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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Gasoline consumption per capita was calculated using the population estimates in the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States. Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Consumption per capita.

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JUNE 7, 2017

With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

The new 2016 Ford Explorer SUV is making its global debut today at Los Angeles Auto Show with a new available 2.3-liter An active wastegate controls boost more precisely during light load operation to help save fuel. Ford expects to export 56,000 Explorers from the United States this year alone.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Until recently, the energy intensity of domestic flying was higher than the energy intensity of driving light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks). However, the energy intensity of flying became lower than that of long-wheel-base light-duty vehicles starting in 1995, and of short-wheel-base light-duty vehicles starting in 2005. (A

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

The Renault-Nissan Alliance delivered significant sales growth in 2016, with global sales of 9.96 In 2016, the Renault-Nissan Alliance, including Mitsubishi Motors i-MiEV series, sold 94,265 EVs, up more than 8% from 2015. to 3,182,625 vehicles in 2016 for the last year of the “Drive the Change” plan. Earlier post.) Fluence Z.E.,

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

As part of its electrification strategy, Daimler Trucks plans to offer electric vehicles in all its main sales regions by 2022: from the FUSO eCanter in the light-duty segment, the Freightliner eM2 in the medium-duty segment, and the Mercedes-Benz eActros and the Freightliner eCascadia in the heavy-duty segment. million miles).

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AUGUST 6, 2022

This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. By far the largest and the most consequential change in the input assumptions between the 2016 study and this current update is in battery costs for BEVs.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

In this analysis, I examined recent changes in the contribution of transportation to total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States relative to the other sources of emissions (industry, commercial, residential, and agriculture). The analysis is an update of a study published in 2016. by Michael Sivak.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

These vehicles and fuels regulatory initiatives are aligned with those of the United States. The final Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations for model year 2017 and beyond will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on 8 October. GHG regulations.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2 million units, aided with increased auto finance penetration, fast dealership expansion and government vehicle scrappage programs. —Lin Huaibin, manager, China light vehicle sales forecast, IHS Automotive.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

a new 5-liter V8 diesel engine designed to power pickup-and-delivery vehicles, other light- and medium-duty trucks, school buses and motorhomes. will serve customers in the United States and Canada, and will be certified to US EPA 2013 NO x and PM emissions levels. The new ISV 5.0 Click to enlarge. Cummins Inc. Cummins ISV5.0

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The Auto Alliance has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting that the US Environmental Protection Agency withdraw the Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation which EPA announced on 13 January 2017.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

To complement its work on real-world emissions in Europe, TRUE has compiled remote sensing data from the states of Colorado and Virginia and the University of Denver to investigate the emissions of US light-duty vehicles. gNO x /kg per year) and light-duty trucks (0.08 In older model years, the deterioration can exceed 0.2

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The NOV alleges that the VW Group companies developed and installed a software defeat device—specifically, code in the electronic control module (ECM)—in certain VW, Audi and Porsche light duty diesel vehicles equipped with 6-cylinder, 3.0-liter In addition, the NOV covers an unknown volume of 2016 vehicles. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 29, 2023

REEs and PGMs are critical in the manufacture of modern energy and national security technologies, including high-performance magnets required for wind turbines, electric vehicles, high-energy-density battery electric storage, high efficiency lighting, solar panels, and other technologies either core or ancillary to the renewable energy industry.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

announced its new six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016). Nissan Green Program 2016, the company’s third environmental mid-term plan, aims to deliver the following by the end of fiscal year 2016: No. Nissan Motor Co., 1 in Zero-Emission Vehicles: cumulative sales of 1.5

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MARCH 7, 2019

miles per gallon, slightly higher than MY 2016, and a record high overall. The report also assesses compliance performance for individual automakers and for the US fleet as a whole with the greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles. Estimated Real-World CO 2 and Fuel Economy. Source: EPA.

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JUNE 30, 2016

As part of that effort, the leaders committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light- and heavy-duty vehicles by aligning fuel efficiency and/or GHG emission standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

EIA attributes the outcome largely to improvements in light-duty vehicle fuel economy. Based on estimates in the most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), vehicle travel in the United States in 2015 was almost 4% above its 2007 level, but motor gasoline consumption has not exceeded its previous peak in 2007.

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MARCH 22, 2019

In the United States, emissions associated with the consumption of petroleum fuels—motor gasoline, distillate, jet fuel, and more—have consistently made up the largest portion of CO 2 emissions. Natural gas surpassed coal to become the most prevalent fuel used to generate electricity in the United States in 2016.

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JUNE 9, 2016

The US DRIVE Cradle-to-Grave Working Group has published the “Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Analysis of US Light-Duty Vehicle-Fuel Pathways: A Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Economic Assessment of Current (2015) and Future (2025–2030) Technologies” Argonne National Lab Report. Wallington (2016) “Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Analysis of U.S.

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MAY 24, 2010

Nichols also said that California will work with Federal agencies on the next phase of light-duty vehicle GHG and fuel economy standards for model years 2017-2025. These new standards, however, must be followed by additional action in order to continue the impressive reductions already in place up to 2016. Earlier post.).

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MAY 1, 2024

As I exited Harry Reid International Airport on a bright March afternoon, my hand flew up to protect my eyes, which had grown accustomed to the dull light of a long, gray Tennessee winter. The DarkSky Approved Lodging program is another step forward in the nonprofit’s history of advocacy for the reduction of light pollution.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

FCA US will conduct an emissions recall to update emission control software in an estimated 100,000 model-year 2014-2016 Ram 1500 pickups and Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs equipped with 3.0-liter —Mark Chernoby, FCA Head of North American Safety and Regulatory Compliance. liter EcoDiesel V-6 engines.

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JUNE 27, 2019

The Memorandum of Understanding commits both governments to work together on developing their respective regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions from light-duty vehicles, such as those currently in effect in Canada, California and the 13 US states that have adopted California’s standards.

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JULY 25, 2017

Overall, the share of new vehicles that are plug-in electric in these 50 areas is 1.2%, about 3 times the proportion in the rest of the United States. Electric vehicle share of new 2016 vehicle registrations by metropolitan area. Many factors are helping to spur electric vehicle growth in markets across the United States.

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APRIL 18, 2014

Light-duty VMT is beginning to decouple from traditional drivers. The most recent of these In Focus articles explores the impact of demographics and behavior on light-duty vehicle (LDV) energy demand. LDVs accounted for 61% of all transportation energy consumption in the United States in 2012—8.4 Source: EIA.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

Energy consumption by light-duty vehicles in the United States, AEO2013 and AEO2014, 1995-2040 (quadrillion Btu). million barrels per day (MMbbl/d) through 2016, when domestic production comes close to the historical high of 9.6 LDV energy consumption declines in AEO2014 Reference case from 16.0 Source: EIA.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent, announced proposed regulations to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of passenger automobiles and light trucks for model years 2017 to 2025. The proposed regulations are aligned with the new United States regulations. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Ford expects 2015 will be the first year in which EcoBoost-equipped vehicles in the United States exceed 1 million sales. For 2015, EcoBoost is available on every non-hybrid light-duty passenger vehicle in Ford’s US lineup. liter V6 debuts in 2016. liter EcoBoost is available in the United States for Fiesta and Focus.

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APRIL 3, 2017

In a 2016 paper published in MRS Energy & Sustainability: A Review Journal , Chris Gearhart from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) noted that, given the GHG budget allowable in 2050 with the projected vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT) gives a wells-to-wheels (WTW) GHG emissions target of 48 g/km (77 g/mile).

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In a new study, IHS Markit forecasts that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) will by 2040 grow to an all-time high of around 11 billion miles per year (a 65% increase since 2017) in China, Europe, India and the United States—the key markets examined for the study—and will keep growing. IHS Markit, “Reinventing the Wheel.”

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Worldwide light-duty vehicle production. Production of light-duty passenger vehicles (cars and light trucks) rose from 74.4 Auto manufacturing capacity continues to grow, and annual output could reach the 100 million mark by 2016. million light vehicles in 2011, with 2012 output projected to reach 18.4

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MAY 4, 2023

Tesla has routinely fixed issues with its cars, remedying everything from faulty rear-view cameras to tail light issues , with OTA updates that are downloadable with an internet connection and applied, in some instances, while drivers are asleep. ” GM’s 2016 recall of 3.6

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JULY 28, 2017

FCA US has received a certificate of conformity from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a conditional executive order from the California Air Resources Board (ARB), permitting the production and sale of FCA US 2017 model-year light-duty Ram 1500 and Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles equipped with 3.0-liter liter diesel engines.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

By their terms, the agreements announced today resolve Volkswagen’s liability under US law and are not intended to address Volkswagen’s liability, if any, under the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction outside the United States. 2017, in Miami during a visit to the United States and appeared in federal court there on Monday.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

The Urban SUV Concept represents the expansion of vehicles based on Honda’s Global Compact Series, which includes the Honda Fit subcompact and the Honda City subcompact sedan, a model sold in markets outside the United States. million units by the end of 2016, according to the company.

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