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UC Davis researcher finds ride-hailing EVs offer triple the emissions benefits of a personally owned EV

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Also, they typically charge during the day, when a greater quantity of solar energy is powering the grid. Both Uber and Lyft are converting more of their fleet to electric, and Lyft recently committed to becoming 100% electric by 2030. —author Alan Jenn, a researcher at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis.

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.). A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015.

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Next 10 reports explore rapid changes to California grid driven by EVs, distributed energy resources and community choice aggregation

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California’s grid is facing an era of rapid change. Also on the horizon: electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, and the prospect of private vehicle ownership being lowered by fleets of electric, self-driving PEVs. Framework of Electric Mobility - Infrastructure - Charging - Grid Nexus.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4

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Global refinery catalyst market forecast to grow 34% to $4.3B by 2018

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2018, up from $3.2 Market growth comes in large part from demand for cleaner diesel fuel and the availability of newer technology and nanotechnology. FCC) catalysts will achieve advances, particularly in Asia as the growing motor vehicle fleet stimulates new gasoline and diesel fuel demand, according to the report. billion in.

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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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In the study’s future 2018 grid scenarios that account for predicted coal plant retirements, PEVs would produce air emissions damages comparable to or slightly lower than HEVs. Life cycle emissions by pollutant and life cycle stage for each vehicle type in the recent (a) and future (b) PJM grid. Source: Weis et al. Weis et al.

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California ARB receives VW’s 1st $200M, 30-month ZEV investment plan

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liter Partial Consent Decree to be spent by California on replacing older, dirtier heavy-duty vehicles and equipment with cleaner vehicles and equipment. Site development for the first Electrify America stations will begin in Q2 2017, with development initiated for all stations by Q2 2018. VW California ZEV Investment Plan: Cycle 1.