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F-150 Lightning EV newbies, Kia Concept EV9, CO2 footprint gas vs. electric: Today’s Car News

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Volvo's CO2-footprint deep dive on its latest EV shows some takeaways for anyone going electric. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford looks to AR to educate its F-150 Lightning reservation-holders. And Kia shows a boxy electric SUV in its future.

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Kia EV plans, NJ $1,000 EV fee, Stellantis’ EV skepticism: Today’s Car News

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New Jersey is asking for EV buyers to pay $1,000. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. With a bill signed into law last week, New Jersey is marking up EV ownership with an additional $1,000 upfront fee that applies on top of other existing registration fees. Kia keeps to its EV goals.

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Short(er)-range Tesla, Porsche Taycan wagon, U.S. cuts CO2: Today's Car News

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Porsche will add a more utilitarian hatchback design to its upcoming Taycan electric-car lineup. All this and more on Green Car Reports. And VW gives its vehicle lighting more of a message. Tesla released a.

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DOE to fund CO2 storage projects

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The battle against greenhouse gas emissions doesn’t just involve preventing these emissions in the first place – it also involves getting rid of the carbon dioxide that’s already in the atmosphere. That’s why the US Department of Energy has selected 15 projects with the aim of safely and economically storing CO2 in geological formations.

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Is natural gas the key to cutting vehicle emissions?

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A new paper has been published outlining the role that natural gas could play in reducing vehicle carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), it suggests that over the long term there needs to be a commitment to transition to very low CO2 gas sources including biogas or bio-synthentic gas.

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Emissions start to fall – but not everywhere

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Global CO2 emissions are finally on their way down – despite strong growth in developing countries. According to an addendum to an earlier study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, CO2 emissions fell by 1.3 per cent in 2009 – that’s the first decrease recorded this decade and this in spite of the fact [.].

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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Using the energy infrastructure of today some fossil fuel is used for growing, production and distribution of biofuel, so use of biofuel today does produce a moderate increase in CO 2 greenhouse gas pollution. 21 ] Cleaner Cars from Cradle to Grave - Union of Concerned Scientists, Nov 2015. [ MIT News 15 Jan 2015. [

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