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Auto Industry and Utilities Urge President Obama to Create to National Electric Fuel Task Force to Accelerate Plug-in Adoption

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A letter was signed and delivered to the White House by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM), the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM), the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI). Tags: Electric (Battery) Plug-ins Policy.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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Key elements of the CO 2 regulations for passenger cars include: Total reduction in average CO 2 emissions from new cars to 120 g/km, with 10g/km to come from non-vehicle technologies and measures, such as a greater penetration of biofuels. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Market Background Policy. Earlier post.)

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Mixed results for carmakers in race to slash emissions

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New figures published by European NGO, Transport & Environment (T&E) show BMW and Mazda led the field with 10 per cent and 8.2 Jos Dings, director of Transport & Environment said: “The new EU law is already having an impact. Tags: BMW Cars Ford Green credentials mazda emissions eu T&E.

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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Newcastle University’s Transport Operations Research Group will monitor and model the performance and use of the vehicles. The performance of the vehicles will be tested to UN-ECE regulation 101. Tags: Fuel Cells Hybrids. Ford Focus Battery Electric Vehicle.

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. BMW / 12 / 154. Tags: Green credentials drivers ETA Europe green credentials. Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. Suburu Imprezza). VW Passat).

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

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It is now important that the Department of Transportation provide automakers with the certainty and consistency needed by setting standards for MY 2012 and beyond. In addition, the administration may soon begin the process of forming a regulation on GHGs through an EPA endangerment finding. Tags: Fuel Efficiency Policy.

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