Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

According to a new international study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 38% of black carbon in the Russian Arctic originates from transport and 35% from residential heating sources, while open fires, power plants, and gas flaring are responsible for only 12%, 9%, and 6% respectively. —Zbigniew Klimont.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Issues covered in the briefing include emissions, air pollution, noise and renewable energy and the impact of transport on ecosystems and biodiversity. Three Member States (Austria, Finland and Sweden) have already reached the 10 % goal. Air pollution. Evolution of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU-28 from 1990 to 2016.

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Environment Transportation Emissions Climate 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. The University’s International Center for Automotive Research brings together world class faculty, state-of-the art facilities, and graduate students to lead basic and translational research with an emphasis on industry relevance.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

Air pollution emitted from sources such as traffic, industry and households is still above internationally agreed limits in 12 European countries, according to newly published data. These pollutants are harmful to both people and the environment, causing respiratory illnesses, acidifying soil and surface water, and damaging vegetation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions. Within the EU28 the trends vary between countries with decreases of 6% for the UK and Bulgaria and of 3% for Greece and Spain, while increases of 5% in Ireland and Denmark and of 4% in Sweden and Finland occurred.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

SAE International is working to ensure that electric vehicle wireless power transfer systems from diverse manufacturers will interoperate seamlessly with each other to prepare for commercialization in 2020. This is to address opportunity charging at bus stops (similar to the Scania testing in Sweden, ( earlier post ). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

The report’s findings for the period 1997–2007 present a mixed picture, with some improvements in air pollutants and serious concerns regarding persistent growth in transport’s greenhouse gas emissions. Transport, including international aviation and maritime transport, accounts for around a quarter of total EU greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The average gap between official fuel consumption figures and actual fuel use for new cars in the EU has reached 42%, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into vehicle fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane may help limit near term global temperature rise and significantly increase the chances of keeping temperature rise below 2 °C (3.6 °F)—and The climate change benefit is estimated for a given year (2050) and human health and crop benefits are.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The quantity of calcium carbonate to be released—about 1 kilogram—won’t be enough to trigger any measurable cooling, and it roughly equals the particle pollution that a large commercial airliner releases every minute of flight, says. David Keith , a physics and public-policy professor at Harvard who helps lead the project. cancel the launch.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

How LCLS views surface chemistry (Credit: Hirohito Ogasawara / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Click to enlarge. This work was supported by DOE’s Office of Science, the Swedish National Research Council, the Danish Center for Scientific Computing, the Volkswagen Foundation and the Lundbeck Foundation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). Air pollution. Transport at a crossroads.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a memorandum of understanding with the German industrial group Siemens AG to enter into a partnership in order to drive forward the integration of fuel cell modules in shipping. The fuel cells will be supplied by PowerCell Sweden AB.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

Increasing electric car sales were the main reason for growth in the overall car market, which contracted by 8% for conventional (internal combustion engine) cars but grew by 5% in total, indicating that EV sales are continuing to perform as the market matures. China exported over 1.2 million in 2023, increasing by 35% relative to 2022.

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Plug In India

MARCH 5, 2023

These kinds of bans have attracted criticism from auto 'journalists' and legacy vehicle manufacturers who rely on ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) sales which are already faltering tremendously. 22 Indian cities are among the 30 most polluted cities across the world owing to the rising concentration of 2.5-micron Absolutely not.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Researchers from the Vienna University of Technology (Austria), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) and the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society (Germany) have identified the inherent reaction behavior of different catalysts for ignition in the CO oxidation reaction in catalytic converters. Schlögl, Henrik Grönbeck, G.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

During the intervening six and half years in the US alone, the auto industry will sell a projected 70-80 million internal combustion engine cars, pointing out the importance of improving today’s technology. Cervero believes Stockholm, Sweden and Curitiba, Brazil are two good examples of the TOD principle. Cars (vehicles/1000 people).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

Volvo has been testing Bio-DME in Sweden since 2009. The company demonstrated these vehicles in US operation in 2008, in conjunction with the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Volvo Trucks in North America will partner with Safeway Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2018

Recent research cited by the EPI suggests that around five million people die prematurely every year due to air pollution, accounting for approximately one in every ten deaths annually. Switzerland leads the world in sustainability, followed by France, Denmark, Malta, and Sweden. average exposure, and PM 2.5 Source: EPI.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

Unlike Kia’s other electric vehicles to date, the EV6 (which was called ‘CV’ while under development) isn’t based on an existing internal-combustion or hybrid model. The new target for Volkswagen’s in-house battery cell plant is up to 40 GWh. – March 15, via InsideEVs. . – March 15, via InsideEVs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. 11/11/06 General Motors Corp.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

First, it should be noted that while internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles produce 17.2% Gasoline always emits 20 lbs of toxic air pollutants per gallon, and can only be burned once. of burned gasoline into energy to turn the wheels, electric vehicles (EVs) use 59-62% of the electrical energy from the battery to do the same.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

First, it should be noted that while internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles produce 17.2% Gasoline always emits 20 lbs of toxic air pollutants per gallon, and can only be burned once. of burned gasoline into energy to turn the wheels, electric vehicles (EVs) use 59-62% of the electrical energy from the battery to do the same.

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