Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Manufacture of the small-series hydrogen-powered vehicle is taking place in the pilot plant at its Munich Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ). Hydrogen is a versatile energy source that has a key role to play as we progress towards climate neutrality. The BMW Group is commencing production of its BMW iX5 Hydrogen model.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2020

Ballard Power Systems announced that its proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel-cell technology and products have now successfully powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in commercial Heavy- and Medium-Duty Motive applications for an industry-leading cumulative total of more than 30 million kilometers (18.5 availability in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Bosch and Weichai Power have increased the efficiency of Weichai truck diesel engines from their current level of roughly 46% to 50%. For this reason, Bosch and Weichai aim to steadily refine this technology with an eye to protecting the climate and environment. Volkmar Denner, chairman of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

All of these concepts rely on hydrogen as a primary power source—an option which Airbus believes holds exceptional promise as a clean aviation fuel and is likely to be a solution for aerospace and many other industries to meet their climate-neutral targets. —Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

thyssenkrupp will build a €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant at its Duisberg site. As part of its tkH2Steel transformation project, coal-based blast furnaces will be replaced by hydrogen-powered direct reduction plants. With the increase in plant capacity, thyssenkrupp Steel has also significantly raised its climate targets.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Intelligent Power Generation (IPG) will demonstrate the impact of Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology in UK electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, following a £1-million contract from Highways England. This growth will require high megawatt capacities across England’s road networks. —IPG CEO Toby Gill.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

At this year’s demopark open-air exhibition, Mercedes-Benz is presenting a prototype of the Unimog based on the U 430 with hydrogen-powered combustion engine as part of the publicly funded “WaVe” project. This variant could prove to be a possible alternative drive type for the Unimog.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Some 750 new charging points are planned for next year, including the first High Power Charging stations with up to 300 kW power. The power comes exclusively from renewable energy sources. In the future, every Volkswagen dealer in Germany will provide at least one AC charger with 11 kW power and one DC charger with 22 kW power.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2025

Last November , w hen Azerbaijan hosted COP29 , the United Nations annual climate summit , i t was a sort of coming-out party for the country. But i n a side room away from media attention, a different climate discussion concluded more auspiciously. The plant supplies up to 230 megawatts of power to Azerbaijans grid.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

With the Super Bowl leading many US media headlines, climate activists are curious how much chat there will be this year about climate emissions reductions among football team owners, sponsors, players, and fans. continued] The post You Can Help To Support Climate Action Through Sport appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

Starting immediately, Deutsche Post is offsetting any unavoidable CO 2 emissions due to mail transport with investments in internationally recognized and certified climate protection projects at no extra charge. For the last ten years, DHL has transported all parcels for private customers with its climate-friendly “GoGreen” service.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2023

Bosch has now begun volume production of its Fuel-Cell Power Module (FCPM) at its Stuttgart-Feuerbach location. Manufacturing the Fuel Cell Power Module in the Feuerbach plant. Production of the fuel-cell power module is not only starting in Feuerbach, but also in Chongqing, China.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Southwest Research Institute is testing the durability of valves on fuel tanks for hydrogen-powered vehicles. SwRI is leading several multidisciplinary efforts to evaluate hydrogen as a potential fuel source for automobiles, power generation and even as a replacement for natural gas in homes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

After the first two LNG car carriers entered service in 2020, Volkswagen Group Logistics has now ordered four more ships with dual-fuel engines that can be powered with LNG. Soon, six of the nine car carriers crossing the North Atlantic for Volkswagen will be powered by LNG. The use of LNG not only reduces CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Together with eight project partners, it is now seeking public funding to build one of the world’s first hydrogen-powered high-speed vessels. The Port of Narvik in northern Norway needs a new workboat which should be both fast and emissions-free. When completed, the boat will replace one of the port’s diesel vessels.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

I’m concerned about the increased risk of severe injury and death for all road users from heavier curb weights and increasing size, power, and performance of vehicles on our roads, including electric vehicles. We do have a climate crisis that needs to be addressed. A GMC Hummer EV weighs over 9,000 pounds, up from about 6,000 pounds.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2022

Newly released polling shows strong local support for extending the operations of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, California’s largest source of carbon free energy generation. Gavin Newsom recently announced his intent to explore options to continue operations at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

The system will be an on-board power source with scalable power offerings and will complement the Rolls-Royce Electrical propulsion portfolio, enabling extended range on sustainable aviation fuels and later as it comes available through hydrogen combustion. —Rob Watson, President – Rolls Royce Electrical.

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Teslarati

MARCH 3, 2025

Tesla is a part of a new energy partnership in Texas set to help expand the company’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) program in the state, as announced by one energy provider this week. Tesla Energy’s Powerwall home battery is super underrated, and it has so much potential in areas that are typically affected by power outages.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Without considering future vegetation regrowth, CO 2 e emissions from the 2020 wildfires could be the second most important source in the state above either industry or electrical power generation. Wildfire emissions are not routinely reported with other key emission sources such as transportation, industry, and power generation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2021

The STEAG power station in Duisburg-Walsum, the site for the construction of a large-scale green hydrogen generation system. ©euroluftbild.de/Hans In the coming years, thyssenkrupp Steel’s climate strategy will entail a continuously increasing and constant demand for green hydrogen. ©euroluftbild.de/Hans Hans Blossey.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2021

Infinium, an electrofuels solution provider, announced the close of a funding round bringing together a consortium of investors including Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), AP Ventures, Neuman & Esser, and the Grantham Environmental Trust.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

Rolls-Royce’s tests of its first mtu fuel cell demonstrator have shown that the system can provide uninterruptible power in the event of a blackout. During the blackout simulation, the system immediately and consistently provided the requested power.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Infinium Electrofuels, which are produced from carbon dioxide and renewable power, can be dropped into Amazon trucks with no engine modifications as an immediate replacement to petroleum-based fuel. The clean burning electrofuels will be produced for Amazon at one of the first electrofuels production facilities, located in Texas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

With Haru Oni, we’re bringing our power-to-X technologies to the global market. We’re jointly developing and realising the world’s first integrated and commercial large-scale plant for producing synthetic, climate-neutral fuels. neutral fuel using low-cost green wind power.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Emissions from these backup generators can harm local residents, regional air quality and the global climate. California Power Outage Map. We have long been concerned about the proliferation of diesel backup generators here in the Bay Area, as highlighted in this report. —M.Cubed partner and lead researcher Steven Moss.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

As a Tourer (combined power consumption: 19.16 The load capacity and payload are comparable to those of the conventionally powered Citan models. This allows particularly powerful acceleration from a standing start. For the compact panel van, this is 2.9 cubic meters and up to 544 kilograms, for the long model 3.7

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This increase in power helps to boost acceleration and is anticipated to deliver enhanced range; EPA-estimated ranges for the 2024 ID.4 inch display with backlit sliders, as well a new and more intuitive climate control interface and a revised infotainment menu. The driving force behind major upgrades to 2024 ID.4 While 62 kWh ID.4

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Toyota’s next generation fuel cell electric technology is now powering a new set of Class 8 heavy-duty trucks. A more compact hydrogen storage cabinet behind the cab houses six hydrogen tanks with the same capacity as previous prototypes while a new, more powerful lithium-ion battery helps smooth out the power flow to the electric motors.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2023

Motiv Power Systems has launched its next-generation electric trucks for medium-duty fleets. Plus, the vehicles use less refrigerant, which is more climate friendly and more robust. Motiv is a 14-year veteran providing all-electric step vans, box trucks and shuttle buses capable of moving 2-6 ton payloads.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Operation with natural gas or biomethane makes the compact model economical and more climate-friendly with low emissions. Power is transferred to the front wheels via the standard seven-speed S tronic. With this fuel, driving is nearly climate-neutral. Audi first introduced an A3 Sportback g-tron in 2014.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2021

The latter is the first hydrogen-powered mixer truck in the world. With a high-torque drive motor and an AMT gearbox, the high-power fuel cell stack features an energy conversion rate of more than 50%. A set of hydrogen cylinders with a combined capacity of 1,680 L ensures a driving distance of more than 500 kilometers (311 miles).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

Electric power consumption combined in the WLTP test cycle is 19.5 – 18.5 Major progress has been made in terms of power density, operating range, weight, installation space requirement and flexibility. The liquid cooling/heating system serves the storage unit, power electronics and electric motor. kWh/100 km.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

The new EQT by Mercedes-EQ ( earlier post ) (combined power consumption (WLTP): 18.99 kWh/100 km) as a small van combines the variability and high-quality equipment level of the T-Class—its conventionally powered sister model—with the advantages of all-electric drive.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

It was developed specifically to enable precision climate control in the passenger compartment as well as intelligent conditioning of batteries in electric vehicles and drive components. A complete system featuring a compact design, Rheinmetall’s new coolant system saves precious installation space.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

Achates Power announced that the 10.6-liter, The Achates Power ultra-low-NOx engine is engineered to achieve superior fuel efficiency because of its lower heat losses, improved combustion and reduced pumping losses. Achates Power is backed by the Oil and Gas Climate Investments, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, and other investors.

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