Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The upside of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines is widely seen as being improved fuel economy coupled with an increase in specific power (especially with turbocharging), enabling significant downsizing. A new study by a team at the University of Toronto has made a preliminary assessment of the climate trade-off (i.e., 6b01800.

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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. To read the article in full, click here.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Lowering the official average CO 2 emissions of new cars will not by itself mean that Europe is making progress toward its climate goals. For the year 2030, the ICCT study considers CO 2 fleet target values of 40 g/km and lower as reachable, assuming that electric vehicles would make up a large share of new-vehicle sales by then.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. We hope Ford will, and then move ahead!

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

While at face value this announcement looks like a win for the climate movement, there are provisions in the EPA's proposal that will cause it to fall short of the Administration's purported ambitions. Vehicles with larger footprints are allowed to generate more CO2 than vehicles with smaller footprints. billion barrels.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

While at face value this announcement looks like a win for the climate movement, there are provisions in the EPA's proposal that will cause it to fall short of the Administration's purported ambitions. Vehicles with larger footprints are allowed to generate more CO2 than vehicles with smaller footprints. billion barrels.

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