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UPS plans to build 9 additional LNG stations at cost of ~$50M

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This includes all-electric, hybrid electric, hydraulic hybrid, CNG, LNG, liquid propane gas (LPG), biomethane, and light-weight fuel-saving composite body vehicles. Between 2000 and the end of 2012, the UPS alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet logged 295 million miles.

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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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Light-duty VMT is beginning to decouple from traditional drivers. The most recent of these In Focus articles explores the impact of demographics and behavior on light-duty vehicle (LDV) energy demand. Since 2000, VMT per licensed driver for the population under 20 has dropped by 13%. Source: EIA. economic Click to enlarge.

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IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

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giga tonne carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO 2 eq) (2.2%) per year from 2000 to 2010 compared to 0.4 GtCO 2 eq (1.3%) per year from 1970 to 2000. Total anthropogenic GHG emissions were the highest in human history from 2000 to 2010 and reached 49 (±4.5) Estimates of the economic costs of mitigation vary widely.

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California Governor announces $120M settlement with NRG will fund electric car charging stations across California; new Executive Order to accelerate commercialization of ZEVs

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stemming from claims reaching back to Dynegy and the California energy crisis in 2000 and 2001) that will mostly be applied to fund the construction of a statewide network of plug-in vehicle charging stations, including at least 200 public fast-charging stations and another 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations across the state.

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Jitendra EV Tech launched its new electric scooter JET 320

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While we look for the JET 320 electric scooter features, it comes with a huge boot space of 24 ltr, LED parking lights with a powerful projector headlamp, LED tail lamp with indictors, 7-inch digital dark theme cluster and its body come with a sporty backrest. The running cost of Jitendra’s new electric scooter is now 20 paise per kilometre.

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World Bank/ICCT report provides guidance to reducing black carbon emissions from diesels in developing countries

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The report proposes approaches for integrating black carbon emission reduction considerations in cost-benefit assessment and applies an analytic framework to four simulated projects to illustrate the associated opportunities and challenges at a project level. Source: Minjares et al., data from Facanha et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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EPA proposes Tier 3 standards for gasoline sulfur content and vehicle emissions; harmonized with California LEV III

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed long-anticipated Tier 3 standards for gasoline sulfur content; evaporative emissions; and tailpipe emissions from all light-duty vehicles (LDVs, or passenger cars), light-duty trucks (LDT1s, LDT2s, LDT3s, and LDT4s) and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles (or MDPVs). Vehicle emissions.

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