Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2019
The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Hydrogen Europe and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) are jointly calling on European policy makers to ramp up investments in EU-wide hydrogen refueling infrastructure for fuel cell electric vehicles. —ACEA’s Director General, Eric-Mark Huitema.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
The data are taken from fleet trials and automobile manufacturers as well as websites used by drivers to manage and monitor their own vehicles. However, PHEVs also include internal combustion engines and complex gear boxes, which lead to additional emissions of about 0.6 t of CO 2 eq) than for BEV (on average 2.6 t of CO 2 eq).
Green Car Congress
APRIL 16, 2014
The Audi Group has calculated its corporate carbon footprint and is the first premium automobile manufacturer to be certified according to the international standard ISO 14064. Audi made a detailed assessment of emissions in all automobile lifecycle phases; experts of DEKRA Certification GmbH and DEKRA Certification Inc.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption. Source: Policy package.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 10, 2014
The detailed data supporting the report were obtained directly from automobile manufacturers. The primary reason for this trend is continued improvements to the internal combustion engine. Chrysler-Fiat had the highest CO2 emissions and lowest fuel economy, followed by GM. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 12, 2015
—Rupert Stadler, Audi CEO, at the International Vienna Motor Symposium in 2014. In June 2013, Audi commissioned a power-to-gas facility in the north German town of Werlte, thus becoming the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy sources. Audi e-gas. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)
Creative Greenius
JANUARY 19, 2009
Even with CO2 levels well past the safe point of 350ppm and rising ever more dangerously , old school, baggy pants vaudevillian GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, known throughout the auto biz as “Rhymes with Nutz and Putz&# says, “We can meet the law, but it’s going to take a lot of money.&#. Don’t worry, pal, you soon will.
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