Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

This is supplemented by the additional range offered by the reserve gasoline tank with a net usable volume of 9 liters (2.4 The four-cylinder always starts in CNG mode, only injecting slight amounts of gasoline under rare operating conditions. US gal) mounted in front of the rear axle. The driver does not notice this switch.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2018

Audi remains convinced of the potential of the fuels e-gas, “e-benzin” (e-gasoline) and e-diesel and is continuing to pursue its e-fuels strategy. galons US), the largest batch yet produced—of synthetic Audi e-gasoline for initial engine tests. Audi “e-benzin” (e-gasoline) is essentially a liquid isooctane. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

In its analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle program, the Postal Service underestimated the expected greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles and overestimated the emissions tied to battery-electric vehicles, according to U-M researchers.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

California will ban the sale of new gasoline vehicles by 2035. And to do that, it will need a much more capable grid. Powering all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in California with electricity could raise demand by 25%, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing the opinions of energy-industry executives and analysts.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Teaming up with Sunrun leverages their expertise to bring solar power to even more customers, giving them the chance to turn their truck into an incredible energy storage source —and future truck features can help accelerate the development of a less carbon-intensive grid. —Matt Stover, Ford charging and energy services director.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

The curbside chargers have eliminated the need for consumption of nearly 30,000 gallons of gasoline, with more than 295 tons of avoided CO 2 emissions compared to gasoline-powered vehicles. As its gasoline-powered vehicles are retired, the company plans to reach 80% electrification of its light-duty fleet by 2030 and 100% by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

While the main energy source to Tevva’s electric trucks is grid electricity, the company optimizes hydrogen and fuel cell (H 2 FC) range extension to support the unique full-day, long-distance duty cycles of freight trucks.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

This is equivalent to avoiding the emissions resulting from 900 miles of driving by a typical gasoline-powered car, in addition to the emissions savings already captured by driving an EV. Two key factors leading to maximum emissions are also covered in the report: the impact of the local grid mix and EV owner charging behavior.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

While any project that meets the eligibility requirements is eligible to apply, the Department has identified five key technology areas of interest: advanced grid integration and storage; drop-in biofuels; waste-to-energy; enhancement of existing facilities; and efficiency improvements. Advanced Grid Integration and Storage.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

Zip code is required because emissions are dependent upon fuels used to generate the electricity, often referred to as the grid mix, which varies by location. The calculator shows the upstream GHG emissions in grams per mile for: The specified zip code; The average US electricity grid mix; and.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

In the Reference case, petroleum and other liquids (mainly motor gasoline and distillate fuel oil) are the primary fuels consumed in the US transportation sector. Motor gasoline meets on-road passenger light-duty vehicle (LDV) travel demand, while diesel consumption meets our assumed increases in medium- and heavy-duty freight truck travel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

Natural gas does not offer climate benefits compared to gasoline and diesel, and many biofuel pathways do not, either. Drivers of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles rely too much on the gasoline engine for this pathway to be a long-term climate solution, the ICCT said. Source: The ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

This V8 gasoline engine with integrated second-generation starter-generator and 48-volt on-board electrical system is also available with both wheelbases, with prices starting at €126,366 (US$149,000). S 580 e combined fuel consumption: 1.5-1.1 l/100 km, combined CO 2 emissions: 33.0-26.0 g/km, combined electrical consumption: 22.0-20.2

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The Driven EV News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

New study finds that battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) contribute at most half the CO2 emissions of diesel or gasoline cars across their lifespan, regardless of country of operation. The post EVs are “simply better” for environment, even in fossil fuel dominated grids appeared first on The Driven.

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Energy Institute at HAAS

APRIL 11, 2022

Record-high gasoline prices. If you drive … Continue Reading If the Grid is Getting Greener, How Can EVs Be Driving Dirtier? And what does this mean for our vehicle electrification goals? A humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. A new IPCC report urging climate action or else.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2016

A US-wide county-level study comparing lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from several light-duty passenger gasoline and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has found that PEVs can have larger or smaller carbon footprints than gasoline vehicles depending on regional factors and the specific vehicle models being compared.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

The Audi e-gas plant in the city of Werlte in Lower Saxony ( earlier post ) produces CO 2 neutral-fuel (synthetic methane from water, renewable electricity and CO 2 ); it now also contributes toward stabilizing the public power grid. This has resulted in the plant being accepted under the direction of grid operator Tennet TSO GmbH.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

notes that those results assume that bioelectricity generation displaces gasoline. Instead, they argue, under existing institutional and technical arrangements, bioelectricity production does not cause a reduction in gasoline use. Electricity from all sources flows into the grid and is used to meet instantaneous system-wide demand.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The life-cycle water consumption of fuel cell electric vehicles using hydrogen produced from natural gas with steam methane reforming is almost 50% less than the life-cycle water consumption of conventional internal combustion engine vehicles using gasoline, according to a study by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 11, 2021

The 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning may not be the most efficient EV, but it will have a much lower carbon footprint than the internal-combustion F-150. And a new Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) analysis helps underscore how significant than difference is. For over 70% of the population in the United States, driving the electric version of this.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

The PNNL technology tells a vehicle’s battery charger when to start and stop charging based upon existing conditions on the electrical grid. The Grid Friendly EV Charger Controller technology notifies the car’s battery charger when to start and stop charging based upon existing conditions on the electrical grid. Source: PNNL.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

A new study by researchers at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), concludes that electric commercial vehicles can cost 9 to 12% less to operate than trucks powered by diesel engines when used to make deliveries on an everyday basis in big cities and when V2G (vehicle-to-grid) revenue is incorporated. kilowatt-hours per mile.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2023

These sessions delivered roughly 173 GWh of electricity, enabling an estimated 493 million miles of electric driving and avoided consumption of roughly 21 million gallons of gasoline. We expect the demand on our charging network to continue to rise with the increase in EV ownership.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

This investment supports the Energy Department’s broader goal to achieve $2 to $4 per gallon gasoline equivalent (gge) of hydrogen fuel by 2020. The project selected—led by Strategic Analysis , Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

The facility is designed as an initial scale commercial facility, processing 500 bone dry tons of sustainably harvested woody biomass per day for an annual capacity of more than 13 million gallons of gasoline, diesel, and fuel oil blendstocks. Earlier post.). —Fred Cannon, KiOR’s President and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

Gasoline vehicles are mainly found in the medium-duty segments; Navigant Research estimates gasoline-dependent MHDVs will go from representing 15.7% Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs): Vehicles that use energy stored from the grid but also have an ICE to extend the range of the vehicle. of MHDVs in use to 12.5% Background.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Currently, the city owns or leases 21 all-electric vehicles in its fleet and seeks to replace gasoline and diesel vehicles with EVs as vehicles come up for replacement. Also, Green Mountain Power has now become the first utility to use stored energy from an electric vehicle’s battery to help reduce peak demand on the grid.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

The e-gas project consists of two main components: Audi is contributing to the construction of offshore North Sea wind turbines which will generate clean power,that is then fed into the public power grid. If necessary, this energy can flow from the gas network back to the power grid at any time.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a 120-kilowatt wireless charging system for vehicles—providing six times the power of previous ORNL technology and a big step toward charging times that rival the speed and convenience of a gasoline station fill-up.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2013

TSI gasoline engine with a 75 kW electric motor. gallons US) gasoline tank, its total range is 507 miles (816 km). The system detects when overall energy consumption is low on the grid, and incentivises, by way of lower costs, charging during these times. The plug-in hybrid combines a 120 hp (90 kw) 1.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

The paper, “Charged Up: Southern California Edison’s Key Learnings about Electric Vehicles, Our Customers and Grid Reliability,” shares information based on customer data and utility operations gathered since SCE began to prepare the distribution system and its customers for widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption in its service territory.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Ultimately, the trucks could act as backup power sources to shorten planned or unplanned outages and boost the electric grid when needed. The gasoline engine extends the range to 350 more miles. With a 402 hp (300 kW) electric motor and lithium-ion batteries, the vehicles have an electric range of up to 40 miles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The California Energy Commission has selected three projects for a total of $4,782,082 in awards, with $5,918,404 in matching funds from the awardees, for demonstration projects that convert used medium-duty gasoline and diesel vehicles to all-electric drive. California Medium-Duty ZEV Repower Demonstration Project. Motiv Power Systems, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2019

Regional differences in climate, electric grid burdens, and driving patterns compound to produce significant regional heterogeneity in the GHG benefits of electrification. The results highlight the need for a portfolio of fuel efficient offerings to recognize the heterogeneity of regional climate, electric grid burdens, and driving patterns.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

With a fully charged battery and full tank of gasoline, a Prius PHV can supply power for average Japanese household electricity use (approximately 10 kWh) for four days—i.e., when running the engine in the Prius PHV as a generator.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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