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News: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Market Confused

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Honda Drops Clarity FCEV; BMW & Land Rover Test Prototypes. Story by Michael Coates; photos from manufacturers or Clean Fleet Report archives. BMW & JLR Jump on Board. Both BMW and Jaguar Land Rover announced this week advanced testing of hydrogen fuel cell models that could appear on the market in a few years.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. Click to enlarge. billion from 1999 to 2007.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. The company rebranded as Share Now in fall 2019 as BMW’s Reach Now was shut down and folded in with Car2go.

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What’s the State of Hydrogen Vehicles in 2022?

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Research on hydrogen vehicles dipped until the 1990s when European countries announced plans for more hydrogen-centered car power, such as the 2005-07 bi-fuel BMW 7-Series with a V12 engine that ran on either compressed hydrogen or gasoline. first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. First Timer: 2021 Toyota Mirai.

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EPA fuel economy report finds weight and power leveling off, footprint stable

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The report found that fuel economy for the US fleet continues to improve. Beginning in MY 2005, technology has generally been used to increase both fuel economy and power, while keeping vehicle weight relatively constant. Model year (MY) 2016 vehicle fuel economy was 24.7

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EEA: almost all Euro car makers met specific 2017 CO2 targets on new sales, but emissions up year-on-year

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BMW AG, Renault, Daimler AG, Volkswagen together sell more than 50% of the new electric vehicles in the market. The increase in transport biofuels was also relevant in the first period: since 2005, the use of biofuels started to increase significantly, thereby contributing to decreasing emissions of CO 2 from passenger cars.

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Roland Berger study outlines integrated vehicle and fuels roadmap for further abating transport GHG emissions 2030+ at lowest societal cost

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The coalition comprises BMW, Daimler, Honda, NEOT/St1, Neste, OMV, Shell, Toyota and Volkswagen. Optimized internal combustion engines are the major contributor to the reduction of passenger car GHG emissions with significant improvements until 2020 and the subsequent penetration of more effective alternative technologies into the fleet.