For example, rooftop solar can now provide electricity to businesses and households at a lower cost than fossil fuels and improvements
in vehicle efficiency can easily pay for themselves.
Developing innovative technologies that
improve vehicle efficiency and enhance mobility is driving the American automotive industry forward.
The Trump administration is reportedly launching a rollback
of vehicle efficiency standards that greatly benefit the US economy.
Increasing building efficiency, modernizing the electric grid, alternative hydrocarbon fuels, and
increasing vehicle efficiency do virtually nothing to meet this goal.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon believe that combining GPS with batteries, supercapacitors and regenerative braking could provide a huge boost to
electric vehicle efficiency in an urban environment.
«New
vehicle efficiency improvements alone will never result in the overall decline in petroleum consumption and the greenhouse gas emissions we need,» said Chrysler Group President Tom LaSorda.
Such is the lesson of a host of efforts, ranging from a group called OPOWER's comparative use utility billing to switching from miles per gallon to
rate vehicle efficiency to gallons per mile.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Fuel Cell Technology Program claims that, as of 2011, fuel cells achieved 53 — 59 % efficiency at one - quarter power and 42 — 53 %
vehicle efficiency at full power, and a durability of over 120,000 km (75,000 mi) with less than 10 % degradation.
ACEEE assesses the potential for
new vehicle efficiency technologies to meet environmental and economic goals.
Coincidentally, just after writing about Land Use and Climate Change, I happened to surf over to Carectomy, to see that «a newly published research project published by the Urban Land Institute points out, improving
vehicle efficiency alone won't make a dent in the United States» role in global warming... The study finds that one of the most effective way to decrease car use and associated greenhouse gas emissions is to develop more compact «green neighborhoods.»
Demand for oil in developed nations peaked in 2005, and changing demographics and improved motor -
vehicle efficiency guarantee that it won't hit those heights again, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates says in a new report.
Fiat Auto has sold one million cars equipped with the Blue & Me (a voice - activated in - car Bluetooth system that uses the Windows Mobile operating system) and EcoDrive, an app for
collecting vehicle efficiency info that runs on the Microsoft Auto in - car operating system.
While the Mercedes engineers I rode with would not be drawn on their power outputs, it is likely that any increases will be modest, with the emphasis on gains in whole
vehicle efficiency through mechanical optimization, weight reduction, and aerodynamic refinement.
The 4 - speed dual - motor Vocis eDCT concept (earlier post) uses the principles of dual clutch transmissions (DCTs) to provide seamless shifting and up to 15 % improvement in electric
vehicle efficiency over the combined European cycle compared to a single speed gearbox Vocis transmission.
It features a stop - start dual battery system to
enhance vehicle efficiency, and an available high - performance Brembo brake system to provide incredible stopping power.
The EGHR improves the overall
vehicle efficiency under cold ambient conditions by recapturing about a third of the wasted exhaust power and using it to warm the engine coolant.
They then performed engine - in - vehicle drive - cycle simulations are then performed in Autonomie (a simulation program developed at Argonne National Laboratory) to determine an effective, on - the -
road vehicle efficiency gain.
As a leading Sprinter Service Center in Chicagoland, we know a thing or two about
commercial vehicle efficiency here at Mercedes - Benz of Hoffman Estates, and we're happy to offer a few tips about how you can improve your fleet's efficiency.
Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero - emissions solutions for commercial fleets, is taking its new Ford Transit LightningElectric model (earlier post) on the road, showcasing the recently
released vehicle efficiency ratings of 61 MPGe on in - town routes and 66 MPGe on highway.
In addition to the lead phase - out a well - planned and sustained effort to raise
average vehicle efficiency standards (the CAFE, or Corporate Average Fuel Economy) increased vehicle mileage standards by a quarter.
Until long - term shifts in relevant policies — like
stricter vehicle efficiency standards — more deeply curtail oil demand in the United States, the lack of pipeline capacity will continue to increase train transport of fuel from North American oil fields.
Once in office however, President Obama moved aggressively on much
needed vehicle efficiency standards that have clearly put the U.S. on course to reduce oil consumption.
The proposal is worth celebrating, not only because it will deliver by far the
biggest vehicle efficiency improvements in decades, but also because the introduction of EPA into the process makes it more likely that the standards will accelerate the development of efficiency technologies in the future.
In addition, the bill offers substantial assistance to auto manufacturers and suppliers for clean vehicle production, including plug - ins; unfortunately,
vehicle efficiency performance requirements for this program are quite weak,» stated ACEEE Transportation Program Director Therese Langer.
«The U.S. Environmental Protection Administration plans to declare by April 1 that the Obama administration's
vehicle efficiency rules through 2025 are «not appropriate,» two officials briefed on the matter said Friday.»
We
use vehicle efficiency data from the Environmental Protection Agency (fueleconomy.gov) to determine the plug - in vehicle's electricity and gasoline consumption (if applicable) on a per mile basis.
The truth is, electric
vehicle efficiency plummets in winter, because all the waste heat has gone up the cooling towers at the power station, and not into the car..
Projections of U.S. transportation energy use indicate that
better vehicle efficiency and low - carbon fuels will not be sufficient to reach sectoral emissions reduction goals if travel demand grows at pre-recession rates, so managing demand will be a key ingredient of climate policy for the sector.
These policies include more
aggressive vehicle efficiency improvements, building electrification, higher RPS targets, and expanded carbon sequestration activities, among others.
And of course, we do see economic effects from that, most importantly the long - term elasticity effects on technology that show up in
MPG vehicle efficiency changes, for instance.
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