Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

When Congress passed the Clean Air Act, it never gave EPA the explicit authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions for the purpose of stopping global climate change. The resulting set of new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

European vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers, in cooperation with the refining industry, lead the world in the development of state‐of‐the‐art diesel engine technology. The very latest generation of diesel technology combines clean diesel fuel, advanced engines and effective emissions control mechanisms.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2012

EUCAR thus called for a budget share of Horizon 2020 to be devoted to automotive R&I initiatives, which corresponds to the industry’s direct contribution to the EU economy—i.e., EUCAR is the European Council for Automotive R&D of the major European passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturers. about €5 billion (US$6.3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2010

The EUCAR paper also relates directly to the Europe 2020 strategy, which calls for a European “Innovation Union”, the Commission’s Strategy for Clean and Efficient Vehicles and the upcoming White Paper on the Future of Transport. Ecological and efficient manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

The report, supported by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, measures the technological nature of today’s auto industry and compares it to other sectors of the economy often viewed as technologically advanced. The report authors acknowledge the difficulty of defining “high-tech” in an ever-changing economic environment.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2010

The presence of low-speed pre-ignition is considered a major impediment to automobile manufacturers’ efforts to aggressively downsize engines to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This is a substantial development because it has the potential to affect every original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2023

Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8 The First Car Vietnamese Car Comes To North America When Vietnam’s largest company, the VinGroup, announced in 2017 they were entering the automobile manufacturing business, it probably didn’t get too much notice. After a couple hours driving the VF 8 in San Diego County, here are our initial thoughts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

This includes near-term opportunities like using Global Positioning System to optimize truck routing, as well as real-time feedback devices that monitor the on-road fuel economy of trucks. Tightening fuel economy standards and expanding their geographic coverage can accelerate fuel economy improvements over the coming decades.

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Oil Transportation Alternative Fuels Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

2454 , The American Clean Energy and Security Act—which establishes a cap-and-trade program also contains a number of provisions for accelerating the deployment of a vehicle charging infrastructure and the manufacturing of plug-in electric drive vehicles. Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Manufacturing.

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Plug-in Plug Standards Auto Industry 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Closer to home, the federal fuel economy standards require the average fleet fuel economy of OEMs that sell vehicles in the USA to be 35.5 As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. mpg by 2016.

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Renewable West Virginia Energy USA 220

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

The state-owned refinery has declared that it will double its capacity by using clean electricity from the grid. We are not a stagnant economy. About 90% of the country’s retail fuel stations are controlled by the three state-owned refineries. Complete Elimination of Fossil Fuels? “Energy pie of the country is growing.

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Installation Electric Vehicles Oil Charging 52

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

However, while greener cars may eventually fix the tailpipe-emissions problem, they do not address all of the environmental damage caused throughout the manufacturing process. Because investors aren’t inquiring, manufacturers aren’t telling, or aren’t even aware of the situation. The Weight Dynamics.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) is maintaining its stance on B5 (5% biodiesel, i.e., fatty acid methyl ester, blends) as the maximum until further findings and market observations on the use of B7 are reported.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2010

In the comments, the Alliance outlined four specific concerns with the NOI and the accompanying Technical Assessment Report: The agencies should consider the critical role of fuel prices in ensuring public acceptance of more costly high-fuel economy vehicles.

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Automobile Manufacturer Automobile Manufacturer Fuel Economy 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also directs the President to work with the relevant Federal agencies and California to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, the federal fuel economy standards, any emission standards promulgated by EPA, and the California standards for light-duty vehicles. Clean Fuels and Vehicles.

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Climate Standards Carbon California 186

Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

In the first 10 months of this calendar year, the sales of hybrid in Europe grew by a strong double digit, accounting for 29 percent of the overall market, whereas BEVs accounted for 14 percent in EU, more than diesel for the first time, as per the Europe Automobile Manufacturers’ Association or ACEA. Hybrid penetration was at 5.5

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Green Cars News

JUNE 20, 2009

Drivers will benefit whether they pick up one of the locally made vehicles such as Hyundai’s Avante LPI or Kia’s Forte Hybrid - or whether they purchase a hybrid car from overseas manufacturers such as Toyota and Honda. Kang Cheol-gu, an executive of the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association, says the subsidy is insufficient.

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Green Cars Green i-MiEV Cars 39

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Final MY 2011 and MY 2012-2016 passenger car fuel economy targets, based on vehicle footprint. Each light vehicle model produced for sale in the United States will have a fuel economy target. miles per gallon if all reductions came from fuel economy improvements. Source: NHTSA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Light 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. Earlier GCC post.]

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Greenhouse gas and fuel economy levels under the EPA NHTSA joint proposed rulemaking. These standards would require them to meet an estimated combined average fuel economy level of 34.1 However, EPCA does not allow vehicle manufacturers to use air conditioning credits in complying with CAFE standards. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Gas 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

Unlike other fossil fuels, natural gas plays a major role in most sectors of the modern economy—power generation, industrial, commercial and residential. It is clean and flexible. Support for methanol fueling infrastructure should also be considered.

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MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Among the elements of the plan are a total ban on diesel in Paris in 2020; the Rue de Rivoli and the Champs-Élysées to be dedicated to ultra-low emission clean vehicles; and the four districts of the center to be transformed into vast semi-pedestrian areas. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). —Franco et al.

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Diesel Fleet Pollution Europe 247

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

for construction of a manufacturing facility in southern California on the Model S electric sedan and a power-train manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. This is an investment in our clean energy future that will create jobs and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Earlier post.). billion to Ford Motor Company.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Race Among The Automobile Manufacturers The internal combustion engine (ICE) has powered our cars for over a century and is being gradually replaced by electric vehicles (EVs). of new vehicle registrations in 42 major economies in 2021, an increase from 3.9% in 2020 and the trend is not going down.

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APRIL 30, 2009

The advantages of a PHEV with a larger battery pack with ranges up to 40 miles or more is that it gives you the ability to recharge this battery pack from the electric utility company at night, utilizing inexpensive clean electrical energy which is abundantly available during night time hours.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Murkowski, the ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said her amendment is necessary to avoid the “economic train wreck” that would result from the Environmental Protection Agency regulating stationary sources of carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. The AAM and AIAM are opposing this amendment.

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