Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, have synthesized a porous liquid with the potential for application in a wide range of new, more efficient and greener chemical processes including carbon capture. They are used for manufacturing a range of products from plastic bottles to petrol.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

D2H built a 32-cell battery test rig for the physical testing aspects that could evaluate the performance of cutting edge immersive versus contemporary cold-plate cooling methods before generation of a Computational Fluid Design (CFD) model to accelerate comparative studies that examined the cooling characteristics of various fluids.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Researchers at the University of Witwatersrand and the University of South Africa are proposing replacing the final purification steps of conventional bio-ethanol production with a simple gasoline-blending step. The most prevalent use of bioethanol is not as a fuel in its pure form but rather as an additive to petrol.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Amid all the various new technologies and alternative fuels that have been thrust on the motoring world in recent years as alternatives to regular petrol (gasoline) powered vehicles, it appears that hybrid cars are still the most cost effective solution.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Air pollution from cars running on petrol and diesel contributes to early mortality, cancer, bronchitis and asthma. According to a Harvard University study, there is a striking association between long-term exposure to harmful fine particulate matter and COVID-19 mortality in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

A 2003 study on victims of the coronavirus SARS found that patients in regions with moderate air pollution levels were 84% more likely to die than those in regions with low air pollution. The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is an EPHA member. Even the latest diesel engines emit dangerous levels of pollution.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) led by Professor Xiaodong Chen have developed a new TiO 2 gel material for Li-ion battery anodes. Their study confirmed that the mechanical-force-driven stirring process is the reason for the lengthening of the nanotubes. A 2013 paper (Dylla et al. )

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2010

A detailed analysis of policy pathways leading to such a decarbonised electricity supply in the UK is outside the scope of this study. In particular, the fiscal measures alone may render petrol/diesel powered vehicles prohibitively expensive compared with say, PEVs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

Volkswagen study Golf Variant twïnDRIVE. Volkswagen, in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment, presented in Berlin the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) These vehicles must be operated sustainably—i.e.,

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2014

Using corn residues to produce ethanol and other types of biofuel can generate more greenhouse gases than even fossil fuel sources, according to a new study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The results of the study will come as a massive blow to the Obama administration which has been push[.]. Biofuels'

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 6, 2010

An optimisation model has been constructed by Carnegie Mellon University in a bid to determine the optimal vehicle design and allocation of plug-in hybrids to minimise lifecycle cost, emissions and fuel consumption. The study found that while a fleet of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with universal electric range (i.e.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli bacteria.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2017

Researchers at Chalmers University and their colleagues have engineered synthetic fatty acid synthases (FASs) that enable yeast to produce short/medium-chain fatty acids and methyl ketones for use in fuels and chemicals. In other words: We are now able to produce petrol and jet fuel alternatives in yeast cell factories,” he said.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

The interesting thing is before electric cars were popular, no one in the auto industry or mainstream media even questioned where petrol or the metals used in engines are coming from. A typical petrol-powered ICE car emits about 4.6 A typical petrol-powered ICE car emits about 4.6 metric tons (5.07 metric tons (5.07

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

A research group at the Lund University Faculty of Engineering calculated the figures on behalf of the Swedish Energy Agency after having analysed a biogas plant in Skåne. The case study will make it easier to study and optimize other biogas facilities. The plant has already implemented this measure. Mikael Lantz. Resources.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 28, 2011

That’s the verdict of a new study by Carnegie Mellon University which finds that for passenger cars, turbo-charged direct injection diesels or hybrids retain more value than conventional vehicles. [.]. It’s not just the environment that could benefit from you turning to a clean diesel or a hybrid car – it might be your wallet too.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Just how significant are the emission savings from biofuels compared to petrol? The University of Virginia has revealed the answer for algae biofuels produced from hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). Its study suggests that lifecycle emissions can be reduced from 50-70 per cent compared to petrol fuel[.].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The data analyzed by Aston University combines and compares the behavior patterns of 25 Mitsubishi i-MiEV drivers over two consecutive quarters. Over the same period the average daily miles recorded increased by more than 2 miles and the maximum daily mileage recorded increased from 100.53 and $1.60) per day. million (US$11.9-million)

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Electric cars cost significantly less to repair than an equivalent petrol or diesel car, according to new research.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

In a 2011 study, a team from MAN Truck & Bus noted that: CO 2 can be recycled into methanol by reaction with electrolysis hydrogen. Methanol is a petrol and not suitable as a diesel fuel component, but can be dehydrated to form dimethyl ether (DME) with a high cetane number. The comparative figure for diesel is 113 g/km CO 2.).

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Green Cars News

JULY 20, 2010

Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory believe they have the answer. They modelled the impact of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles replacing light duty petrol vehicles in the Denver, Colorado, area since the summer [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 18, 2010

Forget electric or hydrogen-fuelled cars, according to one Oxford University study, ‘drastic downscaling’ of the size and weight of conventional petrol and diesel cars is the best way to reduce emissions right now. Tags: Electric cars Hydrogen fuel david king diesel electric hydrogen Oxford petrol small study.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

Accordingly, there have been a number of recent studies working to assess the impact of non-exhaust emissions from EVs and suggesting a regulatory or policy response (e.g., A 2014 study by Weinbruch et al. Compared to earlier studies, Weinbruch et al. A new Rotterdam-specific study by a pan-European team (Tobollik et al.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. Greenpeace , on the other hand, argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids, must end by 2030 to meet such a target. For the U.S.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2024

Studies have found that the appeal of the disappearing can be a powerful motivator. Above all, we like it because it shows people the universe of the high mountains,” said Mr. Ravanello, who added that such an accessible glacial ski descent “is almost unique in the world.” How much petrol? How much pollution? How much concrete?”

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. Fourth, like all fossil fuels hydrogen is highly volatile, far more so than petrol.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Atmospheric tests covering the entire country indicate emissions around 50 percent more than EPA estimates ,” said lead author Adam Brandt at Stanford University. Atmospheric studies that estimate emissions after atmospheric mixing occurs. Atmospheric studies use aircraft, tower, and ground sampling, as well as remote sensing.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Jaguar Land Rover announced the creation of two new Centers of Excellence for Engine Combustion Research at two leading UK universities. million) investment will be shared equally between University College London (UCL) and the University of Oxford to support the development of new research facilities and fund two 5-year study programs.

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Green Cars News

JULY 14, 2009

Good news for electric car infrastructure innovators Better Place after a new study stated that with a battery switching model and pay-per-mile contracts, electric cars could account for as much as 64 per cent of US light duty vehicle sales by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

The study, in press in the Journal of Power Sources , examines the efficiency and costs of current and future EVs, as well as their impact on electricity demand and infrastructure for generation and distribution, and thereby on GHG emissions. and petrol cars and by more than 55% compared to other hybrids that use petrol.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2009

The NRL work was followed by a presentation of work being done at the University of Liverpool (UK) on the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 , focused on surface structures of copper electrodes and the role of solution-based copper species for their catalytic effect on the reaction. Robert Dorner. Scott Shaw. Earlier post.).

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

We would recommend signalling a phase-out date for new petrol vehicles between 2030 and 2032, and confirming that in law in 2024/2025. On the demand side, an ICE phase-out is easy to communicate to consumers, which will increase the perception that petrol-powered vehicles are becoming socially unacceptable.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Studies differ about far drivers want to be able to go between charges. One Bloomberg study found 341 miles was the average range desired, while Deloitte Consulting’s 2022 Global Automotive Consumer Study found US consumers want to be able to travel 518 miles on a fully charged battery in a BEV that costs $50,000 or less.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. 9/28/06 "We are also studying plug-in hybrids, and will have more to say about those soon." (Bob "People wont buy a full car. Bloomberg ). and General Motors Corp.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. February 17, 2009 9:52 am Link Wireless transmission of electrical energy needs to be funded for effective liberty from petrol based fuel products to occur.

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