Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 Combined fuel economy (mpg). Earlier post.). 40 93 MPGe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

The company’s system demonstrated improvements of 30% in fuel efficiency and significantly reduced NO x emissions during a year-long pilot program with the leading Massachusetts-based transportation company. Kiessling Transit will use the hybrid vehicles to transport primarily urban-area Massachusetts residents with disabilities.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

Last month, President Obama announced a national policy of two harmonized standards, one for increasing fuel economy (to be issued by NHTSA) and the second for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (to be issued by EPA) for all new cars and trucks sold in the United States. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

This reduces friction, and increases efficiency and fuel economy. US EPA and NHTSA are planning to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Phase 2 standards in the spring of 2015 and a final rule in the spring of 2016. The SuperTruck’s AC system runs entirely off the electricity powered by the hybrid system.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority will receive funds to purchase all-electric transit buses and an energy storage system. The buses will be deployed in areas such as downtown and the University. 1,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2017

Later that year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued the final rule for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards for MYs 2017-2025 for passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 29, 2023

But it’s hard to have any sympathy for the industry after so many manufacturers have been chanting the mantra of electrification since 2016. Bozzella likewise requested that the EPA align its proposal with the California Air Resources Board and NHTSA's forthcoming fuel economy standards.

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