2006, 2016, Fleet and Light

Big Blue Bus investing $18.2M to upgrade bus fleet; Cummins-Westport Near-Zero NOx engines

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2018

million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and California Proposition 1B Bond funds to replace fifty 40-foot New Flyer buses purchased between 2004 and 2006. The fleet enhancements are part of a larger series of strategic improvements we will roll out over the next 12-18 months. Earlier post.).

Fleet

Fleet Engine Los Angeles Gas-Electric

Daimler starts production of FUSO eCanter in Europe; first series all-electric light-duty truck

Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2017

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has started production of the all‑electric light-duty truck Fuso eCanter in Tramagal, Portugal. The Fuso eCanter is produced in line with the conventional Canter light-duty truck at the Tramagal plant. will be operating 25 units of the new eCanter in their fleet within this year.

All-Electric

All-Electric Europe Light Portugal

IHS: average age of light vehicles in US rises slightly in 2015 to 11.5 years; length of new vehicle ownership hits record high

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2015

The combined average age of all light vehicles on the road in the US has climbed slightly to 11.5 Registrations for light VIO in the US also reached a record level of 257,900,000—an increase of more than 5.3 Scrappage is defined by a vehicle being taken out of the fleet and no longer in use. years in 2016 but not reach 11.7

2015

2015 Light Scrappage Vehicles

Qubec Implementing California Light Duty Vehicle GHG Standards in Mid-January

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2010

Québec’s Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Line Beauchamp, announced on 29 December 2009 that the regulations on emissions of greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty vehicles—equivalent to those in force in California—will come into force in the province in mid-January 2010. Earlier post.).

Light

Light Standards California Vehicles

UK Department For Transport Study on Light Goods Vehicle CO2 Concludes that Potential CO2 Reduction from Low-Carbon Technologies Within 5 Years is Quite Low, But Much Larger by 2020

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

The UK Department for Transport has published the findings from the Light Goods Vehicle (LGV or van) CO 2 emissions study completed earlier. g/km; the proposed EU regulated target for new van CO 2 is 175 g/km in 2016 and 135 g/km by 2020. Light Goods Vehicle – CO 2 Emissions Study (Final Report (AEAT/ENV/R/2849).

Light

Light 2020 CO2 United Kingdom

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

The fleet-wide average real world MY 2011 personal vehicle CO 2 emissions value is 398 g/mi and average fuel economy is 22.4 Using a 5-year timeframe, CO 2 emission rates have decreased by 10% and fuel economy values have increased by 11% from MY 2006-2011. Changes in light-duty vehicle technology penetration share. Source: EPA.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy 2012 EPA Economy

Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

Belzowski also presented preliminary results from a survey of powertrain experts—from automotive manufacturers, suppliers, government, NGOs, academia and consulting—asking for their predictions of powertrain penetrations for 2016, 2020, and 2025. The survey is similar to surveys run by UMTRI on the same topic in 2006 and 2007.

Diesel

Diesel Audi Sale Fuel Economy

DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Costs continued to decline, especially for light duty vehicle applications; the cost per kilowatt (kW) for high volume production of transportation fuel cells moved closer to DOE’s target of $30 per kW. Light duty vehicles. From 2000 – 2006, one to three commercial technologies entered the market per year.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Market Fuel 2012

Volkswagen inaugurates 9.5 MW solar park at Chattanooga plant in US; key element of VW Group’s strategic sustainability targets

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

billion) worldwide plus an additional €14 billion (US$19 billion) in China during the period to 2016. CO 2 emissions by the European new vehicle fleet will be reduced by some 30% during the period from 2006 to 2015—emissions will be below the threshold of 120 grams CO 2 /km for the first time by 2015. billion (US$83.4

Solar

Solar Phoenix 2012 Power

Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

in a year while not experiencing an economic downturn since California passed AB 32 in 2006. This level is still below the state’s first climate milestone (2020’s AB 32 goal, met four years early in 2016) of reducing to 431 MMTCO 2 e below 1990 levels. This is plausibly due to bus fleets becoming cleaner or electrified.

California

California 2018 2019 2017

Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

mpg in 2016, GM’s short term answer is to get greater mileage out of existing gasoline engine technologies. A pure HCCI mode, during light to medium loads, when no spark event is required for combustion. Currently, they have a fleet of 116 vehicles spread throughout the world: Los Angeles, NYC, Washington, Berlin, Shanghai and Seoul.

GM

GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy

A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

Cars That Think

MAY 9, 2024

One, Solaren, even signed a power-purchase agreement to deliver 200 megawatts to utility customers in California by 2016 and made bold predictions that space solar plants would enter mass production in the 2020s. Chris Philpot Then, a decade ago, private-sector startups generated another flurry of media attention.

Power

Power Powered Solar Fusion

DOE releases final report from 6-year national fuel cell vehicle demo; key targets met, with twice the efficiency of today’s gasoline vehicles

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

The project—the Controlled Hydrogen Fleet and Infrastructure Validation and Demonstration Project, also referred to as the National Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) Learning Demonstration—met its key technical targets, the NREL report said. These vehicles made more than 500,000 trips and traveled 3.6 —Final Report.

Gasoline

Gasoline Fuel Vehicles Hydrogen

CMU team identifies IVOCs emissions from on-road gasoline vehicles and small off-road engines as important SOA precursors

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2016

Emissions from on-road light-duty gasoline vehicles (LDGVs) are a major contributor to secondary organic aerosol (SOA) in urban environments. IVOC emissions were also measured from five SOREs used in lawn and garden equipment, including two 2-stroke and three 4-stroke engines manufactured between 2002 and 2006. —Zhao et al.

Gasoline

Gasoline Emissions Engine Exhaust

EV Driven

Big Blue Bus investing $18.2M to upgrade bus fleet; Cummins-Westport Near-Zero NOx engines

Daimler starts production of FUSO eCanter in Europe; first series all-electric light-duty truck

IHS: average age of light vehicles in US rises slightly in 2015 to 11.5 years; length of new vehicle ownership hits record high

Qubec Implementing California Light Duty Vehicle GHG Standards in Mid-January

UK Department For Transport Study on Light Goods Vehicle CO2 Concludes that Potential CO2 Reduction from Low-Carbon Technologies Within 5 Years is Quite Low, But Much Larger by 2020

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

Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel

DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

Volkswagen inaugurates 9.5 MW solar park at Chattanooga plant in US; key element of VW Group’s strategic sustainability targets

Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

Perspective: A View Into the New GM

A Skeptic’s Take on Beaming Power to Earth from Space

DOE releases final report from 6-year national fuel cell vehicle demo; key targets met, with twice the efficiency of today’s gasoline vehicles

CMU team identifies IVOCs emissions from on-road gasoline vehicles and small off-road engines as important SOA precursors

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