Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

liter Duratec 24-valve V-6 engine with Twin Independent Variable Valve Timing (Ti-VCT) delivers a projected 30 mpg US (7.8 This Ohio plant is one of 11 Ford facilities in the US participating in the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentives Program initiated by Congress and implemented by the Obama administration.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

In September 2004 the California Air Resources Board (ARB) passed regulations to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) from new passenger vehicles starting in 2009. Shortly after taking office in January, President Barack Obama directed EPA to assess the appropriateness of denying the waiver.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

mpg in 2016. By comparison, meeting Japan’s standards for 2004-2015 requires a 1.9% annual increase to 2015; and meeting China’s 2004-2009 target requires a 5.3% Earlier post.) The agreement provides a framework to reach an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 annual increase in average fuel economy through 2016.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. For example, President Obama has issued the United States the challenge of having one million plug-in hybrids on the road by the end of 2015—a goal which many keynote speakers supported but also identified significant barriers to achieving. CAFE mpg US (cars / trucks).

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JANUARY 24, 2011

In the fall of 2010, California accepted compliance with these federal GHG standards as meeting similar state standards as adopted in 2004, resulting in the first coordinated national program. mpg US (6.9 mpg US (6.6 DOT’s established fuel economy standards that strengthen each year reaching an estimated 34.1

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