Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2011
US President Barack Obama announced fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The standards will phase in to the 2017 levels shown in Table 1. One alternative phases the final standards in at 15-20-40-60-100 percent in model years 2014-2015-2016-2017-2018. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
JULY 21, 2016
Alone, the federal government plans to purchase more than 500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) or EVs in fiscal year 2017. Clean Future, Inc. potential longer-term innovations including evolution up to 350 kilowatt (kW) fast charging. Municipal fleet electrification. The 35 new partners include: Bates College. City of Seattle.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2018
The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong. Obama’s EPA cut the Midterm Evaluation process short with politically charged expediency, made assumptions about the standards that didn’t comport with reality, and set the standards too high. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) EPA also held a public hearing on this topic.
Green Car Congress
JULY 29, 2011
The new Obama Administration proposal to increase fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks to an average 54.5 It also assumes the mpg requirement will be phased in at 5% per year from 2017 through 2025 as proposed. mpg by 2016). The HTF is already taking a revenue hit with the standards put in place in 2010, Buechner says.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 28, 2011
The two Federal agencies that set gas mileage and emissions standards for future cars may propose rules that require corporate average fuel economy to reach 56 miles per gallon by 2025. indicate that the Obama Administration is urging the EPA and NHTSA to push for a 5-percent improvement each year between 2017.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 25, 2019
In 2009, the Obama administration launched the Car Allowance Rebate System, a program that was intended to not only stimulate spending, but also to improve energy efficiency and safety by encouraging people to upgrade to new cars. Thaler, a professor at the University of Chicago, won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2017.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 17, 2021
The commentary suggests that careful consideration of future hydrogen infrastructure, including production, transport, storage, use, and economic viability, will be critical to the success of efforts aimed at making clean hydrogen viable on a societal scale. John Deutch, an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT.
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