Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

Besides an updated comparison of the competitive positions, a focus of this issue is on the market effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the developments in emissions legislation, especially in Europe. However, the EU Commission is considering tightening emission limits for new vehicles by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

Volkswagen AG confirmed that it has reached an agreement in principle with the Department of Justice (Environmental Division); the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and the California Air Resources Board (CARB); with the full involvement of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) concerning the diesel emissions issue.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

In November 2021, Montana Renewables was separated both legally and commercially from Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., This strategic location significantly decreases the carbon emissions as well as transportation costs of both the renewable feedstock to MRL and the renewable fuel to product off-takers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2017

The US has charged a former Audi manager via criminal complaint for his role in a conspiracy to defraud US regulators and customers by implementing defeat device software in thousands of Audi diesel vehicles to cheat US emissions tests. liter diesel engine employed Selective Catalytic Reduction (“SCR”) technology to reduce NO x emissions.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

That year was the height of counterculture in the United States, it witnessed the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ War raged in Vietnam and students across the US overwhelmingly opposed it. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2016

On Friday, Volkswagen AG announced that the Supervisory Board and the Management Board of Volkswagen have decided not to release the interim results of the investigation into the diesel emission cheating as originally planned. According to Volkswagen’s legal advisers, this could have very substantial negative financial consequences.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The California Dump Truck Owners Association (CDTOA) is suing the California Air Resources Board (ARB), challenging the legality of ARB’s Truck and Bus Regulation. The FAAAA specifically prohibits any state or any political subdivision from enacting or enforcing any regulation related to the price, route, or service of a motor carrier.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

As part of a response to a shareholder lawsuit in Germany alleging a violation of the company’s disclosure obligations under Germany’s capital markets law, Volkswagen AG has outlined the timeline and background events leading to the eruption of the diesel emissions scandal last fall. Timeline and events.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2016

Breyer of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California has granted preliminary approval of the settlement agreement reached on 28 June with private plaintiffs represented by the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) to resolve civil claims regarding eligible Volkswagen and Audi 2.0L Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

The United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America Inc., The United States has filed and simultaneously settled a civil lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

alleging emissions cheating. liter engines for model years (MY) 2014 through 2016 that results in increased NO x emissions of up to nine times EPA’s standard. liter engines for model years (MY) 2014 through 2016 that results in increased NO x emissions of up to nine times EPA’s standard. liter engines for MY 2009-2015 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2016

The complaint alleges that nearly 600,000 diesel engine vehicles had illegal defeat devices installed that impair their emission control systems and cause emissions to exceed EPA’s standards, resulting in harmful air pollution. During normal driving situations the effectiveness of the emissions control devices is greatly reduced.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Before this week, the Kyoto Protocol covered less than 30% of global emissions. The Kyoto Protocol does not cover the world’s two largest emitters—the United States and China—and therefore will not work. As such, we are invoking our legal right to formally withdraw from Kyoto. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

billion) in total, consisting of the maximum penalty as legally provided for of €5 million and the disgorgement of economic benefits in the amount of €995 million. The Braunschweig, Germany public prosecutor issued an administrative order against Volkswagen AG in the context of the diesel crisis.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Federal Motor Transport Authority has confirmed—as it already had previously—that implementing the technical solutions for the affected models will in no way adversely affect fuel consumption, engine performance or noise emissions. TDI V6 diesel engine vehicles in the United States (almost 15,000 of them in California).

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 28, 2022

million truck drivers are currently working in the United States, meaning that the concept of driverless trucks directly threatens their jobs, which are often union positions. In fact, as stated by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) , there’s currently a shortage of 51,000 truck drivers for jobs in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2015

At a press conference in Germany today, Volkswagen Group executives provided details on the status of its investigation—which is being coordinated by a special committee of the Supervisory Board—into the diesel emissions debacle. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

It can also reduce carbon dioxide emissions compared to conventional diesel by as much as 90% over its lifecycle. The SLC has all of the handling of a race car, but it is street legal and is powered by a modified Volkswagen 1.9-liter liter TDI diesel engine.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. Shipping uses over 300 million tonnes of fossil fuels every year, producing 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. The European Union plans to begin charging shippers for carbon emissions this year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Bank of America is also working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its own operations. Meeting that need in both the developed and developing world requires an all-of-the-above approach to research, reducing emissions from using fossil fuels and developing renewable energy options.

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MAY 10, 2021

According to the report, Tesla had 33 different violations that included emissions exceeding Tesla’s permit limits, installing or modifying equipment without proper permits, failure to conduct required emissions testing, failure to maintain records, and failure to report information to the Air District in a timely manner.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

liter, four-cylinder diesels include software (a “defeat device”) that circumvents EPA emissions standards for NO x. The allegations cover roughly 482,000 diesel passenger cars sold in the United States since 2008. Volkswagen would need to initiate the process that will fix the cars’ emissions systems. —EPA NOV.

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Baua Electric

JULY 28, 2023

It additionally would stop greater than 900 million heaps of carbon dioxide emissions from passenger automobiles and gentle vehicles — the similar of taking greater than 233 million automobiles off the street from 2022 via 2050, NHTSA mentioned. To make sure, NHTSA units requirements for 5 mannequin years at year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2010

The report concludes that while CCS can play an important role in domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions thereby preserving the option of using coal and other abundant domestic fossil energy resources, it faces a key barrier in the lack of a price on carbon.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

California’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) regulations require volume automakers to sell a minimum number of PEVs each year in the state. The luxury internal combustion engine (ICE) motorcycle market may be growing in both the United States and Europe, as well. million tons. More than 2.2 Earlier post.).

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APRIL 7, 2011

Recognize the potential of CCS for industrial emission sources and review demonstration opportunities. A number of actions have already been initiated in support of the CCUS Action Group’s recommendations.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The consumption scenarios are technically achievable but do not reflect significant barriers such as cost, regulation, legality, and consumer acceptance. Tailpipe emissions of CO 2 from the combustion of ethanol and gasoline are similar on an energy basis—i.e., Effects on emissions. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

EPA defines an AECD as “ any element of design that senses temperature, motive speed, engine RPM, transmission gear, or any other parameter for the purpose of activating, modulating, delaying, or deactivating the operation of any part of the emission-control system. ”. AECDs are allowed by the EPA, but they must be disclosed.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Much of this work we were already doing, but we have now committed to much more accountability and made a legal agreement to sustainability,” she said, adding that Aurora also amended the company’s constitution and formalized internal policies as part of the B Corp process. What’s the certification process?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

The bill also calls for the harmonization of Federal and California motor vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards. This can include the reconstruction or retooling of facilities for the manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles developed and produced in the United States; and the purchase of domestically for the plug-ins.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The current environment poses enormous legal risks that can and have cost some companies millions of dollars in civil lawsuits, the scientists said, sometimes for damages that were more of perception and market issues, than of safety or environmental impact. Redick, Huimin Tan, Roger A. BioScience Vol. 9: 729–741 doi: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.9.10.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2016

Müller reaffirmed the goal of playing a key role in e-mobility, with the Volkswagen Group planning to launch over 20 additional models by 2020—a target originally voiced by former Group head Martin Winterkorn at the Frankfurt auto show last fall, before the breaking of the diesel emissions scandal. Earlier post.) billion in total.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2012

Separately, the company announced partnerships with Solazyme and Amyris to evaluate emissions reductions and demonstrate the performance of TDI Clean Diesel technology when powered by advanced biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels. Twelve of these vehicles will be allocated to selected Volkswagen employees during the time period. E-Golf test.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency has submitted a proposed endangerment finding on greenhouse gas emissions to the White House. The document does not propose any requirements on any sources of greenhouse-gas emissions. If the proposal is issued, it will undergo public comment and public hearings before it becomes final.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

An offset is a measurable reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of GHG emissions from a source not covered by an emission reduction program. In this way, offsets would complement the more traditional emissions trading that can occur between two covered sources. what would have happened anyway).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The accord will not become an official United Nations document unless unanimous approval is secured. Emissions Reduction Targets Shuttled To The Side. Developed countries would reach agreement with emerging economies such as Brazil, China, and India as to whether or not emerging economies should set emissions reduction targets.

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