Green Cars News

JUNE 14, 2013

Ford has cut CO2 emissions by more than a third (37 per cent) per vehicle across its global operations between 2000 and 2012, the carmaker has revealed, as it releases its 14th annual Sustainability Report. Bu the car giant isn''t stopping there, now targeting a cut of 30 per cent in CO2 emissions [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 23, 2010

The European Union may have set a 130g/km fleet average carbon dioxide (CO2) emission target for 2012 – but two major car manufacturers have managed to hit the goal already. Congratulations are due to both Toyota and Fiat – the former now averaging 127.9g/km km for its fleet and the latter reaching 129.7g/km

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Today, we look at the software changes made to the Tesla Model S electric car since it launched in 2012, analysts ponder potential fixes for Volkswagen TDI emissions, and Toyota says requests for the 2016 Mirai fuel-cell car have already exceeded the 2016 U.S. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

km in just a year, from 2011 to 2012. Now some 79 per cent of Peugeot vehicles have emissions of less than 140g/km CO2, with a target of reaching average CO2 emissions of 116 g/km in 2015. A programme of improvements has helped French carmaker Peugeot reduce its average vehicles from 128.6g/km km to 125.2g/km To achieve [.].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

The current 2012 powertrain consists of a 2 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, a 40 kW (53 hp) electric motor and a proprietary hybrid control system that operate with the OEM internal combustion engine and automatic transmission. It also doesn’t necessitate a recertification of the vehicle for safety, emissions. —Justin Ashton.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Tuesday 4 September, 2012. The Green Piece The new 62 registration plate is here and the annual boom in car sales that it helps to inspire. But as business and personal buyers alike flock to the showrooms to drool over the latest models, in these cash-strapped times; you’ll want to keep fuel economy and running [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 9, 2013

Electric cars look set to show that sales surged through 2012, with 2,311 cars so far registered to the end of September through the Government’s Plug in Car Grant (PiCG).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

At the Geneva Motor Show in 2012, we stated specific, ambitious targets for our products, production and the group. Clean cars from a clean factory and an attitude to the environment that aims to change the way of people’s thinking. At the Geneva show in 2012, Prof. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2014

Average CO2 emissions for new cars sold in Europe during 2013 were 4% more efficient than those sold in 2012. Data from the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that collectively, Europe''s car fleet emitted an average of 127g/km of CO2, three grams ahead of 2015''s legal limit. Stronger sales [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Car manufacturers are taking the fight against CO2 emissions seriously: and the proof has just been released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). In a new report entitled CO2 emissions performance of car manufacturers 2012, the EEA reveals that all major car manufacturers hit their fleet emiss[.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 9, 2009

Earlier this week we told you about Renault-Nissan and the Singapore Government’s plans to develop zero emission mobility. The programme is expected to last until 2012 and will involve around 50 electric vehicles. The programme is expected to last until 2012 and will involve around 50 electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 13, 2011

The former Olympic city of Beijing will impose stricter emission standards for its five million vehicles from 2012 onwards. According to Zhang Lijun, the vice minister of environmental protection, the city will apply the V standard, which is based on Euro 5.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

The 2012 Chevrolet Volt will boast a low emissions package for California’s High Occupancy traffic lanes. The package, which will be standard on all models sold in the state next year, sees the engine and catalytic converter modified with a secondary air-injection pump that streams ambient air into the exhaust stream.

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2010

An EU legal system for carmakers which requires them to cut average fleet emissions below 130g/km by 2012, is ‘fatally flawed’, a leading green car analyst claims. Tags: Green cars Green credentials 130g/km 2012 clean green cars CO2 emissions eu target.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

The unthrottled nature of the compression ignition process provides high engine efficiency while achieving compliant exhaust emissions with conventional, low-cost aftertreatment. Injection patterns can also be extensively optimized to tune performance and emissions for the fuels and applications of interest.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 18, 2013

For the year from October 01, 2012-September 30, 2013, Tesla Motors transferred an incredible 1,311,520 zero emission vehicle (ZEV) credits: by far the largest number among any automaker. Latest News Green cars Tesla Motors'

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Having already announced that its Zoe ZE Concept will be manufactured in Flins, France (see article ) and that it’s Twizy ZE Concept will call Vallodolid in Spain its home (see article ), Renault has now revealed its plans for the future electric, zero-emission version of its Kangoo Express LCV.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

The US state of California has been granted a waiver request enabling it to enforce its own greenhouse gas emissions standard for new cars starting with the current model year. The end point of the two standards in 2016 is roughly the same - the MY2016 new vehicle fleet is approximately 243g/CO2 per mile, around 36.6mpg.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

Earlier this week we told you that South Korea had implemented new fuel efficiency and carbon dioxide emission standards in our article South Korea outlines efficiency targets. However, will these new standards benefit the Korean car manufacturers?

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Initial production of all model lines will see a capacity to produce a massive 300,000 vehicles, while creating more than 5,000 jobs, taking Alabama to the fore of green car production. By utilizing natural gas, HK Motors says it is tapping into an abundant, exceptionally clean, and surprisingly affordable resource.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 14, 2013

While the figures might be cooked, more customers are buying VED-free, sub-100g/km CO2 cars than every before, according to sales data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

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Green Cars News

MARCH 13, 2014

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has announced that the average new car registered in Britain emits 128.3g/km per cent improvement over 2012 and a drop of almost 30 per cent compared to 2[.]. km of CO2, meeting the European Union''s 2015 target of 130g/km. The figures also show a 3.6 Latest News smmt Editor Pick'

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Green Cars News

JUNE 9, 2010

Transport for London (TfL) has opened a consultation to defer the date that the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) regulations are expanded to effect larger vans, minibuses, motor caravans and other specialist vehicles. Plans to defer the introduction of the new regulations from 4 October 2010 to 3 January 2012, are to be considered to give [.].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Carbon dioxide emissions will average out at 49 g/km, with fuel consumption of 1.9 Green Car Congress spoke with Gustavsson on the phone following Volvo’s affirmation at the Paris Motor Show that it would introduce a series-produced plug-in hybrid diesel as early as 2012. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2010

The National Research Council has suggested the US needs a measurable domestic greenhouse gas emissions budget target in the range of 170-220gigatons of CO2 for the period 2012-2050.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Using a typical UK powerstation mix to account for emissions generated during electricity generation, the Axon PHEV emits just under 50 g/km of CO 2 for the mix of electric and gasoline used in the Government test. By designing light cars and giving them good aerodynamics you can radically lower vehicle emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2012

Rémi Bastien, Renault’s Senior Vice President of Research, Advanced Studies and Materials and 2012 Chairman of EUCAR, set out the association’s recommendations on Horizon 2020 to an audience of MEPs (Members of European Parliament) and stakeholders at a seminar in the European Parliament on 20 June.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Ford’s new 2012 Transit Custom ECOnetic now achieves best-in-class fuel consumption, increasing fuel economy some 8 per cent compared to its predecessor. That brings its fuel economy in line with some of its passenger such as the S-Max, achieving 47.1 mpg on a combined cycle and emitting as little as 159g/km CO2.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2012

Now, at the 2012 SAE High Efficiency IC Engines Symposium (logo, pictured), Delphi offered an [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 8, 2012

Tuesday 8 May, 2012. The Green Piece Column. When you think of Formula One cars, chances are you don’t think green. And its fair to say that Lewis Hamilton gets through plenty of fuel in a season. According to the official Formula One website, a typical F1 team will get through around 200,000 litres of [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 5, 2010

Renault’s brand new Tangier plant, which is set to start up in early 2012 with annual capacity of 170,000 vehicles, is expected to establish new standards in low environmental impact. The plant will enjoy CO2 emission reductions of 98 per cent – the equivalent of around 135,000 tons a year with no industrial waste water to [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 13, 2012

SEAT’s new Ibiza model will have emissions as low as 89g/km CO2 when it launches in the UK this spring. That will make the Spanish brand’s car one of the lowest emission cars in its class. Set to be released in three body styles, three door hatch, five door and an estate version, new E [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2009

The largest car manufacturer in China, SAIC Motor, has announced plans to launch a series of hybrid and electric cars by 2012. The project will roll into action from 2010 with the introduction of a hybrid Roewe 750 with fuel efficiency that has been improved by 20 per cent compared to the existing non-green car model.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Volvo has now confirmed that it will introduce a plug-in hybrid diesel car as early as 2012. The plug-in hybrid is expected to achieve CO2 emissions as low as 49g/km with fuel consumption at 124mpg. The diesel engine will be optimised to run on renewable synthetic diesel and it will comply with future exhaust emission [.].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2010

Currently, transport is responsible for about a quarter of EU CO 2 emissions and also contributes significantly to reduced air quality (particulate matter, NO x , HC and CO) and related health problems, in particular in urban areas. Lower pollutant and noise emissions also have the biggest social, including health benefits in urban areas.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 7, 2012

The second generation Kia Cee’d (pictured) is now on sale in the UK – and is placing its clearest emphasis yet on lowering emissions. The C-segment family hatchback is one of the stars of the on-going Motorexpo 2012 event and offers some remarkable emission figures: the 1.6litre version of the vehicle, which is exempt from [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2009

The Korean car manufacturer will expand investment into research and development with facilities to establish a mass production system for green cars in 2012. It has also outlined the aim to become one of the top four green car companies in the world.

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