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Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 21, 2010
The UK’s Guardian reports that sales of new electric cars in the UK plummeted by nearly 90% in 2009 to 55 units, compared with their peak sales of 397 units in 2007. Tags: Brief. Nearly half of the electric vehicles sold last year were the tiny G-Wiz car. Overall, 2m new cars were registered in 2009, the lowest level since 1995.In
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 24, 2009
Canadian government programs that offer rebates to hybrid vehicle buyers are failing to produce environmental benefits commensurate with the cost, according to a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The Canadian government offered hybrid rebates during 2007-2008. Ambarish Chandra. Chandra et al.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
The Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program provides $20,000 to $35,000 as vouchers to help California fleets offset the purchase price of advanced-technology hybrid trucks and buses. Tags: Brief. The technology reduces greenhouse gas and smog-forming emissions, particularly in heavy idling or stop-and-go vehicles.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2010
The Brazilian government has rolled back the anhydrous ethanol blend level in gasoline from 25% to 20% for a period of 90 days, effective 1 February. The blend level was raised to 23% in November of that year, and fully reinstated at 25% in July of 2007. Tags: Brief. Hydrous ethanol is the more popular fuel in Brazil.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2015
The total nationwide price tag: $160 billion, or $960 per commuter. Cities of all sizes are experiencing the challenges seen before the start of the recession—increased traffic congestion resulting from growing urban populations and lower fuel prices are outpacing the nation’s ability to build infrastructure.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. But in 2015, the average price of oil was about $49 per barrel.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Micrograph of fermentation fluids from production of Amyris Renewable Diesel (Nov 2007). It is made from existing sugar cane feedstock, and is positioned to bring supply security, renewable content, price stability, and significant reductions in GHG emissions to the jet fuel pool. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge.
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