Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2020

We primarily have vehicle fleets with vans and forklifts operating in industrial and business parks in mind here. Micropollutants such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides and cosmetics can be removed from wastewater when ozone is introduced. The hydrogen factory of the future. © Fraunhofer IFF.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2022

Emissions from heavy-duty vehicles are primarily under the regulatory jurisdiction of state and federal government, and voluntary incentive programs are critical to transitioning fleets to the next generation of cleaner technologies and achieving reductions needed to meet air quality standards. standards.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

Later years should show additional improvements as greater fleet turnover occurs. The modeled 2028 base year 8-hour ozone design values were found to be above the 70 ppb NAAQS for 75 monitoring locations. Metropolitan areas and highway corridors will see the greatest reduction in ozone due to the strategy, with reductions of up to 6.5

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Cleaner Ozone Emissions Atlanta 243

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

A new study quantifying emissions from a fleet of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and port fuel injection (PFI) engines finds that the measured decrease in CO 2 emissions from GDIs is much greater than the potential climate forcing associated with higher black carbon emissions from GDI engines. —Saliba et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

VOCs, primarily emitted from the tailpipes of vehicles, are a key ingredient in the formation of ground-level ozone which, at high levels, can harm people’s lungs and damage crops and other plants. —lead author Carsten Warneke, Ph.D., Warneke, C., de Gouw, J. Holloway, J. Peischl, T. Ryerson, E. Trainer, and D.

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Los Angeles Gasoline Ozone 2002 285

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

It requires anyone who owns, operates, charters, rents or leases any US or foreign-flagged container, passenger or refrigerated-cargo vessel that visits a California port to meet the operational time limits and reduce their power generation fleet-wide, as well as submit statements of compliance.

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Ozone Fleet Mariner Pollution 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The new CNG fleet will replace older diesel-powered trucks. One of the more lasting contributions we can make in our community is to protect the environment by reducing ozone-forming emissions wherever possible. Three out of every four trucks in our local fleet will be powered by natural gas by the end of this calendar year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2023

A fleet average nonfuel nonexhaust VOC emission factor of 58 ± 39 mg veh –1 km –1 was calculated for the missing source, which is greater than the total of all VOCs emitted from vehicle exhausts and their associated evaporative fuel losses. —Cliff et al. the products used for “car care,” such as windshield washer fluid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2014

The main purpose of the LoNo Program is to deploy the cleanest and most energy efficient US-made transit buses that have been largely proven in testing and demonstrations but are not yet widely deployed in transit fleets. A maintenance area, as defined in section 5303, for ozone or carbon monoxide. 7407(d)); or.

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Emissions Ozone Maintenance Hydrogen 268

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The new CNG fleet will replace older diesel powered trucks. Republic operates a fleet of more than 1,400 CNG vehicles and 26 natural gas fueling stations nationwide. Republic installed a natural gas fueling station to support its new fleet of CNG powered trucks in the Twin Cities.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to approve an updated plan for the South Coast Air Basin aimed at further cutting smog-forming emissions to attain the federal 8-hour ozone standard. The plan also includes current efforts to transform California’s vehicle fleet to zero-emission. —CARB Chair Mary D.

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California Ozone Los Angeles Pollution 221

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

According to a newly-published discussion paper, the primary objective of the proposed standards is to require fleet average SULEV-level emissions performance (similar to the Federal Tier 2 Bin 2 standard) from new vehicles by model year 2022. LEV III—for new passenger vehicles, to be considered by the Board later this year.

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Emissions California Fleet Vehicles 186

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In addition, other studies have shown that increases in PM 2.5 , NO 2 , and ozone were associated with lower test scores that were “equivalent to the effects of short-term reductions of thousands of dollars in district median household income.” View the Case Study How much funding is available for EV charging at school districts?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Freight transportation is a pillar of the US national economy, but while long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over US highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air polluting particulate matter and about 55% of nitrogen oxides, the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere, the study said.

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Emissions Diesel Ozone United States 286

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated the five-county Philadelphia region of Bucks, Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties as non-attainment for ozone and fine particulate matter air quality standards. Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties recently achieved attainment status for federal ozone standards.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

The rail sector is the only transportation modality without significant emissions related development that is feasible in the near-term to eliminate ozone, smog and GHG emissions, OptiFuel says. Beside the US locomotive fleet average NNO x Ox emissions of 8 g/bhp-hr, the US rail fleet’s average fine Particulate Matter (PM) emissions is 0.22

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Grant Hybrid Ozone EPA 243

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2013

As part of a US Department of Energy sponsored effort, local fleets will replace existing diesel delivery vehicles with all-electric medium- and heavy-duty Smith Newton trucks for daily operations in the Houston-Galveston area. Its service area is 12,500 square miles and contains more than 6 million people.

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Houston Battery Batteries Ozone 239

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

Achieving our long-term climate goal and 2032 ozone standards will require a much deeper penetration of ZEVs into the fleet. Deployment of fuel efficient vehicle tires for in-use vehicles could include limited incentives, followed by ratings and then standard setting to permanently shift the market.

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Climate Change Climate California Ozone 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

EPA expects that any update to the standards will result in significant mobile source NO x reductions, which will aid communities across the country in the attainment of ozone and particulate matter standards. The US has made major reductions in NO x emissions, but it’s been nearly 20 years since EPA updated these standards.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

The first is the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), which aims to advance combustion engine technology and simultaneously reduce criteria emissions, such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and ozone. Adapting existing fleets is a compelling issue for rail. Locomotives have extremely long service lives.

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Carbon Fuel Ozone Engine 259

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The results, published in an open-access paper in the journal Science , suggest that the focus of efforts to mitigate ozone formation and toxic chemical burdens need to be adjusted, the authors suggested. Total VOC emission factors for end uses of petrochemical sources in the study. 1A) and sales data of volatile chemical products.

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Pollution Transportation Production Los Angeles 264

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Mary Fallin joined 14 other states to sign a multi-state Memorandum of Understanding committing to the purchase of NGVs for each State’s fleet and encouraging the development of more functional and affordable CNG vehicles. In 2011, Hickenlooper and Oklahoma Gov.

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Colorado Fuel Oklahoma Ozone 250

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

Compared to the 2010 “Business as Usual” scenario—which includes all adopted emission control measures for the South Coast—NO x levels must be reduced by 65% and by 75% to meet the 2023 and 2032 ozone standards, respectively. It would provide greater long-term market choices for fleet owners.

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Gas Climate Emissions California 257

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

systems in areas classified “Serious,” “Severe,” or “Extreme” for nonattainment of the ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). Vapor emissions from refueling, if allowed to escape, can contribute significantly to ground-level ozone, sometimes called smog, as well as to other types of harmful air pollution.

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EPA Gasoline 2013 Ozone 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2022

The twenty light-duty gasoline vehicles included a mixture of technologies, such as gasoline direct injection (GDI), port fuel injection (PFI) as well as PFI+GDI fuel systems that are representative of the current California gasoline fleet. The test fleet showed statistically significant effects for some pollutants, but not for others.

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Ozone 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2009

A single proposal may target multiple fleets, fleet types and/or diesel emission reduction solutions. million tons of NO x , which contribute to the formation of ozone and additional fine particles. Nationwide, in 2009 diesel emission from mobile sources alone will account for approximately 300,000 tons of directly emitted PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

Workplace, fleet and multi-unit dwelling projects will be given priority. $5 County of Santa Clara will received $300,000 to purchase and install a publicly accessible compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station at a county fleet management facility in San Jose. 4 million to emerging opportunities.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

The study found that 60% of the winter primary hydrocarbon hydroxyl radical reactivity in London is from those diesel-related hydrocarbons; the authors predicted that the longer-chain HCs contribute up to 50 % of the ozone production potential in London. —Dunmore et al.

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London Pollution Diesel Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

A new report prepared by the World Bank at the request of the G8 identifies ways that the World Bank can do more through its projects to reduce the emission of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs): black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone, and fluorinated gases known as HFCs.

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Pollution Climate Transportation Climate Change 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Hence, in contrast to the situation for NMHC, ethanol, acetaldehyde, and CH 4 , it is not possible to make general statements regarding the effect of fuel ethanol content on tailpipe emissions of NO x , THC, and NMOG for the current or future FFV fleet based on testing of a small number of existing vehicle models. —Hubbard et al.

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Emissions Ford Exhaust Fuel 294

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

In the new study, Horton, Peters and their team looked at vehicle fleet and emissions data from 2014. Although the impact of carbon emissions on the climate is well documented, combustion engines also produce other harmful pollutants, such as particulate matter and the precursors to ground-level ozone.

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Climate Change Pollution Climate 2014 261

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2017

Continued actions to set more stringent standards, coupled with programs to increase the penetration of those technologies into the fleet will reduce NO x emissions from passenger vehicles and trucks by 85% from today’s levels in the South Coast. emissions by more than 20%. emissions by more than 20%.

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Climate California Ozone Pollution 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2018

NO x emissions are known to be harmful to human health and to the environment, contributing to regional ozone attainment challenges, smog and other air-quality issues. The certification of this ultra-clean propane engine could not have come at a more opportune time as private and public fleets can now begin applying for a piece of the $2.9

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Engine Cleaner Ozone Emissions 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2010

The program is geared to help small California-based fleets replace their older, polluting trucks with newer, cleaner models. California is currently working toward meeting clean-air standards for ozone and particulate matter emissions.

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California Diesel Emissions Cleaner 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2013

Volkswagen said it would roll out CO 2 MAC systems progressively over its entire vehicle fleet. R134a replaced CFC-12 as the MAC refrigerant in the early 1990s due to the negative impact of CFCs on the Earth’s ozone layer. Earlier post.). With a GWP (Global Warming Potential) value of 1, R744 is 99.3%

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Future CO2 2009 Climate 311

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The proposed regulation provides medium- and heavy-duty truck manufacturers with several compliance options and would require a one-time reporting from applicable truck fleets. million registered vehicles. million registered vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

Regulations, improved fuel efficiency of the state’s vehicle fleet, and higher market penetration of zero-emission vehicles drive down emissions over time; but population growth, lower fuel prices, more consumer and economic activity, and higher overall employment are factors that increase fuel use. MMTCO 2 e (6%) from 2013 to 2017.

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