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Québec moves forward with a zero-emission vehicle standard

Green Car Congress

Automakers that sell or lease a yearly average of more than 4,500 new vehicles (all light models combined) will be subject to the ZEV standard. The target will be calculated by applying a percentage to the total number of light vehicles each manufacturer sells in Québec.

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Update on DOE Co-Optima project to co-optimize fuels & engines; goal of 30% per vehicle reduction in petroleum

Green Car Congress

The intended application is light-, medium-, and heavy-duty markets including hybrid architectures. We’ve been accused of that; people still say we are, but we’re not. We’re not going to say “Ethanol. Fuel impacts on catalyst light-off temperatures. Earlier post.) Ethanol is the answer.”

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NRC report finds Federal analysis to set LD CAFE and GHG standards generally of high quality; some technologies and issues should be re-examined

Green Car Congress

The analysis used by federal agencies to set standards for fuel economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas emissions for new US light-duty vehicles from 2017 to 2025 was thorough and of high caliber overall, according to a new report from the National Research Council. only the MY 2017-2021 CAFE standards are final. Background.

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New secret details of 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance! Musk’s mega-fast electric car explored in Australia

EV Central

Tesla has confirmed it will revive the Model 3 Performance in the first half of 2024 – but it will be a whole lot faster, more focused and high tech than the original that surfaced globally in 2017. We’re assuming they either have a wider field of vision or higher definition for better clarity – or both.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

million vehicles, and we’re seeing about half of people use it so far. For a while there, we were training-constrained in our progress, and we are, at this point, no longer training-constrained, and so we’re making rapid progress. We’re making sure that we’re being efficient as possible in our training.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. . He envisioned “hundreds of thousands” of charging spots, as well as a number of stations where drained batteries could be exchanged for fresh ones.

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