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APRIL 15, 2023

Shorter distances between the feedstock supply and the plant also reduce transportation costs. Using these modules also improves redundancy and reduces capital cost, enabling TerraStar customers to achieve an attractive internal rate of return (IRR). FLEX plants are built closer to the suppliers and their customers.

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MARCH 1, 2019

A new study provides the most detailed picture available to date of the global, regional, and local health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles; other on-road vehicles; shipping; and non-road mobile engines such as agricultural and construction equipment. Source: The ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2011

Axion International, a leading producer of industrial building products and railroad ties made from 100% recycled plastic ( earlier post ), has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with Sicut Holding Limited (previously Micron Inc. Axion’s proprietary RSC material is inert and contains no toxic materials.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2012

Working together, we can bring value to customers with an integrated solution for commercial bus markets in South America and North America. San Marino Onibus e Implementos Ltda develops vehicles for passenger transportation under the Neobus brand, exporting to the Americas, Africa and Middle East.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

Winning this contract was a vital step in our strategy to deliver emissions-free, public-transport vehicles. It features an all-aluminum frame with appropriate weight distribution with an internally developed energy recovery system (during braking). The open-public tender was sought by four other established suppliers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption. Source: Policy package.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2011

Eaton Corporation has signed a long-term agreement to design and supply Argentine bus manufacturer Tecnología Avanzada en Transporte S. TATSA), a company wholly owned by Consorcio Metropolitano de Transporte S.A., with a hybrid electric power system for use in buses in Argentina and throughout South America.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), has classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). The work underlying the classification is published in IARC Scientific Publication No. 161, Air Pollution and Cancer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

According to the International Energy Agency, from 2000 through 2008 (the last year for which a complete set of global data exists), global diesel (also called gasoil in some parts of the world) consumption increased by 23%, while consumption of other petroleum products grew by 7%.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. When the car is filled at the pump, an internal system analyses the mix of the two fuel types and adjusts accordingly. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Today, La Poste mailmen and mailwomen use nearly 25,000 means of electric transport daily. range in South America and Asia, responding to needs on CO 2 emissions reductions, improved air quality, and the energy independence of numerous countries. miles) and can transport up to 150 kg (331 lbs) of mail and parcels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

A trio of European countries and one from South America made major strides in reducing their levels of sulfur content in gasoline, allowing them to advance in the annual global ranking published by Hart Energy’s International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC). Maximum gasoline sulfur limits. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 1, 2023

2023 IEEE President’s Award I had the pleasure of presenting the 2023 IEEE President’s Award to Doreen Bogdan-Martin , secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union , on 28 March, at ITU’s headquarters in Geneva. One growing partnership is with the International Telecommunication Union , a U.N.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Beginning with its February Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA incorporated revisions to historical international liquids consumption data into the STEO’s international liquid fuels market balances. Smaller amounts of China’s methanol supply are imported from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America, and the United States.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

An ethical travel company has shown its commitment to sustainable transport by selecting SEAT to provide low emission cars to its UK fleet.

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DECEMBER 6, 2015

annual average), according to a major international study published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. increased by 20.4%, driven by trends in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China, according to the team’s findings. Between 1990 and 2013, global population-weighted PM 2.5 —Brauer et al.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

This study included a thorough review of recent scientific literature on greenhouse gas life-cycle emissions for Canadian oil sands crude including extraction, upgrading, transportation, refining, and combustion. The proposed Project would also be capable of transporting US crude oil to those delivery points.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Shipping emissions form a significant part of the commodity supply chain’s carbon footprint, particularly for those commodities reliant on the mass transport of low-grade ores and concentrates. In 2018, the IMO set out a vision to reduce the carbon intensity of international shipping by 40% by 2030, relative to 2008 levels.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

But the impact is way lesser than what it takes to drill, extract, transport, refine and burn oil. Thier technical development unit has examined how the carbon footprint of electric cars in compares with that of internal combustion engines. Mining any mineral from earth has an impact on the environment. No EV owner denies this.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

IEEE Spectrum asked five industry experts to gaze deeply into their own crystal balls and outline what needs to happen in the EV battery space to wean the world off fossil-fueled transportation and onto the plug. All this could grant the ultimate, elusive wish for EV makers: Price parity with internal-combustion automobiles.

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MAY 24, 2023

The United States has all of the necessary factors for EV charging growth, and the result has been rapid deployment. The legislation passed by the Biden administration, the commitment by U.S. auto manufacturers to transition to electric vehicles, and the variety of charging options in the US have all contributed to EV growth.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The multimodal platform will also offer possible solutions for the needs of urban private transport, including providing cars as a service. CarSharing with Car2Go and DriveNow: Car2Go and DriveNow operate a total of 20,000 vehicles in 30 major international cities.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

The fifth and final session of negotiations on the establishment of an international mercury convention—International Negotiating Committee on Mercury (INC5)—is taking place this coming week in Geneva. This heavy metal is persistent and is dispersed throughout the world by atmospheric transport. Source: UNEP.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

The company has just announced its first expansion in the Americas, though you may want to brush up on your Spanish. South America will be the first to receive Gogoro’s scooters and battery-swapping network. The first scooters and battery-swapping GoStations in South America will become active in Q2 of 2024.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Tropical South America, central Africa, and all tropical islands in the Pacific are likely to regularly experience heat waves of unprecedented magnitude and duration. Projections for a 4°C world show a dramatic increase in the intensity and frequency of high-temperature extremes.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2012

It does not include energy used in the production and transport of biofuels; energy used in the production and supply of purchased blendstocks; electricity used in non-process or off-site activities (such as oil movements, product blending, lighting, etc.), and incidental energy losses due to flaring, fugitive emissions, etc.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has those numbers. International flights may call for a notarized consent letter describing where the child is traveling, with whom they’ll stay and how long they’ll be there. Spirit does not allow children on flights to Central or South America. Booking procedures vary.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Deciding that the future of transportation, and therefore their survival, will be based on EVs, many of the top auto companies have promised to end production of their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035, if not earlier. Additional vehicle elements are also simplified.

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