Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) suggests that new road charges for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs or lorries) should reflect the varied health effects of traffic pollution in different European countries. The positive effects of such a scheme have been noted in Switzerland after the country adopted similar legislation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) announced $4 million in federal funding for national laboratories to collaborate with international partners on seven projects out of the 12 that were selected as a part of the Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies (ACT) Initiative.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 3, 2023

Auro ] Founded in 2014, Verity delivers fully autonomous indoor drone systems that are trusted in environments where failure is not an option. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, with global operations, Verity’s system is used to complete thousands of fully autonomous inventory checks every day in warehouses everywhere.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2013

At the conclusion of the International Negotiating Committee on Mercury ( INC5 ) meeting in Geneva ( earlier post ), nations agreed on a global, legally-binding treaty to prevent mercury emissions and releases. The international negotiators selected the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to fund implementation of the new Mercury Convention.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The average gap between official fuel consumption figures and actual fuel use for new cars in the EU has reached 42%, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into vehicle fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Investment in road, rail and inland waterway infrastructure as a percentage of GDP has remained at around 1% since 1995 in the OECD, according to the new report Spending on Transport Infrastructure 1995-2011: Trends, Policies, Data released by the International Transport Forum at the OECD.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

—Québec minister for Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Pierre Arcand. The proposed linkage is another indication of the wide range of action taking place in the international arena.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2009

There is no scarcity of warnings of the risk of irreversible climatic damage to the environment. CDSB was founded in January 2007 at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Against this background, it is imperative that companies supply their shareholders with appropriate climate change data.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

Based on analysis of long-term trends, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report calls for a clear vision defining Europe’s transport system by 2050 and consistent policies to achieve it. Transport, including international aviation and maritime transport, accounts for around a quarter of total EU greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The removal of the traditional internal combustion engine enabled the designers and engineers of the Volta Zero to rethink how a truck has always been designed. To aid ingress and egress, the removal of the internal combustion means the driver sits in a central driving position with a swivel seat.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The average gap between official fuel consumption figures and actual fuel use for new cars in the EU has reached 42%, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into vehicle fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2022

And then there’s proprioceptive perception (or proprioception), which is internal sensing, involving things like touch, and force sensing. Achieving this for an autonomous hike in a mountainous environment, where a more semantic environment understanding is necessary, is our future work.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Information was shared on cooperative efforts already underway among organizations involved in electric vehicle standardization such as the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), SAE International, and Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL). Wireless charging.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The gap between official and real-world fuel-economy figures in Europe has risen to about 38%, according to a new report published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). United Kingdom); and the car club TCS (Switzerland). Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). Almost 67 million people (i.e. Transport at a crossroads.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The gap between official fuel-economy figures and the real world for new cars in the EU has reached 40 per cent, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into in-use vehicle fuel efficiency and CO 2 emissions. com (Spain) and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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Get Electric Vehicle

JULY 18, 2023

ABB India Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) is a Switzerland based multinational company and they manufacture electric motors for electric vehicles. Designed for tough environments and to tolerate high shock loads and vibration levels, and wide ambient temperature ranges. High torque capability for excellent productivity and responsiveness.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2009

A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2013

ORNL’s current mission is to conduct basic and applied research and development to create scientific knowledge and technological solutions that strengthen the nation’s leadership in key areas of science; increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect the environment; and contribute to national security.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Robots need to operate in a real world full of noise, irregularities, and evolving environments. The rigid rules and constrained environment of Go will never provide such challenges. These feats of computing are pretty good measures of a system’s abilities. But they fall short in some important ways. They’ve developed.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Trusted execution environments (TEE) were developed to provide a higher level of security for applications by using an encryption perimeter around program execution running on the hardware, but these were built primarily for applications confined within a CPU. Implementing this capability in software adds additional overhead and latency.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 13, 2008

Every single element of our environment is negative," said Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who also heads the automaker's French partner Renault. nk of Norway has begun producing cars again, and sales are slated to begin soon in Scandinavia, Switzerland and France. Sales and profits are declining for automakers in established markets. "It

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Norway. ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Flyability, Switzerland. First of all this year's preparation was strongly influenced by Covid-19 as our team spans multiple countries, namely the US, Switzerland, Norway, and the UK. Team CERBERUS. Team CERBERUS. University of Nevada, Reno.

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2024

Greetings from the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Yokohama, Japan! However, these robots must perform their tasks dexterously and safely in shared human environments, especially when handling dangerous tools such as kitchen knives.

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Green Cars News

MAY 27, 2009

As Rafael Girona, Europcar Groupe’s Chief Operating Officer, explains, “This signature fits perfectly with the principles of our Green charter and our action policy intended to offer our customers a fleet with as limited an impact as possible on the environment.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. He understands the trend away from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric-powered vehicles and realizes the tasks involved to decommission ICE infrastructure. I thrive in a mentoring environment that provides space for me to grow.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. He understands the trend away from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric-powered vehicles and realizes the tasks involved to decommission ICE infrastructure. I thrive in a mentoring environment that provides space for me to grow.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 16, 2024

Though the kind of people that buy those products are likely to have a much larger impact on the environment than your neighbor who drives an Honda CR-V and won’t need to heat a 10,000 square-foot mansion or fuel the private jet they also don’t own. Image: Lamborghini] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2018

Switzerland leads the world in sustainability, followed by France, Denmark, Malta, and Sweden. Switzerland’s top ranking reflects strong performance across most issues, especially air quality and climate protection. Disability-Adjusted Life Years lost due to PM 2.5. Source: EPI. Click to enlarge. EPI and Global Sustainability Data.

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