Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

A major component of the conference will be the poster sessions, keynotes, panel discussions by researchers and scientists, and networking events. Khalifa University will be hosting IROS 2024 to highlight the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s rapidly advancing capabilities in the robotics and intelligent transport systems.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Urban density is one of the most important determinants of car use and transport-related energy consumption in cities. The IPCC’s global assessment of mitigation options for the transport sector places the greatest emphasis on the mitigation potential of improving carbon efficiencies for private vehicles and fuels. Source: WHO report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2011

Following that announcement, G-20 Leaders agreed to national plans to implement subsidy reform (June 2010) and have asked international organizations to review and assess members’ progress against their commitments (November 2010), according to the conference report. Earlier post.) Opportunities for international collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2009

Among the proposals in the new US highway and transportation funding reauthorization bill, outlined by House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James L. in a press conference last week, is the linkage of transportation planning with greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Plug N Drive

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Tour features two fully collapsible and transportable MEETs, strategically located in Eastern and Western Canada. Visitors will get an up-close look at how electric vehicles are shaping the future of sustainable transportation. These trailers will serve as mobile community hubs that stay in place for two to four weeks at a time.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

A new new forum for the advocacy and development of liquid air as an alternative technology to harness waste and surplus energy within power and transport—the Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN)—has formed in the UK. The main potential applications are in electricity storage, transport and the recovery of waste heat.

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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%. This has never been more urgent than it is today.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Eads, Charles River Associates, was presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting in Washington DC on 25 January 2011. The GFEI, launched in early 2009, is a partnership of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), International Energy Agency (IEA), International Transport Forum (ITF) and FIA Foundation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2010

In a special presentation yesterday at the “ Beyond Lithium Ion: Computational Perspectives ” conference held at Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Gil Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlined his vision of a critical solution to the energy, climate and ensuing national security threats facing the US: the Net-Zero Neighborhood (NZN).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has proposed new heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards, aligned with current standards in place in the rest of North America and in the European Union. And the climate benefits of the reductions in black carbon emissions are also a great step forward.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2009

FP7), including six calls for transport with funding of approximately €243 million (US$344 million). Over the full course of FP-7, research under the transport theme will have a total of €4.1 The transport-related calls are the following: FP7-TRANSPORT-2010-TREN-1. to innovation in air transport. transport policy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2014

A major new report published at the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership’s Annual Conference shows the UK automotive sector has been revitalized by consistently applied policy centered on cutting carbon. Value of low carbon investments by year and cumulative. Click to enlarge. —“Investing in the low carbon journey”.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2011

” Bunker spent the bulk of his presentation describing the new medium- and heavy-duty fuel economy and greenhouse gas regulations from EPA and the Department of Transportation. non-petroleum-based—for transportation. The future that we point to [is] very conventional-looking engines.” Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

The announcement follows the signing of a partnership agreement between Nissan and Enel in Paris in December 2015 during the 21 st UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) to trial V2G technology in Europe. Earlier post.) A trial comprising 40 V2G units began in Denmark in January 2016.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden unveiled a new strategic vision better to align the work of the agency’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) to address looming challenges in global air transportation. An example of work in this area is NASA’s Precision Departure Release Capability (PDRC) software tool.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted a resolution at its 37 th General Assembly on Friday to reduce the impact of aviation CO 2 emissions on climate change. It is the first time any transport sector has been able to reach this kind of global deal. This is a real breakthrough.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for the aviation industry and governments to bring an aligned global approach on aviation carbon emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference to be held this December in Copenhagen.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 23, 2024

s climate-change conference, to discuss the urgent need to lower emissions. By 2040, that number could reach 14 percent —almost as much carbon as that emitted by air, land, and sea transport combined. Software may be eating the world , but it is also heating it. Meanwhile, COP28’s website produced 3.69

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2009

Shipping—responsible for almost 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions but not so far covered by any emissions reduction agreements—could reduce its climate impact by at least one-fifth at a negative cost to the industry, a new International Maritime Organization (IMO) report has concluded. Peter Lockley, Head of Transport Policy at WWF-UK.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

Major sources of air pollution from particulate matter include the inefficient use of energy by households, industry, the agriculture and transport sectors, and coal-fired power plants. Mexico City has committed to cleaner vehicle standards, including a move to soot-free buses and a ban on private diesel cars by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

In the opening keynote at Ford’s annual trends conference, 2015 Further With Ford, CEO Mark Fields announced the next phase of the company’s Smart Mobility plan, originally announced in January this year at CES ( earlier post ). Changing customer attitudes and priorities regarding vehicles and transportation in general. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

“People were really interested in clean air and clean water, so I decided there would always be interest in the environment,” Crawford says. You study many areas in civil engineering, including structures, soils, transportation, and the environment,” she says. She switched her major to civil and environmental engineering.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 24, 2022

IEEE is a place for setting intellectual standards for publications, and it creates a place for a lot of open dialogue through conferences.”. The Impact Fellowship s program supports doctoral students doing summer externships with public-interest companies working in criminal justice reform, climate change, public health, and similar arenas.

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EV Connect

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Right now, video conferences and teleworking will dominate, while public transportation will take longer to return. That means that climate-conscious commuters will pursue other eco-friendly travel methods and speed up the inevitable transition to electric vehicles.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Since 1999, Ed has been Director of the Electric Transportation Division at Southern California Edison. Another of my favorite people on the Southern California environmental scene is State Senator Fran Pavley who also spoke at the press conference. I’ve heard him speak at the Plug-In conference. If you can afford them.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

A study by Jonn Axsen and Ken Kurani from the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis, estimates electricity and gasoline use under three recharging scenarios. Gasoline prices are unpredictable, and their volatility may confer value on the ability to select which fuel to use. —Lemoine. Jonn Axsen, Kenneth S. 2010.02.004.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

more ) M eanwhile, in the United States, the political environment to support plug ins continues to grow. "On On June 11 and 12, the Brookings Institution and Google.org will host a conference entitled “ Plug-In Electric Vehicles 2008: What Role for Washington ?” How should policymakers in Washington, D.C.,

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle. Slutzky and other proponents of EV power have been pressing for a more favorable regulatory environment, including access to the subsidies that states such as California offer to users of stationary storage batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.” Algenol, For Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change Award. This is already in production, is reducing VOCs and costs, and is safer for people and the environment.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

A large coalition has formed around the issues of national security, combating climate change, saving on fuel costs and increasing business for American agriculture. The press conference will be at 3:00 pm at Austin City Hall. NGO's The campaign initially began by focusing on the 50 largest cities in the U.S., Mr. Woolsey and Ms.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

If PHEVs became the major form of transportation, the use of fossil fuels would be cut dramatically. This is especially true in air, sea, and some ground transportation as well as in industrial processes. Since it can refuel from a standard household outlet and from a gasoline station, it needs no new infrastructure.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

To arrest the accelerating pace of a changing climate, the world needs a lot more clean energy to electrify heating, transportation, and industry and to displace fossil-fuel generation. They are making sure that everything works in this moving environment,” he says. The frame is modular for easier transport.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By August 9, 2007 (Multiple reports on speech and press conference by GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz) Lutz said his goal is for GM to develop a plug in hybrid on sale by 2010. By partnering with these two industries. GM Press Release ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is based on the Segway Personal Transporter but holds two people, instead of one, and lets them sit, instead of stand. The two-wheeler is meant to address the mounting problems of urban car transportation, according to the two companies that plan to unveil the vehicle at an auto show in New York. E-mail Martin.

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