Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2018

As British Airways looks towards its Centenary next year, the airline, in collaboration with Cranfield University, has challenged academics from across the UK to develop a sustainable alternative fuel which could power a commercial aircraft on a long-haul flight, carrying up to 300 customers with zero net emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Laboratory and in-use fuel economy comparison. higher fuel economy than the conventional tractors, resulting in a 12% reduction in fuel costs for the hybrids. higher fuel economy than the conventional tractors, resulting in a 12% reduction in fuel costs for the hybrids. Source: NREL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2012

The goal of their study was to understand how alternative fuels affect the primary PM emissions, the semi-volatile nature of the these emissions, and the potential for the emissions to form secondary PM. A paper on the results is published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. Properties of fuels used in the study.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2019

airline (San Francisco to Santa Rosa); the longest flight within the continental United States (Seattle to Miami); and the longest flight in the world (New York to Singapore). This is consistent with an estimate from the Worldwatch Institute that the most fuel-efficient distance is around 2,670 miles.). times to 2.98

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

car2go will officially start operations in Toronto on 30 June; in Calgary on 21 July; and in Miami, Florida on 28 July. For a limited time, people can use a promotion code to receive 30 free minutes of driving time and have the one-time $35 membership fee waived: Codes are TDOT for Toronto, ONWARD for Calgary and HEAT for Miami.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2011

Commercial launch is the culmination of a testing and validation program, and follows the successful implementation of a pre-production E3 fleet that is in service in the greater Miami area. The E3 in Miami. Operational results have shown fuel consumption reductions of 30-50%, with a typical saving of 45%. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Parker Hannifin Corporation, in partnership with Autocar, delivered hydraulic hybrid refuse vehicles to three South Florida municipalities ( earlier post ): City of Miami, the City of Hialeah, and Miami-Dade County. Hydraulic hybrid technology represents a breakthrough in efforts to reduce fuel use and pollution from these vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

As a dedicated compressed natural gas vehicle, the MV-1 will use no gasoline and produce lower emissions than gasoline-fueled vehicles. According to VPG, a new American car company based in Miami, Florida, the MV-1 is the only purpose-built vehicle that was designed from the ground up for wheelchair accessibility.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Ford Motor Company has added Hong Kong to the list of global cities served by its Transit Connect Taxi, among them New York City, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. The Transit Connect Taxi Ford unveiled in Hong Kong comes equipped with a Ford-engineered, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fuel system.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Ford Motor Company, Argo AI and Walmart are working together to launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami; Austin, Texas; and Washington, DC—Walmart’s first multi-city autonomous delivery collaboration in the US. Argo and Ford have been operating in Miami and Washington, D.C.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Hertz Dream Cars, offered in 35 markets including Los Angeles, Miami and Las Vegas, include: Aston Martin V8 Vantage. Hertz Dream Cars expand the availability for consumers to enjoy an once-in-a-lifetime luxury travel experience. Audi R8, Spyder. Bentley Continental GT. Cadillac CTS-V. Ferrari (California, F430). Lamborghini Gallardo.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC. Metro DCFC stations will be placed in retail locations and are intended to serve EV drivers in their daily fueling needs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The Florida communities of Hialeah, Miami-Dade County, and the City of Miami are purchasing 11 Autocar E3 refuse trucks fitted with parker Hannifin’s RunWise hydraulic hybrid technology. During a full month of testing in South Florida, the RunWise system registered a 72% improvement in fuel efficiency. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

the use and optimization of a range of Schaeffler technologies allowed the vehicle’s fuel consumption to be reduced by 15%. Upcoming performances will be in Miami on March 4 and Long Beach in April 2015. This car was specially created for the electrically operated Monoposto Racing Series and has already raced in Asia and South America.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

Marie, Michigan at the Canadian border to Miami, Florida. Thus far along the entire corridor, E85 has been installed at 26 fuel stations, and B20 has been installed at 9. There are nearly 100 flex fuel vehicle (FFV) models on the market today, and more than 10 million flex fuel vehicles already on the road.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Vehicle owners continue to report 99% uptime and fuel savings averaging 43%, reinforcing the performance and reliability of the RunWise system. We are very pleased with the progress we have made and excited for the future of hydraulic hybrid vehicles. —Shane Terblanche, General Manager, Hybrid Drive Systems Division.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Miami Beach, FL) will develop and demonstrate boosting EV charging through energy storage system. Sderot, Israel) and Brayton Energy, LLC (Hampton, NH), will develop a low cost and high efficiency solid biomass and solid waste fueled electricity generation system. —,US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette. Elbit Systems Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2019

East Coast (Boston, New York City, and Miami). In New York City and Miami, regular retail gasoline prices were lowest in December, but prices in Boston were lowest in January. Although prices declined across the country, the extent of the decline varied greatly within the regions. gal to $3.01/gal gal during the year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Speaking at the 2009 World Methanol Conference in Miami, Richard J. Chemrec pioneered the Fuels-from-the-Forest biofuels biorefinery concept, which can produce BioDME. It will produce up to 40 million gallons of BioDME or other renewable motor fuels a year. Chemrec is currently building BioDME production plants in Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Beginning in September, six Navistar eStar all-electric, zero-emission trucks ( earlier post ) will be part of Coca-Cola’s growing fleet of alternative fuel vehicles (AFV) in North America; the AFV fleet will surpass 750 units by the end of this year. Atlanta and Miami. and Hartford, Conn., with two trucks in Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

President Obama announced both new programs during a speech on Thursday at the University of Miami. RFI on Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) DE-FOA-0000671 for Chemo/electro-autotrophic Synthesis of Liquid Fuels at Scale ( earlier post ). Funding to develop homegrown transportation fuels from algae. Natural gas vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2014

Escape is over-indexing in four cities particularly attractive to baby boomers: Miami, up 53%; Orlando, up 34%; Phoenix, up 27%; and Charlotte, N.C., In year-over-year retail sales, Escape is experiencing 24% growth—outpacing the national compact utility vehicle average increase of 18%. cubic feet of passenger volume—about a 21.4%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Buses in nine markets are immediately being converted to run on B20 where the fuel is centrally stored and available: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio and San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2017

The technologically advanced Wärtsilä 46F engine represents best-in-class fuel economy, and excellent power-to-weight and power-to-space ratios. Florida based Virgin Voyages’ cruise operations will commence in 2020 from Miami with the delivery of the first of these three ships.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

Ongoing research in the industry has been exploring cost-effective fuel alternatives. Other higher ethanol blends such as E15 have caused issues in recreational marine engines, including fuel phase separation, fuel system compatibility issues and engine failures. The fuel was a blend of 16.1%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

Miami, 26%. On average, journey times in Los Angeles take 33% longer than when traffic in the city is flowing freely and 77% longer during evening rush hour. The top ten most congested cities in North America, ranked by overall congestion level, between January and March 2012 were: Los Angeles, 33%. Vancouver, 30%. Seattle, 25%. Tampa, 25%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

UPS intends to achieve its 2020 airline goals by: Investing in more fuel-efficient aircraft types and engines; Fuel-saving operational initiatives, such as lower flight speeds; reduced flight segments, where viable; computer-optimized flight plans; computer-managed aircraft taxi times; and jet engine washing; and. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

Coca-Cola Enterprises uses tractors as its standard bulk delivery truck for large deliveries, and plans to deploy the Kenworth hybrid tractors to Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Montreal, New Orleans, New York, Portland (Ore.), The Kenworth T370 hybrid trucks (rated at 33,000 lb.

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Cars That Think

MAY 16, 2024

In late April, the Miami-based rail company Brightline Trains broke ground on a project that the company promises will give the United States its first dedicated, high-speed passenger rail service. to-Las-Vegas Brightline West line, also operates a Miami-Orlando rail line that averages 111 km/h.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Bugattis, which are among the most expensive car brands in the world, are not necessarily famed for their fuel economy. In fact, as noted in a report from USA Today For The Win , the Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport is one of the cars with the worst fuel economy in the market.

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Green Cars News

JULY 18, 2009

Some might call the idea a little insular, but no-one could accuse Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff of not practising what he preaches. Recently the commissioner urged Miami natives to ‘buy American’ and now he has traded in his foreign car - a Smart car - for a new Ford Fusion Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

LUMINA by Tishman Speyer, San Francisco’s largest luxury condominium project currently under construction, will be the first residential community on the West Coast to offer the service, while the Four Seasons Residences in Miami will offer the service on the East Coast. The service will soon expand to other major US cities.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

PEM is commercializing a carbon-14 field-ready analyzer with a sensitivity of approximately 1 part per million of fossil fuel-produced CO 2 in ambient air. University of Miami Rosenstiel School , Miami, Fla. Planetary Emissions Management Inc. PEM), Cambridge, Mass.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2023

Elon Musk is attending this weekend’s Formula 1 Gran Prix in Miami and has called for a race between pure EVs and hybrid-gas vehicles. Further, due to their lack of gearboxes, EVs typically have a harder time reaching and maintaining higher speeds.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. City of Tallahassee.

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Electric Auto Association

JULY 7, 2021

For more on Dayton’s EV history, read Miami Valley's Marvelous Motor Cars. Summary This Dayton event, in the planning stages for approximately six months, was a melding of local government, non-profit, for-profit, and volunteer organizations all focused on accelerating the adoption of renewable energy and EVs in the Miami Valley.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2016

The vehicle, dubbed “Olli,” will be used on public roads locally in Washington DC, and late in 2016 in Miami-Dade County, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada. Average fuel economy is 3.48 Olli was unveiled during the grand opening of a new Local Motors facility in National Harbor, MD and transported Local Motors CEO and co-founder John B.

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