Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. The purchase price of this tug is significant, at roughly double that of a diesel tug, and that is an important consideration for a business that needs to make a profit.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

The NGDV program calls for the purchase of up to 165,000 new mail delivery trucks over the next decade. In February, the agency announced it had completed the environmental review for its Next Generation Delivery Vehicle program and was moving ahead with plans to start purchasing the new trucks. —Maxwell Woody, lead author.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

U-Haul has purchased its first million gallons of renewable propane, which is available to customers at U-Haul autogas facilities across Southern California. While U-Haul is paying a premium for this product, we have chosen to absorb this cost so our customers will benefit the environment at no additional charge. to supply the fuel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Californians have purchased more than 100,000 plug-in cars (PEVs) since the market started in 2010, according to figures gathered by the California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative. Californians buy approximately 40% of all the PEVs sold in the US.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Gulf Racing Fuels has contracted to purchase isobutanol from Gevo for Gulf’s new line of off-road fuels containing 16.1% The new fuels will meet Gulf’s requirement for an off-road fuel that is oxygenated and EPA-approved for use in sensitive environments. isobutanol.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Probabilities at different price points for at lest some chance of purchase. Distribution of purchase probabilities at different price points. The purpose of this study was to examine the conditions under which consumers would purchase a PHEV. 14% said there was a chance of purchase at $10,000 more. Source: Curtin et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2016

Intelligence survey results, which indicate that more than seven in 10 would be likely or very likely to choose a gasoline car, compared with the four in 10 who would consider buying a diesel. Buyers appear not to be overly concerned about environmental factors. — Steve Huntingford, What Car?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Eligible projects included those that replace, rehabilitate, lease, and purchase buses and related equipment as well as projects to purchase, rehabilitate, construct or lease bus-related facilities, such as buildings for bus storage and maintenance. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Description. City of Fairfield. 746,456.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Among the results of the survey: Saving money and helping the environment are top drivers of energy-efficient purchases. 21% have purchased a new vehicle with improved fuel economy. Seven of 10 respondents have changed their driving habits to save fuel. 32% have done research to find cheaper fuel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Historically, campuses purchased other organizations’ carbon credits to help achieve carbon neutrality. —Robert Koester, professor of architecture and chair of the Ball State University Council on the Environment. The funding opportunity is timely, given that 675 campuses have pledged to reduce their carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

Car buyers are more likely to buy a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) if they know that the electricity used to charge it is from a renewable energy source, according to a study in the IOP journal Environmental Research Letters (ERL). —Jonn Axsen. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014045.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

It examines, among other things, how likely consumers would be to consider buying or leasing an electric vehicle when they buy or lease their next vehicle. gallon US), the majority of respondents (85%) would be even more motivated to purchase an EV. At 12 RMB a liter ($1.83/liter, However, if fuel consumption reaches 3.0

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

US respondents are split when it comes to when they’ll consider purchasing an EV. Nearly one-third of those surveyed already own an EV or plan to buy one within five years. Conversely, 39% of respondents would only buy an EV if gasoline-powered vehicles were no longer available.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

MW solar park at Chattanooga is owned and operated by Silicon Ranch; VW has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement. In a briefing in Chattanooga in June of this year, Ron Drumeller, Head of Environment and Energy at the plant, outlined the Think Blue environmental KPIs (key performance indicators): Indicator. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The program is slated to invest approximately $90 million during this fiscal year to encourage the development and use of new technologies and alternative and renewable fuels, with the goal of reducing dependence on foreign oil and improving the environment. The award recipients are: Environ Strategy Consultants, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2021

Buy Tesla” $TSLA pic.twitter.com/H8lXZGwnyV. UPS, for example, recently purchased all-electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) drones that can help with deliveries. The post ‘Buy Tesla’: Goldman Sachs defines investments as the Age of Oil closes appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

Maersk Line has implemented a new policy to refrain from purchasing shipping containers with floors made of uncertified tropical hardwood. —Jacob Sterling, Head of Climate & Environment, Maersk Line. To date, Maersk Line has purchased 64,000 containers that comply with the new policy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2011

In Russia, Gazprom and Volga Bus recently entered into a cooperation agreement to create and deploy a full range of modern natural-gas-powered buses as well as the formation of a favorable environment for developing the natural gas vehicle market in Russia.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research for Industry, Construction and Commerce, recommends buying diesel vehicles only if they have been approved in accordance with Euro 6d-TEMP or Euro 6d. For reasons of air hygiene, Empa recommends only buying diesel vehicles in accordance with Euro 6d-TEMP or Euro 6d.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Greensboro Transit Authority (GTA) is going forward with the purchase of four 40-foot Proterra electric buses this fall, setting in motion the potential to expand its zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) fleet over the next four years.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 16, 2024

Penske Automotive Group has just purchased Michigan’s Bill Brown Ford in Michigan, which sells more Ford-badged automobiles than any other retailer in the world. This is the second Ford dealership purchased by the company this year. Penske had previously bought Don Allen Auto Service Inc. in Massachusetts.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2023

The first was to develop all the hardware, then integrate with third party software into their design environment. The second option was to buy an off-the-shelf inverter that, however, does not offer the ability to fully customise for the application requirements. Up until now, customers only really had 2 options.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators such as ride-sharer Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. In monetary terms, these savings amount to €3,000 (US$3,400) every year.

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Teslarati

JUNE 22, 2021

Revel, a startup that unveiled its plans to launch a Tesla Model Y-based rideshare service in New York back in April, recently met a rather bizarre roadblock — one that could result in the company actually buying 50 gas cars before it could deploy its EV fleet. This is a simple math issue.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. We’re looking forward to buying our next Chevy when your 400 miles per charge Ultium battery platform is ready.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 13, 2019

Porsche has a new way for buyers to feel better about the environment, while purchasing a new performance vehicle: buy carbon offsets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The utility is participating in a national consortium that recently was awarded a federal stimulus grant to purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the company is buying more trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well. PECO is expanding its fleet with new natural gas and hybrid electric models.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 30, 2021

million by the end of the decade, which should result in a substantial uptick of electric vehicle purchases. For these people, one of the main questions is whether to lease charging stations, or buy them outright. This option may be outweighed, financially, by the tax incentives offered by purchasing units.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

A new Rasmussen telephone poll found that 81% of Americans oppose an “ increase the tax on gasoline by a large amount ” as a way to encourage the purchase of more fuel-efficient cars. Only 22% of Americans are willing to spend more to buy an energy-efficient hybrid car to help the environment.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

As a result, the first customers will be able to buy an S-Class with DRIVE PILOT the first half of 2022, enabling them to drive in conditionally automated mode at speeds of up to 60 km/h (37 mph) in heavy traffic or congested situations on suitable stretches of highway in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

41% are tradesmen or companies in the construction or delivery sector often operating in urban environments. To educate business owners in how to transfer their fleets and encourage them to buy electric vehicles, a number of aids have been introduced. The professionals targeted tend to be small and medium-sized fleets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Two German investors, Ingo Voigt and Fritz Nol, announced their intent to buy Fisker Automotive, the failing plug-in hybrid car company, on 11 September. However, the stipulation is an issue that’s caused other buyers to pull out of purchasing the company. Noting that DOE has issued $8.4 Hybrids Plug-ins Policy'

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2011

Swim, Penn State professor of psychology and her colleagues report that growing consumption and growing population are two significant contributors to human impact on the environment. Swim and her colleagues reported that peoples’ perceptions of how their behavior affects the environment influences how they act.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

We have to remember that the industry was already operating in a challenging environment, especially towards the end of last year. And unlike previous recessions, we’re not just dealing with people’s fears or purchase delays. However, before they could look to buy, COVID-19 struck the industry and disabled purchasing power.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2014

The Pd-islands (light-brown spheres) are embedded in an environment of tungsten (blue spheres). The unique environment around the Pd-islands give rise to special effects that all together turn the islands into highly efficient catalytic hot-spots for oxygen reduction. A schematic model of the unique morphology of the alloy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

Axsen and Kurani focus on the energy impacts that can be anticipated with significant PHEV market penetration given three recharge scenarios based on data collected through a web-based survey of new vehicle buying households. Drivers are assumed to immediately plug-in and recharge whenever they are parked within 25 ft of an electrical outlet.

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