Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

The 2020 edition of US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) comprehensive annual report on nationwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows that emissions increased from 2017 to 2018 by 3.1% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). Source: EPA. >. Transportation sector.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

In 2017, emissions from GHG emitting activities statewide were 424 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent (MMTCO 2 e), 5 MMTCO 2 e lower than 2016 levels and 7 MMTCO 2 e below the 2020 GHG Limit of 431 MMTCO 2 e. Changes in emissions by Scoping Plan sector between 2000 and 2017. MMTCO 2 e (6%) from 2013 to 2017.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. The VNR series has received tremendous industry acceptance since its April 2017 introduction and the addition of an all-electric powertrain provides even greater opportunities to expand its footprint in the regional-haul market.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2016

The Globe and Mail obtained a copy of the currently confidential 57-page Climate Change Action Plan, which lays out a strategy from 2017 to 2021. Together, the cap-and-trade system and the action plan are the backbone of the province’s strategy to cut emissions to 15% below 1990 levels by 2020, 37% by 2030 and 80% by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

EU progress towards 2020 and 2030 targets on climate and energy. The EEA’s updated assessment on the EU’s progress on renewable energy and energy efficiency targets completes this year’s ‘Trends and Projections in Europe: 2018: Tracking progress towards Europe’s climate and energy targets’ package. Progress on renewables.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the European Union rose slightly in 2017, mostly because of the transport sector. emissions increase in 2017 from 2016. This limited increase means that the EU is still expected to achieve its 2020 emissions reduction target, albeit by a narrower margin. in 2017 from 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

After launching Japan’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty eCanter truck in 2017, MFTBC introduced an improved model with advanced safety features for the Japanese market in 2020. The truck has being tested under severe conditions in both hot and cold climates, both domestically and abroad.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

The European Commission recently presented a new EU framework on climate and energy for 2030. Currently, EU legislation (the Fuel Quality Directive, or FQD) requires a reduction of the greenhouse gas intensity of the fuels used in vehicles by up to 10% by 2020—i.e., a Low Carbon Fuel Standard. a Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. A lot of people think that a large-scale shift to EVs will mostly solve our climate problems in the passenger vehicle sector. The high end of this range exceeds total US CO 2 emissions in 2017 (5.2 The team developed a two-staged scenario-based assessment. Posen, I.D.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

Members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee approved a draft law setting out rules for achieving a 147 g CO 2 /km (235 g/mile) target for new light commercial vehicles by 2020, down from 203 g/km (325 g/mile) today—i.e., Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Policy'

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Assembly Bill 630 (2017, Cooper) established the CC4A program. As of 30 September 2020, $82.5 As of 30 September 2020, there were 10,379 participants. The transportation sector is by far the state’s largest source of air pollution and climate-changing gases. million had been spent on incentives within Clean Cars 4 All.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Ricardo has been working actively towards this goal of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions for some time and has been helping its broad client base in realizing their own climate change mitigation targets. To strengthen its Net Zero commitment, Ricardo plans to implement Science-Based Targets during the financial year 2020/2021.

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APRIL 8, 2022

in both 2020 and 2019. deaths per billion VMT in 2020 and significantly more than the rate of 1.8-1.9, which remained steady in 2017-2019. deaths per billion VMT in 2020 and significantly more than the rate of 1.8-1.9, which remained steady in 2017-2019. The analysis found that, nationwide, there were 1.04

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

That’s me on January 16, 2017, with my brand new Chevy Bolt EV Premier edition in my garage at home. Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Under the regulation, one-third of the electricity sold in the state in 2020 must come from renewable sources of energy. The goal of 33% renewable electricity was also a major measure in the Scoping Plan, adopted by the Board in December 2008, toward fulfilling AB 32, the requirements of California’s climate change legislation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

In 2017, the Commission launched the European Battery Alliance. Having batteries that are more sustainable throughout their life cycle is key to achieve our ambitious climate targets. This is also at the core of the Sustainable Batteries Regulation proposed by the Commission in December 2020.

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JULY 11, 2012

The European Commission today proposed targets for the further reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars and light commercial vehicles (vans) by 2020. The proposals will cut average emissions from new cars to 95 grams of CO 2 per km (g CO 2 /km) in 2020 from 135.7 T&E: Super credits = “hot air”.

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APRIL 4, 2022

Cycling is climate-friendly and cost-effective and therefore plays a role in shaping a turnaround in transport policy. Climate Alliance). Move:On is based on the predecessor project MOVEBIS, which ran from July 2017 to the end of 2020. GmbH and Klima-Bündnis e. Klima-Bündnis e.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Ballard Power Systems announced that its proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology and products have now powered Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs) in commercial heavy- and medium-duty motive applications for acumulative total of more than 50 million kilometers on roads around the globe, an increase of more than 5-times since 2017.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update , ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex. The combined port complex is on pace in 2017 for the busiest year ever.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

If current rates of decline continue through 2020, the state will need to reduce emissions at a rate of 4.97% each year in the decade between 2020 and 2030, and produce even steeper declines in the period from 2030 to 2050, if it is to meet current climate goals. But the effects of these efforts seem to be reaching a plateau.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The mayor also plans to add 50 more electric vehicles to the city’s fleet of cars, and put the first six fully electric taxis on the road, with the goal of making one-third of our taxi fleet electric by 2020. Even if you don’t care about climate change, cleaning our air is good for your health. —Mayor Bloomberg.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, HFC-23, were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has found atmospheric levels growing at record values. As a result, they reported that they had almost completely eliminated HFC-23 emissions by 2017.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2015

Member states must enact the legislation by 2017. Current legislation requires EU member states to ensure that renewable energy accounts for at least 10% of energy consumption in transport by 2020. The proposal also sought protection for existing investments until 2020. The compromise also sets an indicative 0.5%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

Andreas Scheuer, German Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, announced the award of around €50 million (US$58 million) in funding for 31 municipal electric mobility projects under the “Clean Air 2017-2020 emergency program”. We are continuing to press ahead with climate-friendly mobility.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The results from outdoor deployment of Viridos’ bio-engineered strains in 2020 and 2021 mark the inflection point toward deployment. In the past few years Viridos’ leadership in engineering microalgae has achieved greater than 5x bio-oil productivity increases by increasing both the oil content in the algae and the algae yield.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2022

In today’s context of the global energy crisis, skyrocketing fossil fuel prices, energy security challenges and ambitious climate commitments, I believe nuclear power has a unique opportunity to stage a comeback. However, a new era for nuclear power is by no means guaranteed. —IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.

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JULY 21, 2022

The aviation sector is responsible for about 5% of global anthropogenic emissions causing climate change. In 2017, the team started scaling up the design and built a solar fuel-production plant at IMDEA Energy Institute in Spain. Zoller et al. Zoller et al. 2022.06.012.

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MAY 2, 2020

This puts the US on track to meet its annual goals for GHG reduction under the Paris Climate Accord. If traffic remained reduced for one year, the reduction in VMT would allow California to meet half of its 2050 climate change target. California has a target of 80% reduction in GHG from 1990 levels by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2017

At the Auto Shanghai 2017 show, Volkswagen is revealing the I.D. BUZZ in Detroit in 2017 ( earlier post ). BUZZ in Detroit in 2017 ( earlier post ). Production will start in 2020. A new feature here is the ‘CleanAir’ menu, which shows information on the air quality and activates preconfigured climate settings.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Slated to be launched in 2020, the Kalmar electric terminal tractor will be equipped with a 107 kWh lithium-ion battery capable of DC fast charge. To maintain battery life, a thermal management system keeps it within the optimal temperature range, enabling the machine to operate in a range of climates. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

MAN Energy Solutions and Wessels Marine GmbH announced a technical showcase whereby the 2017-retrofitted Wes Amelie , a 1,036-TEU feeder container ship, will use liquefied SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) produced from renewable electrical energy as drop-in fuel. As a result, CO 2 emissions are expected to decline by 56 tons for this trip.

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JULY 23, 2020

This proposed action would align US standards with the international CO 2 emissions standards adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2017, making domestically manufactured aircraft competitive in the global marketplace. turboprops) with a MTOM greater than 8,618 kilograms.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

The company’s first car on CMA is expected to be launched in 2017. CMA’s introduction in 2017 means that all future Volvo cars will be built on just two fully scalable and wholly modular vehicle architectures. We are confident that by 2020, 10% of Volvo’s global sales will be electrified cars.”

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JANUARY 30, 2019

This new program will be aligned with forthcoming changes to the Advanced Clean Cars automaker regulations, as well as the SB 375 program—the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act—which requires regional GHG reductions through land use and transportation planning.

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MAY 12, 2020

Two new studies in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters find nitrogen dioxide pollution over northern China, Western Europe and the US decreased by as much as 60% in early 2020 as compared to the same time last year. Right Panel: same as on the left panel, but for the period 1 January 2020 to 29 February 2020. Bauwens, M.,

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Can software save the world from climate change and other environmental threats? We’re not going to know the answer to that question for a very long time, but a venture capital firm is betting that companies that develop business management software for addressing climate change can be profitable while they are trying.

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