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Study estimates fuel economy improvements to US light-duty vehicles from 1975–2018 saved 2T gallons of fuel, 17B tons of CO2

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Second, they estimated fuel savings using the FHWA data on vehicle miles, fuel use and miles per gallon (mpg). Second, the full effects of fuel economy improvements are conditional on how consumers value fuel economy in their vehicle purchase decisions and whether the improvements made have been cost effective or not.

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Rivian finds first partner after exclusive Amazon deal for its EDV

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This has resulted in a 20 percent reduction in driving miles each year. We’re excited to purchase Rivian EVs for our fleet,” Hardmon Williams, the SVP at AT&T Connected Solutions, said. In November , Rivian announced that it enabled companies to purchase custom-designed EDVs.

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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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It is anticipated that the e-gas from Werlte will power 1,500 new Audi A3 Sportback g-tron vehicles for 15,000 kilometers (9,321 miles) of CO 2 -neutral driving every year. This gives it a total range of some 1,300 kilometers (808 miles). Customers can order a quota of e-gas when they purchase the car.

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Denbury Undertakes Midwest CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study

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In related developments, two proposed Midwestern gasification plants with which Denbury has CO 2 purchase contracts, one in Illinois and one in Indiana, have been selected to proceed to the term sheet negotiation phase under the US Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program. Denbury Resources Inc.

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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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By way of trans-Atlantic comparison, 95 g/km is equivalent to 152 g/mile; the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas emissions standard (part of the joint national standard with NHSTA) calls for 250 g/mile in MY 2016. The proposed 2025 US standard would bring that down to 163 g/mile in MY 2025.

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Iveco to deliver first 50 Stralis LNG Euro VI vehicles to LC3

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Following the opening of the first ENI Liquefied Natural Gas Station in Piacenza, LC3 was the first company in Italy to purchase the Stralis LNG and use them on the country’s roads. It is fitted with a 510 liter cryogenic LNG fuel tank and 4x70 liter CNG tanks ensuring a fuel range of more than 750 km (466 miles).

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Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

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Under the new agreement, Whiting will purchase 80 million cubic feet (80,000 Mcf/d) of compressed CO 2 per day from TCEP—representing approximately 60% of TCEP’s total volume of captured CO 2 —during the first five years of TCEP’s operation, with gradually declining amounts and an option to extend the purchases thereafter.

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