Electric Powered Cars: Coal or ICE
Electric Cars are for Girls
JANUARY 28, 2012
How are electric powered cars fueled with electricity from coal power plants better than the gas-guzzler I'm already driving?
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Electric Car Life-Cycle Analysis: Renault Fluence ZE Vs Diesel, Gas Models
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 3, 2014
The environmental impact of plug-in electric cars is a source for much debate these days. They use less energy on a wells-to-wheels carbon basis than the vast majority of new cars sold in North America, even if they''re recharged on coal-heavy electric grids.
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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050
Green Car Congress
JUNE 19, 2018
This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades. BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s.
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Coal Into Cars: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Plugs and Cars
AUGUST 19, 2007
The Ugly Coal sucks, there's really no two ways about it. But not all use of coal is alike. The Good About half our electricity comes from coal, and that will change, at best, slowly as we move to renewables. That includes the worst, most coal dependent areas.
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Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!
Creative Greenius
DECEMBER 7, 2009
According the the WSJ, “Many business groups are opposed to EPA efforts to curb a gas as ubiquitous as carbon dioxide.&#. One of the other big business groups the WSJ is talking about is the motley group of US Senators and US Congress members who got their money directly from the oil, gas and coal industry.
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Blowing away dirty energy: Wind to pass hydro as top renewable in 2019
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 28, 2019
For electric-car drivers looking to emit less pollution as the drive, 2019 could be a banner year. electric grid has been getting gradually greener as utilities replace coal fired powerplants with primarily wind and natural gas.
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Hybrid Kinetic H600 microturbine range-extended electric vehicle concept runs 0-100 km/h in 2.9 seconds
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2017
At the Geneva Auto Show, the China-based Hybrid Kinetic group unveiled the H600 microturbine range-extended electric vehicle sedan concept, produced together with its vehicle design and engineering partner, Pininfarina. seconds; the electric motors deliver combined maximum power of more than 600 kW.
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2019 Nissan Leaf Plus, GM EV investments, electric Ford F-150, coal power: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
JANUARY 30, 2019
GM will double its investment in engineering new electric and self-driving cars. A new study shows that electric cars are cleaner than gas, even when using electricity from coal. And results from last week's Twitter poll are.
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BP outlook: Energy demand grows as fuel mix continues to diversify; EVs in global car parc at 15% by 2040, but electric share of VMT at 30%
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
The global energy mix is the most diverse the world has ever seen by 2040, with oil, gas, coal and non-fossil fuels each contributing around a quarter. Natural gas demand grows strongly and overtakes coal as the second largest source of energy. Oil and gas together account for over half of the world’s energy.
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BREAKING NEWS: Exxon/Mobil Ordered Out of Torrance, Guilty of Greenhouse Gas Pollution
Creative Greenius
MAY 3, 2009
He makes his living off cars that run out of gas or break down because of the inadequacies of the internal combustion gasoline powered engine. You think HE’s anxious to see electric cars replace fossil fueled vehicles? California’s AB 32 mandates that by 2020 we cut our Greenhouse Gas emissions to 1990 levels.
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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 10, 2014
Across OECD nations, the Outlook assumes the implied cost of policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will reach about $80 per tonne in 2040. Hybrid vehicles are projected to grow from 1% of new-car sales in 2010 to close to 50% of sales by 2040, making up about one-third of the global fleet at that time.
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Slate's EV Acid Test: Are electric cars greener?
Plugs and Cars
DECEMBER 11, 2007
Every electric car advocate is asked the same question every day: Are EVs really cleaner, greener, better for the environment? percent of our nation's electricity is generated by the burning of coal. percent of our nation's electricity is generated by the burning of coal. The long tailpipe, and all that.
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Top Climate Scientist on Lessons Not Learned from Electric Car Debacle
Plugs and Cars
JULY 27, 2007
There are some lessons we need to learn as we are inundated with adverts about "clean coal," if we are not to get snookered as enviros did over the electric car. Automakers soon forgot their promises about better gas mileage, instead using technical efficiency improvements to make vehicles bigger and accelerate faster.
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UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2011
The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.
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Study Finds Coordinated Off-peak Charging Can Support Large Scale Plug-in Use Without Additional Generation Capacity; TCO and GHG Abatement Costs for BEVs Projected to Remain High
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 18, 2010
The study, in press in the Journal of Power Sources , examines the efficiency and costs of current and future EVs, as well as their impact on electricity demand and infrastructure for generation and distribution, and thereby on GHG emissions. Building on the SHEV drivetrains, they assumed PHEVs with an electric range of 50 km (31 miles) and.
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MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 28, 2019
Researchers at MIT and the Ford Motor Company have found that depending on the location, lightweight conventional vehicles could have a lower lifecycle greenhouse gas impact than electric vehicles, at least in the near term. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Wu et al.
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Australia’s Coal-Fondling Prime Minister Pretends To Like EVs
CleanTechnica EVs
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
In a piece of news that hit all channels a couple of days ago, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor, Minister for Emissions Reduction, were interviewed while filling up a Toyota with grey hydrogen. What made this so cringeworthy was that the headlines and comments were saying that Morrison had changed his tune […].
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NYC Goes EV
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 6, 2010
This Tesla is one of a number of electric cars coming on the market. Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? This Tesla is one of a number of electric cars coming on the market. Electric Options. by Lars Vercelli for the Gotham Gazette.
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Electric Car Quotes: List of the Best Electric Vehicle Quotes
Get Electric Vehicle
APRIL 13, 2023
What do people say about electric cars ? We have collected a few best quotes about electric vehicles. A collection of electric car quotes is presented here in this post. Read the following electric vehicle one-liners and share with your friends if you find them interesting! Fort and Tesla.”
Part of Elon Musk’s $15B tax bill will likely end up helping the fossil fuel industry
Teslarati
DECEMBER 16, 2021
As per a report from The Environmental and Energy Study Institute , direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry in the United States amount to a whopping $20 billion per year, about 80% of which go towards oil and gas. The remaining 20% is allocated for coal. Conservative estimates put U.S.
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PCAST suggests 6 key components for climate change strategy to President Obama; adaptation and mitigation
Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2013
Continue efforts to decarbonize the economy, with emphasis on the electricity sector. Key recommended steps here are: Support continuing expansion of shale-gas production, ensuring that environmental impacts of production and transport do not curtail the potential of this approach.
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252 Study suggests China urban passenger transport emissions could peak in 2030
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2019
Energy demand is able to peak at around 2020, with the peak amount ranging between 86 Mtce and 107 Mtce (million tonnes of coal equivalent), and energy consumption is likely to drop to 70–84 Mtce in 2050. Technical roadmap of bus,taxi, and car for peaking the CO2 emissions at 2030 or before. 100 km (45 mpg US) in 2030 and below 3.4L/100
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APRIL 21, 2009
Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 Caroline Reichert, a spokeswoman for the Germany energy company RWE , said leading automotive and energy companies have reached an agreement for a standardized plug for electric cars.
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Coal Power Plant That Can Capture Carbon To Open In Mid-2016
Green Car Reports
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
As more plug-in electric cars hit the road, the infrastructure used to generate electricity will need to be increasingly scrutinized. The most straightforward way to get cleaner electricity is to switch to a less-polluting source like natural gas--or better yet, renewable sources like wind and solar.
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UCS proposes plug-in cars roadblock: What's wrong with Big Enviro?
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 22, 2010
At the SAE World Congress, Union of Concerned Scientists [Research Director of the Clean Vehicles Program] Dave Friedman stated that automakers should be responsible for the methods used to generate power for electric vehicles. Whether plug-in cars are available or not, this is something they know and should want people to understand.
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Natural Gas Continues To Replace Coal: 'Bridge' Fuel To Lower-Carbon Energy
Green Car Reports
MARCH 25, 2015
It''s a simple fact that electric cars get cleaner when the electricity grids used to power them do. electricity generated from coal has dropped significantly over the past few years--and that fuel has largely been replaced by lower-emission natural. Green emissions energy infrastructure natural gas plug-in cars'
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Kentucky electric cars now pay two taxes where gas cars only pay one
Baua Electric
JANUARY 1, 2024
Photo by Mobilus in Mobili on Flickr As of January 1st, Kentucky has implemented not one but two new taxes on electric vehicles, both of which are individually higher than what gas vehicles pay on similar units of energy. cents, compared to a current average gas price of $2.78 the rate of gas (or 7x on state property).
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52 VW Chief Executive Says Company Will Introduce EVs Based on the Up! New Small Family in 2013; Cautions Against Electro-Hype
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2009
Cautioning that the development and commercialization of the electric car is “ not a sprint, but a marathon ”, Volkswagen AG Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that Volkswagen would introduce its first electric vehicles based on the up! Currently, cars contribute. VW and the electric car.
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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!
Creative Greenius
OCTOBER 15, 2009
They deliberately suppressed and illegally covered up the EPA’s 2007 ENDANGERMENT FINDING that said the government should begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions because global warming posed serious risks to the country. PLUG IN – make your next car a plug in electric car and plug it into the new solar panels you need to get.
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IEA: governments must act to ensure sufficient supply of critical minerals to meet net-zero goals
Green Car Congress
MAY 6, 2021
A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car, and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a similarly sized gas-fired power plant. The expansion of electricity networks also requires a huge amount of copper and aluminum. Source: IEA. Source: IEA.
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How Efficient Is Your EV? It’s Complicated
Cars That Think
AUGUST 2, 2021
With motor sports moving hard and fast toward electric drive, a friend recently told me that electric drag-car racing just wouldn't be the same without the deafening roar of combustion engines and the smell of "nitro" fuel. So perhaps it isn't too early to start getting nostalgic about our gas guzzlers.
Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice
Clean Fleet Report
JUNE 15, 2021
It’s Getting Easier To Go Electric. One of these remarkable initiatives is the introduction of electric cars. Electric cars are a current trend. In 2019, the sales of electric vehicles totaled 1.1 million worldwide during the first half of the year, according to Edison Electric Institute.
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Wind, Natural Gas, Solar Provide More U.S. Power, Replacing Coal
Green Car Reports
APRIL 28, 2015
One of the advantages of electric cars is that they get cleaner as the emissions associated with generating the electricity to power them decrease. And the good news for electric-car drivers is that the grids that supply their electricity have been getting cleaner--and will likely continue to do so this year and into the future.
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From Scooters to High Speed Rail, China is Electrifying
Plugs and Cars
JUNE 9, 2011
From two-wheeled scooters, a mainstay of urban mobility, and urban mass transit, to high-speed inter-urban rail, China will soon see the day most people move about most of the time on electricity. It had few private cars. For a while, gas scooters held sway piled high with people and products. It had no subway system.
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Chevy Dealership Adds Solar Trackers
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 11, 2022
Cutting pollution and global heating emissions in the United States is dependent more than anything else on 1) shifting from fossil fuel powered vehicles to electric vehicles and human-powered transit, and 2) switching from coal and natural gas to solar and wind energy.
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New Zealand Strategic Assessment of Biofuels Calls for Emphasis on Synthetic Diesel from Wood
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 2, 2010
The purpose of the report is to consider strategically how biofuels might lessen the country’s dependence on fossil fuels and thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Electric cars appear to be coming into their own, and many trips can be made by public transport, cycling, and walking. Commissioner Wright.
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210 ExxonMobil projects 25% energy demand increase between 2014-2040, 50% decline in carbon intensity; hybrids to be 40% of new car sales
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 25, 2016
At the same time, energy efficiency gains and increased use of renewable energy sources and lower carbon fuels, such as natural gas, are expected to help reduce by half the carbon intensity of the global economy. The company forecasts modest gains for plug-in electric cars, with cost and functionality remaining barriers.
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Creative Greenius
JANUARY 17, 2009
I have seen the future my friends and it looks exactly like a 76 degree January day filled with beautiful people driving gorgeous plug-in hybrid and plug-in electric cars. It looks like Mrs Greenius has found her next car! The Creative Greenius suggests you let those cars rot on the showroom floor. Save your money.
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150 Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 12, 2017
According to Sigurbjörnsson, the data collected supports the conclusion that methanol fueled cars will also be economically competitive with both fossil fueled cars, hybrids and electric cars. According to Mr. Sigurbjörnsson, methanol can also be used to generate electricity onboard using fuel cells.
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Another study confirms electric cars have lower carbon emissions, in Minnesota this time
Green Car Reports
MAY 9, 2016
It's a very reasonable question: electric cars themselves have no tailpipe emissions, but what about the power plants used to recharge them? After more than a dozen studies and five-plus years of plug-in car sales, we know the answer.
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Waiting for Superbatteries
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Soft wood, such as spruce or pine, packs less than 10 megajoules per liter, whereas bituminous coal has 2.5 By this metric, air-dried wood contains about 3,500 Wh/L, good steam coal around 6,500, gasoline 9,600, aviation kerosene 10,300, and natural gas (methane) merely 9.7—less less than 1/1,000 the density of kerosene.
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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008
Creative Greenius
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
Otherwise it will become impractical to constrain atmospheric carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas produced in burning fossil fuels, to a level that prevents the climate system from passing tipping points that lead to disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity’s contro l.”. That’s 18 months away.
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150 2016 Chevy Malibu Hybrid, VW Solid-State Batteries, Natural Gas Growth: Today's Car News
Green Car Reports
MARCH 25, 2015
Today we look at the powertrain of the upcoming 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, Volkswagen''s interest in solid-state batteries for electric cars, and why natural gas is displacing coal in electricity generation. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers
EV Info
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Slashing gas storage facilities. Additional fees and charges added to electricity prices. On a good or windy day these produce around 20% of the UK electricity needs. What we have not done so well is to ensure that we have a solid base level of generation to supply electricity when there is no sun and no wind. Biomass 5%.
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