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JULY 11, 2012

By way of trans-Atlantic comparison, 95 g/km is equivalent to 152 g/mile; the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas emissions standard (part of the joint national standard with NHSTA) calls for 250 g/mile in MY 2016. Europe and the US. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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2020 Light CO2 Cars 268

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MAY 17, 2009

These applications may be jointly sponsored by electric utilities, automobile manufacturers, technology providers, car sharing companies or organizations, or 2 other persons or entities. Each state will be required to submit goals for transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions reductions to the Administrator of the EPA.

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Plug-in Plug Standards Auto Industry 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Starting with 2012 model year vehicles, the rules together require automakers to improve fleet-wide fuel economy and reduce fleet-wide greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 5% every year: NHTSA has established fuel economy standards that strengthen each year reaching an estimated 34.1 The EPA standard would be equivalent to 35.5

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Light 170

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Greenhouse gas and fuel economy levels under the EPA NHTSA joint proposed rulemaking. EPA expects manufacturers to take advantage of the option to generate CO 2 -equivalent credits by reducing emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and CO 2 through improvements in their air conditioner systems. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Gas 210

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AUGUST 4, 2009

Retail sales were down 9% while fleet sales declined 47%. Hybrids had an especially good month, with reported sales jumping 31.8% year-on-year to 35,429 units, representing a 3.55% new vehicle sales market share for the month—the highest monthly share yet. Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% Click to enlarge.

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Cash For Clunkers Sale Hybrid Dodge 150

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The front-wheel drive B-Class F-CELL offers an operating range of around 240 miles (386 km) (Euro driving cycle, 190 miles (306 km) estimated EPA)—more than twice the range of the 2004 A-Class F-CELL—and short refueling times. By 2012, a total of 200 of these cars will be on the roads in California and Europe.

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Mercedes 2010 Los Angeles Fuel 231

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. 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

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MARCH 27, 2009

The target for each footprint is the same for all manufacturers, regardless of differences in their overall fleet mix. In addition, per EISA, each manufacturer’s domestic passenger fleet is required in MY 2011 to achieve 27.5 NHTSA estimates that the figures for MY 2011 passenger cars will be 30.2 mpg (369 g/mi).

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2011 MPG Standards Industrial 210

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JUNE 10, 2011

Compressed natural gas (CNG) will play a role, particularly for high-mileage fleets, but the advantages of liquid fuel in transportation suggest that the chemical conversion of gas into some form of liquid fuel may be the best pathway to significant market penetration. Support for methanol fueling infrastructure should also be considered.

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MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric 210

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 The 250 g/mile of CO 2 equivalent emissions limit by EPA is equivalent to 35.5 This approach, said the agency, is more transparent than relying on manufacturers’ confidential plans.

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2016 MPG Fuel Economy EPA 210

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JUNE 16, 2011

This approach allows automobile manufacturers to create packages of technologies that can be tailored to meet specific cost and effectiveness targets, as opposed to developing diesel or full hybrid alternatives that offer a single large benefit, but at a significant cost increase.

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Fuel Downsizing Fuel Economy Diesel 210