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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The production of aluminium, copper and high-grade iron ore will play a part in the transition to a low carbon economy. Rio Tinto introduced its first climate change target in 2008 and beat its most recent target. The company’s previous target was for a 24% reduction in intensity from 2008 levels by 2020.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

In the three years since the new CAFE standard for fuel economy has been in effect, automakers have surpassed it each year, improving new-vehicle fuel economy by about a mile per gallon annually, according to an analysis by Brandon Schoettle and Dr. Michael Sivak of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The types of vehicles consumers select has by far the most dominant impact on on-road fuel economy—the best vehicle currently available for sale in the US is nine times more fuel efficient than the worst vehicle. Average on-road fuel economy in the US for all vehicles in 2008 was 17.4 mpg US (13.5 loading). (On

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

The researchers argue for a global economy-wide greenhouse gas tax that spreads the burden of responsibility. These scenarios show that, even more modest and realistic goals require near universal participation of major greenhouse gas emitters, Paltsev says.

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

UPS van fuel economy comparison. UPS’ first-generation diesel hybrid delivery vans improved the on-road fuel economy by 28.9% In 2008, UPS ordered an additional 200 hybrids with additional features and updates. The 12-month average fuel economy for the P70 hybrid vans is 13.1 Source: Lammert 2009. Click to enlarge.

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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. Schoettle and Sivak 2013.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC) and University Affiliated Research Centers (UARC) have been foundational elements of this government support. This webinar will examine the impact this research has had on national security and the overall economy. Murat Torlak received the M.S.

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JULY 22, 2009

From October 2007 to April 2009, the average fuel economy of purchased new light-duty vehicles improved from 20.2 Sivak and Schoettle performed two regression analyses, one focusing on the number of vehicles purchased and the other one on their rated fuel economy. This ended when gasoline prices declined in late 2008.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2013

The organization forecasts a 7% rise in China vehicle sales for this year as the economy strengthens. In addition to its expansion of the Jining facility, Eaton’s Vehicle Group is undertaking joint technology programs with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and South China University of Technology.

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JULY 7, 2013

Results from a new study by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge in the UK has suggest that the social cost of carbon dioxide is higher in a low economic growth world. The cost if economies continue to stagnate is $138 per tonne, however. A paper on the study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Global carbon dioxide emissions show no sign of abating and may reach record levels in 2010, according to a study led by the University of Exeter (UK). The study, which also involved the University of East Anglia (UK) and other global institutions, is part of the annual carbon budget update by the Global Carbon Project.

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JUNE 20, 2013

As a result, Sivak concludes, it is likely that the declines in these rates prior to 2008 reflect other societal changes that influence the need for vehicles (such as, increases in telecommuting and in the use of public transportation). million in 2008. The number reached a maximum of 236.4 —Michael Sivak. In 1984 there were 1.84

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

A new Carnegie Mellon University study released at the Washington Auto Show finds that for passenger cars, aadvanced vehicles with higher fuel economy—i.e, It’s been generally known that diesel vehicles typically post lower operating costs because of their increased fuel economy.

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Rebounding from the global financial crisis of 2008-09 when emissions temporarily decreased, last year’s high growth was caused by both emerging and developed economies. Emissions from the trade of goods and services produced in emerging economies but consumed in the West increased from 2.5% Canadell and Michael R.

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DECEMBER 6, 2014

These awards include: The National Biodiesel Board and Regents of the University of Idaho received $768,000 and $192,000 respectively, through the Biodiesel Fuel Education Program. South Dakota State University (SDSU) received $2.3 The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is making $5.6 million through the Sun Grant Program.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The sixth in a series of reports on peak motorization in the US by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) finds that distance driven per GDP reached its highest values in a broad plateau from the early 1970s through the early 1990s, and then decreased steadily.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

The bill mandated ambitious production targets of 9 billion gallons of biofuels a year in 2008, rising to 36 billion gallons a year by 2022. Based on the latest available US Government Accountability Office data (2008) the US government spent $4 billion in subsidies to replace about 2% of the US gasoline supply.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

The GMR is the first study to assess the global performance of the transport sector and the progress made toward four main objectives: universal access, efficiency, safety, and green mobility. Transport sector emissions growth in Annex I countries (developed countries and “economies in transition” averaged 0.5% from 2008–2012.

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JULY 1, 2011

The most recent (April 2011) value of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute ( UMTRI ) Eco-Driving Index (EDI) stands at 0.86, indicating that in April 2011 there was a 14% reduction of emissions per driver of newly purchased vehicles in the US compared to the situation in October 2007. Source: UMTRI. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

VTO-funded research has reduced the cost of advanced batteries by 75% since 2008, and nearly every plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) on the road today uses VTO-developed battery technology. In partnership with industry, VTO has established aggressive targets to focus research on cost-reduction, efficiency, and performance.

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JUNE 24, 2013

In New York City, FedEx Express continues to work with General Electric and Columbia University on a smart charging project to understand how large electric vehicle deployments would impact the energy grid and help develop best practices for charging these vehicles in large cities, like New York. In 2008, FedEx Corp.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. Council of Canadian Academies (2008). Estimates vary on the amount of energy that could be produced from methane hydrate worldwide, but the potential is huge.

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MAY 14, 2018

The study, involving researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and colleagues in China and the United States, investigated how complex supply chains are distributing energy-intensive industries and their CO 2 emissions throughout the global South. The paper is published in Nature Communications.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

I believe we are on the cusp of the next great tectonic shift in our economy, one that will transform the way we use energy both in our homes and on the road. The analysts used the University of Maryland Inforum LIFT model to perform a detailed examination of the Electrification Coalition (EC) recommendations as proposed in the Roadmap.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

The factor that supports a temporary peak only is the expected future increase in the total distance driven (due to the increasing population and the improving economy). The rate increased to a maximum of 611 gallons in 2003. The rate for 2011 was 530 gallons. Measures of motorization in the US. Peak year(s). Reduction in 2011 from the peak.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Early adopters will include government, university, and utility company fleets. Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) offer lower emissions and better fuel economy—between 10% and 40% higher than comparable internal combustion vehicles. In 2008, Pike notes, In 2008, the North America market accounted for 63% of global hybrid sales.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Riversimple will adopt an open-source approach to its technology and componentry to encourage the proliferation of its technology and economies of scale within the sector. The Rasa uses a small 8.5kW fuel cell (the size currently used in forklift trucks, equivalent to 11 hp) to power the motors positioned in each of the four wheels.

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APRIL 10, 2009

in June 2008 (at the time of the study). “From that activity, this is when the real job growth happens,” Long said, adding it could result in more than 8,000 supplier-based manufacturing jobs. This would reduce Michigan’s unemployment rate to 7.5% in two years from the 8.7% Michigan’s unemployment rate in February 2009 was 12.0%. (A

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 5, 2023

The IEEE Fellow was awarded the 2008 IEEE Medal of Honor for “pioneering technical roles in integrated-circuit processing, and leadership in the development of MOS memory, the microprocessor computer, and the semiconductor industry.” Intel cofounder Gordon E. Moore , the man behind Moore’s Law, died on 24 March at the age of 94.

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MAY 24, 2012

Calibration is defined as the procedure required to optimize one or more engine performance indices—such as fuel economy, emissions, or engine power—with respect to the engine controllable variables.). The ultimate goal, he says, is to exploit fully existing propulsion technologies in terms of fuel economy and pollutant emissions.

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MARCH 22, 2010

An overall fuel economy improvement more than 65% is expected for average drive cycles. More than 21 Chrysler Group partners across the US, including utility companies, government agencies and Universities will independently test the Ram PHEV and provide valuable data for the advancement of the technology.

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MARCH 8, 2010

Economy-wide CO 2 prices of $30-60/t CO 2 are too weak on their own to motivate significant reductions in CO 2 emissions from transportation. The economy-wide CO 2 prices applied increase the cost of driving only marginally with respect to the business-as-usual case. million barrels per day, relative to 2008 levels.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis suggest that a number of positive trends indicate that we may be seeing the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation, despite earlier starts that fizzled. It appears that these efforts may jumpstart the hydrogen economy at last.

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AUGUST 27, 2022

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes. He studied at Seoul National University and then at Columbia University, in New York City, where he earned his doctorate under.

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JUNE 13, 2012

BCAP, created in the 2008 Farm Bill, helps farmers and forest land owners with start-up costs of planting new energy crops that can take several years to reach maturity until harvest, a timeline designed to parallel the construction schedule of commercial-scale energy facilities that will use these crops.

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