Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

The European Commission today proposed targets for the further reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars and light commercial vehicles (vans) by 2020. With our proposals we are not only protecting the climate and saving consumers money. grams in 2011 and a mandatory target of 130 grams in 2015.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The Auto Alliance has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting that the US Environmental Protection Agency withdraw the Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation which EPA announced on 13 January 2017. Background.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks , which is submitted annually to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions since 1990. Carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and light-duty trucks totaled 1,061.0 Tg CO 2 Eq.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2010

An unambiguous ranking of the specific climate impact can be established for freight transportation, with shipping and rail having lowest and light trucks and air transport having highest specific impact for all cases calculated. Tags: Aviation Climate Change Emissions. Jens Borken-Kleefeld. Technol. ,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

More than 90% of automobile energy consumption and carbon emissions occurs during the use phase, with the mining, production and manufacturing phases accounting for just 10% or less. Compared to a lightweight steel vehicle, the breakeven point is at 27,340 miles (44,000 km). Source: Sujit Das, ORNL. Click to enlarge. —Sujit Das.

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Emissions Vehicles CO2 SUV 281

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2011

The Preferred Alternative will reflect annual stringency increases for both passenger cars and light trucks that fall at levels between the upper and lower bounds identified above. NHTSA says it is especially interested in comments concerning the evaluation of climate change impacts. In particular, NHTSA requests: Background.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

The US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to begin developing new standards for greenhouse gases and fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for the 2017-2025 model years. hybrids, and electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), IVECO (a brand of CNH Industrial) and ENGIE (Global Energy Player) are broadly collaborating to promote natural gas vehicles and infrastructure in Europe. ENGIE considers transportation a major development focus.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Second, car manufacturers can react to standards through technology and innovation, shifting their automobile portfolio, but also by pushing additional fuel efficient cars into the market (e.g. The study CITIES indicates how the energy sector, in addition to the innovations of the automobile industry, can contribute to sustainable mobility.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2011

Among domestic transportation sources, light duty vehicles (including passenger cars and light-duty trucks) represented 64% of CO 2 emissions, medium- and heavy-duty trucks 20%, commercial aircraft 6%, and other sources 9%. Light-duty truck CO 2 emissions increased by 60% (193.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). GHG emissions (grams CO 2 -eq)/VMT by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom).

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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. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. Executive branch agencies, like EPA, carry out the laws passed by Congress.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The largest sources of transportation CO 2 emissions in 2017 were passenger cars (41.4%); medium- and heavy- 5 duty trucks (23.1%); light-duty trucks, which include sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and minivans (17.1%); commercial aircraft (6.7%); other aircraft (3.1%); rail (2.3%); pipelines (2.3%); and ships and boats (2.2%).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The California waiver authority does not exist to allow California to address national and global issues such as climate change. The action finalizes parts of the SAFE Vehicles Rule that was first proposed on 2 August 2018. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

NHTSA is proposing CAFE standards for passenger cars and light trucks under 49 U.S.C. EPA and NHTSA expect that automobile manufacturers will meet these proposed standards by utilizing technologies that will reduce vehicle GHG emissions and improve fuel economy. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has set the model year 2011 CAFE standards, which it estimates will raise the industry-wide combined light-duty vehicle fuel economy average to 27.3 mpg, save 887 million gallons of fuel over the lifetime of the MY 2011 cars and light trucks, and reduce CO 2 emissions by 8.3

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The deal follows an agreement reached in December on new CO 2 emission standards for cars and light vans in the EU for the period after 2020. —Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete. The introduction of a benchmark system for truck manufacturers totally ignores the demand side.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Super Light Car: Sustainable Production Technologies for CO 2. Review of technical literature and trends related to automobile mass reduction technology. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. An Assessment of Mass Reduction Opportunities for a 2017-2020 Model Year Vehicle Program. EDAG, 2009. Volkswagen, 2008.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e., passenger cars and light-duty trucks) increased by 46% from 1990 to 2018; VMT by medium- and heavy-duty trucks increased 113% over the same period.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

All governments should also support the transition of these light vehicles to zero emission vehicles; Kenya; Secretariat of Economy, Mexico; Morocco; Paraguay; Rwanda; Turkey; Uruguay. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

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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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. light duty vehicles—e.g., Appliance Energy Efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

As a point of comparison, the US EPA’s proposed national CO 2 emissions standards for light-duty vehicles under section 202 (a) of the Clean Air Act would require these vehicles to meet an estimated combined average emissions level of 250 grams/mile of CO 2 —155.26 g/km—in model year 2016.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2010

Proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets for Automobiles and Light Trucks Pursuant to Senate Bill 375. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Land use Policy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

At an event held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London Gordon Murray Design unveiled its latest ultra-compact electric city vehicle, the T.27 27, which are key to meeting our climate change goals. Specs for the T.27. The car will make its public road debut at the RAC Future Car Challenge on 5 November 2011.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Automakers that sell or lease a yearly average of more than 4,500 new vehicles (all light models combined) will be subject to the ZEV standard. The target will be calculated by applying a percentage to the total number of light vehicles each manufacturer sells in Québec.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

When complete, the new paint shop will be the most energy-efficient paint line in Honda’s US automobile production network. Auto body painting can account for upward of 60% of an automobile plant’s total energy use. Additionally, the new booth will reduce CO 2 emissions by 18% (12,000 metric tons annually). million dollars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The report treats different motorized modes separately, with a focus on light-duty vehicles (LDVs), heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and powered two-wheelers. Lower costs are ultimately passed on to consumers and reduce the overall cost of achieving energy security and climate change goals. Policy package.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. Support for methanol fueling infrastructure should also be considered.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

Using the median charging rate of 3.3kW, for example, the peak expected power consumption of an 8kWh battery pack is 813 watts, which the authors equate to “ a 50-inch plasma television set or a few high-wattage light bulbs. ”. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Plug-ins. Pete Savagian. SAE 2009-01-1311 ).

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Cars That Think

JUNE 23, 2022

That is the conclusion reached by a team of researchers that is studying how climate change is threatening penguins’ icy Antarctic habitat and puzzling out how to protect the species that are native to both polar regions. Painters specializing in automobile detailing might want to begin seeking out new lines of work.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Vulcanol is fuel-grade methanol, a clean burning, high-octane fuel that can be blended with gasoline for automobiles and used in the production of biodiesel or fuel ethers (DME, MTBE, OME etc.). Currently the company has a 4,000 metric ton/year production capacity. 2014.07.002.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 16, 2024

“It is quite possible that, absent technological advancement, the costs of mitigating greenhouse gasses through electrification can rise above current estimates of the social cost of carbon or, more significantly, above alternative approaches to mitigating climate change,” says Rapson. “If

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

Conversely, don't let the other side oversell things -- while reducing tailpipe emissions is a necessary step forward in fighting the negative effects of climate change, the production of the materials needed for electric and electrified vehicles has its own environmental toll. And don't let those who have an anti-EV agenda lie to you.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2025

Sterile overhead lights illuminate mostly gray interiors in which S-shaped assembly lines weave across giant, open-floor work spaces. Most couples seem to consist of an automobile aficionado and a casually interested partner that the aficionado is trying to convert to Ferrari fandom, sometimes even with success.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: Alec Brooks The AC Propulsion experiment thus became an obscure footnote in the tortuous saga of the green automobile. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

To design an automobile, a car designer does not merely just sit at a well-lighted desk, headphones firmly in place, an infinite cup of coffee nearby, sketching next year’s Any Car. One glance at the two vehicles shows that the students literally brushed away all of the cobwebs of outdated automobile design concepts to create them.

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