Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

Administrator Pruitt also announced the start of a joint process with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to develop a notice and comment rulemaking to set revised GHG emissions standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong.

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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. The resulting new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The survey shows continued growth in automaker’s overall use of aluminum reaching a high of 343 lbs (156 kg) per vehicle in 2012—up 5% from 327 lbs (148 kg) in 2009. Twenty percent of all bumpers in 2012 will be aluminum. Aluminum in 2012 North American Light Vehicles Executive Summary. —Randall Scheps.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

Our challenge, well, President Obama in one policy statement after another has advocated for an all of the above strategy when it comes to sustainable mobility. Do they receive HOV access for their improved fuel economy and ultra low emissions? In fact in 6 of the states, diesel fuel is penalized with additional state taxes.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

One is the tough new fuel economy rules the US administration of President Barack Obama will introduce in 2012.The But the automakers are now accelerating their efforts to develop electric cars, and there are two main reasons for this.

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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

US President Barack Obama has confirmed a new national policy that intends to slash fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions on all new cars and trucks sold in the USA. However, there will not be an exact one-to-one correspondence between the two standards - greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

Shortly after taking office in January, President Barack Obama directed EPA to assess the appropriateness of denying the waiver. The resulting new national standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Cischke cited the recent agreement on one national standard for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulations as an example of how the government, the auto industry and the environmental community can work together toward common goals. The agreement provides a framework to reach an average fuel economy standard of 35.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2014

Although sales of plug-in vehicles (plug-in hybrid-electric and battery-electric vehicles, collectively PEVs) in the US climbed more than 80% in 2013 to more than 96,000 units (Tesla has not yet released its final figures) from 52,835 units in 2012 EDTA ), the 2013 results still reflect a meagre new light-duty vehicle market share of ~0.6%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

The Obama Administration is awarding $8 billion in three conditional loan commitments for the development of innovative, advanced vehicle technologies: $5.9 Early pilot battery pack production will begin in 2011, reaching about 10,000 by 2012 and 30,000 packs in 2013. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Fuel Efficiency Policy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Under President Obama’s national fuel policy ( earlier post ), the EPA and the Department of Transportation’s NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), are jointly developing 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.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. L/100km), if the vehicles were to meet this CO 2 level all through fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

In 2012 the German government declared a goal of having one million EVs registered by 2020. In the US, President Obama declared an American goal of putting one million EVs on the road by 2015. In Germany, for example, consumers bought 2,100 EVs in 2012—less than 0.1 percent of total car sales.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf will lead the way, with others manufacturers including Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Tesla planning to introduce their electric cars sometime between 2011 and 2012. Last week, the Obama administration announced new fuel economy standards for automobiles that provides some incentives for electric cars.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Plans for a 2012 general release of the PHEV Escape did not wow anyone. The likelihood of somewhat tighter emissions standards nationwide with the arrival of Team Obama has meant automotive alternatives aren't completely off the automakers' table for now. nk City that were its ZEV mandate cars in the '90s.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

The news comes on the back of President Barack Obama’s decision to announce a national policy of two harmonised standards - one for increasing fuel economy and the second for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2011

Light-duty vehicle fuel economy standards, 1978-2025. President Barack Obama announced an agreement with 13 major automakers to pursue the next phase in the Administration’s national vehicle program ( earlier post ) , increasing fuel economy to a fleetwide average 54.5 MY1978-2011 figures are NHTSA CAFE in mpg.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Greenhouse gas and fuel economy levels under the EPA NHTSA joint proposed rulemaking. The proposal builds upon the core principles President Obama announced in May for a harmonized national policy intended to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for all new cars and trucks sold in the US.(

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

The US Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California have announced a single timeframe for proposing fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for model year 2017-2025 cars and light-duty trucks. L/100km) if all reductions came from fuel economy improvements.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2010

government agencies jointly announced the final fuel-economy rules for model year 2012 through 2016 vehicles, giving automakers a single national set of standards and averting the threat of state-by-state regulation. Starting with 2012, automakers must improve the fleet average fuel economy of their.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. billion have been made available for transit improvements throughout the US. The DOT is making $48.1

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set the model year 2011 CAFE standards, which it estimates will raise the industry-wide combined light-duty vehicle fuel economy average to 27.3 mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

0:00 / 2:36 To hell with gas, drive this Meeting fuel efficiency standards Besides the obvious public relations value - and there will be a ton of that - electric cars like the Circuit could help Chrysler meet stricter fuel economy standards. Pricing for the Circuit has not been announced but will likely undercut the Tesla.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

When automakers and the Obama White House announced agreement on a single national standard for emissions and fuel economy last May, the entire auto industry heaved a huge sigh of relief. Court of Appeals to suspend the EPA's 2012. The issue was settled, at least until 2016.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 mpg if the automotive industry were to meet this CO 2 level just through fuel economy improvements.) ( Earlier post.). mpg and 250 g CO 2 /km for model year 2016.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has posted the proposed Advanced Clean Car (ACC) package of regulations in advance of the Board’s meeting on 26 January 2012 to consider adopting the new rules. Low-Emission Vehicles (LEV) & GHG 2012. Zero Emission Vehicles 2012. Clean Fuels Outlet 2012.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule setting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO 2 emissions standards for model years 2021-2026 passenger cars and light trucks.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 4, 2018

The agency, he said, had reached a determination that the limits put in place in 2012 under the Obama administration were “not appropriate and should be revised."

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Green Car Reports

JULY 26, 2017

Department of Transportation said yesterday the NHTSA is preparing to revise corporate average fuel economy requirements for model years 2022 through 2025. The proposed version of those regulations, which was issued by the Obama Administration in 2012, included steady increases for each of those model years.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

The Road Noise Cancellation and Engine Order Cancellation systems will provide vehicle manufacturers with the ability to greatly improve in-cabin refinement, with additional design opportunities for optimising vehicle weight reduction and fuel economy. for 2012 Featured stories Feed Greenlings: What is regenerative braking?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Andrew Wheeler.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

That much ethanol reduces carbon, not just in the fuel, but also at the refinery level by replacing energy intensive aromatics used for octane. This may be one of the first climate-related measures the new Administration will address.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, implemented under President Barack Obama in 2012, called for annual increases of 5% to the average fuel economy of new vehicles through the 2025 model year. In 2019, fuel economy actually worsened, dropping slightly from 25.1 billion barrels.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, implemented under President Barack Obama in 2012, called for annual increases of 5% to the average fuel economy of new vehicles through the 2025 model year. In 2019, fuel economy actually worsened, dropping slightly from 25.1 billion barrels.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. Under President Obama, the EPA set the first federal greenhouse gas standard for cars. What about the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Obama Administration doesnt understand that. It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. " President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. billion in Department of Energy loans to develop new fuel-efficient vehicles, including the Volt.

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