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But for this to happen, the cost of fuel-cell systems needs to be progressively reduced. The biggest cost item is the stack, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of the total cost of a fuel-cell system. Headquartered in Göteborg, Sweden, the company was spun off from the Volvo Group in 2008. —Stefan Hartung.

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JULY 22, 2009

From October 2007 to April 2009, the average fuel economy of purchased new light-duty vehicles improved from 20.2 Sivak and Schoettle performed two regression analyses, one focusing on the number of vehicles purchased and the other one on their rated fuel economy. This ended when gasoline prices declined in late 2008.

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JUNE 12, 2010

Fuel economy was similar between the gHEVs and diesel vehicles, except for the highest kinetic intensity drive cycle where the hybrid exhibited ~20% higher fuel economy. NREL collected and analyzed data for in-use fuel economy and fuel costs, maintenance costs, total operating costs, and vehicle uptime.

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MAY 11, 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan —the third update to the state’s initial 2008 Scoping Plan. Two of those scenarios would achieve carbon neutrality by 2035; the other two by 2045.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

The total estimated cost of these deaths and injuries is $205 billion. The continued rise in fatalities is prompting the Council to issue its highest fatality estimate for the Labor Day holiday period since 2008. An estimated 19,100 people have been killed on US roads since January, and 2.2 million were seriously injured.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

VTO-funded research has reduced the cost of advanced batteries by 75% since 2008, and nearly every plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) on the road today uses VTO-developed battery technology. DOE is working to lower the cost of the power electronics and motors in an EV to $7/kW by 2022 from $30/kW in 2012.

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JANUARY 28, 2011

A new Carnegie Mellon University study released at the Washington Auto Show finds that for passenger cars, aadvanced vehicles with higher fuel economy—i.e, port fuel injected (PFI) gasoline—during periods of higher fuel costs. But that’s only one element of the equation. Elisabeth A. Gilmore and Lester B.

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MAY 16, 2018

Designed to last the lifetime of the bus, this ultracapacitor storage will reduce total cost of ownership by not requiring mid-life replacement. Due to this and other improvements, a 53% reduction in the cost of parts and consumables is predicted over a ten-year period. Tank-to-wheel CO 2 equivalent emissions of 684.9 Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 31, 2009

A crude oil price of US$100/bbl results in an approximate cost of €0.56/L A substitution of the present 2008 global motor fuel consumption of 2 Gtoe/a would therefore require a biomass harvest of 4 Gtoe/a. The biosynfuel production can at least be doubled in this way and the huge XTL complex can contribute via the economy of scale.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. Earlier post.). Technologies.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

IEA fuel economy readiness index status, 2010. Average fuel economy and new vehicles registrations, 2005 and 2008. The index is built from the four key policies needed to improve fuel economy: fuel tax, CO 2 -based vehicle tax, fuel economy standards and labeling. Source: Policy package. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Argonne will collect the electric energy consumption of the vehicles to help determine the total cost of operating an electric vehicle fleet. In 2008, FedEx Corp. In 2008, FedEx Corp. The US Department of Energy has also provided funding for this testing initiative.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Ford says that the new Transit, which begins production in Kansas City in 2013, will achieve at least 25% better fuel economy than current E-Series vans. Ford has gained major market share in key commercial vehicle segments as the economy rebounds from the industry lows of 2009. in 2008 to 53.7% EcoBoost V6. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 14, 2012

In March 2008, EPA finalized a three part program significantly to reduce emissions from diesel locomotives of all types: line-haul, switch, and passenger rail. In 2008, EPA estimated the social cost of the new program (rail and marine) will be approximately $740 million in 2030. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 12, 2012

Our focus on increased domestic oil and gas production, currently at an eight-year high, combined with the historic fuel economy standards we put in place, means that we will continue to reduce our nation’s vulnerability to the ups and downs of the global oil market. —President Obama. Transportation.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos. 10 11 –5.17×10

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AUGUST 22, 2017

With uncertainty at the federal level, California must maintain its success and leadership in equitably growing the clean energy economy. The California Green Innovation Index has tracked key economic and environmental indicators at the regional, state, national and international level since 2008. Transportation.

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APRIL 5, 2023

The IEEE Fellow was awarded the 2008 IEEE Medal of Honor for “pioneering technical roles in integrated-circuit processing, and leadership in the development of MOS memory, the microprocessor computer, and the semiconductor industry.” Intel cofounder Gordon E. Moore , the man behind Moore’s Law, died on 24 March at the age of 94.

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It is part of the “green revolution” and the transition of the UK economy to clean energy. The British government and Shell did not disclose the overall cost of the entire plan. This means that by the end of 2030, the UK will have more than 1.55 million charging stations. Carbon reduction acceleration.

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MARCH 8, 2010

Economy-wide CO 2 prices of $30-60/t CO 2 are too weak on their own to motivate significant reductions in CO 2 emissions from transportation. The key to obtaining significant reductions in transportation-related GHG emissions is to increase the cost of driving. million barrels per day, relative to 2008 levels.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

Authorized in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, BCAP is designed to ensure that a sufficiently large base of new, non-food, non-feed biomass crops is established in anticipation of future demand for renewable energy consumption. Next-generation biofuels are considered to be a decreasing cost industry.

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JULY 17, 2009

While this type of new technology is exciting to consider, unfortunately the escalating cost of the installation of the Chemrec process and the substantial investment required to modify our existing operations precludes us from proceeding with this project. billion in net sales for the year ended 31 December 2008. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

To help defray the added costs of development and construction of the first hybrid tug, both the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles contributed funding. The hybrid tug design was awarded the EPA’s Clean Air Excellence Award for Clean Air Technology in 2008. Hybrid tug propulsion system. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Comparison of Fuel Consumption, Fun to Drive and System Cost of the different powertrain concepts. However, the system cost of the Turbohybrid was 150% that of the baseline, while the system cost of the full hybrid was more than 300% that of the baseline. Click to enlarge. In testing on a BMW demo 3-Series vehicle, a 1.6-liter

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JULY 29, 2010

In 2009, Ford sold 4.817 million units worldwide, down from 5.532 million in 2008. If you hold a BEV at a constant range of 100 miles, over time the cost of the battery pack comes down, she noted, and begins to converge to equal the replacement cost of the powerpack of a plug-in. Access to the fuel. Affordability.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

EPA examined nearly 2,300 studies in this review of the ozone standards including more than 1,000 new studies published since the last review of the standards in 2008. billion annually in 2025 (outside of California), outweighing the estimated annual costs of $1.4 230,000 asthma attacks in children. 160,000 days when kids miss school.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

According to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), as of 2008, Japan had about 600,000 “next-generation” vehicles—including hybrids and electric vehicles—in service, representing 0.8% Besides the need to ensure a sufficiently long service life of batteries, drastically lowering the cost of battery is also important.

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JULY 22, 2016

The European Commission found that truck makers MAN, Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco, and DAF broke EU antitrust rules by colluding for 14 years on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of compliance with stricter emission rules. The Commission has imposed a record fine of €2,926,499,000 (US$3.22

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). The steep early drop in cost often experienced with new technologies is not likely.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The proposed revisions were based on scientific evidence about ozone and its effects on people and the environment, and resulted from a reconsideration of the primary and secondary ozone standards set at 0.075 ppm in 2008. For a tougher standard of 0.060 ppm, the costs would range from $52 billion to $90 billion.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The report expects aluminum to double its share of the light vehicle material mix by 2025 vs. the 2008 EPA baseline vehicle. Secondary cost savings that come from using automotive aluminum can offset cost premiums helping make aluminum a more cost-effective solution, according to the report. Ducker Worldwide.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Oil is a strategic commodity second to none—it underlies the global economy and even the American way of life. 2 ] CIBC World Market StrategEcon, 31 October 2008 , p4. [ Perspective by Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council. 1 ] US Imports by Country of Origin (US EIA). [

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JULY 22, 2009

ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008). Costs are also falling due to classic economics.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The National Academies have released a third review of the 21 st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP); the review follows the Phase 1 and Phase 2 reviews by the National Research Council in 2008 and 2012 ( earlier post ) and assesses the progress the partnership has made. In terms of fuel economy, the truck achieved 10.7

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MARCH 6, 2010

In an “economy-wide” cap-and-trade emissions program, energy sector emissions would likely be capped. The inclusion of offsets would likely lower the overall cost of compliance. The inclusion of offsets could expand emission mitigation opportunities, likely reducing compliance costs for regulated entities.

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