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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

The electric F-150 weighs 700 kg more than its petrol-powered predecessor. Smaller electric cars are heavier than their petrol equivalents, too. Safety, especially when it comes to new transportation policies and new technologies, cannot be overlooked. —Jennifer Homendy. Why does this matter? First and foremost is safety.

F-150

F-150 Climate Petrol Hummer

University College Dublin Study finds Prius IV hybrids drive >60% of the time in zero-emissions mode under Irish conditions

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

A new study carried out by University College Dublin (UCD) academics has found that under typical Irish commuting conditions, the Toyota Prius IV (fourth-generation) hybrid ( earlier post ) drives in zero emissions mode (ZEV) for significantly more than half (62%) of the time and more than 40% (40.4%) of the distance covered.

Prius

Prius Ireland Universal Emissions

Queen’s University Belfast researchers synthesize “porous liquid”; applications in more efficient chemical processes

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.

Universal

Universal Argentina Ireland Carbon

Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launch new fuels lab

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2011

The UK Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launched a new lab to support investigations into the dynamic aspects of combustion of alternative fuels, as well as gasoline and diesel, with the aim of reducing harmful vehicle exhaust emissions, particularly greenhouse gasses.

Universal

Universal Fuel Land Rover Alternative Fuels

Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Long-term low-level exposure to lead can adversely affect health and, while we don’t yet know the health implications of our findings, they suggest that leaded petrol might still be providing low level exposure which can have detrimental effects on health. —Dr Eléonore Resongles, co-corresponding author.

London

London Gasoline 2018 Petrol

Royal Academy of Engineering Report Says EV Success Depends on Low-Carbon Electricity, Universal Broadband Provision and Smart Grids

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

The introduction of electric vehicles on a large scale in the UK can only have a beneficial effect on CO 2 emissions if low-carbon electricity, universal broadband provision and smart grids are in place to support the transition, according to a new report published by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering. Dr Chris Brace, Bath University.

Universal

Universal Grid Carbon Engine

EV battery test simulation technique helps OEM overcome fast-charge challenge

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Bringing forward the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to 2030 means that advancing vehicle electrification has never been more crucial. Adding to its EV battery modeling expertise, D2H is also currently working on an Innovate UK project to demonstrate and validate the battery models of University College London.

Batteries

Batteries Battery Charging London

Could biodiesel and petrol work in diesel engines?

Green Cars News

AUGUST 1, 2013

To combine the efficiency of a diesel compression ignition engine with the ultra-low nitrogen oxide and PM emissions of a blend of petrol? The University of Wisconsin took the challenge to solve the problem of the higher ignition of petrol fuels: and[.]. Latest News Green cars Biofuels'

Petrol

Petrol Diesel Engine Wisconsin

How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

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. fine particulate matter pollution).

Petrol

Petrol Pollution Gasoline-Electric Diesel

York study: Less traffic in first UK lockdown reduced NO2 pollution but caused increase in surface ozone

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Less traffic on the roads during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK led to a reduction in air pollution but may have caused potentially damaging surface ozone levels to rise, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of York. These results are a cautionary tale. —Professor Lee.

Ozone

Ozone Pollution 2020 2015

Study: Hybrid cars the most cost effective alternative to petrol consumption

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.

Petrol

Petrol Hybrid Alternative Fuels Cars

Formula Student see EVs and petrol cars in close competition

Green Cars News

JULY 17, 2012

Although it was a conventionally fuelled model which triumphed in the end-a petrol car built by a team of students from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden-the alternative fuelled models were [.].

Petrol

Petrol Sweden Cars Universal

Student-built hydrogen Le Mans style prototype beats gasoline-powered cars in Supercar Challenge race

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2019

The car, designed, built, tested and raced by a group of students from Delft University of Technology, finished second in the Supercar Challenge at the TT Circuit in Assen, the Netherlands. In a field of 43 gasoline-powered race cars, the hydrogen race car started the last race of the weekend from the fourth position.

Gasoline

Gasoline Hydrogen Power Powered

EPHA: Coronavirus threat greater for polluted cities; clean air returning to cities in lockdown

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

Dr Sara De Matteis, Associate Professor in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Cagliari University, Italy, and member of the ERS Environmental Health Committee said: Urban air quality has improved in the last half century, but petrol and especially diesel vehicle fumes remain a serious problem.

Pollution

Pollution Clean Cleaning Italy

University of Oxford makes catalytic breakthrough

Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

With emissions of fine particles proven to have an impact on human health and the environment, a team at the University of Oxford has examined a catalytic volatile particle remover for spray-guided direct injection spark ignition petrol engines – and has made a significant breakthrough.

Universal

Universal Petrol Environment Engine

Study finds higher gasoline taxes do not disproportionately impact the poor, especially in developing countries

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

However, a new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) finds that middle- and high-income earners are generally affected the most by gasoline taxes, especially in poor countries, rather than poor people. Petrol taxes are effective and actually don’t affect poor people disproportionally.

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Tax Gasoline Fuel Tax Climate Change

Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2023: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

EV Central

JANUARY 13, 2024

It delivers the feels, is a technological tour de force and is the first EV I’ve driven that comes close to the emotionally-involving experience of a performance petrol car. It’s over double the price of the highest-spec petrol-powered Hyundai i30N: a seriously good value benchmark hot hatch. Okay, it costs $111,000.

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Hyundai Electric Cars France Cars

GM and University of Wisconsin investigate diesel engines

Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2011

A partnership has been formed between General Motors and the University of Wisconsin looking into high-speed petrol direct injection compression ignition operation in low temperature combustion of a light duty diesel engine. Some of the findings made [.].

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Universal Diesel Engine

Bacteria Can Recover Precious Metals from Electric Vehicle Batteries — Here’s How

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 22, 2021

If all those cars burn petrol or diesel, the climate consequences will be dire. By Professor Sebastien Farnaud There are more than 1.4 billion cars in the world today, and that number could double by 2036.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Petrol Pollution Climate

Researchers develop new rotor petrol engine

Green Cars News

APRIL 9, 2011

Researchers over in the USA have developed a prototype petrol engine with a difference, it has no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, cooling system, fluids, or valves, according to Discovery News.

Petrol

Petrol Engine USA Hybrid

Study shows gasoline pre-blending in ethanol production could cut energy requirements of separation by 17-40%

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.

Gasoline

Gasoline Energy Production Petrol

NTU Singapore team develops ultra-fast charging Li-ion battery with new TiO2 gel anode material

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. by a team from the University of Texas at Austin noted that of the most studied polymorphs, nanostructured TiO 2 (B) has the highest capacity with promising high rate capabilities.

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Li-ion Singapore Lithium Ion Batteries

Corn ethanol worse for the environment than petrol

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'

Petrol

Petrol Environment Nebraska Obama

Petrol Alto beats diesel rivals in Green Car Challenge

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

In the Darwin to Adelaide run, the petrol driven Alto managed to complete the journey at an average consumption of 72mpg overall, an 18.5 litre petrol engined Alto continued to defy expectations by showing some of the much more expensive diesel cars the true meaning of fuel economy. per cent and 12.2 per cent respectively.

Petrol

Petrol Green Cars Diesel Green

Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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 So an ICE car running on petrol over a period of 8 years, a petrol car will emit 40.56

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Chile Li-ion Petrol India

Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

Plug In India

MARCH 31, 2023

These packs use ZERO Cobalt and ZERO Nickel [3] The petrol heads are not in a position to take any sort of moral high ground on the Cobalt issue. Our only plea to you is to listen to scientists and research papers rather than random YouTubers, Whatsapp university and paid anti EV Media. 1] No EV Owner denies this.

Electric Cars

Electric Cars Burma Niger Sodium

UK EV startup develops prototype for riderless electric bike

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2016

Sparky was founded by a group of Brunel University Alumni. Leaving aside the issues of range and initial pricing, many motorists still do not realize the practical value of electrics including not needing petrol and being virtually maintenance free. Martin Langley, Sparky Automotive Technical Director.

London

London Petrol Electric Electrical

Do diesels and hybrids hold values better than petrol cars?

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.

Petrol

Petrol Diesel Hybrid Cars

EU funded project developing fast rechargeable zinc-polymer battery for hybrid and small electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2011

This approach is necessitated by the problems associated with petrol and diesel powered vehicles, such as environmental impact, rising fuel prices, the looming shortage of oil and the limitations of batteries available for electric vehicles. —Claire Fullarton, a researcher from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leicester.

Polymer

Polymer Recharge Electric Vehicles Batteries

New UK study to explore feasibility for dynamic wireless charging for commercial transport

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

This technology allows electric vehicles to charge their batteries or be powered directly, while being driven, and would allow vehicles with demanding duty cycles to switch from petrol or diesel to being electric. This project will assess the technology’s potential to support decarbonization of transport and meeting UK Net Zero targets.

Transportation

Transportation Charging Commercial Grid

Researchers successfully engineer E. coli to produce renewable propane; proof-of-concept

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.

Renewable

Renewable Engine Concept London

Chalmers team engineers synthetic enzymes for bio-production of fuel alternatives

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.

Fuel Alternative

Fuel Alternative Fuel Engine Production

Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

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.). In a 2011 study, a team from MAN Truck & Bus noted that: CO 2 can be recycled into methanol by reaction with electrolysis hydrogen.

Ford

Ford Fuel Power Powered

Algae biofuels emission savings revealed

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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Emissions Virginia Petrol Green Cars

Electric car repair bill 35% less than combustion car

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

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

Electric Cars

Electric Cars Petrol Cars Maintenance

Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature.

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H2 Mobility initiative agrees on $474M plan for hydrogen refueling network in Germany; 400 stations by 2023

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Hydrogen is the most common element in the Universe. By 2023 there should be more hydrogen filling stations in Germany, than there are conventional petrol stations along the Autobahns today. However, filling stations for this environmentally friendly alternative fuel are still scarce. The H2 Mobility initiative wants to change this.

Germany

Germany Hydrogen Automobile Industry Fuel

Congestion charge and electric vehicles: Everything you need to know

Drive Electric

JULY 28, 2021

Everyone pays the charge, although there are some exceptions to an otherwise universal charge. This continues in October when low-emission petrol and diesel must start to pay. It could pay for a year’s rental of a Volkswagen ID.3 3 , for example, with change left over to cover your charging costs. Who pays the London Congestion Charge?

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Charging London Vehicles

China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

Cost parity between battery- and petrol-powered vehicles will happen by 2026 in the U.S. Rapson, a professor at the University of California, Davis. “It EVs are at the point where their sticker prices have fallen or will soon fall below those of comparable vehicles with internal combustion engines.

Norway

Norway China Iceland Canada

Consortium successfully runs silicon carbide multiport DC-DC converter in EV

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2014

The consortium of British companies is backed by the Technology Strategy Board and led by Prodrive, working in conjunction with The University of Manchester, Tata Motors European Technical Centre, IST Power Products, Raytheon Systems and SCISYS.

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DC Convert Li-ion 2001

Australian Cam-Drive Gasoline Engine Reaches 39.5% Efficiency in Independent Testing; Potential for Production Engine in China

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2009

The Directors are pleased to announce that the X4V2 petrol engine achieved a repeatable Brake Specific Fuel Consumption (BSFC) figure of 212g/kWh (38.6% 1 using 98 RON petrol and a 10:1 compression ratio. Revetec has signed agreements with a German university and a Chinese group which is funding a testing and development program.

Engine

Engine Gasoline Production China

Fuel economy of new cars reaches record highs in US

Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The fuel economy of new cars in the US is improving and is now 14 per cent higher than four years ago, according to new research from the University of Michigan. While the US might comparatively seem like a country care-free of the cost of fuel (despite rising costs, petrol-or gasoline to our American friends-is [.].

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Michigan

Study looks at optimising plug-in hybrid vehicle designs

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.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Design Hybrid

Biogas Climate Benefit Greater Than Previously Thought

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. With a few simple improvements to the biogas plants, the figure can rise to 120%—i.e. biogas becomes more than climate neutral. Mikael Lantz. Resources.

Climate

Climate Sweden Gasoline Petrol

NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

University College Dublin Study finds Prius IV hybrids drive >60% of the time in zero-emissions mode under Irish conditions

Queen’s University Belfast researchers synthesize “porous liquid”; applications in more efficient chemical processes

Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launch new fuels lab

Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

Royal Academy of Engineering Report Says EV Success Depends on Low-Carbon Electricity, Universal Broadband Provision and Smart Grids

EV battery test simulation technique helps OEM overcome fast-charge challenge

Could biodiesel and petrol work in diesel engines?

How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

York study: Less traffic in first UK lockdown reduced NO2 pollution but caused increase in surface ozone

Study: Hybrid cars the most cost effective alternative to petrol consumption

Formula Student see EVs and petrol cars in close competition

Student-built hydrogen Le Mans style prototype beats gasoline-powered cars in Supercar Challenge race

EPHA: Coronavirus threat greater for polluted cities; clean air returning to cities in lockdown

University of Oxford makes catalytic breakthrough

Study finds higher gasoline taxes do not disproportionately impact the poor, especially in developing countries

Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2023: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

GM and University of Wisconsin investigate diesel engines

Bacteria Can Recover Precious Metals from Electric Vehicle Batteries — Here’s How

Researchers develop new rotor petrol engine

Study shows gasoline pre-blending in ethanol production could cut energy requirements of separation by 17-40%

NTU Singapore team develops ultra-fast charging Li-ion battery with new TiO2 gel anode material

Corn ethanol worse for the environment than petrol

Petrol Alto beats diesel rivals in Green Car Challenge

Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

UK EV startup develops prototype for riderless electric bike

Do diesels and hybrids hold values better than petrol cars?

EU funded project developing fast rechargeable zinc-polymer battery for hybrid and small electric vehicles

New UK study to explore feasibility for dynamic wireless charging for commercial transport

Researchers successfully engineer E. coli to produce renewable propane; proof-of-concept

Chalmers team engineers synthetic enzymes for bio-production of fuel alternatives

Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

Algae biofuels emission savings revealed

Electric car repair bill 35% less than combustion car

Study finds car dealerships pose significant barrier to EV adoption

H2 Mobility initiative agrees on $474M plan for hydrogen refueling network in Germany; 400 stations by 2023

Congestion charge and electric vehicles: Everything you need to know

China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

Consortium successfully runs silicon carbide multiport DC-DC converter in EV

Australian Cam-Drive Gasoline Engine Reaches 39.5% Efficiency in Independent Testing; Potential for Production Engine in China

Fuel economy of new cars reaches record highs in US

Study looks at optimising plug-in hybrid vehicle designs

Biogas Climate Benefit Greater Than Previously Thought

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