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CARB: ridesharing vehicle fleet CO2/PMT in 2018 approximately 50% higher than the statewide passenger vehicle fleet average

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the 2018 Base-year Emissions Inventory Report , as required by Senate Bill 1014 (SB 1014, California Clean Miles Standard). The analysis indicates that the industry-wide TNC fleet has a 7% lower passenger occupancy than the California statewide passenger vehicle fleet.

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Study estimates fuel economy improvements to US light-duty vehicles from 1975–2018 saved 2T gallons of fuel, 17B tons of CO2

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Fleet-wide fuel economy gains produced large fuel savings. Third, they used estimates of the fuel price elasticity of light-duty vehicle fuel economy and a lagged adjustment model to estimate the effects of gasoline prices on mpg from 1975 to 2018 in the absence of fuel economy and GHG regulations. the rebound effect). 2020.111517.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU) in 2018 increased for the second consecutive year, reaching 120.4 g CO 2 /km in 2018. Vans registered in the EU and Iceland in 2018 emitted on average 158.1

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EEA final data shows average car CO2 emissions in Europe kept increasing in 2019

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Moreover, the average mass of new conventional cars, excluding SUV, increased by around 22 kg from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, as in 2018, gasoline cars were the most sold passenger vehicles, constituting 59% of all new registrations. CO2/km, which is about 7 % above the 2020 target of 147 g CO 2 /km. g CO 2 /km.

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DB Schenker expands its electric fleet with 36 new FUSO eCanter vehicles

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Europe’s leading land transport provider is thus strengthening its sustainability strategy and further expanding the use of electric vehicles in its mixed fleets. With these latest vehicles, DB Schenker will become FUSO’s largest electric fleet customer with a total of 41 eCanter vehicles in daily operations.

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IEA: global energy demand rose by 2.3% in 2018, fastest pace in the last decade; CO2 emissions up 1.7%

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to 33 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018. Most of that came from a young fleet of coal power plants in developing Asia. These findings are part of the International Energy Agency’s latest assessment of global energy consumption and energy-related CO 2 emissions for 2018. As a result, global energy-related CO 2 emissions rose by 1.7%

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Daimler Trucks & Buses targets completely CO2-neutral fleet of new vehicles by 2039 in Europe, Japan and NAFTA

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The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. The first hand-off to a customer was in 2018. Truly CO 2 -neutral transport only works with battery-electric or hydrogen-based drive.

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