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Global Fuel Economy Initiative launches second 3-year campaign; ICCT joins partnership

Green Car Congress

The latest GFEI research suggests that fuel economy in new light duty vehicles around the world improved between 2005 and 2008 from around 8.1 The Initiative’s new workplan for 2013-15 lays out the challenges which still remain on fuel economy, and outlines the Initiative’s planned response to those challenges.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom. —COP 26 Declaration.

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China’s new energy buses are re-exported to Europe

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The seats in the car have their own ambient lighting, and there are USB charging ports under the seats. Just in November this year, 38 Zhongtong pure electric super bus H12 were exported to Chile, which once again refreshed the world’s understanding of China’s new energy buses.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. fleet of light vehicles. An EV operated in Yunnan emits about 60 percent less.