Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

Diesel vehicles have had a rough time penetrating the US light-duty vehicle market, reflecting outdated negative perceptions, higher fuel prices for diesel than for gasoline, the cost of complying with stringent US emission standards, and rapidly improving gasoline engines. A mid-term review will be conducted this year.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 28, 2024

Tesla vehicles have been adopted by several police forces across the United States, and they have widely been met with positive reviews, mainly driven by cost savings and performance advantages. Other police departments have canceled out the difference in initial cost after just a year of operation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2012

The wide swing depends on achieving further technical success with the development of hydrogen vehicle technology resulting in lower costs, Greene said. Among the other initial findings of the study are: Low-cost batteries (Bat+) help all vehicles: H2Vs and PEVs as well as BEVs. David Greene, DOE 2012 Merit Review).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from Germany and South Africa forsees the gradual replacement of lead-acid SLI (starter, lighting and ignition) batteries with Li-ion batteries over the next couple of years. —Ferg et al. Schuldt, J. 2019.03.063.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

The team also developed synthetic depot charging load profiles for heavy-duty trucks from real-world operating schedules, and found that charging requirements are met at common light-duty EV charging rates (?100?kW Commercial heavy-duty trucking operations are motivated to reduce operating costs. kW per vehicle).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Long-term markets including mainstream transportation applications with a focus on light duty vehicles—in the 2015 to 2020 timeframe. These goals are to: Reduce the cost of producing hydrogen from renewable resources, nuclear energy, and coal with carbon sequestration; Reduce the cost of delivering, storing, and dispensing hydrogen; and.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The study also illustrates how a holistic, total vehicle approach to system mass and cost reduction can help offset the additional cost of a 37% mass reduced body structure. Included with the report are a US EPA-contracted peer review by SRA International and EPA’s responses, as well as Lotus’ responses to the peer review.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

C and pressures above 200 bar to be facile, and therefore the capital cost of plant and equipment is substantial. Modern H-B plants produce ammonia at an energy cost of at least 8 MWh tonne -1. The reaction between N 2 and H 2 requires temperatures in excess of 400 ?C Ammonia production is currently responsible for ~1.0% Generation 2.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

we dispensed 8.1858 gge at one pump, at a price of $2.438/gge, yielding a cost of $19.70. The engine block was developed with math-based tools and data acquired in GM’s racing programs, and provides a light, rigid foundation. Under light loads, it can retard timing at all engine speeds to improve fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Increasing the power generating capacity of a 12-module NuScale small modular reactor (SMR) plant by an additional 25% lowers the overnight capital cost of the facility on a per kilowatt basis from an expected $3,600 to approximately $2,850. NuScale will be able to deliver its first module to a client in 2027.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The National Academies have released a third review of the 21 st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP); the review follows the Phase 1 and Phase 2 reviews by the National Research Council in 2008 and 2012 ( earlier post ) and assesses the progress the partnership has made. A pathway to achieve 55% is being developed.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

As a result of new CEO Mary Barra’s request for a comprehensive internal safety review following the ignition switch recall, General Motors announced three separate recalls involving US production and sales of approximately: 303,000 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana from the 2009-2014 model years with gross vehicle weight under 10,000 pounds.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

We still have a number of challenges before this technology becomes practical for real-world use, but eventually it would substantially reduce the size and cost of future high-energy particle colliders for exploring the world of fundamental particles and forces. First they are boosted to nearly the speed of light.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Costs a real killer. 2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e plug-in hybrid test drive review GLC 350e: A convenient fast-charge mode, at a price I picked up the GLC just as a flurry or two fell out of a gray skynever a good sign in Atlanta, the city too busy to plow. Driveability isnt much of a concern. cubic-foot cargo area , too. cubic feet.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 29, 2025

Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewers driving experience using the dash gauge computer. We particularly liked the nose and tail, especially how they utilized LED lighting for a clean look. Your numbers may differ. The three colors and textures work well together.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

These fuel economy levels are achieved based on a sustained 4%–6% annual reduction of fuel use per mile with incremental technology additions that do not compromise vehicle size or utility at an incremental cost of $800–$1,300 from 2025 to 2030. Previous costs of compliance have been greatly overestimated. Lightweighting.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Avgas is one of the last common transportation fuels—and the only fuel in the US—to contain the additive tetraethyl lead (TEL); avgas is used by light aircraft and helicopters. Working alliances were then formed with aviation engine manufacturer Lycoming Engines (Lycoming) and the light aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

In particular, this report demonstrates the necessity of maintaining the exemption for lead-based batteries within the EU End of Life Vehicle Directive’s wider ban on lead in light-duty vehicles. A Review of Battery technologies for Automotive Applications. Click to enlarge. —EUROBAT chairman Johann-Friedrich Dempwolff.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The FAA says that it will take at least another month to complete a crucial environmental review of orbital Starship launches from SpaceX’s South Texas Starbase facilities. The post SpaceX’s Starbase environmental review delayed another month appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2012

Element Energy used a component-based cost model to estimate the current and future costs of conventional and novel powertrains based on peer-reviewed data—e.g., on batteries and fuel cell costs trends and the costs of vehicle mass reduction. Fuel cell system cost projections over time and volume.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

EOLAB features materials such as magnesium and aluminium, which are extremely light and also much cheaper than titanium. kWh battery, the motor is sufficient to power the light weight car under electrical power. This made it possible to compensate for the technology’s additional cost compared with conventional stamping.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The driver survey is the team’s second study on this topic; the first, published in 2012, provided a general review of the area, with a primary focus on post-combustion technologies for light vehicles: absorption; membrane separation; and adsorption. Behavior Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Surveys'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2014

GMZ Energy and its partners are on track to deliver a 1 kW thermoelectric generator (TEG) for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle as well as to design and to integrate a light-duty vehicle TEG into a Honda Accord as part of a DOE-funded project. Click to enlarge. The TARDEC TEG incorporates GMZ Energys current TG8-1.0 W/cm 2 to 6.0

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

In a companion study to an SAE paper presented in April ( earlier post ), researchers at MIT have quantified the net economic and CO 2 emissions benefit that could be obtained by utilizing 98 RON gasoline in light-duty vehicles, based on reasonable assumptions for possible refinery changes and the evolution of the LDV fleet. billion in 2040.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2024

Department of Energy (DOE) reported earlier this month that the average price for a lithium-ion EV battery dropped 90 percent between 2008 and 2023 for light-duty vehicles, based on the cost of usable energy. Drive Partnership research program. Straubel, was able to recover around 95 percent of the metals used in old EV batteries.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Currently, global production of low-carbon hydrogen is minimal, its cost is not yet competitive, and its use in promising sectors such as industry and transport remains limited—but there are encouraging signs that it is on the cusp of significant cost declines and widespread global growth, according the IEA’s Global Hydrogen Review 2021.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

While the cost of new heavy-duty trucks has increased at approximately 1% per year, the cost of emission controls has come down, representing a lower percentage of the cost of a new truck. Furthermore, catalyst development has produced higher activity catalysts that can provide higher NO x conversion with lower catalyst loading.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

A review of 20 years of technical literature on natural gas (NG) emissions in the United States and Canada comprising more than 200 papers has concluded that official inventories consistently underestimate actual CH 4 emissions due to leakage from the natural gas system.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 24, 2025

Features include walk-up and walk-away, front and rear, choreographed lighting sequences, a tinted and UV filter-treated panoramic fixed glass roof, body color shark fin antenna, black crystal grille and graphic-etched rear quarter panel acoustic laminate glass. Apple CarPlay or Android Auto are not available on the 2025 Cadillac Optiq.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

The analysis used by federal agencies to set standards for fuel economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas emissions for new US light-duty vehicles from 2017 to 2025 was thorough and of high caliber overall, according to a new report from the National Research Council. Background. Summary findings.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced three winning startup companies—based on a public vote and an expert review—out of the 14 participating in the US Department of Energy (DOE) “ America’s Next Top Energy Innovator ” challenge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2021

We are excited to invest in Greenland’s emerging mineral sector and to partner with Bluejay in light of their strong track record in Greenland and the outstanding potential of the Disko project. This is supported by multiple peer reviewed scientific studies. —Kurt House, CEO of KoBold. million tonnes (Mt), containing 6.0

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

Allowing for the energy costs of cryogen production, this would result in a thermal efficiency improvement of around 40%. While electrification, hybridization and improvements of the existing internal combustion engine offer a pathway to sustainability for light vehicles, a major problem remains in the heavy duty sector.

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Exhaust Concept Vehicles Engine 285

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

The maximum number of hours a first-generation fuel cell stack (2003–2005 stack technology) accumulated without repair is 2,375—the longest stack durability from a light-duty FCEV in normal use published to date of which the NREL team was aware. 2,000-hour fuel cell durability. Results from version 2.1 Results from version 2.1

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The awardees went through a rigorous process including a review with CalSEED’s curated technical advisory committee, who volunteered their time and expertise to select the most promising future clean energy technologies. the cost of energy storage?by Details of the 28 companies awarded a total of $4.2 Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2022

To achieve these goals, the team has a broad research plan that includes CdTe doping strategies, characterizing and exploring new CdTe contacting materials, and work to enable a bifacial CdTe module that absorbs light from the front and back of the module. and Sivananthan Laboratories, Inc.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 6, 2024

The front is now much smoother, with a much narrower lighting profile and a new wider grille. But having a car that’ll do everything at a competitive price point with the cost of all-wheel drive baked in is surely appealing. Looking at the new Forester, it’s easy to see things are different this time around.

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