2016, Climate and Transportation

Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

California will meet its 2030 climate targets more than three decades late, in 2061, and could be more than 100 years late in meeting its 2050 target if the average rate of emissions reductions from the past year hold steady, according to a new study tracking more than a decade of environmental and economic indicators in the state.

California

California Climate Transportation 2017

California 2017 GHG inventory shows 1.2% total drop from 2016; transportation sector emissions up 1%

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AUGUST 14, 2019

In 2017, emissions from GHG emitting activities statewide were 424 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent (MMTCO 2 e), 5 MMTCO 2 e lower than 2016 levels and 7 MMTCO 2 e below the 2020 GHG Limit of 431 MMTCO 2 e. Compared to 2016, California’s GDP grew 3.6% Overview of GHG Emissions from the Transportation Sector. Source: ARB.

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2017 2016 Transportation Emissions

California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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2004 2016 Emissions California

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. —Pavlenko et al.

Mariner

Mariner Climate Fuel Oil

EPA: US GHG emissions in 2017 down 0.3% from 2016

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

from 2016, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory. The decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions between 2016 and 2017 was driven in part by a decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Transportation. In 2017, total gross U.S. below 2005 levels.

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2017 2016 Emissions EPA

EEA: rising energy consumption, particularly in transport, slows EU progress on renewables and energy efficiency targets

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Rising energy consumption, particularly in the transport sector, is to blame for the slowdown, according to preliminary data released in the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) annual analysis on the EU’s progress towards its targets on renewables and energy efficiency. EU progress towards 2020 and 2030 targets on climate and energy.

Renewable

Renewable Energy Transportation 2020

EEA finds only mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals; GHG emissions up 25% since 1990

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Europe’s transport sector is making only mixed progress in meeting its environment, health and climate policy targets, according to the latest European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment which tracks the short and long-term environmental performance of this key economic sector across the European Union. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

Environment

Environment Transportation Emissions Climate

Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport

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JUNE 12, 2021

From the researchers’ point of view, this underlines the need to further reduce emissions of soot that is harmful to health and the climate, as the carbon-containing particles still contribute to health hazards and climate warming even over distances of several hundred kilometers. forest fires).

Transportation

Transportation Germany Climate Change Climate

EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the European Union rose slightly in 2017, mostly because of the transport sector. emissions increase in 2017 from 2016. The rise is mostly due to the increase of oil consumption from road transport. in 2017 from 2016. The rise was mostly driven by the road transport sector.

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Emissions Transportation 2017 2016

EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions down 1.7% in 2016; carbon intensity of economy down 3.1%; transportation emissions up

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

US energy-related CO 2 emissions decreased by 89 million metric tons (MMmt), from 5,259 MMmt in 2015 to 5,170 MMmt in 2016. Emissions have declined in 6 out of the past 10 years, and energy‐related CO 2 emissions in 2016 were 823 MMmt (14%) below 2005 levels, according to the EIA. Transportation increase led by gasoline consumption.

2016

2016 CO2 Emissions Transportation

ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2019

Reintroducing commercial supersonic transport (SST) aircraft into the global aviation fleet could have significant noise and climate impacts by 2035, according to a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). degree Celsius climate trajectory. Global sonic boom incidence. Source: The ICCT.

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EEA report: EVs are better for climate and air quality

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The EEA report ‘ Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives ’ reviews current evidence on electric cars’ impacts on climate change, air quality, noise and ecosystems, compared with conventional cars. The EEA has also published a new briefing on the environmental and climate impacts of transport.

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Climate Pollution Gasoline-Electric 2017

Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

Canada

Canada Cleaner California Transportation

President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget Request provides $5.34 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE). billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. Within the $10.7

Sustainable Transportation

Sustainable Transportation 2015 2016 Transportation

New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. Transport represents more than a quarter (27%) of Europe’s total greenhouse gas emissions.

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Pollution Taxi London San Francisco

Gemilang International to deliver 140 electric school buses to California

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JANUARY 9, 2022

Its notable projects recently include the Iskandar Malaysia Bus Rapid Transit, Sarawak’s first electric city bus for Kuching Metro, and an electric bus pilot project by the Sabah government for public transport. The Hong-Kong-listed company said it has been supplying electric buses to the US since 2016.

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LLNL’s Energy Flow Diagrams Show That The US Isn’t Moving The Needle On Climate Action

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 7 years of electrification and deployment of wind and solar, the US barely budged the needle, in fact declining slightly to more wasted energy in 2016 and 2017 before improving again in 2018 and onward.

Energy

Energy Climate Waste Wind

EPA: US GHG fell 0.5% y-o-y in 2017; power sector down by 4.2%, transportation up 1.21%

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

The transportation sector now generates the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions in the US—28.9% More than 90% of the fuel used for transportation is petroleum-based, which includes primarily gasoline and diesel. From 2016 to 2017, CO 2 emissions from the transportation end-use sector increased by 1.21%.

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2017 EPA Transportation 2005

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

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JANUARY 8, 2020

An increase in natural gas generation offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline, but overall power sector emissions still decreased by almost 10%. Transportation emissions remained relatively flat. All told, net US GHG emissions ended 2019 slightly higher than at the end of 2016. Transportation.

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Coal 2019 2018 Gas-Electric

The EV100 Initiative: Climate Group’s Ambitious Venture

EV Match

AUGUST 12, 2021

In this article, we look at the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative that is focused on driving an accelerated transition to zero-emission vehicles globally. . Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, accounting for 29% of all emissions. EVmatch: What is EV100? .

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Europe moves forward on the Energy Union; transport key element

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The European Commission has adopted the European Energy Union package —a framework strategy for a resilient energy union with a forward-looking climate change policy. 94% percent of transport relies on oil products, of which 90% is imported. As a next step, the Commission will present it to the EU institutions. competitiveness.

Transportation

Transportation Europe Energy Climate

CALSTART brief highlights growth of and future opportunity for California’s clean transportation technology industry

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

A new CALSTART brief indicates that California’s climate and energy policies are not only helping to protect the environment and improve air quality, but are also helping to accelerate growth of the clean transportation technology industry (CTTI) in the state.

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Clean Cleaning Transportation Industrial

Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution

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JUNE 19, 2020

An open-access paper on the research is published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science. (a)Map in 2016; (b) Changes in concentrations between 2010 and 2016. The study, carried out with the World Health Organization, suggests that air pollution constitutes a major, and in many areas increasing, threat to public health.

Pollution

Pollution 2016 Universal 2010

Solar Impulse grounded until 2016 due to battery damage; team studying better thermal management

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

Solar Impulse, the solar-powered electric aircraft attempting to fly around the world, will be grounded in Hawaii until early spring 2016 due to damage to the batteries which overheated in the record-breaking oceanic flight from Nagoya to Hawaii. The Round-The-World mission will resume early April from Hawaii to the USA West Coast.

2016

2016 Solar Hawaii Battery

Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

However, although the state has made considerable progress decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the rate of emissions decline appears to be slowing, due in part to a spike in transportation emissions attributed to an increase from light-duty vehicles. Transportation. decrease in public transportation trips.

California

California Light Emissions Climate

EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

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JUNE 30, 2021

g (12%) lower than in 2019 and represented the first decrease observed since 2016. According to the EEA’s provisional data, the average emissions of new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom in 2020 were 107.8 grams of CO 2 per kilometre (g CO 2 /km). This was 14.5

2020

2020 CO2 Europe Emissions

Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The largest one-year emissions drop California has ever achieved was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, when climate pollution fell 6.1%. The fact is, we’ve never come anywhere near cutting emissions five percent in a single year in a period of economic stability—and yet, in order to meet our climate goal by 2030, we have to.

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European Council endorses 40% GHG cut by 2030; requests ways to cut transport emissions via efficiency, electrification and renewable fuels

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2014

On 23 October, leaders of the European Union agreed on the climate and energy policy framework for the EU for the period from 2020 to 2030. Around 20% of carbon dioxide emissions in the EU currently come from transport, and this figure is expected to rise in the future.

Renewable

Renewable Transportation Emissions Fuel

Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and MIT suggests it will be easier for cities to reduce CO 2 emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation. In transportation, cities can’t make up for the loss of a national strategy.

Transportation

Transportation Cleveland CO2 Phoenix

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The data shows a slight increase in overall emissions from the previous year, and a slight decline in emissions from transportation, which is the state’s main source of both GHGs and air pollutants. California statewide GHG emissions dropped below the 2020 GHG Limit in 2016 and have remained below the 2020 GHG Limit since then.

2020

2020 California Emissions 2018

GFEI: vehicle fuel economy is below global targets, jeopardizing action on climate and energy; failure of policy

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Worldwide, the vehicle fleet is not making enough progress on fuel economy and is failing to reach global targets aimed at reducing CO 2 emissions, cutting oil consumption and improving energy efficiency according to a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative (GFEI) ( earlier post ) released at the Paris COP21 Climate Summit.

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Fuel Economy Economy Climate Global

ABB to supply high-voltage chargers for Volvo LIGHTS project in SoCal; up to 920VDC

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2020

The Volvo LIGHTS project is a partnership among the Volvo Group, Volvo Trucks, and Greenlots along with several more industry leaders and stakeholders in transportation and electrical charging infrastructure. ABB has currently sold more than 13,000 DC fast chargers across more than 80 countries worldwide.

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Volvo Light Supplies DC

Cleaner fuels have replaced more than 3B gallons of diesel under California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2019

New 2018 data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) indicates that the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) continues to drive production of a growing volume of cleaner transportation fuels for California consumers. California reached that overall goal in 2016. million metric tons of climate-changing gases.

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Cleaner California Standards Carbon

Volvo Group and SSAB to collaborate on the world’s first vehicles of fossil-free steel

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APRIL 9, 2021

We are determined to be a climate-neutral company by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement. This is an important step on the road to completely climate-neutral transports. The result will be a much lower climate impact and a fossil-free value chain. —Martin Lundstedt, President and CEO at Volvo Group.

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Volvo Vehicles Hydrogen Climate

ICCT analysis finds UN’s aircraft CO2 standard lags current technology by more than a decade

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A new analysis of commercial aircraft fuel efficiency from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) finds that the UN’s aircraft CO 2 standard lags current technology by more than a decade. Meaningful aircraft emission standards will be pivotal for managing the climate impact of aviation, the ICCT said.

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Standards CO2 2019 2015

California ARB developing Clean Miles Standard for ridesharing companies

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2019

With the enactment of SB 1014 ( earlier post )—the Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program—the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is to develop and to implement new requirements for transportation network companies (TNCs)—i.e.,

Clean

Clean Cleaning California Standards

Pew study finds that changes in technology, policy and consumer behavior could combine to deliver up to 65% reduction in US transport GHG by 2050

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JANUARY 12, 2011

US transportation GHG emissions under the Base Case and three Mitigation Scenarios. A new study published by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change finds that combined actions across three fronts—technology, policy, and consumer behavior—could deliver up to a 65% reduction in transportation emissions from current levels by 2050.

Transportation

Transportation Climate Change 2010 Emissions

Consortium proposes large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICCM) as solution to global energy, food, and climate issues

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Members of the Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC), led by Duke University in North Carolina, have published an open-access paper in the journal Oceanography presenting the large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICMM) as an answer to pressing global energy, food and climate security issues. Greene et al.

Mariner

Mariner Climate Global Industrial

EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

EPA announced the awardees at the 2016 American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2016 SmartWay Freight Carrier Excellence Award recipients are: Airtime Express Inc. Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. Bison Transport, Inc. Bulk Service Transport, Inc.

EPA

EPA Las Vegas Supplies Mercury

Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

The presence of ammonia was first discovered in the upper troposphere in 2016 using the analysis of averaged MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding) infrared limb-emission spectra. The findings suggest that in addition to carbon dioxide, there are other compounds in need of attention and regulation.

Emissions

Emissions Climate Pollution Climate Change

Government of Canada to develop a national Zero-Emissions Vehicle strategy by 2018

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2017

Transportation accounts for about 24% of Canada’s emissions, mostly from cars and trucks. In 2015, light-duty vehicle emissions accounted for approximately 50% of Canada’s transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions, and 12% of the country’s total emissions.

Canada

Canada 2018 Emissions Vehicles

T&E: Electric bus orders in Europe more than doubled to 1,031 units in 2017; ~9% share of new registrations

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The number of battery-electric buses ordered in Europe more than doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching 1,031 vehicles, according to a new analysis by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. T&E estimates this to be equivalent to around 9% market share of new registrations in 2018. VDL: 500 units. Solaris: 330 units.

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Europe 2017 Poland 2018

BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

Clean power generation and electric transport are seeing heavy inflows, but need to see further increases in spending as costs fall. We need to be talking about trillions per year if we are to meet climate goals. Electrified transport. Passenger EVs were responsible for the bulk of outlays on electrified transport globally.

2020

2020 Global Energy United Arab Emirates

California Governor orders 5M ZEV target for 2030; more hydrogen fueling and EV charging stations

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2018

Other specified actions for the state in the executive order include: Updating the 2016 Zero-Emission Vehicle Action plan to help expand private investment in zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, particularly in low income and disadvantaged communities. million zero-emission vehicles to California by 2025.

California

California Hydrogen Fuel Charging

Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

California 2017 GHG inventory shows 1.2% total drop from 2016; transportation sector emissions up 1%

California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

EPA: US GHG emissions in 2017 down 0.3% from 2016

EEA: rising energy consumption, particularly in transport, slows EU progress on renewables and energy efficiency targets

EEA finds only mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals; GHG emissions up 25% since 1990

Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport

EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions down 1.7% in 2016; carbon intensity of economy down 3.1%; transportation emissions up

ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

EEA report: EVs are better for climate and air quality

Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

President’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9B for DOE; 9% boost over FY 2015 enacted; $793M (2.7%) for sustainable transportation

New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Gemilang International to deliver 140 electric school buses to California

LLNL’s Energy Flow Diagrams Show That The US Isn’t Moving The Needle On Climate Action

EPA: US GHG fell 0.5% y-o-y in 2017; power sector down by 4.2%, transportation up 1.21%

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

The EV100 Initiative: Climate Group’s Ambitious Venture

Europe moves forward on the Energy Union; transport key element

CALSTART brief highlights growth of and future opportunity for California’s clean transportation technology industry

Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution

Solar Impulse grounded until 2016 due to battery damage; team studying better thermal management

Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

European Council endorses 40% GHG cut by 2030; requests ways to cut transport emissions via efficiency, electrification and renewable fuels

Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

GFEI: vehicle fuel economy is below global targets, jeopardizing action on climate and energy; failure of policy

ABB to supply high-voltage chargers for Volvo LIGHTS project in SoCal; up to 920VDC

Cleaner fuels have replaced more than 3B gallons of diesel under California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Volvo Group and SSAB to collaborate on the world’s first vehicles of fossil-free steel

ICCT analysis finds UN’s aircraft CO2 standard lags current technology by more than a decade

California ARB developing Clean Miles Standard for ridesharing companies

Pew study finds that changes in technology, policy and consumer behavior could combine to deliver up to 65% reduction in US transport GHG by 2050

Consortium proposes large-scale industrial cultivation of marine microalgae (ICCM) as solution to global energy, food, and climate issues

EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

Government of Canada to develop a national Zero-Emissions Vehicle strategy by 2018

T&E: Electric bus orders in Europe more than doubled to 1,031 units in 2017; ~9% share of new registrations

BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

California Governor orders 5M ZEV target for 2030; more hydrogen fueling and EV charging stations

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