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European battery maker ACC partners with Circulor to map supply chain, carbon emissions – ET Auto

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The partnership comes as the European auto industry readies for a “battery passport” that will trace the content and carbon footprint of EV cells sold in Europe. Circulor CEO Douglas Johnson-Poensgen said the company was currently talking to companies up and down the EV battery cell supply chain.

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UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

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The SMMT New Car CO 2 Report 2018: Driving the transition to a low carbon future showed that carbon tailpipe emissions rose last year for the first time in two decades by 0.8% The report highlights the importance of internal combustion engines in the UK’s journey to a low carbon future, with 99.5% to a new low of 165.4

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thyssenkrupp Steel and Mercedes-Benz expand cooperation to include CO2-reduced steel

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Compared to the conventional blast furnace process, CO 2 emissions from steelmaking that are a feature of production can be significantly reduced by this innovative technology while maintaining product quality—which also significantly reduces the carbon footprint of products with a high steel content, for example in the automotive industry.

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European auto industry proposes further 20% cut in passenger car CO2 by 2030 from 2021; conditional on EV uptake and infrastructure; no ZEV mandate

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The 2030 target should be supported by a number of modalities, ACEA said, focusing on off-cycle credits, super credits (or similar measures supporting the market uptake of alternatively powered vehicles), ITS applications and measures stimulating the use of low-carbon fuels.

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Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

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million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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All Western European Countries Will Have CO2-Related Car Taxation This Year; European Auto Industry Urges Harmonization of Schemes

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The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. The European car industry urges EU governments to show more resolve in harmonizing car taxation schemes. Car tax schemes should neither include nor exclude specific technologies and be budget neutral in end-effect.

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T&E concludes that diesel cars emit more CO2 on a full lifecycle basis than gasoline cars

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The carbon intensity of both biodiesel and ethanol is derived by adding ILUC values (the Globiom EC study) to the direct carbon intensity of different feedstocks. The benefit will continue to increase in the coming years, as more low-carbon and renewable electricity enters European electricity mixes. —T&E study.

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