The United States on Monday unveiled new standards for heavy-duty trucks, vans, buses and delivery vehicles, aimed at improving their fuel efficiency and reducing emissions by up to 20 percent.
Environment
Oct 26, 2010
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Four international bodies on Wednesday called on governments and car makers to halve global vehicle emissions by 2050 as the auto industry insisted it was serious about producing greener vehicles.
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 4, 2009
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As more people and goods move around the planet, our cars, planes, trains, and ships are having a growing impact on the climate. Transportation now generates almost a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, and in ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 24, 2018
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Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel rebounding from the pandemic and more cities turning to coal as a low-cost source of ...
Environment
Mar 2, 2023
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Which are the most fuel-efficient hybrid and/or all-electric cars available to consumers today?
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 17, 2012
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A team of international researchers, affiliated with UNIST has recently engineered a new artificial leaf that can convert sunlight into fuel with groundbreaking efficiency.
Materials Science
Jan 4, 2017
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Budding US hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive will reopen a shuttered General Motors plant in Delaware to build fuel-efficient, plug-in cars, the White House announced Tuesday.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 27, 2009
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The EUREKA (Belgium) i-StARS project is developing a compact, fully integrated and low-cost start-stop system for cars to replace conventional alternators in mass production. This second-generation starter alternator reversible ...
Engineering
Jan 15, 2009
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One of the few bright spots in the dark days of the global economic downturn is the field of renewable energy.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 26, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the recent announcement that the U.S. government will propose new fuel economy standards this fall, a University of Michigan study shows that automakers fine-tune vehicle fuel economy to qualify for ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 16, 2011
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