Originally, the California Air Resources Board had ordered carmakers to produce zero-emission battery cars under a complex system of credits that is part of the state's low-emission program.
A team at Carnegie Mellon University here in Pittsburgh has come up with an all-included kit to make your 2001-2005 Civic a zero-emission battery car.
The move could be a boon for electric bus companies like Proterra, a 14-year-old, Burlingame, Ca., company that has raised roughly half a billion dollars from investors to build its zero-emission, battery-electric buses.
Majeau-Bettez et al. [33] quantified the LCA emissions of battery production and use, reporting 14 to 19 g CO2-eq/km (battery only) for two Li-ion batteries (specified in Table 4).
The anguish of parents of lead-poisoned children sickened by emissions from battery factories and smelters in China is heartbreaking.
Last year, there were reports of mass poisoning because of lead emissions from battery factories, as detailed by my colleague Sharon LaFraniere in an article published last June.
Table 4 Production emissions, Ford Focus, battery-electric, gasoline, diesel and LPG Pollutanta Units Battery-electric carb Gasoline Diesel LPG Euro 6 limit CO2 g/km 128 22261919 NA PM 10 mg/km 32 9 10 9 5 NOx mg/km 238 69 69 62 60–80 Hydrocarbons mg/km 1 42 40 35 90–100 Methane mg/km 343 70 77 68 32 CO mg/km 58 28 34 27 500–1000 aParticles (PM and PN) and carbon dioxide are not ozone precursors.
Even after being forced to cut production last month because of high lead emissions, a Vernon battery recycler has continued to violate limits on releases of the potent neurotoxin, regulators said Wednesday.
The car accounts for the bulk of Tesla's revenue to date, with additional revenue from sales of zero-emission vehicle credits, battery packs and chargers as well as development services.
It's built in Michigan, uses the same platform as the conventional, gas-powered Focus sedan, and can go 100 miles on a single charge of its zero-emission lithium-ion battery.
