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ITF: measures to decrease road freight CO2 emissions

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It collects insights held at a workshop organized by the International Transport Forum in June 2018 in Paris and features the results of a survey among experts. The timing and exact configuration of road freight decarbonization pathways should be adjusted to the different geographies and economies of each region around the world.

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IEA: improving efficiency of road-freight transport critical to reduce oil-demand growth; three areas of focus

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This includes near-term opportunities like using Global Positioning System to optimize truck routing, as well as real-time feedback devices that monitor the on-road fuel economy of trucks. Achieving stronger cuts in fuel use, carbon dioxide and pollutant emissions requires the use of hybrids and zero emission trucks.

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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Next-generation engines will likely operate at higher pressures, with greater amounts of dilution and utilize alternative fuels that exhibit a wide range of chemical and physical properties. Fuel spray processes. However, designers now primarily use empirical methods that limit the efficiency achievable.

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Belfer Center report calls for policymakers to begin taking steps to change policies for funding US transportation infrastructure

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As a result, a fuel tax would be a useful instrument for motivating motorists to reduce their vehicles’ emissions. Gasoline taxes may be inadequate to pay for transportation infrastructure as fuel economy improves and the link between fuel consumption and road usage weakens. —Huang et al.

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California Energy Commission Adopts $176M Green Transportation Plan

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The state is aggressively working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, decrease petroleum fuel use to 15% below 2003 levels by 2020, and increase alternative fuel use to 20% by 2020. Vehicles are the major contributor to global warming pollution.

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Integrated approach needed in the fight to reduce CO2 from road transportation

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The discussions focussed on the potential gains to be made in the areas of Fuels and Fuel Economy, Electrification and Traffic Management, each of which were examined through a series of provocative presentations and workshop sessions.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm htm Advocates of the Th!

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