Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2021
During the period of noncompliance, Toyota managers and staff in Japan knew that Toyota was no longer attempting to determine whether it was aware of 25 instances of the same emission-related defect in a model year—the threshold requirement for filing an EDIR. At a May 2002 meeting with EPA, Toyota presented its revised process.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
Between 2004 and 2008, global energy intensity experienced its sharpest decline in 30 years, with an average annual growth rate of 1.87%. World crude oil prices more than tripled between 2004 and 2008—the fastest rise since the oil crisis of the late 1970s—contributing to the sharp decline in energy intensity during that period.
Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2015
2 Audi is also developing a gasoline-engine version of the Q7 e-tron specifically for the Asian markets China, Singapore and Japan. Volvo has sold more than 636,000 units of the XC90 since its introduction in 2002; some 250,000 of those units were sold in the US. The XC90 was the Nº 1 selling European luxury SUV in 2004.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
JANUARY 28, 2009
New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. Ruppert "The End of Oil", by Paul Roberts "High and Mighty: The dangerous rise of the SUV", by Keith Bradsher, 2002 "High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis", by Julian Darley "The Hype about Hydrogen", by Joseph J. EV Driver Profile: the Pauls Newsletter Vol. 4 Great Gifts!
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
Jacobson first showed in 2000 that black carbon was the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide in terms of radiative forcing and, in 2002, that its control would be the most effective method of slowing warming. Emissions from ocean-going ships which burn minimally refined bunker fuel are primary sources of black carbon.
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 27, 2009
The vehicle scooped the Car of the Year award in Japan in its debut year, and the third generation of the model took the prize again in 2009. Toyota: When the Toyota Prius originally went on sale in 1997, it was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car, meaning the Japanese automaker effectively stole a march on its rivals.
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