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Ford researchers: global light-duty CO2 regulatory targets broadly consistent with 450 ppm stabilization

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Broadly, the Ford team found that new light-duty vehicle fuel economy and CO 2 regulations in the US through 2025 and in the EU through 2020 are consistent with the CO 2 glide paths. 15 years and to facilitate comparison with regulations.… —Winkler et al. Winkler, Timothy J. Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy'

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EC proposes 95 grams CO2/km target for new cars by 2020, 147 grams for light vans; super credits for cars below 35g

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The European Commission today proposed targets for the further reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars and light commercial vehicles (vans) by 2020. The proposals would in total save 160 million tonnes of oil and around 420 million tonnes of CO2 in the period to 2030. Europe and the US. Earlier post.).

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IHS Markit projects automakers could be fined more than €14B for European CO2 excess emissions in 2021

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Legislators in the European Union (EU) are imposing a new passenger car fleet CO 2 emissions target of 95 g/km, to be phased in during 2020, with 100% application in 2021 on Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP). In comparison, 27 manufacturers could share the forecasted €14 billion in 2021 penalties due to non-compliance.

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Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive reduces lifecycle CO2 emissions by as much as 64% compared to B 180 gasoline model

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As a comparison, the B 180 (NEDC combined consumption 5.4 Steel/ferrous materials account for around half of the vehicle weight (51.4%) in the new B-Class Electric Drive, followed by polymer materials with around 17% and light alloys (12.8%) as the third-largest group. l/100 km) emits 23.8 tonnes of CO 2 during the use phase.

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Setting New Standards for Clean Cars

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federal government has worked on two programs in particular: EPA’s Light Duty Vehicle Emissions (LDV) Standards and NHTSA’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards. See our table below for a side-by-side comparison. billion tons of CO2 emissions through 2055 (equivalent to more than twice the total U.S.

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UK Department For Transport Study on Light Goods Vehicle CO2 Concludes that Potential CO2 Reduction from Low-Carbon Technologies Within 5 Years is Quite Low, But Much Larger by 2020

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The UK Department for Transport has published the findings from the Light Goods Vehicle (LGV or van) CO 2 emissions study completed earlier. Light goods vehicles (LGV) are defined as goods vehicles whose gross vehicle weight (GVW) does not exceed 3.5 Light Goods Vehicle – CO 2 Emissions Study (Final Report (AEAT/ENV/R/2849).

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Full lifecycle CO2 of new Mercedes C-Class 10% less than outgoing model

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CO 2 emissions of the C 180 in comparison to its predecessor [t/car]. For example, the iron demand is less because the share of steel is less, while the bauxite demand increases because of the higher light alloy share. The C 180 with manual transmission shows a drop in fuel consumption in comparison to its predecessor from between 7.6

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