Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is current considering a request to allow more than the current limit of 10% ethanol in gasoline to increase overall ethanol consumption in the US fuel pool. The auto industry in principle is not opposed to the introduction of such mid-level blends (i.e., Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2019

The world's auto industry seems to have settled on 200-plus miles for North America and 300 kilometers (160 miles) or more for European and Asian markets. The longest-range 2019 Tesla, the Model S Long Range, gets an EPA range rating of 370 miles. What's the minimum necessary range for an electric car?

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

While both of these numbers are a lot less than the US’ new EPA rules , the US also has 13x as many people as Australia. The US EPA has long had what is referred to as a “ footprint rule, ” which allows larger vehicles to pollute more. The other threat is possible future Chinese dominance in the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Based on the results of the study, CAR believes the economic risk to the auto industry connected to mandating permanent fuel economy standards in the long run is “ very serious ” The group recommends periodic review to assess the rate of technology development and cost reduction of advanced technologies leading up to 2025.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Reading the news in our automotive world never fails to surprise and delight. Take, for example, our discovery of the soliticitousness exhibited by automakers who care deeply about the delicate and fragile feelings of car buyers. Yes, those same car buyers from whom an independent dealer's job is extract maximum profits on the sale of a vehicle.

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Auto Industry Industrial Industry EPA 89

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Dealers think the Biden administration’s EV policies are forcing the auto industry to move ahead of market demand, according to a new Automotive News survey. The rules haven’t been finalized, but that process could be completed as soon as March, the industry journal noted. car dealers and dealership managers.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 31, 2011

Despite criticism from the auto industry, it looks like the EPA may be sticking to its guns and planning to launch new redesigned gas-mileage stickers for new cars that feature a prominent letter grade. The letter-grade scheme was one of two alternatives introduced for public comment last August.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 23, 2024

The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. And yet, the auto industry – which is responsible for more pollution than any other sector, at least in rich countries – still lobbies to worsen emissions reduction targets, even when those targets were already pushed back to begin with.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 11, 2017

Michigan may be home to the domestic auto industry, but it has no love for the Tesla Model 3: like any. Today, Europe's dirtiest diesels may start to vanish, Formula E has an audacious goal to live up to, another electric highway is underway, and Tesla Model 3 fans are out of luck if they live in Michigan.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Duplicitous doublespeak has become de rigueur dialect in the auto industry. “We We strongly believe in EVs,” say auto dealers as they support efforts to slow the EV transition. And for China to dominate the next era of the global auto industry is bad news for non-Chinese working people—and arguably, for democracy.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 17, 2014

For some companies in the auto industry, building cars to hit a target of 54.5 But to others, the EPA''s Corporate Average Fuel Economy targets agreed in 2011 aren''t simply achievable by that date, but could be reached today--and with today''s technology. mpg by 2025 may seem like a near-impossible task.

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MPG Industrial Industry Fuel Economy 131

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and auto-industry lobbyists are now sparring over the future of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for 2022-2025.

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Fuel Economy Automobile Manufacturer EPA Auto Industry 60

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it would maintain current Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for 2022 to 2025. The decision was praised by environmental groups, but likely won't receive as warm a reception from the industry. CAFE standards are up for a midterm review, and auto-industry lobbyists spent.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It offers an EPA-estimated driving range of 425 miles when equipped with 19” wheels. Touring is also Lucid’s most efficient Air model to date, achieving a landmark 140 MPGe EPA rating. Lucid is still attempting to find its footing within the auto industry, especially as larger and more prominent brands have entered the market.

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Price Mercedes EPA Fusion 89

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2016

The class settlement creates a funding pool of up to $10.033 billion for affected consumers; companion settlements with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) call for an additional $4.7 billion to settle complaints arising from its cheating on emissions from its 2.0-liter liter diesel engines.

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Audi Diesel Emissions EPA 150

Teslarati

AUGUST 9, 2021

A few years ago, Nissan announced that the 2016 Leaf SV and SL variants would come standard with its 30kWh battery pack for an EPA-rated 107 miles of range. In contrast to “good deflation,” ARK also identified an example of “bad deflation” in the auto industry, specifically in the used car market.

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Sale Batteries Battery Tesla 145

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

This echoes the recent criticism by the Urban Air Initiative (UAI) and the Energy Future Coalition (EFC) that the latest version of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) MOtor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES) modeling system for estimating emissions from mobile sources is “seriously flawed” with respect to its reliance on match blending.

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Gasoline GM Ford Emissions 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2015

The federal (EPA) standards do not decrease to 1 mg/mi in later years as do the LEV III standards. The second phase lowers the PM standard to 1 mg/mi starting with MY 2025 vehicles and is also phased in incrementally. Full implementation of the 1 mg/mi standard is attained by MY 2028.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 26, 2011

A couple years ago, the EPA announced the first changes in its Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in more than a decade. Many inside and outside the auto industry questioned whether it could be done. Since then.

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MPG Fuel Economy Auto Industry Gas 106

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

In April of this year a senior EPA official said they may need another year to complete the durability testing. That is a concern for the auto industry and we hope that is a concern for the DOE and EPA. The original testing involved 13 cars and they drove an average of 500-1,000 miles. Charles Territo. Bill Cooke.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

Each state will be required to submit goals for transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions reductions to the Administrator of the EPA. The bill amends the Clean Air Act to call for greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty on-road vehicles as well as non-road vehicles and engines, and aircraft.

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Plug-in Plug Standards Auto Industry 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

The US auto industry, via the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, is lining up to support a new national, harmonized program to reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption that President Obama will announce on Tuesday, 19 May. Autos represent 17% of all anthropogenic CO 2 in the US, according to EPA.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 31, 2017

Fuel economy and emission standards have been a contentious issue in recent months as the auto industry and government officials clash over regulations and their potential benefits. Earlier this year, one of the largest pieces of evidence against more stringent fuel economy regulations came from former Ford CEO Mark Fields.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

American Honda Motor has introduced a Class 8 hybrid diesel electric truck into its truck fleet at its parts center in Alpharetta, Ga—the first such in the auto industry.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 28, 2023

During the meeting, GM estimated the auto industry as a whole could see penalties ranging from $1,300 to $4,300 per vehicle by 2031. The company said on Thursday it looks forward to "further and increased technical dialogue with the EPA and the White House as the rule is finalized."

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The entire auto industry was startled when Fiat Chrysler said two weeks ago it would end production of its Dodge Dart compact car and its Chrysler 200 mid-size sedan. The company intends to use the plant capacity freed up to build more light trucks, meaning its popular crossover utilities and pickup trucks.

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Chrysler Dodge Auto Industry Cars 60

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Being a Volkswagen executive these days may be one of the more thankless jobs in the auto industry. Among groups including car buyers, business travelers, and environmental advocates, the first association with the brand now is often now "diesel emission scandal.”

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Diesel Auto Industry Emissions Auto 60

Green Car Reports

JUNE 18, 2015

DON'T MISS: Auto Industry Doing. It turns out that they now actually equal the fuel economy of larger motorcycles--which is pretty amazing for a four-seat vehicle weighing more than a ton. Especially since the motorcycles returning comparable gas-mileage figures weigh about one-fifth as much.

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Motorcycles Fuel Economy Fuel Auto Industry 60

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2012

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed CAFE standards are projected to require, on an average industry fleet-wide basis for cars and trucks combined, 40.1 mpg US (5.87 L/100km) in model year 2021, and 49.6 L/100km) in model year 2025. Poll Results.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

Testing is due to be complete next year, prompting the auto, oil and outdoor power equipment industries to urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay action on its proposal to allow higher levels of ethanol in gasoline until that testing is done. Earlier post.) Base engine durability (CRC CM-136-09).

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Vehicles Emissions 2010 Australia 186

Push EVs

APRIL 13, 2023

HEVs can save around 25% fuel use over ICE-only, whereas for mild hybrids, the figure is around 10% to 15% (EPA estimates, depends heavily on typical driving cycle). The auto industry body, the SMMT, is forecasting the auto market to be one of the few prospective growth stories of the coming year.

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Plugin Tesla PHEV Audi 59

Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to grant California’s request to carry out its own clean car standards not only clears the way for the Schwarzenegger-led state to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions, but it is likely to effect at least 13 additional states too.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

They’re already being well received by the auto industry and I’m confident they will be adopted for a range of vehicles by manufacturers around the world. Nordic Ecolabel and Chinese EPA CEC Ecolabel accreditation for chemical control during manufacturing and in the final product. —Bob Purcell.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The EPA rates the S500 3.0-liter The term luxury is tossed around pretty loosely in the auto industry. Both engines have 48-volt mild hybrid electrification that adds up-to an additional 21 hp and 184 lb.-ft. of torque through EQ Boost. The 48-volt system also improves fuel economy, especially on the highway.

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Green Cars News

MAY 1, 2009

The new administration’s stimulus package allots $2B for advanced batteries, $300M for federal and states fleets to buy new clean fuel vehicles and $7,500 tax rebate for PHEV, with yet more money in the Auto-Industry Re-tooling fund. No on has a lock on this future; everything is up for grabs.

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Plug-in Plug Stimulus Package Hybrid 39

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Scott Miller, the CEO of research firm Synovate, also noted that while “ things don’t look so good ” for the auto industry right now, hybrids and plug-in hybrids are still favored by consumers against other advanced fuel-saving technologies. “.the Start talking about more than just climate change.

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PHEV Fuel Economy San Diego Climate Change 150

Baua Electric

JUNE 29, 2023

The EPA in a remark to Automobile Information mentioned it “plans to post a response to comments in the docket for all comments, consistent with … requirements under the Administrative Procedure Act and the Clean Air Act.” The EPA’s proposal additionally does no longer mandate a selected generation akin to EVs.

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