Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

California statewide GHG emissions dropped below the 2020 GHG Limit in 2016 and have remained below the 2020 GHG Limit since then. tons per person to 10.7 tons per person in 2018, a 24% decrease. Source: California Air Resources Board (ARB). Total statewide 2018 GHG emissions were 425.3 million metric tons, compared to 424.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This level is still below the state’s first climate milestone (2020’s AB 32 goal, met four years early in 2016) of reducing to 431 MMTCO 2 e below 1990 levels. MTCO 2 e per person in 2017—the third-lowest among the 50 states, behind New York and Maryland. This is plausibly due to bus fleets becoming cleaner or electrified.

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Plug in America

MARCH 22, 2024

The target amount of average tailpipe emissions gets a bit lower each year, resulting in progressively cleaner cars. So right now, you probably won’t notice much of a change. Over the next several years, these standards will continue to trend toward cleaner cars. The new standards won’t kick in until 2027.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

A thinking person should ask, “How did the Leaf owner travel the unaccounted miles, the ones that were not e-miles?” The good news is that the 2016 Volt will come out with 50 miles (85 km) AER.) However, just as the body begins to repair itself when a person ceases to smoke, it is not too late for Earth to repair itself.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. Oge led the team that authored the 2010-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards, and described the process in her 2016 book, Driving the Future.

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