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ICCT/TNO study: Real-world vehicle fuel consumption discrepancy widens to 42% in Europe

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Since 2001, the discrepancy between official measurements of vehicle efficiency and actual performance of new cars in everyday driving has more than quadrupled—a discrepancy that translates into €450 per year in extra fuel costs for the average vehicle. for selected brands in 2001 and 2015. Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota announces aggressive environmental targets through 2050; cutting new vehicle CO2 by 90% compared to 2010

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Addressing key global environmental issues such as climate change, water shortages, resource depletion, and degradation of biodiversity, the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 aims to reduce the negative impact of manufacturing and driving vehicles as much as possible. that can improve the fuel efficiency of hybrids by 10 percent.

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US, Canada and Mexico release atlas mapping North American potential CO2 storage capacity; 500 years of geologic storage

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The US Department of Energy (DOE), Natural Resources Canada and the Mexican Ministry of Energy have released the first-ever atlas mapping the potential carbon dioxide storage capacity in North America. The North American Carbon Atlas Partnership was formed under the North American Energy Working Group in 2001.

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EPA annual report on CO2, fuel economy and technology trends finds 2012 heading for all-time best; rapid adoption of new technologies

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EPA estimates that the fleet-wide average MY 2011 CO2 emissions and fuel economy values would likely have been similar to or slightly better than MY 2010 levels if car production from major Japan-based manufacturers had not been constrained. The number of cars with 40 mpg or higher (5.9

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LanzaTech exploring lipids production as part of its CO2 to acetic acid plans; pathways to renewable fuels

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Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001. This is now being developed further, says Burton. Chemical Sciences Roundtable, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, National Research Council. “5. Carbon Dioxide as a Feedstock. The Journal of Biological Chemistry , Historical Perspectives On Lipid Biochemistry.

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GM Quantifies CO2 and Fuel Consumption Reductions Via E-REVs And PHEVs, As Compared To Conventional Hybrids

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The researchers began by comparing behavioral models of the three vehicles with trip information from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) of US travel behavior, conducted by the Department of Transportation (DOT). Study Methodology. Each charging scenario was broken down into three subsets, reflecting charging rates of 1.1,

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ICCT study finds that transitioning to low-GWP MAC refrigerants in China could avoid up to US$150B in costs

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China fully embraced HFC-134a in 2001 when it implemented its obligations under the 1987 Montreal Protocol. However, China has announced an intention to halt economy-wide GHG (or CO2-equivalent) emissions growth around or before 2030, and to reduce carbon intensity per unit gross domestic product (GDP) by 65% in that same time frame.

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