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MAY 7, 2011

A total of 1,076,350 alternative fueled and hybrid vehicles were made available in the United States in 2009, a decrease of almost 29% from 2008 that reflected market conditions during 2009, according to the recently released report “Alternatives to Traditional Transportation Fuels 2009” by the US Energy Information Administration.

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AUGUST 11, 2011

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that consumption of alternative transportation fuels held steady in 2009, with a total of 431,107 thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons, compared to 430,329 thousand gasoline-equivalent gallons in 2008. Diesel: 37,701,896 thousand gasoline equivalent gallons.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

PECO is expanding its fleet with new natural gas and hybrid electric models. The utility is participating in a national consortium that recently was awarded a federal stimulus grant to purchase plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and the company is buying more trucks to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well.

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MARCH 26, 2022

Museum Exhibit Review: 107 Years of Electric Cars. With the recent technological advancements and increased adoption of electric cars, SUVs and trucks, it is lost on most people that electricity was an early popular propulsion system for cars. The next two decades were the heyday of electrically powered cars, vans and trucks.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

General Motors announced a demonstration project ( earlier post ) to explore market needs and customer acceptance of battery electric vehicles in Korea. The project involves a fleet of electric vehicles based on the Chevrolet Cruze. This is a key initiative in GM’s global battery and electric vehicle development strategy.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) showcased the utility’s first extended-range electric truck with manufacturer VIA Motors at three Bay Area National Plug-In Day events—in San Francisco, San Rafael and Cupertino—on Sunday. The gasoline engine extends the range to 350 more miles.

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Extended Range Plug-in San Francisco Motor 281

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

EPA projects advanced transmissions (6+ speeds and CVTs), gasoline direct injection (GDI) systems, and turbocharged engines will be installed on at least 15% of all MY 2013 vehicles. The majority of the emissions and fuel savings from current vehicles, EPA noted, is due to new gasoline vehicle technologies. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

Honda has been developing and deploying fuel cell vehicle technology for nearly two decades through extensive real-world testing and customer deployments, including the world’s first government fleet customers and first-ever retail consumer leasing program. Honda’s second-generation fuel cell vehicle, the FCX Clarity, launched in July 2008.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Volkswagen, in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment, presented in Berlin the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. The German federal government is targeting one million electric vehicles in Germany by 2020. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

AT&T has deployed its 4,000 th alternative-fuel vehicle (AFV) in its US corporate fleet. The vehicles are part of AT&T’s planned 10-year initiative to invest up to $565 million to replace approximately 15,000 fleet vehicles with alternative fuel models through 2018. AT&T’s fleet nationwide currently numbers more than 71,500 vehicles.

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JUNE 12, 2010

FedEx has deployed 20 gasoline hybrid electric vehicles (gHEVs) on parcel delivery routes in the Sacramento and Los Angeles areas. This hybridized, gasoline-fueled vehicle is equipped with a three-way catalyst, which results in very low tailpipe gaseous emissions. Tags: Diesel Fleets Hybrids. Chassis Mfr./Model.

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JULY 30, 2013

Since November 2006, our family has always owned at least one plug-in car and one powered by gasoline. For almost two years, our fleet has been a Nissan Leaf electric hatchback, and a used 2008 Toyota Prius.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Ford also has developed a specialized new tool to help optimize fleet purchases based on specific fuel types and operating locations. The tool incorporates important information to evaluate fuel costs and emissions, providing an opportunity for fleet managers to quickly evaluate multiple options. in 2008 to 53.7%

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

NRC projections of number of PHEVs in the US light-duty fleet. 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). Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 11, 2009

The new deployments will bring AT&T’s alternative-fuel fleet to more than 15,000 vehicles by 2019. estimates that the new vehicles will save 49 million gallons of gasoline and reduce carbon emissions by 211,000 metric tons over the 10-year deployment period. The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Mich.,

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DECEMBER 25, 2009

recently ordered an additional 200 Balance Hybrid Electric delivery trucks from Azure Dynamics. The 200 unit purchase is Azure’s largest revenue order to date and also the highest volume Balance Hybrid Electric order since the product launched in the summer of 2008. Purolator Courier Ltd. The trucks will be delivered in 2010.

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JUNE 10, 2011

While compressed natural gas (CNG) will play a role, particularly for high-mileage fleets, the report suggests that the chemical conversion of gas into some form of liquid fuel may be the best pathway to significant market penetration. emissions are reduced by around 25% relative to the use of gasoline for the same engine efficiency.

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MAY 6, 2010

between 2008 and 2009. Carbon intensity changes in the electric power and industrial end use sectors. Carbon intensity changes in the electric power and industrial end use sectors. In 2009, the carbon intensity of the electric power sector decreased by nearly 4.3%, primarily due to fuel switching as the price of coal rose 6.8%

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2009 Emissions Carbon Transportation 239

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JULY 31, 2009

Estimates of potential for gasoline consumption reduction in the US light duty fleet in 2020 and 2035 relative to 2007. million barrels per day in 2008) will be challenging. million barrels per day of gasoline-equivalent) with near-zero lifecycle CO 2. million barrels gasoline equivalent per day.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Suppliers identified a wide range of conventional and electric technology that could be used to meet the standards. Hybrid technology was also viewed as important, along with variable valve timing, gasoline direct injection, and mass reduction. Overall, federal agencies project a fleet-wide fuel economy average of between 50 and 52.6

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JANUARY 1, 2011

Key developments in the transportation sector that they note include: Positive for gasoline demand: Strong Chinese car growth in 2010, particularly in the first half of the year, with vehicle sales up 30% year-on-year (YoY) through the first eleven months of 2010. In the US hybrids fell from about 3% of total sales in 2008-09 to 2.2%

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The Energy Commission’s first investment plan combined $176 million in funds from fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. 24 million to help develop and produce biofuels such as gasoline and diesel substitutes and renewable natural gas. The second investment plan, for fiscal year 2010-2011, provided $83 million.

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JANUARY 23, 2015

By 2030, the study concludes, low-carbon fuels could replace more than a quarter of the gasoline and diesel used by vehicles in the Pacific Coast region by 2030, with a reduction in the overall carbon intensity of on-road transportation fuels of 14%–21%. First-generation biofuels (e.g.,

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Washington, DC’s current focus is electric vehicles (EVs) and electric technology. The federal government is pushing their fleet-procurement decisions almost completely to EVs and hybrids irrespective of costs. The average additional cost for a high efficiency ICE is about $2,000, against $8,000 for an electric vehicle.

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Standards Transportation Fuel Economy MPG 247

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MARCH 4, 2014

Preparing for the 2015 introduction of the next Honda fuel cell-electric vehicle (FCEV), Honda R&D Americas has installed an advanced hydrogen refueling station on its Torrance, California campus to serve as a platform for demonstrating and validating its MC Fill hydrogen fueling protocol. Click to enlarge. —Steve Mathison.

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Honda Hydrogen Installation Los Angeles 239

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Of those surveyed, 28% say they would consider buying a vehicle with an electrified powertrain; though few have first-hand experience of such vehicles (8% have owned or driven a hybrid electric vehicle and 6% have owned or driven a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or pure battery electric vehicle). Future mobility solutions.

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APRIL 16, 2012

EPA attributes the trend to an increase in energy consumption across all economic sectors, due to increasing energy demand associated with an expanding economy, and increased demand for electricity for air conditioning due to warmer summer weather during 2010. across the US vehicle fleet. average annual rate of 0.7% from 1990 to 2010.

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2010 EPA Transportation Emissions 252

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

GHG levels from the MY 2016 fleet-wide average of 250 g/mi, using different technology pathways to achieve the reductions. They defined each of these technology pathways to emphasize a different mix of advanced technologies, by assuming various degrees of penetration of advanced gasoline technologies, mass reduction, hybrids, plug-in.

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Fuel Economy EPA 2017 Economy 199

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

million—a 38% drop compared to the January 2008 SAAR of 15.37 Actual sales in 2008 were 13.2 With average gasoline prices (all grades) remaining down from their highs in mid-2008, light trucks continued to outsell cars in January 2009. Percentage change in car and truck sales, Jan 2009 vs. Jan 2008. year-on-year.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand. These were arguably the first flex-fuel vehicles.

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JUNE 25, 2009

liter gasoline unit combining turbocharging, direct fuel injection and VALVETRONIC fully-variable valve management; a new 3.0-liter BMW has been able to deliver significant improvements in its fleet CO 2 emissions over the past few years. Liter Straight-Six Gasoline Engine with TwinPower Turbo. Aerodynamic Test Center.

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BMW 2009 Engine Gasoline-Electric 199

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JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. Electric vehicle coalition.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

If specifications or settings are found to be inaccurate, EPA may require the manufacturer to retest the affected emission certification vehicles, retest fuel economy data vehicles and recalculate fuel economy label values, recalculate the GHG emissions and CAFE fleet averages, and correct the ABT credit reports.

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APRIL 18, 2011

This downward trend was attributed to a decrease in fuel and electricity consumption across all US economic sectors. From 1990 to 2009, transportation emissions rose by 17% due, in large part, to increased demand for travel and the stagnation of fuel efficiency across the US vehicle fleet. from the previous year.

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MAY 13, 2010

According to the recently finalized Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 , net US GHG emissions in 2008 were down 2.7% Significant tax incentives encourage the conversion of trucks and heavy-duty fleets to natural gas vehicles. Specific clean vehicle programs include: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Surely a strong argument can be made that something approaching a cabal turned a practical electric-cars-on-the-road mandate into a research and development program for hydrogen fuel cells vehicles. Carmakers are desirous of delaying the inevitable but problematic move to electric drive. The problem with electric is it is here now.

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MAY 2, 2012

The latest GFEI research suggests that fuel economy in new light duty vehicles around the world improved between 2005 and 2008 from around 8.1 litres of gasoline equivalent per 100km. By end of 2013 to have a prototype working model which can forecast the potential shape of the fleet in each country using core data.

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