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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The critical need for government leadership in the emergence of electric vehicles dominated a recent Green Fleet Management discussion in Toronto, hosted by Fleet Challenge Ontario. That’s where government comes in.only the government can help influence [change] by having a price for carbon and technical incentives. ”.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2009

With oil prices surging in the summer of 2008, the annual increase in global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from oil, coal, gas and cement production appear to have halved according to preliminary estimates by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. per cent in 2008, compared to 3.3 per cent in 2007.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

Efforts to increase fuel economy and lower emissions show no signs of losing pace as the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a report revealing a fifth consecutive increase in new vehicle fuel efficiency with a corresponding decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

Thanks to its range of fuel efficient models, Ford is leading the industry in terms of reducing carbon dioxide levels according to research from an environmental website. The Ford Fiesta ECOnetic is the UK’s greenest family car with emissions of just 98g/km and fuel economy at 76.3mpg.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 3, 2011

It appears that the US is gradually winning its battle against greenhouse gas emissions after the US Energy Information Administration reported that there were 6,576million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent in 2009 – that’s a 5.8 per cent fall compared to the 2008 level.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 24, 2009

More than 2,600 Mercedes Benz Atego medium-duty trucks with the automatic start/stop system were sold in the first half of 2009 - that’s an increase of about 1,500 units or 130 per cent compared to the total for the whole of 2008. Indeed 2,000 of the vehicles were sold in Germany alone, an increase of 110 per cent compared to 2008.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 29, 2011

Running in over 30 countries, the 1500 Roadster models sold since the model was launched in 2008 have saved over 5.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. Owners of the electric supercar model, the Tesla Roadster have now clocked up over 10 million miles and saved 500,000 gallons of petrol in the process. Silicon valley [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2009

Of all those awarded funding from the Technology Strategy Board’s Ultra Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator Competition, perhaps it comes as less of a surprise to Toyota and its partner EDF Energy. Mayor of London Boris Johnson also sees Toyota as playing a key role in the trials.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008).

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MAY 26, 2009

The 2008 members managed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 120,000 tonnes. Tags: Green cars Latest news co2 emissions freight transportation KNEG Logistics and Transport Fair vehicle emissions. “Now the results are starting to show, and they make a difference,&# he said.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

The German manufacturer claims it has been able to deliver significant improvements in its fleet carbon dioxide emissions over the last several years and according to its statistics, the average fuel consumption of all BMW and MINI vehicles registered in Germany in 2008 is 5.9l/km km (40mpg) with an average CO2 rating of 158g/km.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 16, 2009

It was launched in 2008 and has already enjoyed 60,000 orders and is sold in 34 countries. Tags: Fiat Green cars Latest news Fiat MiTo Fiat MultiAir system. The MultiAir system, which was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show last year, is seen as a versatile technology that can be applied to all petrol engines.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan continues to make progress on its Nissan Green Program 2010 mid-term environmental plan and has now announced an update in its status - along with the announcement of a clean-diesel engine for the Japanese market. Now it will introduce a clean-diesel engine into the Japanese market in spring 2010.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 19, 2009

An analysis by the Nikkei revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from four Japanese steelmakers had slumped by 11.1 per cent in the last fiscal year from fiscal 1990 – while those from five major car markers were 39 per cent lower.

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2009

After the certification of our Environmental Charter by Bureau Veritas in June 2008 and the creation of our carbon-offset program in Europe, this latest measure further demonstrates Europcar’s commitment to sustainable development.”. Tags: Green cars co2 data Europcar.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

It was the top-selling Chrysler group vehicle outside North America in 2008, and now a new version of the Dodge Caliber will make an eagerly anticipated debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Tags: Chrysler Green cars Latest news.

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Green Cars News

JULY 6, 2009

Many think companies pretend to be green as an excuse to hike their prices, a major new study by consumer champions, Consumer Focus has revealed. Two thirds of consumers say they are not sure how to tell if claims made by companies advertising green products – from household cleaners to green cars and energy – are true.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

As the fastest growing segment of the market globally, the mini-car segment represents almost 10 per cent of the total European passenger car market – up from 6.5 per cent in 2008 and less than five per cent in 2005. The smaller of the units can power the car from 0-62mph in 15.5 So what does the Spark have to offer?

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Plug In Partners

MAY 20, 2008

Here is the story from the New York Times : Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. by ’10 By BILL VLASIC Published: May 13, 2008 DETROIT — The Nissan Motor Company plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

The UK needs to implement a step change to reduce carbon emissions, the first annual report from the Committee on Climate Change concludes. Reductions of 2-3 per cent pa will be required to meet the carbon budgets already set and therefore the UK needs to increase its pace of reduction. per cent per annum.

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Green Cars News

MAY 26, 2009

Car club members in the UK play a key role in reducing congestion, parking problems and carbon emissions according to a report published by TRL (Transport Research Laboratory) this week. Highlights: A reduction in cars: Each car club vehicle replaced 23 cars on average.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 22, 2009

Following the announcement of the financial incentive scheme for electric and hybrid cars the smart ed* looks set to go from strength to strength. The top selling electric car in 2008, the smart ed continues to outsell the competition so far in 2009.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 17, 2009

Biofuels could have doubled the carbon dioxide emissions of the fossil fuels they replace - equivalent to putting half a million extra cars on the road - since a new law adding them to UK fuel came in a year ago, new research published by Friends of the Earth shows. million tonnes of extra carbon dioxide emissions.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Regular readers of The Green Piece Column will recall our article on the scrappage scheme back in June, where we put forward the idea that the scheme be tied to the greenest cars. According to a study by Clean Green Cars, vehicles traded under the scheme are almost never cars that would normally be traded in against a new car.

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Green Cars News

JULY 21, 2009

The problem in the case of hybrid cars however, is that their emissions vary widely. Their outputs currently range from 89g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) to 219g/km of CO2. DRIVe with start/stop technology (pictured below) emits a mere 104g/km of CO2 and was recently named as the What Car? Green Car of the Year.

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Green Cars News

MAY 15, 2009

They can also offset car rental emissions thanks to Europcar’s partnership with leading global carbon offset provider ClimateCare. As a result of its efforts to cut carbon emissions, Europcar was elected ‘The World’s Leading Green Transport Solution Company’, at the World Travel Awards in December 2008.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Carmakers reduced carbon emissions by wildly varying degrees last year with the best performers achieving four to five times larger cuts than the worst. per cent reductions to the average CO2 emissions for cars sold in Europe in 2008. per cent reductions to the average CO2 emissions for cars sold in Europe in 2008.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Looking at the environmental and economic progress of the UK motor industry over the last decade, the report shows that from 1999 to 2008, the sector increased its turnover by 19 per cent to £52.5 Additionally waste to landfill has been a cut by an average of 70.5 per cent per vehicle while energy use for each vehicle produced is down by 24.2

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Green Cars News

MAY 4, 2009

The ARB estimates that as of October 2008, around 493,000 would be subject to the requirements of this bill and with an inspection to occur every two years, an additional 246,500 would enter the smog programme annually. Currently there are around 575,000 motorcycles registered in California with the model year of 2000 or higher.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The research, released on Friday by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and named “Estimating US government subsidies to energy sources 2002-2008” , found that fossil fuels benefited from subsidies totalling $72million over this period compared to just $29billion for renewable fuels. Why is so much money dedicated to fossil fuels?

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

It delivers 49bhp of power and has fuel consumption at 118mpg while emitting just 48g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the combined cycle. The Hybrid3 Evolution is a high powered version of the Hybrid3 Compressor that was originally unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2009

Car club members in the UK play a key role in reducing congestion, parking problems and carbon emissions according to a report published by Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) this week. A reduction in cars: Each car club vehicle replaced 23 cars on average. Highlights include: ?

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Green Cars News

JUNE 5, 2009

Adding further fuel to the AA’s report today that over a quarter of motorists are using their cars less as a result of the unreliable market, Proton is championing LPG as a cost and carbon-cutting way to drive. Proton introduced the GEN-2 ecoLogic to the UK car market in October 2008.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

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Green Cars News

JUNE 12, 2009

Added benefits include 17 per cent less carbon dioxide emissions than petrol and 2 per cent less than diesel, and 120 per cent less NOx than petrol and staggering 2,000 per cent less than diesel. In 2008 we saw an increase of 36 per cent in the number of LPG conversions carried out year on year.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

The Budget confirmed and built on the Chancellor’s measures in Budget 2008 and the Pre-Budget report by: Confirming the new rules on capital allowances linked to CO2 emissions. Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars. Ultra Low Carbon Cars.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2009

As well as ‘smarter’ driver training techniques, the MPG Marathon will showcase a number of fuel and carbon saving technologies that are being ‘guinea-pigged.’. Also a first is the use of Lysanda’s Eco Log on every vehicle. There would also be a corresponding reduction in CO2 emissions,” he says.

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