Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Led by the tiny Pacific island of the Federated States of Micronesia, a growing group of low-lying islands and other vulnerable countries are calling for fast action on the approximately 50% of global warming that is caused by pollutants other than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). million lives lost each year due to black carbon soot.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

NITI Aayog, the Government of India’s official think tank, with support from RMI and RMI India, has launched a campaign to transform last-mile deliveries and eliminate pollution through consumer engagement. We will promote awareness about health, environmental and economic benefits of electric vehicles through the Shoonya campaign.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cutting HFCs, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and methane can buy us about 40 years before we approach the dangerous threshold of 2°C warming. —co-author Black Carbon. Black carbon is responsible for almost 50% of the 1.9°C With indoor air pollution killing 1.6 From Molina et al. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Among the elements in the budget are the launch of a new £400-million (US$530-million) Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund and the provision of an extra £100 million (US$133 million) towards helping people buy battery-electric cars. The government is also committing to electrify 25% of cars in central government department fleets by 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

As of last year, every new light-duty vehicle that Con Edison buys is a plug-in hybrid or all-electric. Con Edison’s all-electric bucket truck will be quieter than models with an internal combustion engine, and the electrified version won’t emit any carbon dioxide or other forms of air pollution.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

Electrify America is purchasing and retiring all bundled environmental certificates associated with the new solar project over a 15-year period, shifting away from the business-as-usual approach of buying environmental certificates from a third-party supplier on an unbundled basis, which does less to support additional renewable energy generation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

We believe the fastest way to lower greenhouse gases in the transportation sector is to offer drivers lower carbon choices that meet their needs. At every price point and with multiple powertrains, we can put more people in cleaner automobiles across North America to have the greatest near-term impact on total carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2022

The CFR set increasingly stringent requirements on producers and importers to reduce the carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel. million tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution in 2030, or roughly the amount of GHGs currently generated by the entire Canadian economy in two weeks. Once fully implemented, the CFR will help cut up to 26.6

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Diesel cars are a popular choice for those looking to buy a used vehicle in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere. Although the pollutant emissions of a diesel engine are less than those of a gasoline one, it still emits carcinogens, nitrous oxides, and soot. Older models don’t even have the emission-control features that newer ones do.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

California-based Green Automotive Company, having recently acquired Liberty Electric Cars Ltd in Europe ( earlier post ), has signed a binding agreement to buy UK-based electric vehicle distributor Going Green Limited. GoinGreen also fits perfectly with Green Automotive’s ambitions to develop its EV presence both in Europe and North America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

This fuel has 88% lower carbon intensity than ultra-low-sulfur diesel. In addition, buy-down incentives totaling $1,094,000 were awarded for alternative-fuel vehicles. The buy-down incentives approved today go to the following companies: Galpin Ford, in North Hills (Los Angeles County), will receive a total of $86,000.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2012

The California Energy Commission approved funding of more than $20 million to support low carbon transportation projects; about half went to Tesla Motors. This station will make it easier for fleets to switch to less-polluting CNG vehicles, as there are no CNG stations within 25 miles of this location. Greenkraft, Inc. ,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Of course, other countries benefit from this fact, with about $900 million flowing out of the US to buy foreign oil every day, and about 40% of that going to OPEC. [ 2 ] Furthermore, our environment cannot continue to bear the brunt of carbon emissions stemming from our heavy use of oil.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The IRA offers a tax credit to consumers when they buy an EV with batteries equipped with a certain percentage of critical minerals extracted or processed in the US. SQM is currently one of the lithium-producing companies with the lowest carbon and water footprint in the world. or in the countries whose FTA with the US is in effect.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2015

million for this project is provided by Low Carbon Transportation Investments, which is funded from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The Financing Assistance Pilot Project is one project in the Fiscal Year 2014-15 Air Quality Improvement Program and Low Carbon Transportation Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investments.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Scrappage buyers were also three times more likely than average to buy the smallest class of car—minis such as the Smart Fortwo—and a third more cars bought through the scheme were larger superminis such as the Hyundai i10. New cars bought through the UK’s scrappage incentive scheme , which began in May, emit on average 10.9% g/km CO 2 , 27.4%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But fuel tax revenues have not kept pace because the federal government and most states have not increased gasoline tax rates since early 1990s, while inflation has eroded their real buying power. User Charges Based on Fuel Consumption (Gasoline and Carbon Taxes). In the meantime, cars and trucks have become more fuel-efficient.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The cap-and-trade program also works in concert with other measures, such as standards for cleaner vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable electricity and energy efficiency, and complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

The UK Transport and Business Secretaries launched the Government’s vision for cutting carbon from road transport over the next five years. The scale of incentives we’re announcing today will mean that an electric car is a real option for motorists as well as helping to make the UK a world leader in low carbon transport. billion (US$3.4

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

The ITF calculation ignores taxes on fuel (as from society’s point of view these are a transfer rather than a net cost); includes subsidies; and accounts for air pollution impacts. where electricity production is highly carbon intensive, efficient electric cars will. Exactly how much less depends on the carbon intensity of.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2011

The cap-and-trade joins a suite of other major climate program measures including standards for ultra-clean cars (Advanced Clean Cars, earlier post ), low-carbon fuels (Low Carbon Fuel Standard, earlier post ) and renewable electricity. The cap then declines about 2% in 2014 and then about 3% annually from 2015 to 2020.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The carbon intensity of both biodiesel and ethanol is derived by adding ILUC values (the Globiom EC study) to the direct carbon intensity of different feedstocks. The benefit will continue to increase in the coming years, as more low-carbon and renewable electricity enters European electricity mixes. —T&E study.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

million) fund, which they can use to buy hundreds of new ultra-low emission buses as well as the infrastructure to support them. The funding model for the grant will use a sliding scale based on a fixed value (the “efficiency value”) per gram of Well-To-Wheel carbon dioxide equivalent per kilometer (£ per gCO 2 e/km) saved (the “base grant”).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

They also found that extending the lifetime of a vehicle contributed to a moderate increase in emissions of criteria pollutants (NO x , HC, and CO) during the use phase of the vehicle. This finding implies that the product lifetime extension scenario would clearly contribute to a reduction in carbon emissions, the authors said.

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

With President Obama and the rest of the leaders of the world’s biggest polluting nations kicking the ball down the field on climate change and effectively pulling the rug out from under all of us who have been targeting the Copenhagen climate talks as the moment we must seize, our response must recognize the obvious.

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EV Life

JANUARY 15, 2020

If you’re a commuter in California, there are now more reasons to drive an electric car than just saving on tax incentives & rebates , your carbon footprint, fuel, and maintenance costs. Step 1: After buying a qualified low emission vehicle on EV Life, fill out the Clean Vehicle application. California Carpool Sticker.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2018

Cuomo announced that more than 5,750 consumers have received rebates to buy electric cars in New York since the State’s Drive Clean Rebate was launched one year ago. New York Governor Andrew M. Earlier post.) Overall, most consumers received rebates of at least $1,100 for their new electric cars. The Drive Clean Rebate.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. mpg US (5.87 L/100km) in model year 2021, and 49.6 L/100km) in model year 2025.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

One of his most promising investments is a company called Green Holdings, which is in the emerging field of carbon trading: buying rights to pollute from cleaner businesses and selling them to dirtier ones. The story is available as a pdf here.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The 2013-2014 plan update allocates $100 million to projects in the following areas: $23 million for biofuels production and supply, with an emphasis on fuels made from waste-based and other low-carbon, sustainable materials. $20 20 million for hydrogen fueling infrastructure. The agreement includes $600,000 in match funding.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

A cap and trade system: While a plurality of Californians (49% support, 40% oppose) support a cap and trade program to curb emissions, there is a sharp partisan split over the idea of buying and selling emissions permits: 57% of Democrats favor it and 55% of Republicans oppose it. Independents are divided (47% support, 44% oppose).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2020

The Commission has already approved initiatives to encourage the zero emission’s market, including residential time-of-use rates for EV charging and annual per-plug incentives to buy down the cost of installing publicly accessible direct current fast charger stations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The California ARB is in the process of redesigning its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program to affect the 2015+ model years, with a focus on reducing greenhouse gases as well as criteria pollutants, and with an emphasis on plug-in hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles. Earlier post.).

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EV Obssesion

MAY 8, 2021

The post Point-Of-Sale Rebate Changes Will Help More Consumers Buy Electric Vehicles to Lower Their Carbon Footprint & Improve Air Quality in New York State appeared first on EV Obsession. The funding and program changes will […].

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 7, 2022

The charging station owners want the government to provide more subsidies to those who buy Electric vehicles as this would increase the carbon footprint and thereby increase the environmental conditions. Tata Motors has received a biggest order of Tata XPRES T EV’s. appeared first on Promoting Eco Friendly Travel.

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My Energi

APRIL 13, 2021

The Energy Company Obligation is a government energy efficiency scheme in Great Britain to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty. The sentimental values and the great memories these upcycled pieces can create is something money can’t buy. Rather than buying on the day, plan your meals, write a list and stick to it!

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

But is it the right time to buy an EV in India? Advantages of Buying an EV in India 1. Environmental Benefits EVs produce zero tailpipe emissions, helping reduce air pollution in cities. With Indias push towards renewable energy, the carbon footprint of EVs is expected to decrease further. Who Should Buy an EV in India?

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