Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2009

US President Barack Obama today announced a new harmonized national policy intended to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for all new cars and trucks sold in the US. For the GHG program, EPA contemplates proposing to allow FFV credits in line with EISA limits only during the period from MYs 2012 to 2015.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

On Friday, President Obama announced the National Clean Fleets Partnership, with AT&T, FedEx, PepsiCo, UPS and Verizon as charter members. In light of President Obama’s announcement of The National Clean Fleets Partnership, we applaud the public-private partnership model inherent in this partnership.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 27, 2010

In addition to President Obama's proclamation of 1,000,000 plug-in cars by 2015, several newcomer companies, including Tesla, Fisker, A123, and Johnson Controls-Saft, received multimillion dollar grants and/or loans to accelerate production. So - what's in store for 2010?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Many things in your life haven’t changed since 2010 but one thing certainly has: You won’t need to buy gas in order to drive. Last week, the Obama administration announced new fuel economy standards for automobiles that provides some incentives for electric cars. If by 2015, 2.5 roads by 2015 and has provided $2.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

By comparison, meeting Japan’s standards for 2004-2015 requires a 1.9% annual increase; meeting the EU targets for 2008-2015 requires a 2.5% annual increase to 2015; and meeting China’s 2004-2009 target requires a 5.3% Meeting the California Pavley regulations will require about a 5.8% annual increase.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Under mounting pressure to improve the fuel-efficiency of its line-up, Chrysler announced in September last year that it was developing three electric vehicles and would sell the first of the models by 2010. More details below: Tags: Obama Energy chrysler. Fiat is considering bringing a battery-powered commercial van to the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Although the Copenhagen Accord has failed to deliver tangible progress on major issues, it commits agreeing parties to a 31 January 2010 deadline by which they would submit national emissions reduction goals. degrees Celsius.”

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

GM may be in bankruptcy but remains unwavering in its commitment to have the Volt in some showrooms by November 2010. President Obama has stated a commitment to 1 million plug-in cars by 2015. Tags: biofuels nissan GM zev mandate cafe standards barack obama battery electric car. Will we get our money’s worth?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

EPA is proposing to maintain the biomass-based diesel standard for 2014 and 2015 at the 2013 level of 1.28 In 2010, EPA approved E15 for use in vehicles newer than model year 2001 and developed labeling rules to enable retailers to market E15. billion gallons.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the. posted May 10, 2010 at 9:49 am EDT. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte. The third phase will be released around 2015. percent of $1.9

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2009

DOE’s targets are $45/kW by 2010 and $30/kW by 2015. Earlier post.). Improvements in system design, including lower catalyst loadings in the fuel cell, are expected to reduce this number further, according to ARB.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The California LCFS regulation, which went in to effect on 15 April 2010, targets a reduction of the carbon intensity (CI), on a full-fuel lifecycle basis, of transportation fuels (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) used in California by an average of 10% by the year 2020. —Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. US National LCFS.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2009

President Barack Obama announced the availability of the funding during a visit to Southern California Edison’s Electric Vehicle Center today. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released two competitive solicitations that will provide up to a combined $2.4 Transportation Sector Electrification.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The action builds on the first phase of the Obama Administration’s national program (2012-2016) ( earlier post ), which will raise fuel efficiency equivalent to 35.5 CO 2 per mile) during MY 2017-2015 if the technology is used with at least 30% of a company’s 2017 full-size pickup production and ramping up to at least 80% in MY 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

2015 to 0.030 for all vehicle categories by 2030. The greenhouse gas standard approved today builds on California’s first-in-the-nation standard that was later incorporated in 2010 by the federal government as part of a national program. The goal is to accelerate a transition already in process and to make sure it succeeds.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. roads by 2015? The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. For all the fanfare, sales of electric cars are currently negligible (outside of golf courses, that is). Five million.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 27, 2024

Work , who was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2014 to serve as deputy defense secretary. Speaking at a 2015 defense forum , Work—a barrel-chested retired Marine Corps colonel with the slight hint of a drawl—described a future in which “human-machine collaboration” would win wars using big-data analytics.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The modeling showed that averaged across all eleven metros, residential energy conservation mandates could reduce residential CO 2 emissions in 2030 by an average of 30% over and above 2010 levels. — Landis et al. The CPP is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. miles per gallon by the year 2027.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. The huge hill of used batteries represents a major problem with the toxic acid and lead inside. — jerryd 7. Next: a carbon tax.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

The Cantwell-Collins plan is almost exactly what Mr. Obama proposed in the campaign and after first taking office–a 100 percent auction of permits and a large tax rebate to the public. To ensure the program is founded on sound emissions data, mandatory emissions monitoring will commence in January 2010. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions.

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