs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Under its pollution prevention treaty (MARPOL), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted mandatory measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping: the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP). Regulatory background. Background Data.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

International evidence demonstrates that a Clean Vehicle Standard and Clean Vehicle Discount, including the feebate mechanism, should rapidly accelerate the uptake of zero emissions vehicles in New Zealand. International evidence . In New Zealand air pollution contributes to the premature deaths of 27 deaths per 100,000 people.

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Clean Cleaning Transportation New Zealand 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Some offset projects may provide further benefits, such as: (a) the promotion of sustainable development; (b) improvements in air or water quality; (c) the creation of new domestic and international economic opportunities; and (d) the incentivization of innovation as parties seek new methods of generating offsets. CREDIBILITY OF OFFSETS.

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2012

The goal of the partnership is to leverage the complementary missions of deployment and commercialization (DOE) and fundamental research and education (NSF) to address the efficiency of the internal combustion engine (ICE). Liquid fuels have dominated transportation systems for over a century and will continue to do so for decades to come.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

A team at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has released a paper assessing technical barriers to the use of higher blends of ethanol. Theoretically, cars operating on higher ethanol blends than the design point could emit greater concentrations of pollutants in exhaust gas. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

This includes the impacts from extracting raw materials, food processing, and manufacturing, transporting, and disposing of products. Materials management refers to how material resources are managed as they flow through the economy, from extraction or harvest of materials and food (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

The measurement of reductions is relatively straightforward, based on readings from meters installed at regulated power stations and manufacturing facilities. REFERENCES. Donovan is an engineer and attorney with more than thirty-four years of international business experience. CONCLUSION. Mr. Donovan is CEO of Renergie, Inc.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Q&A with electric truck expert Rustam Kocher Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up a small fraction of the vehicles on the road, but they generate a disproportionate amount of pollution. If you don’t build something like that, people can’t refer to it. Therefore, electrifying them is critical to reducing emissions.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

It consists of two electrochemically active electrodes of different compositions as positive and negative electrodes, respectively, and a chemical substance that provides media conduction as an electrolyte, which provides electrical energy by converting its internal chemical energy when attached to some external carrier.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2017

When a car manufacturer breaches the legal requirements, national authorities must take corrective action (such as ordering a recall) and apply effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties laid out in national legislation. Car manufacturers have been treating emission tests laxly—some have even broken the law. Background.

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Italy Chrysler Emissions 2016 170

Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

When considering the typical 3-5 year lifespan of a lead-acid battery in a conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle, many drivers assume that an EV battery requires regular replacement. They are gaining ground with several manufacturing plants operational or under construction. Notably, several U.S.

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Cars That Think

MAY 9, 2024

The thousands of rocket launches needed to loft and maintain these space power stations would dump lots of soot, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants into the stratosphere, with uncertain climate impacts. These rectennas would then convert the signal to usable DC electricity.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Welcome to the planet's grandest high-stakes poker game, one where the players at the table are auto manufacturers frantically raising the ante in their financial commitments, betting tens of billions and their very survival on their electric vehicle development decisions. Each option has its own strengths and weaknesses.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

Among powertrains, gasoline hybrids ranked first at either price point, while diesel internal-combustion engines were the least preferred. Gasoline internal-combustion engines rated second-most preferred at $2.50/gallon, Cost and Manufacturing Considerations.

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