Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. At this facility, microorganisms use water (brackish, salt or wastewater) sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce high-purity fuels. Audi’s e-gas plant. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

While most car manufacturers have already met their individual 2012 CO 2 targets for Europe, several carmakers need to make their fleets even more carbon-efficient to meet the 2012 target, according to updated data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Thirteen scientists and land use experts conclude in a new paper that an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation. Their paper is published in the 23 Oct. Accounting rules.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

The European Commission today proposed targets for the further reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars and light commercial vehicles (vans) by 2020. This is one more important step towards a competitive, low-carbon economy. grams in 2011 and a mandatory target of 130 grams in 2015. have not actually been made.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

At present, 17 of the 27 EU Member States levy CO 2 -related taxes on passenger cars, and 15 governments provide tax incentives for electrically chargeable vehicles, according to the newly published European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Tax Guide 2010.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Nine of the larger manufacturers (Audi AG, BMW AG, Automobiles Citroën, Fiat group, Ford-Werke, Adam Opel, Automobiles Peugeot, Seat, Toyota Motor Europe, and Volvo Car) were already compliant with 2015 targets in 2012. Carbon emissions of the average car sold in the EU fell 2.6%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Murkowski, the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said her amendment is necessary to avoid the “economic train wreck” that would result from the Environmental Protection Agency regulating stationary sources of carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. The AAM and AIAM are opposing this amendment.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

The inner layer consists of gas-impermeable polyamide polymer, while a second layer of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) gives the tank its extremely high strength; a third layer of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) provides rugged protection against damage from the outside. lb) less than its conventional counterpart.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. The car industry advocates a linear system, in which tax levels are directly proportionate to the car’s CO2 emissions and every gram of CO 2 is taxed the same.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2009

cap and trade or a carbon tax) is a likely key part of a US strategy to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, such a market-based approach alone will not induce the investments in long-lived technology required to achieve a 50 to 80% reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide by mid-century. For electric power. Samaras et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

Unlike the others, however, Audi over the past few years has embarked on a comprehensive approach to developing a range of new CO₂-neutral fuels as part of its overall strategy for sustainable, carbon-neutral mobility: Audi e-fuels. solar and wind), water and CO 2 to produce liquid or gaseous fuels with a very low carbon intensity.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2009

COFs (covalent organic frameworks)—thermally stable and highly functional crystalline organic networks—are among the most porous and the best adsorbents for hydrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide, according to a new study by Professor Omar Yaghi and postdoc Hiroyasu Furukawa at the Center for Reticular Chemistry at UCLA.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2017

The two companies aim to contribute to the realization of a low-carbon and hydrogen-based society in the future, by way of introducing vehicles and power generators to be newly developed by Toyota that use hydrogen. Seven-Eleven Japan Co., The stationary hydrogen generator would utilize an automotive fuel cell unit.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

This trend of suburbanization, made possible largely due to automobiles and extensive highway systems, reflects the preferences of many Americans for living in detached, single-family homes. Currently, 80% of Americans live in metropolitan areas, but population and employment are increasingly decentralized.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Total emissions from GHGs were about 6,946 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalent. Almost all of the energy consumed for transportation was supplied by petroleum-based products, with more than half being related to gasoline consumption in automobiles and other highway vehicles. Overall, emissions have grown by 13.6%

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OCTOBER 11, 2014

EPA obtains the detailed data supporting the report directly from automobile manufacturers; the agency has been collecting and maintaining these data since 1975. mpge overall, and decreasing Nissan’s MY 2013 CO2 emissions by 7 g/mi. Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 - 2014.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Hydrogen Europe and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) are jointly calling on European policy makers to ramp up investments in EU-wide hydrogen refueling infrastructure for fuel cell electric vehicles. —ACEA’s Director General, Eric-Mark Huitema.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

At the Frankfurt Motor Show, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) outlined the industry’s proposal for a pathway to future CO 2 reductions: a 20% CO 2 reduction for passenger cars by 2030, compared to 2021. The European Commission will reveal its proposal on CO 2 targets for cars post-2021 later this year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

Nevertheless, average carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars sold in the European Union in 2017 rose by 0.4g While all van manufacturers respected their specific emission targets in 2017, three car manufacturers (Automobili Lamborghini, Mazda Motor Corporation and Société des Automobiles Alpine), representing together 1.4%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2012

Clients include government agencies, petroleum companies, automobile companies, chemical and biofuel companies, professional service firms and law firms. This framework includes electricity and natural gas used in the production of hydrogen. and incidental energy losses due to flaring, fugitive emissions, etc.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 10, 2025

Europe is relaxing CO2 emission targets after receiving feedback from automakers. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued an announcement earlier this month that manufacturers would receive a two-year extension for meeting the planned tighter CO2 emissions rules for 2025. Everything else will remain the same.

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Emissions CO2 Automobile Europe 57

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

Assuming a battery pack size of 8kWh for both vehicle types, E-REV fuel consumption is 22% lower and CO2 output is 8% lower than that of a PHEV, with 3.3 A consumer preference for green and renewable electricity programs would leverage carbon emissions even further. kW charging twice a day and a California-type grid power mix.

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Teslarati

MAY 5, 2021

Tesla’s EV credits agreement with Fiat-Chrysler came to an end after Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares stated that it would not need the EV maker to meet carbon dioxide emission regulations this year. Groupe PSA) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) N.V. A merger between Peugeot S.A. in January 2021 birthed Stellantis.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

Methanol Electrosynthesis at Carbon-Supported Molecular Active Sites: to synthesize a selective electrocatalyst for methane to methanol conversion by ligating single site transition metal compounds known to activate methane with graphitic carbon surfaces that allow for facile charge transfer. Dr. David Go, University of Notre Dame.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Highly expensive materials like aluminium, magnesium or even carbon-fiber are therefore excluded in the Golf’s segment. The Golf’s multi-collision braking system has already won a safety innovation award from Germany’s largest automobile club (ADAC). Multi-collision braking system.

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Teslarati

MAY 7, 2021

Technically, Tesla has been selling these credits to Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). It was announced earlier this week by Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares that the company would no longer need to purchase the regulatory credits from Tesla as it could reach CO2 emissions goals on its own.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Fuel economy has now increased in eight of the last nine years; average carbon dioxide emissions are also at a record low of 369 g/mile in model year 2013. The majority of the carbon and oil savings from current vehicles is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies, the report observed.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

Advanced Materials for Lightweight Vehicles Lightweight materials in automobile structures can provide significant fuel savings, but they also must be able to withstand or absorb the energy of impact in order to protect occupants in collisions.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Euro standards cover multiple emanations, such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and particulate matter. Meanwhile, the CO 2 standards focus solely on carbon dioxide emissions. The post What is the EU CO2 target for 2025? Stricter standards The EU has two separate emissions legislations for passenger cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

One of the ways the BMW Group is doing this is by defining a supplier’s carbon footprint as a decision criterion in its contract award processes. The company not only wants to avoid this increase, but also lower CO 2 emissions per vehicle by 20% from 2019 levels. Circular economy for responsible resource management.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2023

CEO Aditya Mittal had stated in March that stripping out carbon from metal manufacturing would pressure up costs via about 10 p.c “It is steel with physically lower CO2 emissions, which will help drive the achievement of ArcelorMittal’s goal to be carbon-neutral,” stated Peter Leblanc, CMO Car, at ArcelorMittal.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Tackling road transport energy use is vital to enhancing energy security and reducing carbon dioxide emissions globally. Important complementary policies include fuel economy labeling, fuel economy or CO2-adjusted vehicle tax systems (such as “feebates”), and fuel taxes. Increase international collaboration on fuel economy.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2023

CEO Aditya Mittal had mentioned in March that stripping out carbon from metal manufacturing would pressure up costs through about 10 p.c “It is steel with physically lower CO2 emissions, which will help drive the achievement of ArcelorMittal’s goal to be carbon-neutral,” mentioned Peter Leblanc, CMO Car, at ArcelorMittal.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 16, 2024

Lamborghini has broken its own sales record by delivering over 10,000 automobiles in 2023. The premise is that they’re different from mainstream automobiles and should be treated as such. “We Boutique brands have alleged that they produce vehicles in such small quantities that the overall carbon footprint is minuscule.

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Baua Electric

MAY 22, 2023

The international locations mentioned the more difficult limits for pollution together with nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide may divert a very powerful investments wanted to succeed in the EU’s objective of successfully banning unutilized combustion engine automobiles nearest 2035.

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