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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons). The maximum consumption per capita (505 gallons) was reached in 1978.

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California Air Resources Board readopts Low Carbon Fuel Standard, adopts regulation on alternative diesel fuels

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The Air Resources Board re-adopted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard ( LCFS ), which requires a 10% reduction by 2020 in the carbon intensity of transportation fuels. 3 ] In 2015 the LCFS was readopted and the CI modeling updated. 3 ] In 2015 the LCFS was readopted and the CI modeling updated. Diesel and Diesel Substitutes.

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Obama Administration announces first fuel economy and GHG standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles

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US President Barack Obama announced fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Heavy-duty engines affected by the final standards are generally those that are installed in commercial medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses. vocational vehicles such as transit buses and refuse trucks.

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Volkswagen Group to invest more than €9.8 billion in China by 2015; efficient products and production

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billion (US$15 billion) in the country by 2015; investments in highly efficient products and resource-conserving production will account for more than two thirds of this figure. By 2018, the workforce is to increase from 75,000 to 100,000 people. A further reduction of 11% is planned by 2015.

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California ARB to hold public workshop on new GHG and emissions standards for heavy-duty engines and vehicles

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ARB staff proposes aligning with the federal regulation in order to provide California with the ability to certify engines and vehicles to the new standards as well as enforce them. The recently adopted federal regulation establishes national GHG emission standards for 2014 and newer model year heavy-duty tractors. Earlier post.)

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In-use measurements of NOx and particulates trends for heavy-duty vehicles in California

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A team at the University of Denver has measured the emissions from two in-use California heavy-duty truck fleets—at the Port of Los Angeles and the Cottonwood weigh station in Northern California—using the On-Road Heavy-Duty Measurement System in 2013, 2015 and 2017. Credit: ACS, Haugen and Bishop (2018). model years (4.2?7.5

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NHTSA, EPA propose first greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have announced a proposed rulemaking for the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses.

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