Remove 2001 Remove 2006 Remove Congress Remove Electrical
article thumbnail

California ARB to hold workshop on future of Zero Emission Bus regulation

Green Car Congress

Each transit agency was required to select a compliance path—either the “diesel” path or the “alternative fuel” path—by 1 January 2001. The Board also extended the date that demonstration buses were to be in operation to the end of February 2006.

article thumbnail

California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

Green Car Congress

Under Assembly Bill 32 passed in 2006, California must reduce its emissions to 1990 levels (431 million metric tons) by 2020. They fell 23% from a peak of 14 metric tons per person (roughly equal to driving 34,000 miles) in 2001 to 10.8 Electricity generation had the largest decline among the sectors.

2004 225
article thumbnail

Audi realigns motorsport strategy: electric instead of endurance; out of FIA WEC at end of 2016 season

Green Car Congress

Instead, Audi is taking up a factory-backed commitment ( earlier post ) in the all-electric Formula E racing series. We’re going to contest the race for the future on electric power. As our production cars are becoming increasingly electric, our motorsport cars, as Audi’s technological spearheads, have to even more so.

Audi 150
article thumbnail

Audi’s diesel hybrid racer takes grid position one at Le Mans

Green Car Congress

After 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2011, this marked the seventh pole position for Audi at Le Mans. The new Audi R18 e-tron quattro diesel hybrid ( earlier post ) will start the 80 th running of Le Mans from grid position one. Le Mans rookie Marco Bonanomi in the number “4” Audi R18 ultra took grid position six (3m 26.420 s.

Grid 268
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

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. Settlement.

article thumbnail

Study finds rates of LDV fuel consumption in US peaked in 2004; indications of peak motorization

Green Car Congress

2001 to 2006. -5%. Measures of motorization in the US. Peak year(s). Reduction in 2011 from the peak. Vehicles per person, per licensed driver, and per household. Distance driven. Distance driven per person, per licensed driver, per household, and per vehicle. Fuel consumed. 2003 to 2004. -13% 13% to -17%. —Sivak (2013).

2004 252
article thumbnail

The James Webb Space Telescope was a Career-Defining Project for Janet Barth

Cars That Think

She joined the center as a co-op student and retired in 2014 as chief of its electrical engineering division. Congress and launched in 2001. In 2001 she was selected to be project manager for a NASA test bed that aimed to understand how spacecraft are affected by their environment. It received US $2 billion from the U.S.

2001 74