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Automakers Issue Joint Statement in Support of Commercial Introduction of Fuel Cell Vehicles from 2015 Onward

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The signing automobile manufacturers strongly anticipate that from 2015 onwards, a “ quite significant ” number—a “ few hundred thousand units ” over the initial products’ lifecycles—of fuel cell electric vehicles could be commercialized. Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. g/km—in model year 2016. Earlier post.)

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Toyota Joins Clean Energy Partnership to Support Introduction of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles in Europe; Five FCHV-adv Vehicles to Be Introduced in Germany by 2011

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Toyota has become a new international auto partner for the Germany-based Clean Energy Partnership (CEP). Toyota will contribute five of its zero-emissions FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell vehicles ( earlier post ) to the program in Germany by 2011. Toyota aims at the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles around 2015.

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Germany set to introduce hydrogen refuelling network by 2015

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A consortium of companies have signed an agreement in Berlin in the presence of German Minister of Transport to introduction of a national network if hydrogen refuelling station in Germany by 2015. Germany, with its excellent ideas from all over the country, is to become the market leader for modern drive technologies.

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Mitsubishi Motors Provides 2 i-MiEVs to Frankfurt Airport

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The Frankfurt Airport, the third-largest airport in Europe and the largest in Germany, has decided to incorporate EVs in its fleet. Moving forward, Fraport AG plans to increase the share of EV vehicles in its fleet to 20% by 2015 and by more than 60% from 2020 onwards. Tags: Brief. Stefan Schulte, Deputy Chairman of Fraport AG.

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Requiring Lower Sulfur Marine Fuels Could Reduce Emissions-Related Deaths by Up to 50% Annually By 2012

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Sulfur (1,000 ppm) content within 200 nautical miles of coastal areas could reduce annual premature deaths resulting from emissions-related affects by around 43,500 by 2012—approximately 50% of the 87,000 deaths estimated to occur in a no control scenario (assuming 2.7% Requiring ships to use marine fuel with 0.1% A global limit of 0.5%

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Hyundai Motor America Targeting Minimum Average 50 mpg for Lineup by 2025

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Before those rules were enacted last year, Hyundai had already announced its own plan to reach 35 mpg by 2015. It leverages Hyundai’s global Blue Drive strategy ( earlier post ), aligning R&D resources at its engineering centers in California, Michigan, Korea, India and Germany to develop more fuel-efficient vehicle technologies.

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