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JANUARY 14, 2010

At the Brussels Motor Show, Peugeot signed two Letters of Intent (LOI) agreements with Veolia and Greenwheels concerning the purchase of electric vehicles and the development of mobility services. Autolib, announced in 2008, is a self-service electric car rental scheme similar to Paris’s Vélib bike scheme ( earlier post ).

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AUGUST 4, 2009

General Motors. Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% over July 2008. over July 2008. American Honda Motor Co., compared to July 2008 results. Jeep Patriot sales increased 134 percent (8,059 units) compared with July 2008. Monthly sales of hybrids. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 27, 2009

This alternative, which corresponds to the Optimized Mid-2 scenario described in the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on the new CAFE released by NHTSA in October 2008 ( earlier post ), is the one the agency is adopting for MY 2011 rules. mpg (320 gCO 2 /mi).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In the past, the baseline was the manufacturers’ confidential plans for each model year; in the new analysis, the baseline is each manufacturer’s MY 2008 fleet. The higher system voltage allows the use of a smaller, more powerful electric motor and reduces the weight of the motor, inverter, and battery wiring harnesses.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 10, 2009

The automotive market may be struggling worldwide but there’s no stopping the push for motoring in China. This means that sales topped the one million unit mark for the fifth month in a row, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

In 2009, China overtook the United States as the world’s largest automobile market with sales increasing 46 percent from 2008 to 13.6 million vehicles in 2009, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Average fuel economy and new vehicles registrations, 2005 and 2008. The report treats different motorized modes separately, with a focus on light-duty vehicles (LDVs), heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and powered two-wheelers. Source: Technology roadmap. Click to enlarge. Increase international collaboration on fuel economy.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. By the mid-1980s, three quarters of the cars manufactured in Brazil were capable of running on sugarcane-based hydrous ethanol. 40 CFR § 80.27

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JULY 1, 2009

In addition, automobile manufacturers are using other technologies to further decrease consumption and emissions. All in all, an automobile which is fully optimized in these ways will consume 50 percent less fuel than today—fuel consumption under standard conditions of around 3.8 In 2008, Bosch and Samsung SDI Co.

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MAY 17, 2012

The Sustaining Members of CRC are the American Petroleum Institute (API) and a group of automobile manufacturer members (Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen). Background.

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