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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The final Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations for model year 2017 and beyond will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on 8 October. The standards would be introduced with the 2017 model year and increase in stringency until fully implemented in the 2025 model year.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The proposal also includes the already established EU fleet wide targets for 2020/2021 of 95 g CO 2 /km for passenger cars and 147 g CO 2 /km for light commercial vehicles, both of which are based on the NEDC (New European Driving Cycle) test procedure.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

EPA recently released the latest edition of its annual report Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Fuel Economy Trends. Preliminary MY 2017 values suggest that average weight will be up 9 pounds and horsepower up 2 hp. EPA will not have final MY 2017 data until next year’s report. Source: EPA.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

However, although the state has made considerable progress decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the rate of emissions decline appears to be slowing, due in part to a spike in transportation emissions attributed to an increase from light-duty vehicles. Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

In 2012, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced the final standard governing new-vehicle Corporate Average Fuel Economy for model years 2017-2025. Source: UMTRI. Overall, fuel economy improved by 5.3 mpg over these seven model years, from 25.5

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. A common theme across the.

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APRIL 4, 2012

While sales of new light vehicles in the United States continued at a brisk pace in March 2012, the types of vehicles being purchased, as well as the types of buyers and the average transaction price are rapidly changing, according J.D. US new light-vehicle sales in March are expected exceeded 1.4

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OCTOBER 3, 2013

Average monthly and model year fleet-wide achieved CAFE performance levels (light purple) versus NHTSA projected achieved CAFE levels (blue) for model years 2008 through 2016. Additionally, they found, achieved CAFE performance has consistently increased annually from model year 2008 through model year 2013. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 13, 2017

billion barrels of recoverable light oil in the Nanushuk play in Alaska’s North Slope. The Horseshoe-1 and 1A wells drilled during the 2016-2017 winter campaign confirmed the Nanushuk play as a significant emerging play. billion barrels. billion barrels.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008. & Newly unemployed in the latter part of 2017 were roughly 17 braking and suspension engineers Apple hired for Titan.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

MINI will present the new MINI Electric Concept design study at the IAA Cars 2017 show in Frankfurt am Main. The MINI E unveiled in 2008 was the first all-electric car from the BMW Group to be driven by private users in everyday traffic conditions—as part of an extensive field trial. Earlier post.)

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JULY 23, 2014

The electric parking drum brake will go into serial production by 2017. A common construction for light compact cars, it features solid bracing for the two brake shoes, a dual-acting hydraulic cylinder for the service brake, and mechanical adjustment. That’s more than five times as many as in 2008. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 29, 2018

While German wind and solar capacity has tripled since 2008, balancing reserves have been reduced by 20%, and costs by 50%.). Since 2008, installed wind and solar capacity in Germany tripled. In total, the plant manufactured more than 376,000 cars in 2017. The German Balancing Paradox. Source: neon. BMW Group Plant Landshut.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

This is roughly a 34% increase over total shipments in 2011 and a 321% increase over total shipments in 2008. The stationary sector continues to drive overall shipment growth, increasing from about 2,000 shipments in 2008 to about 25,000 shipments in 2012. Light duty vehicles. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

The transport sector is not on track towards achieving sustainable mobility, according to the newly published Global Mobility Report 2017 (GMR). from 2008–2012. from 2008–2012. By 2030, advances in vehicle emission controls can cut air pollution from light and heavy-duty vehicles by almost 70% compared to 2010.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The report expects aluminum to double its share of the light vehicle material mix by 2025 vs. the 2008 EPA baseline vehicle. For example, the trend line for aluminum hood penetration predicts a minimum share for aluminum of 41% by 2017 and 53% by 2025. kg) per year per light vehicle. Ducker Worldwide. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

SwRI can develop test procedures and equipment for regulated and unregulated emissions in light- and heavy-duty vehicles and components as well as marine, railway, aircraft, small engine, and other non-highway propulsion systems. This new guidance is effective beginning with the 2017 model year.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Much of the momentum for the shift originally came from the EU’s directive on mobile air-conditioning systems (MACs), which aims to reduce emissions of specific fluorinated greenhouse gases in the air-conditioning systems fitted to passenger cars (vehicles of category M1) and light commercial vehicles (category N1, class 1).

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JANUARY 21, 2017

The first Scoping Plan required by Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) was adopted in 2008. Maintaining existing GHG standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles; put 4.2 The first of three public hearings on the proposed plan will be held at the regularly scheduled Board meeting on 27 January 2017. Sustainable Freight Action Plan.

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MAY 13, 2010

An Assessment of Mass Reduction Opportunities for a 2017-2020 Model Year Vehicle Program. Volkswagen, 2008. Super Light Car: Sustainable Production Technologies for CO 2. EDAG, 2009. Future Steel Vehicle: Phase I. Emission Reduced Lightweight Car Concepts ”. ITS-Davis, 2010.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

Bottom: The Fall 2017 version of the roadmap. With an engine displacement of 2.0L, the SKYACTIV-X delivers at least 10% more torque than the current SKYACTIV-G, and up to 30% more at certain rpms (data as of August 2017, during the development process). Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. Performance and responsiveness. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

To date, seven Metropolitan Planning Organizations have adopted Sustainable Community Strategies. “… the light-duty vehicle segment will need to become largely electrified by 2050 in order to meet California’s emission reduction goals.” The Air Resources Board is required to update the Scoping Plan every five years.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

Furthermore, their results suggest that the incentive is larger for light trucks than for passenger cars, which could increase traffic safety risks. sq m) between 2008 and 2011.To Carbon-dioxide emissions from these larger vehicles are 5–15% higher as a result (4.69×10 10 11 –5.17×10 Potential incentives for.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Illustration of light-duty vehicle sales share by emission certification level projected to be required to meet. The existing LEV II program regulates emissions from new light-duty vehicles, including include all passenger cars, light trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles. proposed NMOG+NO x standards in new LEV III.

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MARCH 3, 2020

from 2008 to 2018, while VMT on rural roadways decreased by 1%. Light-duty vehicles (of all types) posted an increase in urban VMT of a scant 0.2% (from 2,066,824 million miles in 2017 to 2,071,605 million miles in 2018). increase in urban VMT in 2018, from 157,328 million miles in 2017 to 164,321 million miles in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

In Scenario 1 and Scenario 2, credits are banked through 2017 and 2016, respectively. When the LCFS was first developed in 2008, natural gas was expected to play a niche role in compliance. light rail in transit) or forklifts. 2019 and 2020). In subsequent years, the banked credits are drawn down to achieve compliance.

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JUNE 14, 2011

the 2008 model year fuel economy ratings. increase from the 2008 actual fleet mpg. CAR then forecasts the US market for light vehicles, the US production of such vehicles and. This loss would happen by 2025 but would start to cumulate with the increase in standards in 2017. Each scenario was trended from. The review.

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JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Dayton Power & Light Company. Duke Energy.

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

This facility of which construction was suspended in 2008 will have a capacity of around 200,000 barrel per day (b/d) of upgraded products and will process Total’s Fort Hills and Joslyn bitumen production. Total also has a 50% interest in the Northern Lights project following the 2008 acquisition of Canada’s Synenco Energy.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The Phase 2 review follows on the original NRC Phase 1 review of the Partnership conducted in 2007 and resulting in a report issued in 2008. The initial report recommended continuation of the program, but with revisions and better balancing to match current funding and technology levels. Earlier post.). Finding 3-7. Finding 6-3.

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Drive Electric

MARCH 15, 2021

For those that don’t know us, we have made it our mission since 2008 to help businesses and individuals make the successful transition to electric vehicles. Coming round the front you’ve got your automatic lights and alloy wheels. Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (2017). Hyundai IONIQ electric (2017). Renault Zoe.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

MMTCO 2 e (+0.2%) in 2018 compared to 2017. While the transportation sector saw a reduction in emissions from 2017 to 2018 (-0.9%), emissions rose in all other economic sectors in 2018: Agriculture & Forestry (+0.8%), Commercial (+2.1%), Electricity Power (+1.5%), Industrial (+0.7%), and Residential (+0.3%). in 2017 to 40.9%

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JULY 15, 2016

In the last decade, wireless usage across the US has expanded significantly, with nearly 350 million smartphones, connected tablets and wearable devices in use—more than double the number from a decade ago—carrying more than 100,000 times the traffic they supported in 2008. Both challenges will officially launch later this year.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

This year’s Index finds that 2017 marked the first time that a greater portion of California’s power mix came from renewable sources such as wind and solar than it did from fossil fuels. Transportation emissions hit a record high in 2017—making up 41.1% percent, respectively, from 2016 to 2017. five years ago.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

About Joe: Joe has driven electric since 2017 with two BMWs: i3 REX and X5 40e. He also designed a virtual world game from the ground up (since 2008, still a work in progress). For over 40 years I have organized demos and exhibited EVs, especially light EVs, at in-person EVents to thousands of people.

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JUNE 25, 2015

Chevrolet will add a new clean diesel engine to the US lineup in 2017, featuring a B20-capable 1.6L million sold since it went on sale in 2008. Hydraulic clutch actuation and a cable-type shifting system enable light, easy and smooth shifting. diesel already proven in Europe and other global markets. Cruze stats.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

These synthetic fuels are economically competitive with petro-diesel when the crude oil price (COP) is at or above $86 per barrel (based on a 20% rate of return, in January 2008 dollars, with a carbon price of zero). greater than petroleum-derived diesel fuel, using fuel produced in the year 2017 as a basis of comparison.

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