Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2016

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

Fuel carbon intensity reduction from 2015-2030 from fuel deployment scenarios for the Pacific Coast region. The study presents eight scenarios for low-carbon fuel supply, including varying amounts of electricity, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, next generation cellulosic biofuel, and natural gas. Source: ICCT.

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Electric Auto Association

JUNE 5, 2022

I thought it would be internal combustion running on hydrogen, but then we found out it was electric vehicles.” So that meant I had a plug-in hybrid in 2008,” he said, explaining that it wasn’t long before folks from Toyota paid him a visit. So all my life I was waiting for the zero emission vehicles to come around.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

It has resulted in the sports car series approving and racing five alternative fuels by all competitors in its field. He is a leading voice worldwide on environmental issues as they pertain to alternative fuels and energies. All cars in the Series race on one of five alternative fuels or energy sources ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2012

Rules are being developed to allow for the exploration of a wide variety of alternative technologies and alternative fuels. This could include turbocharged engines; fuels other than gasoline, such as clean diesels; and hybrid powertrains. Compared to Mazda’s current-production 2.2L

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Wallace came up with the idea to give the earth one day free from fossil fuel emissions. Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. Eventually, Zero Emission Day turned into a full-blown movement and got its own date: September 21st.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

The LCFS requires a 10% reduction in the carbon intensity (in gCO 2 e/MJ) of transportation fuels by 2020, as measured on a lifecycle basis. —Philip Sheehy, analyst for ICF International. ICF emphasized probabilistic outcomes for each alternative fuel type based on market constraints and opportunities.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

Jet A fuel is the leading source of UPS global enterprise CO 2 emissions at 52.6%, followed by diesel at 32.7%. The company’s air system includes international air hubs in Cologne, Germany; Taipei, Taiwan; Shanghai; Miami (to serve Latin America), an intra-Asia hub in the Philippines; and UPS Worldport, the Louisville, Ky.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

In its statement, the EC leadership noted that with the entering into force of the Paris Agreement, the international community has committed to move towards a modern low-carbon economy, while the automotive industry is undergoing profound transformation. As a consequence, a zero-emission vehicle is counted more than a low-emission vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

A core group of 15 commercial airlines has signed non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) for negotiating purchases from two different producers of synthetic jet fuel: AltAir Fuels LLC and RenTech Inc. These alternative fuels will be more environmentally friendly, on a life cycle basis, than today’s petroleum-based jet fuels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

ISO Technical Report (TR) 19880-1 is a first step towards standardizing hydrogen filling stations, and providing more up-to-date guidance than that developed as the earlier ISO TS 20100, published in 2008. The document produced by the committee’s WG 24 is to be published few months.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

For example, transport energy consumption actually rose slightly in 2011 compared with 2010 (0.1 %), while overall transport GHG emissions (including aviation but excluding international maritime) in 2010 only reduced by 0.4 % compared to 2009. In spite of the increase in sales of electric vehicles in 2010 and 2011, alternatively?fueled

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2009

UOP LLC’s renewable jet fuel process technology will be used to produce almost 600,000 gallons of renewable jet fuel for the US Navy and Air Force as part of a joint program for the US Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) for alternative fuels testing and certification. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2009

Virgin Atlantic proved the technical viability of biofuels at high altitude with its test flight in early 2008. For next steps, Boeing, in cooperation with UOP and the US Air Force Research Laboratory, is preparing a comprehensive research report for submission to the ASTM International Aviation Fuel Committee later this year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

The allegations cover roughly 482,000 diesel passenger cars sold in the United States since 2008. VW may be liable for civil penalties and injunctive relief for the violations alleged in the NOV. Affected diesel models include: Jetta (Model Years 2009 – 2015). Beetle (Model Years 2009 – 2015). Audi A3 (Model Years 2009 – 2015).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2010

Two tracks need to be followed simultaneously, the EC says: Promoting clean and energy efficient vehicles based on conventional internal combustion engines; Facilitating the deployment of breakthrough technologies in ultra-low-carbon vehicles. Tags: Electric (Battery) Europe Fuels Hydrogen. Energy, power generation and distribution.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Shipping uses over 300 million tonnes of fossil fuels every year, producing 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. One is a thorium-fueled molten-salt reactor.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2011

Endophytes are a class of fungi that live between plant cell walls; the cellular material in those plant walls can be converted into hydrocarbon compounds that work well as fuels for internal combustion engines. There is a whole new range of potential fuels now with biomass.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. Obama was delivering a speech on energy policy at Georgetown University. —President Obama.

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My Energi

AUGUST 11, 2021

But it’s not just any old car show – this is the first major international British Motor Show since 2008 and it has been completely re-imagined, and a guaranteed fun day out for all the family. Come and say hello to the myenergi team at Farnborough International Expo centre. The British Motor Show is back!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

The insight ultimately could lead to a cost-effective and energy-efficient strategy for turning biomass into alternative fuels. Funding for the project comes from Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD), which is the premier source of internally directed research-and-development funding at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2011

Axsen recently received the “Young Researcher of the Year Award” from the International Transport Forum, an intergovernmental organization comprising 52 member countries convened by the OECD. actual alternative-fuel vehicle buyers (as opposed to trial participants). —Jonn Axsen. —Axsen and Kurani.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Some of these are performance-based standards, similar to the LCFS, while others are biofuel mandates that may or may not take into account the full fuel lifecycle analysis. The European Commission amended the European Fuel Quality Directive 98/70/EC in December 2008, to include the de-carbonization of transport fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Ed Feo is a partner with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and was voted one of the “Five Most Influential People in Renewable Energy” in 2008 by Euromoney / Institutional Investor. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008). Billion vs. $28.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Reduce GM’s total number of assembly, powertrain and stamping facilities in the US from 47 in 2008 to 34 by the end of 2010 and 33 by 2012. GM will launch the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle in 2010, expects to have 14 hybrid models in production by 2012, and will have 65% of vehicles alternative-fuel capable by 2014.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Several studies have shown that biofuel production can be increased without a significant increase in acreage, but the debate has only been made all the more tempestuous by the 2007-2008 world food price crises. Many environmental groups have campaigned against the large scale use of biofuels as an alternative to fossil fuels.

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APRIL 21, 2009

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

For now, noted Ed Saxman, Volvo Trucks’ Product Marketing Manager, Alternative Fuels, the engines in the customer fleet test trucks in the US are the same as those currently under test in Europe. Volvo Truck’s DME announcement comes in the context of many years of alternative fuel and driveline development. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the 2013 edition of its annual Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report , detailing trends in the fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. More than 35,000 fuel cell systems were shipped in 2013, an increase of more than 26% over 2012 and 400% more than 2008. Earlier post.).

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.) Cold starts mean more pollution. I'm afraid not.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

Fuels: liquid petroleum fuels that dominate transportation today and renewable and alternative fuels that can act as substitutes. SB 375, passed in 2008, required each regional planning agency to submit a plan to reduce emissions, with a focus on reducing VMT. Fuels: About 86% of transportation fuel is petroleum.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Even in 2020, Mazda expects that the world’s key energy sources will continue to be mainly petroleum based and that the majority of vehicles will still be powered by internal combustion engines. Alternative fuels: CNG and E85. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2015

As reported in a paper in the International Journal of Engine Research , the hybrid method, which combines both particle swarm optimization (PSO) and genetic algorithm (GA) methods was able to locate a narrow window of operation which showed 27% lower NO x emissions and 60% lower particulate matter emissions than a standard PSO method.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

The Toyota Highlander Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle – Advanced (FCHV-adv) ( earlier post ) achieved an estimated range of 431 miles on a single full tank of compressed hydrogen gas, and an average fuel economy of 68.3 The results were averaged for an estimated range of 431 miles, with an average fuel economy of 68.3

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