Climate Change Design Downsizing Pollution 
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2014
The Automaker Rankings report examines the emissions of both global warming and smog-forming pollution from of the automakers. This report marks the first time another company has bested Honda, which came in second this year but has earned every “Greenest Automaker” designation from UCS since 1998. Source: UCS. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 10, 2009
Tom Cackette, Chief Deputy Executive Office of the California Air Resources Board, spent the bulk of his talk during the opening panel discussing the response to climate change, which he called “ the defining environmental challenge of this century. Differentiated Analysis of Downsizing Concepts”). smog and particulates.
Green Cars News
MAY 24, 2009
President Barack Obama’s national fuel efficiency standards in the USA have come in for criticism in The Wall Street Journal where a columnist points out that there could be severe costs in terms of urban air pollution and human life.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2010
Both NHTSA and EPA are continuing to offer credits for vehicles designed to operate on alternative fuels, although these credits will no longer be available after model year 2015 under the EPA greenhouse gas program. Tags: Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Plug-ins Policy. Advanced Technology Credits.
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2017
Although real-world fuel economy improvements from GDI technology alone are close to 1.5%, they can reach 8% by downsizing and turbocharging the engine, which can be achieved on GDI engines without loss of power compared to PFI engines. mg/mi), suggesting improvements in engine design and calibration. Credit: ACS, Saliba et al.
Cars That Think
MARCH 29, 2022
Call it Peak ICE—the last hurrah of a technology that governments are ushering off the stage to combat climate change. That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. We know that electric motors can give us more.”
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. No revolutionary change in the economic infrastructure will be necessary.
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