Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

According to a new Accenture study of 1,800 consumers in Germany, France, Italy, Canada and the US, while interest in hybrid and electric vehicles may be growing, consumers do not see fuel savings as the only purchasing factor and are demanding more from automakers. Selected Results from Accenture Global Auto Consumer Survey, March 2010.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2010

The study assumes fresh water and non-potable salt water are equal. ABO believes the results of any stochastic study should not be given the same weight as studies and analyses based measurable data. Tags: Brief. > Assumptions about water use. The stochastic approach.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

A newly released University of Michigan study found widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; however, the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic factors as a predictor of purchase probabilities. Source: Curtin et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Source: Curtin et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

A survey of the sustainability performance of 17 of the world’s leading automakers has found a mixed pattern when it comes to the sustainability performance of most of the car manufacturers. The original version of this study triggered public interest and sparked discussion within the industry. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, researchers have determined that Earth’s largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in. The temperatures of large inland water bodies are good indicators of climate change and have been used for climate change studies. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Furthermore, the acceleration appears consistent with other studies from the Atlantic coast, though the magnitude of the acceleration in North Carolina is larger than at sites farther north along the US and Canadian Atlantic coast and may be indicative of a latitudinal trend related to the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2010

However, the study showed that a slowing of that population growth could contribute to significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Tags: Brief. By mid-century it is estimated that global population could rise by more than three billion people, with most of that increase occurring in urban areas. PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1004581107.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

IBM released the findings of a new global study which shows that trucks will become more fuel efficient, environmentally sound and safer due to the adoption of new technologies throughout the vehicle. Tags: Fleets Heavy-duty Hybrids Telematics. Click to enlarge. A few key findings: Technology. Globalization.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2010

According to Harris Interactive’s 2010 AutoTECHCAST study, conducted between 6-26 April 2010, there is currently greater demand among US vehicle owners for technologies that deliver improved fuel economy of existing gasoline-driven engines at a lower initial cost, rather than for higher-priced alternative-fueled engines.

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JUNE 17, 2010

The US Department of Transportation released new data from the Federal Highway Administration’s 2009 National Household Travel Survey which shows that both bicycling and walking trips have increased by 25% since 2001. The number of reported walking trips has more than doubled since the first survey, from 18 billion in 1990 to 42.5

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APRIL 23, 2010

The chemistry of the ocean is changing at an unprecedented rate and magnitude due to anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions; the rate of change exceeds any known to have occurred for at least for at least 800,000 years, concludes a congressionally requested study by the US National Research Council. Tags: Ocean acidification.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Update the baseline sound monitoring surveys in accordance with ERCB regulations. Conduct a sound monitoring survey three months after project start-up to ensure compliance with ERCB noise regulations. In the decision, the ERCB makes five recommendations to government related to air quality, water quality, and human health studies.

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Current EV

DECEMBER 22, 2019

This survey was conducted online within the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of Volvo from October 11-17, 2018, among 1,510 U.S. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. Methodology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2009

New data released by the Catlin Arctic Survey and WWF provides further evidence that the Arctic Ocean sea ice is rapidly thinning, supporting the emerging thinking that the Ocean will be largely ice-free during summer within a decade. Tags: Brief. The average thickness of the ice-floes measured 1.8 Professor Wadhams.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Prior studies have estimated that corn ethanol requires 263-784 L L -1 of water from corn farm to fuel pump. Among the other findings of the study: As a general trend, the EWe increases from the East to the West and from the Midwest to the Southwest regions of the US.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

Net life cycle GHG emissions of five CO 2 -EOR projects used as case studies. Source: Kansas Geological Survey. The CMU Study. In their study, Paulina Jaramillo, W. The study boundary also excludes any emissions associated with the construction of the physical infrastructure needed for these projects. Of the $21.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2010

Until recently, the only direct measurements of the circulation’s strength have been from ship-based surveys and a set of moorings anchored to the ocean floor in the mid-latitudes. Tags: Brief. That reduced the amount of heat carried northward as a result. Willis, J. 37, L06602, doi: 10.1029/2010GL042372.

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JUNE 7, 2010

In an upcoming issue of Quarternary Science Reviews , a team led by Ohio State University has re-examined the data from past and ongoing studies of sediment cores from the difficult-to-access Arctic Ocean floor—nearly 300 in all—and combined them to form a big-picture view of the pole’s climate history stretching back millions of years.

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JULY 5, 2009

The study appears in the current issue of the AGU journal Geophysical Research Letters. Tags: Brief. Fresh water flowing into or out of the Arctic Ocean plays an important role in ocean circulation and may be a factor in the response of the world ocean to climate change. Proshutinsky, J. Morison, M. Steele, and M.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

A joint Australian–French study has discovered the calving of a massive iceberg from the Mertz Glacier in the Australian Antarctic Territory. The CRACICE team is carrying out a long-term study on how fractures developing in the Mertz Glacier Tongue lead to iceberg calving, and the fate of the icebergs and remaining glacier tongue.

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JUNE 16, 2009

A survey by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) focused on the “entry generation” of vehicle buyers found that while there has not been any definitive major shift in terms of the basic appeal of cars, fewer young people today have strong feelings towards car ownership. Survey period was 12-14 November 2008.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

Carbon dioxide injection—an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology—is underway as part of a pilot study of CO 2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A recent study by Advanced Resources International of Arlington, Va., Tags: Brief. Denbury Resources Inc.

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JUNE 8, 2009

Almost two thirds of people in the UK think high-speed rail could fully replace domestic flights in the UK, according to a survey recently released by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Tags: Brief. Let’s not forget that Paris to Brussels was once a short haul flight route but is now serviced exclusively by high-speed rail.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 5, 2023

Harsh as the weather is here, we intend for Peregrine to operate in even tougher conditions, regularly surveying the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. After the project ended in 1979, various national programs began carrying out regional surveys of both Antarctica and Greenland. Collecting such data today just shouldn’t be that hard.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

At least 10 major energy proposals that would provide incentives for energy efficiency, reduce gasoline usage and support alternative energy have the support of more than two-thirds of Americans, according to a new survey, “The Energy Learning Curve” released by Public Agenda, an opinion research and citizen engagement organization.

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OCTOBER 26, 2010

The University of Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island) will develop and test standardized protocols for baseline studies and monitoring for the collection and comparison of scientifically valid and comparable data for specific offshore renewable energy issues. Protocols for Baseline Studies and Monitoring for Ocean Renewable Energy.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 23, 2010

Well, according to a new study, American adults are ready to get behind the wheel. An online survey by the Consumer Electronics Association has found that 40 per cent of consumers are likely to test drive an electric vehicle. Known as Electric Vehicles: The Future of Driving, the study [.].

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Cars That Think

JUNE 11, 2023

Veracode’s most recent survey on software security, covering the last 12 months, found that about three-quarters of the applications examined contained at least one security flaw, and nearly one-fifth had at least one flaw regarded as being of high severity. Thankfully, nobody actually suffered such a fate. ChatGPT appears authoritative.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

“One of the messages of this study is, you still get cold days. The study also found that the two-to-one ratio across the country as a whole could be attributed more to a comparatively small number of record lows than to a large number of record highs. Winter still comes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

Two recent studies explore different aspects of the use, potential impact and valuation of PHEVs. A study by Jonn Axsen and Ken Kurani from the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis, estimates electricity and gasoline use under three recharging scenarios. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins. —Lemoine.

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AUGUST 22, 2009

Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. The study will develop a large, high-quality database and GIS that will provide a basis for more efficient development of CBM and identification of beneficial uses of produced water. Tags: Brief. (DOE share: $845,923; recipient share: $211,474; duration 24 months).

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JULY 19, 2010

A similar survey of the other two microbes unearthed additional unexpected metals and new metalloproteins. Tags: Biotech Catalysts Fuels. They discovered four new metalloproteins in the microbe, which increased the number of known metalloproteins in P. furiosus by almost a quarter. Aleksandar Cvetkovi, et al.

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APRIL 1, 2009

Hazen will focus on ecogenomics, UC Berkeley professor of microbiology John Coates will research flow rates and mechanisms, University of Illinois associate professor of geology and microbiology Bruce Fouke will study reservoir geology and geochemistry, and Berkeley Lab earth scientist Susan Hubbard will head the monitoring and modeling team.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

After all, market research firm Synovate has released a study showing that nearly six in 10 people would choose to buy a green car over a dream car, even if money were no object. Additional findings in the survey included that Germans are the most likely to opt for a green car with 58 per cent choosing one ahead of a dream car.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. If by 2015, 2.5

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Green Cars News

JULY 18, 2009

Well, that’s the theory but a study by San Francisco Quality Planning, which looked into hybrid car owners’ driving habits, suggests something different. However, the study also found that hybrid car drivers get more tickets than those who don’t drive hybrids.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. The survey attempts to close this gap.”. Its sodium oxide value contributions show the worst level of resource efficiency in the entire study.

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