Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2023

To accelerate this progress, Congress has recently passed the Inflation Reduction Act , which includes billions of dollars for clean-energy projects. However, there’s a shortage of roboticists tackling climate change, due to a lack of awareness of necessary and urgent applications. Today, assembling a Toyota SUV takes about 2.04

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2022

New York Governor Kathy Hochul directed the State Department of Environmental Conservation to take major regulatory action that will require all new passenger cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs sold in New York State to be zero emissions by 2035. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

Our strategic alliance with Volkswagen is an important element of Ford’s commitment to offer an all-electric range of vehicles that are uniquely Ford and designed to meet the mobility needs of a modern Europe that is leading the fight against climate change. —Stuart Rowley, Chair of Ford of Europe. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

RUF Automobile GmbH unveiled the Stormster, an electric SUV based on the Porsche Cayenne, for the European Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, (COP 15). The Stormster is driven by a Siemens electric motor, with 270 kW (367 bhp) as in the eRUF sports car. The lithium-ion battery pack is supplied by Li-Tec Battery GmbH.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

The company is joining a list of companies committing to act on climate change through membership of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the global body enabling businesses to set emissions reduction targets in line with climate science. Launched on Earth Day, Racing.Green.

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Aston Martin Waste Climate Change Climate 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

BYD is launching three new battery-electric passenger vehicles in Europe at the Paris Motor Show, including the BYD ATTO 3, a C-segment SUV designed with the European customer in mind; the BYD TANG, a 7-seater with variable all-wheel drive; and the sporty sedan BYD HAN.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

As the US works to reduce dependence on foreign oil, promote clean energy and combat climate change, this report definitively documents why aluminum offers the most promise for cutting total automotive-related carbon emissions and energy use. —Sujit Das. Source: Sujit Das, ORNL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The company has also announced plans to electrify all of its brands and model series, including an electric SUV for the 2020 model year. Transitioning to cars with no tailpipe pollution and incentivizing the infrastructure that supports them will help California meet climate change goals and federal clean air standards.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The number of plug-in electric cars nearly doubled from 40 to more than 70 vehicles this year, including attractive SUV crossovers in the $40,000 range like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Volkswagen ID4. However, one customer still isn’t benefiting from EVs: the American middle class.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

In the coming years, GM plans to offer an EV for every customer, from crossovers and SUVs to trucks and sedans. The company recognizes that offsets must be used sparingly and should reflect a holistic view of mitigating the effects of climate change and helping people thrive around the world. Supply Chain and Infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2020

The report also highlights the large consumer shift towards sport utility vehicles (SUV). SUVs continue to gain market share—reaching a record high 46% market share in MY 2019. Most large manufacturers used banked credits, along with technology improvements, to maintain compliance in MY 2018.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

At the same time, total miles traveled per year by cars, sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and light trucks will increase about 60%, reaching about 14 trillion in 2040. As personal mobility increases, average new-car fuel economy (including SUVs and light trucks) will improve as well, rising from about 30 miles per gallon (7.83

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2009

The scoping plan for AB32, California’s climate change legislation, originally had proposed a cool cars measure based on reflective paints. This will cool the vehicle’s interior by approximately 14 °F for a car and 12 °F for a pickup or SUV. Tags: Climate Change Fuel Efficiency. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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California Climate Change Cars Solar 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2009

Kilometers per crop hectare for switchgrass feedstock with a small SUV. This is largely due to fact that the small SUV BEV has an electric motor that is 3.1 times as efficient as the internal combustion engine of the small SUV ICV for highway driving. Campbell et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Campbell et al. Campbell, D.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Vehicles are analyzed on the basis of a “Green Score,” a singular measure that incorporates unhealthy tailpipe emissions, fuel consumption, and emissions of gases that contribute to climate change. This “Greener Choices” list includes trucks and SUVs such as the Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Canyon, Honda Odyssey, and the Ford F-150 (FFV).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

For example, households may prefer to have one SUV and one sedan, or one powerful vehicle and one fuel-efficient vehicle. A central objective of my research as an environmental economist is to identify ways to fight global climate change. Attribute substitution may manifest itself in a number of dimensions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

This will be followed by the series-produced versions of the sports car Audi e-tron GT concept, to be produced by Audi Sport GmbH, and the compact SUV Audi Q4 e-tron concept, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show. Before the end of this year, Audi will also present the Audi e-tron Sportback, another derivative of the series.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2017

For example, the report finds that of the more than 1,300 conventional vehicle model configurations available in 2016, 23 truck configurations, 23 sport utility vehicle (SUV) configurations, and 26 passenger car configurations meet 2020 or later GHG standards with a conventional gasoline powertrain. PM and criteria pollutants.

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Plug in America

MARCH 22, 2024

On March 20, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final vehicle standards for cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs. cities, the Clean Air Act was established by Congress back in 1970. For light-duty vehicles such as cars, pickups, and SUVs, the 2032 goal is that the fleet average is 85 grams/mile of CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

Importantly, we are considering only fuel demands for light duty transportation, that is, cars, vans, SUVs, and light trucks. With 40% electrification, the low growth and moderate growth cases met the GHG target with cellulosic biofuel contributions of 1508 PJ (18.7 billion gallon) and 4540 PJ (56.4

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

You referenced the infrastructure bills that are currently stalled in Congress. An electric SUV is going to have more aerodynamic drag than an electric sedan like a Tesla Model S or Lucid Air. And so making it all work together, anything close to as seamlessly as a Tesla, is still a work in progress. And it varies by car.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

You referenced the infrastructure bills that are currently stalled in Congress. An electric SUV is going to have more aerodynamic drag than an electric sedan like a Tesla Model S or Lucid Air. And so making it all work together, anything close to as seamlessly as a Tesla, is still a work in progress. And it varies by car.

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Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 95

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2015

by Mike Millikin, editor, Green Car Congress. Much of Audi’s work on its new all-electric SUV (e-tron quattro), for example, is focusing on the software control of the twin electric motors on the rear axle that give the vehicle the cornering performance of “a hunting dog after a rabbit”. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

The stock of passenger cars has remained relatively flat, while light trucks (including small vans and SUVs) have increased by 88%. The Vehicle Standards Advisory Board was formed as a condition under the Climate Change and Emissions Reduction Act. Tags: Canada Climate Change Emissions Policy.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

By 2026, the rate of new cars, SUVs and small pickups sold in California must reach 35 percent of sales of zero-emission vehicles, increasing each year to 51 percent in 2028, 68 percent in 2030 and 100 percent in 2035. But the Biden administration must still approve the new requirements before the plan can take effect.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The average for the passenger car segment (which includes SUVs) was 205 g/km, with light commercials averaging 250 g/km. I.e., separate targets for passenger vehicles (cars and SUVs) and for LCVs (utes and vans). The average level of CO 2 emissions of the new light vehicle fleet in 2010 was just under 213 g/km.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The proposed rules are designed to ensure the development of environmentally superior cars with a full range of models, from compacts to SUVs and pickups that will continue to deliver the performance, utility, and safety vehicle owners have come to expect with significant savings thanks to reduced operating costs. —CFO ISOR.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 9, 2023

For example, Toyota only offers one full-electric model right now—the BZ4X SUV. GM’s Chevrolet Division will be dropped an electric Silverado pickup and two SUVs–the Equinox and Blazer. For example, some schools have begun to convert to electric buses, which help combat climate change. billion by 2024.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

However," he continued, "If carmakers decide not to take advantage of this offer, AFS Trinity intends to raise the funds to begin modifying existing hybrids or manufacture its own 150 mpg SUVs and, eventually, 250 mpg sedans. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. GM Press Release ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. The T-Word Barking up the Wrong Tree: Forests vs the CDM in t.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

One way for auto makers to meet the standards is to lower the price of electric vehicles and raise the price of other, more popular vehicles, such as SUVs and trucks. In other words, American families are paying more for SUVs and trucks so automakers can sell EVs at a cheaper price.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

Noting that China is considering new policies to spur domestic plug-in vehicle production and sales, with a target of 500,000 plug-in vehicles by 2015, Krebs opined “ in terms of CO 2 and climate change, this will not help. ”.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Blending the MPG of SUVs and small cars understates the real consumption and rewards automakers for building gas hogs and unsafe micro cars which makes people want to buy "safe" gas hogs. The first example saves 20 gallons per 1000 miles and the second only saves 19.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

But in a year that has seen both a worsening recession and state budget crisis, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped and a partisan divide on the issue has widened. But in the current economic climate their support has dropped a notch. Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of PPIC.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2011

Views about climate change continue to be sharply divided along party lines. In the current survey, 73% of Republicans favor requiring better fuel efficiency for cars, trucks and SUVs, down from 86% two years ago and 85% in February 2006. Currently, 51% favor allowing more offshore oil and gas drilling, up from 44% in June.

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