Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon ( earlier post ) will offer segment-leading highway fuel efficiency for four-cylinder mid-size pickup trucks, according to EPA fuel economy estimates. No competitor in the segment offers more payload capacity than the Colorado or Canyon, GM noted. Colorado and Canyon fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado uses engineering techniques and lightweight materials to create fuel-efficient pickup capability in a mass-efficient mid-size package. The 2015 Colorado 4x4 crew cab, which GM expects to be the most popular version of the new trucks, weighs 880 to 1,400 lbs (363 to 635 kg) less than a full-size truck.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of grant funding to implement projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. EPA anticipates awarding approximately $44 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) grant funding to eligible applicants.

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EPA Diesel Puerto Rico Emissions 170

Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The entire lot of vehicles consists of the Kia Niro EV—a vehicle model that has an EPA-rated 239-mile range and isn’t yet available in Colorado. The ride-hailing operator Lyft last Thursday launched a program that makes 200 fully electric vehicles available to its drivers in the Denver market.

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Colorado Kia Denver EPA 106

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2019

Duramax turbo-diesel engine delivers an EPA-estimated 33 mpg highway and 23 city in rear-wheel-drive models. EPA-estimated fuel economy for four-wheel drive models is 29 mpg highway/23 city. turbo-diesel marks Chevrolet’s fourth diesel truck in the available lineup, joining the Colorado, Silverado HD and Silverado Medium Duty.

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Silverado MPG Chevrolet Diesel 207

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2016

For 2017, the Chevrolet Colorado mid-size pickup offers an all-new V-6 engine and class-exclusive eight-speed automatic. It is the latest major update for Colorado, which entered the market in model year 2015. Chevrolet is on track to sell more than 160,000 Colorados in the first 24 months on the market, reigniting the midsize segment.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2012

Colorado residents who purchase or lease a new Chevrolet Volt are eligible for a state tax credit of up to $6,000 in addition to a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for a total price reduction of as much as $13,500. The Volt has a total driving range of up to 379 miles, based on EPA estimates.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

General Motors has released gas-mileage ratings for the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and 2015 GMC Canyon mid-size pickup trucks equipped with the base four-cylinder gasoline engine. liter engine and six-speed automatic transmission will return an EPA-estimated 22 mpg combined (20 mpg city, 27 mpg highway). Trucks equipped with the 2.5-liter

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Colorado GMC MPG 2015 138

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the US’ existing fleet of diesel engines. Grant funds may be used for clean diesel projects that use: EPA-verified retrofit technologies or certified engine configurations.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

General Motors has released the first fuel-economy information for its new 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickup trucks. So far, however, it includes EPA fuel-economy estimates only for models equipped with the 3.6-liter liter gasoline V-6 and six-speed automatic transmission.

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Colorado GMC 2015 Fuel Economy 127

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

The EPA provides further information on how renewable energy certificates are used to account for renewable electrcity generation and use. In select markets within Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, Arcadia’s platform connects qualifying customers to community solar projects in their area.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. EPA estimates that every $1 in DERA funding generates up to $13 in health care savings.

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Puerto Rico EPA Clean Cleaning 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

CIRES is a partnership of NOAA and the University of Colorado Boulder. It is good news that our atmospheric measurements are close to the EPA estimates. The Colorado, Utah and California basins combined produce less than 3% of all US natural gas—much less than the eastern basins.

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EPA Gas Arkansas Colorado 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

The authors are from Harvard University; Carnegie Institution for Science; University of Michigan; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Atmospheric and Environmental Research; European Commission Joint Research Centre; and University of Colorado Boulder. respectively.

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EPA Emissions United States Colorado 225

Baua Electric

MARCH 1, 2024

In Colorado’s West Grand School District, electric school buses didn’t perform as well as their diesel counterparts. The town of Kremmling, Colorado is one of the coldest towns in the country, where high altitudes and northen winds combine to drive morning temperatures in the winter more than 30 degrees below zero.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

The 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickup twins, fitted with the newly-available Duramax four-cylinder diesel engine, are now the most fuel-efficient pickup trucks sold in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The signatories are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the District of Columbia.

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District of Columbia California DC Emissions 435

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

To complement its work on real-world emissions in Europe, TRUE has compiled remote sensing data from the states of Colorado and Virginia and the University of Denver to investigate the emissions of US light-duty vehicles. Measured deterioration rates are much higher than projections submitted to the US EPA by manufacturers.

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Fleet Emissions EPA 2010 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In 2021, Colorado's Lightning eMotors is introducing a new Generation 4 model of its popular Lightning Electric Transit Van. New for 2021, Lightning eMotors will offer a new digital dashboard that highlights range, efficiency and state of charge, a new phone application interface, and support for new Ford safety features.

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Batteries Battery Fuel Electric 448

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2018

Recognizing the value of a national program to reduce greenhouse gases from light-duty vehicles, California had earlier accepted compliance through its “deemed to comply” option with greenhouse gas standards adopted by US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the 2012 through 2025 model years.

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Standards California District of Columbia Gas 170

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2023

In the 130,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Loveland, Colorado, the first orders for nearly 70 next-generation Type A electric school buses have started to move across the production floor. Lightning eMotors has begun production of its next-generation Type A electric school bus that is built on the GM 4500 platform.

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GM Colorado Production Electric 101

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2018

Results demonstrated that the Ford Transit 350HD equipped with the LightningElectric drivetrain achieved 61 MPGe on EPA City routes and 66 MPGe on EPA Highway routes, compared to 13 and 15 MPG respectively for the identically configured gasoline Ford Transit 350HD. Ford QVM dealers and upfitters perform installations and service.

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Teslarati

JUNE 18, 2023

Several states have outlawed the practice , such as Maine, Utah, New Jersey, Maryland, Colorado, and Connecticut, but other states are yet to follow. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spoken up against coal rolling, however, noting that the practice is a major source of air pollution.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

Chevrolet offers the industry’s broadest lineup of B20-capable diesel propulsion for fleet, commercial and retail customers, including: Express full-size vans; Silverado HD full-size pickups; the Colorado mid-size pickup; the Low Cab Forward commercial truck; the 2017 Cruze compact car and the 2018 Equinox compact crossover. Coupled with a 1.6L

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

has signed an EPA Test Vehicle Agreement with Waste Connections of Colorado, Inc. The initial vehicle to be tested for Waste Connections of Colorado, Inc. Waste Connections of Colorado, Inc. American Power Group Inc., a subsidiary of GreenMan Technologies Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Waste Connections, Inc.,

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Diesel Fuel Colorado Waste 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2016

The first peer-reviewed study to directly quantify how emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) activities influence summertime tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) pollution in the Colorado Front Range confirms that chemical vapors from oil and gas activities are a significant contributor to the region’s chronic ozone problem. Langford, Christoph J.

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Ozone Oil Gas Emissions 150

Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2024

Seven months after kicking off production of its Class 3 electric trucks in Mississippi, EV startup Mullen Automotive has secured fruitful environmental compliance and approvals from CARB and the EPA. Having both our Class 1 and Class 3 commercial EVs now CARB and EPA certified will continue to drive sales in all states across America.

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Rhode Island District of Columbia Mississippi EPA 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Cooking, cleaning and other routine household activities generate significant levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, leading to indoor air quality levels on par with a polluted major city, according to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder. Earlier post.). —Joost de Gouw.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2018

A number of cities and outlying areas in the United States, however, remain out of compliance with EPA standards for ozone, which the agency made more stringent in 2015. EPA emission estimates are based on monitored readings or engineering calculations of pollutants emitted by vehicles, factories, or other sources. —Jiang et al.

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Emissions Ozone Pollution EPA 150

Teslarati

MARCH 23, 2022

However, customers will want to know what effect towing and the climate limitations had on the range, as the company recently confirmed its EPA-rated range ratings for several variants of the F-150 Lightning. The F-150 Lightning Base Pro Series had 230 miles of range, according to EPA estimates. I’d love to hear from you!

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

& From Automotive News : A top concern was the EPA's proposed limits on vehicle tailpipe pollution for 2027-32 model-year cars and light trucks — a regulatory move that, if finalized, could result in battery-electric vehicles making up two-thirds of new-vehicle sales by 2032, according to the agency's projections.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2010

The Audi A3 TDI has an EPA average highway fuel economy rating of 42 mpg on traditional clean diesel fuel. The RenDiesel fuel used on this drive was produced from natural gas at Rentech’s demonstration plant in Colorado. Diesel Drives the Future’ demonstration drive, one of the Audi A3 TDIs achieved 39.7

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EV Life

AUGUST 10, 2023

Standard batteries have an EPA-estimated range of 240 miles and 452 horsepower, while the optional extended-range battery will increase the range to 320 miles and bump the power up to 580 horsepower. Colorado Electric Vehicle Tax Credit. The Lightning comes in five trim levels: Pro, XLT, XLT High, Lariat, and Platinum.

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EV Life

AUGUST 4, 2023

Both come with a 200-hp electric motor, provide an EPA-estimated 247 miles in range, and are available in front-wheel drive only. Colorado Electric Vehicle Tax Credit. We’ll also explore the best ways to save money on the purchase of a Bolt EUV by taking advantage of available EV incentives with an EV Climate Loan through EV Life.

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Chevrolet Financing Electric Vehicles Tax Credit 52

EV Obssesion

APRIL 26, 2021

The Biden EPA today proposed reinstating a Clean Air Act waiver that allows states to […]. By Luke Tonachel President Biden is following through on his promise to re-establish the long-held authority of governors to adopt vehicle pollution regulations to protect the health and welfare of people in their states.

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Pollution Vehicles EPA Clean 77

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Tesla will be able to begin delivering units of its Austin-made Model Y all-electric crossover from Gigafactory Texas following the EPA approval of the vehicle, the agency told Teslarati. Certificates of Conformity are effectively approval by the EPA that a vehicle can enter the stream of commerce. Credit: Jeff Roberts).

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Texas EPA Tesla Austin 100

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder projects the emission impacts of the widespread introduction of inexpensive and efficient electric vehicles into the US light duty vehicle (LDV) sector. The work is reported in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Keshavarzmohammadian et al.

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