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Government of Canada Releases Draft Regulations to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Light-Duty Vehicles; Outcome Aligned With US

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Under the proposed standards, the average GHG emission performance of the 2016 Canadian fleet of new cars and light trucks would match the average level of 155 g CO 2 /km (250 gCO 2 /mile) that has been projected for the US. This would represent an approximate 20% reduction compared to the new vehicle fleet that was sold in Canada in 2007.

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Los Angeles Mayor Announces Southern California Regional Plug-in Electric Vehicle Plan

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If we are to be at the forefront of tackling climate change, reducing emissions from the automobile must be front and center. The State of California has the highest ratio of car ownership anywhere in the world, and in Los Angeles, almost 50% of the greenhouse gas emissions come for the transportation sector.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. 2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. htm Advocates of the Th!

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UCLA–UC Berkeley paper outlines how CA can boost biofuel production to cut pollution and help the economy

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California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state production of biofuel, despite state policies that encourage biofuel consumption, according to a policy paper by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools. —Ethan Elkind, a co-author of the report.

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NHTSA Sets MY 2011 CAFE Standards; Estimates Industry-Wide 27.3 mpg

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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). mpg (320 gCO 2 /mi).

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. In 1990, the average age was eight years. California.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Then Mr. Wang, as he’s known, got into the automobile business by buying a failing state-owned carmaker. It was started by a chemist and government researcher named Wang Chuan-Fu in 1995 (same year as Yahoo) to make rechargeable batteries, which it learned to do very well.

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