Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

The project, being financially and technically supported by The International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies (ICHET) of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will be conducted over two years beginning in July 2010 and include development of a fleet of 15 three-wheeled vehicles.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. It is the first value-based method for assessing corporate sustainability performance.

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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 Earlier post.).

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Light 170

Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 23, 2021

The electric vehicle (EV) supply chain is reaching an inflexion point as consumers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and governments accelerate the shift away from internal combustion engines (ICEs) and towards battery-powered vehicles. Less battery manufacturing capacity leads to supply chain risks.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

Audi sees the potential for the use of CO 2 -neutral fuels to reduce fleet CO 2 emissions. From Audi’s latest Corporate Responsibility Report. In June 2013, Audi commissioned a power-to-gas facility in the north German town of Werlte, thus becoming the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

They represent a harmonized approach that will allow industry to build a single national fleet that will satisfy both the GHG requirements under the CAA and CAFE requirements under EPCA/EISA. Proposed Rulemaking to Establish Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards and Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards.

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy Gas 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

Further, the benefits of some technologies are not completely represented in the tests used to estimate corporate average fuel economy (CAFE). NHTSA also asked that the NRC add to its assessment technologies that have emerged since that report was prepared.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

In developing the proposed preferred alternative for the rulemaking, NHTSA also projected technology penetration and associated costs for the vehicle fleet. In an earlier rulemaking, NHTSA reformed the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards with a size-based standard based on footprint. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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