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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Emissions Vehicles CO2 SUV 281

EV Central

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! FCAI spokeshead Tony Weber came out swinging scary falsehoods, telling the very willing listeners at The Australian Financial Review that if we continued to buy utes and SUVs at our current rates until 2029, the poor, innocent car companies would face fines of up to $38 billion.

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Toyota Standards Australia Buy 121

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

In addition to GM’s carbon goals, the company worked with the Environmental Defense Fund to develop a shared vision of an all-electric future and an aspiration to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035. In the coming years, GM plans to offer an EV for every customer, from crossovers and SUVs to trucks and sedans.

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General Motors Carbon Emissions GM 199

Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 15, 2021

The government’s goal for transport emissions, the commission concluded that electric vehicles will need half of all light-vehicle registrations by 2029 and 100% by 2035. The subsidies will be funded by introducing new charges on imports of high-emission utility vehicles and SUVs. These fees will be implemented from January 2022.

New Zealand 105

New Zealand Electric Vehicles Vehicles Petrol 105

EV Central

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Previewed in an Impact Analysis published on Sunday (February 4), the newly renamed National Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), will impose tough CO2 emissions limit on passenger vehicles, SUVs, utes and vans that ramp up around 12 per cent per year from 2025 to 2029 under the government’s preferred model.

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CO2 Standards Toyota SUV 85

Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

But that proposal was watered down by automaker lobbying (which we’ve seen a lot of recently ), primarily through exceptions added for huge SUVs. And giant SUVs have, in turn, eliminated the auto emissions gains we could have had if cars had remained normal sized. If that sounds familiar, it’s because it is.

Australia 52

Australia Exhaust EPA Auto Industry 52

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As the world grapples with the pressing issue of climate change, it is evident that we need swift action to avert its worst impacts. One avenue to combat this crisis is a rapid reduction in carbon emissions from our daily transportation, one of the leading contributors of CO 2 emissions.

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Carbon Emissions CO2 Gasoline-Electric 52

Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

For the transportation sector, electrification means replacing fossil fuels with electricity as the means of powering light-duty vehicles, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and buses. The primary goal is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, ultimately, contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change on the planet.

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Transportation CO2 Grid Fleet 52

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Don’t expect to see many SUVs in the background of future photos of the Eiffel Tower. Based on weight, the new rules target out-of-towners who bring SUVs into the City of Light. & Like many Americans, shoppers in Europe increasingly prefer SUVs when it’s time to open their wallet for a new vehicle.

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SUV Climate Change London Porsche 109

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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i-MiEV Gas Honda Insight Li-ion 247

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. The results have implications for policies that improve the fuel economy of light-duty vehicles, such as fuel economy standards. Attribute substitution may manifest itself in a number of dimensions.

Fuel Economy 150

Fuel Economy Economy Buy Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

The implication for biofuels is important, to the extent they are aimed at meeting climate and petroleum use reduction goals. The study estimated national fuel and emissions impacts from increasing reliance on electrified light-duty transportation, and the resulting implications for advanced biofuels. —Meier et al. Third, U.S.

Carbon 150

Carbon EPRI Climate Gasoline-Electric 150

EV Central

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The phrase “as the seasons change” has taken a whole new meaning in the past few years, as the seasons really do feel like they’re different now – wetter, hotter, drier, somewhere in the world seems to be constantly in crisis on any given day. MIni Aceman.

BMW 52

BMW Saudi Arabia Concept IDEA 52

EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo reveals C40 Recharge “SUV coupe” – Volvo revealed its new C40 Recharge “SUV coupe” which according to the company “has all the benefits of an SUV but with a lower and sleeker design.” It would apply to all privately and publicly owned light-duty – February 23, via Electrek.

Volvo 95

Volvo All-Electric Tax Credit Fisker 95

Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Given New Zealand’s reliance on personal light vehicles, accelerating the uptake of e-mobility is an essential part of reducing emissions from transport. The technology is ready and available to make this transition in the light vehicle fleet. The impact of the Clean Vehicle Discount can be seen in light vehicle sales.

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Clean Cleaning New Zealand Transportation 52

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.

Standards 150

Standards PHEV California CO2 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The planned CO 2 standards will complement the Government’s carbon price scheme and help to reduce carbon emissions from light vehicles. Transport produces around 15% of Australia’s CO 2 emissions; light-duty vehicles contribute 64% of Australia’s transport emissions, and 9–10% of total emissions. per year over the 2008–2020 period.

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Light Standards 2015 Australia 210

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. The way the EPA vehicle standards are structured, the average of each automaker’s fleet (all of the light-duty vehicles manufactured in a given year) must meet targets of grams/mile of specified pollutants each year.

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EPA Standards Vehicles Pollution 111

Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

Scaling is hard Let me be very clear: Transitioning to electric vehicles and renewable energy to combat climate change are valid goals in themselves. percent of new light-duty vehicle sales, with 66,416 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and 14,143 plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) sold. C above preindustrial levels.

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Climate Change Climate Grid United States 145

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

In its report, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Passenger Vehicles in Manitoba , the Advisory Board also recommends a number of complementary programs and measures focused on consumers as well as the existing fleet of light-duty vehicles. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Passenger Vehicles in Manitoba.

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Standards California Vehicles Climate Change 150

EV Adoption

MAY 8, 2021

Sales of EVs have basically been flat the last three years and have hovered at +/- the 2% of total light passenger vehicle sales. The need to transition off of gas- and diesel-powered fuels is clear if we want to reduce pollution, carbon omissions, and lessen the impact of cars on climate change.

Vehicles 132

Vehicles Gas-Electric Tax Credit Sale 132

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The ZEV regulation—along with new LEV III criteria pollutant and GHG standards—can be the catalyst to the process of transforming the California light-duty fleet, ARB staff suggests. Projected targets for Light-Duty Vehicle gCO 2 /mile emission rates. This corresponds to US EPA Tier 2 Bin 2.). Additional standards.

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California Clean Cleaning Fleet 186

Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Extreme E features custom electric off-road SUVs tearing through some of the harshest and most vehicle-punishing terrain on the globe. Spark Racing Technology, which developed all three generations of the Formula E race car, created a custom electric SUV, the Odyssey 21, for Extreme E. Formula E showed that EVs can be fast.

Saudi Arabia 67

Saudi Arabia Hydrogen Fuel Charging 67

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.

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Plug-in Ferrari Engine Hybrid 94

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2022

For instance, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) estimates that 1-in-4 light-duty vehicles, or about 70 million EVs, must be on US roads by 2030 to meet the GHG reduction target. There is also a push to make those who own SUVs pay a steep annual registration fee to discourage their ownership, as is happening in Washington, D.C.

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Sale Tax Credit Tax Congo 84

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2022

4 compact all Electric SUV on a assembly line in their new factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The federal government has also increased mileage standards for new passenger cars and light trucks to a fleet average of 49 mpg in model year 2026 , up from 41 mpg today. Volkswagen’s ID.4 Volkswagen of America, Inc.

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Global China South Korea Chinese 131

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.

Grid 28

Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In August 2018, EPA and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards. Earlier post.).

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Fuel Economy Standards California EPA 170

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. ”. We need to make electromobility fascinating. Click to enlarge.

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Standards Charging Eaton DC 319

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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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41