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EPA: GHG emissions standards for cars and light trucks should be revised; joint process with NHTSA (updated with more reactions)

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Negative reaction to the widely expected announcement was voluminous and vociferous: Ceres: “Rolling back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and emissions standards will undermine the global competitiveness of the US auto industry. NRDC: “Backing off now is irresponsible and unwarranted.”. This decision takes the U.S.

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

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In the future, autonomous vehicles and battery-powered technology could work together to create cleaner, more efficient roads. A marriage of these two powerhouse technologies would completely change the auto industry, the environment and our lives. Policymakers need to establish regulation and demand cleaner vehicles.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy.

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This Volvo and Harris Poll Study investigates the state of EVs in America

Current EV

This is followed by a coffee shop or café with Wi-Fi to improve connectivity while they wait for their vehicle to charge (42%) to increase productivity during this otherwise wasted downtime. Volvo Cars is taking a bold lead with electrification in the auto industry. Volvo & Electrification ELECTRIFICATION COMMITMENT.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish. It is wasteful and destructive to be burning this versatile molecule; we must stop. The electrical system has perhaps 85% excess capacity most of the year which means we are wasting money in excess electric generation and distribution infrastructure and resources.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night. Hybrid electric buses and heavy trucks could power many homes or a school or a hospital in an emergency.

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