Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2012

To support the planned commercial launch of fuel cell electric vehicles by automakers in 2015 (FCEVs), California needs 68 hydrogen fueling stations in five clusters in which most early adopters are expected, according to a new report issued by the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The Navy will seek to purchase JP-5 and F-76 advanced drop-in biofuels blended from 10 to 50 percent with conventional fuels. The announcement marks the first time alternative fuels such as advanced drop-in biofuels will be available for purchase through regular procurement practices. —Navy Secretary Ray Mabus.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

The contract is an element of the federal government’s Electric Vehicle Pilot Program , a GSA initiative launched in 2011 ( earlier post ) to incorporate EVs and charging infrastructure into federal vehicle and building portfolios. GSA will work with agencies to install charging infrastructure in federal buildings in the five pilot cities.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

The California Energy Commission unanimously approved funding of $35,031,310 to projects that will accelerate the development of green fuels and technology in California. These awards are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Propel Biofuels, Inc.

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APRIL 20, 2016

million toward transit buses and related facilities that utilize battery-electric, fuel cell, and other innovative technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve operating efficiency. The projects selected in this round of Low-No funding are: Fiscal Year 2015 Low and No-Emission Vehicle Deployment Program Projects.

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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. Potential carbon savings were estimated by comparing the expected carbon intensity of these alternative fuels to the carbon intensity of the fossil fuels they replace. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

In 2019, Clean Energy unveiled ambitious goals to exclusively offer zero-carbon Redeem at all of its fueling stations by 2025. At this pace Clean Energy would outdistance other alternative fuels, including electric vehicles, which are not expected to hit that mark until 2045.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2015

Dan Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, and member of the California Air Resources Board, has been appointed the 2015 chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Executive Committee, which provides independent scientific advice to the nation on transportation issues.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

million ( FTA-2015-006-TRI ) through the latest round of the Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program (LoNo). The previous round of LoNo funding, announced in February 2015, awarded $55 million in grants to ten organizations nationwide. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2015

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) has issued a request for information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0001420 ) on advanced thermal insulation for sub-ambient temperature alternative fuel onboard storage systems. The workshop will be held on 29 October 2015, in Dallas, Texas. Background.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2012

Key to this reduction has been the development and implementation of a plan that has improved the State fleet’s overall use of alternative fuels, the reduction of unneeded fleet vehicles, and reducing unnecessary vehicle miles traveled. 281,619 gallons gasoline equivalent (gge) of CNG and propane (7%). 216,723 gallons E85 ethanol (6%).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

quadrillion Btu in 2035, as a result of fuel economy improvements achieved through stock turnover as older, less efficient vehicles are replaced by newer, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Beyond 2035, LDV energy demand begins to level off as increases in travel demand begin to exceed fuel economy improvements in the vehicle stock.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries. watt utility, $2.37/watt watt residential scale.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2011

The American Airlines 737-800, and a twin-aisle airplane that will be announced at a later date, are serving as the flight test component for the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Continuous Lower Energy Emissions Noise ( CLEEN ) program, along with other technologies developed by Boeing and other industry partners.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy. Earlier post.) Volkswagen will also invest to support installation of charging stations in certain dealer locations. —Jörg Sommer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The plan as outlined also calls for further work on advanced biofuels, advanced batteries and fuel cell technologies in every transportation mode. In coming months, the plan notes, the Department of Transportation will work with other agencies to further explore strategies for integrating alternative fuel vessels into the US flag fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. will receive $3 million to build a 100% renewable hydrogen fueling station in Chino (San Bernardino County).

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

A consortium of companies have signed an agreement in Berlin in the presence of German Minister of Transport to introduction of a national network if hydrogen refuelling station in Germany by 2015. Daimler who are part of CEP, have invested more than €1 billion into the development of fuel cells.

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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. The Administration is pushing the oil industry to produce on leases already held. —President Obama.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. HYUNDAI TUCSON FUEL CELL. When we spoke to customers interesting in driving a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, many wondered what the cost of hydrogen would be.

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JUNE 25, 2010

Wide ranging sustainable aviation jet fuels, including quantification of benefits; and. Safety and transition strategies that enable “drop in” replacement for petroleum-derived aviation fuels.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff are to present the results of these reviews to the ARB by 1 January 2012, and 1 January 2015. However, suppliers will be required to report on the lifecycle GHG emissions of the fuel (gasoline, diesel, and gas-oil) they supply and reduce these emissions from 2011 onward.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Most recently, Toyota announced that its fuel cell sedan would also be available in the UK, USA, Germany and Denmark during the summer of 2015. Myth #3: FCEVs and their supporting infrastructure are too expensive to build so they will never provide a mass-market alternative solution. It’s time to debunk a number of myths.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Factors such as the battery system’s state-of-charge (SOC), overall health, driving range and charging times are critical considerations in optimizing urban and long-haul transportation networks that rely upon this alternate fuel option. —Chad Repp. They will get more satisfaction and value from every system they install.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Levi Tillemann in his book, The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future writes, “In fact, there was a running joke in the automotive community that hydrogen was the fuel of the future, always had been the fuel of the future and always would be the fuel of the future” (Tillemann, L. 2015, p127) [1]. .

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

ACC combines three sets of regulations to reduce emissions from light-duty vehicles and build the market for advanced zero emission vehicles. 2015 to 0.030 for all vehicle categories by 2030. If the MOA succeeds, the requirement to build stations is zero, and the CFO sunsets for hydrogen. Source: ARB. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The proposed CAFE standards are projected to require, on an average industry fleet-wide basis for cars and trucks combined, 40.1 reductions in air conditioning leakage, which would not contribute to fuel economy. that are projected to require, on an average industry fleet wide basis, 49.6 mpg US (5.87 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The 450 Scenario works back from the international goal of limiting the long-term increase in the global mean temperature to two degrees Celsius (2 °C) above pre-industrial levels, in order to trace a plausible pathway to that goal. The share of fossil fuels in global primary energy consumption falls from around 81% today to 75% in 2035.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2015

Exploiting this extreme oxidizing potential is of great interest for bioremediation and the development of synthetic approaches to methane-based alternative fuels and chemical industry feedstocks, the authors noted in their paper, published in the journal Nature. Enzymes Fuels Methanol Natural Gas' Lipscomb & Denis A.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. About Dr. Frank.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2010

billion worldwide—by 2050, this may not be achievable through improvements to the traditional internal combustion engine or alternative fuels: the traditional combustion engine is expected to improve by 30%, so achieving full decarbonisation is not possible through efficiency alone. Total Raffinage Marketing. Wind : Nordex.

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

In our latest blog post, EVmatch advisor Jeff Pickett takes a deep dive into the landmark bill, looking at what the IRA means for climate change mitigation and the EV industry. Let’s dig into the specifics of what it means for the country, the planet, the EV industry and, perhaps of greatest interest to you, your wallet.

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APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015.

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