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JUNE 26, 2017

The low emission (LE) scenario sees zero-emission automobiles obtaining market dominance at least by 2030. The business-as-usual scenario posits new automobile sales changing only slowly from the market shares observed in 2016. Share of zero emission passenger cars, in four scenarios. Fridstrøm (2017). Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Honeywell and key suppliers will invest approximately $300 million to increase production capacity for HFO-1234yf, its low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerant for mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems in automobiles. Earlier post.) HFO-1234yf’s GWP is 99.9% lower than that of HFC-134a, the current refrigerant in use (GWP = 1,300).

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has published new data demonstrating the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and both GDP and customer incentives. ECV market share of 5 biggest EU car markets in 2016. Lowest ECV market share in EU in 2016. ECV Units sold.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

Of the 1,006 people surveyed, fuel efficiency (57%) is top of mind for consumers when they go to buy any size automobile, followed closely by cost (55%) and safety (54%). GM plans to make it standard across its fleet by 2020 and Ford announced it will integrate start-stop across all EcoBoost equipped vehicles.

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APRIL 16, 2014

The Audi Group has calculated its corporate carbon footprint and is the first premium automobile manufacturer to be certified according to the international standard ISO 14064. Audi made a detailed assessment of emissions in all automobile lifecycle phases; experts of DEKRA Certification GmbH and DEKRA Certification Inc.

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JULY 29, 2015

Scrappage is defined by a vehicle being taken out of the fleet and no longer in use. As long as we have tracked average age, it has gradually risen over time due to the increasing quality of automobiles. Helping age the fleet is the fact that consumers are holding on to their vehicles longer than before. percent of the fleet.

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JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. Earlier post.). —2012 Sustainability Report.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Auto manufacturing capacity continues to grow, and annual output could reach the 100 million mark by 2016. By the end of 2012, the global fleet could top 1 billion vehicles—one for every seven people on the planet. million EVs and a fleet of 3.5 million EVs and a fleet of 3.5

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APRIL 13, 2016

Under even the most-aggressive test driving assumptions, it would take existing fleets of autonomous vehicles tens and even hundreds of years to log sufficient miles to adequately assess the safety of the vehicles when compared to human-driven vehicles, according to the analysis. of all fatal crashes, respectively. —Susan M.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The final Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations for model year 2017 and beyond will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on 8 October. billion and cumulative net benefits for Canadians of $4.7 million days of acute respiratory problems related to air pollution by 2030; and.

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billion euros since 2016 under the scheme for around 2.1 Italy is the home of the oldest vehicle fleet in Europe, the government cites, with at least 11 million Euro 3 cars (with emissions standards set in 2001) or lower-grade vehicles on the roads. For comparison, the German government has spent a total of €9.5

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JUNE 8, 2015

Ballard and Synergy are collaborating with electric bus manufacturer Foshan Feichi Automobile Manufacturing Co. The municipal governments in the cities of Yunfu and Rugao plan to have fuel cell bus fleets operating in revenue service in 2016. in the city of Yunfu in Guangdong province.

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MAY 24, 2010

California had agreed to defer to the proposed national standard through model year 2016 rather than proceeding with implementing the Pavley greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles. The national program ramps up slightly more slowly than the California program envisioned, but does get to the same fleet average endpoint.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Plug Power will have the opportunity to leverage its ownership stake to acquire a majority stake in 2016. This partnership will allow us to contribute throughout Europe to the deployment of non-polluting hydrogen fleets. The forklift market prefigures the future development of the hydrogen-powered automobile market.

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MAY 21, 2012

In addition, ARB’s in-use off-road diesel vehicle regulation was expected to generate additional demand for DPFs, but amendments to the regulation approved in December 2010 meant to give fleets more time to comply due to the economic recession continue to depress the retrofit market opportunity for off-road diesel engines in the state.

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MAY 14, 2016

The system was presented in a near-production scenario at the Volkswagen AG IT Symposium 2016. A further exhibit was concerned with automobile fleet data. The collected fleet data are being used as a basis for mobility control hubs. The collected fleet data are being used as a basis for mobility control hubs.

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MAY 22, 2016

China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has raised $400 million through the first Green Bond sale on the offshore market from a Chinese automobile company to support the design, development and production of range-extended electric vehicles by its UK subsidiary, the LondonTaxi Company (LTC), manufacturer of the iconic London Black Cab.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Under the terms of an agreed phase-in, the average emissions of 70% of a manufacturer’s fleet must meet an initial target of 175 g CO 2 limit in 2014; 75% in 2015; 80% in 2016; and the average of all its vehicles by 2017. in 2016 and 1.5 The legislation also sets a limit of 147g CO 2 /km to be achieved by 2020.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Announced in 2016, the MSPF is Toyota’s framework for a range of connected vehicle applications, providing a full suite of services needed to support Mobility-as—Service (MaaS) ranging from vehicle leasing and insurance to fleet management and big data.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

European automakers are striving to comply with EU CO 2 norms (average fleet emissions less than 130 g/km by 2015) to avoid penalties. (As g/km—in model year 2016. (As g/km—in model year 2016. Eco-innovations will count for up to 7 grams of manufacturers’ fleet targets. Earlier post.)

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JULY 3, 2017

Second, the IEA report finds that energy-efficiency improvements for the existing fleet should include aerodynamic retrofits to reduce drag as well as low-rolling resistance tires. The rules of data exchange must be multilaterally defined and transparent for everyone, and confidentiality safeguarded.

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JUNE 9, 2016

Co-authors are from Argonne National Laboratory; the US Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies, Fuel Cell Technologies, and Bioenergy Technologies Offices; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; the Electric Power Research Institute; Fiat Chrysler Automobiles; General Motors; Chevron; and Ford. Resources. Elgowainy, J. Lindauer, T.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

The detailed data supporting the report were obtained directly from automobile manufacturers. The light truck share of the light-duty vehicle market affects many important fleet-wide metrics since light trucks on average have higher CO 2 emissions, worse fuel economy, and higher weight, horsepower, and footprint than cars. Source: EPA.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Fuel produced from the pilot plant has been fleet-tested in a blend formulation in several standard configuration automobiles. Construction of the initial plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2015 with commercial operations beginning in early 2016.

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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. In recent months, the agencies have had important discussions with many individual automobile manufacturers and other stakeholders, and our intention is to continue such discussions. Earlier post.).

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This story is the 2,000 th one posted on Clean Fleet Report (as a point of reference we hit story #1,000 on Feb. The Tesla Model S ’ introduction in 2016 marked another milestone, but the Model 3 in 2019 and Model Y in 2020 broke the EV market wide open. But it is still a mass-produced automobile. But a little context.

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MAY 3, 2021

The technology has gotten better and many of the elements of self-driving cars are already embedded into our current automobiles. million annually in 2016 to $36.6 Feature: New Autonomous Cars & Connected Mobility The post Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. The ride continues.].

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JULY 11, 2012

By way of trans-Atlantic comparison, 95 g/km is equivalent to 152 g/mile; the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas emissions standard (part of the joint national standard with NHSTA) calls for 250 g/mile in MY 2016. Earlier post.). The proposed 2025 US standard would bring that down to 163 g/mile in MY 2025.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

for 2016, followed by the Model X. News: Mercedes EQC Introduced ; First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz B250e ; Smart Fortwo ED; 8. Even thought Stellantis, the megacompany formed by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA of France, appeared to be slow on the shift to EVs, they’ve been playing a good game of catch-up.

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JUNE 2, 2020

DiDi first began to develop and test autonomous driving vehicles in 2016. In addition to building its own test fleets, DiDi will leverage the accumulated transportation data from its platform to run simulation tests, largely supplementing existing field test data volume.

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JUNE 27, 2013

2493 ) which would require 30% of new automobiles in 2016, 50% in 2017, and 50% in each subsequent year, to operate on non-petroleum fuels in addition to or instead of petroleum based fuels. Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-16) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL-27) introduced the Open Fuel Standard Act ( H.R.

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JULY 12, 2011

We also intend to take full advantage of the associated cost savings and emissions reductions by accelerating the conversion of all 4,500 of Chesapeake’s light duty fleet vehicles to run on CNG and 400 of our heavy duty fleet vehicles to run on LNG, which will reduce our fuel costs by an estimated $15-20 million per year.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Closer to home, the federal fuel economy standards require the average fleet fuel economy of OEMs that sell vehicles in the USA to be 35.5 mpg by 2016. As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Three of the NHTSA scenarios for penetration of technologies for passenger cars for MY 2016. mpg and 250 g CO 2 /km for model year 2016. mpg and 250 g CO 2 /km for model year 2016. Three of the NHTSA scenarios for penetration of technologies for light trucks for MY 2016. Data: Preliminary Regulatory Impact Analysis.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Are electric vehicles (EVs) the answer to the automobile industry’s role? In 2016, nearly 200 countries ratified the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to reduce emissions and slow global warming. How Do Automobiles Contribute to GHG Emissions? first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Final MY 2011 and MY 2012-2016 passenger car fuel economy targets, based on vehicle footprint. mpg for the combined industry-wide fleet (cars and light-trucks) for model year 2016. mpg for the combined industry-wide fleet (cars and light-trucks) for model year 2016. Source: NHTSA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This fleet data is used for continuous improvement of high-definition navigation maps with highly precise localization capability. A much more important aspect is that the agreement provides a framework for industry-wide cooperation between automobile manufacturers to jointly produce the map contents that are needed for autonomous driving.

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