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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Not coincidentally, the first Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for new cars and light trucks became effective with 1978 model-year vehicles. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita. Consumption per capita (gallons). The maximum consumption per capita (505 gallons) was reached in 1978.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

Japan Airlines (JAL) has conducted the first flight with a mixture of two different types of SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) produced domestically in Japan. mixing ratio) of SAF produced domestically in Japan added into existing jet fuel. mixing ratio) of SAF produced domestically in Japan added into existing jet fuel.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Gevo has signed on to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a group of eight airlines and certain fuel producers to work cooperatively on expanding the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Airlines at SFO currently use more than 1 billion gallons of jet fuel annually. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

In March, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that EPA intends to reconsider its final determination issued on 12 January 2017 which recommended no change to the greenhouse gas standards for light duty vehicles for model years 2022- 2025. Earlier post.) mpg in MY 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed long-anticipated Tier 3 standards for gasoline sulfur content; evaporative emissions; and tailpipe emissions from all light-duty vehicles (LDVs, or passenger cars), light-duty trucks (LDT1s, LDT2s, LDT3s, and LDT4s) and Medium-Duty Passenger Vehicles (or MDPVs). Vehicle emissions.

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EPA Gasoline Standards Emissions 286

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have announced a proposed rulemaking for the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses.

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MARCH 6, 2014

Comparison of global passenger vehicle fuel consumption standards normalized to NEDC L/100km. In absolute terms, the new regulations would put China third behind the EU and Japan for fuel consumption and GHG regulations. Manufacturers and importers must meet both standards. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. Source: ICCT.

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Fuel Economy China Economy Fuel 239

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2017

Norway-based Hexagon Composites’ subsidiary Hexagon Lincoln has completed the development and initial deliveries of storage tanks for a Toyota heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell truck. Hexagon received the order from Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and hydrogen-based power modules.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2017

Audi has introduced the natural-gas-fueled A4 Avant g-tron; dealers in Europe will begin taking orders for the midsize model starting in early summer 2017. Additionally, Audi is now offering e-gas to power the A3 Sportback g-tron as standard; customers will pay only the regular natural gas price. lb per 62.1 kilograms (1.3

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

In Vienna, the Linde Group officially opened the first small-series production facility for hydrogen fueling stations. A number of hydrogen fueling innovations have originated from this research and development hub in Vienna in recent years, including Linde’s energy-efficient, compact ionic compressor, the IC 90. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 28, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued the final rule for greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards for MYs 2017-2025 for passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). mpg US (5.84

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MPG 2017 EPA Miles 210

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

expects to supply its renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) ( earlier post ) to the Virgin Australia Group. The Virgin Australia Group will be responsible for coordinating the purchase, supply and blending of the ATJ into the fuel supply system at Brisbane Airport in Queensland, Australia.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has set goals to offer Zero-Carbon Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) at all of its fueling stations by 2025. Zero-Carbon is based on the average carbon index score (approved by the California Air Resources Board) of Clean Energy’s fuel supply portfolio.

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MAY 24, 2010

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. California has incorporated these national standards into its motor vehicle emissions program. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Fuel Economy Economy Standards California 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2017

Blue Bird Corporation is offering a new product for their new buses ordered on or after 1 May 2017 with Allison transmissions: FuelSense 2.0 , featuring DynActive Shifting. This is a software upgrade to the previous FuelSense offering, which allows fleets to optimize fuel economy and performance to their specific needs.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 24, 2016

Today, we take a spin in the 2017 Mitsubishi Mirage GT, explain Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, and look at future electric cars from Mercedes-Benz. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

In the three years since the new CAFE standard for fuel economy has been in effect, automakers have surpassed it each year, improving new-vehicle fuel economy by about a mile per gallon annually, according to an analysis by Brandon Schoettle and Dr. Michael Sivak of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The KIST LOHC research team in the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research Center led by Dr. Yongmin Kim developed a semi-automatic evaluation system for LOHC dehydrogenation (hydrogen extraction from LOHC). A biphenyl-based eutectic mixture developed by KIST in 2017 shows 20% higher dehydrogenation rate than those of other LOHCs.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2012

Department of Energy and the Obama administration have confirmed new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for all cars made between 2017 and 2025. After a long, political battle, both on Capitol Hill and in Detroit, the U.S.

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Standards MPG Obama EPA 119

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Plug-in hybrids dominate market penetration in 2025 under CAR scenario IV (62 mpg CAFE standard). Power and Associates to project the technology segmentation necessary to achieve anticipated fuel economy mandates in 2025. CAR researchers used the four fuel economy scenarios developed by. the 2008 model year fuel economy ratings.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

For the last 18 months, a fleet of 6 methanol-fueled versions of the Geely Emgrand 7 cars have been in Iceland. The participants reported virtually no difference in driving experience compared to regular gasoline- or diesel-fueled cars. Methanol has been used as a racing fuel for many decades. Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million

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Green Car Reports

JULY 29, 2016

Today, General Motors says it will ship the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car to dealers before the end of this year, a battle brews over Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, and Volkswagen diesel owners express dissatisfaction with the proposed settlement. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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APRIL 9, 2019

A study by a team from North Carolina State University, with colleagues from the Urban Air Initiative and 3DATX Corporation, has shown that non-FFVs (flexible-fuel vehicles) can adapt to a mid-level ethanol blend—specifically E27. Four real-world cycles were repeated for each vehicle with each fuel.

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Vehicles Emissions North Carolina Gasoline 284

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The trend toward recommending or requiring higher-octane fuel continues to rise as manufacturers work toward meeting stringent CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards. When using premium fuel in these vehicles under these conditions, AAA tests found that: Fuel economy for test vehicles averaged a 2.7%

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2016

The panel, moderated by Jesse Schneider, BMW, included Takashi Moriya, Senior Chief Engineer at Honda R&D; Dr. Will James, Manager, Safety, Codes, and Standards at the US Department of Energy (DOE); and Dr. Ralph Clague, Head of Motive Systems and Architecture, Intelligent Energy. Earlier post.). Earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled new advanced engines and transmissions and further evolved hybrid systems based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). Toyota intends to deploy these new powertrain units in a rapidly broadening range of vehicle models, starting in 2017. mph) and approximately 20% better fuel economy.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

new appliance standards and CAFE) and changes in the way energy is used in the US economy. Further, the fossil fuel share of primary energy consumption falls from 82% in 2011 to 78% in 2040 as consumption of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls, largely because of the incorporation of new fuel efficiency standards for light-duty vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Achieved Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) fuel economy performance has exceeded the anticipated levels for 2012 and 2013 model years—the two years that the current standard has been in effect—according to a new analysis by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Despite the rapid adoption of electric vehicles, there has been little discussion about standardizing battery types. The question of whether governments should mandate increased battery standards is not new. So let us weigh some facts on the battery standardization movement. Standardization: Being Nice To the Environment.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a result of discussions that began in May 2017, eleven companies in Japan have signed an agreement to form a new company in the spring of 2018 aimed at the full-fledged development of hydrogen recharging stations (HRS) for fuel cell vehicles (FCV). The initial partners include Toyota Motor Corporation; Nissan Motor Co.,

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MARCH 13, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) staff has released for public comment four new Tier 2 renewable diesel (RD) pathways using soy oil, used cooking oil, tallow, and corn oil at the Diamond Green facility in St. Charles, Louisiana. All of these co-product streams go to the adjacent Valero refinery.

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APRIL 14, 2017

Suzuki Motor Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, and Denso Corporation have reached basic agreement on establishing a joint venture company for production of automotive lithium-ion battery packs in India, and signed the agreement. The initial capital expenditure will be ¥20 billion (US$184 million). Km/L to 24.5

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2011

The two Federal agencies that set gas mileage and emissions standards for future cars may propose rules that require corporate average fuel economy to reach 56 miles per gallon by 2025. indicate that the Obama Administration is urging the EPA and NHTSA to push for a 5-percent improvement each year between 2017.

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Fuel Economy Economy Obama MPG 110

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MARCH 17, 2017

BIOX Corporation, a renewable energy company that owns and operates biodiesel production facilities, is working with Forge Hydrocarbons ( earlier post ) to explore the co-location of a renewable diesel production facility using Forge technology on the existing BIOX site in Sombra, Ontario. BIOX acquired a 50-million-liter (13.2-million-gallon)

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EV Adoption

JULY 4, 2022

As sales of electric vehicles begin to reach significant numbers across the US, states are exploring approaches to replace lost tax revenue since EV drivers don’t pay fuel taxes as drivers of gas-powered cars do at gas stations. Unfortunately there is currently no simple and agreed upon best replacement for the fuel tax. MPG from 28.7.

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