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California ARB Backs White House Program for Medium- and Heavy-Duty and Next Phase of Light-Duty Vehicle GHG and Fuel Economy Standards; Looking for LDV Improvements on the Order of 3-6% Annually

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President Obama’s announcement of the first-ever national policy to increase fuel efficiency and decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution from medium- and heavy-duty trucks for model years 2014-2018. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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Spain has set a goal of 250,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2014. The automobile industry has said that without additional government subsidies they can only sell 600,000 electric cars by 2020 at best. Fleet-wide average fuel economy standards in all regions are driving demand for more efficient vehicle technologies.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Expects production around 2014. Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market. This is unusual. Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ).

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