Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2013

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a letter to President Obama describing six key components the advisory group believes should be central to the Administration’s strategy for addressing climate change. —PCAST letter to the President. The six key components are: 1.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

A new Ford Motor Company-sponsored poll of 6,000 people across Europe found that most Europeans remain committed to car ownership, but have growing concerns about traffic congestion, the cost of driving and the environment. 53% say climate change is the world’s biggest problem. Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

JULY 1, 2009

But now that I’ve found out they’re still lying and covering up their role in climate change and the size of their own carbon footprint, I’m going to have to get tougher with them. I initially gave Exxon/Mobil till 2020 to get out of Torrance and clean up their toxic mess here in my town.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 30, 2022

Electric cars are crucial to significantly and rapidly reduce our oil consumption, say 51 NGOs from 12 countries ahead of crucial vote on raising emissions standards. Originally published on Transport & Environment.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

Among new methods to increase clean energy use in Japan by 8% to 16%, Nissan improved energy procurement at manufacturing plants that require a large volume of electricity, including the Technical Center, Tochigi Plant, Oppama Plant, Yokohama Plant and Zama Operation Center.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As the world grapples with the pressing issue of climate change, it is evident that we need swift action to avert its worst impacts. Enter electric vehicles: a practical step toward reducing carbon emissions and reinforcing sustainable practices. There’s no better time than now to join the electric vehicle revolution.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

PM Modi with Tarun Mehta Co-founder & CEO at Ather Energy during a meeting in Bengaluru Ather Energy is an Indian electric vehicle company, headquartered in Bangalore. It manufactures two electric scooters – the Ather 450 X and the Ather 450 Plus. metric tonnes of CO2 emissions. Ather is helping in doing the same.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The Council agreed to adjust the Commission proposal on an incentive mechanism for zero- and low-emission vehicles such as fully electric cars or plug-in hybrid vehicles as regards passenger cars. The CO 2 reduction effort will be distributed among manufacturers on the basis of the average mass of their vehicle fleet.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2012

and the remainder (30 to 40%) from burning fossil fuels, such as coal, to heat the kiln reactors to ~900°C.Here we show a new thermal chemistry, based on anomalies in oxide solubilites, to generate CaO, without CO2 emission, in a high throughput, cost effective, environment conducive to the formation of cement. —Licht et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Data shows that currently there is no public charging or refueling infrastructure suitable for electric or hydrogen trucks whatsoever. Environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) said the bloc’s first ever emissions reduction targets for heavy-duty vehicles and the sales benchmark for zero and low-emission trucks.

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Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2021

The first phase of Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is nearing completion, and for all intents and purposes, the massive electric vehicle factory is on track to start producing the Made-in-Germany Model Y soon. With this in mind, a month of delays for Gigafactory Berlin could result in over one million tons of additional CO2 emissions. .

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen prolonged the use of petroleum-fueled ICE vehicles. Top, without CCS and CSP; bottom, with CCS and CSP. Credit: ACS, Wallington et al.

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Plug in America

OCTOBER 31, 2021

A rapid shift to zero-emission electric transport is currently being achieved in many countries and can be accelerated through supportive policies. Transportation accounts for 24% of direct CO2 emissions from fuel combustion globally, of which road vehicles account for nearly 75%. The Electric Road to COP 26.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! An electric HiLux … it’s only a concept. Or, as Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen put it: “It’s up to the FCAI to explain the clear contradiction in their two positions. Will it save our weekends but cost more than a house to do it?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

What we know is that this unique structure provides a beneficial chemical environment for CO2 conversion to multicarbon products,” he said. By utilizing values already established for other components, such as commercial solar cells and electrolyzers, we project electricity-to-product and solar-to-product energy efficiencies up to 24.1

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Electric Vehicles India

DECEMBER 27, 2021

JSW Group Energy and infrastructure major has announced a new electric vehicle policy for its employees to purchase electric vehicles. The company’s EV policy will facilitate up to Rs 300,000 incentive for employees to purchase electric vehicles. The transport sector in India is currently the third-largest emitter of CO2.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2010

Life-cycle GHG emissions from fossil and alternative sources of electricity. Lead author Kharecha and colleagues note that current climate science indicates that atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, already at 387 ppm in 2009 and rising, need to be reduced to no more than 350 ppm. Credit: ACS, Kharecha et al. Click to enlarge.

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Setec Powerr

AUGUST 11, 2022

According to data released by BloombergNEF, Europe now accounts for 34% of global electric vehicle sales and is the second largest worldwide market after China. million electric vehicles will be sold in Europe in 2021, up 66% year-over-year, accounting for 19% of all new vehicle sales and only 3.6%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

FCA is used to evaluate the energy and GHG emission impacts of a wide variety of existing and proposed fuels, including fossil options (coal-to-liquids, gas-to-liquids, unconventional petroleum) as well as electricity, gaseous fuels and biofuels from a range of feedstocks. It has not been used to specify fuel regulations. DeCicco, J.M.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2010

Today in China one frequently proposed answer is electric vehicles (EVs), which could alleviate dependence on petroleum by using other energy sources such as coal and hydro.Nowadays, China is considered to be a very promising market for EVs. The power of EVs is electricity from the grid. and NO x emissions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2010

However: the MI Scenario for road and rail transport depends on the decarbonisation of the electricity supply system. A detailed analysis of policy pathways leading to such a decarbonised electricity supply in the UK is outside the scope of this study. A short-term elasticity factor of -0.25

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Key findings: 1) The real-world CO2 emissions of the tested plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) are 85–114 g/km, around 3 times the artificially low official […]

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2009

In addition to high oil prices and the financial crisis, the increased use of new renewable energy sources, such as biofuels for road transport and wind energy for electricity generation, had a noticeable and mitigating impact on CO 2 emissions. Global CO2 emissions increased from 15.3 Tags: Climate Change Emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

The study by Nadine Unger, Drew Shindell and James Wang will appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Atmospheric Environment. The study applied the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) model for Physical Understanding of Composition-Climate INteractions and Impacts (G-PUCCINI).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

At the “Salon de l’Auto” in Brussels, the Minister of Mobility and Environment announced a program for the improvement of air quality in Wallonia. ENGIE is a global energy player and an expert operator in gas, electricity and energy services. Together, FCA and IVECO intend to further develop their ranges of natural gas vehicles.

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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).

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 13, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Eoin Bannon Almost two-thirds of urban residents support banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in Europe after 2030, according to a new YouGov online poll in 15 European cities.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

The electric vehicle industry is growing at a high pace these days. Are you planning a job in electric vehicle industry? Then this Electric Vehicle Interview Questions and Answers will definitely help you out. There are different types of firms working in the electric vehicle domain.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

Soot could be further reduced by converting vehicles to run on renewable electric power. Providing electricity to rural developing areas, thereby reducing usage of solid biofuels for home heating and cooking, would have major health benefits, he said. Jacobson is a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

We also expect to demonstrate the viability of other key concepts and systems, as well as the ability of these systems to interact with each other reliably in the harsh environment out at sea. In the fight against climate change, many countries have pledged to reduce their CO2 emissions to net zero.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050. Stone et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2009

A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 7, 2009

They’re “fuming&# just like the deadly CO2 fumes they’re spewing into the atmosphere as you read these very words. We’re going to be plugging in our next cars and generating our own electricity from solar, wind and geothermal. That Rupert Murdick is one funny Aussie, ain’t he?

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 1, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment By Eoin Bannon With the review of the EU CO? emissions standards for cars and vans scheduled for June 2021, some, notably the oil and gas industry and automotive suppliers, are advocating adding CO? credits for advanced biofuels and synthetic fuels into the vehicle standards.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 14, 2009

One of the groups I support and learn from is Environment California who have been great advocates of AB 811 and AB 920, the one-two punch for solar we absolutely need to drive solar sales at the rate demanded by today’s CO2 levels. Legislative Director, Environment California. But without execution ambition is empty.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian Consumers are to be offered incentives of up to £5,000 to purchase an electric car under government plans to be unveiled today that will also see the creation of electric car cities across the UK and the launch of large-scale experiments with ultra-green vehicles.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Exxon/Mobil refinery in Torrance and the Chevron refinery in El Segundo are both located in the South Bay and are each a big part of the carbon-based economy that causes the majority of climate change - although you’ll never get either of these corporations to admit this truth or take responsibility for it.

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