Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

Without significant additional policy interventions to induce market penetration of breakthrough passenger car and aircraft technologies, the overall European (EU27) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals for 2050 will be difficult to meet, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Cambridge, Stanford University and MIT.

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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 L/100km) by 2025. L/100km) by 2025 and 74 mpg (3.18 L/100km) by 2035 or 41 mpg (5.74 L/100km) and 60 mpg (3.92 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2017

In a new study, a team from the University of Central Florida and MIT has found that the US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards is an effective policy solution that does increase the adoption of EVs, whether it is implemented alone or in conjunction with another policy such as government incentives.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. At the turn of the 20th century, utilities promoted the use of electric truck fleets to soak up excess electricity. Grid-stabilization functions were reborn as “ancillary services.”

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Global Environmental Edge of EVs The transportation sector is the dominant contributor to carbon emissions and the release of greenhouse gases, and while light-duty passenger cars were an early focus for the EV industry, larger cars and fleet vehicles represent a new opportunity for emissions reductions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The federal government is pushing their fleet-procurement decisions almost completely to EVs and hybrids irrespective of costs. Consumer preference for diesel versus hybrids can be attributed to the “fun-to-drive” nature and lower purchase price of diesels. Diesel/hybrid US take-rates, June 2010-June 2011. Data: Polk. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Those objections added to the concerns environmentalists were raising about the ozone layer—a scenario seemingly justified a few years later by MIT researchers, who concluded that a future fleet of 500 supersonic airliners would deplete the ozone layer by 16 percent. Clearly, nobody would accept stone-fracturing sonic booms.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

This value must be realizable by customers in a time frame that is relevant to their ownership of the vehicles (that is, they must realize its value while they own the car, and preferably when they are considering their vehicle purchase). MIT and smart intersections.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2018

Under the proposal ( earlier post ), California transit agencies would be required to purchase 100% zero-emission buses by 2040 as they gradually phase out their dependence on buses that pollute the atmosphere. People of color in California bear the most burdens from air pollution in the state.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

Incentive programs for new vehicle technologies are often put in place to support faster adoption by commercial fleets. While a broad range of incentive options have been rolled out over the years, the specific type that is proving to be very versatile and effective, especially among fleets, is voucher programs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

Achieving our overall goal—reducing fleet fuel and energy consumption and GHGs by three-quarters or more—will be extremely challenging. In Europe, the anticipated fleet growth is less, as are the potential reductions from technology improvements, but the overall percentage reduction potential is similar to that in the United States.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? Ill never purchase one again, no matter what the mpgs. should be illegal for companies to purchase patents for the purpose of blocking technology. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies. Interesting in any case. thats right. the oil companies.

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