Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Using that data, the researchers modeled the costs for a fleet of 250 delivery trucks, and examined alternate scenarios in which the whole fleet used one of three kinds of motors: purely electric engines, hybrid gas-electric engines and conventional diesel engines. miles per gallon, compared to 11.56 kilowatt-hours per mile.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 24, 2019
Armstrong, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT. The study team of MIT faculty, researchers, and students focused on five main. areas of inquiry: The potential impact of climate change policies on global fleet composition, fuel consumption, fuel prices, and economic output. —MITEI Director Robert C.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2010
A new MIT report outlines a system-oriented set of coordinated policies to help the light-duty vehicle sector reduce petroleum-based consumption and its accompanying global warming emissions. The study was supported in part by the MIT Energy Initiative. Taxes on motor vehicle fuels should be increased by $0.10 Heywood et al.
Clean Fleet Report
JULY 9, 2022
A study conducted by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) compared the lifetime costs of owning a gas-powered vehicle versus that of owning an eco-friendly vehicle. MIT’s charts reveal that the most expensive all-electric vehicle to own costs its owners no more than $600 a month on average.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Switching from the automotive standards to the trading scheme could save as much as €63 billion, says the study’s lead author Sergey Paltsev, deputy director at MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and senior research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2012
Our own components have a 3 year, 75,000 mile hybrid system warranty. This year, the company will release between 30 to 50 fleet trials, Ashton told Green Car Congress , using the 2012 system. XL Hybrids was founded by MIT alumni and is based in Boston. We don’t touch the warranty. —Justin Ashton. kWh, Ashton said.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
A new economic analysis in an issue brief from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is recommending that the Obama Administration set a fleet-wide car and light truck fuel economy standard of 60 mpg (3.92 A 60 mile per gallon standard in 2025 will capture those enormous benefits and provide important protections for American consumers.
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