The CrossBlue runs in zero emissions mode either at the press of a button or automatically.
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The zero emissions London taxi looks and performs just like a conventional taxi, even over long distances.
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More information on Nissan in North America, the Nissan LEAF and zero emissions can be found at www.nissanusa.com.
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On the one hand, with its near-zero emissions, it stacks up favorably against conventional, polluting sources of energy.
Electric vehicles produce zero emissions and encourage the use of diverse energy sources.
Today, there are really only two ways of executing zero emissions.
So, essentially, you'd have a vehicle that would be almost zero emissions during normal driving, but would not have the limited range of an electric vehicle.
The shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen had more stringent targets in mind when it produced its design for a zero emissions car ferry for the year 2025.
Zero emissions and some green credentials are clearly a benefit but the drivers I spoke to were mainly interested in the day to day cost savings.
The International Air Transport Association ( IATA) last year set itself a long-term, yet ambitious, goal to build a zero emissions aircraft in the next 50 years.
TSMC's goal is to reach zero emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Battery technology allows the vehicle to operate with zero emissions.
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The fact that the refuelling station uses electricity meant it would not be a much-sought after zero emissions system unless the electricity itself is produced in a more green way, he added.
Toyota has always believed that fuel cell technology is the long-term answer for zero emissions driving, so the company pulling back from a tepid market should not be viewed as a surprise.
"We're pleased the label clearly demonstrates the Nissan LEAF to be a best-in-class option, reflecting that it's a pure electric vehicle, uses no gas, has no tailpipe and has zero emissions, " said Scott Becker, senior vice president, Finance and Administration, Nissan Americas.
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The letter, organized by Beyond Zero Emissions, comes as a response to the failure of the much-compromised Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), which was pilloried as a giveaway to fossil fuel industries and ineffective for driving clean energy deployment.
Clearly, though, the Bloom Box is still not a zero emissions tech and would only cut emissions by roughly 50% relative to the national average, unless it runs on landfill gas or biogas or hydrogen from electrolysis fueled by zero-carbon electricity (which would be much more expensive as you have to add cost of electrolysis unit, higher cost electricity, and about 30% conversion losses in electrolysis).
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Along the Strip, ride the monorail, a zero-emissions public transportation option.
The major auto makers will soon have their own zero-emissions vehicles, which Mr. Musk says will end Tesla's credits boom by year end.
FutureGen would be a near zero-emissions plant that converted coal into hydrogen, to power electric turbines, and carbon dioxide, to be pumped underground.
The McLaren P1 is, essentially, a road car with the performance of a race car that can also drive like a zero-emissions electric vehicle for short distances.
Audi claims the A8 Hybrid will be able to run at speeds up to 62 mph solely on electric power, and will produce zero local emissions at a constant speed of 37 mph.
Equally some electric vehicle owners have been able to recharge their cars with solar panels, which means their emissions are practically zero (although the emissions involved with actually constructing the solar panels and the cars will mean that no cars are ever totally clean).
About 15 percent of the new cars sold in California by 2025 must run on electricity, hydrogen fuel or other alternative fuels that produce near zero or no emissions, according to new rules adopted unanimously by state regulators on Friday.
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There are zero tail-pipe emissions for the health-conscious and people felt environmentally and socially responsible while at the wheel.
But doing so as the central U.S. climate policy, poses an immediate problem: a modest carbon tax, by itself, cannot drive carbon emissions to zero.
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For example, large companies like Google and GM purchase emissions credits from the carbon markets to allow them to claim that their overall carbon emissions is zero.
Going solar accelerates the return on investment for drivers of cars like the Honda Fit EV, the electric version of its popular subcompact, and owners also get to zero out their carbon emissions by fueling from the sun.
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Carmakers in California are granted 40 emissions credits for each zero-emission vehicle produced this year, provided it can go 100 miles without needing to recharge or refuel and can be recharged or refueled in ten minutes.
The 2011 Nissan LEAF, which uses no gas, was also rated best-in-class for the environment based on emitting zero greenhouse gases or other traditional tailpipe emissions.
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