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Climate Climate Change Miles 
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2010
Earlier observations from satellites and balloons suggest that stratospheric water vapor probably increased between 1980 and 2000, which would have enhanced the decadal rate of surface warming during the 1990s by about 30% compared to estimates ignoring this change, according to the authors. —Solomon et al. Source: NOAA.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
response to climate change. The temperatures of large inland water bodies are good indicators of climate change and have been used for climate change studies. Our analysis provides a new, independent data source for assessing the impact of climate change over land around the world.
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Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2014
the final version of the proposed First Update to the Climate Change Scoping Plan (First Update). Achieving our long-term climate goal and 2032 ozone standards will require a much deeper penetration of ZEVs into the fleet. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released. The draft version was released in February.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 4, 2020
The new 50-foot model from BYD offers a 47+3 seating capacity and delivers a single-charge range of 400km (approximately 250 miles) under test conditions. million miles), equal to reducing its CO 2 emissions by approximately 7,500-tonnes.
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Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2011
How people choose to consume resources and use contraception influences their responses to climate change, according to a new study by a team of psychologists. If a family buys a fuel-efficient vehicle but chooses to drive more miles than they previously did, there is no gain for the environment. Swim, Janet K.;
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Cars That Think
JANUARY 28, 2023
“Electric cars will not save the climate. Today, depending on the EV model, where it charges, and assuming it is a battery electric and not a hybrid vehicle, it may need to be driven anywhere from 8,400 to 13,500 miles , or controversially, significantly more to generate less GHG emissions than an ICE vehicle.
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Cars That Think
JANUARY 26, 2023
Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. The whole world is one grid.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 17, 2021
The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e., This impartial, policy-neutral report, has been compiled annually since 1993 and submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Cars That Think
MARCH 4, 2023
To solve the climate crisis, we need to cut this in half by 2030, and get to zero by 2050. However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. Surprisingly, many founders I talked with echoed the shortage of roboticists in climate tech.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 5, 2021
A set of hydrogen cylinders with a combined capacity of 1,680 L ensures a driving distance of more than 500 kilometers (311 miles). At the 2020 United Nations Climate Change conference, Chinese President Xi Jiping proposed that China’s carbon dioxide emissions should peak in 2030 and that carbon neutrality should be achieved by 2060.
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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2013
However, the noticeable impact on regional temperatures may explain why some regions are experiencing more winter warming than projected by climate computer models, the researchers conclude. This is accomplished through atmospheric circulation change. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1803. —Guang Zhang.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 3, 2021
It will allow us to meet the expectations of our customers and be a part of the solution when it comes to fighting climate change. It offers an anticipated range of around 420 km (261 miles), which is expected to improve over time via over-the-air software updates. —Henrik Green, chief technology officer.
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Green Car Congress
MAY 7, 2013
Members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee approved a draft law setting out rules for achieving a 147 g CO 2 /km (235 g/mile) target for new light commercial vehicles by 2020, down from 203 g/km (325 g/mile) today—i.e., Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Policy'
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Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2021
At up to 534 kilometers (332 miles) (WLTP), the Q4 Sportback 40 e-tron offers the most range out of all of Audi’s electric models. The new all-wheel-drive model offers a range of up to 490 kilometers (304 miles) (WLTP), making it perfectly suitable for everyday use as well. Both are available to order now. Audi Q4 45 e-tron quattro.
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Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 26, 2021
Accordingly, in addition to electrification of the last mile and investment in alternative drives and fuels in its own fleet, another important lever is the scope of sustainable transport services provided by the Group's service partners.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2021
Ideal for last mile delivery of foods, medicines, vaccines and other perishables, this solution was first launched in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Thermo King continues to innovate and expand our electric cold chain solutions to help our customers meet these needs in a sustainable way and bend the curve on climate change.
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Green Car Congress
JULY 13, 2021
Many climate-related policies were already in place around the world prior to COVID-19, and the pandemic has accelerated the adoption of additional measures, but these interventions may not achieve their goal of reducing oil demand, according to the report. Lines represent global oil demand by study scenario.
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CleanTechnica EVs
JUNE 17, 2023
How would you like to drive a luxury Lucid sedan with a 500-mile battery? This week the Chesapeake Climate Or a brand new Rivian truck or SUV – with $10,000 worth of free charging? Or maybe a classic Tesla Model X Plaid with all the bells and whistles – and free charging? Now is your chance.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are also committing to help protect, manage or restore at least 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030 to help combat the cascading loss of nature threatening the planet. We face a growing crisis of climate change and nature loss and we all need to take action with urgency.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 18, 2010
Although it may be appropriate to criticize the media for not presenting the case for climate change more strongly and for not presenting the implications of individual behavior more clearly , scientists share at least some of the responsibility for the current state of affairs. Attari et al. Attari, Michael L. DeKay, Cliff I.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2009
An analysis of sediment cores from an Arctic lake indicates that biological and chemical changes occurring there are unprecedented over the past 200,000 years and likely are the result of human-caused climate change, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. Tags: Climate Change.
239 Green Car Reports
JANUARY 7, 2018
mile stretch of road in Hole, Norway, smart streetlights automatically dim when nobody's around—then come back to full power when a car, pedestrian, or other object approaches. As children, we're all taught to turn off the lights behind us as we leave an empty room. But it seems Norwegians have taken that lesson one step further.
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Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2010
A new study comparing both the absolute and normalized climate impacts of current passenger and freight transportation finds that driving a car increases global temperatures in the long run more than making the same long-distance journey by air.
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Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2019
billion miles to be driven by UK cars. Last month, the Committee on Climate Change published a report— Net Zero: The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming —which concluded that “net zero is necessary, feasible and cost effective.” billion miles uses at least 63 TWh of power.
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Teslarati
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Rivian announced a collaboration with a non-profit organization called The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to preserve biodiversity, fight climate change, and keep adventures wild. Rivian R1T and R1S formally receive EPA rating above 300 miles. million acres of lands it manages across the United States in the following months.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2023
increase in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) from 2020 to 2021 due to the gradual recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, which limited travel in 2020. This report has been compiled annually since 1993 and submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Source: EPA. from 2020 to 2021. From 2019 to 2021.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 16, 2013
Recent trends can be attributed to multiple factors including reduced emissions from electricity generation, improvements in fuel efficiency in vehicles with reductions in miles traveled, and year-to-year changes in the prevailing weather, EPA said. Climate Change Emissions Policy' decrease in 2011 from the previous year.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 19, 2011
A new study led by Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology has found that the expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil in areas previously occupied by other Brazilian crops cools the local climate. The study is published in the second issue of Nature Climate Change. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1067.
218 Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 19, 2009
Land development patterns strongly influence the number of vehicle miles traveled, and therefore, the GHG emissions from local passenger transport. Smart growth has been shown to reduce household vehicle miles traveled by 20-40% compared with conventional development practices. encouraging smart growth.
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Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2010
Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty motor vehicles increased 37% from 1990 to 2008 as a result of a confluence of factors including population growth, economic growth, urban sprawl, and low fuel prices over much of this period. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. 2010 Draft US Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report.
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Green Car Congress
JUNE 27, 2013
GWP100 weighted specific climate impact (g CO 2 -eq per pkm) as a function of vehicle occupancy. A team from Austria and Norway has found that the climate impact from a long-distance trip (500–1,000 km, or 310–621 miles) can easily vary by a factor of 10 per passenger depending on mode choice, vehicle efficiency, and occupancy.
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Green Car Congress
MAY 13, 2010
Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. Now mindful of the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf, the bill allows coastal states to opt-out of drilling up to 75 miles from their shores.
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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2014
These technologies include, but are not limited to, advanced aftertreatment and waste heat recovery; lean-burn plus lean-NO x emissions traps; integration of zero-emission miles technologies; further refinements in reducing friction and parasitic energy losses; and widespread utilization of renewable and natural gas and hydrogen blends.
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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. areas of inquiry: The potential impact of climate change policies on global fleet composition, fuel consumption, fuel prices, and economic output.
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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 22, 2009
Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Damages per vehicle mile traveled were remarkably similar among various combinations of fuels and technologies—the range was 1.2 Climate-related monetary damages range from 0.1
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APRIL 16, 2012
The number of vehicle miles traveled by light-duty motor vehicles (passenger cars and. From 1990 to 2010, transportation emissions rose by 18% due, in large part, to increased demand for travel and the stagnation of fuel efficiency. across the US vehicle fleet.
252 Green Car Congress
AUGUST 5, 2014
These begin with an investment in carbon reduction projects via a partnership with 3Degrees to offset emissions created from e-Golf production, distribution and from the estimated emissions produced from keeping the vehicle charged through the initial 36,000 miles of its life. Big River and Salmon Creek Forest. McKinney Landfill.
287 Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2010
NOAA has awarded $750,000 for the first year of an anticipated $3 million research investment to develop the information and tools needed to plan for sea level rise and other consequences of climate change along more than 300 miles of the northern Gulf of Mexico’s shoreline. The study team, led by Scott Hagen, Ph.D.,
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2019
Private investments such as those announced today, represent a tremendous opportunity to accelerate California’s transition to a zero-emission transportation market, which in turn helps the state meet its air quality standards and achieve its climate change goals. —California Energy Commission Vice Chair, Janea A.
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Green Car Congress
APRIL 25, 2013
The environment committee of the European Parliament approved a draft law setting out a new CO 2 target for cars of 95g CO 2 /km (153 g/mile) by 2020, down from 130 gCO 2 /km (209 g/mile) in 2015. The draft also sets indicative targets for post-2020 CO 2 emissions in the range of 68-78 g/km (109-126 g/mile) from 2025.
225 Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 27, 2011
This transformation, they write, which poses challenges and opportunities for economic growth and climate policy, demands technologies that are not yet commercialized and coordination of investment, technology development, and infrastructure deployment. of vehicle miles traveled—including almost all light duty.
262 Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Collaborate with suppliers, fleet operators and businesses to accelerate the shift to zero emissions vehicles and reduce vehicle miles in cities. Lead by example by procuring zero emission vehicles for city fleets. In London, the new T-Charge toll on the most polluting vehicles (pre-Euro 4 / IV) went into effect today. Earlier post.).
236 Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2014
To develop the ranking, UCS averaged the per-mile emissions for each light-duty vehicle sold by each automaker. Climate Change Coal Emissions Fuel Efficiency' The gray segments represent models sold by smaller automakers, which are not ranked in the report. Source: UCS. Click to enlarge. Methodology.
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