Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Their assessment is based on utilizing a sugar cane mill for energy production; a hybrid automobile powered by an internal combustion engine that consumes ethanol with an efficiency of 15 km/liter (35 mpg US, or 6.67 km/liter (46 mpg US, or 5.1 l/100km) using gasoline as the fuel. —Pacca and Moreira. Sergio Pacca and Jose R.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use. Water Resource Management : watershed, sewage, conservation, desalination. GLXP is the largest international prize ever offered.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

medical and climate change costs), the net present benefit would be $5,700 per seat. mpg, including the effects of idling on efficiency. Without externalities (e.g., If the entire school district’s fleet switched to V2G-capable electric buses, the net present savings would be upwards of $38 million. —Noel and McCormack.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

EPA and NHTSA worked closely with the California Air Resources Board (ARB) in developing an Interim Joint Technical Assessment Report (TAR) of potential 2017-2025 scenarios. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy. The two agencies expect to issue a proposal by 30 September 2011. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2010

Without strong action, those numbers are expected to keep rising, but reducing the nation’s impact on global climate change and dependence on oil imports has proved problematic. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy. John Heywood, professor of mechanical engineering, emeritus. Heywood et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

New light duty vehicle efficiency reaches 40 mpg by 2035. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Fuels. While biofuels will fall short of the 36 billion gallon RFS target in 2022, they will exceed it in 2035. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge. Reference case projections from the Early Release of the AEO2010.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Trucks therefore are an important place to look for energy savings and climate change mitigation in the transportation sector. mpg and projected to rise modestly to 6.8 mpg by 2025 (EIA, 2009). mpg and projected to rise modestly to 6.8 mpg by 2025 (EIA, 2009). million barrels per day.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

The following lists are not exhaustive or fully comprehensive, but we have tried to include a representative list of resources for each category. Plug In America makes no representations as to the workmanship, creditworthiness, or any other attributes of the companies listed or of their products or services. htm Advocates of the Th!

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

That could yield more than 50 mpg of fuel economy—or usage of less than 300 gallons per year—and still be a lot cheaper than a plug-in hybrid or a fuel cell vehicle, he noted. Start talking about more than just climate change. or below; advanced accessories; and a mild hybrid drivetrain. Tax the fuel.” Jonn Axsen and Kenneth S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

mpg in 2016. Ford recognizes the need for a comprehensive approach to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change concerns. Earlier post.) The agreement provides a framework to reach an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 annual increase in average fuel economy through 2016.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

This is equivalent to increasing fuel economy from about 30 to about 60 MPG, from 12.5 Worldwide, the car fleet is set to triple by 2050, with serious implications for the global effort to address climate change unless reducing transport emissions and improving fuel economy become an urgent global priority, warns the GFEI.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2010

This includes varying the rates on new car sales taxes, annual auto excise (property) taxes, and registration fees, with rates raised on low-MPG vehicles and reduced on high-MPG ones. The change could be designed to be revenue-neutral to consumers as a whole and to the state. Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

Using this approach, they found that converting a fleet of cars from gasoline to CNG would result in decades of more rapid climate change because of greater radiative forcing in the early years after the conversion. This would eventually be offset by a modest benefit. Alvarez, Stephen W. Pacala, James J. Winebrake, William L.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

By way of trans-Atlantic comparison, 95 g/km is equivalent to 152 g/mile; the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas emissions standard (part of the joint national standard with NHSTA) calls for 250 g/mile in MY 2016. Earlier post.). The proposed 2025 US standard would bring that down to 163 g/mile in MY 2025. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2012

Rather than squander societal resources on more ineffective policy efforts, a more productive approach would be to search for policy options that offer greater potential for making a serious dent in greenhouse-gas emissions ,” the authors conclude in their paper. Ted Gayer and W. 12-21, Mercatus Center, George Mason University.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. That’s too long to wait to improve energy security, protect our economy, and address climate change. With Drive Star, we have the motivation, the technology, and the resources to cut our oil use in half in ten years.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3 mpg US, a 2.0 mpg increase above MY 2010, corresponding to 326 gCO 2 /mi. mpg US (294 gCO 2 /mi); MY 2011 light trucks will reach 24.1 mpg (369 g/mi). mpg (320 gCO 2 /mi).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

mpg in model year 2016. mpg if the automotive industry were to meet this CO 2 level all through fuel economy improvements. mpg by MY 2016. mpg by MY 2016. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy. NHTSA is proposing CAFE standards for passenger cars and light trucks under 49 U.S.C.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

mpg for the combined industry-wide fleet (cars and light-trucks) for model year 2016. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy. The CAFE standards are expressed as mathematical functions depending on vehicle footprint. Each light vehicle model produced for sale in the United States will have a fuel economy target.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

L/100 km); or gasoline-fueled vehicles achieving in excess of 1,000 mpg (0.24 suggest that meeting the 2050 climate targets will be feasible only with global implementation of robust policies to slow the growth rate of LDV VKT in low-income countries, and to reduce VKT in high-income countries. Sager et al. —Sager et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2013

The vehicles components of this study were sized to satisfy the target AER under the EPA combined mpg (2008+) which adjusts FTP and HWFET test results to estimate outcomes from a 5-cycle test, which results in lower efficiency estimates and thus AER. Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins Policy'

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

mpg US (6.9 mpg US (6.6 Proposing the new standards on the same timeframe—by 1 September 2011—signals continued collaboration that could lead to an extension of the current National Clean Car Program, providing automakers certainty as they work to build the next generation of cleaner, more fuel efficient cars.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The federal government has also increased mileage standards for new passenger cars and light trucks to a fleet average of 49 mpg in model year 2026 , up from 41 mpg today. Volkswagen’s ID.4 4 compact all Electric SUV on a assembly line in their new factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Although Climate change is a massive problem, it always comes down to money with the real decision makers so rite now you could say people use only steam reforming but we havent really developed H2 technology much have we??? In lots of other cities around the world the majority of electricity come from fossil fuels rite???

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

mpg and for light trucks of 31.3 mpg projected overall industry average required fuel economy in MYs 2021-2026, compared to 46.7 mpg projected requirement in MY 2025 under standards issued in 2012. —California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. This would result in an average fuel economy for passenger cars of 43.7

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

My Honda Civic averages 34+ MPG over a year period. That it will help us keep the planet … Surprising Way to Fight Climate Change: Better Urban Schools GM: Let’s Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards : [.] That’s 7 cents worth of electricity per mile driven. With a 55KWH battery, range is only 157 miles.

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