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Toyota a winner as CO2 reduction plan introduced to parliament with less pressure on SUVs and utes

EV Central

Australia is on schedule to have a CO2 reduction scheme for motor vehicle in place by January 1 2025. Hyundai calls for more EV support under Labor’s new CO2 reduction scheme READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Get out of the way diesel!

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Worrying Trend Towards Heavily Polluting SUVs Undermines Carmakers’ Sustainability Claims

EV Obssesion

Originally published by Transport & Environment By Sam Hargreaves, Communications Officer Carmakers are lining up this week to show off their latest electric models at Munich’s international motor show, but, behind all the talk of sustainability, engine-driven SUVs are the fastest growing car segment.

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Get out of the way diesel! Toyota Prado petrol-electric hybrid SUV coming to Australia as soon as 2024

EV Central

Toyota Australia appears certain to add a petrol-electric hybrid to the new-generation Prado 250 Series SUV line-up as soon as this year. When it does get here it will be the first hybrid (as opposed to 48v mild hybrid) added to Toyota’s line-up of top-selling line-up of utes and large SUVs. 100km and 236g CO2/km.

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A stack of lies you could drive a Toyota HiLux through | Opinion

EV Central

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. READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles!

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ICCT: incremental technology can cut vehicle CO2 by half and increase fuel economy >60% through 2030 with ~5% increase in price

Green Car Congress

Major support comes from the ClimateWorks Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, the European Climate Foundation, the Energy Foundation, and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants. EPA pegged the CO 2 reduction benefits of mild hybrid vehicles from 7.0-9.5%;

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Toyota’s Entry into EV Market

Electric Vehicles India

Now Toyota has announced its debut into the electric car segment by announcing its concept of the Toyota bz4x which an electric SUV with a battery in its heart. Total accumulative reductions in CO2 emissions as a result of electrified vehicles: around 140 million tons. 1997-2020). Worldwide electrified vehicle sales in 2020: 1.95

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Audi will phase out gas engines by 2033, reversing past stance of CEO

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Audi, a German company, owned by Volkswagen Auto Group, has sold the e-tron and the Q2L SUV for the powerful Chinese EV market. Duesmann said that “Audi is ready to make its decisive and powerful move into the electric age,” finally accepting the challenge of ditching gas engines for electric ones.

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