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Global Fuel Economy Initiative launches second 3-year campaign; ICCT joins partnership

Green Car Congress

First, an update its Comparison of Global Fuel Economy Standards to provide a comprehensive update of global fuel economy standards report. to have 20 countries in various stages of implementation by 2015 by which time the tool will be self-implementing and ready for global rollout.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

Green Car Congress

The main focus of the comparisons is on five environmental impact categories during production, use and recycling. For this purpose, a conventional power mix (EU-27) is compared with an eco-power product (“BluePower”) offered by Volkswagen’s cooperation partner LichtBlick.

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