Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The California Air Resources Board last week approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), a roadmap to reduce demand for petroleum by 94%, cut air pollution by 71%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85%, and reach carbon neutrality by 2045. Fuels: the energy source used to power vehicles and the facilities that produce them.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2021

As part of its sustainability roadmap, Deutsche Post DHL Group aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to below 29 million tons by 2030 and net-zero by 2050. Ground transport accounts for 21 per cent of the Group’s total CO 2 e emissions. The full worldwide rollout will follow in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

Compared to standard fuels, this biofuel product lowers greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80%. This project will bring us a step closer to offering our customers biofuel-powered transportation as a commercial product and thereby to supporting them in their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2022

billion towards zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) acceleration through 2023-24. The Budget proposes targeted investments in disadvantaged and low-income communities, including tribal communities, to increase access to the benefits of clean transportation and more than doubles the money targeted for heavy-duty market acceleration.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

An new study from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University suggests that best way to reduce transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the short term is a “drastic downscaling of both size and weight” of conventional gasoline and diesel cars.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced a set of proposals to transition Washington to cleaner sources of energy and to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limits adopted by the state Legislature in 2008. Each year, the number of available allowances will decline to ensure emissions are gradually reduced. Cap-and-trade.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2021

Shipping accounts for about 13% of greenhouse gas emissions from European transport. The European Commission will propose its FuelEU Maritime Initiative in April.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

A new report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides a comprehensive overview of methodologies for estimating air emissions from shipping; describes technological solutions; and analyses policy options for reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in this sector.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Asia must scale up sustainable transport development or face a bleak future of congested roads, pollution, ill health and economic damage, which could have ripple effects around the world, the third ADB (Asian Development Bank) transport forum heard earlier this month in Manila.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

When fully implemented, the e-trucks will reduce Danfoss’ scope 1 and 2 emissions in Denmark by 10-15% with the added benefit of next to zero noise and air pollution, thereby ensuring an improved working climate for drivers. With this transformation, Danfoss will be the first company in Denmark to have a 24-hour truck in operation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2021

With a commitment to be climate-neutral and achieve net zero value chain greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, Volvo Group is on the path towards developing sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions of the future. Having the world´s first actual vehicle made using SSAB’s fossil-free steel is a true milestone.

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Baua Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Electric cars, also known as electric vehicles (EVs), have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their efficiency, low operating costs, and reduced carbon emissions. With the world’s focus shifting towards sustainable energy, electric cars have emerged as a promising solution for the future of transportation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

In South America, test driving is being conducted in cooperation with the Clinton Climate Initiative organization, which focuses on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. It will also feature at a conference on sustainable transports in Mexico City and at the COP 16 climate conference in Cancun.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Lightning eMotors signed a new exclusive partnership with Soderholm Bus & Mobility in Hawaii to provide Lightning eMotors’ zero-emission powertrains for their commercial van and bus customers. Lightning eMotors’ new and repowered products give us the flexibility we need to provide sustainable transportation systems to the Pacific Islands.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

The aim of the Alliance is to scale-up, by 2030, the production and deployment of hydrogen as a fuel produced by means of low-emission technologies and renewable energy sources. Bus manufacturer Solaris has joined the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance , an initiative led by the European Commission.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The partners are committed to initiating and accelerating the necessary build-up of charging infrastructure for the increasing number of customers of electric vehicles in Europe and contribute to climate-neutral transportation in Europe by 2050. The JV creation is subject to regulatory approvals.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Volvo LIGHTS is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities. —Claes Nilsson, President of Volvo Trucks.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

United States light duty vehicle use, greenhouse gas emissions and selected characteristics of density and roadway extent. However, they also found that many of these changes have positive combinatorial effects, “ so the best strategy is to pursue combinations of transportation GHG reduction strategies to meet reduction goals.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

A new working paper published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) concludes that natural gas can play a significant role in cutting on-road vehicle carbon dioxide emissions, but that over the long term there will need to be a commitment to transition to very low CO 2. gas sources, such as biogas or bio-synthetic gas.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The new framework transfers the approach of allocating emission reductions from sustainable fuels to specific customers by decoupling the accounting of the fuels’ environmental attributes from their physical flow to a general industry standard.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

The UK’s Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership has launched a Good Practice Guide for Local Measures to Encourage the Uptake of Low Emission Vehicles. The Good Practice Guide for Local Measures to Encourage the Uptake of Low Emission Vehicles was prepared for the LowCVP by Urban Foresight.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Ricardo experts in sustainable transport, with colleagues from E4tech and the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg (ifeu), have produced a comprehensive lifecycle assessment (LCA) of road vehicles on behalf of the European Commission. The implementation of LCA modeling choices (e.g.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 7, 2024

An urgent need exists for cities to prioritize sustainable transport strategies for dealing with the effects of the climate crisis. continued] The post Cities Should Prioritize Electric Vehicle Adoption in 2024 appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

This volume of renewable fuel can reduce emissions from cars and planes by 2.5 Preem wants to continue the transformation towards a sustainable society and increase the production of renewable fuels in Sweden. million tons CO 2 every year. The new plant is an important milestone for us, but this is only the beginning.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

If so, it is a valuable potential option for long haul transit in our quest for sustainable transportation. The direct injection two-stroke engine could be a very promising and interesting option for hydrogen combustion to achieve zero NO x because of its advantages of high-power density and inherent much lower NO x emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2011

David Greene of Oak Ridge National Laboratory put the importance of improving efficiency in the transportation sector in the broader context of an ultimate transition to a different form of energy—i.e., non-petroleum-based—for transportation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Cutting clean fuel consumption threatens climate goals. Favoring gasoline over ethanol undermines President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the US-Brazil bilateral climate agreement, and both countries’ INDC pledges for December’s COP21 climate summit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

WRI intends to develop low-carbon city models and pathways for environmentally sustainable urbanization (ESU), and to promote the diffusion of environmentally smart and livable cities. We are grateful to Caterpillar for their support to significantly expand our ability to develop sound solutions and achieve these goals.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Volvo Trucks announced the start of sales of its Volvo FL and Volvo FE electric trucks ( earlier post ) in selected markets within Europe, meeting the increasing demand for sustainable transport solutions in city environments. Different types of transport require different types of driveline solutions. —Jonas Odermalm.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

The following goals guide the plan: Providing healthful air for all Californians; Achieving carbon neutrality (net zero CO 2 emissions) and thereafter ‘net negative’ by balancing CO 2 emissions with removal or elimination of CO 2 , then removing or sequestering more CO 2 than is emitted; and. Transportation trends.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Reducing GHGs in the Transport Sector. Did you know that the transportation sector is the largest contributor of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S.? With that in mind, the need to accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuels and transition to a more sustainable transportation system is more prominent than ever.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

To increase demand for electrified trucks, the charging infrastructure needs to be rapidly expanded, while stronger financial incentives must be created for hauliers who act as pioneers by choosing new vehicles with a lower environmental and climate footprint. —Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks. —Lars Mårtensson.

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Teslarati

APRIL 20, 2023

The move is intended to accelerate the adoption of cleaner and more sustainable transportation. Minister for Energy, Renewables, and Hydrogen Mick de Brenni said, “We want more zero-emission vehicles on Queensland roads with Queensland families to have access to cheaper and cleaner vehicles.”

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The data sets pledged by the companies will provide the public and private sectors with new tools to manage curb space in order to reduce congestion and emissions that cause climate change; improve the efficiency of city streets by making it easier for everyone to get around; and save lives by preventing traffic crashes.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Cemex Germany continues to invest in more sustainable transport for its products. The iONTRON eMixer is fully electrically powered, reducing carbon emissions by up to 100% depending on the local electricity mix. They will be used in the ready-mix concrete plants in Spandau and Hohenschönhausen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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