Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This brief study analyzes, for each individual state, the changes from 2018 to 2020 in the use of coal (one of the two most polluting energy sources) to generate electricity. This study is an update of a study that examined the changes from 2008 to 2018. Therefore, the data for 2008 are included here as well. Natural gas.

Coal 334

Coal West Virginia North Dakota Cleaner 334

Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office reported a remarkable 89% decrease in the cost of electric vehicle lithium-ion battery packs between 2008 and 2022. In 2008, the cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) was $1,355, but by 2022, it had dropped to $153 per kWh. Historical data is an eye-opener.

2008 52

2008 Market Lithium Ion Batteries 52

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

This $130-million dollar investment in CNG capacity for 2018 builds on previous UPS investments of $100 million dollars in 2016 and $90 million dollars in 2017. UPS will have invested more than $1 billion in alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles and fueling stations from 2008 through 2018.

2008 170

2008 Gas Fort Worth Fuel 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

It is the latest concrete step towards Volvo Cars’ ambition to have climate-neutral manufacturing by 2025, part of a wider climate plan that aims to reduce the overall carbon footprint per car by 40% between 2018 and 2025. By 2040, Volvo Cars aims to be a climate-neutral company.

Volvo 389

Volvo Renewable Power Powered 389

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2020

The previous study compared data for 1983 (as the baseline) with those for 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2017. The present study compares data for 2018 (released in late December 2019) with data for 1983 and 2014. The present study compares data for 2018 (released in late December 2019) with data for 1983 and 2014. for those 50 to 54.

Personal 293

Personal 2014 2018 2017 293

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons). The maximum consumption per capita (505 gallons) was reached in 1978. Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles.

2020 415

2020 Gasoline 2019 2000 415

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The new targets for 2030 are: A further 30% reduction in Rio Tinto’s emissions intensity from 2018 levels. A further 15% reduction in Rio Tinto’s absolute emissions from 2018 levels. Rio Tinto introduced its first climate change target in 2008 and beat its most recent target.

Climate Change 269

Climate Change Climate 2008 2018 269

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

In 2011 , Brandon Schoettle and I documented the fact that, during the 25-year period from 1983 to 2008, there was a large reduction in the proportion of young persons with a driver’s license, and an increase in the licensing of older persons. I periodically updated that research, with the previous update examining the data through 2018.

2008 231

2008 2019 Personal 2020 231

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NOVEMBER 21, 2020

This is in line with the ambition of the Initial IMO GHG Strategy, which aims to reduce carbon intensity of international shipping by 40% by 2030, compared to 2008. The strategy proposed that short-term measures should be those measures finalized and agreed by the Committee between 2018 and 2023.

Environment 290

Environment Carbon 2008 2018 290

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2019

From 2008-2013, however, the increase was 12.2%. million (2.2%) since 2018. from 2018-2019 while in the Midwest they aged by just 0.4%. From 2018-2019, the average age of passenger cars increased 2.2% There is simply a lack of 2008 and 2009 model year vehicles due to the lower sales numbers during that timeframe.

Light 268

Light 2019 2002 2018 268

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2019

A team from the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET) reports that while average certified fuel consumption (FC) decreased by 15% between 2008 and 2017, real-world FC remained unchanged, resulting in a fuel consumption gap increase from 12% to 30%. The paper is published in the journal Energy Policy. —Dror et al.

China 278

China Fuel 2008 2004 278

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

EBITDA margins for the value-add portfolio have increased from 8% in 2008 to 15% in 2015 on a pro-forma basis for the twelve months through 30 June 2015. The overall contribution of the value-add portfolio to Alcoa’s after-tax operating income has more than doubled from 25% in 2008 to 51% in 2014. in 2008 to 20.9%

2018 150

2018 Companies Saudi Arabia 2014 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

However, the spike in vanadium prices (ferrovanadium prices increased by about 200% in 2018) caused Chinese mills to substitute niobium to vanadium and Chinese niobium imports increased 30% year-on-year both in 2018 and 2019. The Award Seminars were added to the annual Award event in 2008. The paper (Griffith et al. )

Li-ion 378

Li-ion Industrial Industry Lithium Ion 378

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

million) EU grant, Riversimple will be conducting a public 12-month Beta trial of 20 Rasa prototype cars as part of the continued development of the first full production model which will come to market in 2018. Starting later this year, following funding to match a €2-million (US$2.23

2018 150

2018 Miles Fuel Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

Building on an existing collaboration announced on 27 Jun 2018 with Ballard Power Systems, the leading global provider of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solutions, ABB and HDF intend to optimize fuel cell manufacturing capabilities to produce a megawatt-scale power plant for marine vessels.

France 397

France Manufacturer Mariner Fuel 397

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The European car market remained stable during 2018, as 15.6 Throughout 2018 we continued to see the effects of the diesel crisis, as announcements of policy changes by governments led to confusion and panic among consumers. 2018 also marked the best ever performance for AFVs, recording 944,800 registrations and a 6.1%

2001 207

2001 Alternative Fuels Diesel Market 207

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MAY 27, 2021

This makes Torslanda the second plant in its overall manufacturing network to reach this status, after the Skövde engine plant in Sweden became climate-neutral in 2018. The Torslanda plant, the company’s oldest, has been powered by climate-neutral electricity since 2008. Torslanda plant. It now also has climate-neutral heating.

Climate 221

Climate Volvo Cars Sweden 221

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JUNE 12, 2019

in 2018, faster than at any time since 2010-11. Coal consumption (+1.4%) and production (+4.3%) increased for the second year in a row in 2018, following three years of decline (2014-16). Cobalt prices rose 30% to their highest levels since 2008, while Lithium carbonate prices increased by 21% to new highs.

Climate Change 223

Climate Change Climate Coal 2018 223

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The study, forthcoming in the American Economic Review , found that polluting emissions from US manufacturing fell by 60% between 1990 and 2008—a period in which manufacturing output grew significantly—primarily because manufacturers adopted cleaner production methods in tandem with increasingly strict environmental regulation.

Pollution 199

Pollution Production Los Angeles 2008 199

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JULY 6, 2020

Peter Simmonds at the University of Bristol, UK, and his colleagues calculated annual emissions of SF 6 between 1978 and 2018. Between 2008 and 2018, annual emissions of the gas increased by about 24% to around 9,000 tonnes a year. —Simmonds et al. —Simmonds et al.

South Africa 221

South Africa Gas-Electric 2003 2018 221

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MAY 30, 2018

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that in the United States from 2008 to 2017, crude oil represented only 61% of the retail price of gasoline. The 10-year period covered was from April 24, 2008 through April 23, 2018. During the examined 10-year period, crude-oil prices peaked on July 3, 2008 at $145.31/barrel,

Oil Prices 220

Oil Prices Gasoline Oil Price 220

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JANUARY 11, 2018

With effect from 1 February 2018, responsibility for the division is to be assumed by Thomas Ulbrich, previously Board of Management Member of the Volkswagen brand responsible for Production and Logistics. In 1996, he became Head of Logistics at FAW-Volkswagen in China.

2001 150

2001 2018 2008 China 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

These services constitute an additional asset for the Electric Mobility Plan announced by the Group in October 2018. In 2018, EDF consolidated its interest in the emerging low-carbon hydrogen market by acquiring a 21.7%

Hydrogen 220

Hydrogen Carbon Market United Kingdom 220

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

The study looked at the combined effects of air pollution and transportation noise for heart attack mortality, by considering all deaths that occurred in Switzerland between 2000 and 2008. The study included all deaths (19,261) reported across Switzerland from the period 2000 to 2008.

Pollution 236

Pollution Switzerland 2000 2008 236

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Rio Tinto has reduced its emissions footprint by more than 30% since 2008. In 2018, it completed the divestment of its coal assets, becoming the only major mining company not producing fossil fuels. In 2015, in support of the Paris Agreement, it committed to substantial long-term decarbonization by 2050.

China 170

China Climate Change Carbon 2018 170

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DECEMBER 31, 2021

In 2018, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping. A dry bulk carrier of an equivalent size to that of the ammonia-fueled carrier to be built.

Fuel 259

Fuel Singapore Corporation Mariner 259

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2020

With sales of 1,002,216 vehicles, Toyota sold more than one million vehicles for the first time since 2008 delivering 4.5% growth on 2018. Toyota Motor Europe reported 2019 sales of 1,089,422 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, an increase of +5.2%

Europe 243

Europe 2019 Toyota Hybrid 243

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JANUARY 19, 2020

SEAT first rolled out the duo trailer in 2018 in a pilot phase, after testing the giga trailer for the first time two years earlier. In October 2018, the Autometro line posted the figure of one million vehicles transported since it opened in 2008.

Fleet 221

Fleet Transportation 2018 Spain 221

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APRIL 13, 2018

The ICCT team reports that the IMO strategy includes quantitative carbon intensity and GHG reduction targets for the international shipping sector, including: At least a 40% reduction in carbon intensity by 2030 and pursuing efforts towards a 70% reduction by 2050, both compared to 2008 levels.

International 170

International Climate Mariner 2018 170

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JANUARY 24, 2021

Boeing worked with airlines, engine manufacturers and others to conduct biofuel test flights starting in 2008 and gain approval for sustainable fuels in 2011. Boeing has partnered globally with airlines, industry, governments and research institutions to expand limited supplies of SAF and reduce the fuel’s cost.

Commercial 186

Commercial Fuel Waste 2005 186

Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2018

sales history of the Smart two-seat minicar started with a bang in 2008, when gasoline prices soared, and has waned since then. That led parent company Daimler to make a radical decision: For the 2018.

All-Electric 98

All-Electric 2020 2008 2018 98

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APRIL 23, 2018

Source: IHS Markit 2018. in both 2018 and 2019, respectively, due to convergence of robust economic activity in many markets around the world. Five-year rolling aggregate global liquids demand growth. Refined product demand growth has averaged 1.2 million barrels per day, per year, during the period.

Oil 276

Oil Global 2003 2007 276

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008. The first self-driving vehicles running Apple software were road registered in January 2018 with California. Apple still owns Drive.ai

2014 114

2014 Electric Cars Lexus Cars 114

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2018

The results mark the highest February volume since 2008, when 1.19 million cars were registered, as well as constituting the highest YTD volume since 2008, with 2.44 million units registered in Europe in 2018 so far, according to figures from JATO Dynamics. in February 2018, with a total of 67,900 SUVs registered.

SUV 186

SUV Diesel Europe Market 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2019

In 2018 the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced a strategy to reduce GHG emissions from ships, including a 50% reduction in GHGs by 2050 as compared to the 2008 level, and complete elimination of GHGs as soon as possible in this century. of the global total that year. of the global total that year.

Mariner 191

Mariner Europe Fuel Power 191

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

CARB’s Research Program supports the implementation of the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008 (SB 375)—a key component for California’s meeting its 2050 climate goal. —CARB Research Division Chief Elizabeth Scheehle. Transportation trends.

California 186

California CO2 Climate Transportation 186

Teslarati

MAY 18, 2021

Tesla ( NASDAQ: TSLA ) bulls are responding to “The Big Short” Michael Burry’s massive bet against the electric automaker’s stock, indicating that their beliefs don’t align with the man who correctly predicted the 2008 collapse of the housing crisis. Return on Assets broke even in 2018 & is 20% in 2020.

Tax Credit 142

Tax Credit Tesla Tax 2007 142