Climate Change Downsizing Fuel Economy Standards 
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 29, 2021
The company will also continue to increase fuel efficiency of its traditional internal combustion vehicles in accordance with regional fuel economy and greenhouse gas regulations. The company will assess credit and offset solutions in the coming years as the most efficient, equitable and inclusive ideas mature.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2010
The footprint-based standard CO 2 curves for cars (left) and trucks (right). mpg if all improvements came from fuel economy) and 34.1 L/100km) fuel economy level, respectively. Each manufacturer will have its own fleet-wide standard which reflects the vehicles it chooses it produce. Source: EPA. mpg US (6.9
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2014
Due to strong federal and state emissions standards, the average new car has gotten 43% cleaner since 1998. To determine GHG emissions, UCS considered the fuel economy, fuel type, and sales volume of each type of vehicle sold by each automaker in the 2013 model year (MY2013). Source: UCS. Click to enlarge. Methodology.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 18, 2013
While fuel economy of engined-cars is the key technology pathway to decarbonizing the transport sector by 2020, the 2DS also envisages 20 million EVs on the road by 2020, with yearly sales reaching seven million vehicles. Engine downsizing and weight reduction represent around 30% of that potential collectively. billion to US$4.2
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. Comparison of Emission Standards (g/mi). . smog and particulates. John Kirwan.
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2017
Gasoline direct-injection (GDI) engines have higher fuel economy compared to the more widely used port fuel injection (PFI) engines. We use the data to quantify the effects of engine technology, emission standards, and cold-start on emissions. engine calibration (spark timing, valve timing, etc.), —Saliba et al.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
Since it can refuel from a standard household outlet and from a gasoline station, it needs no new infrastructure. If PHEVs became the major form of transportation, the use of fossil fuels would be cut dramatically. As biofuel becomes a greater percentage of the total fuel mix, less fossil fuel is used. Click to enlarge.
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